Call of the angriest voices. We must resist that temptation. This morning shows with us live, and democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton joins us as well. Best seat in the house. New Speaker Paul Ryan talks about the job he took reluctantly. Youve been in the job a little more than two months now. Whats surprised you the most . That i like it. And how he has to practice his poker face for last nights state of the union, and tonights the night the Powerball Jackpot at an unthinkable sum of 1. 5 billion, the largest ever. Are you in it to win it . Make sure you check the numbers right. 63, yes one mistake that had this group of coworkers thinking they had won big today, wednesday, january 13th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Our dreams of staying and living at the white house squashed. Were back in new york. Not that i dont like this desk, but can we agree the white house balcony was a little bit better than the spot we are this morning. Of course, the state of the union was last night. Well have all the latest on that and the republican response as well. Let us start with our top story, irans release of that group of u. S. Navy sailors after holding them overnight. The incident adding a new layer of tension in the relationship between our two countries. Nbcs Jim Miklaszewski at the pentagon. What can you tell us. Reporter good morning. The navy sailors are back at their base in bahrain this morning in good condition. U. S. Military Officials Say theres no evidence they were harmed during their captivity. Now, photographs released by iran show the ten sailors, the nine men and one woman, in fairly stark conditions, but in relatively good shape. Riverine boats headed to bahrain yesterday when the boats apparently experienced some kind of navigational problems, drifted into territorial warts of a farsi island, were quickly captured by the iranian coast guard and taken ashore and handed over to the revolutionary guard. Now the rev guard initially accused the americans of snooping, but today said their investigation found no evidence of espionage. Whats more likely to have happened here, matt, is that iranian leadership in tehran ordered the rev guard to release secretary of state john kerry was on the phone with tehran yesterday and no doubt told them that if those americans were not released iran stood to lose billions of dollars in that nuclear deal with the u. S. Which is set to be implemented by the end of this week. A satisfied a satisfying ending to this b b a reminder to many here in the pentagon, at cannot be trusted. Matt . Jim miklaszewski at the pentagon, thanks very much. President obama did not mention that incident with iran during his final state of the Union Address. It was a speech that was, as promised, big on his visions of the future of america with a lot of focus on the race to succeed him at white house. Well talk about all of it with South Carolina governor nikki haley who delivered the republican response and democratic president ial hopeful Hillary Clinton in just a moment, but first to nbc alexander at white house with the latest on the speech. Peter, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. I stuck around when you guys left. This was the first of many lasts for president obama, and he really sounded liberated last night. For months more than 20 president ial candidates have framed his time in office. Last night it was the president s turn. It sounded a lot like a Campaign Speech, attacking the politics of pessimism and carving out what he views as the path forward for democrats. Leading off his last state of the union a president ial pledge everyone could agree on. Little shorter. I know some of you are antsy to get back to iowa. Reporter less than three weeks before the first contest to pick his replacement to without naming names president obama repetedly rejected the Republican Campaign rhetoric. When politicians insult muslims, whether abroad or our fellow citizens, that doesnt make us safer. Thats not telling telling it like it is. Its just wrong. All the talk of americas economic decline is political hot air, and our answer needs to be more than tough talk or calls to carpet bomb civilians. Reporter seven years and plenty of gray hair removed for his calls for hope and change, the president highlight the his greatest hits and offered optimistic goals, included putting joe biden in cool of what he called a moon shot to cure cancer. Im putting joe in charge of mission control. Topic of gun violence at home, the president also forcefully rebutted criticisms that hes been weak abroad. In you doubt americas commitment or mine to see that justice is done, just ask osama bin laden. Reporter and, again, defended his strategy against isis. Over the top claims that this is world war iii just play into their hands. Reporter punctuating his speech, a call to fix our politics and a concession. Its one of the f f regrets of my presidency, that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better. Reporter in his final address a soaring conclusion. I believe in change because i believe in you. The american people, and thats why i stand here as confident as i have ever been that the state of our union is strong. Still, the republicans were unimpressed. Ted cruz. Sadly i think it was less a state of the union than it was a this time blasting the president as low energy dismissing the speech as boring, slow hand lethargic. South Carolina Republican governor nikki haley tasked with responding to the president made news for also taking aim at her partys frontrunner. During anxious times it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angryiest voices. We must resist that temptation. Reporter Republican Party right now trying to rebrand itself as new, young and diverse and what was really striking is that contrast on display between the party of nikki haley and paul ryan and the party of donald trump, already haley though is getting significant backlash from some conservative members within her own party. Matt . Peter alexander, thanks very much. We are joined now by South Carolina governor nikki haley. Governor, good morning. Good morning, matt. Let talk about the reviews. They are in. Prominent democrat David Axelrod tweeted, really effective speech by nikki haley, avoided the response to the state of the paul ryan, jeb bush, both said you hit it out of the park, but as peter just mentioned some very conservative voices in your party were not so happy. Anne coulter tweeted donald trump should deport you, Laura Ingraham said the country is lit up with a populist fever and the gop responds by digging in on the candidates dominating the polls. Look, i respect all of those people and understand their opinion but, you know, i disagree. I think a lot of what were trying to do is saying the angriest voices are not helpful. If we have citizens who are lawabiding, who love our traditions and do everything t t be productive citizens in america, they should feel welcome in this country. I am not saying that i believe in illegal immigration. I dont. Ive always sailed that, but i do want us to be more inclusive and understand the reason that this country is so great is because of the fabric of america is made by immigrants. The loudest voices, those angriest voices, in that context, were you referring to donald trump, correct . He was one of them, yes. He was one. Theres other people in the media. Theres people in my state. I think were seeing it across the country, but, yes, mr. Trump has definitely contributed to what i think is just irresponsible talk. Some people on the far right of your party wanted you to deliver a fullscale partisan political attack. You didnt see that as your mission, did you . That wasnt me. Thats not me. I think that its important for us to look in the mirror. I think republicans need to understand that they, too, are responsible for the status of where we are in the country. Look, president obama has divided our country in ways weve never seen before. re seeing disastrous things with health care, education, the economy, the national security. Right. But republicans need to understand that there are things that we could do bet their would help strength err own country, and i think its important that republicans look in the mirror and realize were also to blame. In the wake of this speech is making you or cementing your place as a leading candidate for Vice President in your party. On a scale of 1 do 10, governor, how interested are you . 