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Live in havana. And is she or isnt she . The National Zoos most popular resident showing signs of being pregnant. Let the great panda watch begin today, friday, august 14, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. [ cheers and applause ] good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. That poor panda will get no privacy from now on. We are sending natalie on panda watch. We have the live feed. Is it a hard and fast rule, never ask a panda if shes pregnant. It never ends well. Exactly. Well tell you more in a little why. First todays top story. Just when you thought the president ial race couldnt get more chaotic, speculation growing that al gore may jump into the race, this as confirmed candidates head to iowa for a time honored campaign tradition. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker has the latest on this. Good morning. Reporter matt, good morning. The buzz about al gore comes as the ap reports two of the emails on Hillary Clintons private server, quote, include a discussion of a news article detailing a u. S. Toridrone opern and one that could point back to classified material in an improper manner. The report says it is not an email clinton sent and she said she never knowingly classified classified information. It is one more reason the democratic race seems to be shaking up. With ongoing questions about Hillary Clintons private emails, new reports that former Vice President al gore could be informally considering getting back into the game. Buzzfeed reporting that gore, who lost to george w. Bush to 2000, is having conversations with supporters to see if there is a path financially and politically. A high level democratic source tells nbc news there is nothing substantive happening. However, the current Vice President seems to be giving it some serious thought. According to two democratic sources Vice President biden who is vacationing in South Carolina has started to reach out to friends and allies to discuss a possible run including what it would take to start this late. Still, all of the quiet conversations aside, Hillary Clintons email issue has made some democrats jittery. Martin omalley saying do you think the clinton email issue provides an opening . Think people are hungry for an alternative. Reporter meanwhile the republicans wasted in time capitalizing on speculation, the democratic field could get bigger. There is disarray in the Democratic Party. Im sure people like joe biden and al gore are seriously considering it. Reporter for her part clinton will try to turn the page in iowa and shell have plenty of company as most are expected to turn out to court key voters and of course try some signature treats. The Clinton Campaign says they have no way of confirming if the report is accurate. An official said, quote, clinton did not transmit the Sensitive Information herself and nothing in the emails she received marks clear reference to confidential or other sensitive sourcing. To put the al gore speculation in context his name has been floated as a possible candidate since he lost in 2000. Savannah, back to you. All right, kristen, thank you so much. Lets turn to chuck todd, moderator of meet the press. Good morning. Good morning. My husband worked for Vice President gore in the past. How real do you think the speculation is . Do you think gore is considering getting in . Look, its hard to believe al gore himself is considering it. I think here you have democrats and gore loyalists looking at a couple of facts. Number one, Bernie Sanders now leads Hillary Clinton in one of the two key early states new hampshire. What was half of kristens report about . Hillary clinton and the emails which have had a negative impact nationally on Hillary Clinton. If you look at where the Democratic Party is, you do have some people that would like to see Hillary Clinton more challenged. To make sure that, at a minimum, all of the baggage is litigated in the primaries and she can get it behind her or, worst case scenario, they find somebody else. Not Bernie Sanders who some dont think is electable, maybe gore, biden, somebody else. All of the unrest and chatter points to two things. Number one, are democratic voters dissatisfied with the clinton candidacy so far and secondly, do potential candidates smell weakness, see problems in the candidacy . I think there are a bunch of people that havent signed on to the Clinton Campaign that do see weakness, that are concerned that think she could be a liability. I dont think the general rank and file is dissatisfied with Hillary Clinton. I think they are uninspired by her. You talk to people saying they are for sanders and they will tell you, ill vote for Hillary Clinton if shes the nominee. But they are not so in love they want to put a Bumper Sticker on their car or a yard sign in their yard. Thats the disconnect now. Its something Hillary Clinton has to deal with when she comes to iowa. Tom harken, the former democratic senator doesnt endorse in every primary. Having him on board, one less person to rally around gore or biden. I know you are at the state fair. Send back fried oreos for us. Yes, maam. Well look forward to your interview with donald trump sunday on meet the press. To china you in the wake of the massive explosion to a warehouse there. Nearly two days later the fires are smoldering. Overnight a pulled from the wreckage. Ian, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. The 19yearold pulled out of the wreckage. No one really expected that. One piece of good news. At the same time, biochemical specialists have been arriving in town as local officials admit they have no idea what toxic brew they are dealing with. Reporter the fire raged on. Thick black smoke billowing into the sky. Hundreds of firefighters battling the inferno. Today, pulling out alive one of their colleagues treated in a nearby hospital. More than 35 firefighters have died and 13 are missing. Firefighters may have triggered the blast by hosing water on an yishlle fire containing a volatile chemical, calcium carbide triggering the first blast which sparked the first blast which triggered another explosion as other chemicals caught fire captured in this cell phone video shot by an american who continued to film until it became too terrifying. He told me he thought they were going to die. It was just monumental. I thought it was a nuclear bomb in my face. Thats what it looked like. Reporter officials tried to reassure residents that pollution levels are normal while admitting they dont know what toxins are in the air. They told people to move into shelters. Local hospitals have been overwhelmed. The police cordoned off the blast area which resembles a post apocalyptic wasteland. A local clock, marking the deadly moment the city will never forget. This is a city living in shock. But also a city in fear. As residents look at the plume of smoke and wonder what it is they are breathing, matt. Ian williams in china for us. Thank you very much. Natalie has the other top stories of the morning. Good morning. Good morning. The u. S. Now believes isis may have used chemical weapons against kurdish fighters in iraq this week. Richard engel is ins s i tas s istanbul. Reporter good morning. In the past isis has been accused of using chlorine which is bad enough. There is talk the group used mustard gas which is a banned chemical weapon. A senior kurdish official told us what happened is this. Three days ago in Northern Iraq projectiles were fired from an isis held area. They exploded in a kurdish held area. After they exploded several kurdish fighters suffered from a variety of symptoms including dizziness and burns on their skin. Samples were taken. The kurds believe a chemicalle weapon was used and a senior u. S. Official told nbc news he and other u. S. Officials believe the claims are legitimate and the substance may have been mustard gas. An investigation still under way. Richard engel in istanbul for us. Thank you. A man is in custody in washington after a frightening incident of a driver barrelling through traffic hitting at least seven cars on thursday. The driver gets out and goes car to car, Opening Doors and banging on windows. Allegedly trying to carjack a vehicle. He was surrounded by a crowd and tackled and held until police got there. Hes facing multiple charges. A crash caught on camera in new jersey. A school bus crowded with children hit an suv and smashed into a liquor store on thursday. 11 children and three atults were taken to area hospitals with nonlife threatening injuries. The bus driver said the brakes failed. Tragedy at an Amusement Park in ohio. A man who had just finished riding a roik at cedar point on thursday entered a restricted area to look for a cell phone he dropped during the ride. As he was searching he was struck and killed by the roller coaster. The park said its thoughts and prayers go out to the mans family. For the First Time Since the deflategate suspension moved to the courts tom brady was back on the field last night, unexpectedly starting in an exhibition game against green bay. He played briefly, completing one of four passes in the loss to the packers. Fans held signs reading, free come brady. It was an emotional first pitch in cleveland. As the crowd roared adriana aviles. She was diagnosed with leukemia. Her sister also got to throw a story. The team has been so supportive in may they all shaved their heads when she was diagnosed. Very, very sweet. What a moment. Thoughts are with them. Thank you very much. Now a check of the weather from mr. Roker. We have heat out west and also wild weather as well. This is las vegas where they picked up more than threequarters of an inch yesterday. It led to wild weather, flooding, big problems. Even seeing fire sparked by thunderstorms. Look at that. Palm trees set on fire by a lightning strike. We have more heat to talk about as well. Extreme heat is now moving west and its moving east. Here in the northeast we are looking at a heat wave setting up this weekend. Stretching from new england all the way back into the midwest. Pittsburgh in the 90s by monday. New york city in the 90s over the weekend. Same in d. C. Mid 80s in portland and heat continuing in the Central Plains with temperatures in the 90s and 100th. Feels like temperatures in the triple tigts. Into the west, burbank seeing temperatures near 100. Same in phoenix, into the 100teens. Sacramento in triple digits. Well talk about el nino. They are calling it the godzilla of el ninos. First your local forecast imagine she wont have to remember passwords. Or obsess about security. Shell log in with her smile. Hell have his very own personal assistant. And this guy wont just surf the web. Hell touch it. Scribble on it. And share it. Because these kids will grow up with windows 10. Get started today. Windows 10. A more human way to do. Good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. A bright, sunny day today. Just like the last few. The humidity stays low. Middle to upper 80s this afternoon. A bit warmer than yesterday and the warming trend continues, tomorrow 91 degrees. Humidity stays low on saturday but it will be on the rise sunday, along with the temperature. 