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Answer to the question so many are asking. Tackling the issue. Nfl players and owners set to meet today to discuss those Controversial National anthem protests. Will the league try to force players to stand, or can a compromise be reached . All that, plus florida declares an unusual state of emergency over a planned speech. An intentional crash on a racetrack . Leads to a dangerous brawl. A tasing and arrests. And morning exclusive. Chip and joanna gains will be here, live, to explain why theyre leaving their hit show, fixer upper, today, tuesday, october 17th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Its tuesday morning, and were glad to have you with us this morning. Its a busy tuesday morning. We have a lot to get to, starting with President Trump sounding off on a number of issues that are facing his administration. Hes also igniting a new controversy with former president s and gold star families. Weve got two reports, and well start with nbcs chief white house correspondent, Hallie Jackson, who is on the hill for us this morning. Hi, halley, good morning. Reporter today the president may have even more to talk about at another News Conference after that surprise show of solidarity with Mitch Mcconnell in the rose garden. It seemed meant partly to show there is no family feud inside the Republican Party. But now new comments from one of the senates most familiar faces make for a real rebuke of the president at a time when the gop needs every lawmaker it can get to get something done. Overnight, one of the president s frequent foes, firing a thinly veiled shot. Senator john mccain, after accepting the prestigious Liberty Medal award from former Vice President joe biden, and without mentioning President Trump by name, condemned people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems. To fear the world we have organized and led for three quarters of a century, to abandon the ideals we have advanced around the globe. To refuse the obligations of International Leadership and our duty to remain the last best hope of earth for the sake of some halfbaked, spurious nationalism reporter senator mccain going on to call that nationalism unpatriotic. It comes as the gop faces civil war with the president picking both sides. At the white house monday, a tale of two photo ops. My relationship with this gentleman is outstanding. Has been outstanding. Reporter President Trump side by side at times handinhand with Senate Majority leader, Mitch Mcconnell, at an impromptu press conference, a show of solidarity. We have the same agenda. Weve been friends and acquaintances for a long time. Contrary to what some of you may have reported, we are together totally on this agenda to move america forward. Were fighting for the same thing. Were fighting for lower taxes, big tax cuts. The biggest tax cuts in the history of our nation. Reporter but just hours earlier, a more frustrated tone. I have great relationships with actually many senators. But in particular, with most republican senators. But were not getting the job done. And im not going to blame myself. Ill be honest. They are not getting the job done. Reporter that white house whiplash also extending to the president s former top strategist, steve bannon, calling for a season of war against the republican establishment. Were going to win, and theyre going to lose. Reporter the president at first seeming to endorse that. I can understand where steve bannon is coming from, and i can understand, to be honest with you, john, i can understand where a lot of people are coming from. Reporter later suggesting he would steer steve bannon away from targeting republican incumbents. Steve is doing what steve thinks is the right thing. Some of the people he may be looking at, im going to see if we talk him out of that, because frankly, theyre great people. Reporter Mitch Mcconnell firing back, suggesting Steve Bannons picks wont have broad appeal. My goal is to keep us in the majority. You have to nominate people who can actually win, because winners make policy and losers go home. Reporter President Trump and the Senate Majority leader trying to turn the page on past legislative failures. Optimistic tax reform will turn out differently, as both work to get it across the finish line. I really believe that we have a very good chance, and i think mitch feels the same way, of getting the taxes done. Hopefully fairly long before the end of the year. The goal is to get it done this calendar year. Reporter so that side by side appearance coming, of course, after months of President Trump tweeting about Mitch Mcconnell and specifically the inability of lawmakers here on capitol hill to do something on, for example, health care. You hear them sound a little more optimistic on tax reform. Plenty on the plate for President Trump and the Republican Party when it comes to legislative action. But dont forget, theres still that National Emergency on an opioid crisis. The president promised more than two months ago. Hes now hinting at a major announcement on that next week. Savannah . All right, Hallie Jackson on capitol hill starting us off. Thank you. As we mentioned, the president is taking heat for Something Else he said in that rose garden appearance. A false claim that most former president s did not call the families of Fallen Service members. And this morning, officials and some of those families are firing back. Nbc national correspondent, peter alexander, is at the white house, with that part of the story. Peter, take it away. Reporter hey, matt, good morning to you. It, of course, is one of the president s gravest obligations, contacting the families of Fallen Service members. But for President Trump, that sober responsibility was the source of an apparent swipe at his predecessors, defending his delay in responding to recent Army Green Beret deaths in niger. President trump deflected before we pressed him on it. On the steps of the rose garden, President Trump responding to questions about why he had not commented yet on the deaths of four u. S. Soldiers in niger, nearly two weeks ago. I actually wrote letters individually to the soldiers were talking about. And theyre going to be going out. Reporter the president saying he would call the families this week, adding this claim. That his bred predecessors did call families of Fallen Service members. If you look at president obama and other president s, most of them didnt make calls. A lot of them didnt make calls. I like to call when its appropriate, when i think im able to do it. Reporter nbc news pressing him on that. Earlier you said that president obama never called the families of fallen soldiers. How can you make that claim . No, no. I was told that he didnt often. And a lot of president s dont. They write letters. You were told that based on what . Excuse me, peter. I do a combination of both. Sometimes its a very difficult thing to do. But i do a combination of both. President obama i think probably did sometimes, and maybe sometimes he didnt. I dont know. Thats what i was told. Reporter the president s assertion igniting a firestorm of criticism. Overnight, former attorney general, eric holder tweeting, stop the damn lying. Youre the president. I went to Dover Air Force base with 44 and saw him comfort the families of both the fallen military and dea. President obamas former deputy chief of staff immediately blasting President Trump on twitter. Tearing into his claim as an expletive lie. A spokesperson for former president george w. Bush says he wrote all the families of the fallen during his presidency. And called or met with hundreds, if not thousands. One woman whose brother was killed in iraq says, quote, president bush listened while i screamed at him and then held me as i sobbed. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders later defending President Trump saying he wasnt criticizing his predecessors, but, quote, stating a fact. Adding, former president s, such as their bosses called each family of the fallen are mistaken. Press secretary sara sanders said like past president , President Trump has called, sent a letter or met with families of the fallen since taking office. As for the four green berets, i asked the white house again this morning whether the president s letters have been maeld or calls to the families made but so far no new update. Peter alexander at the white house. Thank you very much. Now we go to florida, where governor rick scott has declared a state of emergency ahead of a speech by a White Nationalist leader. Its planned at the university of florida. The governor says that order will free up resources to prepare for possible violence in response to the speech by Richard Spencer on thursday in gainesville. Spencer is the person who helped to organize the august rally in charlottesville, virginia, that led to violent street clashes with counter protesters. In a video message, university of florida president , kent fox, told students to stay away, deny spencer attention and ignore his, quote, message of hate. Fox said he was required by law to allow spencer to speak. Also this morning, though, there is more to get to, including those catastrophic wildfires in california. Theyre now being blamed for yet another death. This as some evacuees are being allowed to return home to see if they actually still have a home. Nbcs joe fryer is in santa rosa, once again, for us. Joe, good morning. Reporter matt, good morning. Firefighters say they are making progress and hope some of these major fires will be fully contained by weeks end. But for this region, the Recovery Process is just beginning. The fires tearing through Northern California have taken another life, a contract firefighter driving a water tanker that overturned on a steep roadway. Its a tragic set back in a battle now entering its ninth day. Were not out of harms way yet. But we begin to get an upper hand on this. Reporter in Sonoma County, authorities are still investigating 88 reports of missing people, a list that has been whittled down from hundreds. Search teams are looking for some of the missing at burned out homes. The longer the time goes out, the more that gets a little bit more sensitive. Reporter the hope is that many are simply out of touch. I dont have a best guess where they are, were trying to find them. Reporter the National Guard is helping with the search for victims, and in the process, salvaging valuables that will be returned to their rightful owners. Over a week has passed since the fires erupted. Body camera footage from that night shows Sonoma County fire sergeant getting people to safety as embers rain down. I look back, and i dont know how we didnt catch fire. Were not wearing protective clothing. We were getting hit with those embers. Our house is burning no reporter in neighborhoods decimated by fire, its hard to know what the future holds. Find some clothes. Reporter they lost their house, and theyre not alone. Park says about 20 of the kids at their school are now homeless. I mean, we can find places, but we dont want to drive 40, 45 minutes. We have kids in school, we have all of their activities. It doesnt make sense. Reporter yet beneath the smoke, youll find a thick layer of kindness. Lets have you walk the parallel bars again. Reporter she is getting new prosthetics after her old ones were robbed by the fire. With my legs i feel powerful. Reporter a gift donated by Hanger Clinic and associates. I hope they truly know how much they have given back to a little girl that all she wants to do is walk again. Reporter this morning, 40,000 people are still evacuated, and those in the hardest hit neighborhoods may not be able to return for days or even weeks. No one can go home until the neighborhoods are safe, and utilities are restored. Matt and savannah . Joe fryer in santa rosa, thanks. Now to a new interview with a former hostage of taliban linked extremists. Just days after being released. That hostage now explaining why he and his wife had children in captivity. Nbcs Kelly Cobiella with more on that. Kelly, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. Joshua boyle described just horrific conditions in captivity, being shuffled between three different prisons, violence and beatings. And now hes explaining why he and his wife brought children into that world. This morning, new answers to a question many people had about former hostages joshua boyle, Caitlyn Coleman and the children they had in captivity. Boyle telling the ap in a written exchange, when it came to having more kids, they decided, quote, hey, lets make the best of this and at least go home with a larger start on our dream family. Boyles american wife, Caitlyn Coleman, was already pregnant when they went backpacking in afghanistan and were abducted five years ago. As hostages with, quote, a lot of time on their hands, they decided to try for more children. We always wanted as many as possible, and we didnt want to waste time, he wrote. Adding kaits in her 30s, the clock is ticking. Honestly, we always planned to have a family of five, ten, twelve children. Were irish. H ha ha. They revealed they had killed an infant daughter and raped his wife during the years they were held. The stupidity and evil was eclipsed only by the stupidity and evil of authorizing the murder of my infant daughter and the subsequent rape of my wife. Reporter boyle told nbc news exclusively, the family lived in an underground dungeon, just 66 square feet, dripping water. Their food and beds covered in mold. The family now adjusting to life out of captivity. Boyle saying his three sons have reached the first true home they have ever known. Adding that one of his boys has started raiding the first refrigerator of his life. Boyle also said their children are now 4, 2 and somewhere around 6 months old. He said the children were asking whether each new airport they were in was their new home. As they were traveling back to canada last week. Matt, savannah . Breaks your heart. Kelly, thank you very much. In other news, were expecting new developments today tied to National Anthem protests before nfl games that have led to heated debates nationwide. The issue is taking center stage at the fall meeting of league owners, taking place here in new york. Nbcs ron mott is there. Ron, good morning to you. Reporter hey, matt, good morning. You know, these nfl owners meetings dont usually attract widespread Media Attention but todays gathering is different as owners and players try to find some Common Ground over whats become a thorny, touchy topic. And, of course, thats the National Anthem. In a few hours, nfl players and owners sitting down to discuss standing up for the National Anthem, an issue that has largely overshadowed football itself this season. At todays regularly scheduled owners meeting players and Union Leaders will aim to reach consensus on how the league should tackle ongoing National Anthem protests and the social issues important to players. The goal is to try to solve the anthem issue once and for all. Not with an hedic, not with a mandate, but with some sort of an offer to the players. A platform, separate from the anthem. Reporter President Trump took aim at the nfl last month, prompting large demonstrations beyond the handful of players who had been quietly kneeling. Wouldnt you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a bitch off the field right now . Hes fired. Hes fired reporter mr. Trump has kept the issue alive with tweets and comments discussing the protests again on monday. When you go down and take a knee or any other way, youre sitting, essentially, for our great National Anthem. Youre disrespecting our flag, and youre disrespecting our country. Reporter colin kaepernick, who last season initiated the protests against racial inequality and Police Brutality this week filed a grievance, accusing the league of colluding to keep him out of the game since he became a free agent. In an open letter to fellow players, l. A. Chargers Russell Okung defended the protests. Ass message has now been d distorted, we as players have a responsibility to come together and respond collectively. Richmond, a democrat from new orleans and head of the cbc, sent a letter to roger goodell, nfl commissioner, saying the issue is not black patriotism but racial inequality and brutality and stand with players, trying to call attention to that. Guys . Okay, ron. Just a couple blocks from us here in new york city. Al is here with a first check of our weather. Downright chilly this morning. Its a little brisk youre not alone in the northeast. In fact, 32 Million People are under some sort of freeze warning or forecast advisory from boston, buffalo, latrobe. Look at men anassas. Weve got warming heading our way. Look at the plains and out west. Las vegas, 5 degrees above average. Fargo, 73. Chicago, 8 degrees above average. Then wednesday, all that warm air starts moving to the east. Minneapolis, st. Louis, cleveland, boston, all above normal. And as we head into the latter part of this week, chicago, mid 70s. Mid 70s, new york city. Upper 70s as you get down into atlanta. Good morning. Im first alert meteorologist krystal klei. Today a cool but sunny day. 61 in center city and summerton. Upper 50s in the suburbs. Doylestown, 51 degrees. And sunny throughout the viewing zone. It looks pretty outside, just chilly. 60 in trenton. 61 for ocean city. Although i think some spots up against the shoreline will be more in the upper 50s. And in delaware, south american ayoure at 59 smencouth amer ayoure at 59. Weather. Weather. Guys . All right, al, thank you very much. Coming up, the widening criminal investigation into Harvey Weinsteins alleged behavior, as he prepares to challenge being fired by his own company today. And in the wake of damaging cyberattacks, were going to show you what companies are now doing, hoping to prevent the next big one. But first, this is today on nbc. Sweet 4k tv, mr. Peterson. Thanks. Im pretty psyched. Did you get fios too . No, was i supposed to get fios . Mr. Peterson. Fios is a 100 fiberoptic network. Its like it was invented to stream 4k movies and shows. How do you know so much about tv and internet . The internet. Right. Streaming is only as good as your internet. So get the best internet with the 100 fiberoptic network get fios now just 79. 99 per month for fios gigabit connection plus tv and phone. Just ahead, surprising secrets of the worlds happiest people. And hey grandpa. Hey, kid. Really good to see you. You too. You tell grandma you were going fishing again . Maybe. vo the best things in life keep going. 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Right between the falls and delaware valley, specifically at mile marker 353. 8. So with this being a serious situation, as you can see, this happened a few minutes ago. We have some big delays and backups with the medevac that was on the scene there, as well. We had all lanes closed for a second. Then we had only one car at a time moving through. Huge eastbound delays. Right now backed up all the way past route 1. You can get off before that at 6 11. A chilly morning to start your day. 43 degrees. Meteorologist krystal klei is watching the temperatures. She has the most accurate neighborhood weather forecast. Im looking at temperares in the 30s for many spots. 38 in trenton. 39 allentown. Coatesville, wilmington, dover, all in the upper 30s. Were in the lower 40s for philadelphia. And even Atlantic City at 38 degrees. A cold morning, but we are going to warm those temperatures up to about the upper 50s. Low 60s later on. Thank you very much. Well have more news in 25 minutes. 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Were not getting the job done. And im not going to blame myself. Ill be honest. They are not getting the job done. Search and rescue. Crews race to find the nearly 100 people still missing in Northern California as the deadliest wildfires in that States History burn for the ninth straight day. Were not out of harms way yet. But we begin to get an upper hand on this. Cell phone video captures thoment a plane successfully lands in ireland amid Gale Force Winds as a rare hurricane whips up heavy damage on the british isles. Gentlemen, cool your engines. A rivalry on the racetrack takes a nasty turn when one driver rams his car on to the hood of another. Instigating a brawl and forcing police to step in with a taser. And judge and jury. Back on the track. Judge yankee star aaron judge does it on the field and at the plate. Driven in the air to left launching a threerun homer to help propel new york against the houston astros. Today, october 17th, 2017. Tlauer yankee segment. Several new developments in the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Here in new york, a criminal investigation is widening, while in hollywood, another Major Organization has revoked weinsteins membership. Nbcs Kristin Dahlgren is here with the latest on that. Good morning to you. Good morning, guys. News of the expanding investigation comes just before whats expected to be an explosive Board Meeting of the weinstein company. Today a showdown between harvey and his brother bob, where harveys future with the company could be decided. This morning, Harvey Weinsteins future hanging in the balance. The board of his own Company Meeting today to decide his fate. Weinstein expected to listen in by speakerphone. In his mind, this is a last chance to fight. And i dont think were going to see him go down without a fight. Reporter a senior Law Enforcement official tells nbc news, the nypd is looking into two credible Sexual Assault allegations made against weinstein that date back more than ten years. In the absence of a rape kit or Something Like that or an eyewitness, youre looking for corroboration. Reporter nbc news has also learned the nypd referred three other calls about weinsteins alleged inappropriate behavior outside of the nypd jurisdiction. More than 40 women have now made accusations against Harvey Weinstein, ranging from Sexual Harassment to assault to rape. Weinsteins spokesperson has said any allegations of nonconsensual sex are unequivocally denied by mr. Weinstein. Sara ann massey says her interview to be a nanny for the film producers children in 2008 took an unexpected turn. He pulled me in for a very tight, overly long hug, which, be again, i will note, he was in his underwear. So i felt incredibly uncomfortable. And during that, he told me he loved me. Reporter on monday, the Producers Guild of america voted unanimously to expel weinstein. Saying in part, Sexual Harassment of any type is completely unacceptable. This is a systemic and pervasive problem, requiring immediate, industrywide action. The pga creating an anti Sexual Harassment task force in response. Its going to be much more tough for people like harvey who have allegedly sexually harassed women to get away with this. Reporter the hash tag me too becoming a rallying cry after actor Alyssa Milano encouraged others to speak out. Stars Like Gabrielle Union and lady gaga joining other voices. You are greater than whats happened to you. You are loved and deserving of love. Reporter so other victims dont feel alone. Hash tag me too. Hash tag me too. Me too. Now twitter tells us, more than half a million tweets with the hash tag me too have been sent out. As for the weinstein companys Board Meeting today, weinstein is expected to challenge his firing. He owns about a 20 stake in the company, but so does his brother, bob, who has openly condemned harvey, guys. All right. Kristen, thank you very much. Lets turn it over to al at the weather maps. You have florida behind you. Yes, starting off in florida. And weve got some heavy rain thats going to be just coming in rounds over the next several days. Thanks to this cold front. Isolated, heavy rain causing flooding possible, especially around the east coast of flo florida. Some places 3 to 5 inches. A Flash Flood Watch in effect. And Atmospheric River from china to the pacific northwest, about 5,500 miles, bringing rounds of rain in this, monisture keep coming in, gusty winds. And, in fact, we are looking through the next 72 hours of anywhere from 3 to 5 inches of rain in parts of the olympics, upwards of 7 inches. The cascades, 2 to 5 inches and right around seattle, 1 to in 3ch good morning. Im first alert meteorologist krystal klei. Today a cool but sunny day. 61 degrees in center city and summerton. Upper 50s in the pennsylvania suburbs. Doylestown at 59. 58 in allentown. Again, sunny throughout the viewing zone. It will look pretty, just chilly. 60 in trenton. 61 for ocean city. Although i think spots against the shoreline will be more in the upper 50s. Delaware, smyrna at 59. Wilmington at 60. Have a great day. And get your weather any time you need it. Check out our pals at the Weather Channel on cable. Thanks very much. Plenty more straight ahead. A firsthand look at what companies are now doing to prevent the next major hack attack. Then the music superstar joining the cast of a highly anticipated sequel. Plus, chip and Joanna Gaines will be here. This is their first interview together since announcing the end of fixer upper. And Sir Richard Branson [phone ring] hello. Hi, its anne from edward jones. Im glad i caught you. Well im just leaving the office so for once ive got plenty of time. Whats going on . So those financial regulations being talked about . They could affect your accounts, so lets get together and talk, and make sure everythings clear. Thanks. Yeah. That would be great. 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Equifax, yahoo linkedin, jpmorgan, home depot, sony, target, even the nsa. You have no, bane and ox. Youve never heard of bane and ox, because its not real. Its a fictitious International Company created by ibm to put a class of Cyber Security pros through a simulated hack. Within seconds, theyre under attack. You guys might want to go take a look at this. A whole slew of financial records mixed in with a bunch of authentic patient data. Reporter patient records, financial documents, even compromising ceo emails have leaked. Folks are getting stuck in the elevators. Reporter and the building itself seems to be under attack. This is not a technical discussion. You have employees stuck in an elevator. This is now a Business Continuity strategy. It is no longer an i. T. Strategy. Around the clock, ibm and other leading security firms are constantly trying to undercover hackers and foil their attacks. On any given day, our watch floors and our centers around the world will see upwards of 30 to 35 billion security events. Reporter billion with a b. Going through a simulated attack today, 25 banks and financial institutions, including mastercard. We are trying to prevent breaches. We are trying to prevent people from stealing information about our customers, our shareholders. Bane ox has become the latest victim of a cyberattack. Reporter within seconds, word of the breach is out. Twitter blows up. The companys stock is sinking and customers are furious. The immediate pressing concern is determining the origin of the attack. Is it coming from overseas . Or is it an internal attack . Hey, folks. Tim from fbi boston. Reporter for an added touch of authenticity, a real fbi agent shows up. We found some ip addresses that come back to bane ox. Reporter harold shaw is in charge of fbi boston. What are your concerns about targets in the United States right now . Could it be power systems, power grids, water supply systems and dams . I can tell you, all of them. Lieu beiyou look at it can b the financial sector, energy sector, the health care sector. We all have to Work Together to be able to, you know, harden those aspects, be able to quickly share information. Reporter the latest advice for everyday americans, use a password vault to safeguard all of your passwords. Use multistep authentications. When a website asks for your mothers maiden name or favorite color, use fake answers so a hacker cant find the answers in your online profiles. And avoid ever sharing your Social Security number. The next hack could be only a click away. Sharing information is what this is all about, between companies, the fbi, overseas authorities. Now, the cyber class has to determine who is hacking the company, and then take steps to stop the intrusion. We agreed not to say who the culprit is, so the future teams dont know the answer. 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Regardless of the support online, there have been some photos posted of the lockers completely empty. Jared writes, will you ever see one phone in the box. We asked on twitter, should phones be banned from restaurant tables . And were kind of a split decision here. 57 say no, 43 say yes. At this point, mcdonalds is just testing out lockers at that single location before deciding whether to expand to your outlets. I think if you put some chargers in these boxes, people will be more likely to put their phones in them. Thats a good idea i like the idea of having the phonefree dinner but not a ban. Do you allow phones at your table at home . Generally no. Not usually. Nice. Thank you very much. Just ahead, a donor controversy. Whats preventing a father from giving his own son a lifesaving kidney . Then a morning exclusive. Why are chip and Joanna Gaines leaving their hit show . Americans, 83 try to eat healthy, yet up to 90 fall short on getting key nutrients. Lets do more. 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Investigators are looking into the cause of an Apartment Fire on cherry hill. A family is crediting their cat to alerting them to the flames and smoke. One person is hurt. Several apartments are damaged. In Gloucester County today, students in the Monroe Township School District will head back to class. Officials closed all the schools for a week because of mold concerns. Students at holly glen elementary are being moved to other schools while crews clean up mold there. Philadelphia School District grappling with mold, as well. John b. Kelly elementary will not reopen until tomorrow. The school in germantown has been closed since thursday when traces of mold were found in the ventilation system. Happening today, the fight over philadelphias sugary drink tax goes to the skate capitol. Business owners and workers will make their case at a hearing on why the tax should be outlawed. The extra money helps pay for prek education and other city services. 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After deciding to end their wildly popular show, fixer upper. Our exclusive live conversation today, tuesday, october 17th, 2017. Someone is supposed to be in school today but instead how come youre here . Because im celebrating my 10th birthday. Were on a girls trip from canada we have an announcement to make were just married from california what are you doing here today . Celebrating my birthday on the today show. Good morning from grand rapids, michigan how many years have you been watching the today show . 30 years. Whats your favorite part . Oh, all of you. Aww good morning, everybody. Welcome back to today. Nice to have you with us. Its a tuesday morning. Im excited about you talking to chip and Joanna Gaines. They came here about five minutes ago, renovated the orange room already. Some things they fixed up. Needed a little tlc, they say. Well talk to them in a moment. Lets start with your news, 8 00, lots going on. The president facing new fallout this morning after making controversial remarks about his predecessors in office. Those remarks came during an event showcasing party unity. As senator john mccain takes a shot of his own, as well. Nbc white house correspondent, kristen welker, joins us with all of those headlines. Good morning. Reporter hi, savannah. Good morning to you. The president will put the focus on Foreign Policy today, meeting with the Prime Minister of greece. It comes as hes trying to reboot his domestic agenda and trade relationship with his own party, but overnight, as you say, while accepting an award in philadelphia, republican senator john mccain seemed to take aim at mr. Trump, underscoring the deep tensions that remain. Overnight, senator john mccain taking a thinly veiled swipe at President Trump, without mentioning him by name. To fear the world we have organized and led for three quarters of a century, to abandon the ideals we have advanced around the globe. To refuse the obligations of International Leadership and our duty to remain the last best hope of earth for the sake of some halfbaked, spurious nationalism reporter the comments coming just moments after accepting the prestigious Liberty Medal award from former Vice President , joe biden. And after a rose garden reset earlier in the day. After months of strain between the president and the senates top republican. And he can do that reporter the president making this proclamation during an impromptu News Conference. My relationship with this gentleman is outstanding. Has been outstanding. Reporter President Trump and Senate Majority leader, Mitch Mcconnell, both striking a united front, looking for victories on tax reform and health care. I want to underscore what the president said. We have the same agenda. Weve been friends and acquaintances for a long time. Reporter but there were also mixed messages. At one moment, the president indicating hes not on board with his former top adviser, Steve Bannons war against the establishment, while standing next to mcconnell. Some of the people he may be looking at, im going to see if i can talk him out of that. Reporter earlier in the day, a very different tone. Ill tell you what, i know the republican senators. Most of them are really, really great people that want to work hard. But youve got a few people that really disappointed us. They really, really disappointed us. So i can understand fully how steve bannon feels. Reporter in the rose garden, mr. Trump saving his sharpest words for democrats, including his former rival. Is she going to run . I hope. Hillary, please run again. Reporter the president also sparked a backlash when asked about the deaths of four american soldiers in niger, claiming his brpredecessors nev called the families of fallen soldiers. President obama and other president s, most of them didnt make calls, a lot of them didnt make calls. Reporter later, backing off that false claim. President obama, i think probably did sometimes and maybe sometimes he didnt. I dont know. Thats what i was told. Reporter a spokesperson for former president obama firing back, telling nbc news President Trumps claim is wrong. President obama engaged families of the fallen and Wounded Warriors throughout his presidency through calls, letters and visits. Mr. Trump will have a chance to weigh in on all of this when he holds a joint News Conference with the leader of greece later today, savannah. Kristen welker at the white house. Thank you. Also on monday, President Trump addressed a report surrounding his controversial drug czar nominee, representative tom moreno. A 60 minutes report reveals that moreno supported a bill that prevented agents from cracking down on some of the big phrma firms behind the distribution of addictive opioids that have led to an epidemic. Were going to look into the report and take it seriously. This country, and frankly, the world, has a drug problem. The world has a drug problem. But we have it, and were going to do something about it. Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer among the voices calling on the president to withdraw that nomination. Representative moreno had no comment. This morning we are hearing an emotional plea from the parents of a 2yearold boy who needs a kidney transplant. His father is a perfect donor match. But a hospital in georgia has postponed the surgery after the father violated his parole. Nbcs katie beck with the story. Reporter this morning, Carmela Burgess is fighting for her son, ajs life. Mama reporter hes just 2 years old. I dont know. I just keep praying about it. Reporter born without kidneys, the toddler is in desperate need of a lifechanging transplant. And there is one man who is a perfect donor match. His father, anthony dickerson. Thats all i ever wanted, was a son. And i finally got him. And hes in this situation. Reporter their situation . Now capturing National Attention after the fathertoson surgery was delayed by the hospital. The family believes because of dickersons criminal past. Theyre playing with my sons life. Thats what i feel like theyre doing. Reporter dickersons rap sheet includes at least 15 trips to jail for charges including theft and forgery. With an Organ Donation plan already in progress, dickerson was recently rearrested for violating his probation. The jail granted him an Early Release so he could donate his kidney to aj on october 3rd. But dickerson missed preop testing and blood work because he was in jail, and was not released until the day before the scheduled surgery. They got our hopes up, and him hes been on dialysis for going on three years. Reporter the hospital then sent the family a letter that the family provided to nbc news. Saying the surgery would be pushed back until dickerson could prove he complied with his parole officer for three months. That letter reading in part, we will reevaluate mr. Dickerson in january 2018 after receipt of this completed documentation. Citing privacy laws, Emory University Medical Center says it cannot share specific information about its patients. But in a statement to nbc news, the hospital explains. Emory health care is committed to the highest quality of care for its patients. Adding, guidelines for organi transplant are designed to maximize success for recipients and minimize risk for donors. Transplant decisions are made based on many medical, social and psychological factors. Reasons that are hard for ajs mother to accept. Okay, dad has violated parole. But our son is not healthy. And he wont be healthy until he gets a kidney. Reporter a mother worried her son is being delayed getting the surgery he needs. For today, katie beck, nbc news, atlanta. Want to talk now about major changes coming to pet stores in california. Starting in 2019, they will no longer be allowed to sell pets from socalled puppy mills. All dogs, cats and rabbits must come from shelters, rescue groups or adoption centers. Violators could be find. 36 cities have laws against massbreeding operations. But california is the first state they hope to inspire other states to do the same. All right. 8 09. Something we call hodas morning boost. Some guys like to go big when asking that important question. For nick cannon, that meant getting his pilot license. And then he told his girlfriend karen, look out the window when they flew over farmfields in north texas. Take a look. Oh, my god i love you so much. Are you kidding me . And first time i saw you, i knew ump goiyou were going to b one. 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I feel like with the audience, they have come along side with us. On the other side, its like there is so much encouragement. Even though it was sad, it was also they get it. We have this young growing family. And i just think that was one of the biggest reasons why we wanted it. You write about it in your book, chip. It looks like fun and its fun for us to watch. This is hard work, reality tv. Take people into that. What is this to pull off a show like this, whats actually involved . Nobody knows when you get into Something Like this, from our perspective. Obviously, somebody knows. But when we got into this, you know, because im an idiot, i thought this was like a get rich quick scheme. So i was like, sweet. They think we could work about eight hours a month, and supposedly you end up with all these riches when this is all said and done. Unfortunately, its not quite that easy. And the emotion and the amount of energy that it takes to kind of pour Something Like this together. And who knows . I cant speak on anybody elses behalf. But i know for jo and i, we wanted it to be the real deal, authentic, legit, sincere. And i think thats why people were drawn to it. Yeah. Immediately people are like, that cant be the real reason. So people are starting to say, oh, its Something Else. Ill let you take it on. Sure. Some people said, okay, something is going on in the relationship. Sure. And thats why the show ended, to which you say . Yeah. I mean, you know, look, ill give them a little credence. There is always whats next. And for us, the most important thing in the world is jo and is relationship, followed very quickly by these four beautiful kids. And we didnt want to push it, red line it, for so long that we woke up and realized, we are at a point of no return. So we wanted to take a step back and focus on the thing that was absolutely the most important thing to us in the world, which is jo and is relationship. And its funny. People in our inner circle, i tell them, were as healthy as weve ever been. I just didnt want to continue pushing this envelope to the fullest extent. And im you know, were really thankful we have the opportunity to sort of step back and take a break. Would you do it again . In a heartbeat. Would you do another show, maybe down the road . Who knows. Yeah . Were so excited about this break. But would we go back and do this again . Absolutely. In a heartbeat. It was a joy. It was a pleasure. All the things that you know about it. I mean, it introduced us to kansas. And, you know, a lot of folks in new york dont know about us yet. And so were hoping that maybe the show makes it further northeast. But in kansas, were crazy were huge. You know, chip just wrote the book. And its actually full of life lessons. And youre a big risktaker and i think people find it inspiring. But joanna, when you met chip, fair to say, he was a bit of a fixer upper. She was the one who took the original big risk, right . Yeah. But, you know, for me, i get firsthand experience of what its like to have this guy by my side to really push me to my dreams. I think this is what this book is. Just like get past fear and failure and go for your dreams. And i feel like in the beginning i was the winter filed of that. So right off the bat, he was the one that encouraged me. If there is something you want to do, get after it. What is your best advice to people . Because a lot of people have fear, but maybe for good reason, because you dont want to take a dumb risk. Good to take risks. You dont want to take a dumb risk. For me, i have this Glass Half Full kind of mentality. And i think even the dumb risks end up paying off to some extent. You know, its like, the things you learn through those bad decisions, some of which are the things that mean the very most to me now, looking backwards, had i not made these grave mistakes. You know, i wouldnt have made it where i am. Whats the dumbest thing you ever did . Since the book title just invites that question. Oh, joanna, you can also answer. Ill let him answer. Im nervous. I think when the cameras are rolling, i feel like to some extent like, this is a good example. When the cameras are here, and theyre on big daddy, i refer to myself in my own mind. I i feel like its daring me to do something thats a little bit outside the envelope. And so i just think that because of the way that whole thing came together, it certainly allowed for there was never a dull moment. There were moments youre like, oh, why did i do that on tv . You ever want to run over and give a big kiss to matt lauer on the cheek . Hes just right over there. Thats it. Thank you, thank you. If you want to do something you big hunk of man candy. Its so cute. Chip and joanna, thank you so much. Youll never regret that. You will never, never, never regret it. The book is called capital gaines. Richard branson is over there. Everyone gets a kiss final season of fixer upper on hgtv. We move over to al. Hes kissable too. Hey, chip. Come on. Anyway, take a look. We have air quality alerts out west, even though the fires now are finally getting knocked down a bit. High winds in the northern plains. Plenty of sunshine. The western twothirds eastern twothirds of the country. Flood watches down through central florida. Thats whats going o good morning, im first alert meteorologist krystal klei. Today a cool but sunny day. 61 degrees in center city and summerton. Upper 50s, suburbs, doylestown, 59. 58 in allentown, sunny through the entire viewing zone. Looks pretty, just chilly. 60 in trenton, 61. Spots against the shoreline more in the upper 50s. In delaware, smyrna, 59. Wilmington at 60. Have a great day. If youre heading out, dont forget, you can take us with you. Check usso out on siriusxm, hom of the hoda show and don and maz show. Time for whats trending today. Lets talk driverless cars. Were well on the road to seeing these in the future. I think its safe to say, and raise your hand, are you a little nervous . Absolutely. Why . Because . You ever have a computer go down . What happens if something goes wrong, right . Researchers from the university of balona in italy thought about this and have come up with a question. What if there was something called the ethical knob that could be installed in your driverless car. It would give you control of the computer in that car, and who it protects in case of an accident. So as i run through these different settings, think about being in a driverless car, and for example, a pedestrian walks out in front of the car. First, you would have the altruistic mode, which would protect the lives of others over yourself. In other words, the car would react in a way that would protect others before it protects you in the car. On the opposite end of the knob is the egoistic mode. This preference would protect you and who is in the car with you over that pedestrian. And for those who cant decide, theres the impartial mode. That would give equal protection to all parties involved. So how would you set your knob . So you get in the car and you have to, like flip a switch. I cant even think of a radio station. This is very complicated. I cant make decisions. I would be right in the middle. I think if my kids were on board, i would want to choose the thing that protects our car. The egoistic mode. It could be rebranded. But to protect my kids. You over others. Thats the only time. I think i would always pick the middle and let the fates decide. Im always worried the car is going save myself car. To heck with you. What do you think . I dont know. I think i would be afraid to put it anywhere. Because i feel like if i did protect the family and swerve off or something, and hurt somebody else, i dont think i could put my head on the pillow and sleep. I would think, oh, my god impartial. Impartial. Savannah, would it be different if youre driving alone versus if youre driving with your children . Would you set it to Something Different . Im with you. I would set it i like the rebranding. I would go egoistic mode. If you were alone, i would put it in the middle. You always stop and think whether every driver on the road had theirs set, and you figure ive got to protect myself too . Listen, this is why we should just drive our own cars. Hands on the wheel, baby. There you go. All right. Dylan, youve got some popstart for us . Yes. First, news about an upcoming movie sequel, mama mia. It was announced back in may and many familiar faces will be returning for the sequel, including meryl streep. But one Surprising New addition. Cher oh, wow cher revealed on twitter, just went through two dance numbers and everyone was great. And she posted this image of her own shoes. And details about what character cher will be playing still under wraps. They will go back and forth in time to show how relationships have shaped over the years. Up next, Kate Middleton making a surprise appearance on monday to the crowds delight. The duchess joined Prince William and harry at paddington station where they met Paddington Bear himself. Katie had fun, taking a moment to dance with the bear right on the trains platform. She was not expected to attend the event, as she has been battling acute morning sickness from her pregnancy. And we are so happy to see she is out and about. And finally, Nicole Kidman defending her celebratory kids at the emmys. If you recall, nicoles co star in Big Little Lies won an emmy for the role and on his way to the stage stopped to hug and kiss nicole but the kiss raised eyebrows. She was confronted about the kiss, and heres what she had to say. I did kiss him. Youve got to understand, i did everything with al. Im like, you know, that we saw it [ laughter ] im backing off. Ive got an amazing supportive, gorgeous husband who i love more than anything in the world. And i gave alex a congratulatory kiss, and hes like a a mannequin. Yes. [ laughter ] what . Wait, what . A little flustered after being put on the spot. As she said, the kiss was truly innocent. And thats your popstar. All right. How about a daly click. Robby and kirsten knocked their pregnancy announcement out of the park, thanks to help from a major star. Take a look. Theyre having a baby its amazing the couple sat next to bill murray last week at wrigley field. The dadtobe on instagram saying bill murray, thank you for making my parents cry. Hes cute. Huge fan. Just ahead, what an avocado salesman and multimillionaire have in common that could make you happier. And a man who always has a lot to share, Sir Richard Branson, after your local news and weather. Good morning, im vai sikahema, just about 8 30. A cool start. First alert meteorologist krystal klei with accurate neighborhood forecast. Hi, krystal. Winds 9 miles per hour, 43 degrees. Suburbs 39, parts of new jersey 37, low 40s for Lehigh Valley and delaware. Live cameras show us we have plenty of sunshine out there right now. We will continue with the sunshine as we get into those afternoon hours. As for your temperatures, they are going to be warming up, right around upper 50s and low 60s for the highs today. Krystal klei, thank you. Breaking news in philadelphia, skyforce 10 above a car crash affecting traffic near red line road and jamison avenue. This is a live look at the area. Some road closures in the area while firefighters are working there. The latest video in an effort to entice amazon to philadelphia. Take a look. Our value add is our diversity. Were minority majority city. The mayor tweeted the video in the past 90 minutes. Short but simple, focused on the educated and diverse workforce, abundance of top ranked colleges and dynamic tech sector. Penndot searching for snowplow drivers, class b license, medical certificate, driving skills test is par of the interview test. There are full and parttime positions available. Well have another update in 25 minutes. Meantime, you can always get the latest news and weather with nbc 10 app. Im vai sikahema. Well see you at the top of the hour. Paulsboros a very proud community. Its been on the decline with the closing of the refineries and theres no jobs in the community. If theres no jobs, theres no education, theres no food on the table. Whats important is the children. Steve sweeney. He fought for em. This is where hes from. Steve sweeneys been here since the beginning. Steve spearheaded the whole project and really brought it to fruition. It wouldve never been done without steve. It was a pride in building this port and then knowing that were coming back. When youre a doubledipping like steve sweeney, its important to maintain a certain. Lifestyle. Thats why sweeney spent over a hundred grand of his Campaign Funds on highpriced meals and other gifts. Were talking fine cigars, fancy watches, pricey restaurants, and expensive wines all to charm the type of folks who helped him raise your taxes 145 times. Too many in south jersey are struggling. But steve sweeneys looking out for himself, not for us. Were back now. 8 30 on a tuesday morning. Its the 17th day of october. 2017. You know, its cold out here. And you know who is cold . Who . Joanna gaines has got to be cold. She and chip are out here saying hi to some of their fans. They said they like this temperature, though. They do . Yes. All right, guys, we have a huge crowd again today. We are on a roll with our crowd. By the way, your pants rock. Savannah guthries pants rock. All right. So we have we felt a little bad. We have a young lady here skipping school. She is celebrating her 10th birthday. Abby, we didnt want you to get this trouble so we wrote you a note, please excuse abby for missing school she was busy celebrating her birthday on the today show. To make it official. Okay . Thank you all right, thats abby. She is so going to detention. No question about it. Super cute. Coming up, Sir Richard Branson is here. Hes lived an amazing life, so much so, hes out with his second autobiography or memoir, whatever you want to call it. Were going to talk to him about his family, his empire. And he has a fascinating story about a con game that nearly cost him millions of dollars. Wow. Then, is there a secret recipe for a happy life . Were going to travel to two very different places today. They are among the happiest on earth. Were going to find out what they know that we dont. All right. And coming up, i hope your family is going to love the combination were cooking up this morning. Yummy its a chicken parmesan lasagne. Bam what chef is making that . I dont know. Hes not that good. Well see how it turns out. First check of the weather . Well see what weve got going on. Going to show you for today some high winds in the western plains. East coast to florida, looking at a flood watch. Eastern twothirds of the country, plenty of sunshine. And warming up in the midwest. And then mild breezes through the great lakes. Above average temperatures through the rockies. Heavy rain moves into the pacific northwest. Plenty of sunshine through the lf. Good morning, im first alert meteorologist krystal klei. Today a cool but sunny day. 61 degrees in center city and summerton. Upper 50s, pennsylvania suburbs, doylestown 59, 58 allentown. Its sunny throughout the entire viewing zone so looks pretty outside, just chilly. 