years after the crime. a minnesota man confesses in graphic detail to the kidnapping and killing of an 11-year-old boy. the victim's heartbroken mother speaking out for the first time since her son's body was found just days ago. >> for us, jacob was alive until we found him. >> this morning, the link to another crime that helped crack the case. and under pressure. amid sinking sales, apple expected to unveil the new iphone 7 at a big event. how will it be different, and will it help the tech giant cook up big sales today? wednesday, september 7th, 2016. >> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer, live from the "intrepid" air and space museum in new york. and savannah guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone, welcome to "today" on this wednesday morning. i'm standing here at new york's intrepid air and space museum along the hudson river. this is the site of tonight's commander in chief forum. the first joint candidate event of this general election season. we'll tell you much more about what we have in store for the candidates later on. savannah's back in studio 1a, a few blocks from here. good morning to you. >> good morning. what a sighting you have there. these are the issues that voters consistently say are at the top of their list in importance. >> no question about it. let me set the stage for you. during this hour-long event that i'll be moderating, clinton and trump will appear back to back, taking questions on national security, military affairs, and veterans issues from an audience of active and veteran service members. last night there was a coin toss. it was held to determine the order of appearance. trump won the coin toss and has chosen to go second. hillary clinton will go first. >> okay. what the candidates have to say when they get their turns is going to get a lot of attention. the election, of course, 62 days away now. with that in mind, here's a quick look at the state of the race today. ahead of your forum, trump has stumped in new york and philadelphia where the republican nominee will also be addressing veterans issues and national security. chelsea clinton will be in the battleground state of pennsylvania, as well, hitting the campaign trail for her mom for the first time since the birth of her second child, aidan, in june. and the race in pennsylvania is tight. the latest poll shows hillary clinton leading trump in that state, but now just by four points. a tight race. >> all right. thank you very much. a lot to get to in the presidential race including another new poll that's significant to tonight's forum. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is here with me with more on that. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. upon a bad backdrop for tonight certain certainly. on deck, the issues of veterans and national security. the most important role of president that of commander in chief. both hillary clinton and donald trump are facing skeptical voters. a brand-new poll out this morning shows nearly 60% of american say they do not have confidence in trump's ability to head our armed forces, and 52% say they lack the same confidence in clinton. facing their first fierce battle, hillary clinton and donald trump's task tonight, to portray themselves as a credible commander in chief. clinton launching a presumptive message on air and trump's controversial comments -- >> john mccain, he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured, okay. >> reporter: our poll shows trump leads clinton by 19 votes among veteran voters. admirals and generals signed a letter regarding his signing, and hillary clinton says she has 95 retired admirals and generals supporting her. she weighed in on global hot spots like north korea. >> what i would simply say is, china, this is your baby, this is your problem. you solve the problem. >> reporter: on syria, ducking a question about whether he supports a regime change. >> look, we have a problem. it's called isis. isis is fighting syria. >> reporter: and on russia -- >> wouldn't it be nice if we got along with russia? >> reporter: even using vladimir putin to bash clinton. >> putin looks at her and laughs, okay. he laughs. then he smiles. boy, would he like to see her. >> reporter: clinton firing back -- >> we're going to work with our allies, not insult them. we're going to stand up to our adversaries, not cozy up to them. >> reporter: in a tightening race, clinton's trying to get pack on offense. hammering trump for refusing to release tax returns. >> he clearly has something to hide. we don't know exactly what it is, but we're getting better guesses about what it probably is. >> reporter: trump slamming clinton after the fbi revealed after the interview with her about her private e-mail server she repeatedly couldn't recall key details. >> if she really can't remember, she can't be president. she doesn't remember anything. >> reporter: back to the topic of tonight. here's another statistic that stuck out us to. more americans trust hillary clinton to make the right decisions with the nuclear codes. 44% for clinton. just 24% for trump. 26% of americans say they don't trust either of them. just to emphasize the importance of the national security debate, remember this sunday marks the 15th anniversary of 9/11. and american voters already making up their minds. early voting including mail-in ballots by active duty military, matt, begins in many states this month. >> all right. peter, thank you very much. we appreciate it. let's talk more about what we expect to hear from the candidates tonight. let's bring in nicole wallace and steve kornacki, made their way to the "intrepid." talk about the polling. 59% of people don't trust donald trump with the future of our military. 52% don't trust hillary clinton. yet, she is trailing him by 19 points with active military and veterans. why? >> well, this is a group of voters who really measure your toughness. if donald trump has one asset that wasn't dampened by his tumultuous and disastrous post-convention stress, it's the sense that he's still tough enough. i think that was one of the attributes that held up. what he has to prove is that he also can be measured. i think that's his testimony. >> steve, this is about the 3:00 a.m. phone call. this is about national security. what does donald trump have to say to prove to american voters that he is in fact ready for the role of commander in chief? >> yeah, the other poll number out there that always jumps out at me is temperament. when you ask people which of these candidates has the better temperament, she beats him 2-1, 3-1. i think he needs to display some competence here. but i think he needs to find a way to reassure people, again, it's when you have gut decisions as president, you have the poll about your finger on the button. they don't trust him now with something that basic and that fundamental. >> steve brings up a good point. with donald trump, the word you hear more often than any other is temperament. when it comes to hillary clinton, you hear judgment. >> right. >> you hear trust. what does she need to say to veterans and voters tonight that lets them understand that she's got the right judgment and they can trust authher to make the k decisions? >> there's a hillary clinton that did pretty well on that question and who forged relationships across the aisle. and that was the hillary clinton who served in the united states senate as new york state's representative. she was on the senate armed service the committee. she made many trips to the region. we were a country at war while she was a senator. she needs to -- this is sort of her weakness and her asset. her weakness is that there are different versions of her that she showcases. the asset is she has a lot of experience. that's the hillary clinton that needs to show up tonight. >> if you put their resumes side to side, steve, she has much more experience in these areas. resumes are double-edged swords. on the one hand you've got the experience nicole t on the other hand you have to one on your record. is it a problem for her? >> that's the interesting thing. remember in 2008 when she was running against barack obama at the beginning of that campaign they thought foreign policy and national security would be the card but it was the iraq war. you have that interesting situation where donald trump made comments in the run-up to the iraq war on radio shows saying he was for it but he is trying to say he was against this thing from the beginning and it was a disaster and trying to pin it on her. >> unscientific poll i'm conducting people heading into night. what's the number one threat facing people right now. >> i think people the number one threat is these lone wolf attacks where they can go out with a weapon and wreak havoc. >> self radicalization. it's people here who don't have to go overseas and don't have to meet anybody. >> steve and michelle, thank you very much. you can watch our forum live tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. let's go back to savannah. there's no fuel facing the obama administration overpayments it sent to iran earlier this year. the white house is saying the overall total entirely in cash