93 sunday afternoon. Hotter, more humid for monday and tuesday and still steamy and hot for wednesday and thursday. Have a great day. And thats your latest weather, guys. Al, thank you so much. Now to the historic moment set to unfold in cuba. For the fist time in 54 years an American Flag will be raised at the u. S. Embassy in havana. Lester holt is there. Good morning to you. Reporter savannah and matt, good morning to you. You saw the video just before the sun came up. The sign now says the embassy of the United States of america. The flagpole over my left shoulder. Secretary of state john kerry will be landing in a few hours. To put it in perspective, the last time an american skriecret of state was here, world war ii was wagering. Scientists were tinkering with something called a computer. This moment will be steeped in history as he steps off the plane onto cuban soil. The world will be watching. Today marks the promise of a new day for the United States and cuba. Workers at the u. S. Embassy building have been sprucing it up, getting it ready for todays ceremony. This is an historic meeting. Reporter its taken months of negotiations between the u. S. And cuba. First set in motion by president obama last year and culminating today when john kerry, the first secretary of state to visit the island since 1945 raises the American Flag over the embassy. 50 years is a long time for two feuding neighbors. There is a lot of pain to overcome. Along the way, we are sure to encounter a bump here and there and moments even of frustration. Patience will be required. Reporter still, when nbc news sat down with americas top diplomat in cuba, he called the day diplomatically seismic. I didnt think i would see this day come for a long time. But its here. We are excited about moving forward. We want to get out and meet as many of the 11 million cuban people as we can and to act more like a normal embassy. Reporter hundreds wait in line every day hoping for a visa to travel to the u. S. It gives me hope. Im just fwlad that the relationship has been established again. Reporter this is not a bury the hatchet moment. There is work to be done between the countries. The u. S. Pressing cuba for advances in human rights. There is the issue of the economic embargo which of course remains in place. We mentioned secretary kerry will raise the flag. Who else gets an invitation . Reporter eight members of the u. S. Congress, members from the Commerce Department and Treasury Department who were instrumental in making this happen. There will be three former u. S. Marines who lowered the flag here in 1961. They will be part of the ceremonial flag raising. They have vivid descriptions of the day. Crowds of cubans watching, many saying dont go. It was 1961 when the flag was lowered for the last time. Lester holt in havana, thank you very much. We want to remind the viewers lester will have more from havana tonight on nbc nightly news. Connecticuts Supreme Court strikes down the Death Penalty. 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Right now, though, 70 degrees for cape may. Look at millville at 57. 56 degrees in pottstown and 64 now in northeast philadelphia. With bright sunshine, 83 degrees at lunch time. Then up to 86 by 3 00 this afternoon. If youre getting ready to leave the house, head out on the roads, lets check the roads with first alert traffic reporter Brittney Shipp. We have a tweet from septa taking train 807 to Chestnut Hill west is running ten minutes late. Factor that in before you leave the house. On the i76 montgomery drive, things are moving along quite nicely there. We are tracking a few slow spots for you and one is the boulevard heading southbound where we did see an accident earlier and now traffic is down to about 11 miles per hour. If youre going northbound, traffic moving quicker, around 57 miles per hour. Allow a little extra time for your commute. Tracy . Happening today, a philadelphia man faces sentencing for a crash that killed his girlfriend. In 2012 a man flipped his in north philadelphia, crashing into the front porch of a home. He claimed someone else was driving that night. Well have another update in 25 minutes. Im tracy davidson. Now back to the today tad show. 7 30 now, friday morning, the 14th of august 2015. Al roker for president. That would be a headline. Its early. We have a great one for you for our concert on the plaza, Janelle Monae and wondaland. Al will work for every vote. Lets look at the headlines. Big step in the ongoing efforts to improve our nations relationship with cuba. Secretary of state john kerry attending a flagraising ceremony at the newly reopened u. S. Embassy in havana. Crews pulled a survivor from endless piles of debris caused by huge explosions in china. Investigators are trying to determine what triggered the blast that killed at least 50 and injured hundreds more. Al gore for president . According to reports supporters of the former Vice President are talking about another possible white house run. A high level source tells nbc news that it is not likely. Coming up, low fat or low carb . Which diet helps you lose the most weight . Im for the all carb diet. Im in for that. We begin with the emotional reaction to a decision by connecticut support. It strikes down exemptions to the already existing Death Penalty ban. That means it is a surprising turn and one family found it very hard to take. Kristen dahlgren has more. Good morning to you. Good morning. It was a punishment relatives of the victim say fit the crime. The Death Penalty for two men convicted of killing a connecticut family in a case that captured headlines worldwide. The convicted murderers now wont die for their crimes, a decision provoking fresh outrage. Reporter it was a horrifying Home Invasion that ended in the murder of cynthia, sister and two pieces. I miss her every day. Reporter jennifer hawkshead, the wife of a prominent doctor was raped and killed in the family home when two men broke into the house north of new york city in 2007. Sexually assaulting and killing the young daughters, 11 and 17 and tying up and torturing william pettit. Its been difficult. It is not clear to me time heals all. Reporter in separate trials, they were both convicted and sentenced to death. Later in a jailhouse interview refusing to express remorse. In a close ruling, connecticuts high court has thrown out the jurys decisions saying this states Death Penalty no longer comports with contemporary standards of decency. Emptying the states death row, reducing the sentences of these two killers and 12 other men to life in prison without the possibility of parole. We have to keep in our minds how difficult this is for victims and victims families. They decided these men should get the at the time penalty. To have it taken away makes you wonder why we spent all that time in the court system. Reporter in a statement dr. Pettit spoke out, calling the Death Penalty a highly charged topic with profound emotional impact on victims and family members. The legislature of connecticut abolished the Death Penalty in 2012 but decided to let priest sentences stand. Dr. Pettit has remarried and a year and a half ago welcomed a baby. Thank you very much. Now another story we have been covering. The dentist who killed cecil the lion back in the headlines. We are seeing photos of dr. Walter palmer with the black bear he illegally shot and killed in wisconsin. That happened in 2006. It happened in an area that was outside of an authorized hunting zone. Palmer was eventually fined 3,000 and given a years probation. Al has a look at the Weather Forecast for the weekend. Thats right. Yesterday the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Organization saying we could see scenes like this because of recordsetting rainfall. We could be looking with this trougt at recordsetting mud slides and flooding because of the rainfalls coming out of el nino. Will we get it . Just because conditions are right doesnt mean it will happen. El nino happens with warmer than usual temperatures in the pacific ocean. Warmer waters make their way up and then cause more heavy rains. If the trade winds that come across and limit warm waters from making its way north, if they dont weaken we wont get el nino. If we get recordsetting rainfall, will it be cold enough for snow . Its not enough to get rain in california where they need it. They need to get snowpack so the snow eventually melts. If we get the el nino, wetter than usual conditions from central and Southern California the gulf to the southeast. Drier than normal in the northwest. Wetter in the south. The conditions are right for a stronger than normal el nino. For today, sunshine up and down the east coast. Slight risk of storms in the northern plains. Pacific northwest, wet and cool. Inland sections of the Pacific Northwest have red flag warnings for higher fire danger. Good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. A bright, sunny day today. Just like the last few. The humidity stays low. Middle to upper 80s this afternoon. A bit warmer than yesterday and the warming trend continues, tomorrow 91 degrees. Humidity stays low on saturday but it will be on the rise sunday, along with the temperature. 93 sunday afternoon. Hotter, more humid for monday and tuesday and still steamy and hot for wednesday and thursday. Have a great day. Dont forget. Get your weather any time you need it this weekend. Weather channel on cable, weather. Com online. Savannah . Thank you. Coming up next, is your work schedule unpredictable, getting called into the office at all hours of the day . Yes. 