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Situation later this morning. The story we are following overnight could spell trouble for millions of users for the Cheating Website Ashley Madison. Hackers claim they have followed through on the threat and posted personal information of some of the sites clients online. Justice correspondent Pete Williams is following this. Good morning. What can you tell us . Reporter the hackers call themselves the impact team. They appear to have followed through on a threat last month to make the data public, if the site didnt shut itself down. Based in canada it is a dating website called Ashley Madison. Com with the slogan life is short, have an affair. Late tuesday an enormous amount of data was posted on whats called the dark web which cant be found with conventional browsers like google. The data includes millions of names, addresses, credit card numbers and amounts paid. Data that stretches back several years. Many users may not have used their real names. In a statement the website says the data dump is an act of criminality and an attack of freethinking people who choose to engage in lawful online activities. Authorities are investigating the computer attack and studying the data to see if it was, after all, in fact, stolen from the website. The hackers say they dont want money. They wanted to embarrass users. Well see if they have. Thank you. The manager of a motel near seattle is being hailed a hero in the wake of a powerful explosion that levelled part of a building injuring a gas worker. Others made it out thanks to very quick thinking. Jacob rascon has the story. Good morning. Reporter good morning. It looked like a bomb had been detonated. Firefighterses toed into the air, shattering windows of nearby businesses as dozens of guests escaped just in time. Lets all head on over. Reporter it was a close call for guests on the street tuesday night, evacuated from their rooms minutes before a gas explosion levelled a large part washington. The manager made the quick decision to sound the alarm after getting a call about a fwas leak. I said, okay. This could cause pandemonium, but my gut told me to and im glad i did. En route motel 6. Engine 2 will be evacuating the motel 6 at 3400 street. Reporter guests were immediately evacuated. 30 minutes later the explosion blew firefighters back 20 feet. Those on the scene said it felt like a shock wave. The building collapsed. My car was pushed by the force. Reporter remarkably, no guests were injured but a fwas Company Employee suffered second and third degree burns. He was air lifted to a Seattle Medical Center in critical condition. Firefighters battled the blaze overnight. Police are investigating just what caused the explosion. The injured gas Company Employee remains critical this morning. The red cross is assisting guests who were displaced as many credit the manager who pulled the fire alarm was a former volunteer firefighter herself with saving lives. Matt . Jacob, thank you very much. Now to politics. Hillary clinton getting fiery amid criticism over her emails as secretary of state. This is a controversy shes blaming republicans and the media for keeping alive. Nbcs Kristen Welker is on the trail. Good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. Secretary clinton is about to start a slower week filled with fundraising and down time. After campaigning in las vegas on tuesday its clear that email issue isnt going away and could be getting to her. I do want to be the champion for every day americans to help each and every one of you. Reporter under mounting pressure, Hillary Clinton launched a heated defense of her use of a private email account as secretary of state tuesday. The issue that continues to threaten her second bid for the white house. What i did was legally permitted, number one. First and foremost. I did not send classified material. And i did not receive any material that was marked or designated classified. Reporter in exchanges that often became testy, clinton insisted she hasten tone anything wrong. In retrospect this didnt turn out to be convenient at all. I regret that its become celebre, but it doesnt change the facts and the facts are stubborn. Reporter clinton tried to laugh off a question about whether she wiped her private server. You were in charge of it. You wiped the server. Like with a cloth or something . Well, no. I dont know how it works digitally at all. Reporter this comes as Forensic Experts are examining clintons private server. Two sources familiar with the prods tell nbc news, analysts are optimistic they can recover at least some of the data though they have determined it was wiped clean as previously reported when the account was deactivated. Investigators are working to determine whether classified information was mishandled. The mounting questions giving republicans fresh fodder. It is concerning. It shows in competence competence on her part to not know this was Important Information she needed to protect. The fact that shes not been forthright in explaining the situation is also a problem. Reporter clinton walked away tuesday as questions about her emails were still shouted out. The nagging political problem she cant turn her back on. According to a new cnn poll just out, it shows Hillary Clinton is the strong democratic frontrunner leading Bernie Sanders by double digits. For the first time her number has dropped below 50 . In a general election matchup donald trump is catching up, now just six points behind her. All signs the email issue could be taking a toll. Savannah, matt, back to you. Kristen, thank you. In the republican race an interesting scene in New Hampshire today. Duelling town hall meetings, miles apart, involving frontrunner donald trump and his gop rival jeb bush. Katy tur is in derry where trump is scheduled to speak. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Trump will get here later tonight. It is no accident that he picked today of all days to come back to New Hampshire, trying to steal all the air out of the room and steal the spotlight. It will be a big day here in New Hampshire. An Education Summit later today that will be attended by a number of candidates including carly fiorina, chris christie, jeb bush, scott walker, john kasich who will be having a town hall later today. So will jeb bush. Frankly, just one county over, just 20 minutes away. Trump has been sparring with bush every chance he gets. Often unprovoked, trying to slam him on immigration an the military. Trump seeing and treating bush as his biggest threat right now. All while bush is annoyed at having to answer questions about trump and said trying to refer to him as the Big Personality in the room. Bush is having no choice. He has to respond to him. Responding specifically to the immigration plan on monday. Forced to comment on it saying it was unrealistic. Trump will try to sell the plan to voters today. You can bet hes going to try to steal the voters, reporters and all of the attention from the other candidates, especially jeb bush. Matt . Katy tur, thank you very much. Members of the media will be jumping county to county this afternoon. Which is convene yept for them. Tuesday the fda approved the first drug to boost sexualle desire in women. The female viagra works differently than that. The pill will be marketed under a different brand name and will carry bold warnings about possible side effects. Doctors will be required to talk to patients about it before writing a prescription. Natalie has more on the fires out west. Another gruelling day for crews battling 5 wildfires burning in Washington State and idaho. A group of fires in Northern Idaho scorched 90 square miles and destroyed 42 homes. In chelan, washington, flames burned through grass and timber. Nearly 1,000 people remain under mandatory evacuation there. The search is intensifying for the man accused of bombing a shrine in bangkok, killing 20 people and possible accomplices. Police released the sketch and are offering a reward for information leading to the suspect, apparently the same man seen in a video leaving a backpack at the downtown shrine authorities believe contained an explosive device weighing more than six pounds. Police believe the man didnt work alone but is part of a network. Authorities released pictures showing the wreckage from the indonesian passenger plane that crashed in the remote Eastern Region over the weekend. All 54 on board were killed. Officials said more than 70 rescuers reached the crash site tuesday after being hindered by rugged terrain and bad weather. A frightening construction stent at a new mexico hospital left a worker dead and seven injured. The scaffolding outside the Medical Center in rio rancho buckled and collapsed. Three construction workers being treated for life threatening injuries. Investigators are trying to figure out how it happened. Incredible video of a Close Encounter between a shark and a seal. This happened off the coast of cape cod. Look as the shark jumped out of the water to grab the seal, but the seal managed to wriggle out of the way. The encounter was captured by the Atlantic White shark conservancy. Videos like this are important to studies on great white sharks in the atlantic ocean. You want to make sure they are far off the coast of cape cod. The beach is right there. Not good at all. The core strength of seals and sharks. Very strong. Good abs. Doing their crunches. Natalie, thank you. Mr. Roker. Lets look at the rest of the country. We look for wet weather up and down the midatlantic coast through florida. The heat continues out west. Smoky conditions through the pacific watch as these magnificent creatures take flight, soaring away from home towards the promise of a better existence. But these birds are suffering. Because this better place turned out to have a less reliable cell phone network, and the videos on their little bird phones kept buffering. Birds hate that. So they came back home. Come home to verizon and now get 12 gigs for 80 a month plus 20 per line. Verizon. Come home to a better network. Muggy mid 70s out there right now. Cloudy sky for the most part. We will get in breaks from the clouds, hazy sunshine. Its going to be a very warm, sticky day. Not as hot as the last few. Watch for isolated thundershowers and storms. Same thing tomorrow high of 84. Numerous thundershowers friday. Coming up at 7 30 we have a rare firenado. You have to look and see why its rare. All right. Interesting. Good tease. Thank you very much. Oscar pistorius is expected to leave a South African prison friday, ten months after his trial. Jeff rossen is there. Reporter good morning to you. The countdown is on. Oscar pistorius spending his final 48 hours behind bars in this prison in pretoria. Friday hell be released and placed on house arrest. This morning we are getting exclusive new details about his life inside. Plus the prosecutors new push for a new trial. It is one of the most notorious prisons in the world. Known for violence and gangs. But Oscar Pistorius is reportedly isolated in the hospital wing, living in a tiny six by eightfoot cell with a bed, sink, toilet and cupboard. Pistorius said to be so paranoid the prison food could be poisoned he eats canned sardines and baked beans. Hes allowed outside only an hour a day, getting another hour in the weight room. He was a vip prisoner. Everything was free for him. He could do whatever he wants. Reporter boswell said pistorius got special treatment beyond usual perks for good behavior. He was an inmate there at the same time as pistorius. How can you get your own gym alone . Why the cell that we are in, we were never given curtains but his cell was prepared special. Reporter why do you think it happened . Because hes got money. Its Oscar Pistorius. Reporter the family denies hes getting special treatment and prison officials didnt respond to requests for comment. It was a trial that kapt viet captivated the world. The olympic hero, shooting and killing his model girlfriend rhee eva reeva steenkamp. Pistorius claiming in court it was an accident. He mistook her for an intruder. The judge believed him convicting him of involuntary manslaughter. You shot and killed her. Take responsibility for that. Reporter now prosecutors are filing their official appeal saying the judge made a mistake. In papers filed this week the court not only approached the circumstantial evidence incorrectly but also incorrectly excluded relevant evidence. And pistorius should have been convicted of murder, calling it inescapable. Kooung do you think its possible the prosecution could be successful . There is a great possibility they could succeed and he could go back to prison. Reporter when pistorius is released friday he will reportedly go straight to his uncles sprawling estate a few miles away. In south africa many call it mansion arrest. Well be covering it all. Back to you. Put your lawyer hat on. Are there other systems around the world where a guy can be convicted, serve time in jail and be tried again for evidence in the same crime . In other Legal Systems the prosecution has a right to appeal. Its something we dont do here. Once a defendant is acquitted or has the appeal the prosecutor has no right to appeal. Meaning you cant go back to jail after that. Well keep eyes on that one. 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Authorities released video of the violent assault that happened in the Early Morning hours. On security video you can see a 24wayearold victim being tailed oby a man that she doesnt seem to realize is right behind her. She was then thrown to the ground, robbed and assaulted by that man, holding on to her purse the entire time as the suspect kick and punches her. She refused medical ttention. They are on the hunt for a man between hilate teens and early 20s. Back o you. For a look at the kmorng commute. We have a closure here westbound in the branchburg area. If you are out to the lincoln tunnel video, avoid it. Inbound, theres a 30minute wait. Same as the george washin on we also have a delay out at the deegan. Avoid that area. Well be right back with chriss forecast. Cloudy start out there. Some hazy sun peeking through later on. Warm, muggy yes, we dont get to 90 today. 87, high. Scattered storms again tomorrow. Its humid throughout this sevenday forecast. 81 on friday. 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The search is on hold for three men missing and feared dead in the wake of powerful landslides in southeastern alaska. Officials say the ground is too unstable after more than two inches of rain fell in hours. The eyes and ears of the political world will be on New Hampshire tonight when donald trump and jeb bush host rival town hall meetings. Bush is set to speak at an Education Summit. Trump announced plans to hold his own event at the exact same time a couple towns away. We begin with another story out of New Hampshire. A closely watched trial there. Today the teenager who said she was assaulted by an older classmate at an elite prep school is returning to the witness stand. Well talk to a representative from her family in a moment. First fwab gutierrez has the latest. Reporter more emotional testimony expected after the alleged victim broke down on the witness stand on tuesday. Both the defense and prosecution re vealing detaie of a School Tradition at st. Pauls that appears to have been around for decades. This morning 19yearold owen labrie is set to face his accuser in court again. Do you see owen in the courtroom today . Yes, i do. [ crying ] reporter we are not showing her face and disguising her voice. A trial that rocked one of the most elite boarding schools. Labrie is accused of raping the then 15yearold freshman last year as part of a tradition called the senior salute where older students sought to have intimate encounters with younger ones before graduation. What kind of tim would msomeone expect to spend with someone if they received a senior salute. It could go from showing them a cool place on campus or taking them some place to trying to have sex with them. Reporter the girl testified she initially rejected labries invitation. I thought his intentions were really, really wrong. Reporter but later reconsidered after a friend of hers vouched for labrre. It made it feel more genuine that somebody had taken the time to then seek me out. Reporter labrie watched tuesday as jurors toured the campus building where the attack allegedly took place. He pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of Sexual Assault telling police he didnt have intercourse with the girl and the enc nter was consensual. Many romantic messages suggest the accuser was willing to meet up with his client. He argues the senior salute could refer to hugging or kissing, not just sex. It was a source of pride for girls at the school to be asked to participate with a senior in a senior salute. Reporter in his initial interview with police labrie denied the tradition had anything to do with it. Was it part of a senior salute . Im pleased that the case has gone in the way it has. Looking forward to my opportunity to ask questions of the complainant tomorrow. But was it part of the senior salute or not, sir . Reporter mr. Carney said his client has decided to testify during this trial. For his part, st. Pauls said the current allegations about our culture are not em ple ma blematic th our school. The executive director of justice served a group working to decrease sexual violence. Good morning to you. Good morning. Its been a year since this incident. Now the accuser who is now 16 years old sat in court, has begun to tell her story with her alleged attacker right there in the room. How is she doing, how is the family doing . Both her and her family are holding up. They are actively asking for privacy at this time. Theres been a lot of Media Attention to the case unfortunately some people threatened to reveal the victims name. They aregspeaking out to let everyone know this is a tough time for them and their family. They want to focus on getting justice in the case. Its not easy to go to court, pursue a case. Many rape victims te side not to do it because of the spectacle of it. What is this young womans mindset as she face it is process . What is she hoping happens here . I think shes hoping for an opportunity to be heard, for the state to present evidence in this case and to get justice. She has shown great courage in the face of a lot of adversity to speak out, go through the process. It is challenging on her and her family. It has really distanced them from the community in which she grew up in. It is a tough time. Shes staying strong, doing what she needs to do and getting on the stand again today. The defense attorney in Opening Statements portrayed a different picture of what happened here. He also said she knew what she was getting into. He said there is a text message exchange, for example, between the two individuals after this incident where the defendant writes, youre an angel and she writes back, your an an youre an angel yourself. Is she ready for crossexamination . How does she explain that . We wont get into the facts of the case now. Thats for court and for later today. Like many survivors, she has faced a lot of adversity in coming forward. Shes ready to explain the actions she took. Shes from a Small Community. There was a lot of pressure. Its someone she knew that had committed this against her. She has the opportunity to plain herself today. We are going to let the jury decide in this case whats occurred. Theres been a spotlight on the school, the alleged culture at that school. Do she and her family feel the school turned a blind eye to this kind of behavior . Do they feel the school bears some responsibility as well . I think at this time the focus is mostly on making sure the perpetrator is accountable. But there is concern, i think, more broadly about the culture at that school. Theres been scrutiny in the media about it. There were traditions that were known by members of the community and i think more could have been done. At this time the focus is getting through the trial one step at a time. How has she been treated since this happened . Does she feel people are taking sides . Unfortunately thats the case. In a small town, a Small Community when these cases arise People Choose sides. Theres been a lot of effort from the defendant and his side to garner support financially or otherwise for his cause. It really hats s pushed the family out of the community. They are no longer at school or liing in the area. But they have strong supporters. They are supporting each other and doing what they believe is right which is speaking out against sexual violence. Laura dunn, important days in the trial. Thank you for your time. We appreciate it. Thank you for having me on. Lets take a turn and get a check of the weather from mr. Roker. We have shown you firenados. Fascinated by them. We have one thats kind of rare. Is there anything you notice differently from this than what we normally see . If you look closely. Bob yager . Its spinning the other way. Youre absolutely correct. Normally it spins in a counterclockwise direction. This is in a clockwise direction. Why . We dont know. But its very rare that that happens. Bob yager, head of the class. All right. This is in idaho. You can see its brutally hot there. We have air quality alerts, smoke, red flag warnings. The problem is the temperature readings. Its 13 degrees above in yakima. Medford, 101. 102 in redding. Burns, 93. In the midwest, 10 to 25 degrees below average. The low pressure traging in colder air from canada. Oklahoma city, 27 degrees below average. Dodge city, 16 below average. Cooler conditions thursday indianapolis to shreveport. By friday, spreads cincinnati as far south as birmingham. Al, thanks very much. Looking at plenty of humidity headed our way. Not as hot today but still humid. We could see a popup shower or thunderstorms this evening. Especially west and northwest of the city. 84 tomorrow with a scattered storm or two, especially north and west. 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And for a look at the morning commute, heres lauren. Watch out for a disabled vehicle new jersey commuters out in garden parkway. We still have 22 shutdown westbound out at the bramplingberg turn bike and also this disabled vehicle on the major de. Gan out by yankee stadium. Checking your weather forecast. Its going to be muggy today. Scattered showers. 87 for a high. Maybe some showers tonight. 73 tomorrow. Really humid and saturday, looks okay, still some scattered storms and coming up on the today show, some lucky viewers compete for a once in a lifetime trip with al roker. We will have another local update for you here in half an hour. [explosion of fireworks] [crowd cheering] [sounds of tennis rackets hitting tennis balls] [crowd cheering] [tennis racket swing hits tennis ball] [crowd cheering] [player yelling] [tennis racket swings hit tennis balls] [crowd cheering] a day of destiny. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, safe and sound. Rosie odonnells taught found after the comedian issues a desperate plea to find her. Her disappearance is bringing a Major Health Issue into focus. Then, move over tinder. The buzz is all about bumble. The woman has to make the first move on bumble. Reporter well tell you about the new apps putting women in charge and the brave new world of digital dating. And get ready to fly with little mix, the british sensations are about to take the plaza by storm with a live concert , today, wednesday, august 19, 2015. [ cheers and applause ] were here for little mix on today. Black magic were for you, little mix [ cheers ] this is on our new york bucket list. We love little mix [ cheers and applause ] all right. Were back now. 8 00 on a wednesday morning, the 19th of august, 2015. And it is a steamy one out on the plaza with a big crowd here for the british sensations little mix. Yeah. We have a great little mix crowd. They are singing along. Just met a gal who came from boston. Got here at 9 00 last night. Shes right here in the front row. Al is packing his bags for an ep ic adventure. We are taking two people from this crowd on a 50hour, 50,000 trip of a lifetime. We have a lot of folks who showed up with their passports in hand. Whos going to make the trip . We are making it interesting by putting three teams through a series of challenges in the next half hour. A couple of the teams may have met in line. Going on vacation together . Bringing people together, al. Maybe there will be a love connection. Well get to that coming up. Can i point your attention to this weeks issue of People Magazine . In a beautiful spread in the and her mom named savannah. What a beautiful little picture there. Celebrity cribs. Lets get a check on the top stories. Natalie, good morning. Good morning once again, everyone. At least 50 Million People are bracing for Severe Weather with a risk of heavy thunderstorms from texas to ohio. On tuesday, heavy rain and high winds hit parts of kansas. In nebraska, dangerous lightning. Last night, heavy rains poured down on the field and the fans of chicagos wrigley field. Torrential rains in the streets in charleston, south carolina. More in the forecast coming up. Officials are searching for three people missing and presumed dead in a land it is slide in sitka sitka, alaska. It is described at a sea of trees and mud. Search crews have been hampered by unstable terrain. Investigators are trying to find out what caused a gas leak during the night in a motel in bremerton, washington. The explosion demolished part of the building. The Motel Manager pulled the fire alarm to get guests out before the blast. Fire Officials Say three people are unaccounted for. A gas Company Worker who had gone to the scene was critically injured in the explosion. The 17yearold daughter of Rosie Odonnell was missing for more than a week and is now safe following an online plea from rosie. Chelsea was found tuesday in new jersey. We get more now from stephanie gosk. Reporter Rosie Odonnell has no shortage of followers on twitter or friend s on facebook. After a week and she couldnt find her 17yearold daughter she reached out on social media for help. Twice on twitter, pictures of which he Wille Chelsea and her puppy. On facebook, concerned fans left hundreds of comments. And a link to her website with a detailed description. Her daughter was last seen at the family home in a suburb of new york city. Chelsea was wearing a black sweatshirt hoodie, dark ripped jeans. She left home with her 6monthold therapy dog named bear. The message said chelsea stopped taking her medication and is in need of medical attention. Odonnell reported chelseas disappearance to the police on sunday. At this point there is nothing giving us any indication that shes in danger. Reporter in a statement, ro the publicist said chelsea, like millions of people, lives with mental illness. Its been a difficult road. By evening, good news. Went to a residence, spoke to a subject. Good Old Fashioned police work. Recognized something wasnt right. He was acting nervous. The officer advised him that we believed she was there and we werent leaving without her. Reporter she wouldnt answer questions but odonnell stepped out after the ordeal to express thanks. Thank you. Reporter the story has a happy ending. For a flurry of hours on tuesday, it shined a light on a Troubling National problem. Up to 3 million children who run away every year. For today, stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. Glad she was found safe and sound. Matt . Natalie, thank you very much. Just in time for the school year there is a new warning about head lice to worry about. Researchers at Southern Illinois university suggest lice populations in at least 25 states have twop developed resistance to overthecounter treatments. Dr. Natalie azar is an nbc news contributor. Gooth good to see you. Good morning, matt. Lice second only to the common cold for school children. This will get attention. Are these lice a different variety or they have become resistant . Not a new variety. This researcher has been following the problem for 15 years. It is not a new thing. The newer study that this researcher has done has illuminated the problem more clearly. Does it mean they are immune to treatment or just resistant . Not necessarily. Thats the important distinction. Having a genetic variation that might make you immune doesnt mean the treatments might not work but they might be less effective. How do you know your child has lice . Intense itching and the feeling of creepy crawly. You need to look at the childs scalp. Whats more effective than just visualizing is to have the hair go be wet and go through with a nit comb and you can see a live louse or egg s. How do you go about treating this . The first recommendation we all still are going to make is you can still try the overthecounter. The resistance is to the most common overthecounter remedy which is a chemical compound called pyrethroid. Follow instructions carefully. I would go immediately to the pediatrician or a pediatric dermatologist dermatologist. You may need to move to a prescription topical therapy. Some people have home remedies. Yeah. I can tell my reaction. Not a fan. Some of them potentially could work. There is the idea to suffocate them with lotions, mayonnaise. None of these are necessarily well studied or regulated. Last one, it was a few months back. The American Academy of pediatrics said it is okay for students to send kids to school even if they have head lice. In spite of the fact. That freaked out parents. I know. Is that still the recommendation . It is. The idea here and specifically the a. A. P. Recommended with lice or nits. The idea is even if you have a nit or egg in the hair, if it is further away than six millimeters from the scalp, so on the hair shaft but further away from the scalp it may not be indicative of an active infection so the kids should be allowed to go to school. This is a difficult thing. Kids miss out on camp, school activities. Its difficult emotion ally for the family to deal with. Dr. Natalie azar. Thanks. Appreciate it. Up next the story behind this unusual sign. Why states are doing away with mile marker 420. Natalie, why . Never mind. And a new spin on digital dating. The new app putting women in the digital drivers seat. And little mix live on the plaza. I need to look for a used car. But i just keep putting it off. Its daunting. What if i make the wrong choice . Its like, if i buy a tshirt and then change my mind i can return it. But a car . You dont reeeaaa eeeeeaaaaaly know until youve driven it a few days. I just want to be sure. 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It helps remineralize enamel and fight plaque germs for healthier teeth and gums. Strengthen the foundation for healthy teeth. New Colgate Total daily repair. All right. Back now at 8 12. Its trending time. Your kids ever ask for help with math homework . Oh, yes. I hate it. I hire a tutor. So hard. A lot of parents are more nervous than the kids are. A new Study Suggests you just let the kids figure it out on their own. This is from the university of chicago. Researchers found that your kids will pick up on your anxiety when it comes to math and they, too, will become anxious. Also, kids whose parents help with math parents ended up learning less than those kids who do it all by themselves which i think comes from the journal duh. Makes sense. Wow. Youre on your own, josh. My kids ask for math help. Im brutal at it. I get nervous and they go, dad, back off. Thats interesting that your anxiety is contagious. Makes sense. Sure. Speaking of school, parents have been looking forward to this time of year. Kids headed back to class. Hear what a reporter in los angeles got from a little kid when she asked him about it. Your mom . No. No . Oh, dont cry. She said do you miss your mom . No. No. Aw. Just watching him crumble. Poor little guy. It just hit him. In keeping with marco rubio, tell him to buck up. Get tougher. The kid should have caught that pass. You know the website yelp . You get to review everything restaurants, bars, doctors, beauty salons. Now you can review the federal government. Uhoh. If you are stuck in a tsa line or rubbed the wrong way by the irs, you have a new place to complain. Officials say they will respond in real time and though they are not worried about the onslaught of mean comments. Can you review congress . Things like that . Have they been on the internet . Social security number. I think you guys are terrific. I feel bad for the poor people who sign up for this job. How about people talking about a Thai Restaurant. How do you think the federal government will do . Its scary. Are you familiar with the real means behind the number bad thai . You have probably never used yelp. Hes never seen star wars. Come on. Thai didnt come to mind. Could be sushi, foie gras. People from thailand. I order thai food all the time. You read the yelp and thats the worst pad thai, it was like licking the ground, blah, blah. Somebodys been complaining. I have been reading yelp reviews in my continuing search. My bad. Go ahead. You know the number 420 . I do. Do you know the deeper meaning . Explain it to everybody. People think 420 is code for smoking pot. Its a thing. Stoners around the country have been stealing highway markers like this one in colorado. It says 420, ooh. Oh so officials in idaho decided to debt creative. They are sick of it and now its 419. 9. Smart. The thought was it was the police code for smoking marijuana. People would say we have a 420 in progress. I think thats not true. April 20. Those people. Yeah. This is interesting. The supermodel insisting all women are 10s and Stephen Colberts moves like jagger. Let me first tell you about that Thai Restaurant i was at. First up, heidi klum isnt finished getting back at donald trump. We told you yesterday how he dissed her saying heidi is no longer a 10 and we showed you her joking response video declaring herself a 9. 99. Now in a new interview with access hollywood, heidi is serious. I was just making light of the situation. Because it was kind of funny, i thought. I just thought make it even more funny. Really, the whole entire situation about women isnt really funny to put a number on women. We do many things. In my book, every woman is a 10. Strong words from heidi. She said she has no idea why trump dragged her into his campaign in the first place. The goonies, an 80s cult classic so much so that fans are still swarming the home 30 years after the release. I love this timing. Its a big time tourist attraction in as tore i ya astoria, oregon. Before you travel there the owner is fed up with visitors. She lives in the house and wants fans to back off. She covered it in blue tarps to keep fans away. The city has put up a sign that says access closed to the goonies house. Let that be a warning. Finally Stephen Colbert is set to take over the late show. But did you know he was once in a boy band . Stephen fronted a Rolling Stone cover band. He played the role of mick jagger. On howard stern he showed off his moves like jagger. Brown sugar how come you taste so good the dance is good. Wow. Brown sugar just like a young girl should okay. Thats enough of that. Stephen admitted the band a shot in the dark buzz bad. But colbert giving enough of that. I was looking to have an example. But i couldnt pull is off of what people say about thai food. They feel strongly. Anybody there slam a czech restaurant or anything . Im sure if you yelp it. A check of the weather. Hopefully nobody yelps our forecast. First of all, the fourth Tropical Storm named storm of the season. About a week early. 144 miles east of the lesser antilles. Also severe wather. 50 Million People under a risk today. The greatest risk through chigan. Damaging wind gusts, isolated tornadoes possible. Well watch it closely. And weve got a frontal system that will bring in cooler air and, b, strong storms stretching into the northeast by thursday. Well watch that. Rainfall amounts anywhere from one to two inches. In parts of the Del Marva Peninsula could see two to three inches before its over in the next 72. Warm, sticky morning out there. Even north and west of the city in the low and mid70s. 78 in the park. Mid to upper 70s in the park. Some breaks in the clouds to allow hazy sunshine to breakthrough. 87 for the high. Watch out for a pop of showers or thunderstorms, specially north and west of the city. Muggy, 73. Better chance for showers and storms. Beme heavy friday. More of the same to start the weekend. And thats your latest weather. Savannah . Al, thank you so much. Now to more of our summer of secrets andn exploration of digital dating. Overnight a hacking grohi th released personal details of users of Ashley Madison. Thats setting new scrutiny on ethics within the Online Dating industry. Ronan farrow has a look at one area of criticism and a potential solution. Good morning. Good to see you again, savannah. Is is an issue i being raised by the potential leak. A lot of early reports suggest Ashley Madison users are overwhel ngly male. No surprise there. One stu said almost twothirds of dating app users are men. A new wave of press criticized that saying tinder creates an essential maledriven hookup culture putting skroots any on a new generation of apps designed by and for women. Apps like lulu, siren, and bumble. Whitney is no stranger to the world of digital dating. As Technology Takes such a leading role in our lives it also sets young women u for huge risk of being bullied and facing all sorts of very scary treatment. Reporter she cofounded the popular dating app tinder but left in 2014, filing a Sexual Harassment lawsuit later settled out of court. She set out to found a new kind of dating app bumble. Think tinder with a feminist twist. The woman has to make the first move on bumble. Reporter wolf said letting only women start the conversation is the answer. Men are iven this expectation to be the hunter. We want to inspire change with w women f breel about themselves when they date. Reporter its a response to digital dating scene critics say is superficial, impersonal, and often maledriven. It feels like a tinderstyle dating is more maledriven and that women are going along with it. Reporter dan slater literally wrote the book on the rise of digital dating. I spent three years researching my book on on line dating. I met maybe one female execu ve at an online ating company and that was a p. R. Person. Reporter behind the scenes at bumble in austin, texas, whitney wolf wants to see it change. How much of a difference does bumbles approach make . The company pointed us to these popular users to make their case. The girls are serious because they have to reach out to you first. You cant necessarily tell bumble was created by females but it feels safer for me as a girl. Reporter for some of the men, kicking back while women make the first move is their idea of a perfect world. I can see women becoming confident, able to go up to a guy in a barer oh restaurant and say, hey, i think youre a goodlooking man. Can we have a chat, have a drink . Reporter some fundamentals never change. A lot of hot guys. I was pleasantly surprised. Youre attracted to them as well. Some of the new apps like bumble actually only allow women to initiate conversation. What kind of impact do you see it having . Zero. Obviously the goal is to put the power on the female side of things. I dont think it works at all. Reporter he says real empowerment comes from apps sharing more data with users of both sexes like how often your digital suitor logs in and how many users they are chatting with. Until then, an Old Fashioned love and the digital kind, slater says there are no silver bullets. All a dating site can do is put you in the same room with someone with some of the same interests. You have to get out there and meet lots of people. Reporter white ney agrees digital problems and solutions begin in the real world. By taking a real life issue and solving that you end up solving online issues as well. Bumble has not been immune to bad press hitting other dating apps. A recent critical vanity fair article questions whether the approach change it is fundamentals of digital dating culture at all. Whether or not bumble has the answer people agree they are onto the right question. This is something every dating company is after how to empower women. Its interesting. Through the series i have the same thought which is, yes, maybe there are problems with digital dating but arent these just problems that happen in the regular world as well . Just reveals what dating culture is rather than just digital dating culture. Its been interesting and educational. Learned a lot. So now you can sign up. Well, im married. Thats a different site. Getting ahead of myself. Lets go to al. Thank you so much. Coming up, the ladies of little mix cast a spell on Rockefeller Plaza with their performance of their hit black good morning. 26 minutes after 8 00 ononhis wednesday morning. Still holding at 78 degrees. As we take a live look at the georgu Washington Bridge moving nicely on this wednesday morninn. Im pad battle. In the news, police trying to stophe man who has been robbing Senior Citizens indooney island. Police say he approaches his victims on a bicycle, snatches their chains or necklaces, has robbeded at least six people between 63 and 81. Thathurime spree started back on july 3rd. Thmoe most recent robbery happened last thursday. For a look at your morning commute, here is l,auren scala. Right now, we haveexelayme on downtown 6 trains and expect some possible delanes on the newark and royal transit. Northbound on the deegan still jammed up because of a disabled vehicle. An accident on the bqe blocks two lanes weatherwise, muggy, maybe some showers. Tomorrow, really humid. Another chance of rain. Same for friday and saturday as well. Temperatures holding in the 80s. Coming up on the today show, little nix performs on the plaza and tells us all about their next album. Well see you back here with another local update in half an hour. Caring about the things that make each of our clients unique. Thats what makes Riverspring Health unique. It is now 8 30. It is. Its a wednesday morning, the 19th of august, 2015. We have a special midweek summer concert featuring the British Girl Group little mix. They are getting ready. We are looking forward to the concert. The ladies will stick around for an exclusive live stream and acoustic performance across the street hosted by hoda. We owe keeping little mix busy. They are taking over our today instagram and snapchat accounts as well. Go online. Stare at your phone. And if you see the magnetometer behind us, we are ready for als epic adventure. We have a friendly adventure to see who joins al on the trip of a lifetime to an unknown mystery location. 50 hours. 50,000 worth of vacation. A once in a lifetime action. They brought their passports and they are leaving today. I believe some of the tehms may not have known each other before today. Right there. They met in line. Great. I love it. Well get to the epic adventure. How about a check of the weather . Lets see whats going on a far as the forecast. Wet weather on the east coast, Midatlantic States to florida. Cooler weather back behind the front that brings a slight risk of strong storms back to texas look for the sunshine to continue in the southwest. More rain Midatlantic States into the northeast into the gulf co, t ass wel weather headlines for today. Another steamy day. Not as hot as the past couple. Some popup showers and thunderstorms, specially inland this afternoon and early evening. The heaviest rain this week comes our way on friday. Here is your sevenday forecast. Showers and thunderstorms more likely. Some heavy on friday. Leftover showers and storms saturday. Isolated storms on sunday and monday as well. There you have it. Ready . Im ready. This is a little involved. Bear was. Going to be fun. Its time to kick off als epic ed den adventure. Its a 50hour, 50,000 vacation. The only catch the flight leaves in a few hours. As we said, it is all for travel channel. They have a new show, 5050. We have been scouting for willing participants all morning. In a moment, meet the today fans willing to drop everything and run away with me. Just for a trip. Thats all that happens. First, we want to say hello to the host of 5050, Samantha Brown and chris g rundy. Hello. Its so exciting. We have been d ng it for six months. It is amazing. Ambushing people on the street. They are ou their way to w k. We say come with us. They go for 50 hours. Do they have any choice of ac tivities at the destination . Absolutely. We have two things for them at any moment. They choose and we all do what they want to do. Anything they want. Boom. Sailingm scuba dive. Jump out of planes. Playing it safe is what we do. Thats day one. Whats been the most exciting location . We ambushed a couple and took them to south africa. They had three hours notice. You have ten. Minutes to pack a bag if you go. Bring your passport and youre on the way. Sounds great. Again, two viewers will be lucky enough to join al, chris and sam on this 5050 trip. They have to earn. We have narrowed it down to three teams who have to compete in three events. Al, lets meet the competitors. Here they are. Ready to play. First of all, we have shamin and claudia. How you guys doing . They live in new york. They have been best friends for 20 years. Did you know each other when you were 5 . Thats fantastic. All right. Next we have team b, naomi and sara who met in grad school. How long have you known each other . About four years. Hearts on. Have heart, will travel. And team c, alexandra and David Anthony who met two hours ago standing in line. We bonded over our travel experiences and we are ready for another one. Thats gutsy. Everybody has passports in hand. Right . Ready to go. What do you need to do to win the trip . Welcome to the travel zone. Ready . We have three competitions. Savannah will be helping team a. Tamron on team b and natalie is the ringer for team c. Walk us through the first challenge. First challenge is what the beep. Someone from each team must put on a lovely vest. Here they are. You have to put the vests on. In one of the many pockets is a metallic item that wont fly with the f. A. A. Everybody step through. Claudia, come back here. Assume the position. Well start on this side. Okay. Put this on. You have 30 seconds to find the item. Thats the offending, actionable item and come through. Until they stop beeping and identify the item they are still in the game. Once they find it they get a point. Ready . Dont start looking yet. Go through. Are you ready . One, two, three. Go. Go come on. Go back to find the item. Dump it. Come on. Try again. Go through again. All right. Lets see. Come on. You can do it. Got about 15 seconds left. Go through again. Still beeping here. Still beeping. Go through. You guys have to go back. Go through. Did you get through . He beeped. David got through here. We have a beep. Okay, guys. Nice job. Team c gets a point. All right. You found the correct item. You have one point in the overall competition. Alex, nice job. Way to go. That brings us to the second challenge. This is a contest we are calling master packer. Pretty simple. You see the suitcase in front of you. Each table has the same items. Your job is to fill the suitcase so it weighs 50 pounds but not over. The closest to 50 pounds without going over will win the next challenge. Stand in front of your tables. Whats up . If you put it all in and they weigh after. As soon as we are done. You can want weigh along the way. You have 30 seconds to pacactlk a bag. It doesnt matter if it closes. You dont have to zip it up. Team a, b, c. Ready . Three, two, one, go. Remember, team c already has one point. There is an iron. You dont want to go over. Teams are trying to get close to 50 without going over. We have the teams. First team going. Ten seconds left, guys. You have five seconds. Four, three, two, one. Step away from the suitcases. Everybody step away. Savannah, why dont you have your team put the suitcase on the scale over here. Al will read it out. I feel good about this. This one cost a lot of money at checkin. 36. 7. Okay. 13. 3 pounds to go. Team b, put your suitcase on the scale. Come on. Good luck. 15. 15 pounds. Were in it. Are you serious . No, no. No way. 15. 6. No way try it on that scale. Weigh it on the other scale. Take it off for a second. This is working out well. I dont like that. Thats not 15 pounds. Definitely not. Good thing you have a lawyer on your side. 34. 9. Okay. This ones 36. 34. 9. Bring the new scale over here. All on the same scale. No way. Okay. David, put it on this scale here. If it is more than 36. 7 without its 30 pounds. This team gets the point. Team a and c tied. Listen, dont worry. If you win the third challenge its all tied up. Step through. Okay. Come on, ladies. Make your way here and listen up. The next game we are calling connecting flights. You can do it. Lets spin around to see this. John, come on through. Behind me you see boards. We are going to flip themle in a second. There are two columns. In one there are airport codes for cities. Threeletter codes. The other column, cities and towns. Your job is to match the correct code with the correct city at a certain airport. Do you understand . Okay. I will get out of the way. Well flip over the boards. First team to get them right gets the point. Three, two, one. Go match it up. Got it . Stop the clock right here. Done. [ buzzer ] wait a minute. Two labels for that one. Were done. Correct. Thats correct. Absolutely correct. We have the winners over here. Team c. All right. Alexandra and david. Team a. No. Lets go over this. Charles de gaulle, paris. South africa, johannesburg. Kansas city, nti. Chicago, ord. Ohare, right. And beijing, pek. Do you know what that mean s . Are we going . You win the trip our winners. Everybody come over this way. Come on down. Come on through. Come on through. Lets go first of all, for our runners up who did a magnificent job we have a onenight stay anywhere in the world for you at the four seasons. There you go. Congratulations. You guys were terrific. David and alexandra, come on over. We want to tell you where youre going. Are you ready to find out . Here we go. Ladies and gentlemen, you are going to abu dhabi we are leaving this afternoon on etienne air, abu dhabi. Are you ready . Have you ever been . No. Never, never. Its almost 7,000 miles to abu dhabi. I hope youve got warm weather clothing to pack. Look at the forecast. Over the next several days for abu dhabi, ladies and gentlemen. Here we go. Its going to be toasty. Feels like temperatures approaching 120. So it will be a lot of fun. What activities are on the agenda . I cant even begin to tell you. Do you know buggy racing, the grand mosque in abu dhabi. So many cool things. Cant wait to travel with you. Im so happy. We are going to see you guys starting tomorrow. You met this morning and here we are going to abu dhabi together. Live on the today show from the grand mosque. Coming up next, a concert from little mix on the plaza. First, this is today on nbc. My name is manda and i smoked while i was pregnant. My baby was born two months early and weighed only three pounds. This is the view i had of her in the nicu. My tip to you is speak into the opening so your baby can hear you better. You can quit. Talk with your doctor. 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Want to know what it is make the boys want more and he loves you but he aint got time come and get it at a knocked down price hey full of honey just to make him sweet crystal balling just to help him see what hes been missing so come and get it while youve still got time hey get your boy on his knees repeat after me say take a sip of my secret potion ill make you fall in love for a spell that cant be broken one drop should be enough boy, you belong to me i got the recipe its called black magic take a sip of my secret potion one taste and youll be mine its a spell that cant be broken itll keep you up all night boy, you belong to me i got the recipe its called black magic if youre looking for mr. Right need that magic to change him overnight heres the answer come and get it while youve still got time hey get your boy on his knees repeat after me take a sip of my secret potion ill make you fall in love for a spell that cant be broken one drop should be enough boy, you belong to me i got the recipe its called black magic take a sip of my secret potion ill make you fall in love for a spell that cant be broken one drop should be enough boy, you belong to me i got the recipe its called black magic all the girls on the block knocking on my door want to know what it is makes the boys want more i got the recipe now you belong to me take a sip of my secret potion ill make you fall in love for a spell that cant be broken one drop should be enough boy, you belong to me i got the recipe its called black magic take a sip of my secret potion ill make you fall in love for a spell that cant be broken one drop should be enough boy, you belong to me i got the recipe its called black magic falling in love falling in love falling in love hey falling in love falling in love falling in love falling in love falling in love [ cheers and applause ] little mix well get more music and talk to the ladies. First, this is today on nbc. Leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. On us. P get your first month s payment r plus five years wearr and tear coverage. P make the most of summer. T with volvo. This has been a big week for little mix. They performed with taylor swift, picked up a teen choice award. Ladies, good morning. I should say happy anniversary. This is the fourth anniversary of when you got together as a group. Thank you. We are big fans, best day ever. It will be emotional. Very, very emotional. Do you feel you still remember the moment when it was suggested maybe you would be better as a group than individuals . I remember it so well. It was meant to be. We got together and clicked straight away. We have had the best time of our lives these past four years all thanks to our fans. Thank you very much. I love reading about how you put together your latest album, get weird. Due out later this year. You had another album and you all got together to listen to it. You realized this isnt the album we want to put out. Were such perfectionists. We went back to perries house and listened to the album and said, its not good enough. It didnt fit together. We got back in the studio , wrote a new album. We feel this is our best yet. Feels like the one . 100 . We love having you. We know youll be back later. Talk to everybody in the next hour. Thank you very much. Thank you. We have a great crowd who came to see you. Were back with more music. First, this is today on nbc. Back now with some birthday wishes from our friend willard scott. Willard. Always a pleasure to work with smuckers, especially to salute birthdays. Weve got them for you. This is Laverne Mayfield from cedar falls, iowa. Another great town. 100 today. 18 grandchildren. How about that . Ill bet christmas is fantastic in that house. This is beatrice, single it is ton from eastpointe in the great state of michigan. All along the shore. Beautiful. 100 years old today. For 40 years she sang in the church choir. How about that . This handsome dude is wayne carr from imperial beach, california. Plays the saxaphone. 100 today. We wish him a very happy birthday. This is James Granger from beloit, wisconsin. He is 100 years old today. His big thing is making fruit cakes every christmas for lots of people. I like fruitcake. Some people dont. I love it. We hate to give it back but its yours, new york. Take it away. Willard, thank you very much. Guys, whats come up . Chiwetel ejiofor, talking about his new project. And little mix will join us some more. More music. And youre headed to abu dhabi yeah, our contestants will join us later on. Have a safe tr since 1961, Pearle Vision has provided the neighborhood with expert eye care. That was dr. Stanley pearles vision and we still proudly carry on his legacy. Today, doctors like Lisa Hamilton perform eye exams that can help detect diabetes. Because we care for you. And your eyes. This is genuine eye care, in your neighborhood. This is Pearle Vision. This morning on todays take, singing sensations little mix working their black magic on our crowd. Then the place where special families find comfort. A story that will tug at your heartstrings. Plus, awardwinning actor Chiwetel Ejiofor is here. All that and more coming up right now. Announcer from nbc news, this is todays take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Welcome to today on wednesday, august 19, 2015. Willie is on assignment. Im al with natalie and tamron. Natalie picked our morning jam bright by echosmith. Cant really hear it. They appeared on today. I love this song. The message is beautiful. Natalie already throwing shade that she picked als ep ic Adventure Team winner. We are going to abu dhabi. They are all winners. If ever in the next year i have a child which might happen, youre raising my child. Wait, wait. Dont bury the lead. Youre the most fierce competitor i have ever met in my life. My kid would be a straight a student, kicking butt in sports. You are the most competitive in a great way. Lets back up. Within three months you may have news for us . I didnt say three months. You said within a year. Within 12 months. Meanwhile our executive producer is like, come on. Lets get the bets going on. I cant wait. Imagine the contests. Name tamrons baby. No. Whos the baby daddy . Moving along. This is too good not to see again. President ial candidate marco rubio stopped in des moines, iowa, yesterday. Tossing around a football with kids in the area. What could go wrong . Oh thats just rough. One more time. Oh and look at this. This isnt the first time this happened to him. Take a look. He should have known marcia. Marco, marco, marco. Its always the qb who gets the blame, he tweeted out. The little boy is okay. Youre the kids mom. Youre there. Turn around. Receive the ball. How can you catch with the back of your head . You dont have eyes in the back of your head. It was a good throw. It was not. The kid perfect spiral motion. Straight down. Goes long. It was an accident. The kids fine. He got back up right away. He has his arms open. Hes like, im getting a ball from a senator. Look. The kids not a football player. That would have been me. Would have taken you down. No kid of mine does that. My kids make a lot of mistakes but they learn. Did bloomingdales make a huge mistake that potentially benefitted customers . It does seem too good to be true. There is a glitch meant for a bloomingdales loyalty customers. They were given gift cards but in incorrect amounts. Sometimes you go in. You spend 100, they give you 15. Or 10,000 points. Youre a valued customer. Its like a 25 gift card. Buzzfeed is reporting customers who earned 10,000 loyalist points under the program which was about 25. They were instead given 10,000 credit. Where was my card . I didnt get mine. You cant shop morel loyally. 10,000. One customer reportedly went on a shopping spree. He was asked to return a 10,000 pair of bloomingdales diamond earrings, a 5,000 watch, Louis Vuitton bag bought with the store credit. Thats more than 10,000. He kept it under. He got the earrings you said 10,000 earrings. Thats 15,000. They owe him 5,000. No. He owes well, the gift card if they gave you 10,000 you could only use 10,000. Maybe they were on sale. Maybe thats the value. Bloomingdales told him hed get a 100 gift card if he brings the merchandise back and be banned from the Loyalty Program if he refuses. I will take the hit. Ill say, okay. Moving on. Ill go to macys. Im sorry. Bloomingle dales statement to nbc news, well be banned. The Company Caught the mistake last week and is reissuing replacement gift cards with correct amounts. The company is in contact with customers and apologized to those affected. He spent it already. Whats interesting is you know when you see Something Like that there is a glitch. Do you take advantage of it or report it . Its not like my bank account. You hear people go to the atm machine and you went from 200 to theres 200,000. So he thinks jackpot. It happens all the time. He fist rst bought a tie over a certain amount. They took out of 10,000 they credited him for the tie. So he was like, oh, this is 10,000 for real. Its not just you know. So he kept racking up the charges wunts charge s once he got the first purchase. Maybe they can find common ground. Face it. The markup on the items, i will get technical here. Oh, wow. The markup on the items was probably a lot. On the upside bloomingdales is getting publicity. Exactly. Chalk it township a mistake. The airlines do it all the time. The airlines had glitches and allowed customers who hit the jackpot to go. Wrong tag, the wrong price. Im like, are you sure . They have to give you the price marked. Im one of those people. I dont think i would take advantage. I would think theres got to be something wrong. Eventually it will catch up to me. Im sorry. Not bad. Incredible, incredible video to show you. This is a 16yearold cheerleader angel rice. When you see this you will be like, what, your mouth will fall to the table. This is a little over a year old, this video. Its just now going viral. She performed five double twists, four passes, goes back. But wait. Not over yet. She goes back again. Are you dizzy yet . I am. Im about ready to throw up watching this. Amazing. Can you believe it . She should be in the olympics. Shes competed in national, international trampoline and tumbling. I dont know the school shes going to or cheers for. She needs to be in the olympics. This is a floor exercise beyond most floor exercises i have seen. Incredible. Man. I think her fathers name was meineke. She has shocks built in. Amazing. Wow. We have been talking about my epic adventure with the travel channel. Two viewers, 50,000 trip as part of 5050. Six fans grabbed from the crowd. We had a competition. Boom, alexandra obey and david grabbed the Golden Tickets you guys met waiting for this. Hit the line at quarter to 5 00, talked about places we have visited throughout the world. Bonded and here we are going to abu dhabi. Have you ever been . Never. Never. Always wanted to go, but never thought i would. Whats the first thing you will pack . Whats the one thing in the suitcase . Comfortable shoes. A bathing suit. Its 120. Feels like 120. Al has amazing adventures planned for you. Cant wait. Its going to be great. Well go to supermarkets and are you cooking . Visit a factory. No, no. We have amazing stuff. Nice. Thank you. Cant wait. Looking forward to hanging out with you guys. Likewise. Take lots of selfies with al. We will. Be thankful its not her. She snores. You would be on the plane with her [ snoring ] thats you, al. We have video. I heard it from somewhere. Lets see whats going on. Tropical storm danny. Fourth tropical named storm of the season. A week early from when we would normally see it. Moving west at 14. It has time to go before it approaches the lesser ant dts i illes. Makes its way to the caribbean. We are looking at wet weather up and down the eastern seaboard. Northeast staying dry. Storms in michigan and the western third of the country. Awfully toasty. Smoky conditions in the pacific northwest, interior sections as going on. A muggy day out there. Travel humidity builds up scattered showers and thunderstorms this evening. Inland, high of 87. Scattered in the evening. Sp ty shower overnight. Very muggy. 73. Tomorrow, very humid conditions. It is sticky, 84, the high, with inland showers and thunderstorms. We stay in the low 80s over the weekend. We stay with the risk of scattered showers and thunderstorms into early next week. Thats your latest weather. Thank you, al. Coming up, four ladies who are one of the hottest acts around. Little mix have come to the plaza to share it all with the fans. Well hang out more with the this isnt just the start of school, this is the new year. Find the styles and brands theyll love for every big moment. Where . Famous footwear. [music] no, no, no, no, people are both soft and strong. Yey which is why our products are too. Angel soft. Shopping online. Is as easy as it gets. Wouldnt it be great if hiring plumbers, carpenters and even piano tuners. Were just as simple . Thanks to angies list, now it is. Start shopping online. From a list of top rated providers. Visit angieslist. Com today. Now you can try a spicier side of Hidden Valley. It goes on everything. 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Your message is about girl power, empowerment, getting up there, being independent and getting weird. Right . I think thats why we love what we do. Just having fun. Theres nothing weird. Give me one weird thing about you. Oh. We can be extremely weird. Everybodys got a little bit of weird inside of them. You want to let it out. Be free. Someone doesnt like sandwiches. Me. Not even grilled hes . Ew. Sandwich phone bia . Is that butter on bread . You could use mustard. Oh. Thats worse. To this day its your fourth anniversary as a group. It is. Happy anniversary. Its strange for us though. We thought we were together longer than that. Feels like 20 years. Forever. I cant remember my life before you. Oh. Thats so sweet. Thats the way we fee natalie and i are of a certain age. Aeound the time we were teenagers it was the spice girls. We were in our 20s. They were huge. For my niece who is 16 and the other 9 you are their spice girls. To nats point its a message of empowerment. You dont sing about heartbreak. You sing about bringing the mixes into the mix. We want to give the young fans, especially the girls, confidence. That was missing in the industgy for a while. Thats what we wanted to bring to the table. You guys are the breakout tists of the year at the teen choice awards. [ cheers ] so cool. Fun. It was the most scared we have been. The only time we, get scared is back on the x factor. This was terrifying. Why . It was such a huge thing for us. Wrae yeah. It was our first time at the teen choice awards. Crowds around the world screaming your name and this was y iour moment. It was a massive deal. Seeing the mixes there was amazing, too. First award we have won as well. Congratulations. Many more to come. You guys will keep on going. Thats terrific. Little mix, thank you so much. We hey will be back singing wings later on. Yay [ cheers ] and scandal starKerry Washington speaking about her post baby body. What shes saying thats got everybody talking. 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Gear up for school. Gear up for great. Still singing little mix this morning. As we wait for their performance, mugs up for hump day. Going fast. We are going to start off with a good ending to a story that caused a huge outpouring of concern on social media yesterday. You probably heard Rosie Odonnells daughter chelsea was reported missing. Shes okay. The comedian tweeted last night shelle see has been found and is safe in police custody. Thank you all for the help. This after an alarming few days a. Spokesperson said chelsea ran away and was last seen by the family august 11. The 17yearold left home with her therapy dog. Shes safe at this point and her family is helping her. Just terrifying for a parent. Imagine that. Absolutely. Scandal actress Kerry Washington welcomed her first baby daughter in april of last year. Judging by her figure you would never know it. The 38yearold appears on selfs september issue. She opens up about the post baby body and said she isnt trying to go back to the prepregnancy figure. In the interview washington said im focused on not being back to anything. She said, my body is the site of a miracle now. I dont want to be premiracle. Washington did, however, stress the importance of finding time for fitness adding i try to get it in so i can be back with my kid early. I have to take care of myself in want to. Its important to have rest days. But in the long run if i dont work out for three days i feel worse, not better. I like that. Powerful message. Absolutely. Especially in hollywood, six weeks later she got her body prebaby back. Puts pressure on noncelebrities. Why am i not losing the weight like she did . Its pressure. You brought life into the world. Thats a miracle. Absolutely. Enjoy the time with your baby. Shes not the only actress peeved by hollywoods weight and labels. Melissa mccarthy can add designer to her resume. Her collection will aim to fit women of all sizes without using the plus size description. Saying 70 of women are a size 14 or above. Thats technically plussized. You are taking your biggest category of people and telling them youre not worthy. I find that strange. She went on to say i find it bad business. It doesnt make sense, numberswise. Its like if you open a restaurant and say, we are primarily going to serve people that dont eat. In an interview on hsn. Com she said i have been every size and i know i dont lose my sense of style just because i went above a size 12. Good for her. Shes my favorite. Its a theme of girl power. Keep it going. One more . One more. Supermodel heidi klum is responding president ial candidate donald trump saying shes no longer a 10. The mom of four and judge of mericas got talent on nbc didnt appear too offended but did stick up for women when she appeared on access hollywood. Really the whole entire situation about women really isnt funny to put a number on a woman. We juggle so many things. I feel women who support their families, who have children, make their lunches, drive them all over the place, work at the same time. We do so many things. In my book, every woman is a 10. Amen, sister. I ju saw her out with her children just managing the kids li fke a brilliant mom. I love her. Coming up, he stunned audience now at chilis, new smoked chicken burritos for lunch. Make it a lunch combo. Then tap, swipe, a go. Hi tis 9 27 on this wednesday, august 19th. The nypd has announced they have caught a man that escaped from police. They were looking for 25yearold Austin Stevenson since sunday. He was arrested fortress passing when he shoved an officer to the ground and ran off. Still has handcuffs on. He was found just before 7 00 taken into custody without incident. The weather, muggy, scattered showers, 87 for the high. 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Beginning this school year all 4th graders and their families can get into National Parks and other federal lands for free as part of the every kid in a Park Initiative announced by president obama this year to get children outdoors. And video of a utah Police Officer is now going viral. Officer bryson lisdrop often stops in at the same store. One day he cut loose and danced forgetting about the surveillance camera. Hes doing the popular whip dance. It ended up on the departments facebook page. He said he may never live it down with the other officers. They will play it on a loop over and over again. Lets go to al. Can you do that dance . I dont know. Thats a very arresting da e. Im sorry. Thank you so much. You know on the als epic adventure we are traveling from new york, jfk to abu dhabi almost 7,000 miles. Its a 13hour flight. When we land, a little warmer than here in new york. Its going to feel like 118 both friday, saturday and sunday. Not only is it heat but its not a dry heat. The rest of the country, wet weather makes its way into the upper midwest into the midatlantic, southeastern coastal states into florida where they need rain. Showers and thunderstorms Central Texas into the midwest. The western third of the country, warm and toasty. Look at all the clouds this morning. Hazy sun, mixed with clouds. High temperature of 87. While not 90, a steamy one. Popup showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon and evening, specially in the inland areas. Stays mainly cloudy. 