Would that new strategy help win back minority voters or is it too late . Wild weather. Damaging tornadoes in the midwest. A new round of devastating flooding in the south. While in california, a raging Wildfire Forces new evacuations and now threatens the historic hearst castle. And expanding the family. Were getting a new puppy with a for a deserving veteran. Our new friend is in that litter and youre about to meet him, today, monday, august 22nd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Our first day back all of us in studio 1a. Nothing better than walking in i hug you and you get new puppy smell. Were so happy to have you guys back. Its boring around here without you. Yeah. [ speaking portuguese ] i brought you a little puppy. I had to give you a welcome. I cannot wait to meet this little critter. It will be fun. Meanwhile, we have a lot of olympic news to talk about. Its kind of the closing ceremony. After all the headlines that led up to these games, all the potential problems, the people of it was a spectacular ending. Nbcs Peter Alexander in rio. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning to you. Where did everybody go . You guys leave and the storm clouds move in here in rio. Over the course of these games coming in, there were serious worries about the citys preparedness, about the zika virus, about toxic water, the games went off with only a few minor hiccups and after these exhilarating last couple weeks, this city came together. Epic carnivalelike party. Christ the redeemer arms outstretched. Reporter the closing ceremony as colorful as the games themselves. Simone biles, americas 49 gymnastics giant. The most stunning athlete i have ever seen. Reporter leading the way for team usa. With four gold medals in rio, she was given the honor of carrying the american flag. The final celebration a culmination of olympic domination by american athletes here in rio. The u. S. Mens Basketball Team reigning supreme, earning its third consecutive gold medal. The United States has won the gold. Reporter blowing out serbia, a 30point win. It was a special moment for me. Reporter nba star Carmelo Anthony overcome by emotion. Announcing his olympic retirement. Despite everything thats country, we got to be united. And im glad i did what i did. I stepped up to the challenge. Reporter so did brazil earning the gold medal this soccer crazed country so badly wanted. And scores brazil strikes olympic gold reporter captain neymar brazils biggest sports star filled with joy and relief after knocking home the game winning goal against germany in a dramatic shootout. This weekend the u. Spt adding to its medal count commanding in the ring. She knows shes closing in on the gold. Reporter Claressa Shields punching her way to the podium. Golden again reporter her second straight boxing gold. The First American ever to do it. 20yearold kyle snyder becoming the youngest wrestling champion in u. S. Historic history. Kyle snyder, olympic champion. Mens marathon got their medals including american galen rupp who took home bronze. Stealing the show, japans Prime Minister paying homage to super mario. Tokyo will host the next summer olympics in 2020. With the olympic flame extinguished, the rio games have come to a close. Final time. Team usa crushing the competition. Dominant in these games. 121 total medals. 46 golds way ahead of china, Great Britain and russia. This is the most medals for the u. S. In more than three decades. The most medals ever in a nonboycotted olympic games. You can see behind me. Three folks came out. Them that everybody took off. Probably still having a good time. Thanks very much. There were other stories that came out of these games like the embarrassing incident that involved four american swimmers including ryan lochte that became a blemish on the games. He originally said that he and his teammates were robbed at gunpoint but Surveillance Video from a rio gas station paints a different picture. Over the weekend we sat down with lochte exclusively to get his side of the story. You guys go to the bathroom in the bushes. Me is a metal framed poster of some kind or advertisement of some kind. And you just ripped it off the wall . Yeah. And i have no idea i mean, i was very intoxicated. I have no idea why. It was immature. It was childish. It made a big noise. It made a big noise. And we continued to walk out and get in the taxi. Anything in that gas station that night . Im not speaking for them. You were with them. Do you know if they also did things like that . No. You dont know or they didnt . No. No. It was me. Im taking full responsibility for everything. I mean, it was childish and immature. I just want to make sure the bathroom side of this. You heard the police. The police say there was also damage in that bathroom. That a door was damaged. I think they said a mirror was damaged and soap dispenser was damaged. At any point did you enter the bathroom and damage those things . No. You never went in the bathroom . We never went in the bathroom. Did you kick the door of the bathroom . Like i said, i was very intoxicated. I dont remember. So is it possible you damaged the door to the bathroom, perhaps even kicked it open . All i know is we went to the bathroom, not outside in the International Olympic committee has set up a Disciplinary Commission to investigate that incident. U. S. Olympic officials promise further action. Well have more with our exclusive interview with ryan lochte in our next half hour including his description of that confrontation