amounted to $1.7 billion. nbc's ron allen is traveling with the president and has the latest. ron, good morning. >> reporter: under pressure the administration admitted that it spent some $400 million using that money as leverage to help free four americans being held in iran. now the wall street journal reports that within a few weeks iran got another $1.3 billion in cash. the timing raising questions about whether all that money was ransom. the obama administration said all that money was owed to iran settling a decade's old dispute about a failed arms deal an agreement that coincided with the hostage release. the president insisted the deals were not connected and not ransom. >> we do not pay ransom for hostages. >> reporter: but critics of the deal say the administration has refused to reveal details about when and how the cash was sent and say hundreds of millions of cash could end up in the hands of terrorists and endanger americans. the white house revealed the payments in august. when asked whether more money had been sent to iran. >> we haven't been specific about the mechanism of the payment for the $1.3 billion and interest other than to say we had a similar arrangement with central bank. >> reporter: the administration insists some of the details must be kept secret and it had to use cash because of sanctions against iran so republicans on the hill want to introduce legislation that bans any payments to iran and demands billions from the regime to compensate victims of terror. >> ron allen traveling with the president. new developments in the bill cosby sexual assault case, the lawyers is saying the comedian is a victim of racial bias. they say new accusers have gone public and supporters have been silent. attorneys took aim at gloria all red who represents some of the accusers. the statement came after a hearing in pennsylvania in which the judge set a june 5th trial date for cosby. he's charged with raping a woman in his home. now to a murder mystery that has haunted that state for nearly three decades, a man admitting to the 1989 abduction, assault and killing of an 11-year-old boy. gabe is in minneapolis with more for us. >> reporter: for 9,827 mornings the mother of this young boy woke up wondering in agony what happened to her son. today she no longer has to wonder after that chilling confession in this courthouse and we should warn viewers some of the details of this story are disturbing. >> for us jacob was alive until we found -- until we found him. >> reporter: this morning patty wetterling finally knows what happened to her son, having answers in terrifying detail, the small minnesota town in shock. >> nobody should have to go through this. >> reporter: in 1989 the case brought national attention here when 11-year-old jacob, his younger brother and friend were forced from their bikes by a masked gunman. >> he told me to run for the woods and grabbed jacob. >> reporter: the suspect told the judge jacob asked what did i do wrong and he started to cry and said take me home. instead he told the court he sexually abused jacob and then executed him at the edge of the woods. the the time he was questioned about the boy's disappearance but never arrested. a break in the investigation came last october when new technology linked his dna to another unsolved sexual assault case. police searched his home leading to an arrest on child pornography charges. he told police where he buried the body. >> he's not getting away with anything. we got the truth. >> reporter: jacob's parents signed off that plea deal and this morning the search for their son is finally over, their pain is not. >> his legacy will go on and i want to say jacob i'm so sorry. >> reporter: the sentencing is set for late november on the child pornography charge. the attorney says he effects he will spend at least 53 years in prison. >> thank you. got some other news. it's big news on the education front. i.t.t. technical institute is going out for business. it's shutting down all 130 of its u.s. campuses because it can no longer operate under new rules set up by the federal government i.t.t. has been under investigation within in august the u.s. department of education banned that college from enrolling students who get federal aid. a big event is happening in san francisco today. apple will unveil the new iphone. j good morning. >> reporter: whenever apple unveils a new product it's in section resy but that doesn't stop the rum or mill from churning. the big news may be the new iphone and what's not on this phone, the headphone jack. apple under major pressure to make a big splash, the most valuable company in the world expected to unveil a new iphone 7 today. the company that made white earbuds as a fashion statement is rumored to be eliminating them introducing new wireless earbuds that will connect via blue tooth. >> whatever they do with that space it better be good because users are used to plugging in headphones and if you want to change our behavior it better be for a good reason. >> reporter: it could allow the phone to be thinner and potentially waterproof. these photos purport to show the device including a more advanced camera. apple watchers anticipate the company will issue a new and improved watch with a new gps feature and a longer lasting battery to satisfy user complaints. sales of the apple watch have disappointed analysts since it launched two years ago and apple lagging behind fitbit in the wearable category and it's unfolding amid a smartphone with samsung. samsung recalled phones because of fires in the batteries. >> we have one more thing. >> reporter: as for today's big announcement, analysts say anything could happen. apple is known to keep things a surprise until the last minute. apple staying mum on this, not commenting on any of the rumors. we'll get more later this morning but ceo tim cook under scrutiny and this is his chance to prove the critics wrong. savannah. >> up there early to get it. let's get a first check of the weather from al who probably already has the iphone 7. >> i do not but i'm very very excited. >> i know you are. i can feel the energy. let's show you, we've got unfortunately it's not like christmas in the upper midwest. we have heavy thunderstorms and those storms will make their way into chicago, very humid air ahead of this front. along the front we're looking at showers and thunderstorms firing up today, midwest a severe threat and we could see flooding with these storms from oklahoma into the northeast by thursday. we've got some heavy rain upwards of six inches from wichita to into illinois, chicago you get involved with this as well a little later on. we're 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francisco. you see the numbers there cooling into the mid 60s friday. and into the valleys, you will see those numbers beginning to drop off approaching the weekend. mike? >> rob, looking around the bay, we see a predictable pattern at the south bay. traffic is kicking in over the last 20 minutes. north 101 and 280 showing the worse of the slow drive. 87 and 85, a lot of company for you there in downtown san jose. north 880 still very slow. all lanes cleared. most of that crash activity. but still that set off a slower drive north toward the dumbarton bridge bridge but 880 the anymore minimitz is jammed. slow westbound at 82. dumbarton bridge and peninsula sees the build as well. upper east shore freeway, earlier crash in richmond cleared from carlson. we have a slower drive now through the walnut creek interchange. we'll be back with another local news update in a half hour. join us at 11:00 as well. ♪ we're back at 7:30. look at the flags. september 7th, 2016. it's windy, cloudy, cool day here in new york city. look what the wind blew in, matt lauer from the intrepid. >> you know what wednesday means in new york city? garbage pickup day. got behind a couple of trucks on the way back. >> the debris is carrying a little odor, as well. >> traffic, as well. let's get right to the headlines this morning. speaking of the weather, tropical storm newton will bring heavy rain to parts of new mexico and arizona today. it made landfall as a hurricane in mexico. actually, twice on tuesday, including near the resort in los cabos. as we mentioned, after a day of campaigning, hillary clinton and donald trump will take part in our commander-in-chief forum tonight. they'll take the stage at the intrepid sea, air and museum taking questions from service members and veterans. and you can watch it at 8:00 eastern on msnbc and nbc. >> by the way, there is a new nbc new survey monkey poll, it shows that trump leads clinton by 19 points, 55% to 36%, among voters currently serving or who have previously served in the u.s. military. >> that leads us to today's campaign moment, where we show you something you may have missed on the campaign trail. here's one that's actually been a tradition on campaign planes for years. the old orange roll. on tuesday, reporters traveling with hillary clinton rolled oranges toward the front of the plane where she sits. written on each orange, a question for her to answer. only one made it all the way to the front and this was its question. who would you rather