Around me. No, its not. Were excited. Endearing and rare. Its nice. Shes got this great Childrens Book that is such fun. Yeah. Named after her little we love her name. River rose. Shes all of that, too. She is. And now a new little one and were going to talk about that. Also with us, emmy winner ted danson. Find out why hes in a good place these days. And the 18yearold discovered by shawn mendes, his name, james t. W. , performing in front of soldout crowds. Elvis duran howard about him and you are going to fall in live with this british kid. The artist of the monchts ath. Were going to start out with something new. Start with the best of diets. Good intentions. Viewers confess, actually from you all every wednesday that will be fun. I like that. I likey. And would you like i need em, hoda. Here we go. Some people come into our lives, footprints on our hearts, and were never the same. That can be good or bad. [ laughter ] depending on the size of their foot. Yeah. Big feet leave big prints. That, of course, our favorite philosopher, anon. So breaking news. Occasionally happens on our program. But rarely. It did, hot off the presses. Tori spelling, has revealed, to People Magazine that he is expecting baby number five. What . Kelly, number five. We have four. So nope. No, no, no. Ovens closed. Its closed. Things have been removed. [ laughter ] things have been removed. Not doing it. Well, that frees you up. Doesnt it. Nope. Just the idea of that frees you up. Good girl. All righty. Other kids, liam, 9, stella, 8 and tory always wants add big family. Nothing is perfect. So madly in love with dean and believes this child is a blessing. Deans reaction was a little different than toris. Just reached this milestone, of all the kids. Finally in school, and now theyre basically starting all over again. You know, you get them out of the diapers, get them into school every husband says that. My husband would say that. Were not finished . Were exhausted but, anyway, congrats to them. Yes. Thats the october 17th issue. Hits stands on friday. People magazine. All right. So this was really great. On fallon last night, everyone knows, the guy behind the hit hamilton. Jimmy wanted to give him a big challenge. Challenged him to freestyle rap with three names. Three different words. Yes. Here are the words. Robot, corn maze and harry potter. I mean, how in the world . He said, now, go. This is what he did. Once again im a very tricky spot im going to win the emmy like mr. Robot, huh and i could go for days and days but though i lost plenty to eat in this corn maze oh, yeah, going above and beyond a serious black i got my magic wand and oh, yes there is nothing can you do to harm us and, yo, belly yarma i thought he was supposed to say harry potter. He just did harry potter. He acted that out. Have you seen hamilton . Yes. Completely changed. So amazing. Hosting snl this weekend. This saturday. You think youre the only busy person in the world . No. I know a lot of moms. Exactly. Big news for country fans. Havent seen this happen in a while. Tim mcgraw and faith hill performed together, stopped everything to make a big announcement. We wanted all yall to be around here because we wanted to Say Something to you that, well, we havent said. And havent done in a while and youre going to take it away, mama. All right. Okay. So we are going back on the road on tour. [ cheers and applause ] we are going to go from side to side, south to north, all the way around the globe. Around the globe . Looks like a world tour . Yes. Oh, wow. Sorry to see shes just let herself go. Really has gone to pot. [ laughter ] right . Yeah. And here in person you want to punch her, because shes nice, too. I know. Really . Can you at least be rude . Like youll probably run into her before we do, so punch her for us, please. And he, too, just really really fallen apart. The most beautiful couple ever. Yeah. This is going to be their third tour, by the way. Their last tour grossed more than 100 million. It was the highest grossing country tour of alltime. These guys have been married 19 years and got two kids in college. One in high school and its going to start on october the 24th. By the way, they sing so beautifully together. Yeah. And its just so sexy together. Hot. And they are going to be advisers on the voice starting october 24th. Thats night. Okay. Just talking about kelly clarkson. Uhhuh. Great subject. Okay. Nailed it. Well, she was bribed by ellen, a really good bribe. Ellen offered her 10 grand towards her Favorite Charity if she confessed to something she has never ever told anyone. Thats a tough one. So kelly revealed something about a date she was on. Take a look. Im a good person [ laughter ] im almost afraid to tell you this, because im im a horrible human. This is a horrible human story. He was 52 and im 53, 1 2. I was like, whatever, i went out. Didnt bother me, but he proceeded to talk about his height for a solid hour. I was good an hour. I went