investigation. and dangerous pursuit. a civilian on a routine ride along with police gets the scare of her life. >> not stopping. >> a high-speed chase then this. she suffers minor injuries, the suspects considered armed and dangerous, are still on the loose today monday, october >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning were. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. does it feel brighter in our neck of the woods? >> you said good morning i was thinking great because al roker is back. al and his new knee. we have a name for this one? >> sparky. >> good to be back. >> going to talk to al about his recovery but we want to talk politics on a monday morning. right to the state of the race. just 15 days to go now, early voting underway in florida. here is a look at a polling place in miami, between early voting and absentee ballots around half the state's registered voters are expected to cast ballots before november 8. >> we mentioned hillary clinton has opened up a 12-point lead, 50% to 38% according to a just released poll. >> what's happening on the trail today? hillary clinton has a rally in new hampshire with senator elizabeth warren, donald trump is making two stops in florida this afternoon, trying to win over some of those early voters we just talked about. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is in washington, he will begin our decision 2016 coverage. peter, good morning to you. >> good morning. manager admits he is behind. hillary clinton for her part trying to capitalize on her widening lead and perhaps the best sign of her campaign's confidence she is flexing muscles down ballot trying to turn the senate and house races over to the democrats' favor as well. barely two weeks to go donald trump and hillary clinton not letting up. trump in florida again highlighting his tough stand on undocumented immigrants. >> they come back the third time they're not coming back. >> competing to energize supporters in key battle grounds. >> north kor 0 linnians know what is at stake. >> hello nevada. >> with president obama lending hillary clinton a hand in nevada. >> we will elect hillary clinton to be the next president of the united states. >> for trump facing a ticking clock and double digit deficit a >> we are behind. she has tremendous vajs, she has former president happens to be her husband campaigning, the current president and first lady, vice president much more popular than she can hope to be. >> even republican strategists concede a comeback is a long shot. >> don't see it happening. maybe it could but i doubt that in over two weeks we've got left conducting the kind of campaign he is conducting. >> clinton has yet to put the race away. with wikileaks publishing another batch of e-mails, not authenticated by nbc news that u.s. intelligence officials suspect were hacked by russia. at times critical of clinton's primary opponent bernie sanders. an issue trump is trying to exploit. >> bernie sanders was in a rigged system and now he sees you notice how quiet he has been for three or four days. he has been watching and reading delivering his own address but over shadowing with this threat to the women who accused him of sexual misconduct. >> all of these liars will be sued after the election is over. >> clinton dismissing trump's claim that there is a media conspiracy against him. >> i debated him for 4 1/2 hours. i don't even think about responding to him any more. >> the fiery final debate providing another round of fodder for "saturday night live." >> will you accept the results of the election? >> i will look it at the time because frankly this whole thing is rigged. even the media every day i turn on the news, and all of the newscasters are making me look so bad. >> how are we doing that? >> by taking all of the things i say and all of the things i do and putting them on tv. >> a lot of this year's election is going to happen before election day. more than 6 million votes have more than a million in florida alone, that's according to nbc news's data from the firm target smart. at this pace a third of the total votes are more than 40 million votes in all, a record, will come before november 8. >> all right. peter, thank you very much. >> let's bring in nicolle wallace we know well and dana perino press secretary under george w. bush. author of a new book, let me tell you about jasper. here. can't wait to talk about jasper. let's talk about politics. here's one thing republicans and democrats seem to have in common in this moment, they are both focusing on down ballot races, the fight seems to be over the senate and a lesser degree the house, dana. >> i think it's remarkable to watch how many republicans have been able to localize their races, make it just about ohio or just about florida, and try to really focus in on that and democrats pulled money from that race and decided that they are going to have to let that one go. but the rest of the senate, they are feeling the weight. kelly ayotte is somebody to watch and joe heck. the balance of the senate or sorry the power hangs in the balance. >> if you're the democrats, if you are hillary clinton looking past donald trump if you are a republican saying let's not give hillary clinton all of the power is it too early, there are 15 days to go. >> it's a republicans. marco rubio is also doing well polling way ahead for a seat he didn't even say he wanted. democrats have pulled money out of that. the republicans are making the overt message that hillary clinton's going to win, you need me, you need me as a check on her power. is quite a stunning turn. >> to matt's point is it too early, 15 days is a lifetime in politics, we don't have to tell does trump have a chance of turning it around. could the polls not show as tight a race. he will point to polls that show a tighter race. >> they have to do that and they have some things like in the margin of error in florida, today and tomorrow there, a huge rally last night. unfortunately i think for some of the supporters they are confusing enthusiasm at rallies with votes at the ballot box. i don't necessarily think those two are equal. there is enthusiasm on their side. i don't think it's too early. where they talked going into arizona and georgia they don't have that many resources going in to expand that. robert samuelson, columnist, he talks about telling republicans split your vote, split the ticket. whatever you're going to do at the top but vote for republicans because they need it. >> let you talk about the dog in a second. the news proved you right again this weekend. you were talking about -- how donald trump has not shown discipline in sticking to a message that can beat hillary clinton. goes to gettysburg, gives that speech, talks about what he's going to do in 100 days, then what, he talks about the women who accused him of sexual misconduct. the headline out of the speech. >> i'm going to sue them. so listen. he has a lot of things, you know i feel like this was a lights out kind of 14-day period that just ended for him. when his supporters have going for them is that they have now uprooted and totally changed the bl if he can be disciplined in the final 14 days he can leave a stamp but if he keeps talking about grievances, yelling about paul ryan, keeps threatening to sue the women his power diminishes in the aftermath. >> can we leave on a happy place. dana has written a book it's about her beloved dog jasper. if you know dana you know jasperment it's relevant to politics. we know if you need a friend in washington get a dog. if you just want peace to be universe and your facebook friends talk about your pet. >> there are people who unfriended friends on facebook or feel they avoid their neighbor so they don't have to talk about politicings. this has been a wonderful distraction. it's let me tell you about jasper, based on a chapter i took out of the first book that you guys were gracious enough to have me on to talk about. >> and grateful. >> i am grateful you had me. jasper is a vizsla. nicole has two. this is my message, that if you feel like this year has been so divisive and there no way you can connect, go talk about the family pet. it's usually dogs. 68% of americans have a pet, dogs are a great equalizer. >> it really is. >> politics off limits in a lot of discussions. >> not at the dog park. >> we don't find it at the dog park. thank you so much. >> nicole's always right. >> always. >> and the book is perfect. i love it. >> thank you. let us turn now to other news. iraqi forces backed by the u.s. are one week into the massive operation to reclaim mosul from isis. officials there are saying it's going faster than planned. richard engel is on the front lines. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. iraqi forces saying it's going much faster than planned. claiming in the first week of iraqi and kurdish forces backed up by the u.s. liberated 78 towns and villages from isis. isis so called caliphate is under attack from kurdish troops in mosul, and iraqi counter terrorism forces. trained by the u.s. to be the tip of the spear of this operation. u.s.-backed iraqi forces are very quickly, and the top iraqi commander here told me they expect to be in mosul in a matter of days. assisting at times from a few miles from the front lines, are around 500 american advisers who help with air strikes and coordination. there are about 5,000 more american troops on bases. defense secretary ash carter visited this weekend. >> we'oi better at combatting isil as they change which they will we're still going to get better. >> reporter: with every new village there are more signs of the group as radical incolumn rens. its persecution of christians who lived in this part of iraq since the earliest days of the. this sunday a priest, father john, and his wife, like many christians forced out of homes by isis, returned to see what was left of their beloved see my village, it is two years and three months. >> reporter: they trank iraqi troops. the church is still standing, but desecrated. the cross burnt and shot. religious art smashed. the iraqi troops celebrate the return of the christians, but it's too dangerous for the priest to stay. he salvages some books and vows to return when it's safer. biggest battles may only begin once iraqi forces reach the city of mosul itself. a senior iraqi security official told us there are some 5,000 isis fighters in the city among them 1500 foreign fighters most of them from europe. >> all right. richard engel in iraq for us. thank you. to california now where police say speed appears to be a factor in a deadly tour bus it slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer. morgan with the latest on the investigation this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. federal authorities are on the ground this morning trying to figure out exactly what caused this horrific accident that killed 13 people and left a dozen more waking up this morning in area hospitals. a weekend trip to the casino turned deadly. passengers shaken. witnesses say around 4:00 a.m. their tour bus left a casino headed for los angeles an hour later it slapped into the back of a tractor-trailer in palm springs, knocking its driver unconscious. >> the impact you know, hit me from behind, and i just blacked out for a minute. i'm blessed to be alive. >> reporter: you can see they are cutting out pieces of that significant when it hit the back of the big rig, the trailer, the trailer itself entered about 15 feet into the bus. >> reporter: the california highway patrol telling nbc news fatigue may have been a factor. the bus driver was killed in the accident. armendo's sister was killed. he questions whether the driver was alert. >> my sister i tell her to be careful. you need to make sure the guy driv >> reporter: a candlelight memorial growing at one of the stops where the bus picked up passengers. some who remain in critical condition. >> are the victims expected to recover? >> we're not going to make predictions but everybody in the intensive care unit is stable. >> reporter: authorities trying to identify the deceased, searching for clues and answers. authorities say they have all the names of the passengers on that bus, though they are trying said ta 10 women and three men were killed. >> morgan, thank you. some sad news to tell you about. tom hayden, the famed 1960s anti-war activist and former husband of actress jane fonda has died. hayden passed away sunday after ness. he made headlines in the 1960s with his trips to north vietnam and as a defendant in the celebrated chicago seven trial. hayden changed paths winning elections to the california assembly and state senate er he served for nearly two decades. he remained an enduring voice for progressive causes including education and the environment. tom hayden was 76 years old. >> there is new scrutiny this morning over that colossal $85 billion deal between at&t and time warner. on sunday the two members of the senate's antitrust subcommittee said they would carefully examine that merger. both presidential campaigns weighing. block the deal. hillary clinton's spokes spurn expressed market place competition is a good and healthy thing for consumers. federal regulators have to approve the mergser before it's allowed to proceed. >> back to the police chase video we showed you. a traffic stop turns into a high speed pursuit in california, it all happened with a civilian on a ride along in the passenger seat. take a listen. >> he has a gun. no. no. >> shots fired. >> mabry and light house. >> no. no. >> the shooting happened early sunday morning northwest of fresno. the officer was not hurt but the civilian suffered minor scratches from broken glass. police say the suv was later found abandoned a few blocks away. the suspects are on the 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(laughing) we are back at 7:30. it is monday morning, 24th of october, 2016. we say good morning to some folks outside on our plaza. starting to look like fall out on the plaza. >> a couple of cleveland indians hats out there. i've not seen a cubs hat. i'm sure we'll find one. >> we will now. now to today's headlines. an investigation is under way to find out what caused a crowded tour bus to crash right into the back of a tractor-trailer near palm springs on sunday. at least 13 people were killed, more than 30 others injured. police believe speed and driver fatigue may have been factors in that crash. bill murray was awarded the mark twain prize for american he immediately handed his prize to the audience to be passed around. the crowd filled with dozens of murray's co-stars over the years. >> as much as i dreaded this -- [ laughter ] -- dreaded this, i really had to come back to this idea that there was -- there's love. there's love. that's what we came with, what we go with. >> you can see the full ceremony friday night on pbs. with barely two weeks until the election, donald trump's campaign manager admits he's behind but insists the race isn't over. trump will be on the trail in florida today while hillary clinton has a rally scheduled in new hampshire. here's "today's" campaign moment. donald trump getting a much needed boost in the state of nevada. the las vegas review journal just became the first major newspaper to endorse trump. its editorial board writing, "he promises to be a source of disruption and discomfort to the privileged back-scratching all right, in the meantime, the world series gets under way tomorrow night. it is an historic match-up between the chicago cubs and cleveland indians. the two teams hold the longest title droughts in all of baseball. 108 years for the cubs, 68 for the indians. so clearly, long-suffering fans are a little excited about all this. nbc's ron mott is at wrigley field in chicago. ron, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt, good morning. if somebody were writing a novel hard-pressed to match the excite that's spread across this city. the celebration is under way and they do not want the party to stop. to say life has changed since chicago cubs fans had a world series to cheer is as obvious as the joy on display here. wedding vows, and a photo shoot, a huge run on memorabilia, a nod and "woof" to the late legendary cubs announcer, harry caray. cubs are getting. 