73, the low. Very muggy overnight. Mostly, the showers stay northen and west of the city. Leftover showers and storms into the weekend. And thats your latest weather. Hes one of hollywoods most talented actors and its easy to see why. Who can forget his oscar nominated performance as solomon northrup, the free man forced into slavery in 12 years a slave. Now Chiwetel Ejiofor is delivering a new memorable performance playing a Nuclear War Survivor who thinks hes the last person on earth. Until he meets a woman. Although they dont share the same beliefs he needs to convince her they are there for the same reason. Its about rebuilding. Maybe god, your father, put this here for us. So we can start again. Good morning. This is a fascinating concept. I dont think one a lot of people want to think about. Tell us about it. Its exactly that. Post apocalyptic landscape, nuclear fall out and john loomis thinks hes the last person on the planet. He travels around and finds a valley protected from the Nuclear Fallout geographically. On it is ann played by margo robbie. They develop a friendship, relationship. Beginning to find each other, feel each other out, possibly a romantic one. Hes taking it quite slowly in a way. Hes worried about a bad relationship. Which wouldle suck. Where do you go from there . Im leaving you. Where are you going to go . Good luck. Really . Okay. See you later. Youll be back. Tlts a love here is a love triangle. Enter chris pine. The third person in the mix. It is fascinating and leads to a whole what would you do in this situation . It makes you think. It is interesting. I love the idea of doing a film just about the interpersonal relationships of two or three people. But have the really epic themes. I was thrilled to get on board. How do you prepare for that . Do you tell your friends, everyone, dont call me for a few weeks. I need to absorb loneliness . How do you prepare for that . In a sense we were lucky. We went out to the south island in new zealand to shoot the film which is gorgeous. Absolutely beautiful place. Also pretty remote. So we ended up with the cast and crew in a small unit, small group. Quite unplugged. It was hard to get you wouldle have to walk half a mile down the road. Two feet from the box if you turn at an angle you can get one bar on your cell phone. By lunchtime everyone is marching out. So it kind of had that unplugged feel anyway. Quite a remote feel which i think was really good for the film. When you to Something Like that with such a small cast, does it stretch different muscles actingwise . Yeah. I think it does. We have to get really sort of we have to think about the script intensely. The director is brilliant. We were able to Work Together in a detailed form. There is nothing else to hold onto. Youre working on characters. Thats the tension. The dramatic tension is built between these few people and their story together. Its thoughtprovoking. Im still thinking about it. Im still thinking about the ending. Im the first dead guy. Im gone. Not worried about a bad relationship . Just surviving. Were keeping you. You can cook. Z for zack hariah. 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Keith and ann johnson are checking into this hotel not for a leisurely weekend away but for a dose of comfort and care. I have squamous cell kars gnome. He originally had cancer of his tonsil. It showed up last summer in his tongue. Reporter it was a shocking diagnosis for keith. Hes been living cancerfree for 18 years. Scary. We were pulled out of our jobs. So then you have the finances and whats going to happen. Reporter doctors successfully removed the cancerous tumor from keiths tongue but this father and High School Media teacher lost his ability to eat and speak clearly. Keith also needed advanced radiation treatment called proton therapy. We were driving from minnesota to houston to get treatment because the treatment wasnt available at the time when we needed it. The only option was to travelle to md anderson. Reporter one thing they didnt need to worry about, the cost of a hotel room for five weeks. 12 a night. Unbelievable. Reporter this reduced rate was made possible by a program called hotel keys of hope. A partnership between extended stay america and the american cancer society. They stay with us for a week, for three weeks. We look after them while they are having their treatment. We have met some really great people. Reporter so far they have helped over 7,000 Cancer Patients and their caregivers with free or reduced rate rooms. Dupree gainey is one of them. I cant go to work right now. I have to go to different doctors for treatment. Good that someone can help like this. Reporter they have free temporary lodging for Cancer Patients going throughout patient treatment called hope lodge. We have our 31 Hope Lodge Facilities across the country. They provide 999 rooms for Cancer Patients. Reporter peter wine burger made this hope lodge in new york city home. He has a rare blood cancer called mds. Im a firefighter, black belt, never in a hospital, never sick. All of the sudden i have this rare, really serious cancer. Reporter in may peter had a stemle cell transplant and is required to stay near his hospital. I have been affected by the fact that im not home with my family. And that essentially i have had to establish a temporary home here for almost four months. Hope lodge is decorated in a home. It take as lot of emotional strain off of me. Reporter it also helped his wife samantha. Here we can sit together. Hes not in a hospital gown. Doesnt have machines and everything. We do board games, watch movies. Its better than the hospital. Reporter families supporting their loved ones with all the comforts of home. Being able to spend time with him has been fabulous. Such a great program. We are happy to report next year extended stay america plans to double the program and the hope lodge is in the process of expanding with seven more lodging facilities for Cancer Patients. So necessary and so important to have loved ones close to you when you are going through some so difficult. Coming up, well have lit what do a nascar driver. A comedian. And a professional golfer have in common . We talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto. Xarelto is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. Xarelto has also been proven to reduce the risk of stroke in people with afib, not caused by a heart valve problem. For people with afib currently well managed on warfarin, there is limited information on how xarelto and warfarin compare in reducing the risk of stroke. I tried warfarin before, but the blood testing routine and dietary restrictions had me off my game. Not this time. Not with xarelto. Ill have another arnold palmer. Make mine a kevin nealon. Really, brian . Hey, safety first. Like all blood thinners, dont stop taking xarelto without talking to your doctor, as this may increase your risk of a blood clot or stroke. While taking, you may bruise more ea sily and it may take longer for bleeding to stop. Xarelto may increase your risk of bleeding if you take certain medicines. Xarelto can cause serious, and in rare cases, fatal bleeding. Get help right away for unexpected bleedin g, unusual bruising, or tingling. If you have had spinal anesthesia while on xarelto , watch for back pain or any nerve or muscle related signs or symptoms. Do not tak e xarelto if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. Tell your doctor before all planned medical or dental procedures. Before starting xarelto , tell your doctor about any kidney, liver, or bleeding problems. Xarelto has been prescribed more than 11 million times in the u. S. And that numbers growing. Like your guys scores. With xarelto there is no regular blood monitoring, and no known dietary restrictions. Treatment with xarelto was the right move for us. Ask your doctor about xarelto. What if getting ready was this easy . 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[ cheers and applause ] mama told me not to waste my life she said spread your wings my little butterfly dont let what they say keep you up at night we, we cant touch the ground i cant hear a sound but you keep running your mouth, yeah walk on over there not too proud to care oh, yeah your words tonight mean a thing im not listening keep talking all i know is mama told me not to waste my life she said spread your wings, my little butterfly dont let what they say keep you up at night they cant contain you these wings are made to fly we dont let nobo bring us down no matter what you say it wont hurt me no matter if i fall from the sky these wings are made to fly hey, hey i know were going to get there some day i dont even care oh, yeah your words dont mean a thing im not listening keep talking all night long mama toldle me not to waste my life she said spread your wings, my little butterfly tonight let what they say keep you up at night they cant contain you these wings are made to fly and we dont let nobody bring us down p. M. No matter what you say, it wont hurt me no matter if i fall from the sky these wings are made to fly i dont need no one say hey, hey, hey i dont hear no one saying hey, hey, hey keep on watching i dont want to hear them talking, boy i dont want to hear them talking, boy your words dont mean a thing not listening thai just like water off my wings mama told me not to waste my life she said spread your wings my little butterfly dont let what they say keep you up at night they cant contain you these wings are made to fly we dont let nobody bring us down no matter what you say it wont hurt me no matter if i fall from the sky we dont let nobody bring us down no matter what you say it wont hurt me no matter if i fall from the sky these wings are made to fly [ cheers and applause ] thank you, little mix. Back in a moment. But first, this is today on nbc. Al, youre packed. Ready to go . Just about. Im really excited. Well take the two folks we plucked off the plaza. Dade and alexandra. 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Friday, heavy storms, 81. Staet saturday, 82. Scattered storms. The high of 83. Coming up on the today show, kathie lee and hoda. Model turned actress or actress turned model. We will have another update in 30 minutes. Hope to see you then. Blinds to gos Summer Celebration sales so hot youre gonna need shades. Not those shades. These shades take a cool 2035 off all sun shades, cascade shades, basswood and more. Shades on sale. Theres nothing cooler than that. Blinds to go. Blinds for life. Cannonball blinds to gos Summer Celebration sale is going on now make a splash with new sun shades, cascade shades, basswood and more, all at 2035 off its the hottest sale of the year. Just when you need to cool off most. Blinds to go. Blinds for life. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rock fell plaer saa. Verge. Thats owl city singing verge. Its winesday wednesday. Congratulations youve made it to hump day. 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Instead of doing fashion luxe for less, one thing people are excited about is home lex for less. So well show you how to do an entire living room with accessories under 50. This is an example of the cute items. Three accessories under 50 . Yes. Not together . No. We look forward to that