10 being the most . I really havent thought about it, and i know that people in the media dont believe that, but i was given an opportunity to say what i think and i appreciate that from speaker ryan and senator mcconnell. You mention speaker ryan. Speaker ryan didnt really want the job as speaker, but for the good of his party he took it. Youre saying you really havent thought about the position of Vice President. For the good of your party would you accept it . If a candidate wanted to sit down and talk, i would sit down d talk. I think that thats a big decision. Its a family decision. Its a state decision. Its something id have to think about, but i absolutely would sit down and talk with anyone. When will you endorse a candidate in the race . I dont know. You know, right now im trying to roll out my budget for friday. Ive got my state of the state address next week. Were dealing with the debate. Of a timeline yet, but well see. South carolinin governor nikki haley. Governor, thanks for spending time with us this morning. Thanks so much, matt. Okay. Savannah. With the iowa calkuses fast approaching what we heard last night is sure to take center stage in the president ial election and things are getting interesting in the 2ke789ic side of the race. According to a new National Poll just out this morning Hillary Clintons lead is now just seven points over Bernie Sanders. It was 20 points just one month ago, and sanders actually leads clinton in two key battleground states, according to some polls. 49 to 44 in iowa and 53 to 39 in New Hampshire, results that have the vermont senator sanders feeling confident. As we have gained momentum, i think its fair to say that the Clinton Campaign has become very nervous. And secretary Hillary Clinton joins us now. Secretary, good morning to you. Good morning, savannah. Are you nervous . No, im notner vougs at all. To keep working as hard as i can until the last vote or caucus goer expresses an opinion. Im excited about where w w are. Youve called this as recently as yesterday the get real season in politics, and i wonder theres a lot of passion on the democratic side for Bernie Sanders. Are you telling those voters to get real, he cant be elected or to get real, he cant do the things he says he can do. What does get real mean to you . Well, i think were in that stage of a campaign where weve each been introducing ourselves. Weve been talking about our particular views on issues, and now its time to draw some contrasts. Now, look, the contrasts on substantive issues between me hand senator senators pale in comparison to, you know, between us and the republicans, but there are substantive differences, and i think its only fair that voters know what those differences are. One of the big ones, as youre aware, is on gun safety where senator senators has been a pretty reliable vote for the gun against them for a long time, voted against them when i was a senator, so these are the kinds of differences that people deserve to know about as they make up their minds. Youve gotten pretty tough on sanders, as you said, in the recent days. Bringing up contrasts, asou put it, on a variety of issues. Did you underestimate him . Why are you only going on the attack now . No, not at all. I had a very different sense of the rhythm of this campaign. There was a lot for me to do to go around and meet with people, listen to them, put out my ideas. Ive been laying out, y y know, very specific policies for months now and telling people how i would pay for them. Im asking that senator sanders does the same thing. We need to move now from generalization to specifics so people can see what the differences are. Thats what i always planned to do and that is what im doing. You said recently that you you wish we could elect a democratic president who could wave a magic wand and say we that aint the real world were living in, and there it is again, that word real. Are you suggesting that Bernie Sanders is out there promoting a fantasy that cant come true . No. Im going to let him speak for himself, but, for example, we have a difference on health care. I want to build on the Affordable Care act. Weve got to make some changes because we have to improve it. Hes been talking very generally about a singlepayer system. Hes introduced legislation nine times that have laid out a very specific plan to take everybodys health care and roll it will into a great big bundle and hand it to the states, but my view is we shouldnt be ripping up obamacare and starting over. We should be building on itit you called bill clinton your not so secret weapon, but donald trump recently went on the attack saying because you accused him of sexism you opened the door to allegations about president clintons past misbehavior. Was that a tactical mistake on your end . Did you open the door to those attacks . You know, donald trump can what ive been pointing out is that a lot of the policies hes proposing would hurt working americans, and he doesnt seem to believe that americans need a raise. Thats at the centerpiece of my campaign. But hes saying that you played the socalled woman card and that you called him essentially sexist and when you did that you opened the door to these attacks about bill clintons past misconduct. Oh, you know, im im not going to engage with him on these matters. The voters can make up their minds. I am going to continue to point out what his proposed policies would mean to our country and to hard working middle class families across our country and he has been very dismissive about equal pay for equal work, about raising the minimum wage which has twothirds of minimum wage workers being women and some of the other, you know, changes and kinds of policies that he trumpets, so im going im not going to respond to his personal attacks. If thats what he wants to engage in, thats what he can spend his time doing. In a word does he undercut the effectiveness of bill clinton as a surrogate for you . Oh, i am so proud my husband is out on the campaign trail. In fact, in New Hampshire and iowa in the last week where he has now been to both states, people are asking me when was he coming back, when could they see more of him, so he carries a message of peace and prosperity under his presidency, and i think a lot of americans would like to get back to those days. Hillary clinton, thank you for your time this morning. We really appreciate it. Thanks hey lot, savannah. Polls are tightening and race on both sides. No queststn about it. Looking back at the state of the union for a second, the man sitting behind the president last night, not Vice President joe biden but next to him, the new speaker of the houseseaul ryan, and were going to sit down and talk to paul ryan, speaker of the