1945 is when the cubs last appeared on the world stage and failed to win it all. i'll say it, president obama tweeted, holy cow, even this white sox fan was happy to see wrigley rocking. >> they won't have to talk about the loveable losers anymore. >> it is just so emotional. >> reporter: when the cubs were last baseball royalty, way back in 1908, tvs hadn't been invented. there were no cross word puzzled, toasters hadn't popped into our daily routine and band-aids weren't around to help us heal. the ford model-t was just starting to roll that fall. even wrigley field wasn't around. it didn't come along for another six years. given the long lag in reaching baseball glory, seeing the cubs in person in the world series becomes a pricey, perhaps once in a lifetime proposition. especially considering their opponent, the cleveland indians, are thirsty for a title, too. 68 years since they've been topping $3,200, nearly double in chicago, hitting super bowl levels, 6 grand plus. >> don't have $3,000 for a ticket right now. >> reporter: two cities that will have a tale to tell. one triumphant, the other still waiting. everybody knows cubs fans are very passionate. take a look at this. this is secretary hillary clinton over the weekend on her campaign plane, the moment after the cubs turned that amazing double play to go to the world series. people still pinching themselves, they can't quite believe it. game one starts tomorrow night in cleveland. >> i am going to soak up every minute of this series. i can't wait. >> it's a mix of joy and shock for fans. >> i'm really excited. i lived in cleveland for five years. loved that town. we had a good time there during the convention. >> what stays in cleveland -- >> oh, right! i guess the pain killers haven't >> let's show you what's happening. well, our friends out west have saw a lot of activity over the weekend. we have more coming. series of storms going to be firing up and coming into the pacific northwest and northern california. rounds of rain gusty winds, even mountain snows. rainfall amounts anywhere from four to five inches, one to two inches along the pacific west coast. the pacific northwest coast. plenty of sunshine rest of the u.s., much above-average temperatures, a few showers in northern new england. th oh! kevin's lunch! freaky fast. fifth time this week. >> get that weather any time you need it. check out the weather channel on cable. >> what happened in cleveland? >> never mind. >> all right, al, thank you so much. we turn now to a family struggle nearly two years after a woman with terminal cancer chose to end her observe life. her mother is now releasing a memoir but her son-in-law says the book goes against his late wife's wishes. hoda has the comic >> it is complicated. brittany menard captured national attention when she decided to move to oregon so she could die on her own terms with a physician. at the time it was one of the few states where death with dignity laws were in place. a very important issue with brittany and her family. but just how to share brittany's story has shared disagreement with the family. >> neighbor looking and saying it looks like grade 4 which is the most aggressive and worst was only 29 years old when she was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. >> went from having potentially years of time to six months. >> reporter: it was almost impossible for her mother to unfathom. >> it began to unfold in a federal nightmare that no parent ever wants to face. and no one woman should ever have to face. >> reporter: in a new memoir, difficult journey and her own personal struggle as she tried to support her daughter's wishes to end her own life. but his menard's wishes about sharing her story that are now in question. in a post to his facebook page, dan diaz says that his late wife asked him to share the following statement if "this situation were to arise." which says in part i loved my mother very much but i don't want to be her a story teller about me. she's been a great mom and i wouldn't be here without her. but i don't want her to write about me. >> when she talked about me working for the cause, she says use your strengths. she never said anything to me about that. so i don't know what to think of this statement. except that brittany said many, many things in those last days, and i, again, go back to honoring the brittany who i knew, not the brain tumor brittany. >> reporter: diaz tells nbc memoir and that menard specifically stated in the will that he should be the only one to represent her story. one that diaz believes will lead to further improvements in end of life care legislation. >> i can't tell you the amount of relief it provides me to know that i don't have to die the way that it's been described to me. >> reporter: it is a cause that was important to menard and one that her husband and mother are trying to champion, both moving forward with their beloved wife >> the memoir comes out tomorrow. she was inspired to right it after a trip to mon ma that her daughter insisted she take. coming up, we'll tell you skyscraper in san francisco. can anything be done now to fix it? 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>> it was wild. whole entire company stopping everything they're doing. >> reporter: hacks on home devices are expected to impact more and more in use will more than triple to 20.8 billion. as companies like dyn work to fend off future cyber attacks, they advise consumers to think carefully when they connect any device. >> think of a domain name or a website as the same as a story front of a brick and mortar store and think about all the things that go into that store. it is the electricity. it is the plumbing. it is the flooring. if you think about it in a real physical way, behind every the same thing. >> as for what you can do, security experts have three main recommendations. first, get to know how your devices work and whether they are internet enabled. it may not be obvious. second, follow security recommendations. change default passwords and update software with the latest security patches. even though it takes an extra hassle. three, of course use an internet hub at home for an extra layer of security. often those take an extra password so it is one more line of defense. >> we want to return to the dark ages. >> i'm still there anyway, but it is daunting. >> it is daunting, but there are ways to protect yourself and these internet companies are certainly working very hard to protect consumers because it is also in their best interests. but of course staying a step ahead is the most important part. >> jo, thank you. coming up, tom hanks will be here. we'll talk to the oscar winner about getting big laughs on "snl" over [ "on the road again," by willie nelson ] ? 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"today" show. >> woo! >> good morning yoopers back in michigan. >> columbia, south carolina, celebrating our 20th anniversary. >> this is our year! go cubs! >> sorry, dad! >> woo! we're back now, 8:00 on a monday morning. it is the 24th day of october, 2016. we have a particularly large and boisterous crowd. i think -- think they're here to welcome al back from two weeks of knee surgery. >> i don't know. i think anthony bourdain's got something to do with it. >> i would like to welcome you back with this laurel and hardy handshake. and a yooper bar. >> and a yooper for you, too. >> what's that? >> these ladies from the upper peninsula. >> upper peninsula, yoopers. >> thank you. meanwhile, you mentioned anthony bourdain. over the years or his shown he has proven he is willing to eat just about anything, which is good, because today he is in the kitchen with savannah. so you never know what's going to happen. >> you know, my mother-in-law has a theory that they banned me from the cooking segments. i just want to say, i'm back! with anthony bourdain. >> get the fire extinguisher ready. >> first, let's get right to the day's headlines. it's time for the news at 8:00. hillary clinton will be asking voters today to elect a democratic senate to strengthen her hand at governing if she defeats donald trump. >> reporter: leading in most polls, hillary clinton in north carolina sunday, turning her attention away from rival donald trump. instead, focusing on down ballot races, campaigning for senate candidate deborah ross, hoping to unseat republican senator richard burr. >> unlike her opponent, deborah has never been afraid to stand wrong for america. >> reporter: delivering a similar message saturday in pennsylvania, trying to help another woman, katie mcginty topple republican incumbent pat toomey. >> she's running against someone who refuses to stand up to donald trump. >> reporter: clinton exuding new confidence dismissing trump after he suggested a vast media conspiracy to rig the election for her. >> i debated him for four and a half hours. i don' >> reporter: a defiant trump in florida sunday. >> if we win on november 8th, we are going to fix our rigged system. it is a rigged, broken, corrupt system. >> reporter: president obama mocking the republican nominee. >> donald trump's already talking about how the game's