60 in trenton, 61, some spots against shoreline will be more on the upper 50s. In delaware, smyrna, 59, wilmington at 60. Have a great day. Dont forget. You can get the get the weathere you need it. Check out our pals at the Weather Channel on cable. Mr. Lauer mr. Roker, thank you very much. Im here with Sir Richard Branson, best known as the founder of the virgin group, and the guy who is trying to make commercial space travel a reality. Hes out with his second autobiography. Its attentiongrabbing title, finding my virginity. Welcome back. I want to get to the book in a second. But we saw images of you not long ago as the hurricanes roared through the caribbean and virgin islands. You have a home there. Whats the status . A lot of the caribbean has been completely devastated. Including Necker Island. And weve all had to try to help the caribbean stand back on its feet. And ive just come from washington, met the world bank, imf, and what were trying to do is get the resources to try to get people get people up and running again. Can i ask you why you rode the storm out on that island . You say this storm reached category 7. Why were you there . You were in your wine cellar. Why didnt you get off the island . We had our staff there and i felt it was important to be there with them. We have a lot of wildlife animals, flamingos, limas. They need to be looked after, as well. And but we were unlike a lot of other people in the caribbean. You know, we had a concrete bunker. They were in wooden houses. On to the book. You this is the second time youve done that. I think the first autobiography covered the years up until 1998. This takes us from that point on. Youre a notetaker. In your daily life, you sit down and you write notes at meetings, after meetings. Did those notes come into become very handy when writing this . Absolutely essential. I actually cant understand how people can run companies or run departments and not you know, when you listen to somebody and they make a suggestion, if you dont write it down, its going to disappear. You write about risktaking. And i think whats astonishing, and you actually list these. You say there are about 75 times in your life where you had experiences and got into situations that could have cost you your life. I mean, really dicey things like hot air balloon accidents and sailboats crashing on to coral reefs and a biking accident. Why do you take these risks . Why do you keep taking them . Im a great believer in saying yes. And i find that life is that much richer if you if somebody says you could be the first to cross the atlantic in a hot air balloon, i dont want to watch somebody else do it. Or if somebody says lets go around the world in a balloon or lets go around the world in a boat, i want to be there doing it. Yeah, but youre also a father and a husband and a grandfather. Do you ever feel guilty yes. You do . But my kids and are now doing it to me. My son just climbed the matterhorn. We now do Big Adventures together. And theyve got kids. And i think as a family, we feel that, you know, live life to its full, and do extraordinary things. It makes for a good read in the book, as well. It really does. Didnt your wife one time say to you you can keep taking the risks as long as that island is in my name . Shes no fool. I like her. I really do. You also at the end of this book write some include some letters. One you wrote to your wife, i think, right before one of those balloon trips. Some others to your children. Are you getting and weve talked a lot over the years, and you never have liked the word legacy. But are you getting to the stage of your life, sir richard, where youre thinking more about it personally and professionally . Well, fortunately, my parents both in the 90s so im hoping there will be a third book one day. Im an optimist, as well. Look, i think all of us need to lead our lives so we can be when were on our death bed, can be proud of the lives we lead. And im determined when that happens, i i can feel i can bow out gracefully. I want to end on this story weve been kind of teasing throughout the morning. You posted this on a blog this morning. This is a fascinating story. I consider you to be an incredibly savvy guy. And you nearly got conned out of millions of dollars recently. Just give me the basics of this. Yeah. I got a call from the minister of defense in england, who i know. And he sounded like the minister of defense. And he said that the british diplomat had been kidnapped, and they were not legally allowed the government wasnt allowed to put up the money. So they had gone to a number of businessmen to see whether we would put up the money. And they would pay you back. The British Government would find a way to pay you back. And they said they needed 5 million from me. Now, fortunately, i had managed to work out that it was a con. But then subsequently, when i was in the British Virgin islands, i think the same man phoned somebody, pretending to be me. Slight english accent or whatever, and he said i was stuck on the island and needing some money to help the local people and could he put up 2 million. And hes a delightful american businessman. He does not want to be his name doesnt want to be known, but he put up the 2 million. And thats the last hes seen of it. And i think what this says is that, you know, we can afford businessmen can afford maybe to lose 2 million. But there are millions of people being conned every day now. I mean, these the its frightening. Ive come across a cleaning lady on Necker Island who got conned out of a few hundred pounds through a scam. Somebody who works in a bar near Necker Island, who got conned out of 1,000. And i think the police need to turn their attention to this, much more, say, than the war on drugs. They need to really focus on this and try to and try to get on top of it. Well, again, buyer beware. Its a good cautionary tale coming from someone like you. Sir richard, nice to see you. A pleasure. And the book again is called finding my virginity. Next, where are the happiest people on earth and what are their secrets . Cynthia mcfadden and her worldwide search for answers. First, on a tuesday morning, this is today on nbc. And we are back with day two of our special series, secrets to happiness. How can two vastly Different Countries produce some of the happiest people on the planet . Nbcs Cynthia Mcfadden is back with the answer. Some hand gestures. It would be hard to imagine two more different places than freewheeling costa rica and legally rigid singapore. Yet both are among the happiest places on earth. Come along as we try to find out their secrets. What does a dancing avocado salesman with just a few dollars in his pocket have in common with a multimillionaire cruising around in a 500,000 sports car . Its like a rocket. Exactly. Thats right. Reporter each lives in the country with its own express lane to happiness. In denmark, National Geographic explorer dan beautyner showed us why the wealthy country consistently tops happiness surveys. Short work weeks, social support, even bike lanes, are all part of their happiness recipe. Are you saying that onesizefitsall . That everybody can be happy in the same way . You want to enjoy life daytoday. You want to look back on your life and be proud of it. And you want to live a purposedriven life. And there are different triggers to optimize each of those different kinds of happiness. Reporter to prove it, he takes us to costa rica. Their type of happiness is that daytoday joy. As a rule, the richer a society is, the happier they are. But costa rica isnt all that rich yet by most measurements, theyre happier than americans. Reporter he introduces us to triny who earns a living scrubbing toilets and then heads straight to church. I asked her on a scale of 1 to 10, how happy you are. She says a 10. Religious people tend to be happier. She was able to relinquish the worries and stresses of her life over to something bigger. Reporter costa ricans also know how to have a good time. At this market in the city, fun is often instigated by the avocado salesman. They put a huge priority on socializing. They will never stay an extra hour at work when there is a good Party Happening elsewhere. But being this carefree would never fly in the happiest place in asia. Butner takes us to the country where drug crimes are punishable by death. And even selling chewing gum is a crime. Singapore . Yes. Reporter is one of the happiest places in the world . Dont you love it . Reporter im totally surprised. They have the lowest stress and worry in their daily life this year. Usually there is a tradeoff between freedom and security. In singapore, you have that security. Reporter singaporeans are incredibly ambitious, too. Douglas fu set out to create the starbucks of sushi when he was just 26. Today, his sake sushi conveyor belts are in 200 restaurants in ten countries. And hes just getting started. And we want to bring it everywhere, to the rest of the world. Reporter