with the Security Guard at the gas station. We move now to politics and the president ial race and an indication this morning that donald trump may be looking to change his tone on one of his most controversial proposals. Nbcs Hallie Jackson is at trump tower for us this morning. Good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. Those new indications on immigration arent coming from the candidate himself but from his new Campaign Manager who insists even after a tumultuous seven days that donald trump is having his best week. A new week and a new tone for Donald Trumps team. Seeming to soften his stance supporting a socalled Deportation Force to remove the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the u. S. Will trump actually use that to be determined. Reporter the candidate himself still silent about it. His immigration policy Still Standing online with trump still struggling to win over minority voters. Not just latinos but africanamericans from whom he has about 1 support. Youre living in poverty. Your schools are no good. You have no jobs. 58 of your youth is unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose . Reporter that argument to black voters delivered to mostly white communities. His comments are for all americans, and i live in a white community. Im white. I was very moved by his comment. In other words, he is trying to tell americans that we can do better. Reporter now as trump tries to stay on message for another week and on attack against Hillary Clinton, one of his top surrogates is raising eyebrows raising questions about clintons health. Go online and put down Hillary Clinton illness and take a look at the videos for shot down what they have called deranged conspiracy theories about her physical fitness. She is off the campaign trail. She is facing questions now about why the Clinton Foundation will stop accepting corporate and foreign donations if shes elected but didnt do so while she was secretary of state. What the foundation is saying is that they dont want to become a distraction. They want to go as far as they possibly can to make sure interest. Reporter and this morning clintons email controversy is again in the headlines as colin powell pushes back against a report clinton told the fbi he advised her on the use of private email. The former secretary of state is telling People Magazine that clintons people have been trying to pin it on him. His office acknowledged to nbc that powell did send a memo detailing his use of private email but only after clinton all right. Hallie jackson at trump tower. Lets bring in james carville, the mastermind behind bill clintons run to the white house in 1992. Hes out with a new book. Its called, were still right, theyre still wrong. James is still blunt. How are you . Lets pick up where hallie left off. Colin powell now saying to People Magazine reportedly that clintons people are trying to pin this on him. That he had recommended she have her own email. Lets pretend youre in your old job working for Hillary Clinton. What should she do about this email issue that continues to dog her . Maybe documentary evidence. A memo. If they have that, they should get that out and show that. I would stop there. Well see what it is. Well, it was a memo, so obviously theres a piece of you can go back to anything in politics and say could you have done this better at this time and done that but right now theyre up in the polls and theyre ahead and anything that you do in politics you could say that we handle the Gennifer Flowers story well. Theres always something you could have, would have, should have. Theyre ahead but a reboot on the trump side of things. A softer side of him. Hes walking back some of his most controversial policy issues including this mass deportation. How worried should the Clinton Campaign be that this is going to actually help him . We dont exactly know if hes apologizing but not sure for what. I read a story this morning and his Campaign Manager says that hes going to redo this. Its not trump himself saying that. I think that everything that i does. They dont have the organization. Some people doubt that hes trying to win. I dont know. Reince priebus said by labor day this will be an even race. Would you like to take that bet . I would like to take that bet but its not labor day that counts. Its election day that counts and i think shell be way ahead by then. On friday donald trump went to louisiana. You have family in baton rouge. A lot. Its a mess down there. He goes down there and looks at the damage firsthand and talks to people before president obama. It wasnt until after his visit that Hillary Clinton picked up the phone and called the governor there. Did he appear more president ial in the wake of that tragedy than Hillary Clinton . I think the time line is that she and the governor spoke. The governor had said he would prefer that people come later because they have particularly the president come. Im grateful that he came. He gave 100,000 to a church in the area. Im sure the president is going to come on tuesday. The one thing everyone agrees on down there is federal response thats the total agreement. I want to ask you a question about the book. You say elections may be won in the center by converting independence, but they are lost by the base. Right . Thats why i wrote this book. If people dont understand that theres been a clear performance differential between the two parties, they will think theres not a stake in there. I think democrats have a large stake in there. Weve had