house, coming up in our next half hour. Some big news from the nfl overnight. The st. Louis rams moving back to los angeles, a city they once called home for almost 50 years. Last night League Owners approved the teams relocation to l. A. Starting next season. The rams expected to play in the l. A. Coliseum for three years until a new stadium is built in 2019. As for the other two teams that had wanted to move, the San Diego Chargers have been given the option to join the rams. They have at least a year to decide if they choose to stay in san diego, the Oakland Raiders will then have the option to move to l. A. Big news. Should have diagrammed that. Need a football. Got a blast of cold air, snow sweeping across parts of the east. Thats right. In fact, big, big snow, lakeeffect snows firing up. We have lakeeffect snow watches and warnings, lakeeffect advisories from ashtabula and ohio and Winter Weather in northern maine. We look at whats happening now these snow bands will return as that clipper moves away. The winds are coming across the great lakes so low visibility. Dangerous travel. You can see there are those lakeeffect snow bands and you can watch the winds come across the lake and pick up the moisture and as it cools off it falls in the form of snow. As we get to brewerton, syracuse, oswego, we are looking for more snow making its way through the region. Snowfall amounts basically, the heaviest stuff is going to be what we call the tughill plateau. 24 inches of snow or more, and just to the south of buffalo about a foot of snow that will be making its way in. Lets turn now to dylan dreyer. She right now is making her way through central new york. Dylan, where are you right now . Hey, al. Were just north of syracuse. You know, this is my first time out in the snow so i had to ease into it this winter, thats why im in the comfort of the blue mobile right now, but driving through lakeeffect snow, the best way to show you what its all about. Take a look at what were most of our ride you get stuck in the lakeeffect snow bands and youre in near whiteout conditions and the roads become snowcovered, visibility very poor and this is the type of situation well see today. What indiana saw yesterday. They had several multicar pileups involving several tractor trailers in South Central indiana yesterday. It closed a threemile stretch of the road. Just to the north of that on i70 there were nine tractor trailers involved in an accident along with four cars. There were no lifethreatening injuries, but you do run into very this will continue in western new york today and tomorrow. Weve had a little bit of problems there. You can literally have what we call snow fades when its snowing so hard you cant get that signal through, but dylan, as you can see, driving through a lot of that activity. Give extra. Get extra. Anderson will be clear and cold today, lows in the 20s, high of 45. Southwest winds of 57. 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Cnn reports iranian officials interrogated the sailors about their motives. Iran says evidence is suggesting the sailors unintentionally entered iranian waters because of a mechanical failure with their navigational system. Following the state of the union. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley became the first south carolinian to deliver the republican response. The governor. Criticized president obamas record on the economy. And talked about frustrations in washington as well. Governor haley just spoke to matt lauer on today this morning. Saying again that if she were asked to join a ticket as Vice President. Shed be willing to sit down and talk. Aly. Accident with injuries blocking 24. And in spartanburg on gossett road at i85. 45. Southwest winds of 57. The mountains will be cold and sunny, teens early, a high of 38. Northwest winds of 79. Clear and cold overnight, lows of 22 to 30. Sunny thursday, highs of 50 to 55. Asheville, hendersonville will drop to 28 greenville, spartanburg, anderson will be clear and cold today, lows in the 20s, high of 45. Southwest winds of 57. The mountains will be cold and sunny, teens early, a high of 38. Northwest winds of 79. Clear and cold overnight, lows were back now at 7 30. A look at white house on the morning after the state of the union, also the morning after our big morning there. We still cant believe they let us in the front door. Neither can they. There we we are with bo and sunny. Matt trying to make a basket on the white house Basketball Court and al, did you take that cup with you . I did, oh, yeah. Carsons still got a couple president ial napkins in his pocket. I do, yeah. Take us behind the scenes of that morning in just a few moments. Yeah. What did you steal other than little cocktail napkins . Tried to get the coffee cup, thats what i wanted. I couldnt find it and this had an emblem on it. Nice. I got the smaller version here ill keep in my pocket, you found it. You literally went into cabinets looking for it. Did you find the m ms . They exist. Lets take a look at some headlines right now. President obama offered a hopeful outlook for americas future in last nights state of the Union Address. While downplaying the threat from isis. He also took swipes at some republicans in the race to succeed him. We need to reject any politics politics, any politics that targets people because of race or religion. Other news, ten u. S. Navy sailors taken into custody by iran after their boats drifted into iranian waters have now been released. The navy says the nine men and one woman were safely returned earlier this morning and it it will now investigate what led for the boat to get into iranian waters. To los angeles. League owners voted overwhelmingly to move the st. Louis rams back to los angeles next season. Diego chargers the option to join the rams in a new stadium there. All right. 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As you know we all spent the morning at the white house on tuesday and when the show was over i headed to the capitol where i caught up with republican paul ryan as he prepared for his first state of the union as speaker of the house. When the door opens and the sergeant at arms makes his announcement he says mr. Speaker, the president of the united states. Do it the way he does it. Mr. Speaker mr. Speaker, am i doing it too loud, the president. United states. Youre going to be sitting right behind the president , and youre presiding over the event. What do you think . Im practice my poker face. And im not very good at that. Im asking you if you have a very good poker face. Your face will be seen during the entire speech. My wife janet tells me you better work on that poker face because youre not really good at it the. He says something that you dont agree, the face im going to see is what. Elected to the Speakers Office after House Republicans ousted john boehner, this was a job ryan initially said he didnt want, given its demands on his time as a parent. Youve been in the job a little more than two months now, what surprised you the most . That i like it. You really didnt think you were going to like if . It wasnt my plan. Kind of like the dog who caught the car and wasnt chasing it in the first place. I was actually able to redesign the job and actually able to do it with my own circumstances, family. Away from the family his days in washington are a blur of meetings, briefings and shepherding his partys agenda through congress. High on his priority list health care. The house and Senate Last Week passed a bill that would have repealed the Affordable Care act. I think its the 62nd time thats happened, and