have dinner with, donald trump or vladimir putin? the orange came rolling back with putin's name circled, but a clinton aide admitted he actually answered the question for his boss. and i would call it a time-honored practice tradition. you told me you had never heard of it or can't remember it? >> we rolled a stone. that's how long ago it was. also this morning, learning more about the massive $20 million settlement to the sexual harassment lawsuit that rocked fox news and cost roger ailes his job at that network. cynthia mcfadden on the case. >> good morning, savannah. it would have been hard to imagine two months ago what would happen happened with gretchen carlson bringing suit against roger ailes. the media titan was forced to step down over the summer, though multiple sources tell us that whopping $14 million to do so. today, a new twist. this morning, fox news is yet again making news. >> good morning, everybody. >> reporter: former anchor, gretchen carlson, agreeing to a $20 million payout after accusing former ceo, roger ailes, of sexual harassment. in just a short time later, one of the network's top anchors calling it quits. >> really this is the slow-motion dismantling of the machine and the roster that roger ailes had built over 20 years. >> on the record -- >> reporter: greta van susteren suddenly leaving fox on tuesday, writing on facebook, "fox hasn't felt like home to me for a few years." she was one of several high-profile employees who came defend roger ailes in a sexual harassment lawsuit, then firing her when she refused his advances. 21st century fox, the parent company of fox news, which was not named in the lawsuit, saying in a statement, "we sincerely regret and apologize for the fact that gretchen was not treated with the respect and dignity that she and all of our colleagues deserve." carlson saying in a statement, "all women deserve a dignified and respectful workplace." her $20 million settlement, a culmination of a summer of allegations. according to the lawsuit, ailes allegedly said, "i think you and i should have had a sexual relationship a long time ago," adding that "sometimes problems are easier to solve that way." carlson's lawsuit reportedly bulletproof, because she secretly record his alleged advances. a person familiar tells nbc news contributor, gabe sherman. >> she meticulously built this case over more than a year recording him on her iphone in private meetings. in private settings and meetings, and 21st century fox couldn't walk away from this. the proof was there. >> reporter: an internal investigation by 21st century fox uncovered other women who said roger ailes harassed them too. he has repeatedly denied all allegations against him and is reportedly considering legal action himself. his attorney telling nbc news, he is not contributing to carlson's settlement. so this morning, questioned by some about the future of fox news. >> the problem is that the network is in disarray. the man who created fox news is gone, and there's a lot of uncertainty about its place in the world. >> reporter: sources close to the settlement talks tell nbc news that two other sexual harassment cases besides carlson's have recently been settled by the company. meanwhile, "new york" magazine and writer gabe sherman have been threatened with litigation by roger ailes, who has hired hulk hogan's lawyer. >> the one who just successfully sued gawker. >> it continues. thank you very much. let 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the ritz for $299. during the peak season, this same room would cost me $1,199. that's crazy. >> reporter: but the deals don't stop at the hotel. >> the exchange rate here is amazing. the dollar is strong, around 18-1. so you can get everything from souvenirs to food super cheap. >> reporter: but the biggest savings of all is yet to come. yes, vail, colorado. kathryn booking a room at the ultra-fancy arrest. an even bigger surprise. >> i got upgraded to a suite. another perk of off-season travel. just look how huge this suite is! i love it. >> reporter: all this for just $278 a night. but i know what you're thinking. vail is just a winter destination. think again. from horseback riding. >> look at this view. it's amazing up here. >> reporter: to whitewater rafting. >> crazy. >> reporter: there is plenty to do and the weather is gorgeous. whoa! simple tips for your biggest skrax on the cheap. i'm currently taking resumes. how did we get these prices? booked all directly through the 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i'd rather not say. i want to be unpredictable. >> now? >> going to convene my top generals and give them a simple instruction. they will have 30 days to submit to the oval office a plan for soundly and quickly defeating isis. we have no choice. >> trump's trying to capitalize on his advantage with military and veteran voters. where he leads hillary clinton by double digits, according to our new nbc news survey monkey online tracking poll. clinton not conceding that vote. >> his whole campaign has been one long insult to all those who have worn the uniform. >> and not letting up on trump's refusal to release his tax returns. >> he's also said that it's none of our business. i just think he's dead wrong. >> trump quickly brushing off the tax talk. >> nobody cares about it except some of the folks in the media. nobody cares about it. >> reporter: instead, turning the topic to his rival's appearance. >> i just don't think she has a presidential look. you need a presidential look. you have to get the job done. >> reporter: clinton's running mate, tim kaine, called a similar knock against clinton's appearance an idiotic comment. by the way, one more note on our new poll, it shows that clinton has an edge over trump when it comes to who voters trust more on the use of nuclear weapons. but one in four voters say they wouldn't trust either candidate. you can watch our commander in chief's forum right here on nbc news at 8:00 eastern. also on msnbc. matt, of course, moderating that. getting ready for big event. savannah? 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>> heck no. no way. >> that's ridiculous. >> nowhere that's happening. classes have just started at a lot of colleges. one student at ohio state already a hero. his organic chemistry teacher promised if he made a basket from one level of the lecture hall to the other, everyone in the class would get an "a" on their first quiz. here's what happened. he nails the shot from across the room. of course vinnie will nail the shot. the whole room goes crazy. the teacher decided to demonstrate a lesson about chemistry, needless to say, vinnie and his classmates won't forget that lesson. they love organic chemistry. >> another candidate for play of the day, check out what happened at the u.s. open on tuesday after caroline wozniacki won her match. we all know the tradition at the u.s. open. where does it land? off it goes. yes. >> wow. >> thcaught with one hand. she happens to be at the right place at the right time. no one seems more surprised than she is. >> caroline advanced to the semifinals and she gets quite the souvenir. >> 134 baseball fans may start to say, throw it back. >> i'm impressed that her instinct was to catch it. i'd be like, no. >> she was holding a drink in the other hand. >> pop start. >> let's get to it. big story at the top. i guess we'll start with a breakup no one saw coming. >> seriously? >> the couple better known as hiddleswift, yep, they split after three months. >> hiddleswift. >> telling "people" magazine it was amicable. news of the split follows speculation that it was a publicity stunt to begin with. so many fans are devastated. one guy tweeting with i my wife asked me to take out the garbage as if the taylor swift/tom hiddleston news didn't tear my world apart. bruce springsteen opens up in the new october issue of "vanity fair," talk about battling depression. he's telling the magazines, you don't know the illness's parameters. later this month springsteen will release an autobiography "born to run." we don't have a release date for the solo album. zayn malik. what does this former one direction singer and this sound have in common? >> "law & order". >> he's not joining them. he's teaming up with the mastermind behind the franchise. they're developing a scripted show about a boy band. it will feature original music and draw from his experiences. we don't have a premiere date yet. it will air right here on nbc. >> wow. >> that's your "pop start." for more pop culture news, check out today's facebook page. >> well done. mr. roker, check of the weather. >> we have really a big change temperaturewise. in the pacific northwest we'll see these temperatures really cool down. anywhere from 5 to 15 degrees cooler than average, right through the middle of this week. but here in the east, a big dome of high pressure unseasonably hot weather starting to set up. look at today. lexington, 11 degrees above average. new york city getting up to 83. 6 degrees above average. cleveland, 91. that's 16 degrees above average. look at the record highs, thursday, friday, from d.c. to new york city. highs will be reaching into the low to mid-90s. that's what's going on and one of the hottest spots around the bay area today, pleasanton, low 60s. expecting mid to upper 90s today. 