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It puts a toll on my relationship with my kids and husband because im so tired. Reporter a new study focuses on the children of parents with irregular work schedules, schedules that vary weekly with shifts that rotate and hours that fall mostly outside of 8 00 a. M. To 4 00 p. M. For toddlers with mothers who work those schedules the study says the language and problem solving skills may suffer. Teens are more likely to be depressed, engaging in risky behavior like drinking and smoking when their parents work nights. Whats the headline . Parents need to have regular schedules. Children need to be read to before bedtime. They need Early Childhood experiences. Reporter the group found at least 17 of the u. S. Work force has an unstable schedule. As a nurse, ingram works overnight hours and occasional weekend shifts. Shes returning to work now after taking time off to spend with her baby girl. It worries me. I want my children to be successful in life. I want them to be great at communicating with other people. Reporter its a topic thats gaining attention when it kooms to low wage workers at restaurants and retail stores. The attorney general asked retailers about their use of oncall shifts which can be cancelled with little notice. Several of the Companies Say they dont use oncall scheduling. Abercrombie fitch said they will eliminate the practice saying few of their workers are parents. If hours are consistent and predictable, does that make a difference . It makes a difference. It allows a child to know at least if mom or dad isnt home they will be home. Reporter there is a growing conversation about giving families more stability by giving their schedules more stability. For today, joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. I know a lot of people who work one shift one week and switch to almost the opposite schedule the next week. Its tough. It makes sense. For kids its unpredictable. They dont like that. 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But i dont know if the panda even knows at this point if shes pregnant. Thats the mystery. Officials at the national zoo in washington say one of the famous residents is showing signs that a baby could be on the way. Panda watch. The mood is tense. I have been on serious, serious reports but nothing quite like this. Reporter we have been here before. Early morning at the national zoo and baobao is getting a weigh in. Reporter panda watch. The panda bear getting out, rolling down the hill. Reporter now her mother mei xiang keeping everyone guessing. Is she or isnt she pregnant again . On thursday, mei was giving clues, enjoying her summer with a midday nap inside the panda house. In may she was artificially inseminalted twice with frozen sperm from a panda in china and fresh sperm from the National Zoos tiantian. Confirming shes expecting isnt that easy. Even ultrasounds cant provide the answer yet. The challenge with panda is the fetus is so tiny you can only see it almost at the end of the development. Reporter her hormones are rising, shes staying inside more, eating less and sleeping more. Behind this door and down a hallway, mei is building a nest. She takes bamboo into her den and shreds it into a nest. Reporter sparking hopes for a baby panda. Pandas are really cute. Baby pandas are the cutest. Reporter they are the cutest. We are hoping for a baby panda. We have a live cam on the National Zoos streaming website here. I swear it gets more interesting when she wakes up. Shes nesting. Thats a sign. She could either give birth or end her pseudo pregnancy between late august and early september. They will provide updates using the hashtag panda story. We are all over it, watching and seeing if she wakes up and if anything will happen. A little bit of a mystery but we ek now officially confirm that Jenna Bush Hager was pregnant. 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Already though 71 degrees in south philadelphia and with bright sunshine, were headed for the 80s. In fact well be there at noontime, 83 degrees. 86 by midafternoon. Grab your sunglasses as you head out the door. Lets check the roads for you. Brittney shipp is doing that. I found another accident, i95 northbound near upland avenue. Just as youre approaching upland avenue, you will see speeds reduced to 21 miles an hour. If youre headed southbound, things are moving along nicely. We did have an accident reported earlier on the boulevard southbound. Thats still causing lots of delays. Only moving at 9 miles per hour. But if youre heading northbound, moving along nicely. If youre heading southbound, definitely leave the house early. Youll run into a lot of traffic. Tracy . Today in new castle county, a dui check this is point will be set up. Alcohol or drugs caused nearly half of the traffic deaths in delaware. 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Which should you slash to lose weight and keep it off . The research that could settle the great debate. Plus, my big fat greek sequel. 13 years after the crazy wedding t the family is back together. We are calling it the greekuel and the third will be the threequel. We are on set for the reunion. And the electric lady, Janelle Monae and wondaland hit the plaza for a live concert, today, august 14, 2015. [ cheers and applause ] we love you Janelle Monae celebrating my Bachelorette Party with Janelle Monae baby, whether youre high or low youve got to step on the tight rope all the way from minneapolis for Janelle Monae Janelle Monae, we are walking the tight rope with you, baby [ cheers ] we are back now. 8 00 on a friday morning. It is the 14th day of august, 2015. Take a look at the crowd gathered on the plaza. They are about to get great music from Janelle Monae and wondaland in our next half hour. They put on a great performance. They are so energetic. You can burn 500 calories by watching. Just watching rehearsal. Exactly. Looking forward to that. On a beautiful morning. Spectacular. Lots to get to in this half hour. Lets start with the headlines of the morning. For that we go inside to natalie. Good morning. For the first time in more than half a century the American Flag being raised today over the u. S. Embassy in havana, cuba. Secretary of state john kerry leading the u. S. Delegation which includes three u. S. Marine corps veterans who last lowered the flag in 1961 when cold war tensions led to a diplomatic break. President obama first announced plans to restore relations with cuba last december. The flag raising will be followed by the hope for tourist dollars. Gabe gutierrez is in havana. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Though the trade embargo is in place and there are many travel restrictions more americans are visiting the island. The number up 54 , so far this year. Its long been the forbidden island, virtually off limits to american tourists. For me it was important to see it before it changed and show it to my kids. Reporter Carnival Cruise lines is planning its first Cultural Exchange trip next year pending final approval from the cuban government. We wont have a casino, broadway. Its not a typical cruise. We believe there is a real market for this experience. Reporter to accommodate more visitors cuba is sprucing up the port of havana. This market filled with hundreds of private entrepreneurs eager for tourist dollars. It means more money. Reporter American Yachts will be docking with high end u. S. Travellers on board. The phone hasnt stopped ringing. Its a sense of adventure, visiting the forbidden land. Reporter the short term rental website air b b launched in cuba in april. Since then the listings have more than doubled. Its a crazy revolution. Reporter this family rents out rooms in their home. We feel flattered. Everyone wants to come to see our country. So its great. Reporter of course there are still many challenges. The family we spoke with said it is difficult to find supplies and reliable Internet Access for Business Owners and tourists is still a long way off, natalie. Fwthank you, gabe. A firefighter trapped under rubble for 32 hours is recovering in china. He was one of the First Responders at the scene of the massive explosion at a hazardous chemicals warehouse which left 50 people dead and injured more than 700. Hillary clintons email controversy is fuelling speculation that more challengers, perhaps al gore, might enter the race for the democratic nomination. Buzzfeed reports supporters are talking about former Vice President about a possible run. A high level party source tells nbc news there is nothing substantive happening. Sources also say Vice President joe biden has not ruled out a bid. Meantime frontrunner clinton joins most of the other declared candidates this weekend making Traditional Campaign appearances at the iowa state fair. In chile, rescue efforts paid off after a horse fell into a well. Dreamer bolted from its owner when it was frightened by a car. The anxious horse was given a sedative to calm it down. Police and firefighters used ropes and a backhoe to haul dreamer up to safety and back to its owner. You are up to date now. Back to savannah. If you are trying to drop a few pounds, is it better to cut carbs or fat . When it comes to keeping your diet on track how much help or hindrance is the scale . Those are the questions today in the headlines and the answers my surprise you. Joy bauer is here with more. Good morning. This is the age old question. This is a medical journal called cell metabolism, which im constantly leafing through myself. What did the study find . First, its very small. The researchers took 19 over weight people and had them first follow just for two weeks a low carb diet. Then they had them follow a low fat hit. During both they were exercising for about an hour. Doing everything right and it was controlled. It turns out they lost weight on both of the diets but they lost a little bit more on the low fat diet which is interesting. Because carbohydrates have been demonized. Youre the expert. What do you think . Is low fat better than low carb . To put it into perspective they only lost the equivalent of a little more than an ounce each day on the low fat diet. What does it tell us . Both diets work as