obviously the president vetoed it. Did you put out what you alternative . I talked to the president yesterday, and i talked to him you know what, its very easy for the republicans to come up with bill after bill to repeal something but when are they going to come up with a plan that is better . Youre exactly right. We do have to show what we would replace it with. When are we going to see it . This is the process were going through this year. We oat country, by the end of this year, by time were talking about this in the summer and the fall and i believe we oat country heres what we should replace obamacare with. All this amid a contentious election, even just within his own party. Right now the frontrunner in the president ial race on the republican side, youre smiling at me already, is donald trump. This is a guy who has said that some immigrants coming here from mexico are rapists. Hes called for a ban on muslims entering this country. Is that the kind of idea you can live with . Ive already spoken clearly about how we shouldnt have a religious test on people coming to america. We should defend the First Amendment which is religious freedom. When donald trump offered or coming into the country said this. This is not conservative. Its not what the party stands for. You didnt mention its not what the country stands for. Thats right. So if he becomes the nominee of the party, will you support him . Yes, i will. Ill support whoever our nominee is. As speaker of the house im the chairman of the convention, so i dont agree with him on that how do you get your arms around that . How do you square that . Because you dont agree with everybody on everything. Let me read you a quote and if you can tell me who said this. Vince lombardi. You go to the packers every single time. I dont agree on priority with Speaker Paul Ryan but i think hes an honest broker. Who do you think said that. A prominent democrat. IHillary Clinton said that. I dont know that. Give me a quote about Hillary Clinton. Shes a very smart woman, a a greater former flailedy and senator from here on out. President ial politics and the demands of the speakership aside, paul ryan seems to be embracing his new job if not the office space his predecessor left behind. You get to redecorate the place so talk to me it doesnt smell like smoke, does it. There was a rumor there was an overwhelming tobacco smell. Two packs a day for five years. What did you do to get rid of it . Everything, new carpeting, upholstery and i had to repaint the walls. Couldnt get the smell out of it. We left his brand new digs for a better view. Do you ever have time to ask yourself how a kid from wisconsin, humble beginnings. Still dont believe it. Hard working parents, worked in fast food restaurants ends up on this perch in this town with this kind of power . Only in america. Only in america. And he did have the best seat how do you think he did with his poker face during the speech . 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An accident in anderson on highway 24 at Whitehall Road is blocking the road. And i n easley on gentry memorial highwy greenville, spartanburg, anderson will be clear and cold today, lows in the 20s, high of 45. Southwest winds of 57. The mountains will be cold and sunny, teens early, a high of 38. Northwest winds of 79. Clear and cold overnight, lows of 22 to 30. Sunny thursday, highs of 50 to 55. Asheville, hendersonville will drop to 28 on thursday night, the upstate will be 36 early friday morning. A 50 to 60 chance of showers on friday. Greenville, spartanburg, anderson will be clear and cold today, lows in the 20s, high of 45. Southwest winds of 57. The its 8 00 on today. Coming up, dream come true. No more tubes. No more hospitals. No more no more chemo. Hoda joins us with an update on 5yearold leah still, 5yearold daughter of devon still, whose public battle with cancer touched lives on and off the field. Plus, el chapo fashion icon. Why this paisley shirt is all the rage right now. And its going down for real in studio 1a. Hold on. Are you signaling . It is a force of habit kevin hart and ice cube are a ride to preview their new movie, today, january 13th, 2016. Good morning live on the today show. Hi. Good morning, chicago here at the today show. Love you, mom and dad. We got the Winning Ticket were back now at 8 00 on this wednesday morning. 13th day of january, 2016. Its cold. It is freezing. Here in new york. 22 degrees out. Nice people gathered. Thank you very much for coming. A bunch ever hardy souls out here. Coming up, how to lighten up some of our meals for january and i love kevin hart and ice cube as a comedic duo. They are fantastic. They are like the martin and lewis, abbott and costello. Lauer and roker. Ben and jerry. They are like all that. We look forward to talking to them about ride along 2 but first lets go inside. Weve got Sheinelle Jones in for natalie with the headlines. Sheinelle. Iran has released Ten Navy Sailors one day after they were detained in the persian gulf. U. S. Officials say the americans were aboard two patrol boats that may have drifted into iranian waters. They were allowed to leave iran this morning aboard their own boats and appear to be unharmed. The incident comes days before the controversial nuclear dole between the u. S. And iran goes into effect. In his final state of the Union Address president obama looked towards the future, defended his Foreign Policy and weighed in on politics in this country. Our National CorrespondentPeter Alexander is at the white house. Peter, good morning. Reporter hi, sheinelle, good morning. A lot like a Campaign Speech for the president , confident and upbeat and framed the progress years. Fittingly hell hit the road laying out his goals going forward. The state of the union was the first of many lasts for president obama, trying to return to that message of hope and change that first swept him into office. I believe in change because i believe in you, the american people, and thats why i stand here as confident as i have ever been that the state of our union is strong. Thank you. Reporter still less than three weeks before the first votes to pick his replacement in iowa, of course, the president repeatedly rejected the Republican Campaign rhetoric and attacked in effect the pessimism punctuating his speech with a fix our politics as well as a concession that he regrets not being able to break the partisanship here in washington. Sheinelle. Peter, thank you. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley delivered the republican response to the president s state of the union speech. Earlier on today matt asked if she was referring to donald to resist following the siren call of the angriest voices. He was one of them, yes. He was one. Theres other people in the media. Theres people in my state. I think were seeing it across the country, but, yes, mr. Trump has definitely contributed to what i think is just irresponsible talk. Governor haley also said she would be willing to sit down and listen if a candidate wanted to talk about her being a running mate. This morning on today Hillary Clinton spoke with savannah about the president ial race. She said its time to get specific about policy severances between her and the surging senator Bernie Sanders. But she said the differences between her and donald trump are clear. What ive been pointing out is that a lot of the policies hes proposing would hurt working americans, and he doesnt seem to believe that americans need a raise. Thats at the centerpiece of my campaign. Secretary clinton also shade despite trumps personal attacks on her husband the former