two successful disastrous republican president in the middle. As democrats we have to remind our own people of that. Thats part of this book is more a book for the converted than anything else. Worried about overconfidence and democrats say why bother show up . In 92, we have a very negative view of the world. We never get overconfident about anything. Knowing mrs. Clinton and knowing and all of that, theyre not going to suffer from little confidence. Thats one thing im not going to worry about. The book is called, were still right, theyre still wrong. Available on amazon and bookstores tomorrow. To new developments in the battle against zika we want to tell you about this morning. Texas and louisiana could be the next states where the mosquito borne virus could spread. Dr. Anthony fauci from the expanded the mosquito breeding grounds. He said zika will hang around in the u. S. For up to two years. Infections traced to local mosquitos have been found in two parts of south florida including in miami beach. Now to the Severe Weather impacting millions across the country. There were at least 16 reports of tornadoes over the weekend. Most of them in ohio, indiana and michigan. Emergency crews spent much of the day on sunday clearing trees and power lines that came down on roads there. Tens of thousands of homes and businesses had power knocked out. Meanwhile in central wildfire there away from historic hearst castle. The socalled chimney fire has burned more than 27,000 acres and at one point was about two miles from the castle. Farther south evacuation orders have been lifted after a massive fire destroyed more than 100 homes in San Bernardino county. Meanwhile, people in texas are cleaning up after a weekend of flash flooding. Hardhitis there tomorrow. Mr. Roker, theres a lot going on. Thats right and that rain that you were just talking about, its still going to be coming down in parts of texas and louisiana, looking at more heavy rain and then it moves to the north. You can see heavy showers and thunderstorms firing up between Corpus Christi and san antonio. Activity also firing up along the stationary front into louisiana and arkansas so lower flood threat for louisiana but days as we move further up into the Mississippi River valley from peoria, des moines, quincy, we could look at severe storms and anywhere from 2 to 4 inches of rain. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Yeah. I wish theyd name an event after me. Same here. But the model year end becky event . Thats no good. Thats just vandalism. Whatever you want to call it, dont miss the volkswagen model year end event. Hurry in for a onethousand dollar volkswagen reward card and 0 apr on a and thats your latest weather. Coming up, more of our exclusive interview with ryan lochte. What he now says happened during that confrontation with a Security Guard at that rio gas station and s start of a special rossen report series. This one is all about saving you money. 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We are seeing movement at mississippi. This was a stopandgo mess. School is back in session. Be careful in the school zones and oboe the speed limits. Partly cloudy conditions early. Thunderstorms will favor the san juans and Arkansas Valley and Summit County and to the front along the i25 corridor from denver to boulder and loveland and fort collins. Rain will favor the mountains today. Temperatures will be in the 60s and 70s. Well be warmer with a high of 91 today. Mostly foothills areas getting a couple thunderstorms during the day today. Same again tomorrow. We have light showers anticipated for wednesday, were back at 7 30. Its monday morning, august 22nd, 2016. Gang is all back together. So happy to have a crowd out on our plaza. Two awesome weeks in rio or so i hear. By the way, the games begin our games came to an end with last nights closing ceremony celebrating the beauty of brazil. Simone biles won five medals including four gold. Team usa by the way took only 121 medals in all. Thats the most in a nonboycotted olympics in 112 years. In other news, at least eight people were injured last it happened near cleveland. The driver hit the gas by mistake instead of the brakes. Police are investigating and say charges could be filed. President obama arrived back to the white house late last night after a vacation in marthas vineyard. Tomorrow the president travels to louisiana to view the devastation from that states historic flooding. We want to begin this morning with more on our exclusive interview with ryan lochte now taking responsibility for what he says was behavior in rio nearly a week after he and his three teammates claimed they were robbed at g gunpoint. We asked lochte about that and what happened when he was confronted by Security Guards. What was your tone . The police said in their press conference that you were angry, that you were belligerent and that the Security Guard was afraid you would get aggressive. Thats not me is getting mad and angry and wanting to fight or anything like that. I was upset that we got pulled out of the taxi for i thought something that theres no reason for a gun to be pulled out for us for doing nothing. For gunnar in his statement to police said you got into a heated argument and discussion with that Security Guard. I was upset. There was no reason for sitting down with a gun pointed to us for nothing that we did. At any time during that exchange, ryan, when you were that upset and terrified as you just said, do you think you posed a threat to that Security