long as you watch your calories, exercise, eat balanced foods you will lose weight. For some people, low carb will work. For some people low fat works. Choose what works best for your lifestyle, stick wit and you will be successful. If you want to go down the low fat road does that mean avocados, for example, would be out . Absolutely not. Embrace fats but watch the amount. They are dense in calories. Nuts, seeds, vegetable oils, butters, buttery spreads. With avocado, two tablespoons of guac is about 50 calories. If you have a cup, 400 calories. Its all about the amount. We havent even talked chips. Exactly. The other headline is about the scale. What about weighing yourself every day . This study is out of cornell university. It took a large amount of people. Half, he gave them a scale and said weigh yourself, track it. You know, lose weighter oh maintain, lets see what happens. The other group that was much more controlled. He gave them the scale and said, i want you to weigh yourself every morning. Graph it. He looked at the results and we found the people who weighed themselves religiously every morning not only lost weight but they had a greater percentage of keeping the weight off. Because its a reality check. There is a lot of proof to stepping on the scale each morning. We are goal oriented people. It fuels and encourages you to continue with your program. However there is a down side. Sometimes, i have to be honest, i avoid the scale because i dont want to be depressed or it could make me anxious, crazy. You have to know your personality. First, we are not robots. You might be constipated, menstruating, have water retejs. We have fluctuations and if you feel it will ruin your mood the scale isnt for you. Also people with obsessive compulsive disorder where you are going to obsess, skip the scale. Know yourself. Figure out what works best for your lifestyle and proceed. The scale in moderation, too. Fats, carbs, the scale, moderation. Thank you for clearing it up. To learn more about the studies we have more information on our website, today. Com. Coming up, pop start. Get ready to have your life turned upside down. Is will smith about to revive the fresh prince of belle air . And the long awaited sequel of my big fat greek wedding. 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One guy on twitter said hbo has found the new cast for entourage. I wonder if the plot lines will be different. Cookie monster and his addiction. If youre wondering, heres how to have the best day ever. Thank you, daily mail for compiling studies that looked at our internal body clock and planned out the best and worst times of the day to do things. Your happiest time of day, 8 00 a. M. We passed it. According to researchers thats when we are most upbeat. The worst time to drink coffee, 9 17 in the morning. Apparently our bodies are naturally caffeinated in the morning. Its better to do it later in the afternoon. You look your best at 10 06. Thats when most women reported they felt they liked 10 06. When were off the air. They have been to the gym and showered. Best time to clean the house, 3 13 in the afternoon when hand coordination is best. We teased that we would reveal the best time of the day to be intimate. I know the time. 5 48 a. M. It has something to do for our schedule, i dont know if that lines up with anything we do. We are not home at 5 48. I have coffee dont come knocking on your dressing room door before the show. Dont even. You know, it is locked. If that dressing room is rocking, tonight come aknocking. For men its 5 48 to 5 49. One of the life lessons every parent should teach their child. There was a list of 59 things. Number one was always say please and thank you. That makes sense. Followed by respect your elders. Then there is unexpected lessons like teaching your child how to read a traditional map. Great idea. How to change a flat tire. The importance of a firm handshake. Telling time from a traditional clock. One that has hands on it. And how to open a champagne bottle. What are some you think are important . For young boys, how to tie a tie. Maybe a bow tie also. Stick shift. A good mental challenge. Nice table manners, ask to be excused. Thanks to mom and dad for cooking dinner. Writing a great thank you note. Like a real note, not an email. Absolutely. Now its the tv classic that could be getting flip turned upside down. Dylan . Carlton could be making a comeback. This is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down. Id like to take a minute all right we are talking about the fresh prince back to tv. Wills Production Company spinning ways to reboot is comedy. Unclear if hell star but he and wife Jada Pinkett Smith are on board to produce it. Its been almost 20 years since it left the air waves. Next we have nbc. Better have her money. Rihanna is joining carson on the voice this fall. Shell be a key adviser to all four coaches helping adam, blake, pharrell and gwen mentor. We should a vovoid that because carsons on vacation. Let him make the announcement. I cant believe its the ninth season. And the movie that could rule the box office and we are not just saying it because its from our Sister Company universal. Straight outta compton. It will be huge and is generating serious buzz. Some say the film could make up to 50 million this weekend. Ice cubes son will play him on screen. Definite resemblance there. The movie inspiring internet memes, even from the white house. This is one from their twitter account saying the administrations nuclear teal will leave iran straight outta iruranium. They should stay out of the rap game. Such great critical review. People love it. Four stars across the board. Do the song. This is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down. I eeld like to take a minute, just sit right there ill tell you how i became the prince of a town called bel aire. Mr. Roker, check of the weather. Our friends in florida have been dealing with rain. This weekend, dealing with even more. There are extreme droughts in southeastern florida. Showers and thunderstorms firing up. Stationary front will lay there and over the weekend. Lightning, brief heavy downpours. Rainfall one to two inches. Some areas three. Locally, could be four to five. Well continue to track it. Good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. A bright, sunny day today just like the last few. The humidity stays low. Middle to upper 80s this afternoon. A bit warmer than yesterday and the warming trend continues tomorrow 91 degrees. Humidity stays low on saturday but it will be on the rise sunday along with a temperature 93 sunday afternoon. Hotter, more humid for monday and tuesday and still steamy and hot for wednesday and thursday. Have a great day. And thats your latest weather. Thank you very much. Not a lot of people in this world want to go one on one with lebron james. Willie was willing to give it a shot. Hes in cleveland with an announcement from king james. Good morning. Reporter good morning, guys. In case there was a doubt whose town it is, there is a tenstory tall mural in downtown cleveland to remind you. Lebron james from akron. Hes done a lot of charity work for disadvantaged kids there. Hes taking the commitment to a different level. I spent the afternoon with him at cedar point Amusement Park where he made a big announcement. Lebron james just cant mis. Carrying the cavaliers to the nba finals in his return to cleveland. Showing off his comedy chops in one of the hit movies of the summer. Im sorry to interrupt. We watched downtown eed down later . Reporter through his charity, lebron vows to send qualifying students from akron to college on fouryear academic scholarships. At this rate we have 1100 kids in the program. If i can put 1100 kids in college free, i have done something great to give back. Reporter as an akron teen, lebron skipped the awkward years and jumped straight to the cover of Sports Illustrated where he was anointed as 17 the chosen one. Are you able to look back now at 30 and say, that was a surreal childhood, a surreal High School Experience . Absolutely. I know i had some things that are not going to happen a lot. We are not going to see it a lot. One thing that blocked me from that was the friendships i had and the mentors around me. Reporter somehow he lived up to the impossible hype. At 30, hes already played in 11 allstar games, won four mvp awards, two nba titles and a pair of gold medals. Do you start thinking despite the fact you are still in your prime about the end of the run . You can never not think about what happens next. For me, i have been able to check off every goal i have had in the league. You know, now just trying to add to it. Reporter off the court, lebron has become a media power house with his hollywood coming out party alongside amy schumer and bill hader in trainwreck. And a Production Company that just signed a partnership with Warner Brothers. Whats up . Reporter is that where you see the post basketball life for you as a media mogul . We hope. Its a passion of mine. Everything i do, i have a passion about it. If we could continue it, i know i dont have to dribble a basketball and fly through the air to do those things. Reporter james made no secret of his love for space jam, the 1996 Warner Brothers movie that starred Michael Jordan with the looney tunes gang. You talked about doing space jam 2. Will it happen . I hope so. We definitely miss some bugs and daffy and every one of them. Reporter on the subject of jordan. Lebron in his prime, mike until his prime, one on one. Ill take myself, for sure. I will tell you they will need wheelchairs and ambulances there to get us off the floor. Reporter two pretty competitive guys. The question came off the fact that Michael Jordan said last week he in his prime would beat lebron james in his prime. You have to think about what happened yesterday. Lebron james, a kid who didnt have a lot growing up able to stand on stage and tell a thousand kids if you meet certain goals i with the help of other groups will pay for you to go to college. Amazing. Really great. By the way, there was a hoop right behind you. No moment did you grab a ball . Reporter i did. Going one on one with lebron james, it turns out, is a mistake. You think it will be friendly. It gets competitive very quickly with lebron james. Well see that at a later date. Thank