president remains a powerful trail. Candy, decorations and party favors covered the floor after seven aisles of shelving fell over like dominoes at a party city store in west boca raton, florida. Three people suffered minor injuries. Investigators are still trying to figure out why the shelves toppled. Rescue hers to bring in dogs and thermal imaging cameras to make sure no one was trapped beneath the debris. Look at that. And a lullaby with a dark side. Wait until you hear which piece of music soothes a crying baby from texas. Yes, the imperial march from star wars most closely associated with darth vader. Micah said the music calls his son eli whenever he starts crying. Lets just hope the whole dark side thing is a phase. Eli, i am your father. Looking for. Thats cute. Sheinelle, thank you. Hilarious. Now some remarkable news for been following. News. Hi, hoda, good morning. You know how much i love, love, love this little girl leah still. Leah was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma and giving her a 5050 chance and shes more than a survivor. The greatest victory for the cincinnati bengal lineman devon still happening off the field with news that his 5yearold daughter beat cancer. No more tubes, no more hospital. No no more cancer. Leah telling me last month she had only one more treatment to go. Shes almost at that finish line so shes running hard now. Reporter that final sprint taking leah across the finish announced on social media his daughter left Childrens Hospital of philadelphia cancerfree. The Football Player breaking down the stats, 41 days of chemotherapy, 40 days of antibody therapy, 19 days of radiation, a 7hour surgery and 1 win. You ready to get this cancer out of you . Lets do it. America fell in love with leah as devon documented her inspiring year and a half long battle on social media. Since her diagnosis shes helped raise more than 1 million for cancer research, won an espy award for courage, and shes become one of my good friends you know im all about that bass, about that bass even participated in todays shine a light video appearing in the video with cyndi lauper. Bravery allowing leah to tackle the odds and cans we are her clean bill of health as a dream come true. Sure is. Leah is now back at home with her mom and is doing so, so well and good news for devon, too. He wasnt working in football, but he just got picked up with the texans, so now he has a job. His daughter is bert, and im just so happy for them, having like the perfect time of year. Happy to hear that. Hoda, thank you very much. Up next, a little bit of a behooind behindthescenes look at the nations most famous home. And a question that sparked this look from secretary of state john kerry. Who are you wearing, i think. And simple swaps when it comes to your diet that to the woman in the mid90s showstopper. Youre right. Its time to set this bird free. Hot blooded, check it and see. Got a fever of 103. Feelin hungry . How bout a donut . Whether its 30years old or 30days old, carmax will appraise it in as little as 30 minutes. 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Sit right there, sweetie pie. By the way, sheinelle has a little laryngitis and thats why shes not sitting at table. Weve all heard with the your 40s and 50s, reach a low, some people buy a sports car, wear tight clothes, have an affair and a new study says the midlife cries sis a myth, its fiction and doesnt exist. This is from the universities of alberta. Researchers say were actually happier in our mid40s than we were at age 18 and one possible reason is stability. In middle age people are more set in their relationships and careers. I would agree, happier in my 40s than my teens. Do you remember your 40s and how was in a . Oh, nice. Guess what. That hurt. Those were the olden days. I agree, i think had a much happier day. However, it has not stopped me from every once in a while seeing a car drive by that i never would have looked at. What is it is a car you looked at. Just checking. Only cars. I still look at the minivan and say i love that car, fantastic. You can borrow mine. I was much happier in my 40s. Cant believe im 51. I was insecure when i was younger, right. 18, 20. Youre at your happiest now. I think you really are. By now youve probably seen that photo of el chapo and sean penn, the drug lord sporting that flashy paisley shirt. Wow. Carson, youve been asking where you can buy it. Well, good luck this morning. I like it. A website based in california is now selling its own version that have shirt with the banner most wanted shirt. The Company Calls the shirt the fantasy. Its 100 cotton. Not that cheap though, selling for 128 you like it. That meeting took operation deep in the mexican jungle so maybe thats his camouflage, maybe thats what the mexican jungle looks like. Maybe in a cartoon. He was found in the paisley jungle. Exactly. Well, we are still in the after glow of our big show from the white house yesterday. Trending within minutes of us going live and carson, hes been break down the highlights. So much fun. Lets get through this. Had an unbelievable time. Thanks for everybody who followed along. Lets go through the numbers. We brought 79 nbc staffers into the white house. You couldnt bring me and kathie lee. Theres a background check. They actually said no. 13 cameras were positioned throughout. Give you an idea of what that looks like. Thats the white house east room and thats what it typically looks like. Heres that it looked like after we showed up. Wow. You go back and forth and get a sense. We returned it. Its back to its original form there. By the way, go to todays Facebook Page and control your own 360degree tour of the blue room and beyond, pretty cool. Brittany is in the original room to show you how can you go in the blue room and scroll in and lock at all the beautiful details and quickly thanks to our fans on social media. Today has officially reached 1 million followers on instagram. Thanks, everybody, who helped us reach that milestone. Now to the surprising style star at the state of the union and hoda had some fun with men of today. Carson, why dont you pop start. Well get to you in a second. First up first Lady Michelle obama. Being websites saying she stole the show tuesday night after her husbands final state of the union. Mrs. Obama grabbing attention in a sleeveless yellow dress by Narcisso Rodriguez and the internet quickly tracked it down on sale at neiman marcus, marked down from two grand to 628. It is now sold out. The first lady wasnt the only one turning heads. Check out john kerrys reaction when a report asked him about his style. Secretary, who are you wearing . Well take that as a no comment from the secretary of state. Thats awesome. Next to actress olivia munn, she found a great way to shut down rumors, articles claiming nfl quarterback Aaron Rodgers so instead of denying those rumors olivia shared a text message conversation she had with her mom kim. Her mom asked hey, why dont you tell me first. Olivia, oh, my gosh, mom, no, the internet. If i was engageled i promise youd be like the eighth person to know, maybe the ninth but internet. Thats good. Here we are, how are you . Not so good. You were on watch what happens live and a caller asked you to play a little game called shag, marry and kill and see what happens. My question is for hoda, marry, shag, kill, matt, carson and willie. Oh, god. Im going to have oh, man. Oh, youve got to, come on. Here we go. Shag matt, marry willie, kill carson. Im sorry, and i love carson. I love carson. Oh, wow. Hi, darling. Wow. Somebody had to die. Wait a second. Dont hug the woman im shagging, all right. Yeah, we need to talk about matt, by the way. Wow. You want to shag him and marry him so bad that you have to kill me . I wanted to shag two people. At least you got mentioned. I wasnt even listed. I got nothing wow. Forget the powerball. I just hit the jackpot. The its been nice working with you. Good night, everybody. Do you want a recount . Do you still want me to fill in for kathie lee. Bye. How do you feel about the old guy comment now . Touch ee. All right. Carson, thank you. Hoda and i are going home. Mr. Roker, how about a check of the weather. Im walking but youre the dead man walking. How about a little light, guys. Its been said im in the dark a lot. Anyway, im looking at some wet weather making its way through the Pacific Northwest and some snow as well. Were going this is first system that moves through. Well be watching a couple over the next several days. Basically el ninoinspired storm impacts from washington to california, but the big storm comes in tomorrow. This one moves onshore with more rain and snow. Gusty winds going to cause some problems. Rainfall amounts, anywhere from 5 to 7 inches in northern Northern California into Southern Oregon and well be watching the jet stream fueling these storms as well. Thats whats going on arogreenville, spartanburg, anderson will be clear and cold today, lows in the 20s, high of 45. Southwest winds of 57. The mountains will be cold and sunny, teens early, a high of cl and thats your latest weather. Savannah. All right, al, thanks. Its week two of our start today series, just enough time to make a resolution and, yes, fall off the wagon, but you can still get back on today. Today nutritionist joy bauer is here to help with more on her diet cleanse. Hi, savannah. Remind us the four things were not supposed to do this month. The four things, totally simple. White starches, fally meat, sugary beverages and excessive salt, and today what im going to do is focus on how to minimize the white starches. First let me say im incredibly impressed because so many people are following along and the overwhelming response is they are feeling amazing and this is simple. Okay. Simple. Cleanse. This week we have get fit frank. Theres frank. So he got a little bit of a late start, wasnt really ready to dive in january 1st but he is ready now, and im going to take him through a transformation with my three tips and youre going to be amazed at how he totally transforms inside and out, so the first thing im starting with is a household staple, white rice. When it comes to while rice, if you eat one cup cooked, thats about 220 calories. Now, of course, you want to go for the whole grain varieties like brown rice and wild rice, so much better for you, but they also will cost you about 220 calories, so i have a really clever trick for people at home. You can make cauliflower rice for just 35 calories. You just great it. Break it into florets and on the largest hole grate or pop in the Food Processor gently pulse the in a skillet and add whatever seasonings you want, have unbelievable starchy feeling rice. If you do that this week at the end of the year youll save more than 29,000 callries. This is the calorie equivalent of 20 loaves of bread. Is that bread or bricks. Its bread. Actually not sliced, but it would be 440 polices, and our get fet frank has done this and hes lost eight pounds so with a subtle change, he mobilized belly face, no more acid reflux and no more sleep apnea. Well worth it. Whats the next idea. Now were going to tackle a breakfast favorite, careeria. People are notorious, myself included, when you pour from the box you wind up with two to three times the serving size within your both. The easiest trick is to stash a onecup measuring scooper right in the box for dry cereal and because when you open it up you will be reminded that this is the amount that you pour in. Also, you can take a sharpie you want, inexpensive bowl and make a line in your morning breakfast cereal bowl. If you do this most morning during the week youll save 52,000 calories at the end of the year. Wow. Wits equivalent of literally a bathtub filled with cereal wow. This is 390 cups. Im going to put the scooper in here just in case. Just so we can see. Can we get some milk, please. Thats amazing. What happened to frank then . Frank now has lost an additional 15 pounds hand now down a total of 23. His cholesterol is going down, his Blood Pressure is going down. He feels and looks amazing. I cant get over the bathtub with rasin bran, amazing. Whats our final tip. So finally when it comes to mexican food, swap out your burrito for a bowl because when you do this, youll calories from the oversized tortilla wrap and ask them fill it with all of your favorite goodies, the beans, the cheese, the salsa, the gawk, and go easy on rice so youre minimizing the rice and also losing the tortilla tortilla. Did you put any dressing on that salad. Theres salsa and gawk. Whatever you put inside. I dont think youre going to find cauliflower rice on the menu. Fair enough. But if you did this a few times each week with lunch or dinner when you order a burrito, go bowling, youll save yourself at the end of thee year 72,000 calories which is saving yourself the equivalent of, are you red for this, 440 standard tacos. Wow. Just from this one simple swap. I cant stop looking hat those tacos, thats amazing. And how does it work with frank . Hes now lost a total of 43 pounds from three simple tips, lets look at his before and after. Going to bring that up. Wow. Out of shape hand unhealthy to start with. Hes fit and fabulous and i think he looks younger. I do, and i love his outfit. Feels terrific. Show my start today takeaway for everybody is pretty straightforward, you want to minimize thes can, want experiment with whole grains like quinoa and farro and brown rice and use that measuring cup to make sure that youre reigning in the portions. Dont eat your cereal out of the bathtub. Definitely not. The in case youve got a scooper. Got a taker. Carson, come back, youve got to share. More on her cleanse and tips go to today. Com. And coming up steals and deals. Ice cube and kevin hart, wished you could have heard kevins running commentary on that segment and hes been practicing his tease face and well talk about ride along 2. Thats terrible. No, hes frozen. Tickets already, you may want to get them. The jackpot for tonights powerball drawing is now 1point5 billion dollars. The cash value for that massive jackpot is now 930 Million Dollars. Tonights jackpot is a world record. The first phase of the i385 i85 gateway project is set to begin at the end of this month. The project will cost 231 Million Dollars, which is the second largest for the scdot ever. Crews say the new design should cut down on traffic problems on the interchange. Dot says on average, close to 200,000 cars pass through the interchange every day. The project is scheduled to finish summer of 2019. Greenville, spartanburg, anderson will be clear and cold today, lows in the 20s, high of 45. Southwest winds of 57. The mountains will be cold and sunny, teens early, a high of 38. Northwest winds of 79. Clear and cold overnight, lows of 22 to 30. Sunny thursday, highs of 50 to 55. Asheville, on thurs we stop arthritis pain, so you dont have to stop. Because you believe in go. Onward. Todays the day. Carpe diem. Tylenol 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. The second lasts all day. We give you your day back. What you do with it is up to you. 8 30 now. Its wednesday morning, 13th of january, 2016 and its a cold and chilly one in manhattan as we say hello to the folks who hung out here on the plaza this morning and we say thank you to themem coming up, were going to spend a little time with kevin hart and ice cube. They are the stars of the first ride along movie that my son talked about forever. Now they are back with ride along 2 and were going to spend some time. I dont even know what that is. Look alive. Also coming up, were going to lighten up your diet while still showing your favorite foods. This morning a healthier twist on a takeout favorite. All right. And eryones got powerball fever with tonights jackpot at 1. 