rigged. i got to say, that means he's losing. >> reporter: trump surprised his own campaign staff in gettysburg threatening to sue the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct, accusations he denies. >> every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign. the events never happened. never. all of these liars will be sued after the election is over. >> reporter: with a new poll showing trump trailing clinton by 12 points nationwide, his campaign manager admitting on "meet the press" -- >> we are behind. she has tremendous advantages. she has former president, campaigning for her. the current president and first lady, vice president, all much more popular than she can hope to be. >> reporter: all fodder for "saturday night live." >> repeat after me. i, donald trump. >> i, the best ever donald trump -- >> -- promise to accept. >> -- promise to accept. >> the results of this election. >> the results of this election. if i win. got you loser, trademark. clinton will campaign in florida tomorrow for a two-day swing. in fact, it's a state that trump has to win if he's going to overtake clinton who has that double digit lead. matt? >> thank you, andrea. an intense manhunt under way this morning for a man suspected of shooting two police officers outside oklahoit they were responding to reports of shots fired at a mobile home park in wellston, oklahoma last night when they came under fire. the officers are being treated for non-life threatening wounds. one suspect is in custody, another fled in a stolen police car, then carjacked another vehicle and is, as i mentioned, still at large. there was some high drama sunday on the delaware memorial bridge when an rv filled with marijuana laced candy burst into flames. there were five people inside the weed world candies vehicle which promotes the legalization of pot. all of them got out okay. the rv was heading to philadelphia when it caught fire on that bridge between delaware traffic was backed up for miles. >> you had a straight face for most of that. when you read it. >> i may have only hit you once. just ahead on trending, something all dog owners wonder about. should you let your dog lick you in the face? 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>> look at them now. doing the warrior pose out there. >> right across the guy's home. they didn't target him. but they wanted to show -- >> more like a parade. more like torches and lanterns and pitch forks. >> in yoga pants. now the leaning tower of -- san francisco. residents in the bay area are concerned this their 58-story tower. it was completed seven years ago. since then, it has sunk 16 inches into the ground. the problem is, it is not only sinking, it is also leaning more than seven inches at the top. all of this of course in the middle of an earthquake zone. experts say it is common for big buildings to sink, but more than a dozen residents are suing the developer, millennium partners, saying they weren't properly informed about this situation. it is a claim that the developer disputes. the building is totally safe and says it's now working on a solution. >> wow! >> can you imagine? because the apartments look gorgeous. >> pricey. >> start on the 58th floor, now you are on the 56th floor. >> i don't know if i'd be all that comfortable. here is a question that i think determines whether you really are a dog person or not. do you let your dog lick your face? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> i don't know, but she lunges in and i >> if the dog licks me once, i kind of go it's fine. >> "the new york times" tackled the question. one expert told the paper dog saliva on human skin is extremely unlikely to cause problems in healthy people. but, but, but -- research does find dogs carry a host of bacteria and viruses and -- hold on, matt -- yeast in their mouth. or your eyes. >> you ever see where dogs are sitting, then -- all right. let's go to "popstart!" on that note, tamron. >> i'm going to try. taylor swift putting her own spin on one of the year's biggest songs. her ex, calvin harris and rihanna made it a super hit. it was revealed taylor helped write the song with calvin. this weekend taylor performed a stripped-down cover of the hit. ? lightning just what you came for ? ? lightning strikes every time you move ?? >> that was taylor performing at the formula 1 grand prix in texas saturday. she called this concert her only show of 2016. >> wow. >> she worked really hard last year. all the pop-up shows. yeah, this is the only one for i thought that was this year. now to "saturday night live." you guys see it? it was great! back at it over the weekend spoofing the final presidential debate and one of trump's most famous, or infamous, phrases from that night. >> people are just pouring into this country from mexico and a lot of them are very bad ombres. >> oh, bingo! bingo! i got bingo! i had bad ombres, racists, miss piggy, they're all living in hell, and if she wasn't my daughter. >> tom hanks was phenomenal. he played moderator chris wallace. hanks and musical guest lady gaga helping the show get its best ratings of the season. by the way, tom will talk with matt and savannah in our next half-hour. that is your "popstart!." i saw "inferno" over the when i say woo-hoo-hoo. >> the guy who handles the pressure of releasing a blockbuster and hosting "saturday night live" in the same week. tamron, thank you. we're happy to have al back in studio 1a this morning less than two weeks after knee replacement surgery. question is, how you feeling? >> i'm feeling okay. little ouchy, but for the most part, i feel better than when i went in. technology and procedures have come such a long way, doctors want you back up and moving as soon as tough physical therapist. >> reporter: you think that if you get knee replacement surgery, at least you'd get a little rest. right? wrong. not the case when your physical therapist is a 6'4" former college linebacker. billy campbell of the visiting service. he measures my progress, how farky bend my knee. >> breathe. good. >> reporter: remember, i had that right knee totally replaced less than two weeks ago. we focus on three things to get me back and moving. first, strength. >> we're trying to get that last bit of extension in the knee and get these quadriceps muscles to fire nice and strong. this will help keep your knee from buckling when you walk. >> reporter: billy puts me through a series of exercises. next thing we focus on -- around safely. >> if you're not stable on one leg, guess what? you're not stable walking. >> reporter: finally, agility. combining strength and balance. >> with the new prosthetic knee, your brain and your knee don't talk to each other. >> so it doesn't know that there's something not there. >> right. >> reporter: some fencing-style lunges and we are ready to take a stab at the stairs. good thing, because i live in a brownstone with plenty of stairs doing too badly. >> there's not a lot of people this early on after knee surgery that can do some of the things that he's doing, like the step-up on the stairs. >> reporter: when billy is done, it is time to ice my leg with a compression machine. my new best friend. >> ice, ice, baby. ? ice ice baby ?? >> again, the painkillers kicking in. it is really interesting because they now i will transition to outpatient physical therapy. three to four days a week but that's the most important. the rehab and physical therapy. >> you had your other knee replaced 15 years ago. is it a huge difference in terms of -- >> yeah. i was in the hospital 11 days. i was out of work for almost a month. but i had some other mitigating circumstances. but this is completely different. >> you've been in great shape. i bet you that recovery made it easier because you are always on your bike, always doing stuff. say i feel much better now than i did before i went in. >> all right, al. thanks very much. you have a check of the weather . >> rain and wind in the pacific northwest and northern california. sunshine in the east to begin week, but in the latter part of the week, we'll see strong storms from the midwest to the great lakes. more heavy rain moving into the pacific northwest. rain by the end of the week here in the northeast. temperature wise, it is going to stay much above average in the midsection of the >> that's your latest weather. guys? >> all right. >> al, thank you so much. no you to our new series "winning at all costs." for years researchers have studied long-term