you very much. Coming up, savannah goes behind the scenes on the set of the long awaited sequel to my big fat greek wedding. Dylan . Weve just catching up here with Janelle Monae. Shes performing live with wondaland. First, these messages. Nbc 10 news starts now. Good morning. Im tracy davidson. Shaping up to be a beautiful friday. Lets get details from first alert meteorologist bill henley. Certainly need your sunglasses today. Bright sunshine from the city to the mountains. There were clouds overnight and theyre starting to thin out. See them over camelback this morning. Enough sunshine, though, to warm temperatures now into the low 60s for the pocono mountains, allentown 62, and 71 degrees in philadelphia with sunny skies. Well warm into the 80s this afternoon. The humidity stays low. If youre getting ready to head out, first alert traffic reporter Brittney Shipp is keeping an eye on the roads. Thats right. A delay to tell you about a tweet from septa, doylestown train 6517 to 30th street station running about 20 minutes late. So that is a big delay there. We also have an accident to tell you about. This is 95 northbound upland avenue. You can see that the speeds have been reduced to about 21 miles per hour. If youre traveling southbound, nothing to worry about. Our speeds are still closer to 59 miles per hour. We are seeing improvement along the boulevard northbound and southbound. We had an accident there earlier. Both directions are now moving along nicely. Speaking of the roads heading down the shore this morning you may get a free pass on some tolls. The new jersey lottery is promoting a game called fast play so its picking up the bill for the tolls at the egg harbor toll plaza on the Atlantic City expressway. Have to be traveling eastbound between 9 00 and 10 00 this morning to get the free ride. Another update in 25 minutes. Get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 news app. Now back to the today show. [ cheers and applause ] 8 30 now on this friday morning. Beautiful day. The 14th of august. Weve got a puppy party going on. Well tell you about it in a second. We have a toilet concert coming up. Janelle monae getting ready. Shes going to get this plaza stomping. We are out on the plaza. I have to say we are in a tangle of puppies. Going puppy crazy here. All right. This is an awesome initiative. We have eight beautiful dogs. They are from the spca of westchester, here with usle. This is a fist of its Kind Nationwide pet adoption drive. Im sorry, bud ti. His timing is a little off. Oh, poor thing. Oh, no oh, boy. No just another day on the today show. Oh, boy. Can i tell you about this initiative . Clear the shelters to help pets find happy homes. Even these little guys will go up for adoption. Shelters will be reducing or dropping fees across the country. Call your local shelter to find out. There are so many beautiful fur babies that need loving homes. Dont step in that. That was mine, by the way. That was mine. Al, how about a check of the weather . Quickly. Aw. For your weekend planner, you can see for saturday, wet weather in the gulf coast southeast. Also around the western great lakes into central ohio. Southwest looking on the wet side. A risk of storms in the northern plains. Sunday, we are looking at a Beautiful Day throughout the east through the great lakes. Hot down through Southern California. Pacific northwest looking a little on the toasty side as well. Good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. A bright, sunny day today just like the last few. The humidity stays low. Middle to upper 80s this afternoon. A bit warmer than yesterday and the warming trend continues tomorrow 91 degrees. Humidity stays low on saturday but it will be on the rise sunday along with a temperature 93 sunday afternoon. Hotter, more humid for monday and tuesday and still steamy and hot for wednesday and thursday. Have a great day. Thats your latest weather. Dylan. Janelle monae and wondaland are ready to rock the plaza. To see her live on tour, toyota is giving you the chance. One lucky winner and a guest will win a trip to atlanta, georgia, for the final stop of the eephus tour. Submit a photo doing the yoga sway. Use the hashtag wondaland goes places sweeps. Put in your entry and good luck. Guys . Okay, dylan. Thank you very much. Its been called the little movie that could. My big fat greek wedding charmed audiences bringing in record numbers at the box office. Audiences have been clamoring for a sequel ever since. Now the wish is coming true. 13 years ago we fell in love did you want to see some brochures . With win desk. Bundt cake. And now the bundt cake. And a family throwing a wedding, a big fat greek wedding to be exact. What do you mean he dont eat no meat . Oh, thats okay. Thats okay. I make lamb. Come. The movie was the brain child of the star who turned the story of her outlandish but lovable greek family into one of the most successful independent films of all time. Im a snow beast. Raise your glass and shout opa because the family is coming back for the long awaited sequel. So what took so long . The reason i didnt want to do the sequel is at the end of the first one i had written that we were parents. And though i make stuff up, i couldnt write from a place of emotions that i didnt know because i wasnt a mom. Then i became a mom so suddenly. She and her husband, actor ian gomez, adopted a little girl in 2008. She was ready to head back to the screen but would her on screen husband john corbitt be on board. What did you think . I didnt think it was over. After a decade of hearing, mm, i dont know. I dont have any ideas really. She called and said, i got an idea. What do you think, do you want to do it . Nobody on this team was happier than me. She didnt have to convince you . No, no. I think there are more stories after this one just to be selfish and greedy about it. I hear he wants another sequel and another. I did whisper an idea for number three in his ear. We are calling this from greekuel and the third will be the threequel. The plot of the new movie is being kept tightly under wraps. I know you wont tell me what happens but this is called my big fat greek wedding 2 because its not my big fat greek divorce or funeral or marital therapy session. Can you give me hints about what might happen . If we tell you what the sequel is about then we have to stuff you in our trunk of a or and take you back to arizona. And you have to live in moms basement until march. Sounds unpleasant. Rest assured the clan is back. Everyone looks i would say better than 15 years ago. Its ridiculous how good everybody looks i. s silly. Even her real life family has come along for the ride. Look at the extras. Wait a minute. This is your mom and your cousin. Hello. My sister, my brother, my cousin. When it comes to revisiting this beloved film she has no fears. Were you at all intimidated to write the sequel . So many people have so much riding on it and love it so much. Are you scared to say, okay, here it is. I consider myself a fearless idiot. I think you have to jump in and just if you have tried to be authentic you have already been successful. I cant wait. I love the movie. It was fun to be on the set. Every single cast member came back. Do you remember grandma from the old country . Shes back. She looks better than ever. They all look the same if not better. Seeing the clips of the original makes me want to watch it again. Its great. It holds up. My big fat greek wedding 2 hits theaters march 2016. Good to know you dont have to li in your moms basement. Up next, Janelle Monae and wondaland live in concert on the plaza. First, this is today on nbc. plays throughout sometimes, at last doesnt happen at first. Your dad just kissed my mom. Turning two worlds into one takes love. Helping protect that world takes state farm. Announcer the toyota Concert Series on today brought to you by toyota. [ cheers ] all right. This young lady and wondaland are moments away from performing live on this concert stage. But first, how about a look at the rise of the electric lady . Reporter Janelle Monae strutted onto the scene on a tightrope. Reporter the kansas city natives inventive mix of pop, jazz and funk got her to the top of the charts. Electric lady reporter leading to collaborations with artists from prince to the band fun. Reporter earning her six nominations along the way. Reporter Janelle Monae is a multi talented power house, singer, songwriter, trendsetter, cover girl and as of this spring, add music mogul to the list. She launched wondaland records, a small collective of five artists. With the latest hit classic man by jidenna at number 24 on the charts they are a force in music. Im a classic man reporter lets not wait any longer. Ladies and gentlemen, here they are. Janelle monae and jidenna. [ cheers and applause ] new york city are you ready to party . [ cheers ] here we go. Let your booty do that yoga party at the beach down in copacabana sipping, got my black yoga pants on me and brittany weve been down in atlanta sweating in the club, call me dirty diana flexing like a yogi drop it down with your hands up do a handstand bend it back, put your legs up. I aint got no worries im my own private dancer my own private dancer baby bend over baby bend over let your booty do that yoga flex it, flex it crown on my head but the world on my shoulder im too much oh rebel never do what im supposed to bend it never break it baby watch and im a show you stretching on my cash got my money doing yoga sometimes im peachy sometimes im vulgar when when im sleeping i got one eye open you cannot police me so get off my areola i want to last want to last forever i want to dance want to tans all night i want to last forever i want to dance all night baby bend over baby bend over baby bend over let me see you do that yoga baby bend over baby bend over baby bend over let your booty do that yoga flex it, flex it flex it, flex it ladies and gentlemen, jidenna i said yoga she did that yoga looking for my loafers man, i woke up in a toga she left my collar on me like she my owner when she downward dog i jump up on her i love the way you end it oh, lord i eat love to break you in oh, lord, id stretch you oh, lord baby, do that yoga want to last forever i want to dance, dance, dance all night i want to dance, forever i want to dance, dance, dance all night baby