to the bathroom and i left. Id never done it ever like after that, and i will say i was on a really bad date like a decade late aerr and i stuck it, with wine. A lot of wine. You know what we call that . What you did . Pulling a hoda. Thats what hoda does. Not anymore. You stick it out. When are you . I leave situations that feel dull or under yeah, underwhelming. On a daily basis and even during the show she does it. It was bad yall. No one was there. You cant judge me. I judge me. It was horrible. Did you call a girlfriend . I had to call a girlfriend to pick me up. Did you havent a way home . No. I went to a gas station. I phoned a friend. I was like, help, s. O. S. you talk about it kind of shallow. Entire time, oh, when i try to reach for something [ laughter ] i was like im done. Were done. Like, okay. Youre smart, fine. Youre a smurf. Fine, im a smurf. Its fine. 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Savings oh, yeah shes one of the biggest music stars in the world. Her voice as beautiful as she is. Kelly clarkson. Achievements in the music industry, jaw dropping, two academy of Country Music awards, 12 billboard awards and more than 20 million albums sold worldwide. Im amazing. You are amazing. I didnt know all of that stats. On top of all that, a mom two of little ones and kelly is adding third to her impressive resume with a new Childrens Book titled river rose and the magical lullaby. Sounds more magical when you both say it. I know. Right. So soothing. So obviously, shes the inspiration. Yes. For this. Yeah. And how it came about, homage to your little dog that passed away. Yeah. Joplin is the sidekick in it. Honestly, i did it for her. Im a dork mom and i wrote these little stories for her because we were traveling everywhere and all of the sudden people were like, you should make them into a book. That is her. Tude for days. Yeah. But, yeah. She loves it, and ah look at picture wait a minute. Whos that . Thats my face. There you are. Does she know that shes in it . Does she understand that river rose she doesnt quite get it. Gets that its river and i keep telling her. Slowly getting it. Doesnt care. Gets to the animals. We have to get to the party animal with the zoo. We read that over and over. Shes a little impatient like someone its her dad. Actually were both impatient. Totally, if thats going to happen. Cool about the book a comfortable little lull abye. It does. I actually wrote it for the book. With me when awake youre still here its prettier oh if i ever could find someone as kind as dear oh, i love it. Love it. Julie andrews for my daughter. Rocking her to sleep, sing something soft and sweet. What else . Magical mode of transportation . So she has little balloons and the lullaby takes her to the zoo in this book. I think so this one, in other words yeah. Ive written two other ones. So g. Everybody knows you can sing, as far as i know. Well except for apparently not. One person who changed kind of the course of this album coming out. Right . Yeah. I was planning on doing this anyway. My first time to choose a label this time around. After 14 years i got to date a little, see who was into what i was into. Atlantic records and i hit it off right off the bat. Yeah. After the inauguration. This is definitely the part that went, yes, i will make this album, because kind of on the fence. I love country, too. So anyway, i ran into steve harvey at the inaugural ball with my husband and he literally was like, wait, wait. He was like i did not know you could sing. And i was like what . Thats what i was doing 14 years. He goes, no, no, no. I like your music. I think youre great. I just why arent you making a record like that . How you sang the inaugural, making r b soulful music. I sang country to, whatever, but i guess i sang it more soulful than hes ever heard and it was, like, thank you . But i do. Ive never made a record i dont feel like that is my full potential, as a singer. And thats my thing. So weve already began recording it. Its steve knows he was the one who i ran in to him. Didnt know. So sorry. Yeah. Completely altered my evening. I was like, does no one know i can sing . I was like i do more than anthems. Like that. Wow. He has been busy. You got to forgive him. I get his point. Ive never made an album showcases, like what i did on idol. Who inspired you as a soulful singer . Your favorite female soulful singer . Aretha, from atlantic, which is great. And annie lennox, a huge fan of. I love everybody from Rose Mary Clooney to reba, to bette. Whitney, mariah. All the great lauryn hill i loved. And a new baby . Its collemplicated. I love my life. Its hard. Worst at scale, wait. Is that worth it . Look at that one, hoda. Ooh he love each other. She loves holding loves him, unless hes in my arms. A little jealous. Its her little doll. Hes her little doll. Theyre opposite. Shes full on, kind of like me, and he is so chill. Like, just like, just watches. Is it so much easier with