he says long hours and hard work are what make him happy. A 9 out of 10. If you could trademark that laugh, it would be better than sushi. Reporter this is a place where people tend to look back on their lives and are satisfied with it. This is the type of happiness that appeal to people who like to work really hard and then be rewarded for their hard work. Reporter but butner finds that kind of drive is about a lot more than just buying expensive stuff and exotic cars. You work hard largely for the benefit of your family. Yes. All of us do. We want to put food on our table for the family and make sure the kids go to a good school. And when that happens, youre happy. Reporter what about that costa rican avocado salesman who grew up dirt poor and dropped out of school . Why is he so happy . A few years ago, he was down to 8 in his pocket. He gets a phone call from his friend who said, you just won the National Lottery reporter nearly 100,000 u. S. Dollars. When he got to the market, it erupted in cheers because it completely changed his life. Reporter but theres a twist. Within one year he gave it all away. He gave it to his mother. There was a beggar in the market he saw every day. He gave it all away. And i asked him, i mean, arent you sad that you blew all this money . He said absolutely not. Im still a 9 out of 10. He got happier by making others happy. There you go. Dan butner says in his new book if you move a happy person in singapore to costa rica or vice versa, they might very well be miserable. Every happy place has its own special sauce. One size does not fit all. Wow. But there are lessons to be learned, for sure, that generosity is amazing. It really is. Cool. That was great. Really cool. All right. Tomorrow we are sticking closer to home. Were going to have the big reveal. We cant wait for this one. The happiest city in the United States. Top five. Top five. Okay. Coming up next, three words that make me happy. Chicken parmesan lasagne. Its a crowdpleaser. First, this is today on nbc. Crowdpleaser so were back with a special edition of today food. Nbc universal, our Parent Company invested in buzzfeed. This morning we make a dish that has crowdpleaser written all over it. As seen in video, were going to pull together a chicken parmesan lasagne. Its kind of like the frankenstein of comfort foods. Were putting it all together. So heres our grid. Weve got chicken, lasagne, cheeses, eggs, all that together. So youre going to take some boneless chicken breast. Did the chef cancel . [ laughter ] thats it. I locked him up. This is what you came up with . So anyway, youre going to take this chicken breast and slice it in half. And then youre going to take three of these and do this. And then youre going to pound it flat and you can get your butcher to do it or you can do it yourself, because, lets face it, we all have a lot watch your fingers and pound that down. Pound it nice and flat. All right. So there you go. Now youre going to salt, a little pepper. Both sides. Youre going to do double dredge. Youre going to start with flour. All right . I like how you do, al. Me too. No messing around. Yes. And then you dip it in a nice egg mixture and then some seasoned bread crumbs. And then you put them into some nice hot oil. You like that cast iron pan . I love the cast iron skillet. You can make anything you need in a cast iron skillet. What i always say. Our basically going yeah. Youre going to cook this through both sides, about four minutes a side, okay . Now, while thats cooking, youre going to make up your stuffing for the lasagne. You take some ricotta cheese. Youre going to put in a little egg. And youre going to beat that together. And thats going to be part of your mix that youre going to use for the layering. Now, once youve cooked up your chicken cutlets, youre going to now, the recipe calls for one jar of marinara sauce. I say use two. Use two. Because youre basically going to be using the sauce to cook the lasagne noodles. Youre not going to boil these ahead of time. So you put sauce on the bottom first so it doesnt stick. Then youre going to put your lasagne noodles in. Just fit them in there. Then youre going to take your chicken cutlets. Look at that. But you cooked that chicken all the way. Cooked it all the way through. It doesnt get dry when you do no, because its going to the sauce is going to moisten it up. Now take some of your ricotta mixture. Spread that over. Then you take your cheeses. Weve got your parmesan and your mozzarella. As jgiada would say. So this is a diet dish. Absolutely. And then you put some of your sauce on. Smear that in. And then youre going to keep repeating this. Keep layering it up. Al, how much does that dish weigh . This dish weighs about 12,000 calories. And youre going to keep layering. And then when you finish, youre going to put on some more mozzarella. And some more parmesan. Youre going to put the youre going to put foil on this. Then youre going to bake it at 350 for about 45 to 60 minutes. The last ten minutes take the foil off, put a little more cheese on. A little more brown it like that. Look at that what i like to do is just put it on the broiler for just a little bit, just to brown it up. And then when you finish, garnish it with a little basil and there you go. Do you remember the worldfamous spaghetti pie . So good. Teetering. Teetering off the top. This may be better. Wow this is really amazing. One of our favorite things. Head to today. Com food and today food and tasty launching a fast and easy family meals challenge. We know cooking for a busy family can be tough without simple crowdpleasing recipes. Were looking for your best breakfast, lunch and dinner dishes, all separate, that are easy, cheap and satisfy everybodys taste buds. Submit yours at today. Com foodclub, and it just might get turned into a new tasty video. We are back but first, this is today on nbc. What a after 8 years of chris christie, is kim guadagno the change new jersey really needs . Guadagno is christies handpicked successor. Says shes proud to be part of the christie administration. Guadagno was Chris Christies right hand as our schools came under attack, Critical Services were underfunded, and our Credit Rating was downgraded. 11 times. From the bridge to the beach, weve seen it all, and weve had enough. Kim guadagno isnt the change we need. Welcome back, everyone. Time to run across the street with some chicken parmesan lasagne with meg inklely. One of the things were talking about, is it worth it. What substitutions could you make to make it just a little healthier for you. Our nutritionist is here. And olympic gold medalist, Shawn Johnson east, flexing her muscles as an adventure capitalist. Well take you behind the scenes. See you at 9 00. Did you really just say what substitutions we could make to chicken parmesan lasagne . Might not be allowed to fry that chicken, lauer. Megyn, thank you. Mu much more coming up, right after these messages. Anothe good morning, im vai sikahema. Just about 9 00 a. M. If you havent left yet take a coat with you out the door. First alert krystal klei with your most accurate neighborhood forecast. Krystal. A little chilly, 46 in philadelphia. We have started to warm up. Were now in the 40s in trenton, allentown, wilmington upper 40s early this morning. Temperatures in the 40s. Well make our way to the 50s. A few spots make their way to the 60s. Check out the next few hours in philadelphia. Sunny from 11 00 a. M. To 2 00. 57 at 2 00 p. M. , forecast high running low 60s. Krystal klei, thank you. Soon Better Service to parts of northeast philadelphia and beyond. A Ribbon Cutting ceremony for the boulevard direct service happens today. The route will offer greater frequency and fewer stops between Frankford Transportation Center and the mall. Service begins on sunday. Happening today the fight over the drink tax goes to the state capital. Opponents plan to make this case for why it should be outlawed. State lawmakers tried to hold a hearing, however protesters in favor of the tax cut it short. Joe biden will join governor kasich this afternoon. The political opponents will come together to discuss ways to bridge the political gap in washington t starts at 1 00 p. M. Live stream nbc10. Com and nbc 10 app. Nfl players and owners union will try to tackle controversial anthem issue. The players who kneel during the protest. Mr. Goodell wants to work on a rule that mandates players to stand. Im vai sikahema, news at 11 00. Get news and weather with nbc 10 app. Megyn kelly today in just a few minutes. This morning today. She walked down the aisle in the massively popular movie, my big fat greek wedding. N and Shawn Johnson east, flexing muscles and investing money as cnbcs adventure cap californiaists. And what could be better than apple cider, pumpkin and maple gingerbread . How about the same fall flavors you love with fewer calories. All that and more, right now. [ cheers and applause ] hi, welcome, everybody. Hi. So good to see you. Welcome, everybody. Im meg