bend over baby bend over baby bend over let me see you do that yoga baby bend over baby bend over baby bend over let your booty do that yoga flex it, flex it [ cheers and applause ] Janelle Monae, jidenna, thanks. More music ahead on a friday morning. First, this is today on nbc. Janelle monae and wondalands compilation ep, wondaland presents the eephus hits stores today. They are performing across the country. We are lucky they stopped by the plaza. Wondaland and Janelle Monae. Jidenna, roman jen arthur, good morning to you. Good morning, everybody. What inspired you to put this group of artists together. It was destined. I mean, these artists are visionary artists. They write, record, produce. They play instruments. They complete the solar system that is wondaland. I love them so much. They inspire me to stay on my a game. As a movement thats what it started out first a movement to uplift the community with our music and show a different perspective of young, black artists. I like the title wondaland presents the eephus. Im a sports fan. I know what it is. Tell us what it is. If youre a pitcher you have been throwing fastballs, you throw one way off speed pitches that crosses people up. Right. The gamechanging pitch. We have come to change the game. [ cheers and applause ] you do seem that way. Youre having secret shows. How do people find you . Its all a mystery. We tell them right before the show. They find their way. For those of you who cant come, you can watch it online august 24. I have been given one job this morning. Watch, here it is. Take it away, folks. Were doing the tightrope. Whoa another day i take your pain away some people talk about you like they know all about you when you get down they doubt you and when you tipping on the scene they talking about it they cant tip on the scene with you when you talk about it talking about it when you get elevated. They love it or they hate it you tans up on them haters keep getting funky on the scene while they jumping around you they trying to take your dreams but you cant allow it baby whether youre high or low whether youre high or low you gotta tip on the tightrope tip on the tightrope cause baby whether youre high or low whether youre high or low you got to tip on the tightrope im talking about you i cant complain about it just keep dancing on it getting funky on the scene you know about it once you tip on it cause baby whether im high or low whether im high or low i got to tip on the tightrope whoa cause baby whether im high or low high or low im gonna tip on the tightrope whoo i cant take it too high i cant take it too low you should have been low, baby horns blow yeah, yeah, yeah ladies and gentlemen, the funkiest horns section in new york city [ cheers and applause ] clear you got to stay on the scene if you know what i mean [ cheers and applause ] i said one more time for the tightrope [ cheers and applause ] i said, one more time one more, one more time one more time one more time one more time one more time one more time [ cheers and applause ] tightrope [ cheers and applause ] see, i go by the name of Janelle Monae and i said aint no matter how high i climb aint no matter how low i drop i always stay on it always stay on that little tightrope [ cheers and applause ] God Bless America no police brutality. We want america to know we stand stall today. We want black america to know we stand tall. Much more from Janelle Monae as wondaland coming up. First, this is today on nbc. Hush my darling. Dont fear my darling. The lion sleeps tonight. [snoring. ] hush my darling. [snoring. ] dont fear my darling. The lion sleeps tonight. [snoring. ] take the roar out of snore. Yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. Electric lady we are back. Somebody has got to get Janelle Monae a little energy. Oh, my goodness. Talk about a big finish. Amazing. Wo nbc 10 news starts now. Good friday morning. Im tracy davidson. Lets get your first alert forecast from meteorologist bill henley. Tracy, a nice pleasant start with low humidity, temperatures climbing under bright sunny skies. Well see sunshine all day long. Not a cloud in the sky over center city, a live view from the adventure aquarium. 75 now at philadelphia international, 68 in doylestown, wilmington at 72 degrees. And it is 76 in northeast philadelphia. Already 80 along the Delaware River trail. A faster warmup than weve seen the last couple days. 85 degrees at 1 00, 86 at 4 00 today. Today a philadelphia man faces sentencing for a crash that killed his girlfriend. A jury found anthony reader guilty of driving drunk. In 2012 he crashed into the front porch of a home. He claimed somebody else was driving that night. In new castle, a dui task force will set up checkpoints in newport, part of a six month Long Campaign across the state. Last year alcohol or drugs caused nearly half of the traffic deaths in delaware. This weekend, the eagles take the field for their first preseason game. A live look now from our new camera at the link. Birds will host the colts on sunday. Nbc 10 is the official station of the philadelphia eagles. On sunday watch our pregame show starting at 12 30 and then eagles colts at 1 00 and postgame show here on nbc 10. Students in the Philadelphia School district have one month left of summer and today the district is teaming up with more than 100 organizations to help families get ready to go back to school. Today at the high schools of future on parkside avenue parents can get information on everything from transportation and lunch programs to uniforms and registrations. Im tracy davidson. Another update in 25 minutes. You can always get updates with the nbc 10 news app. This morning on todays take, Janelle Monae kicking off the weekend with a special performance by wondaland. And come along for the thrill of your life on the first ever go cart coaster . And well answer the burning question who is jesses girl . That and more coming up now. [ cheers and applause ] all right. We are coming off of a fantastic Janelle Monae and wondaland won kre concert on a friday morning. August 14, 2015. We traded out willie for a beautiful young lady. Giada. This is my dance partner for the Janelle Monae. I know maybe a child of a certain age shouldnt wear lipstick maybe. You were inspired by Janelle Monaes red. This is my tuesday trend. Shes the daughter of our head of wardrobe here. Shes spectacular. Looks beautiful. Did you have fun . I love the robot dress. Her mom made it. Her mom made the dress and that could be the tuesday trend. The little temporary tattoos for women. I think i will do it. Much more elaborate. This is my demonstration model. Very nice. Thanks for joining us. This is just got paid. Johnny kemp just passed away. This is the anthem when i first got, you know, the first real paycheck. Its friday. You dont have how old was he . He was in his early 50s, i think. The song lives on. Thats the great thing about music we love. Somewhere, somebody is just getting paid. Friday night and you will get it popping. Thats right. Speaking of popping. I can escort you over. Nice job to hang out all day long. Not that my Current Company isnt fabulous. Speaking of popping we want to welcome poppy louise hager, our good pal Jenna Bush Hager and her husband had a baby girl. Poppy born yesterday, weighing 7 pounds, 9 ounces. Dad henry and of course the lovely jenna bush. Of course big sister mila is very excited about this. Aw. Whats cool. Poppy is jenna bushs grandfathers name. Former president george h. W. Bush. He was called poppy when he was growing up. Her middle name is louise. Middle names louise and lewis. In honor of somebody they love to dearly in life. Amazing. Congratulations. So excited. I cant wait to meet little poppy. She was just here getting the great phone call from her mother and grand mom. She said, i dont know when this baby is coming. There you go. They may grow up to be young girl scouts, coming up. What do we have . Home made Girl Scout Cookies you can make, too. Girl scouts now have a mini oven where you can make your own thin mints. Look at this. From the girl scouts. These are the trefoils. Put it in, click. 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The girl had a boyfriend. She wanted nothing to do with rick springfield. I cant imagine it. She was spoken for. She regrets it now, im sure. He started writing a song about it. The boyfriends name was gary. If but he said gary doesnt rhyme or work with anything. I wish i could marry. He just wanted her. He changed it to jesse, inspired by an l. A. Ram, ron jesse, tshirt he owned. Hilarious. So jesse is ron jesse, but not. Not, no. Sort of. He just revealed this which is interesting. I love behind the music on vh1. You can see the inspiration. Especially when its a song. Jesses girl now. Did she end up with jesse . Wheres gary. Whats gary doing. So many questions, so little time. Okay. This caught my eye this morning. Can you see that . Okay. Look at smoking hot sharon stone. I cant believe we dont have a ribbon. My finger is doing the trick. Sharon stone posing nude for harpers bazaar. Shes 57. Shes more stunning than ever, if thats possible. There you go. Whats interesting is she tells the magazine she never gets asked out. Shes trying to get a date. Shes trying to get she said i have been getting more brazen with flirting but i dont think men realize that im flirting. Maybe she should hand those out as business cards. Hi, im sharon stone. You know me from fatal attraction. Exactly. I cant believe she has a hard time getting a date. I dont know if shes intimidating or what do you think . I think probably not maybe the dates she wants. Shes a sophisticated lady. A lot of men want to go out with sharon stone. Its about matching. Shes probably not getting the dates she wants. Sharon stone could get a lot of dates. Its the one she wants. I dont doubt it. Youre telling me not one guy will ask sharon stone out . There are a lot. Its just the match. Shes 57. A little bit more refined on what you want. Its not necessarily. She can afford to be picky. She should be. With a body like that. Oh, my, shes amazing. Harpers bazaar hits the stands august 18. Read more there. Or just look. Just go to the news stand. Flip through and put it back and walk away. How long do the trefoils take . Eight minutes. They have been in four. Four minutes. In the meantime, i will saunter over here. Smelling good. Lets check your weather for today. The big area of rain will be through southern florida. We have a stationary front in there. Well see rain and monsoonal moisture in the desert southwest. A cold front in the Pacific Northwest bringing showers. On the coast, chilly. Inland well see temperatures in the 90s well over 100. 