5 billion. Coming up, dont want to burst your bubble but well use canned toe demonstrate the fraction of your chances. At least its cannedy. Lets get a check of the weather. Lets show you what weve got, first of all starting off, looking today at more snow and rain in the Pacific Northwest. Lakeeffect snow around the great lakes. Windy conditions and snowy up through northern new england, sunshine and fairly mild through the gulf coast and very chilly in the plains and then for tomorrow we look for more cold air around the upper great lakes and the plains as well. That snow moves inland in the Pacific Northwest. Storm system getting itself together in the gulf which may cause some problems for the northeast later this week and on into early next week and look around from northeastern ohio into upstatgreenville, spartanburg, anderson will be clear and cold today, lows in the 20s, high of 45. Southwest winds of 57. The mountains will be cold and sunny, teens early, a high of 38. Northwest winds of 79. Clear and cold overnight, lows of 22 to 30. Sunny thursday, highs of 50 to 55. Asheville, and that is your latest weather. Guys. All right, al. Thank you very much. When ice cube and kevin hart teamed up for ride along the result was box office gold. Now they are back together in ride along 2. This too many rookie cop ben played by kevin hart is trying to become a detective like his future brotherininaw, and as you can see the pair is a little like oil and water. Them. Episode 4, episode 6, Empire Strikes back. Empire strikes back. Oh, my god, the ewoks. Wars. So annoying. James, mayia, james realia. James, james, james. Biggie small, is he slightly overrated . Knows sir mix a lot. Maya, maya, maya. James. Shut up ice cube and kevin hart, good morning. How you doing . Let me sum up the plot of this. A top Hollywood Star throws the red carpet at the Golden Globes into chaos and creates a traffic jam because he forgot his tickets to the golden globe and has to run after the limo down the road. Does that sound familiar . A very true story. We watched it. The good news is i had shoes on with no socks so it was easy to slide to my car. Funny to watch you running after your limo. Wait, wait, wait. Lets talk about what you guys have already done to promote this move, okay. Driven with a student driver and smoked marijuana with her. Allegedly. Allegedly. Showed up on the program the bachelor and jumped into a hot tub with him and one of his dates. That happened. Yeah, that happened. In the nude. In the nude. With some nasty water. Did a ride along with al roker in miami. Al, thank you, al. Man, thanks for taking us to that spot. We didnt know al knew our spots. Where is als spot . Al took to us a strip club. Al, first of all, al had about 700 in ones. Ive never im like where did you get all these ones, bro. When im in miami, i just hold it down. Anything you wouldnt do to promote this movie . No, man. I think we have a great movie on our hands, you know. We wanted to go bigger and better with the comedy and outdid ourselves, is it safe to say that, cube . We had to go big, to go better. Thats what people expect. Taking it to miami, you going the ante with kim jong and ololia munn. Had to go bigger. Being completely serious, the chemistry you two have on screen is perfect. Thank you, man. Its amazing. Last time you were year kevin admitted when he started working with you it was love at first sight. Yeah. You had trouble saying the word love back to kevin. Yeah. Have you done some work on this . I still cant get it out. Who can love a face like that. Got to be a mother to love a face like that. Say it. The people want to hear you say interest . Kevin. I shut up. Kevin. Say it. I love you, look at that. I love you. I love you. What was your question, matt. Take his hand. Come on, man, its like come on, best friends. I dont understand. Its tough love. Its love. You love him. Theres so much love in this guy. Theres so much love. Look at that face right there. Look at 9 emotion. Look it, yeah, look at it the thats the laugh face. Thats all love here. I love you too, cube. Were going to play a bowl. This is a fishbowl called things ive done and no idea what the question. If youve got a question about miami with al im not answering it. Look at him. Hes got his ones. Take a piece of paper out and say whether yes you have done this or no you have not done this. Let me see. Go ahead. What does it say . Cried yourself to sleep. Ah, honestly, to sleep, but i woke up because i was still crying. No. There was once upon a time where a female hurt me before i became and i did cry myself to sleep one time, yes. It hurt that bad. But you got the last laugh. More than that, whos laughing now, keisha . Huh . Oh, this is an easy one. Fell asleep in class. Yes, drool down the mouth. Cheated on a test. Yeah. Ill take it a step further, not only did i cheat, i became so good at it to where i used to make it look like i was tapping my guy who used to sit in front of me, hey, man, good luck with my test and i would put my answers on his back and that way it would look like he cheated, not me. Went skinny dipping. We dont need to know that. The world wants to know. The world wants to know. Yes. Raw, in the buff. You want to see more of this kind of thing, check out ride along 2 from our Sister Company universal. It opens friday. Friday. Yay, yay. Go seat movie in theaters friday. Do not want to miss it, bigger, better, sexier. Up next, one of the hottest new names in music, Jenna Bush Hager catches with grammy nominee tori kelly. Was her name really keisha. 110, her name was keisha. Who got the last laugh, keisha . Marco rubio. He ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty. Then he flipped, and worked with liberal Chuck Schumer he threatened to vote against it. And then voted for it. He supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. Marco rubio. Just another washington politician you cant trust. Jeb bush. Hes a leader, so you always know where he stands. Right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. Customer hey, an ultimate millions ticket please. Clerkcierge ultimate millions is a superb customer what . Clerkcierge himalayan fingerbath . Customer oh, i dont,. Uhm,. Aaugh clerksierge pate . Customer nope,. 