Guard that would have made him believe he needed to continue to have that gun out of its holster . I think when i got up and i using some words this is bs. We shouldnt be treated like this. Theres no way. We want to get back in the car. We want to go back. Thats why it got heated. And the guy could probably draw his gun from that. And then once he did, you can definitely see me go like this and thats when we sat down. I guess what im trying to get at is first version of the more about the mean streets of rio and the version were hearing now is much more about a negotiated settlement to cover up some dumb behavior. And thats why im taking full responsibility for it is because i overexaggerated that story and if i never done that, we wouldnt be in this mess. How about the people of rio. They dealt with headlines going comes this story with one of the highest profile u. S. Athletes saying i got held up at gunpoint on the streets of rio. What would you say to them now . How sorry i am. My deepest apologies. They put on a great games. They did everything. The people of rio, authorities, everyone there put on a great games. And my immature, intoxicated behavior tarnished that a little. When you saw the News Conference of gunnar and jack being taken off that plane at the airport and you just said to me they didnt damage anything in that gas station and youre sitting at home in the United States safe and sound, how did it make you feel . I mean, i let my team down. And, you know, i wanted to be there. I dont want them to think that i left and left them to dry because theyre my teammates, i definitely wanted to be there. I wanted to help out any way i could. I just wanted to make sure that they were home safe before i really sorry about im embarrassed for myself, my family, especially those guys. Usa swimming. The whole olympic games. Everyone watching. I was immature and i made a stupid mistake. Im human. I made a mistake. We mentioned before the ioc still investigating this. The chief executive of the usoc said were going to have further action on this and not exactly sure what he means by that. You can never look inside someones heart but he sure does seem like he gets it now and is really sorry. No question about that. Take a turn now and get a check of the weather, mr. Roker. The southwest dealing with some Severe Weather as well. Strong storms. Dust storms and well those haboobs working their way through. We do look for showers and thunderstorms firing up during the day today. The risk of especially by the afternoon enhanced storms. Heavy rain, gusty winds. Gully washers. Flash floods could occur. Were not talking a lot of rain. Quarter inch to half inch. Some locally heavier amounts about an inch and then you can see gorgeous day warmer through the plains. Fresh breezes in the northeast. Get that weather any time you need it. Check out the Weather Channel on cable. Thank you. Coming up next, a special weeklong rossen report series aimed at saving you money. Good morning. Im jeff rossen. Coming up, we spend so much money on coffee every day, but do you need to . 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This morning, were about to settle this once and for all matt and savannah, were going to test you in a moment. First, were heading out to test you. Step right up. Step right up. Its the rossen reports coffee taste test. We are setting up shop in new jerseys mall. Who doesnt love coffee . The average american spending more than 1,000 a year on it. From the expensive stuff to the this is very scientific, by the way. Dont stop me from doing the science. If you didnt know which was which, what would you really like better . Guess what this is. Lean in. What is it . You just turn down really expensive coffee. Competing today, this cheap deli coffee price 1 a cup versus this fancy Gourmet Coffee coming in at 3. 25 a cup. Come on up. Youre the next contestant. Some tasters choose the expensive brew. Its bold. To terms with it. Yeah. There are support groups. Yeah. Ill go to one. Many saying it packs more of a punch. This one is stronger. And i like it. I like the taste of it. This one has a little better taste to it. Listen to what these tasters say about the cheap deli coffee. That one has a smoother flavor. I think its lighter. Ill take this one. This is really good. I chose the cheap one. Are you taking it with you . And left me with the expensive stuff to throw out. We taste tested for hours. Dozens of people and the results in. I like this one. I like this one better. An overwhelming majority, 67 chose the cheap deli coffee. Wow. Go figure. I guess i have cheap tastes. What do you make of that . Im dumbfounded. I cant believe that i spend so much on coffee. I thought i was High Maintenance girl. That you are not a High Maintenance girl. Im not. I like cheap coffee. Why is expensive coffee so expensive . Coffee experts say its all about Higher Quality beans but your taste buds dont lie. What is the lesson here . People think more money means better, but no, no, not always. Cheaper can be just as good or better. Saves me money. Its so good. Its not about the price. Its about the quality. Were saving money now. See you later. Some clear results there. As you can see, we have you guys here for our blind taste test to see what kind of palates you have. Were already complaining because we dont like black coffee. A lot of people dont like black coffee. We wanted to make it fair. Suck it up for a couple of minutes here. Taste each one. We have decaf for you because of the pregnancy. