And the woman accused of murdering kim jonguns halfbrother. George cleanny and matt damon speaking out about Harvey Weinstein. Hes got to face justice. And thats what friends are for. One runners heartwarming sacrifice to help his injured teammate cross the finish line. Today, tuesday, october 24th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its a tuesday morning. Were glad to have you with us. Its a busy morning in washington. Thats where were going to start. The investigation into that deadly ambush on american soldiers in niger, is revealing more about what went wrong. And today, the president makes a rare trip to capitol hill to meet with Senate Republicans. Well talk with those that will be there, bob corker, who is retiring and has been a harsh critic of the president recently. But first, Peter Alexander is at the white house for us. Reporter good morning to you. New details and new questions about the deaths of the four American Service members in niger. Nbc news has learned that u. S. Officials believe the ambush was likely a setup. Among the questions military investigators are trying to drill down on, did the Mission Change . Was the intelligence they received flawed . And why was one of the Fallen Soldiers separated from the rest of his unit . This morning, the emerging theory on what happened in niger, according to three officials briefed on the matter. A sneak attack by terrorists. Tipped off about a meeting between u. S. Special forces and tribal leaders in a village sympathetic tocyti cisis. We owe the families as much information as we can find out about what happened. And we owe the American People an explanation of what their men and women were doing. Reporter joint chiefs chairman, joseph dunford, saying that soldiers, including green berets, waited an hour before calling in air support. My judgment would be that unit thought they could handle the situation without additional support. Well find out in the investigation exactly why it took an hour for them to call. Reporter another hour passed before French Military jets arrived. Dunford said the operation began as a planned reconnaissance mission. Among the Unanswered Questions this morning, whether that Mission Changed. Top military officials are scheduled to be on the hill thursday to provide a classified briefing to lawmakers. Come on. Theres questions about why four men died. Reporter the widow of sergeant la david johnson, pregnant with her third child, says she has questions, too. I want to know why it took them 48 hours to find my husband. Why couldnt i see my husband . Every time i asked to see my husband, they wouldnt let me. Reporter adding that President Trumps condolence call made her angry. The commander in chief challenged to remember her husbands name. The president challenging her account. Saying it was very respectful. Saying he spoke the name without hesitation. But mr. Trump was quiet on the topic for the rest of the day, ignoring questions. The president putting another gold star controversy to rest, making good on his promise to send 25,000 to the family of dylan balldridge. He offered the money in july. But the check was dated october 18th, the same day the Washington Post reported the family had not received the money. The president writing, i believe my legal docounsel got this to you. Back in washington, President Trump will go to capitol hill to meet with Senate Republicans as his party tries to pass sweeping tax cuts, seeking their first legislative victory before this year is out. Peter alexander, thank you. Senator bob corker, republican from tennessee, chairs the Senate Foreign relations committee. Good morning. Good to see you. Good morning. Good to be with you. Lets look at the reporting out of niger, that the soldiers may have been set up, that the tribal leaders could have betrayed this em. That raises questions about what the mission was. Did the Mission Change . Was the intelligence faulty . Im sure youre going to be part of that briefing on capitol hill on thursday. Whats your most pressing question . Well, look, these the military the reis really good a going through and getting the facts out. On thursday, even, they will not be xhecomplete. The bigger issue is what are we doing around the world . And were going to have hearings from last night. We have troops around the world in a are fighting and wish us harm. And were working on an old congressional authorization for use of force put in place . 01. I think just an examination of what were doing around the world. And what our troops are doing on the ground. They have been hamstrung. This is going to begin a bigger debate that was under way. Senator, let me ask you. As you well know, your colleague, senator graham on the republican side, senator schumer on the republican side, they did know we had that number of soldiers operating in niger. Did you know . Are you surprised . Are you concerned that you didnt . I did know. I receive a congressional notification. I think it was in june. They likely did, too, and somehow didnt see that or notice it. I was aware. And i think at the time they notified us. We had 600 to 7 ushgs troops th that were there. These things expand. I was aware we had troops there. Lets move on to another subject. The president is going to go to capitol hill and talk about tax reform. I believe you called this a photo op, which leads me to believe you dont think this is about governing. This is more about a show. Can you explain that . Typically when some thing is getting ready to be launched, theres a photo op. Tax writing committees in the senate and the house will be laying out the 4 trillion in loophole closings that need to take place. Hopefully the white house will step aside and let that occur in a normal process. Recently, the white house in a couple cases, has been taking things off the table. I would just say, theres a lot of work to be done. The spinach part of this, the tough part of this, is upcoming. Your message to the president , leave well enough alone . I would recommend that, based on recent history and interactions. I think thats the best way for us to have a success. I think its fine for him to come over. I look at these things as more of a photo op. Theyre not really about substance. More power to him. Senator, you know youve been in the news a bit for your criticism of the president. You announced youre not running for reelection. I read what you said pretty carefully. And among the comments is youre concerned that his comments, the president s comments, could put us in on the path to world war iii. Let me put it bluntly, left to his own devices, do you think the president is a threat to National Security . I think there are people around him that work in an effort to contain him. That would be secretary mattis and tillerson and general kelly there as chief of staff. That almost seems to accept the premise of the question if he needs to be contained . I think when you have the kind of issue were dealing with in north korea, where we have a very unstable leader there, when you send out tweets into the region to raise tensions, when you kneecap, which is what hes done, publicly when you kneecap your secretary of state, whose diplomacy, you have to depend upon to bring china to the table, to do the things that need to be done, back channeling in some cases to north korea. When you kneecap that effort, you move our country into a binary choice that could lead us into a world war. Yes. I want him to support diplomatic efforts, not to embarrass and malign efforts that are underway to try to get some kind of diplomatic solution here. And i think most people would agree with that. Were you disappointed, senator . It seemed like when you made these comments recently, you were saying to your colleagues, come on, folks. Ill get out here. And lets speak truth to power. And then, there was this thud and a kind of eerie silence. Are you disappointed that more of your colleagues didnt speak their minds following your comments . You know, not really. Look, i came here as in a missional way. Im serving two terms and leaving. Ive always been an independent voice. I was raised i built a company in a roughandtumble business. Its just my nature to be direct and very independent. I think thats what people from tennessee sent me to do. And so, this has been building for some time, as ive watched the way the white house has operated. My concerns have continued to rise. And, look. Im one senator who is expressing what i believe to be sincere, what i know to be sincere concern. Other senators may have other issues theyre dealing with. But this is the role that i believe i should play for the good of our country. And for the good of the world, really. Senator bob corker, thank you. We appreciate your time this morning. Thank you very much. Thank you, sir. A lot more to get to, including the hunt intensifying for a potential serial killer in florida. Officials met with residents and vowed to catch whoever is behind three deadly shootings in a tenday span. Kerry sanders has the latest for us this morning. Hi, kerry. Good morning. Good morning. Officers have saturated this area with patrols like the one im in right now, with officer brett schler. Theres a concern that theres a killer on the loose here. And this neighborhood is int terrified. We will hunt this down until we find him. Reporter it was standing room only at a Community Meeting monday night. In the audience, emotional relatives of the three murder victims. Each gunned down in a onemile area in ten days. Benjamin mitchell was the first one killed. His aunt, angelique dupree. Monica hoffa was second. Her uncle, robert. Well find you. Reporter Anthony Niaboa the third victim. His uncle. We feel that people want to see justice. Reporter because all of the killings happened at night, officials are encouraging residents to turn on their porch lights after dark and Pay Attention to their surroundings. Were not going to let evil win this race. Reporter detectives took down names of everyone attending the meeting, believing the killer might be brazen enough to show up. A former fbi profiler says the killers m. O. Suggests theres a good chance hes from the neighborhood. Hes comfortable with this area. Maybe he grew up here, works here, or currently lives here. Reporter tampas police chief says at this point, everybody is a suspect. There is a very good likelihood that someone in this room knows who is doing it. Reporter the fall milies ofl three victims say they dont want to see anymore suffering. I hope he finds it in his heart to turn himself in and not continue. He needs to stop. Reporter this is a community onedge. Overnight, officers heard gunshots in the area. It turned out to be a drug deal. But as you can understand, people here feared it may have been victim number four. Savannah . Matt . Kerry sanders, thank you. Bill oreilly going on offense, defending himself in the wake of Sexual Harassment allegations he faced. Kate snow with the latest on this. Reporter good morning. Bill oreilly says hes hamstrung because he cant comment on any case thats been, as he put it, resolved. He said he resolved three cases, while he was at fox news. Half the number of settlements the New York Times is reporting. Am i mad at god . Yeah, im mad at him. I wish i had more protection. Reporter overnight, bill oreilly firing back on his podcast. If i die tomorrow and i get an opportunity, ill say, what did you guys work me over like that . Didnt you know my children were going to be punished and theyre innocent. Reporter and fired up on glenn becks radio show monday. Im not going to run and hide because i didnt do anything wrong. Reporter oreilly slamming a New York Times report that he reached a 32 million settlement with fox legal analyst lis wiehl in january. Ive been in the broadcast business for 43 years, 12 different companies. Never one time was there any complaint filed against me. Reporter one of oreillys former colleagues tells a different story. Oreillys suggestion that no one ever complained about his behavior is false. I know because i complained. Reporter nbcs megyn kelly said she wrote an email to fox News Executives last year, complaining that oreilly was shaming women to shutting the hell up. Perhaps he didnt realize the message his criticism sends to young women across this country, how men continue to view the issue of speaking out about Sexual Harassment. Reporter oreilly spoke to times reporters last week before the article of the settlement was published. We have physical proof that this is bull [ bleep ]. Bull [ bleep ]. Okay . So, its on you if you want to destroy my children further. All right . Because its all crap. Reporter according to the New York Times, at least five other settlements involved allegation against oreilly at fox news. 21st century fox, says it knew of oreillys settlement with wiehl, but not the financial terms. Saying they fired him after other allegations surfaced two months later. The company says it has taken steps to transform the culture and change the leadership at fox news. And federal investigators are investigating whether fox violated law in paying out settlements and clonot disclosi them to investors. Im terrified. And i dont know why im about to cry. Reporter juliet huddy settled one of those cases and spoke to megyn kelly. People have regrets when they sign nondisclosure agreements. Reporter huddy is a growing chorus, not just against oreilly but a list of powerful men. Ing aization oreilly said on monday, if he had to do it over general, he wouldnt have settled and signed nondisclosure agreements because in his view, women are violating those agreements now. Savannah . Matt . Thank you very much. Lets turn to mr. Roker. Were going to get our first check of the weather right now. We had Severe Weather making its way into the east. Look at whats going on overnight in the carolinas. Trees coming down. We had tornado damage. We had massive flooding making its way. This is north carolina. You can see the damage that happened there. We saw damage in south carolina, as well. This is all part of a front that is bupushing through. Its going to have a cold front stretching from canada into florida, pushing on and bringing in the risk of Severe Weather, for 30 Million People. Damaging wind gusts up to 55 Miles Per Hour. Isolated tornadoes possible. As this moves through this afternoon, on into tonight, and moves continually into wednesday, through new england, theres a threat of flooding because its a slowmoving front. Were looking at rainfall amounts from three to five inches, from new jersey up to new england. Could have rainfall rates from an inch to an inch good morning, im first alert meteorologist krystal klei. Weve seen showers and already strong winds through the Morning Hours that will continue through the rest of the morning. A break in the rain is possible around 10 30, 11 00 a. M. Then another round of showers possible. An isolated thunderstorm could roll through. The strongest storms that may turn severe sfwarts 2 00. You see the line moving through new jersey, it will extend through 2 00 to the shore. Things will drive overnight. A little windy out there. Like wizard of oz stuff out there. There. Coming up, new developments in the trial of two women charged with murdering kim jonguns brother. They were taken back to the crime scene this morning. And George Clooney and matt damon opening up to natalie about the Harvey Weinstein scandal and what they knew about his behavior. His behavior. Where this goes here and a steve sweeneys negative headlines keep piling up. Why are south jerseyans so angry at sweeney . Sweeney repeatedly sided with Chris Christie to underfund south jersey schools, increase standardized testing like parcc, cut takehome pay for teachers, and broke his promise to fund the pensions of hundreds of thousands of new jerseyans all while padding his own. Steve sweeney says a lot of things. But the truth is, hes not on our side. 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We owe the families as much information as we can find out about what happened. Wild weather coasttocoast. Severe storms tearing through the carolinas, flooding streets and ripping roofs off buildings. Out west, a tripledigit heat waves brings fire fears up and down california. Teens throwing rocks from an overpass, killing a passenger in a vehicle below. Its not a prank. Its seconddegree murder. I dont think anybody is laughing. Primed and ready, amazon announces 238 cities and regions have bid to be the home for its second headquarters. And honoring a hero. A vietnam veteran is given the medal of honor for risking his life to save dozens of his soldiers during a dangerous operation. Thats the thought process soldiers go through. Do something. Dont just sit there. Today, tuesday, october 24th, 2017. Theres new developments of the murder trial getting worldwide attention. Two women are accused of using attention for using a nerve agent on the attack of kim jonguns halfbrother. They were taken back to the scene of that crime. Nbcs chief global correspondent, bill neely, has more on this story. Good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. It was a killing that shocked the world, of the man who might have been north koreas leader. This morning you say, two women were taken back to the scene of the crime. All part of a trial thats revealed new video and new details of a murder in broad daylight. Eight months ago, these two women smeared poison on a man they didnt know. Today, they were back at the airport and in body arm eaor fo their own protection. At issue, did they know what they were doing. These are the last moments of kim jonguns brother. Hes been poisoned with a nerve agent. Hes not moving. In minutes, kim jongnam will be dead. If convicted, the two women may pay with their lives. One wore a laugh out loud tshirt for the attack. Both told the court, they thought it was a prank for tv. The key questions, were the women trained assassins or innocent pawns of north korean agents. How did they identify kim jonguns brother . And how did they obtain vx nerve agent . The women are the only people on trial. Four North Koreans have been charged. The men, seen here with one of the women who is laughing. All four suspected intelligence agents. With code names like mr. Y. And grandpa. None have been arrested. All fled the country for north korea within hours of the killing. North korea denies involvement in the crime. The whole incident has been shown in court in full. The video shows the last moments of kim jongnams life, arriving here in the cream jacket, relaxed at malaysias main airport. Causing to check his flight. As his killers, the two women, close in. Suddenly, from behind, sneerism his face with vx nerve agent. Kim begging for help, saying its painful, before collapsing. Vx was found on his clothes and face. In his eyes, his blood and his vit vital organs. The women fled to separate bathrooms. Each had half of the lethal dose. The killing meant this is how kim returned to north korea, in a cargo hold. One thing is clear, this is one of the most bizarre murder plots in decades. And if what the women say is true, they didnt know they were actually killing someone, it is possible that north korean agents may get away with murder. Carried out with a chemical weapon at an international airport. Matt, savannah . Bill neely, thank you very much. Lets head to mr. Roker and a check of the weather. Heading out west. Not a lot of great news for our friends in Southern California. Red flags for 18 Million People, from ventura down to south of san diego. Hot, dry, gusty winds. High pressure over the deserts. Lower pressure over the ocean. And that flow of air brings in hot, dry, desert air. It comes down the mountains, compresses and gets hotter and faster as it descends. And we see all that heat. We could be looking at a world series record. Dodger stadium tonight. The current record, 94 in 2001. Tonights forecast, 96 degrees. Temperatures throughout southern los angeles in the 100s today. It is going to be brutal. Good morning. Im first alert meteorologist krystal klei. Weve seen showers and already strong winds through the Morning Hours. It will continue through the rest morning. A break is responsible until late morning, 10 30, 11 00 a. M. Another round of showers is possible. An isolated thunderstorm could roll through. The strongest storms that may turn severe starts about 2 00ment you see the line moving through new jersey. It will extend through new jersey to the shore through 6 00, 7 00. Dont forget. You can get your full forecast anytime you need it. Check out our friends on the Weather Channel on cable. A lot more ahead. George clooney and matt damon give us their take on the Harvey Weinstein scandal. And wait until you see the prank that blake lively just pulled on her husband, Ryan Reynolds. 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This is this is silencing women. Are you angry then . Im furious. Yeah. Hes mean to work with. I knew that for a fact. But the idea that hes, you know, committed these kinds of atrocities. I want to know who knew. Reporter in 1997, Harvey Weinsteins miramax produced matt damon and ben afflecks film good will hunting. I knew the gwyneth story. We worked on ripley. But ben had told me about it. At that point, harvey was incredibly respectful of her always. Is there some part of you that wish you had called him out or asked him . I dont know what i would have done, you know . I heard from ben, who heard from gwyneth that this happened. Reporter hearsay. He was a bully. He was intimidating. That was part of who he was. And ive been reading these stories because i am wracking my brain, did i see something . Could i have known something . Is there something i would have done . Reporter Julianne Moore said she was 29 when she first worked with weinstein. But she was never alone with him. I think its important when we discuss this thing, rather than being salacious conversation, this is criminal behavior. Thats the most important thing. Rather than continue to discuss what we what could have happened or whatever, what if, what if. I think its important to think. What can we do now . Reporter what needs to happen . What can we do to prevent it . What can we do to speak to people that its not okay . They will have support. People will be taken to task. The one great thing about this, is i think that women are seeing their voices are not going to fall on deaf ears. Their favoices have a lot of power. He was the most powerful guy in hollywood. What do you think needs to happen to harvey now . I hope that hes prosecuted for some of these things. I hope some of the charges stand. Reporter matt, what about you . Yeah. Hes got to face justice. Hes got to face what hes done. 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Journalists everywhere say hes running. Trevor had a different idea. He writes, james comey is about to drop the hottest folk cover album. And just to keep things weird, someone added a picture of forrest gump to the post. Comeys account has 109,000 followers. The secret is clearly out. I love the will ferrell thing. Put it back up. Its coming. Yeah. Dylan, thank you very much. Straight ahead, the bush twins will help us out with trending before they open up about the unique bond and sisterhood. Thats after your local news and weather. When we love someone, we want to do right by them. What is this . chuckling but habits are hard to break. Honey, where are the habaneros . And then there are things we cant control, like snoring. loud snoring now the answer is right under your nose. Introducing theravent antisnore strips, clinically shown to reduce snoring with the power of your own breathing. Nice try there are always things that are hard to let go of. Now snoring isnt one of them. 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Eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots. Plus had less major bleeding. Both made eliquis right for me. Ask your doctor if switching to eliquis is right for you. Okay. Were going to do it right now. Here we go. Good morning. Im first alert meteorologist krystal klei. We are tracking right now showers and spot storms rolling across the area. Some of the storms are mostly steady to spotheavy areas of rain. Its focussed over the central portions of our viewing area. Well take a closer look. Ive frozen our latest update to radar. You see exactly where its falling. Mercer county to new castle, Chester County area, a tighter view shows weve got about the northern half of Philadelphia County through ben salem and up to trenton and down to mt. Laurel, cherry hill, spots of heavier rain. Thats the yellow and orange you see. Same deal in newark and up through Kennett Square to west chester and coatesville. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue progressing east. They are not the end. Well continue with the chances. More spotty in the morning, and then a line of storms may move through in the afternoon near new jersey. As for winds, gusting 25 to 30. Thanks. You can count on nbc10 for latest forecast as the Severe Weather passes through our region. We will have weather updates every few moments. Of course, at 8 25 and 8 55. You can always get the forecast specific to your neighborhood with your nbc10. I cant. And schools in burlington schools are closed. And something predicted on the 42 freeway at creek road, a southbound accident and fuel spill. Southbound and massive northbound delays heading toward philadelphia. Look at the schuylkill expressway, 95 and the blue route. These trips 12 to 15minute trips. Were into the 40s on all of them. A big commute this morning. Thanks. And this just in henwood middle school in darby borrow is closed because of an Ongoing Police investigation. Well work to get more that. Steve sweeneys negative headlines keep piling up. Why are south jerseyans so angry at sweeney . Sweeney repeatedly sided with Chris Christie to underfund south jersey schools, increase standardized testing like parcc, cut takehome pay for teachers, and broke his promise to fund the pensions of hundreds of thousands of new jerseyans all while padding his own. Steve sweeney says a lot of things. But the truth is, hes not on our side. 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. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, was it a setup. Nbc news with new information on the ambush that killed four american soldiers in niger. Were terrorists tipped off to their location. Members of Congress Demanding answers. I have questions about the whole operation. I have questions why four men died. Were live at the white house. Plus, sisterhood on today. A look at the relationship between Jenna Bush Hager and barbara bush, with the two people who know them best. They finally screwed up their courage and said, are you going to run for president . Im seriously thinking about it, girls. You know, yeoure not as cool a you think you are. And when was the last time you did something for the first time Darius Rucker live in studio 1a, performing the single off his new album today. Tuesday, october 24th, 2017. You came all the way from kentucky to meet who . Matt and savannah. Im with someone who has been watching the today show for a long time. 65 years. These guys were first in line and married for how many years . 42. All the way from iowa. Im here with aloha from hawaii. Good morning, everybody. Welcome back to today. Its a rainy one out there. We are going out there. Were going to put our orange ponchos on and be out there. 20 minutes from now. And, please, clear up. Were a little wimpy. Lets get right to your news at 8 00 this morning. A theory starting to take shape on how u. S. Forces overseas were targeted for that ambush. Kristen welker joins us with the very latest. Reporter good morning to you. Nbc news has learned that according to three u. S. Officials briefed on the soldiers killed in niger, the emerging theory there was a sneak attack by terrorists, who were tipped off about a meeting between the u. S. Forces and tribal leaders. This thursday, leaders are going to brief capitol hill. Bob corker said he believes the military is being methodical in its approach. And you pressed corker on his previous comments when he said he was concerned that President Trump could put the u. S. On the path to world war iii, given the mounting tensions with north korea. I think when you have the kind of issue that were dealing with in north korea, where we have a very unstable leader there, when you send out tweets into the region to raise tensions. When you kneecap, which is what hes done publicly, when you kneecap your secretary of state, whose diplomacy you have to depend upon to bring china to the table, to do the things that need to be done, back channeling to north korea, when you kneecap that effort, you move our country into a binary choice that could lead to a world war. Reporter the president will head to capitol hill later today, to talk to republicans about passing tax reform. Corker, who has become a recent critic of President Trumps, called today nothing more than a photo op. Kristen welker. Thank you. Also this morning, the American Woman rescued after five harrowing years of hostage to taliban militants, is telling more about her ordeal. Joe fryer has that story. Reporter Caitlin Boyle sent one of her statements in an email. Now, in her first interview, she is speaking out, she says, to correct some of the stories that have been circulating about her and her husband. This morning, Caitlin Coleman is setting the record straight, providing details about her time in captivity. She was kidnapped with her canadian husband, joshua boyle, in 2005. The couple was held for five years by the taliban, before their rescue by pakistani forces. In an interview by the toronto star, she said she and her family was held in both afghanistan and pakistan. And claims made by islamabad and washington that they were rescued after crossing the border into pakistan were false. We were not crossing into pakistan that day. We had been in pakistan for more than a year at that point. Joshua boyle said he and caitlin went to afghanistan to help the Afghan People when they were kidnapped. The boyles have three children, all born in captivity. Two sons, ages 4 and 2, and a 6monthold daughter. Calling the couple reckless for traveling in afghanistan while she was pregnant and having more kids in captivity. She tells the toronto star, we didnt know if we would have that opportunity when we came back. It was unprecedented, we could only say we will be here for a year or six months. Joshua boyle said a fourth child, an infant daughter was killed in captivity. But caitlin said she had a forced abortion, in retaliation of her husbands refusal of efforts to recruit them. They were very angry because joshua was asked to work with them and he said no. The taliban last week issued a statement, refuting the claims, saying she miscarried naturally. Coleman says all three of her children, including her 6monthold daughter who slept in her lap for part of the interview, have been undergoing tests at the hospital and are adapting to a life free from captivity. Back to you guys. Joe, thank you very much. We turn to hoda. And she gives us something to brighten up the day. This might warm up the heart. A High School Runner made a sacrifice during a Cross Country race in utah. This was the state championship meet. Shawn roush was 200 yards from the finish line, when his teammate breaks his shin bone. He was in agony. He turned back and hauled blake on his back, telling him, we are family. We are a team. At one point, an official reminded shawn that touching another run will get you both disqualified. But he keeps going. He puts him down just before the finish line, so he gets to hop across. Shawn will have another chance to run with his team at the regional meet in arizona. He said, were brothers. Weve run thousands of miles together. And were like that. Not disqualified in life. Thats one of the great life lessons. Thats terrific. Hoda, nice. A lot more straight ahead this morning, including the funny way that blake lively just got even with her husband, Ryan Reynolds. And we are celebrating sisterhood with the bush twins. 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Welcome back. Time to trend. We have jenna here, and her twin, barbara. We havent had sisters in trending. Her first time watching trending. I was on the today show. I heard. You do not own a television. Wow. What . Matt introduced himself to her and said he was a producer on the show. All right, guys, trending topic, what is your star sign . Were sagittarius. We should have said that in unison. Together . Were sagittarius. Hoda and kathie lee can teach you how to say things at the same time. Are you into it in are you into astrology. An article in the New York Post says astrology is becoming more popular with millennials. And some believe the fate is in the stars. Are you a faithful reader of the horoscope . I like to read mine. Do you believe it . Yes. When it is generally the best. Were adventurous. Only the good things, do i believe. Im a capricorn. My sister is, too. Were polar opposites. We cant have the same things happening because were so different. When i first started dating brian, hes a sagittarius and hes a leo. And leos and sagittariuses get along really well. All my best friends are leos, including hoda, and al, youre im a leo. And leo also. Wow. Were capricorn. And you showed me the horoscope for today, and it said were about to figure out the piece of a very interesting puzzle. Weve been working on the puzzle. Read leo. Do Something Different today. Something that challenges your mind to such an extent that you forget about your worries. If you cant think of what that should be, let friends and family guide you. Dont drink on the show and see how that goes. Good chat. What about sagittarius . Let me do it really quick. They are our guests. If you have to criticize someone today, do so in a way that does not have a negative away on their fragile selfconfidence. Sometimes youre a bit blunt in your opinions, jenna. It says jenna right now. We should have heard that. That is not lets leave it on that, okay. Thank you. Good way to end. Pop start now . Lets begin with billy joel. The 68yearold singer aerowife, alexis, just welcomed their second child. Was it a boy or girl . Uptown girl their daughter was born on sunday. This is billys third child. Mom and baby are doing great. Congratulations to the joel family. Now, to blake lively. Remember when Ryan Reynolds said happy birthday to his wife. Happen by birthday to my wife. And he posted this picture. Heres her tweet. Thats ryan dposling, along with a slight glimpse of her husband. Right back at you. And sam smith. Sam stopped by ellen and told her about his haunted house. Its 300 years old. And he hears crazy things at night, including ghosts. So, ellen decided to make him feel at home. You feel like theres somebody right next to you and staring at you. And nothing in you is frightened by that . Oh, god. That oh, my god. I thought it was going to come out of this. I was waiting for it to come out of this. It doesnt get any better. And thats your pop start. Thats a cool woman. Lets go to daly click. French president manuel macron, was holding a government meeting when his dog, nemo, decided to take care of business on his own. Keep your eye on the background. No. Yes. Yikes. Oh, dear. Nemo relieved himself right there on the ornate fireplace. But macron shrugged it off. They just adopted the black lab in august. Clearly, he is just marking his territory. Couple of logs. Just saw it in your eye. Just keeps getting better. In front of the bush twins, you said that . In honor of them. I told you, we do important work. Were going to have more with jenna and barbara. First, the weather with mr. Roker. Got a lot going on. You thought maybe things have calmed down in the tropics. Not so fast. We have invest 93l. North at 2 Miles Per Hour. 50 chance of forming in the Development Zone here. Were going to be watching this carefully. We have a risk of Severe Weather today in the northeast. 30 Million People, gusts of 55 Miles Per Hour. And isolated tornados. Red flag warnings for 18 Million People out west. Hot and dry gusty winds up to 60 Miles Per Hour. Fires could spread rapidly when they start the High Pressure over the desert. Lower pressure over the oceans. And that brings in the hot, dry desert air. And it makes for a dangerous situation. The air getting hotter and dryer. You can see temperatures, probably recordsetters, from camarillo down to san antonio make that san diego, for excessive heat warnings today. Good morning, im first alert meteorologist krystal klei. Weve seen some showers and strong winds through our Morning Hours but will continue the rest of the morning. A break in rain is possible until late Morning Hours, 10 30, 11 00 a. M. Another round possible and isolated thunderstorms roll through. The strongest storm that might turn severe by 2 00, the line through new jersey. It will extend through new jersey and the shore until 6 00, 7 00. Things will start to dry overnight. Thats your latest weather. Dont forget, running out the door, take us with you. Siriusxm, home of the hoda show. Now, to the launch of a special series, sisterhood celebrating a really knew yew neek bo unique bond. It coincides with a release of a book by Jenna Bush Hager and barbara bushel. Theyre going to share some stories. Lets hear from the two people that probably know jenna and barbara the best, their parents. Their grandfather was Vice President when they were born. And a Television Camera showed up. And this is what is so pitiful, i tried to smile for the Television Camera, after just having a cesarean delivering twins. Thats a lot of information to be sharing on the today show. When my dad came to midland, texas, the girls were like 3 years old. And it was a political rally because he was the Vice President. Jenna kept flirting with the crowd. Maybe lifting her skirt. I think she did lift her skirt. Trying to get a laugh. Barbara was taking it all in. Was an on serber. Barbara is reserved and jenna is outgoing, as an indication of their little personalities. First of all, there were a lot of roomers. They were old enough to pick up on the rumors. They finally screwed up their courage and said, are you going to run for president . Im seriously thinking about it, girls. And they said, youre not as cool as you think you are. Thats probably true. And one of them said, youre not going to win. Even if i dont, well have a great family. And finally, jenna looks at me and says, go ahead and run and ruin our life. Jenna wouldnt be on the today show had i not had such warm relations with nbc during my presidency. I was thrilled. I knew she would do a good job. I never tried to put my aspirations on them. My attitude about life was, well get you as good an education as we can get, and then, get out of the nest and make a life for yourself. And both girls have. Theyre great contributors. Makes me very proud. Heres my version. Henry says, kind of awkwardly at camp david, can i come by and see you . And i went, yeah, henry, but im going to be taking a nap. Come by at 3 00. He comes in all duded up. And he says, sir, i want you to know i love your daughter a lot. I said, henry, are you here to ask for her hand in marriage . He said, yes, i am. I side, fine, go tell laura. He said, i had four other talking points. He wanted to keep talking. He had his speech worked out. We were thrilled. Hes a wonderful man. I hope that they just continue to have the great life theyve already had. And that they help people, which they already both have. When your child is successful in helping others, makes you feel great. I mean, thats kind of what parenting is all about. Were very proud of our girls. We got a tearfest here. I know. Jenna and barbara, welcome. Congratulations on this book. I know how hard you both worked on it. And its not one of those. Its not a political memoir. Its not one, lets be safe. You really pour your hearts out. Whose idea was it . Why did you decide to do this . I think it was both of our ideas. We talked about it. I was pregnant with poppy. And we talked to mila about how lucky she was going to be to have a baby sister. And we realized how empowered we felt because we had each other, in the big moments, like the inauguration, when we were wearing high heels when we were too young. And in small moments, we always had each other. And it felt really empowering. We love having jenna around. And youre always in the middle. Youre always performing. I was cracking up at one of the stories. It said you wanted to perform at the republican convention. You were 9 years old. She had a whole routine. She was desperate to be in Les Miserables for the majority of her life. But she wanted to sing put on a happy face at the republican convention. And she performed for her family at lunch. Who said no . My grandmother thought it would be better that she didnt. After the skirtlifting situation. It was after. There were a lot of funny stories in the book. You talk about never to write about war, especially when your dad is the one that took this country to war in afghanistan and iraq. But you tell a personal side of that. Youre at yale. Youre meeting with a professors assistant. Right. Yes. I did go to meet with one of my t. A. S at yale. And i hadnt been getting great grades in the class. They were fine. But i went to meet with her to find out how to be better. She said to me, ill give you an a if your dad doesnt go to war in iraq. For me, i shouldncouldnt have the feeling in the country. How was it to hear those words . I saw my teacher as an Authority Figure and thought she would have seen me as just a student. And so, it was uncomfortable, for sure. But something that definitely kind of taught me how you use your position well if youre in a position of power. You write in the book, you talk about that. You talk about some hard things. You talk about some funny things. Jenna, we enjoy discussing your arrest record on this show. I was never arrested. You were not. But you detained. You talk about that funny story when you had the margarita and you tried to show a fake i. D. What your dad said to you, when you woke up the next day. And you called your dad and you said, what he said to you, is the beginning of any manual for president ial children. Tell us about that. We werent that smart. I think we were told, you can be normal. And we were. We had a very normal childhood. We didnt realize what it meant to be a president s daughter. Theres no guidelines. And we just acted the same way, which included ordering a margarita, which was stupid because people recognized us. We know that wasnt smart. But afterwards i called my dad. And i said i am sorry i embarrassed you. And he said, im sorry. I told you be normal. That isnt what you can be. You cant be what we thought. And it was embarrassing. But it was a great lesson in parenting that you have to allow your children to make mistakes. And we made pleasant nty. You both talked at this book party. And i looked at you and think youre very different. Your dad alluded to that. What ways are you more different and what are you the same . We are very similar. We get joy out of the same things. We like having a full, adventurous life and loving people. Theres a lot thats very similar. I think the difference is, barbara shes a performer. [ laughter ] and barbara is my audience. And its been a great one. Cant say it better than that. Jenna and barbara, congratulations. Sisters first. Well be back with megyn the next hour. Well look forward to that. If you want to learn more about the book, sisters first, go to today. Com shop. And youre coming to see me. And i promised barbara some fun. Lets go over to dylan. Guys, its rivers and rucker here in the orange room. Right now pockets of rain, they were over philadelphia, since moved to the north. Still some yellow and orange indicating spots of heavier rain falling. Theres a closer look, kind of a double spot were looking at. Zoom in first to mercer county. Areas of yellow and orange, these are the areas steady to heavy rain, falling rain. Some of those roadways are going to be slick and you might get ponding. From newcastle to Chester County to pottstown, king of prussia, heavy rain there. The red color heavy rain. First alert because lowlying areas might see flooding. Another reason wind gusts will strengthen and continue in the strong territory as we go into the afternoon hours, 30 Miles Per Hour, dipped a little in philly but i think they will stay on the gusty side throughout the afternoon. Lets see the slow spots on the ride to work. Jessica boyington has that. Jessica. 95, heavy drive times around cotman avenue, southbound drive time, center city speeds down into the teens. Watching the crash on the 42 freeway creek road and southbound side. Thank you. Fresh off monday night football win, eagles head to harrisburg, nbc with them to hear the message from lawmakers. See her live report on nbc 10 news at 11 00. When was the last time you did something for the first time, yeah were back, 8 30, on a tuesday morning. The 24th day of october, 2017. The ponchos say it all. The umbrellas have gone in temporarily, which is nice. Not bad right now. As we say hi to these nice people who have been braving bad weather all morning outside, take a look at whats happening inside. Thats Darius Rucker getting ready for a Live Performance. And hoda has been singing that song all morning. When was the last time you did something for the first time . Good. Cant wait to hear darius sing it. Wow. That was strong. That was very strong. The head cold. More news coming in the coming days. Tomorrow, one of the industrys rising stars, khalid will be here. And then, thursday, niall horan Takes Center Stage on our plaza. And friday, Rachel Platten will be here. Thats a big week. Before your crowd moment, can we look at charlie . Oh, my gosh. Oh. Hes looking at me going, how could you do this to me . Halloween, one week away. Charlie is in the spirit, helping us count down to our extravaganza on the plaza. Hes taking on the red baron. Are you ready for your crowd moment . We have two couples. Raise your hand if youre heather and ryan . And where is caitlin and josh . Each of these couples are having a child in march. Were about to do a gender reveal for both of them. For heather and ryan, would you like to tell your friends and family what youre having . Were having a girl. All right. Caitlin and josh, what are you guys having . Were having a boy. Congratulations. Thanks for letting us do that, you guys. So cute. A match made in heaven. Congratulations. Coming up, Melissa Rivers shares a new, intimate look at her moms life. Through the joan rivers personal notes throughout her career. And Peanut Butter and jelly, every which way except sandwiches. A creative spin on a real classic. Lets see what megyn is working on. I like the Peanut Butter right off the knife. Right out of the jar. As long as no one can see me. We have a followup on our reporting about bill oreilly and what happened to juliet huddy after she was here. We mind remind me not to hav butter at megyns house. Lets show you, starting with today, storms and windy conditions. Record heat out west. Strong winds around the great lakes. Plenty of sunshine through the gulf. Then, for tomorrow, were looking at heavy rain, windy conditions in new england. The last really hot day out in the Southern California area. Thats good news. Southern florida storms develop. Look for showers in the pacific northwest. Good morning. Im first alert meteorologist krystal klei. Weve seen showers and already strong winds for Morning Hours but will continue the rest of the morning. A break in rain is possible until late Morning Hours around 10 30, 11 00 a. M. Another round of showers is possible. Isolated thunderstorm could roll through. Strongest storms that may turn severe, that starts about 2 00. See the line moving through new jersey. It will extend through new jersey through the shore, 6 00, 7 00. Things will start to dry overnight. Thats your latest weather. Dont forget. You can get weather anytime you need it. Check out our pals on the Weather Channel, on cable. For 50 years, joan rivers jokes were the talk of the town. Her humor appealed to all sorts of generations. And she documented everything. Scribbled on hotel stationary, to boarding passes. They are in her new book, joan rivers confidential. Shortly after your mom passedta. And you said it was like time was standing still. How does it feel . Normal. It does not feel like it feels like ten years. Some days it feels like yesterday. Thats the normal grieving process. Everybody expects me to have an elevated or heightened experience. Grief is grief is grief. It doesnt matter if youre in the public eye or a private person, it goes at your own pace. Your mom was a collector. As i said, rich people hoarding. She hoarded things. What was it like to go through the process of opening box after box and seeing these memories from her life . First of all, its like, youve got to be kidding me. I have often said, i cant remember his name and i feel horrible because im a history major. The explorer that opened king tuts tomb. Geraldo rivera. Yeah, him. With the mustache. It was like chamber after chamber. No wonder we have extraordinary storage bills. Did you learn from her . Did you learn things about her that you didnt realize about your mom . She could have written on the dog and filed it, she would have. People keep saying, what did i learn . From the 70son it was my life, too. Right. What i did learn is what a social commentator she was. Sometimes she took heat for that. Theres a quote in the book that says, no one is safe from her jokes. Not friends, rockers, politicians. She said what was on her mind and didnt apologize. I wrote that quote. 850 jokes on Elizabeth Taylor alone . Yes. Did she regret anything she said . Rarely. She knew when she went too far. One of the things i talk about in the book, she heard that willie nelsons daughter was upset about a joke. So, she pulled it immediately from her act. Did she contact anybody and say im sorry . She didnt have to. Anyone she did, she would reach out and say, im sorry. It was never my tension. And about fashion police, too. When youre paid 20 million a picture and youre getting free clothes, lighten up. You can take a joke. Her work ethic. Can we talk about that for a second. You can accuse jones rivers of being a lot of things. Lazy is not one of them. No. Constantly working. Constantly driven. I think because of constantly being told no. She told a story that the week before she went on the tonight show, her agent said, youre too old. Theres no point. It was years of slogging. And she felt if she took her foot off the brake for one minute, it was all going to go away. Was that healthy . Probably not. But its not uncommon in hollywood. Not uncommon. She was probably most proud of one role. Grandma. Grandma to cooper. I heard you were talking about teaching him to drive. I was watching. And cooper just passed his drivers test. You had no idea what use were in for, did you . No. It was challenging. How does your parenting style compare to your moms . My moms was much stricter with cooper than she was with me, which is crazy because i spent a good part of high school grounded. I dont know what house she and my dad were living in. I think she was a better parent than she was. I think im just different than she was, in the sense of, its just generational. What is the one thing you and cooper talk about most often with your mom . He usually complains when i say no to things. Grandma would let me. Just that we miss her. He misses being on the east coast more. So, were looking at colleges back east. Just laughing. And she was such a sounding board for him. She was the one he went to when he was annoyed at me. Now, as a 16yearold boy, he would be on that phone all the time. Im an endless source of annoyance. All kids need that outlet. Melissa, its good to see you. Enjoy the book. Its fun. We appreciate it. She will be back with megyn kelly at the top of the hour. Later with kathie lee and hoda. You can find out more on the book joan rivers confidential at today. Com shop. Up next, a grownup twist on a classic Peanut Butter and jelly sandwich. First, this is today on nbc. Joseph, im steve. How are you . Nice to meet you sir. Nice to meet you. Hows it going man . The yankees . Come on. [ laughing ] look at the smiles and the hard work that the people here are doing. Its like making mini sandwiches. Theyre no different than anyone else. They just want a job. They want respect and they want dignity. This is a nice place. Yeah. He plays basketball with lauren. Steve called, fairly frantic. You know, he had a premature baby and i think he had just been given the diagnosis that she had down syndrome. Lauren brought out the best in me. She made me a different person. Deep down in his heart he feels for people who are disadvantaged. Laurens a light in everybody eye. Shes the spark that has started the fire. The goal is to keep places like this open so all people, regardless of disability, have an opportunity for employment. See, i love you. I love you guys too. You know that. Yeah. Today food is created with our sponsor, smuckers. With a name like smuckers, it has to be good. Welcome back. Were here with today food, putting new twists on an old favorite. It may be a lunchbox staple. But even adults cant hide their love for pb j. If you put the bread aside, theres endless ways to enjoy the taste on the go. This is so smart. Youre excited . This is so smart. You picture making it for your kid. Putting it in the lunchbox. Just pack it up. And for grownups, too. What are we making first . Were starting off with a Peanut Butter and jelly banana bread. Two classics and one. You need Peanut Butter. Were using grape and crunchy. I polled people with grape or strawberry. Most people said grape. The classic. Got some eggs. Bananas, of course. A little cinnamon, vanilla. What are we mixing up . Were going to start by making our swirl. Our jelly. And then, were going to add an egg white to it. This will give it a little body. Got it. It will hold up really nice. While im doing this, you want to swirl up the dry ingredients. We have flour, baking soing sod cinnamon. We have really good stuff. We have bananas. The riper, the better. The ugly bananas. Just peel them and pop them in the freezer. Is this the Peanut Butter . Thats the Peanut Butter . Should we do smooth or crunchy . I like crunchy. If you dont want the little bits in there, just use the regular. Vanilla extract. And a little bit of lemon juice, which is going to help with the rise. And nice, soft butter. You whip it with this . I like this spatula. Its strong. Get that really good, until we get a smooth batter here. And this is our deli swirl. This is the big part. This is when it goes together. Pb j. Add parchment paper. That jelly might burn in the corner. You do half of the batter. And this . A few dollops of there. And more of this. I want to do the fun thing. A little bit of this on top. And you swirl it. You swirl it while i taste. Just use a little knife. Going to bake so gorgeous. Look at that. Make me a quick empanada. Little pie crust. Little egg whites on the side. A little spoonful of creamy Peanut Butter. And if you want to do this. You want to brush a little egg on one of the finished ones. And sprinkle some sugar on top. How long do you cook these for . 