90s south of san jose. 70 to near 80 in san francisco. north bay, 90s. probably the hottest day of the week for antioch. concord, you see there, 90s across the board. beginning tomorrow, sea breeze picks up which leads to cooling. and eventually the return of some low clouds. you'll see those highs across the inland valleys dropping back to the 80s in time for the weekend. and that's your latest weather, guys. >> al, thank you very much. hoda is back. she's got more of her bucket list granted series. >> you strapped a 63-year-old grandma into a monster truck and she loved it. >> she went over the big junk cars. >> how are we going to top it today? >> this one is one of my favorites. a viewer's family asked me to surprise her. we were on it immediately. i don't want to give anything away. just watch. >> hi. we're here. >> reporter: sara malone thinks she's on a new york girls getaway. >> you're saying, wait a second. you might have been in the shot. >> just a few blocks away i'm conspireing with a cast and crew of hundreds. >> and go. >> including sara's family to pull off the ultimate surprise. >> oh, my god! >> who is sara malone? >> she's the most caring and dependable friend you could ever have in your life. she's always a phone call away. >> as a wife she's loyal, caring, strong. >> reporter: she also just endured the worst year of her life. doctors broke the news that a routine visit six months after her son was born. >> the day after her 31st birthday, came back that she was positive for breast cancer. >> she went through 20 weeks of chemo. she also tested positive for the brcka one gene. she had a double mastectomy and has a hysterectomy in her future. >> reporter: she changed one thing during recovery. she moved a tv into her bedroom to watch her favorite show. >> sara's biggest obsession would be watching svu and bingeing, even on episodes she's seen a thousand times. >> i thought of the craziest thing sara would like to do, why not be on svu. >> reporter: she says oh, my gosh, this is exciting. i know it's exciting but we're in the middle of shooting. the easy part, convincing friends at svu to gave sara a small but pivotal. near impossible? pulling off the actual surprise. >> let's try it. >> action. >> the ruse is sara will think she's walked on to a live film set and ruin the shot. >> this is our ear piece. >> reporter: best friend starr will leave sara into our trap. >> tinted windows. >> reporter: while i hide out nearby, awaiting my victim. >> sara is going to be floored. >> she's just going to keep asking is this for real? >> here she comes. here she comes. here she comes. >> what's happening? >> okay, can we go around? >> what's happening? >> we're in the middle of filming right now. >> oh. >> wait here for just a moment. >> did she get into the shot? oh, shoot, yes. you got into the shot by accident. >> i'm so sorry. >> no worries about it. i'm just going to see if we can get a release form. >> shut up. >> do you see what it is? >> can you get me a release form, please? >> someone walk in the shot? >> yes, two people were walking into the shot. >> stand by. >> i got two release forms. >> hi. >> wait, is this for real? >> this is for real! can i tell you something? >> yes. >> all of this, all of this -- >> yes. >> hi. is for you. it's all for you. your dear friend was telling us what an incredible person you were. your sister-in-law, your husband. >> what! >> i love you. >> your sister-in-law wrote this beautiful note and told us you love a couple of things. this is a real "svu" set down there. and guess who is not only going to be on "svu" but have a speaking part. >> stop it. >> yes, you are. >> oh, my gosh. >> i don't even know what to say. >> come on. come with us. >> all of this is the svu set. >> okay. >> where's mariska? >> don't tell me you watch this show. >> that would be mariska hargatay, olivia benson. >> oh, my gosh! >> get over here! hello and welcome! >> oh, my god, it's really you. >> i took off my badge because i didn't want to freak you out. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. >> we were shooting the scene and i was like, wrap it up, i have guests. >> she's like this, talk amongst yourselves. >> sara, welcome to svu. >> thank you. >> i'm going to take my sunglasses off. how are you? >> reporter: i leave sara in good hands with the svu crew. >> right now we are going to your very own trailer. >> reporter: it doesn't take long to transform sara into character. she'll be playing the part of woman. >> you're the busy body that knows everybody's business. you probably have a lot of cats. i'm going to say is he around here? you're going to say, check the roof. let's hear your check the roof. >> okay. >> is he around? >> check the roof. >> i like it. >> okay. >> sara, we're ready for you. >> sara is the last scene of the day. >> ready and action. >> we're looking for charlie dobson. >> is he around? >> check the roof. >> reporter: she kills it in rehearsal. >> nailed it. >> that was very good. >> okay. >> action! >> action! action! >> reporter: and on the subsequent 10,000 takes. >> is he around? >> check the roof. >> i hope sara always remembers that this is for her. it's all about her. she went through a hard year. i hope she understands how much we care about her. >> i think she's going to make a great television star. >> reporter: finally -- >> that does it. >> ladies and gentlemen, that's a wrap on sara malone! >> hopefully that part doesn't get cut. >> reporter: her part is not getting cut. by the way, catch sara's big episode of "law & order:svu" on september 28th. >> check the roof. >> check the roof. >> why are you bothering me? >> shut the front door. that was great. >> she must have been flipping out. >> can i tell you, you know how you feel like you're at a surprise party and you duck behind the couch? that's what it felt like that for us. >> nobody blows it in this, which is great. >> tomorrow we'll zero in on a guy who hates to be the center of attention. >> uh-oh. >> he's the type who quietly changes people's lives. he refuses to take any credit. we enlisted one of his idols to help him out. you'll love him too, tomorrow. >> this is so great. >> so fun. >> thank you, hoda. >> thank you very much. coming up, a mind-blowing performance from cirque du soleil with inspiration from the great james cameron. carson? >> oh, it's so -- look who's here, mollie shannon, everybody. we're going to hang, talk about your softer side in your new movie, molly. i'm ... == take vo== a man suspected of killin good morning. at 8:26, i'm sam brock. a man suspected of killing a pregnant teenager in san pablo has been arrested. this is video from overnight. that was the scene earlier this morning. an apartment complex where officers found the 21-year-old suspect. on monday night, 18-year-old mccoy was shot in san pablo. the victim was seven months pregnant at the time. the mother and her unborn child did not survive. there is a go fund me page set up to help the family pay for the funeral costs. if you're coming in and out of san jose, you're tracking an accident. >> tough drive all around the bay. south bay, northbound routes, very tough in and through san jose. 85 to curtner, that's the big jam. crash over on the shoulder there. 85 at 101, pushing north into silicon valley. tough drive there as well. look 880 moving over across san mateo bridge. 680 to walnut creek interchange, late stall at the 24th connector. ties things up out of pleasant hill and concord and slow drive bay bridge toll plaza, because it is the bay bridge toll plaza. >> just how it works there. thank you, mike. appreciate it. that will do it for us now. we'll be back in 30 minutes for more updates, for now, back to the "today" show. ♪ ♪ we're back on a wednesday morning. how cool is that? a scene from cirque du soleil, getting ready to bring "avatar" to life on our plaza. hi there! you up there. pretty exciting. >> they are doing it, this show, with the help of a ledge egend. james cameron. we're going to talk to him about the collaboration in just a little while. >> and then coming up, you're going to laugh, you're going to cry. molly shannon here to tell us about her heavy but humorous role in that show called "other people." >> and we are going to try to break more begguinness world records. popping a whole bunch of balloons. and the opening ceremony of the 2016 para olympic games in brazil. we urge you to watch on the nbc sports network, 7:00 p.m. eastern and also stream it on s team usa.org and right here on nbc. nbc sports network and team usa.org, as well. we wish them the best of luck. >> let's get a check of the weather. >> starting with today, looking at some strong storms through the upper mississippi river valley with some flooding possible and also in the southwest with moisture from newton, heating up in the southeast and gulf coast. cool and wet in the pacific northwest. tomorrow we're expecting to see more strong storms in the mid section of the country. hot and humid through the southeast into the mid atlantic states. the sunshine returns to the southwest with a few showers still hanging around and a few sprinkles in the morning plains. that's w and watching a spare the air day around the bay area. 90s in the forecast. 70s to 80s, san francisco to the peninsula. north bay valleys and trivalley, highs approaching the mid-90s. today, probably the warmest day of the next seven. sea breeze makes a come back. cooling down noticeably for tomorrow. take a little longer for inland valleys to cool off, but should do so nicely by the time they approach the start of the weekend, those numbers back to averages on friday. i don't know if they're sad, but they do look a little blue. >> good one, al. good one. let's see what molly shannon thinks, a legend at snl. she, of course, made a name for herself with comedy. but in her new movie, "other people," she plays a mother dying of cancer who can still put a humorous spin on things. take a look. >> cremation. >> we talked about this. >> i know we talked about it. >> i'm not going to be burned up, okay? how would you like it if somebody set you on fire? no, thank you. >> it's not like they light you -- >> i don't want to be lit on fire. i don't like that. i don't like camping and fires and i don't want to be personally lit on fire. no. i want to be frozen. that is an option, frozen. can i be frozen? check the frozen option. >> molly shannon, good morning. >> good morning, savannah. >> talk about range. i mean, there are those moments of lefty in this. but this is such a dramatic role. full stop. >> yes, it really is. i felt so lucky to get this script. chris kelly, who just became the head writer at "snl," sent the script to me. and it's about a struggling comedy writer who moves home to take care of his dying mother, me. and the script is just breath taking. i really cried when i read it. and i have two kids myself, i'm a mother and i related to how this mother wants to fight to the end of the earth for her kids. and what mothers will do for their children and how families deal with loss. and it explores -- it's a drama, but explores the comedic elements and the family dealing with this tough time. >> and chris kelly, writer at "snl," you guys never crossed paths, but he, of course, knew of your work and he really sought you out, because he wanted that unique combination of somebody who could do the dramatic parts of it, but find that humor, because it sounds like that was the story he wanted to tell about his own mother. >> exactly. his own mother -- he said his family was funny and his mother was really funny. so i'm so -- i just feel so lucky to get such a juicy part like this. i'm like -- thank you! i feel so fortunate. >> and you actually have a background in drama, right? you studied at nyu, straight drama. you were not a comedy actress then. >> no, not at all. i was a regular actress doing dramatic monologues and even on "saturday night live," i consider myself more of a dramatic comedian. i would always do dramatic mary kathryn gallacher monologues. i like drama or drama with comedy. >> yeah. it's funny, because i was reading your background and realized, oh, my gosh, you left snl in 2001, it feels like yesterday. you made such an impact. >> aww. >> and that has to feel good to have characters that have with stood the test of time and people still talk about them. >> it does, savannah. it feels so good and i get it -- every at a, i get it at the airport or i was elevator in the hotel yesterday. and i get it all of the time and i feel so lucky. that was a great job for me and such a great break. i saw lauren michaels last night and we're still really close. and it's such a unique show and i feel so -- it was just the greatest. >> and you've made such an interesting career with a lot of different kinds of roles since. you have also a new tv series, "divorced." >> yes. >> you get to play sarah jessica parker's besty. and i would like to be her besty in real life. tell me about the show. >> the show is called "divorced" and i play her best friend and it explores marriages and people look at their own marriages and my particular character is in a push/pull relationship with my husband. the show is excellent. so juicy. sarah jessica parker is a delight. i feel like a fan who won a part on a tv show. she comes on-set. and she's so pretty and look at her sparkly shoes. everything you would want her to be and more. >> i would want to one-click everything she is wearing and i love how they describe the first episode. something juicy happens at your house. and that's where this whole thing starts. >> yes. >> but i guess you're not going to tell us what that juicy thing is. >> no, i can't. you'll have to tune in october. >> molly shannon, thank you. >> and "other people" opens in select theaters this friday. >> and itunes, as well. and "divorced" october 9th. >> what a pleasure! you look fabulous. >> thank you. oh, my goodness. we're on the path there. next, the king of world records tries one more jewel for the crown. this is "today" on nbc. ♪ what if we made a paint that was so special that was such a jewel among paints that you had to seek it out. nope, even easier than that. more like taking a left on that street where you usually take a right that wasn't so hard. and if finding that paint made you and your walls beam with pride, is it still paint? benjamin moore. paint like no other. find one of our 5,000 authorized retailers near you. welcome back, everybody. time for break-it today. this is fun. trying for some new records all week long in honor of the brand-new guinness world record holder, the farthest back flips in japan. and then remember yesterday, the fastest straight jacket escape. almost. this morning, this is exciting. we have brought in the man who holds the record for holding records. take a look. ♪ meet the record-breaker. since 1979, he has made a career out of breaking guinness world records and has broken more than 500 so far. from the longest somersaulting distance to the fastest staff race to the apples cut in mid-air and more. to top it off, holds the record for holding the most begin necessary records title. he will attempt to set a new record by popping the most balloons with his mouth in 30 seconds and kids, don't try this at home. hope you have been practicing. he's here and the guinness world record communicator. you have 587 records, total you have accomplished and 209 are current. >> right. >> this sounds like a career for you. how come you love doing this? >> i love it. had always been a fan as a kid and then started -- a teenager, i had a teacher and the whole philosophy is about self transcendence, we have this inner strength which we never use and you can always challenge yourself and do better and push the limits. >> but you've got a great imagination, because you have to come up with a lot of these things to set the record. >> yeah, but -- i do, but a lot of them -- they have a tremendous imagination. always find crazy new things in the begguinness book. >> there are a couple rules. what does he have to do to make the record? >> a couple rules. the balloons themselves have to be at least 27 -- 20 centimeters in diameter, just under eight inches. >> all right. >> ease he's got to burst at least 27 of them and he can only use his mouth or teeth to burst them. >> no nose. >> have you been filing your teeth? >> i've been working on it. >> okay. all right. i'm going to let -- you're the official here. so you start it up, okay? >> 30 seconds. >> okay. >> are you ready? >> yeah. >> for the record, 3, 2, 1, go! >> go! >> come on, you can do it. you've got to get to seven. oh, my goodness. he's on fire. on fire. >> ten seconds gone. >> it's difficult! >> it is hard. >> we've got some tricky ones. it has to completely deflate to count. all right. going. you've got about five seconds left. >> 4, 3, 2, 1! stop! >> so let's see. >> the last one didn't -- >> rob, you want to count them up for us? >> sure. >> that's a lot of work! i have to say! >> wouldn't it be great if they were helium balloons? >> i did it! >> okay. we're doing a little calculation here. now you hold the record for one minute. most balloons popped in one minute, right? so we're going for a new record here. >> okay. so we said the minimum he had to achieve for this record seven. >> right. >> there was a few we had to discount because he used his hands to assist with the bursting of the balloon. but with a total of 19, i can confirm this is the new guinness world record. ♪ you are the winner! >> awesome! >> congratulations. >> thank you very much. thanks, guys. that was fun. >> was it harder than you thought it was going to be? >> absolutely. it was harder than i thought, yeah. >> and you now currently hold 210 guinness world records. >> you are no longer invited to my daughter's birthday party. >> thank you so much! >> thanks very much. >> good to have you. >> thank you. >> congrats. next, cirque du soleil's new show, inspired by james cameron's movie "avatar." first, this is "today" on nbc. the city concert series on "today" is proudly presented to you by citi. we are back now with legendary oscar winning director, james cameron, behind blockbusters like "terminator", "titanic" and the highest-grossing movie of all-time, "avatar". >> now from the screen to the stage, teamed up with cirque du soleil. it's a multimedia experience, complete with stunning visuals, acrobatics, special performance coming up in a moment. mr. cameron, nice to see you. >> good morning! >> you know what's shocking to me, it's been seven years. it seemed like it was just last year. >> yeah, i know. in a cave, writing all four of them. >> when you released "avatar" did you envision something bigger than the screen? >> no, i didn't envision. they came to me with the idea. it's a match made in heaven. it's about these alien guys, but they're really us. they're like the better aspects of ourselves and i think that's what these performers do. >> i feel like you're adding another level, because there's a real story here, not just the visual. >> yeah. it is a story. and cirque du soleil hasn't done that before. they are separated from each other and this is all one story with a continuous cast for all of the acts. >> and you mentioned busy wri r writing the other movies. when are we going to see the other movies? >> they're coming right up. you'll be briefed on that. >> all right. should we watch? >> i think we should. >> james cameron, thanks. ladies and gentlemen, cirque du soleil! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> amazing. cirque du soleil, james cameron, thank you so much. they're going to all be back in our next hour. that was incredible. and you know what -- i would be panting. >> they're just amazing. >> they really are. on tour now. we'll be back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. smucker's celebrates "today" is sponsored by smucker's. with a name like smucker's, it has to be good. >> all right. we're back, 8:54. time for a special back to school celebration. hey, carson. >> thanks, guys. kids headed back to school and celebrating the special teachers changing students' lives each and every day. a couple tweets. ashton tweeting here, she is amazing, because she makes work fun, a huge motivator and is a joy. aaron writing in, this mrs. rasmussen, inspires and cares for every child and adult, all of the time, no matter what. and there you see on the left, mrs. blake, she has taught for 32 years in the same classroom and had had both sheila and her daughter as students. great work there. keep celebrating your favorite teache teachers. >> love that. thank you very much. what have you got next hour? >> some great fall food hacks coming up. live performance from groupon. no, group love. sorry. >> we're going to get a coupon for group love. >> and james cameron and another performance from cirque du soleil. so that's going to be kind of neat. and we're going to be talking about -- i saw the movie "sully" last night. it is amazing. first of all, besides it being great, it's 09 minutes. 90 minutes. >> and tom hanks. >> i was just going to say. and mike o'malley terrific, i'm ... ==topvo== police reach out to the public--- and put a potentially good morning. i'm sam brock. police reach out to the public and put a potentially dangerous man behind bars. david lee russell is in the santa county jail this morning, allegedly tried to kidnap two women in san jose and police have been searching for him for days if not weeks. russell was taken into custody yesterday, following a slew of public tips. police say russell's first attack happened ten days ago and the second one last week. in both cases the victims were able to get away. russell is a convicted sex offender and is also described as a transient. happening now, a 21-year-old man has been arrested in the shooting death of a pregnant teenager and her unborn child in san pablo. suspect was taken into custody overnight at an apartment complex in vallejo. also, 34 cats are left in boxes at a bay area shelter in the middle of the night. the shelter says the people who did that have done it before. we tweeted out the surveillance video captured during that dumping. apple gearing up for the big announcement today in san francisco. is apple going to unveil a new iphone? 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do you get to go home? >> oh, yeah. built-in study hall. how many times do you want to tell your kid, go up to your room for two-and-a-half hours, don't come out. >> instead you say, go up to your room for the next three months and i'll see you -- don't play video games. >> in this case, they have to do that. it's really regimented. this kid is a self-regulator anyway. >> setting up the lights. >> my wife had a whole list of things for me to do. this was the firefly lights up in the corner. she really made it homey and beautiful. and the last text we got last night was "i love my room, thank you both so much." and the sweet thing -- i texted a kid, keep an eye on her. i saw her with her mom, she was crying -- she said she's home sick. last thing she sent me, i am with her right now, we went to the ice cream social and we're watching a movie. oh, that kid. thank you. >> did you cry a lot? >> there was a lot of moms crying, and me -- my wife -- she's not a big cryer. i'm a huge cryer. so i tried not to let her see it. i turned after i hugged her and walked and ba boom. >> i remember -- my parents dropping me off at college and that was the first time. and -- i went to high school here in the city. and i went to go see them and they were staying at the howard johnson in oswego. i went to go pick -- to say good night to them. my mom comes, okay. and my dad comes -- and it was the first time i -- what's wrong with my dad? he had been crying. i mean, just -- i mean -- >> yes. >> tough guy and he was just crying. >> that was his moment. >> i remember crying in kindergarten. that's how -- when you're a kid and your parent leaves you for the first time. all these years later i remember sitting on the carpet and our of mercy catholic school with all of the other kids and watching my mom peek through the window, and i can still to this day see her face, and i was, what, 4 or 5 years old. i just remember thinking, what happened? they've left me and even in college. i grew up very conservative. i wasn't allowed to sleep over at anyone's house. the first time i slept over at anyone's home, other than my family's home, college. >> wow. 1,578 miles from my parents' door to temple university, and i had never slept over at someone's house. isn't that crazy? my parents let me go. giving her wings. >> thank you. >> she's more worried than you are. you know what you can to to take your mind off of it? go see this movie, "sully." i saw it last night, the premier last night. and it was spectacular. >> wow. >> miracle of the hudson. sully sullen berger, landing -- u.s. airplane in the hudson river. an amazing story. we think we know the story. clint eastwood has done a masterful job collecting this. tom hanks and aaron eckhart are the pilots. just amazing. you know how this thing turns out. >> right. >> right. >> but i will guarantee you -- first three minutes of this movie -- >> the landing first? >> i'm not -- i'm not -- it is -- clint eastwood also composed the theme. and, by the way, this was captain, tom hanks and aaron eckhart. >> i love the product placement in the background. >> now owns usair. but it is -- it's only 90 minutes. which, you know -- how many movies have you seen in the last, say, five years where you thought, i could cut 20 to 30 minutes out of this movie easily. >> it's one of the reasons i don't like going to movies. >> there is not a wasted frame in this movie. >> really? and you said it's one of the best movies. >> one of the best movies i've seen in five years. and, by the way, sitting next to deborah and myself, regis philbin and his beautiful wife, joy. >> they love it? >> they love it too. fantastic! >> i thought i was sitting next to billy bush. >> twins celebrated at birth. adorable. >> so you, by the way, will be looking at that scene today, going over -- intrepid. >> i'll be at the intrepid to host my msnbc hour, commander-in-chief forum tonight. i'll leave here, rush down the street. it should take me about 20 minutes to make it, i'll be live at 11:00. >> we think there is a car. >> there is a car or cab and i may have to jump out, depending on traffic. but this is incredible. you'll have both candidates there. they are -- not together. they'll both be there answering questions not only from matt, but veterans will be in iraq and afghanistan. i'm actually interviewing a man who had both children in the military, his daughter-in-law, as well. and he's one of my guests coming up. we're heading over -- >> one of the things i don't think people realize, how many active duty families there actually are in service right now. and when i was at the air base, the number of families -- >> generational. >> generational, together and active duty right now is mind-boggling. >> you had a mom and tad? >> a mom, dad, son and daughter, all stationed in afghanistan. at the same base. i don't know that i could do that. it's just -- >> you think it was like a police family, firefighter family, generational? >> like you said, with police officers or firefighters. you know your family member is going out, and you don't know that they're coming back. >> yeah. >> i can't even imagine. >> this is important, as it relates, of course, to our national security, who will be the next commander-in-chief. be sure to watch. >> and now we make a turn on two wheels. >> we'll lighten up. >> here is a union that set out and weren't sure if they were coming back and guess what, they're not coming back. >> do we really doubt that? >> tom hiddleston, done, according to "people" magazine. an amicable swift. >> why do they say that? if you're splitting, it's likely not amicable. three months? >> i think instead of -- who didn't see this coming? can we celebrate a small success? it was a beautiful summer love. >> i love it. i love summer love. i think that's what summer love is supposed to be. you meet, you go on the beach, you introduce each other to family members. >> no, no. you don't. >> you wear a t-shirt. no, i love that. summer love. >> too early. >> he didn't get a tattoo, at least. there they are. oh. that's what summer love is supposed to be like. and then when the leaves start to change -- they said yesterday, what is it -- what's their combined name? 