effects of concussions on football players. >> but there is a growing body of evidence that even hits that don't cause consuggestions could still be cause for concern. nbc's stephanie gosk is here with some groundbreaking results. steph, good morning. >> hey, guys, good morning. we were given to a first of its kind study released today, looking specifically at young players 8 to 13 years old. what researchers discovered may make some youth leagues question how they practice and play and it may make some parents question whether or not their children should play at all. >> reporter: football practice in north carolina can get rough. former nfl player greg delong watches his son jake from the out there. >> reporter: but the culture of the game he says has changed. >> we came up through the era, if your head wasn't hurting after a game or practice, you didn't play. you didn't play hard enough. >> reporter: these days, a ringing head is seen less as a badge of courage and more as a reason for concern. we already know concussions are bad, but now scientists are even beginning to look at the effect of sub-consuccessive hits, or hits that don't cause concussions at all. the "today" show was given exclusive access to research being baptist medical center studying the effect of sub-concussive hits on football players between 8 and 13 years old. >> what about specifically a child's brain? is. >> yeah. that's a huge unknown. because the brain during that period of time is changing in ways that we are just now starting to understand. >> reporter: dr. alex powers with be a pediatric neurosurgeon, consulted during the study published today in the youth football players, recording every hit they took to the head over the course of a single season. and then compared images of the players' brains before and after. the first of its kind study discovered that football players at this young age are hitting each other hard enough and often enough to cause actual changes in the structure of their brains, even without getting concussions. >> we see a change in the brain harder, more so than the kids who hit less. >> reporter: the result revealed changes in the critical white matter of the players' brains over just one season. >> you can see that it is white. and again, those are sort of like the wires that connect different parts of the brain on which function unfolds. >> reporter: dr. chris whitlow one of the lead researchers stopped short of calling the changes in the players' brains actual brain damage. >> what do the changes mean? >> i think there is more that we result in long-term changes in function, memory or any important in your ability to function day to day. >> reporter: the groundbreaking study relied on technology used for years in high school players and the nfl. >> so this is logging every hit on the field. >> yes. the senator fits in the helmet and our sideline laptop. >> reporter: the sensors measure the location and the force of the hit in real time. >> as the arrow moves around the hit it is showing the changing impact location. >> reporter: every game, every practice, every hit, recorded. including on dr. powers' own son, john, who was one of the study's subjects. >> what have you seen as far as how hard the hits are on a field with kids this age? >> we've seen that they can school players can. >> reporter: really! the players whose kids took part in the study had mixed reactions. >> do your job. >> reporter: this is north carolina, the heart of football country. delong has friends who have died from cte, the degenerative brain disease caused by repeated trauma to the brain. now he waits to see if the white matter in his son's brain changed over the course of this season. >> if jake is one of those players and patients, we're going to pull 11-year-old boys both took part in the study. >> actually, my oldest, i found that he was sleeping with the football. so that's just -- i mean they truly love this sport. >> reporter: she keeps a list of concussion symptoms on the door of her refrigerator says she won't pull her kids from the game until she knows more. >> the only result that could possibly be alarming to me is that the potential link to other of -- memory loss. >> reporter: researchers are hoping to follow the players through high school and perhaps longer, but the kinds of results she is waiting for are years away, at best. this study is really just a start. >> people feel, as you say, very passionately about football. are we as a country getting closer to dealing with the reality of the danger? >> sometimes i think so. and sometimes not. again, we are extremely passionate and somet w sight of the fact that these are real human beings that are subjecting their bodies to this. >> the scientists who conducted this study say funding is still one of their largest battles. following players for years will be incredibly expensive and they told me they spend much of their time just trying to secure the money they will need to do it. >> that's fascinating. lot of parents going to be paying close attention to that, steph. thank you very much. wow. look at the orange room. this is the "today" show mt. rushmore right here. when you don't even need to say a name. look at that. what do doctors from leading cancer centers in the country have in common? many of them now call expert medicine works here. find out why at cancer center.com. cancer treatment centers of america. 8:30 now. it is monday morning, it is the 24th of october, 2016. we've got a big crowd out here. it is feeling like fall. hi, charlie. you can lick my legs. what did we learn? maybe not lick the face, right? by the way, charlie's the greatest dog. can we give a little shout out to charlie and olivia? >> i'm saying good boy, charlie. last week it felt kind of hot, this week it feels like fall is here. >> gorgeous. coming up, what a cast of kashts we have. tom hanks is here. his newest blockbuster is about to open. he hosted "snl" this weekend. that guy's amazing. also ahead, a new look at the life of muhammad ali that has his wife, lonnie, teaming up with yankee legend derek jeter. we'll talk to both of those stars in a minute. and we could not be more excited to have savannah back in the kitchen. but she's with anthony bourdain. these upping your game. he's going to share with us one of his favorite recipes. >> i am ready. sounds delicious. sausage, gravy. come to mama. >> it's been ten years since he's been here? let's see what we've got planned for you today. hurricane season coming to a close. all in all, not too bad. we are coming right toward the end. it lasts in it will the end of november but so far this year we have 14 named storms. average 12. six hurricanes, right on average. three major hurricanes so far. again, the average, three. so we are right on target where we should be as far as hurricanes are concerned. for today, much above average temperatures in the wind in the pacific northwest and northern california. here in the east coast, plenty of sunshine and cooler temperatures. >> where you guys from? >> d.c. >> d.c.! lot of stuff going on there. >> yeah. >> oh, yeah. hey, don't forget, get that weather in he time you need it, go to the weather channel on cable, weather.com online. all right, now matt and savannah. >> one of our favorites is here, mr. tom hanks. two oscars, four golden globes. >> long ago, long ago. >> and his movies that grossed more than $8 billion. >> i've been told that. i kind of think someone's cooking the books. >> he stars in the new movie "inferno." based on dan brown's best selling novel. this time he has to unlock clues virus. >> we can't stay here. if a plague exists, do you know how many governments would. want it? what they'd do to get it? >> no. >> biological weapon. >> letters. he has assigned a letter to each sin but then changed their order. >> he's made an anagram. >> yes. anagram. >> tom hanks, good morning. anagram thing. >> this virus, this worldwide plague. if i had the flu shot this year, does that cover me from this thing? >> i don't know. there might be a conspiracy to give you the virus when you get the flu shot. i'm joking! please! internet, internet, take it as a joke, please, internet. >> now you have to describe this plot to us but matt and i are malthusian theory. when i was in junior college we finished a history course and the professor wrote you need to learn this word. he wrote the word triage which represented the concept that eventually the world will have too many