your second child now that youve gotten the hang of everything . We have four total with us. 90 of the time were home. 9 and 15 now. Okay. But, yeah. Theres four of them. So its its like, 99 of the time it is so fun, because its like a big family feel. Like tori was saying, i guess in her thing. But i dont know. The 1 , theres definitely a lot of wine and cheese talks. Im like, help me. Because any mom, especially a working mom. Its hard. You get the guilties. Youre like, should i choose to do this or should i hang out with its like its hard. But 99 of the time its awesome. Most of the times the babies win. The one wearing the diapers calls all the shots. Kelly, we live you. We do. Give her a hand. Shall we . [ applause ] oh, were laughing. I didnt mean that. That one. Oh, gosh. Were going to work that out one of these days. Thanks, sweetie. We want you to sign the books for us. Sending am i to shecky, shecky i love you, my darling. Oh now to a rising music sensation. Think youre the only one . Hoping to make a great First Impression as elvy durans artist of the month. James t. W. About to gel schooled by the very funny cheri oteri when we play who knew after this. Our craftsmen begin each day. Perfectly seasoning our Hillshire Farm smoked sausage. So by simply adding the right ingredients. You can end each day crafting a perfectly delicious dinner. Superstay better skin from Maybelline New York. Wder our lightweight powder covers like foundation. Controls shine all day. Looks like your skin. Only better maybellines better skin powder. Make it happen Maybelline New York hey julie, i know todays critic. Need a sick day. Dads dont take sick days. Dads take dayquil severe the. 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Named after my dad. Hard to get to the top of the youtube search because of that name. She likes the way you talk, you look like an old soul. Very soulful, wise eyes. Thats a complement. James taylor. Your dad a huge fan. Did you live that music when you were younger . He brainwashed me with it, too, but i loved it. Pretty lucky. You hit the jackpot. Youll have plenty of time meeting james in future months, because he is totally going to hit big in america. Such a beautiful back story to this song. Tell them how you wrote this song. The song is called when you love someone. Its about a few years ago i used to teach instruments for a pocket of money and i met an 11yearold boy, his parents were getting a divorce before he knew it was going to happen. First i thought how will they explain it to him in a way he can understand and in a positive way and i wanted to have a song he could listen to do make him feel better about what was going on. So youre sweet, too. Hes got it all, hodi. More than it all. How did you discover him . You knew shawn mendes found him, right . He found him. He really helped elevate james to the attention of people that needed to know him and now he flew across the pond to the United States to sign with island. Right. Right. And so hes ours now. He belongs to us. Were so excited. Oh, good. Good, good. Were going to hear you sing. Right . Were going to go over to joy first. Hoda woman. Joy, take somebodys question . A great question. Comes from candice in philly who writes, i make perfect choices during the day. After dinner all hell breaks loose and i eat my way through the kitchen. How can i stop the nighttime nibbling . I have a terrific answer. Very strategic and believe it or not believes eating. Stay tuned, because later in the show im going to tell her how to conquer this. Now back to you. How do we stop the nibbling . I know it many xl. How . Joy, its difficult. Thank you, honey. 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Muddle no more®. Go, go, go, go at 10 26, police say a serial arsonist is behind recent fires set in the same area. Well have a live report on our midday newscast. Look for updates now in the local section of our home page. And one suspect now in custody after Police Say Someone Stole a sausage truck and ditched it at a cisco campus. It knocked over power poles and trees in the process. You can link to that in our twitter feed. Well have a look at weather and traffic right after this break. Clear skies to start and finish across some of our inland valleys, numbers climbing from the mid to upper 70s today. Warmer than the highs we saw yesterday. Upper 60s for san francisco. Low 70s around santa cruz. 62 out near half moon bay. Certainly warmer as we head to the weekend, 70s in san francisco. Could be close to 80 on saturday and inland locations into the 80s tomorrow and near 90 saturday trending cooler as the sea breeze picks up on sunday. Now to see if your morning commute shaping up just as nice as the sevenday forecast, here is mike. We still have some sticking points. Well point out the slower drive through the south bay. I talked about a tough morning for the bay shore freeway. Finally seeing just that last bit of slowing past the air