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[ beeping sound ] i hate it. nothing good about these cards. >> the kids have the nfc going -- you just touch it to the thing and it's done. >> that's right. this thing. >> have you used it? i have it on my phone, but if i show it, it shows my credit card number. i have not used it yet. i want to be that cool. >> i'm still looking for the swipe. most let you swipe. >> some have chips now. >> and then it gets stuck, and you want to give the guy cash. no, you can't do that. what do you mean, i can't do that. you can't do it. you've got the card. i have cash, and i can't give you cash? >> okay, okay. >> just when you thought we were complaining way too much, here is something we all agree. >> yes! >> that we love. i saw this yesterday. i have now watched it at least 60 times. 6-year-old jordan warren, getting back in louisville, kentucky, apparently had no time to wait. >> no patience. >> he wanted to connectwecht wi lord. take a look at the best moment of the day. >> in the lord, jesus christ, i now baptize you in the name of the father and of the son. >> oh, do it! [ laughter ] >> kids will never take to the chip re chip reader. >> water is getting a little cold. >> i'm gonna do it! >> al, hermine has got to be gone. >> no, not quite. >> no! >> not quite. but -- it's going. we've also got newton. take a look. first there is tropical storm newton, that moisture streaming up, 130 miles south of tucson, arizona. 60-mile-an-hour winds, north at 18 miles per hour. and that moisture makes its way in. we're looking at that rain stretching from new mexico into arizona, texas, where we have flash flood alerts going on. and look at the rainfall. anywhere from 3 to 5 inches, parts of southeastern arizona, gusty winds, heavy rain, flash flooding possible. as far as hermine is concerned, slowly getting out of here. still see some scattered showers here in the northeast and new england. until it finally dissipates tomorrow. but high surf advisory, high surf today into southern new england and new york, as well. that's what's going on aro temperatures warming quickly around the bay area. upper 60s including san jose on our way to some low 90s south of downtown. upper 70s to low 80s closer to san francisco. and from the north bay to the trivalue e lee, 90s across the board. now starting tomorrow the cooldown begins. the sea breeze picks up. temperatures beginning to drop down across the valleys as we approach the start of the weekend. that's your latest weather. you know, you can take your chip card and put it in a pumpkin spice latte and then toss them. but if you have to have a spice latte, how about a pumpkin spice milk shake? 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>> see, now that's good. that's good. because it's real. >> it's real. delicious. >> a little pumpkin pasta? >> yes. so you love squash, you told me. >> i do. >> so we're going to actually hack some butter nut squash soup. whether this is leftover or store-bought, keep it on hand. you're going to saute some onion and butter, garlic, sage. add your soup here and use pumpkin puree if you like and cook it until it's nice and thick. we're going to pretend it's there. add in some boiled pasta. >> so there this is already cooked. >> you get this almost like mac-n-cheese, except it's healthier, lighter. this is some -- you can use spaghetti if you like. >> that's really good. >> you have a little hazelnuts here, and maybe some chives. >> that's fantastic. now here you've got a -- an apple pie, sort of pumpkin thing. without a big crust. >> right. apple pie in an apple. so what you do is -- >> like soup in a bread bowl. >> there you go. we're going to take this and go make a million bucks with it, you and me. so you cut the top off and hollow it out just like that. and you take -- everything you scooped out, sugar, cinnamon, and give it a good mix. >> right. >> and here we have some pie dough. yep. going to put it right in there. and then you take, you know -- this is about four inches round, put it right on top. >> and you made these cute little leaves. i love that. >> the "today" food team made them and they're beautiful here. and then you cut -- >> brush butter on this? >> a wash. egg wash. and then after you bake it, 350, 45 minutes, you get these -- almost like a whole entire pie. you can basically eat the whole thing. >> thank you so much. still ahead, cirque du soleil makes "avatar" off the big screen thanks to james cameron and an many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. and even though their dentures look clean, in reality they're not. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. that's why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. when you ache and haven't you're not you. tylenol® pm relieves pain and helps you fall fast asleep and stay asleep. test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test. all right, guys. can we lift this table off? do you need ai'm sam brock. tracking down the man police sut good wednesday morning. 9:26, i'm sam brock. tracking down the man police suspect was involved in a brutal crime. overnight police arrested this man, 21-year-old. police connected him to the killing of a pregnant teen. this was the scene earlier this morning at a an apartment complex where officers found the suspect and needed several hours and tear gas to arrest him. on monday night the 18-year-old was shot in san pablo. the victim was seven months pregnant at the time. both the mother and her unborn child did not survive. there's a gofundme page to help the family help with funeral costs. also a followup now, proof of the power of public health. a man tried to kidnap two women in san jose and is in jail this morning. the 56-year-old was taken into custody following a slew of tips from the public. police say the first attack happened ten days ago. the second happening last yoo week. in both cases the victims were able to fight the man away. russell, a convicted sex offender, is described as a tran si. we have a check of your weather and traffic as things continue to heat up. wx weather toss to traffic 82 in concorde. cooler back towards oakland. one of the hotter spots is pleasanton at 72. on our way to upper 90s in the forecast. 90s closer to san jose. 70s to low 80s around san francisco with north bay temperatures from the upper 80s to mid-90s. but beginning tomorrow, some cool iing as the sea breeze pic up. temperatures cooling off into the 80s approaching this upcoming weekend. over here a big look at the bay. a lot of red. a lot of slower traffic. but north of the bridge, things are calming down to berkeley and through oakland. easier drive across the san mateo bridge. compression for 880 and west 237 has been a tough drive. it got a little better. a live lock at 101 shows you all the traffic. across the top of the screen, that's northbound 280. >> we'll take any improvement we can. that's it for us now. see you in 30 minutes with another update. now back to the "today" show. ♪ what's in the movie "terminator," "alien," "true lies," all have in common? the legendary director james cameron. >> indeed, also responsible for "avatar" the highest-grossing movie of all-time and now moving from the screen to the stage in a production by cirque du soleil. >> toruk brings "avatar" to life with visuals and acrobatics. the man behind it all is james cameron, good to see you, sir. >> good morning. >> has this been something you've been thinking about? kind of popped up? >> kind of popped up. cirque du soleil came to us. i had known them for years and it closes a circle because the cirque du soleil shows inspired me when i was writing and des n designing "avatar" as i love that worldly dream like quality. and so when they said let's do a show, i said i'm in. absolutely. >> and from a different perspective, you said let me put some 3-d behind this and we'll make it stunning and they said no, we want to do your show. something inspired by you. >> yeah, well, it's inspired by the movie. but the thing is, what they always do in all of their shows if you're a cirque du soleil fan, you know, it's