90s through the gulf coast. Hundreds in central texas. For today, showers and thunderstorms around the central great lakes. Upstate new york and northern new england, showers right around new orleans. Also much of florida looking on the wet side. Out west, gorgeous weather. Showers and cooler in the Pacific Northwest. Good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. A bright, sunny day today just like the last few. The humidity stays low. Middle to upper 80s this afternoon. A bit warmer than yesterday and the warming trend continues tomorrow 91 degrees. Humidity stays low on saturday but it will be on the rise sunday along with a temperature 93 sunday afternoon. Hotter, more humid for monday and tuesday and still steamy and hot for wednesday and thursday. Have a great day. Thats your latest weather. We are all raving about the thin mints. Amazing. I have never had a samoa from the real cookie boxes. These are amazing. If you are a fan, a part of the cult of mcrib, later in the broadcast in our restaurant redo, i will show you how to make the mcrib at home. Thats a serious face. Have you had a mcrib . I have never had a mcrib. No. This is a fresh mcrib. Have you ever had a mcrib, Janelle Monae . I did when i was growing up. When you were growing up. Now shes all grown up. Well get her a real mcrib. Coming up. We cant wait. 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What i love the most is they bring a unique and different perspective to the Music Industry. The thing we have in common is community. Most of the community is to uplift, inspire and do it in a jamming way. I love the whisper. I follow you on instagram, of course. I twitter stalk you. I love you, tamron. I love you, too. You brought jidenna and he just performed with you. This woman has the midas touch. You have been so committed to keeping it real from your roots to where you are now. How have you found the ability to be a strong woman in the Music Industry that can change you, over sexualize you and do things where you become unrecognizable . One, you cant debt too high or too low. Tightrope is all about balance. It took me a while to get it, but i was fortunate. I was an independent artist when i came in. I didnt care about a major label deal. As long as i have 500 people coming to my church in atlanta which is my stage, im fine. Sean puffy combs saw what we were doing as a team, as wondaland in atlanta and said, listen, i dont want to be involved creatively. I care too much about what youre doing. I want people to know about it. So really, honestly. The things that happened for me and the protection i have had over the years. We have word on the web. Tell us if its true or not. The first one, we can see its true. Oh, lord. That reaction. You only wear black and white. That is mostly true . Very true. Thats pretty true. But not as of late. With the eephus project. You know when youre around artists who inspire you . What we did with eephus and how the project came about as we were recording, everybody could not come into the studio as themselves. Jidenna couldnt come in with the classic man suit, i couldnt come in with the tuxedo, black and white. It was shedding that. We all wore tunics and we would make food, record music all night long. We would do yoga. We wear togas. And do yoga. This experience has changed me. I love evolving. Im a complete woman. Not just, you know, one thing. I will never be one thing to any one person. Yeah. Its all about being complete and whole. Partying and pondering. When it comes to black and white, i think the wondaland records artist eephus has helped give me color. We are looking forward to more color. Janelle monae, looking forward to seeing you. You will be back with jidenna to perform classic man. Absolutely. Prince harry scruffing it in the i do it. Take the natures bounty hair, skin and nails challenge. If your hair, skin and nails dont look more beautiful, well give you your money back. I did it. And i feel beautiful. Visit naturesbounty. Com for details. Soil is the foundation. For healthy plants. Just like gums are the foundation for healthy teeth. New Colgate Total daily repair toothpaste. It helps remineralize enamel and fight plaque germs for healthier teeth and gums. Strengthen the foundation for healthy teeth. 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Dont start humira if you have an infection. Ask your dermatologist about humira. Because with humira clearer skin is possible. Ready . Got your drink . Its friday. Somebody just got paid. Tgif. A little pop fix to kick off your weekend. There is a new pop star in town. Do you know Hailey Steinfeld from the Cohen Brothers western true grit and from joining the bellas in Pitch Perfect 2. After appearing on taylor swifts bad blood video shes about to conquer the music world. She has a new single called love myself. We have the exclusive world premiere. I love myself i dont need anybody else gonna love myself i dont need anybody else i cant help myself no, i dont need anybody else anybody nice little girls anthem there. You can head to today. Com to watch the full video. It could be anyones anthem. Love yourself boys or girls. She has the singing chops. Definitely. The royal beard has returned. Do you know about it . Prince harry is keeping a low profile since june. Now new photos show him getting up close and personal with some of africas wildlife. There is a full beard. I cant see it. Which one is he . That looks like willies beard. Thats hot. Not the fist time hes rocked the scruff. In 2013 harry went on an exhibition to the south pole. Feeling lucky . Whats it called . The dirty harry. He wants to go out with dark natalie. Remember the whole thing. A familiar face returns to nbc. Tina fey teamed up to develop a new comedy. The plot centers around a motherdaughter relationship thats put to the test when an over involved mom gets an internship at a Cable News Network her daughter works at. Sounds like my life. Fey and carlock worked on 30 rock and are the team behind Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt starring our gal ellie kemper. Well be sure to tune in for the comedy that will ensue. It feels like my life because i have a cable news show and my mother texts me throughout. Why didnt you ask that . Do that . I dont like your lipstick. Ask her to come down. She asked me to get a the today show mug. In the middle of my pop fix. One last summer get away. The first of its ooh, i thinki saw dessert . Hey steven stay strong whats that . You want me to eat you . Honey, he didnt say that . Dont fight your instincts. With each for 150 calories or less, try our lemon bars, brownies and new cheesecakes. Fiber one. Nbc 10 news starts now. Good morning. Im tracy davidson. Lets get your first alert forecast from meteorologist bill henley. Bill . Tracy, looking good out there. The crowd is building the at the jersey show. Live view of cape may shows the crowd indeed is building and nice sunny skies in center city. Thats a live view from the Comcast Center. Right now 71 degrees at cape may harbor, 79 in cape may airport. Range of temperatures at the shore while philadelphia in the middle 70s. We are going to warm too the up upper 80s this afternoon. 82 degrees and 86 by 2 00. The u. S. Geological survey says a magnitude 2. 7 earthquake struck summer set county north of bernardsville 70 miles from philadelphia. Nbc 10 has learned that nearly 80 people reported feeling it. No reports of any damage or injuries. This morning businesses in philadelphia are trying to figure out how they will cope during the papal visit and make it to work through all that security. The entire parkway is in the secure perimeter including city hall, so is the area surrounding Independence Mall and old city. Mayer nutter hopes leaders can clear up concerns on monday when a Business Resource Center will be up and running on the citys website. And workers are cleaning up the city ahead of the visit including rounding up abandoned bikes. Crews collect bikes like this every year but this year has an urgency because its pope francis. The bike will be donated to local kids. Im tracy davidson. Another local update in 25 minutes and get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 news app. Its a Free Download from the app store and nbc10. Com. Thanks for watching. Back to the today show. Have a great day. Taking a look at the headlines, History Takes Center Stage today in havana with the American Flag being raised at the u. S. Embassy there. For the fist time in more than a half century. Some travel restrictions remain but already more americans are visiting with a 54 increase so far this year. American Luxury Yachts will be docking in cuba and Carnival Cruise lines is awaiting final approval from cuba for Cultural Exchange trips next year. A newel poll shows a lot of you arent taking vacations. The poll finds 135 million americans have not taken a vacation in the last year. Thats up by 9 million from the year before. The poll defines vacation as at least a week in a place more than a hundred miles from home. Only about half say they are confident they will take a vacation before next year. A new study shows a lot of americans are supporting Adult Children and aging parents. The study by Td Ameritrade finds one in five u. S. Adults have provided financial help to a parent, Adult Children or both. It says millennials gave about 18,000 on average, twice what baby boomers and general xors provided. Your smartphone helps you make healthier decisions. A stooi study finds at least 20 of americans use some technology to help keep track of health data. The most common cell phone apps count steps and track exercise. Researchers say people who combine mobile technology with a complete Lifestyle Program are more successful at losing weight than those who try to do it on their own. For the First Time Since his deflategate suspension moved to the courts tom brady back in uniform and back on the field n unexpectedly starting in an exhibition game against green bay. He played briefly, completing one of four passes in the loss to the packers. Some fans held signs reading free brady. He can play in the preseason but faces the fourgame suspension in the regular season. For now. Now its get a check of the weather from my dancing partner, mr. Roker. By the way, want to tell you about a big surprise for folks coming to see our program. We are teaming with the travel channel to give lucky viewers the trip of a lifetime. Next week, two fans from the plaza will join me on an epic adventure. If you are coming to see the show next week, bring your passports. Head to today. Com visit to rsvp. The destination is a big surprise. Trust me, this is a trip of a lifetime. All right. Lets show you your weather now. For saturday, showers and thunderstorms through the southwest. A lot of eh rain through florida. They have been getting dumped on. Western new york, pa, parts of ohio seeing rain on saturday. Sunday, more rain for florida. Gorgeous weather in the northeast. A heat wave setting up. Great beach weather on the east coast. The heat is on in Southern California. 