people in it in order to subsist on its own. that stuck with me for a long time. that's what "inferno" is about. the quantum physics of overpopulation. and it gets the could be too many people on the plane definition of malthusian theory. >> that's what i'm built for. >> when ron howard was asked about you in langden, he says you are like a dog with a bone. that makes you very much like this character. both curious. is that fair? >> when i read these books, i do it with my google page open because everything dan brown references, you search out. there is pieces of art, architecture in the history of a it ends up -- i come in armed and ready to go and i could start pointing out stuff even before we start. >> i was going to say, one of the great things about doing these movies, i would think, is they are always set in the most beautiful places. it's florence. it's istanbul. it's ninth circle of hell -- okay, just kidding. but i mean, beautiful settings. what a nice place to go for the office. >> it was a great thing. the only thing we might -- we sometimes have to put up cones and say things like the are closed. we do piss off some people who have agendas. i have one day to see the hall of 500! and i don't get to see it today? and it is a beautiful place. walking to work in the morning at 5:45 with my own cappuccino and you got to go across the ponte beccio. oh, yes, dante was here. if i had the right set of keys, through secret passageways where no one else gets to go because i know where they all are now. >> you spent the weekend hosting "saturday night live." you're there at a time where the show is feasting, feasting on politics. >> wednesday night, we are watching the debate on the 17th floor of 30 rock. the entire building is shut down. everybody's locked on the monitor. and for 90 minutes we're going, hey, that's good. oh with be we could use that. oh, we think, hey, we've done pretty good. and then in the last 30 seconds, a gift unto -- i'll keep you in suspense, i'll let you know the day. comes. i said holy cow! this is the high country. they were very happy up there. >> this is not your first rodeo. you've done "snl" -- >> nine times. yes, yes. >> do you get nervous, the whole live thing? >> no. the thing is the writing ends up being so key. it is a very intricate puzzle. the excitement of it is to get how they transform right up until you walk out on stage. >> they change it last-minute, don't they? >> this he have internal cuts to the scene. even like as american dad, even there, trim, trim, beat, beat, cut, cut. you honestly have seven seconds to look at the pages and just pray it's on the cards and it's always on the cards. >> you may have gotten a sense of this as we were introducing tom, but he is always one to go to self-deprecating humor when you start to compliment him. >> well. >> but i will say that ihi you are probably a real good bet to get another oscar nomination. >> well, you know, if they invite me to the pancake breakfast -- here's the thing. if they invite you, they give everybody a little thing. they give out tvs and waffle irons. it is a pancake breakfast. you think oh, pashaw, then you win that. >> thank you. you are a beautiful liar. >> what's going on? there are all kinds of women like you around there. the orange room was filled with them. >> dylan. there she is. tom hanks, it is the "today" show. "inferno" opens on friday. up next, derek jeter and muhammad ali's widow, lon in i lonnie ali, will tell us what 8:41. we are back now with a look at the life of the legendary muhammad ali. "unfiltered." lonnie ali wrote the forward in the book, published by jeter publishing. lonnie knows all too well i've fascination with muhammad ali. i've read everything i can read. borders on obsession. i started going through the pages of this and i saw images i had never seen before which is amazing. what was it like pulling this together? >> it was awesome. when ali estate reached out to us and said that they were interested in this project, it was a no-brainer for us. because we want to capture ali with a unique perspective of lonnie and the family. it doesn't get any better than what memories these must have brought back. >> oh, i mean they span his lifetime. and it shows all facets of mohammed. in the childish, impish mohammed. serious athlete mohammed. the pensive mohammed. mohammed that belonged to the world, the icon. then it shows him in his later years. >> "unfiltered" is a series of books. but could there be a better ali than "unfiltered." because he spoke his mind. >> he was always unfiltered. >> do have you a favorite picture in the book? >> my favorite pictures in the book -- most people know muhammad inside the ring. but i like to see the pictures of him outside the ring, interacting with kids who at the time probably didn't even know who he was. but the smiles that he put on their faces, just shows a great deal about his personality. >> how about you, lonnie? >> you hav >> yeah. interesting he said that, it is about the children, about the next generation. there was a picture in there of a little boy, he must be 2 with a muhammad ali t-shirt on with muhammad on the front. it was wonderful to see this little one, this muhammad is being passed down to that next generation. >> derek, you are also an athlete who rose to the top of your chosen sport, as muhammad did. muhammad also decided he wanted to have a big impact not only with kids but with people all that the power of sport could be and the power of a personality? >> well i mean, first things first. he was a fierce competitor, obviously. he outworked, he outtrained everyone. when you talk about legacy, you can have a legacy on the field, in the ring, but i think a lot of people are more consumed with their legacy away from the ring. that was muhammad. i mean what he stood for, it >> we're back. chef author and award host anthony bourdain here taking the world on adventures, culinary journeys for years and out with a long overdue cook book called "simply appetite." >> good to be here. >> i have to say there is a genuine energy in the studio not just because we love you. >> hunger. >> we want to eat what you're cooking. book. it's 10 years since you wrote one. >> i think i'm making up for my sins, i enjoy my work, i'm trying to be useful. i'm the father of a 9-year-old. these are dishes that she likes and it's very much a book geared towarding useful and entertaining at home with a 9-year-old in mind. >> it's not so adventurous to be intimidating. >> no. reasonable expectations should be an important part. people should understand where ey you know, what they should and shouldn't try if you are really trying to impress people. i think a lot of cook books are unrealistic and this is geared to ordinary cooks. >> beside accessibility is there a common thread or is it all kind of different cuisines? >> stuff i like and connect with on emotional level. not fancy. a few greatest hits from around the world that i picked up. again, these are things that you stoner in a dorm should be able to throw together. >> you just described me in my college years -- not really. let's get to cooking. i'll follow you. we're going to make something delicious. our taste testers are anxious. does your daughter like -- >> she very much likes, very daring with her food. and was eating oysters. i never tried to make her a foodie b >> what are we making? >> we're doing basically every grandmother in italy does better than me. probably every italian american grandmother in new jersey. this is sunday gravy, tradition of two dishes out of one. you slow braise some meat. >> why ox tail? >> it's this is the traditional thing. you can use beef shortribs i think it's important people understand that you should never overcrowd the pan when you brown the meat. so brown the meat. once it is browned remove it from the pan and get this nice brown stuff down there. your meat here. >> add in our spices. >> onions. okay. you want to sweat them for a bit. very important to salt your onions at this time. really brings up the flavor. >> you b then when we -- the neck bones? >> ox tail and neck bones. you don't want to crowd the pan. so a little pepper, crushed red pepper. oregano. garlic. okay. i'm speeding this up. generally once they are sort of soft and clear, very important, chef's trick, throw in your tomato paste and you want to mix saute it for a while until it's brown and starts to stick to the pan. doesn't look too pretty but at this point deglaze. some