15 to 20 minutes. You can do them warm. How great is that, right . Yes. Yes. So happy. A allehandra, thank you so much. Up next, cannot wait for this. A Live Performance from Darius Rucker. First, this is today on nbc. Hes a husband, father, veteran. But most of all, hes a fighter. Chris brown has never been afraid to take on the big fights. Thats why he stood up to republicans and democrats alike to fight the north jersey casinos and the takeover of atlantic city. Chris brown is fighting to protect jobs in our region. A true champion for the working men and women of atlantic county. On november 7th, lets keep him fighting for us. Chris brown for state senate, hes on our side. Start your day with a new hash brown scramble bowl from chickfila. The citi Concert Series on today is proudly presented to you by citi. 8 47. We are back, now, with one of our favorites here on the today show. Seriously. It says that. Not just because of his golf swing. Its Darius Rucker. We really mean it. Hes here to celebrate the release of his fifth country album, when was the last time . You got me thinking. When was the last time you did something for the first time . I got to play the Apollo Theater on thursday. What was that like . Tell us. It was a bucket list. That was a dream come true. When i was a little kid, the Apollo Theater was everything. Did you live up to it . It was more than i thought it would be. It was amazing. What did you play there . We played everything. We played for like two hours. You did . Wagon wheel and the old ones. Did old temptations songs. Youre too young to remember any of this. Now that thats crossed off of the bucket list, whats left on it . A lot of traveling stuff. When you tour, you dont get to see stuff. I would like to go around the world again. Take the kids and see some places. Thats cool. You do have we do talk about golf a lot. And youre getting time . Or is this kind of allconsuming . Are you working on your game behind my back . Im working on my game behind your back. My son is a little golfer now. Hes 13 now. Father son. Nothing like that. Nothing like that. Ready to play . Im always ready to play. Lets hear it. You say you never danced to a dashboard singing r. E. M. Under summer stars never leaned back on a jet black chevy blowing smoke rings in the dark you dont want to be a rumor, girl and i feel just the same well, i know that you dont know me well but we could make that change when was the last time you did something for the first time yeah, let yourself go follow that feeling maybe something new is what youre needing like a real life let your hair down, feel alive when was the last time you did something for the first time say you never drank from the bottle of some 2 wine run barefoot through the mud you never had the right kiss stoling from your lips while you watched the sun come up i know your friends are watching and they probably disapprove but give me just half a chance girl, im daring you when was the last time you did something for the first time yeah, let yourself go follow that feeling maybe something new is what youre needing like a real life let your hair down, feel alive when was the last time you did something for the first time yeah now the way youre looking says youre leaving i hope i aint reading you wrong cause the way youre shining i think youre thinking its been way too long when was the last time you did something for the first time yeah, yeah, let yourself go, baby, follow that feeling maybe something new is what youre needing like a real life, let your hair down, feel alive when was the last time you did something for the first time yeah tell me, baby. When was the last time you did something for the first time [ cheers and applause ] Darius Ruckers new album when was the last time dont go anywhere. He will be with megyn later. And he will perform for kathie lee and hoda. First, this is today on nbc. Al, doesnt it seem like its birthday time . I think it is. Lets bring out the smuckers and bring some sweet folks. Helen gardner, is a proud Business School graduate. She worked as a payroll clerk for 30 years. Julia of hyde park, new york. She says the secret to longevity is occasionally eating a belgian waffle with a scoop of ice cream. Happy 106 birthday to lorraine tillman, a proud grandma from north carolina. Mr. Mike saxon, a coal miner from carrollton, pennsylvania, serving his country during world war ii. Venitia morgan. Volunteered at the harlem hospital, taking care of babies for 20 years. And happy 100th birthday to claude nolan. This active guy and fedora wearer earned his tae kwon do black belt at the age of 77. Will kick your butt. If you know someone having a milestone anniversary, tell us about them. Thanks for grooming me. Rolled in a toilet paper factory. I padded myself. They were like howler monkeys grooming me. Dian fossey in the wood wood gorillas in the mist. Straight ahead on Megyn Kelly Today, much more with Darius Rucker and the bush twins. And a lot more of a quick a few minutes before 9 00. Im tracy defenavidsondavidson. We have a first alert. Lets get to krystal klei for details, the most accurate neighborhood forecast. Krystal. What were watching is pockets of heavier rain, these spots rolling across the area. This is what we expected to happening throughout our morning. Some clouds for some people and periods of rain for others. Take a closer look in the area, yellows and oranges, a little lightning coming down with the cell here moving past richland and up into the lehigh valley. Allentown getting a good dose of rain and that extends to northampton county. Heavier montgomery, upper bucks county. This is moving northeast, say the next half hour, hour, it will exit the area. More storms will generate throughout the daytime. Not as strong, rain over westchester, wilmington, cumberland county. These pockets of rain will continue to move up to allentown. They will see rain for a while this morning. Areas like philly and parts of south jersey, a break currently but more to come in the afternoon. Thats when we could see Severe Weather. Temperatures low, mid70s. Krystal, thanks. Check with jessica boyington. Cameras around passyunk avenue, center city, just a standstill. Wilmington a crash southbound on delaware avenue. Were seeing really big delays moving delaware from pa side and watching the accident on 42 freeway southbound in jersey right around creek road. Former District Attorney in philadelphia faces sentencing. Investigators follow the investigation into williams every step of the way. They will be there when he lerps his fate today. Watch our live report nbc 10 starting at 4 00 this afternoon and well post it on our app. This morning on Megyn Kelly Today more on our exclusive reporting into the bill oreilly Sexual Harassment settlements. Are you scared today . Im terrified. Im actually terrified. Wait until you hear what happens next. Then, the bush daughters are here, sharing fun, family facts from their new book. Did you know their mom was a closet hippie . What . And Melissa Rivers, and joan rivers secret joke stash. What you havent heard from the legendary comic. Plus, secrets. A mom keeps a lifeshattering secret. Today, she speaks out. All that and more. [ cheers and applause ] hi. Hi, there