92 in l. A. On sunday. Good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. A bright, sunny day today just like the last few. The humidity stays low. Middle to upper 80s this afternoon. A bit warmer than yesterday and the warming trend continues tomorrow 91 degrees. Humidity stays low on saturday but it will be on the rise sunday along with a temperature 93 sunday afternoon. Hotter, more humid for monday and tuesday and still steamy and hot for wednesday and thursday. Have a great day. And thats your latest weather. People from all over the country flock to marylands beach front town of ocean city every summer. We found out there was a new thrill ride that opened. We had to try it out so we sent lilliana vasquez. Where are you . Hi oh, hey cool. Thats pretty cool. Im basically like a go cart pro at this point. You are. Did you see that move . In heels. I got to experience the worlds first ever cart coaster along with a few of ocean citys hottest attractions. Reporter with ten miles of beautiful beaches, a bustling boardwalk and nonstop night life its no wonder ocean city attracts 8 million visitors every year. This summer, there is one more reason for vacationers and locals to cruise into town. Standing more than five stories high and over 1500 feet long, the cyclone is the first ride of its kind, combining the thrill of a roller coaster with the adrenaline of a race. This is built for drivers with a need for speed. Today, thats me. The cyclones super charged go carts top out at dizzzying speeds as drivers compete for the checkered flag. My opponent today, the mayor of ocean city. Its not fun to race unless you have a wager. What should we race for today . I brought a key to the city with me. Mr. Mayor, i am up for the challenge. Im on. Lets get them. 3, 2, 1. Go oh, no. I have to get across wasnt even close. With all the winning i worked up quite an appetite. Summer isnt summer in maryland without tasting the blue crab bounty of the chesapeake bay. We hopped over to blu crab house and raw bar where the owner showed me the ropes. Cole says you need the right tools. Mallet, picking knife and in my case, rubber gloves thanks to an unfortunate shell fish allergy. You can just snap. Oh jackpot. Despite not being able to indulge in the fruits of my labor my picking skills had me feeling like a local, sort of. Theres nothing in mine. You pulled it out already. Oh. As the sun set i knew my adventure wouldnt be complete without a pit stop at this super sized tiki bar. Brings a little slice of heaven to the eastern shores. Cheers. This is my speed. A little adventure. Your key to the city. Im excite. They put my name on it. I never win anything. This is my cherished prized possession. Awesome. We need a road trip. I love that idea. Dont leave us behind next time. I wont. I promise. 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You have a pound and a half, two pounds of pork shoulder. You will have sugar, water, salt. This is heinz hunts . Which is it . Hunts. Hunts original barbecue sauce. H hoagie roll, onions, pickle. Put it in the Food Processor with salt, sugar and water. Put it in the Food Processor. Pork shoulder, right . Pork shoulder. Anyway, you get the idea. Put it in. Pulse it and grind it up until it gets into these nice little form it into four balls. Four patties. How do you make the mcrib shape . Press it down flat. Get it into a rectangle. Then because if you had the mcrib it is like a boneless rib patty. There is no bone in it. Make little indentations so they are mini riblets. Take those, put it on a sheet with parchment paper, put it in the freezer until its frozen. Why . Just so it firms up. We have one here already. They will keep their shape. Now heat a pan. You can take them out whenever you are ready. A cookout or whatever. Put it in a nice nonstick pan. I dont know what the mcdonalds one tastes like but this is amazing. Put them in the oven, bake them for a little bit but first put on barbecue sauce. Then you have the patty. Meantime youre browning your hoagie roll. Take the roll, put the patty on top. Very important pickles and raw onion. Raw. Raw onion. Thats pretty much it. You can spoon on a little bit more sauce if you like. This is really good. You have your home made mcrib. To get the recipe, go to today. Com food. Click on restaurant redo tab. This is so good. Awesome. So good. Look. You cant get the mcdonalds fries with it. Why . Because you cant make them at home. We should extend the redo week and do fries. And a shake. Hot fries with that. I will work on it. Meantime, Janelle Monae and wondaland hitting the stage wondaland hitting the stage again for classic i guess i never really gave much thought to the acidity wondaland hitting the stage again for classic in any foods. 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My name calling all night i can pull the wool while im being polite like, darling calling all night i can be a bull while im being polite like oh me, oh my i know many women want to be in my life like oh me, oh my why cant ever woman end up being my wife even if she go away even if she go away im a classic man you can be mean when you look this clean im a classic man calling on me like a young og im a classic man your needs get met by the street elegant Old Fashioned man yeah, baby im a classic man i burn through the hood like whoa everybodys feeling so cold im cool like Nat King Cole and they get a bit of my glow i got charm like a leprechaun, mama even if she go away even if she go away im a classic man you can be mean when you look this clean im a classic man calling on me like a young og im a classic man your needs get met by the street elegant Old Fashioned man yeah, baby im a classic man i burn through the gate like whoa and everybody get in we know i love life living like gold trying to get in my glow i got mad love for my crew, mama im the man who are you, mama shine bright like a jewel, mama even if she go away even if she go away whim a classic man you can be mean when you look this clean im a classic man calling on me like a young og im a classic man your needs get met by the street elegant Old Fashioned man yeah, baby im a classic man keep my gloves dirty but my hands clean got to keep the business in the family bread when im filling up the pantry now sling caine like a candy i tell you how it go pull out rubber bands i pull out an envelope the ladies on my elbow aint for show every ma damn on my team is a top general got to be ready for war should they get into my door get em well get em i know that well get em im a classic man you can be mean when you live this clean im a classic man your needs get met by the street elegant Old Fashioned man yeah, baby im a classic man yes, Janelle Monae and wondaland. Thanks so much. Back in a moment. First, this is today on nbc. Our pal erica hill with a preview of this weekend on today. I filled up on the mcrib. Ready to go. Thanks, al. We have dylans adventures in sweden. You may know her as an avid golfer. She took her game to a mountain where you can get a hole in one at midnight. You can play 24 hours a day. She teed off at 10 30 p. M. And it was bright daylight. The other thing they did. She went in this climate chamber. You can go in the airport and test the climate of where you may be headed. You can get a real sense of what it feels like. It was cold, we know she knows cold. It felt hot. Really cool. I would be right all the time. You would be. We need to get you a climate chamber. Christmas. You got it. Erica, thank you. Well be watching this weekend. Coming up next, you will never believe who is cohosting with hoda. Dont go anywhere. Giving the show a real black eye. This weekend make als mcrib. You wont. Nbc 10 news starts now. A beautiful morning to start your friday. Im tracy davidson. Lets get your first alert forecast with meteorologist bill henley. Tracy, the temperatures are just updating right now. Theyre on the rise. Were still in the 70s but wont be long hitting the 80 degree mark in philadelphia. Look at the sunshine, a commanding view from the Comcast Center in center city. 79 now at philadelphia international. There we go, 80 in northeast philadelphia, Atlantic City at the airport is 79 and 77 in trenton and wilmington. The numbers will climb into the upper 80s this afternoon. The humidity stays low. This weekend will be the perfect time to expand your family with a furry addition. Its time to clear the shelters. Nbc 10 and telemundo 62 are teaming up with animal shelters across our area to help find homes for pets. At the Animal Welfare Adoption Center in voorhees they point out its not just kittens and puppies, older pets need homes too. You will save on adoption fees. And just a reminder, because of this clear the shelter campaign, we have a live kitty cam on nbc10. Com. You can watch the cats at the philadelphia Animal Welfare society as they play. It is live streaming. A lot of people have been watching it. There are other ways for you to helps us clear the shelters. Joins the conversation, help raise awareness sharing the event on social media. Use the cleartheshelters. Send us your pictures of your pets. For shelter locations and fees tap on the free nbc 10 news app. Im tracy davidson. Another update in 25 minutes. Thanks for watching