red wine. >> magic of television. >> and you scrape up all of that good stuff in here. >> the bits and parts at the bottom. >> reduce by half. something that looks like this. >> very good. looks meaty. >> now you can add your crushed tomatoes. >> you said when you were taught this by a real italian grand ma who kept hitting you. >> that was in naples. she was hitting me as i'm -- >> that's what matt does to me during the show. >> some basil, a bailiff, rosemary and thyme. plop it in and throw into a 350 at which point you can throw in your sausages, back in the oven for a half hour. and through the magic of television. >> let us see. >> downstairs let us taste. what do you think? >> you're too late. we've been tasting since this started. >> bread to sop up the sauce. >> there we go. you should have a nice tender fall off the bone meat. which you want to serve on the side as a second course. using that sauce with all of that nice meat or your pasta in that so you get two courses for one out of relatively inexpensive ingredients and you kind of have three courses because at the end of the day do your bread around in the sauce. >> al was talking about. get her done there. >> almost not worth eating if you can't drag bread through it. >> thank you so much. the cook book is called "appetite." food club. back in a moment. this is "today." >> can i say it's so nice to see you two together. you and the stove. >> oh, you. we're back in a moment. you love mcgriddles... but you don't love that you can't get them all day. but now you can get mcgriddles all day, and more. so, you can find something else to not love. like when sportscasters get carried away with the instant replay pen. . this morning on "today's take," from the divinci code to "inferno," the thriller heating the screen. we've got two stars. transforming your home for don't miss it. and baking with bacon. coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take," live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hey now! it's tuesday -- no, it is monday. i'm already pushing things through. it is monday morning, october 24th. just took another pain pill. >> oh! yes! the a-team, baby. it's back. >> do you know how much you were missed? >> no idea. >> you were miss! >> i missed you guys. i really did. >> did you watch every day? >> nope. i didn't. no. >> even when i send you emojis in the morning? >> i saw something. but -- >> i told you. >> i was just like -- cartoon. >> i thought was your >> no, no. okay. so how did you wake up every morning? when you felt like it? >> when my knees said, hey! i need another pill! hello! hello! >> so they kick in right away. >> oh, yeah. it's fantastic! >> you feeling good? >> i don't know. >> you lost three pounds. >> i lost three pounds. you're actually in a way working out because you are doing this physical therapy and getting and a thank you to all the nice folks who sent tweets and stuff and talking about their hip replacements and knee replacements. and everybody goes at a different pace so if you're not doing as well as you think, it is going to kick in, just stay with it. very nice. very nice. >> in an effort to gain your three pounds back, we have some treats for you. >> we do? >> some of your favorite treats. >> oh! wow! york and the graham cracker. the graham cracker by itself is really not that great. >> what? it is an amazing cookie. >> it is a dry cookie, good to make a crust. i'm very sentimental about the graham cracker because this is a cracker that my grandfather, grandpa smith, taught me that you take it, you dump it in whole mink, one one thousand, thousand, it's perfect. >> i used to have chocolate pudding with a graham cracker. >> jelly. you put it on in the morning and by the time you go et to your lunch, it's perfect. >> besides todayfood.com, i like new york "times" cooking. i did chicken cacciatore. >> is that the one with peppers and onions? >> and sauce. >> it is the one that's delicious. >> you brown the chicken. then you make your sauce, your gravy. with onions. whatever you want. i put in mushrooms, some zucchini. and then you simmer the rest of the chicken in that for about 40 minutes. >> you use chicken thighs? >> i use chicken thighs. >> you got me hooked on chicken thighs. >> i love it also, you got a new >> remember that was the highlight of my friday was i had a ceiling wallpaper installed? it is finally installed. look at it. we have high ceilings in our living room so our decorator decided to put wallpaper on the skeelg. ceiling. >> so what? do you have carpet on the walls? >> they said it is supposed to make a room look bigger. but is that the milky way at the top? >> that's it's like a spiking lamp. >> is it grey? >> i love that color. >> it is like a grey shimmery ceiling. >> it looks very celestial. no? >> i think it is because there is a reflection and it is like stars. that's not really there. >> is that the door like windows? >> behind that window is the nursery. >> oh! >> so you don't have to go in. you can just climb a ladder and look in. >> that's why we left the ladder sitting there. they're fantastic. >> you can climb the ladder, look in. >> your little boy's like -- wow! who's that peering in on me? >> we were joking on friday that wasn't something to actually be that excited about because it is wallpaper. but i was. but this just happened this morning. my whole life has been leading up to the moment where i get to meet tom hanks in person. he is just one of my favorite people and i got to meet him in the orange room this morning. he was so lovely. that's when having a boy. >> you and tom hanks are having a boy? >> and then he decided that we should name the boy either brokaw or roker. roker is in the running right now. >> i think you should take those pictures and you now can make wallpaper out of pictures. >> put them on the ceiling? >> they have it right there. it is basically like an old-school typewriter/word processor. it makes the sounds of an old typewriter with the ding and the -- >> what do i do with it? >> you use it to type out letters and notes. it looks like an old typewriter. >> what's it called again? >> hanxwriter. >> i love that. i love that. >> nice. >> you can write apologies to all your twitter fans who are upset about you blowing the -- >> not a lot of them. >> oh, >> last night was the season premier of "walking dead." >> get the emotion out first. >> everyone knows i've watched "walking dead" for the very first day. on sundays, you cannot call me. i am personally and emotionally attached to this show. last night we finally learn who this -- he's the top one villain of all time. worst guy ever! he takes someone out. and the show is very violent. full disclosure. very violent. because it is just really macabre and very violent. i'm life tweeting with all the twitterers out there. this woman wrote me and she said, i'm going to pull it up. >> you already sound like your feelings are hurt. >> my feelings aren't hurt. i think i hurt hers. no, she said -- >> we need viewers. >> i know, we do. but this is what she says. she says to me, i dub the lady spoiler of the east. you are aware you have followers on the west but i write back to her -- >> i like her language though. she was very eloquent. >> i said, turn off twitter. it's "trending" for a reason. sorry, boo. feeling sassy. mutiny. it's cool. so people starting getting innen ot conversation of spoiler alerts. >> it is hard with the west coast/east coast thing. >> overwhelming majority of folks on my side because if you are watching a show of any kind. you can't ask people on the east coast to wait for the west coast. >> you're not really live tweeting if you wake for three hours. >> here's a thought. just throwing this out. >> what? >> you can just watch. >> no, no, no, no. >> i don't know. >> al, that's old school. you watch tv now, someone right now, tweet me. right now, grab the phone and say i'm tweeting you. then i'll know you just heard me say it. >> so in other words, unless they tell you that, you don't know? >> no. there is a different tv connection whenou tweeting. you respond to twitter a lot as well. >> i do. >> it is a connection. anyway, i got in trouble with one person. i just feel like there is a larger conversation of what counts as a spoiler alert. >> don't they use a lot of special effects make-up in that show? >> i feel a transition coming on. >> we've got a speth effects "face-off." >> we're going to take people from our plaza, lucky fans. and in 60 