about performance. the amazing, exotic characters, costumes, other language. you can't really understand what they're saying, which is exactly what we did in the movie. so there was a great kind of synchronicity between the film and the stage show. >> where are we next with the four sequels? where are with he? >> we meaning -- as fans, you're waiting for the big cinematic epic event, which is four films coming out, one after the other. hopefully we can do that. that tell a kind of huge saga story across the four movies. >> are you one of the few people that just doesn't feel the pressure? music stars have to come out with their next single, because they feel like, okay, this is hot. i've got to get the neck one out. you encally take your time, and it's like a sovereignty that every director -- you earned it. are you alone in that? >> no, you look at peter jackson, you know, who worked in the middle earth kind of stories for -- six movies. and george lucas who did it with "star wars," created his own universe and everything i can say in these four "avatars" so it's all good. >> you waited until the technology caught up. >> ten years. >> ten years. and in that time, the technology obviously has changed. how is that going to aid you in telling these stories? >> much better. much better. because we've improved all of the cg animation, the facial animation, our whole pipeline to be more efficient. so, yeah, we've been working on the software. >> so you're in a lab doing stuff -- >> a lab, yeah, exactly. in a white smock. >> goggles on. >> gogss, right. >> no iphone for you. no smartphone, no social media. >> i'm a low-tech guy. high-tech when i need it and when i don't need it -- i feel like i need to set an example for my kids, which is don't spend all day like this. >> i need to follow your lead. >> look people in the eye and actually live my life. >> how are you that disciplined? it has to be tempting. i can't keep it out of my hands. >> on twitter, what people are saying about james cameron right now. trending. >> 25-year anniversary of "terminator 2." >> bring that up. >> you're going to be rereleasing in 3-d. >> in 3-d, yeah. >> does it seem possible it's been 25 years? >> no, it doesn't. because i can remember like it was yesterday making the picture. i'm still friends with all of the actors and everything. it doesn't seem like it could have been possible a quarter of a century. you know -- >> arnold's son joseph -- >> doing a riff. >> can you see -- >> sure, we'll just start over. do all of the films together. >> exactly. >> george lucas -- >> i don't think it would be that. >> probably not. >> thank you very much. the new show called "toruk", a performance from cirque du soleil right after this. an unprecedented natural outburst seems to have taken over the country. everything's all right in there? security. hi , i'm stuck in an elevator with a cow. a what ? 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>> yeah! >> you sound surprised. >> of course, i'm inviting you. >> let's head over to al with a check on the weather. >> all right. let's see what we've got for you. starting with today. a lot of wet weather could be some flooding in the southwest. windy and rainy, thanks to newton. storms and flooding up through the upper midwest. slight risk of strong storms there, heating up in the southeast, trying to get rid of hermine, the remnants of hermine. for tomorrow, it finally gets out of here. and the wet weather continues, but tapers off through the southwest. the good news is, it's fairly short-lived. but we see the wet weather stretching from new england and the northeast, all the way to the mid mississippi refer valley. approaching 70 degrees under hazy sunshine in san jose on our way to low 0s south of downtown. probably mid-90s closer to saratoga. 80s near san francisco. peninsula temperatures in the 80s with 80s to 90s in the north bay. mid- to upper 90s possible around the trivalley. beginning tomorrow and into the start of the weekend shs we see the sea breeze pick up which will drop down temperatures by friday. you want a catch phrase? 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>> babysitters. >> group love has just got more love. >> aww. >> one more in the group. >> and you're headed out on a big tour. >> soon. >> how excited are you about that? >> very excited. we can share this album with our audien audience. >> this is called "welcome to your life." >> anything we should know before we launch in? >> life can be hard but also beautiful. >> group love. ♪ ♪ we're back in business ♪ you're such a big mess and i love you ♪ ♪ yeah i love you ♪ we're back in business ♪ you're such a big mess and i love you ♪ ♪ yeah i love you ♪ ♪ mean man promised land ♪ nothing but a devil's hand ♪ trying to keep saying i feel okay telling myself this now for days ♪ ♪ mean man machine man i've been nothing but a puppet's hand ♪ ♪ but nothing ever comes without a change ♪ ♪ welcome to your life yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ it could be a fantasy yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ welcome to your world my girl ♪ ♪ let it be your fantasy oh yeah ♪ ♪ we're back in business ♪ you're such a big mess but i love you ♪ ♪ yeah i love you ♪ ♪ we're back in business ♪ you're such a big mess but i love you yeah i love you ♪ ♪ ♪ been wondering i take a chance ♪ ♪ that chance is circumstance ♪ nothing ever comes without a change ♪ ♪ welcome to your life ♪ yeah, yeah ♪ it could be a fantasy yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ welcome to your world my girl ♪ ♪ let it be your fantasy oh yeah ♪ ♪ yeah i've figured it out i've seen the unknown ♪ ♪ like a shot in the dark i'll carry you home ♪ ♪ ask a wise man he'll say what's been done ♪ ♪ all the roads in this world were made by the young by the young ♪ ♪ ♪ hey here's the deal ♪ we're back in business ♪ hey here's the deal ♪ we're back in business ♪ hey here's the deal ♪ you're such a big mess but i love you ♪ ♪ yeah i love you ♪ welcome to your ♪ ♪ welcome to your ♪ welcome to your world my girl ♪ ♪ let it be your fantasy ♪ oh yeah ♪ welcome to your life yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ it could be your fantasy oh yeah ♪ ♪ >> woo! >> nice! group love, thank you so much. you should have seen billy's air guitar. fascinating. >> i love group love. >> we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. group love! ♪ so so cameron has a big announcement. >> do tell. >> what are you doing? is this not bad. >> she's hosting the 2016 global citizens festival september 24th. we will be live streaming it and it will start 3:00 p.m. eastern. this year we have major laser. come on out. we'll make it a party. >> but i promise you there will eventually be a big announcement. >> that wasn't the big announcement? >> no. >> will we know first. >> you will. >> we have the wonderful tv jake on today and molly shanon. >> this is a daily show. >> you had it last night with my dinner. >> don't fight it. >> who ate my -- what happens when your -- forget it. >> back to your local news and weather. wednesday morning starting off with hazy skies. we'll be watching both smoke drifting across the bay area and o'zone for a spare the air day. into the south bay, we'll see some of the hottest temperatures as well. low to mid-90s downtown. 70s to near 80 in san francisco. around the north bay and trivalley, numbers into the 90s. from here, things should cool down. sea breeze coming back tomorrow for san francisco. those numbers inland dropping into the 80s starting friday. now to see what's happening with your wednesday commute. >> the compression in fremont is very slow. we have had this happening for about 45 minutes now south of the dunbar bridge. we see the slower drive. in areas coming down. 237 looking much better over the last 15 minutes. still the northbound routes a a little slow. another crash around capital expressway keeps the slower corridor. better drive across the bay. the bay bridge shows a nice flow. back to you. happening now on nbcbayarea.com a 21-year-old man is under arrest accused of a shooting death of a pregnant woman and her unborn child. the suspect was taken into custody overnight. plus 34 cats dumped in boxes at a bay area animal shelter in the middle of the night. the shelter says the people who did that have done it before. we tweeted out the surveillance vid video. comfort food... you've had a good long run. but your time is over. it's time for something new. something simple. grown right here in california with absolutely no antibiotics ever. food we're comfortable eating. making. serving. this is the new comfort food. and it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. california grown with no antibiotics ever. let's get comfortable with our food again. . . . from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> we are going to like this song. >> gavin degraw. >> my daughter wants to go to his concert. >> he kicks it. when he is at a concert, he kicks it and so does andy. >> it is winesday wednesday. it is september 7th. we're happy you are here with us. >> we have funny woman former snl cast member, molly

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