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Weve been working at this for a decade or more. Yeah. Does that make it even more gratifying . I think it does. I just think back on all the times i was really down and, you know, got rejected from like every single label. Im definitely thankful for all in the past. Growing up in southern blood. I didnt realize until around kindergarten that, you know, when i actually went to school, oh, kids dont just like sing all day. That little girl has come a long way. Call me boring, call me cookie cutter winning the billboard breakthrough artist of the year award, heading out on a tour and scoring a grammy nomination for best new artist. Someone asked me the other you dont. You dont top it. You keep it moving. Thats not even like about the list of achievements that youve done. Its about like the people you meet along the way and the stories you have to tell and the experience. So youre enjoying the ride . Oh, yeah, enjoying all of it. Even though it took tori a while to get here, this small town girl is enjoying life in the bright lights, one performance at a time. I really try just to stay my first show was 50 people. That was like, okay, i am cool doing this for the rest of my life, like i just want to write my songs and perform them and Everything Else will happen or not happen just a california girl with big dreams for today, Jenna Bush Hager, nashville. I saw her perform live. Shes fantastic. Amazing voice. Just ahead, good food and it wont ruin your diet. How to lighten up a takeout today on nbc. Again again again again again . Again again General Mills is removing artificial flavors and colors from our cereals. So you can love cereal. Todays food is brought to you by country crock, real taste from real ingredients. Welcome to country crock. Were back. Its 8 45. Time for today food. All week were making your food a little lighter so we dont wreck your diet. Billy, good to see you. Love seeing you. What are we makeing . Crispy vegetable and sun rolls. My grandma used to make this in the philippines. Whats on the ingredient grid . Mango, papaya, garlics, onion, shrimp, cabbage, carrot, celery, eggs, tumeric and all sorts of wonderful things, especially fish sauce that were using today and its new. First we have to make the crepes is my favorite part. I feel a little intimidated by it. Mix up the flour, salt, and a little corn starch. Ill put in the sparkling water. Why sparkling water. It makes it a little fluffier. Use regular water by the way but thats kind of like a little trick of the trade and here are some eggs. Youre doing really well. Ive whisked before sfla. A little pinch of tumeric and it will end up like this. A lot lighter thanou usual kind of batter. We have all the freaks downstairs at the tasting table. What, what . Look who is here, Brooke Shields. Hi, brooke. Of course Brooke Shields is there, thats amazing. Are we going to eat them with a knife and new york. Knife and fork or fingers. Well, fingers traditionally but you can always use a knife and new york as well. Its up to you. Well make the crepes and well do so in a very special way. Youll tilt the ban so that the batter gets evenly distributed throughout to make a nice lanced crepe. Did you put a little cooking spray on in a . I did. I had a lot and the as soon as you see the edges pop up like that, thats key and thats when you flip it over. And when youre done youll put wax paper out to lay them out on so they dont stick, okay. And then we get to make the insides. Shrimp, we cooked off four to five minutes, salt and pepper, in the same pan, onions, stir these around and well add garlic, some leeks. Smells good. And cabbage. Can you tell. Soften it up a little bit but not too much, and while youre doing that, i need you to keep spreading that around. Well work with fish sauce. Incredibly savory, awesome to season with. Is it hard to find fish sauce . Its popular in Southeast Asia but now in america people are starting to flavor with it a ton. Okay. Youre ready and perfect for the rest rast vegetables. This is so healthy. I know thats the point. Heres the thing, its hardy and papaya and mango, nice and sweet. Stir this around for four to five minutes and then with all the sweetness well add the savory portion of fish sauce and then were ready to go. The fish sauce is the last thing and cook it a little longer. The flavor thats savory. Then we put it in a colander. Lay out a piece of lettuce. And give us keach a little dont be stingy. Oh, my god, yours is really big and take as many shrimp as you like, three or four with this size crepes. Can i get a verdict from downstairs . Great bold flavors. I like it because its healthy. A little spicy, too, which i love. Nice. And then you just sort of roll it will into a little roll. Youre doing taco style and im doing a little burrito. Oh, there she goes. Thats totally okay, too. Garlic and soy, peanut sauces. I was supposed to go for it. You can go for it and do whatever you want. With the ingredients, mix and mingle different ingredients in. What sauce is that . A little garlic and soy and a peanut sauce which is really wonderful. You have a mouthful. Recipe is on today. Com. Billy deck, thank you. Instagram account all day so follow. We will. First this is today on nbc. We are back now with a little help for families all across the country coping with cancer, and its giving them a break from the battle. Kerry sanders has that story. Crazy eyes. Reporter the wilkinson family. Thats a good one. Fourday vacation in chicago, making memories that have nothing to do with kristens fouryear battle with cancer. Me in a carriage. Reporter alissa with younger sister jena and their dad jack and mom, enjoying life the way it was before. For just a few days on this vacation the reality that comes with the stage 4 diagnosis was to sigh. Theres not a day that goes by that i dont think about having cancer or w wt our future is going to hold. Reporter and the moment you were all in chicago, were you worried . No, nope. We were just the wilkinsons and we got to be giddy and we got to laugh. I feel like a princess. Reporter a family making memories instead of living the dread they have faced for the last four years. Everyone has that like one wishsh that they like wish, and back four years and this weekend took it away. One of the ntest things for me, too, is just to be able to have those memories and focus on those memories instead of how bad it hurts and how scared i am. There is her favorite shot. Reporter this family knows what it means to take a vacation from cancer. Five years ago they went to orlando. Terry passed away two months later. It seems almost like every time we go to the coffee table, the photo album is right there, and well pick it up and well look at it and well sit and laugh and talk about all the things we did there, just magical things. Reporter its in that moment that you realize that a vacation was so much more . Definitely. Reporter jack and jail late Stage Foundation made the family possible for thousands of young families with kids over the past ten years. Its all about the time the most measurable impact is the familys reaction. Their sheer joy, their gratitude, their relief. To give my children those memories not knowing what the future hold for us is priceless. Reporter and in the battle against cancer time with family a treasure. For today, Kerry Sanders, nbc news, sun prairie, wisconsin. Such a great organization, and every one of those trips, the jack and jill trips is free, paid for by donations. For sure. What do you have coming up next hour . Brooke shields will be joining us, and it will be kind of fun. Well be looking at powerball. Kevin hart will be joining us again. Hes got more. Well hear more about your energy will do its quarterly test of is nuclear station sirens. You can expect to hear them around 1150 this morning. The 65 sirens within 10 miles of the Oconee Nuclear station will be tested for threeminutes. Greenville, spartanburg, anderson will be clear and cold today, lows in the 20s, high of 45. Southwest winds of 57. The mountains will be cold and sunny, teens early, a high of 38. Northwest winds of 79. Clear and cold overnight, lows of 22 to 30. Sunny thursday, highs of 50 to 55. Asheville, hendersonville will drop to 28 on thursday night, the upstate to 30. Sunny thursday, highs of 50 to 55. Asheville, hendersonville will drop to 28