minutes, lucky victims will be subjected to this. ashley sartin from ames, iowa. and angela from new orleans. >> they're being transformed. >> yes. we'll only see the back of them. then the big reveal. so if you are looking for some ideas. >> normally this takes hours. you know we put plastic up all over the place. if something goes wrong, at least the clean-up is going to be easy. >> it is like "breaking bad." >> how great a weekend did bill murray have? >> and every cubs fan who's ever walked this earth. >> last night bill murray for the mark twain award. of course, the main thing for bill was on friday. okay? he predicts a win in the white house press room by the chicago he stormed the press club. of course, what happened? >> the cubs are going to the world series. >> cubbies win. amazing. if you got to lose to someone, you want to lose to the cubs. what's incredible about this series, can't forget cleveland. >> that's right. that's right. >> cleveland! >> by the way, who said it would be cubs/cleveland a few weeks ago? >> i missed that. i heard rumors. >> he actually said it on air. >> did you make a score prediction? >> i did not. that's next week. >> sorry. >> come on, give me something! you came up with it, but what's the score? you are tough! >> he's on medicine! okay. >> is it like $7,200 a seat because of the historic nature for game three, four, five? what i love, the gm for the cubs is the gm who broke the red sox curse. so he's essentially the curse whisperer. i mean this is -- phil epstein. >> i was happier when the red sox won. >> but you got to root for the cubs. this is one of those things where your allegiance to your hometown -- this is iconic americana. >> i'm kind ti red sox and i'd rather lose to the team that's going to go all the way. >> is that like a frenemy? >> yes. >> i think we should take a road trip. >> we don't get in the game. we just stand outside. >> or stand on the other side of the wall and catch the ball! i love that. coming up, girl scout cookies for breakfast? plus we'll peak in on our special effects artists. this will be tv that you will not forget after this. 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>> minty milk. >> no. >> here's what we'll do. send us your free boxes and we'll test them out live on air. >> is it out yet? >> no. >> chrissy teigen is one of our favorites. >> love her. and john legend. >> and their daughter lula is growing up right before our very eyes. we have an idea, we talked about it on the show, this idea -- it is not our idea. chrissy t s about it apparently. the social media happy couple posted an adorable video of luna. when luna just wants a bottle though, we have something for you that we've been waiting to talk about. called the swipe and feed. >> i don't know if i agree with it. why. this is the device right here. apparently you can feed -- >> i felt more comfortable with you touching it. like -- >> they've got a mouth. >> this is the baby. you -- >> but if the baby is here i can't really get to the phone. the whole idea of this thing is to be able to look at your phone while you're feeding the baby. >> then how do you see your phone? >> like that. this is the dumbest thing i've ever seen. >> this device lets you feed the baby statementt twitter. >> you can't stay off your phone while you feed your baby? >> i don't think we're using it right. >> the kick starter has been fully funded. this is a fully funded idea and it is going to be in your gift basket. >> are you supposed to use your chin when feeding the baby? >> i don't think so. >> what could possibly go wrong? speaking of parenting and babies. look at this amazingly cute baby. this is so fantastic! that's in southern australia. >> not suburban new jersey. >> that would be even better. you don't have to worry about a baby pouchs. just hop on the back. >> that is adorable! again, we say what is great, that you are back. and you are ready to do t >> i didn't say that. let's do it anyway. we are looking at some strong storms coming into the pacific northwest, northern california. warmer than average temperatures stretching from the southwest into the gulf coast and mid-atlantic states. temperatures, 90s, 80s and 70s. chillier in the great lakes and also into the northeast. for today we got plenty of sunshine here in the northeast, cooler than usual but a lot of heavy, wet weather in the pacific northwest making its way >> by the way, if you want a quick taste of key lime pie, squeeze a little lime on a biscot cookie. >> does someone have a lime? 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>> it is the best i've ever had. >> can you mix this before and store it for a while? >> yes. you take your wet ingredients, mix the dry ingredients with your whisk. >> kind of >> or using your thumbs and fingers. fold this guy into it. this is how you make the tamron hall killer pancakes. >> is that the name of it now? >> yes. now you take that, fold in your egg whites, al. when you do your egg whites, cut it. nice and airy. then have you your pancake batter. just like mama taught me, take a little bit of butter. >> yes, she is. you the that pancake batter in the middle. this will holds in the fridge for a couple hours if you're having a party. mr. roker, bananas. >> let it set a little bit. >> this is kind of an elvis pancake. >> it is. now you take this bacon and nestle this bacon in between your pancakes which you have right here. your bananas right here. then you flip it. >> then your canied bake an, turns into cornbread, turns into bacon scones, turns into bacon marmalade. >> turns into my mouth. >> there is no bacon in the water. >> ryan, my friend, thank you so much. find the recipes at today.com/food. if you loved the "divinci," brown thriller to hit the screen. we'll catch up with one of the stars of the movie, mr. ben foster. and holiday makeover reveal just at progresso, we are passionate about our art. and our art is chicken soup. which is why we are now using 100% antibiotic and hormone free white breast meat chicken in all of our chicken soups! behold our greatest opus. and do you know, if you mix up the letters of opus, what it spells? 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"angels and demons" hit theaters in 2009 with the film adaptations becomes just as successful as the books grossing $1.2 billion. now "inferno," the much anticipated third installment making its way to the big screen. featuring new leading lady, and a new villain intent on unleashing a deadly plague. >> humanity is the disease. inferno is the cure. >> but the same robert langdon back on the case, facing his next challenge, follow the signs and unlock the mystery to stop the unimaginable from happening. so ben foster, good morning. >> morning. >> i love it this. your character, your villain, is a guy who's doing something bad reasons. >> when ron hired me, he said he wanted the audience to leave with more questions than answers. all the statistics in the film are true. it's terrifying. we're dealing with the concept of overpopulation, and that theory of cull the herd. >> which is weird because it is like i want to think of you as a bad guy but there are points you make that, oh, that kind of makes sense. but it is like, no, you're bad -- no, no, this is bad. >> he's really bad. >> that's kind of exactly i gu >> i was hired for the job. i'm not supporting this concept. >> this wasn't your idea. >> in fact, i didn't do that. >> wouldn't that have been a great coincidence if you had this idea and actually got hired to be the villain to do it? >> you haered it here today. the virus is being released. >> no, don't say that. what we do know is, you say ron, you are talking about ron howard. >> yeah, ron howard. >> how was it to work with ron? was this a life dream? sips water. >> you got to take pause. ron howard is a national credit to our world as we know it in entertainment. to have an opportunity to go build with him, you don't say no. he could say, let's go do a toothpaste commercial. >> but you hadn't seen movies or read the books. >> no, i've seen all three. >> you have. >> yeah, >> how do you like this one? is this the best one? >> i'd say it is actually not only the best one, you kind of want to support the one you're with, but it is a stand-alone. you don't need to see the other two to appreciate it. >> but it is the best one because you're in it. >> i appreciate that. >> that's one scary villain going on there, ben. 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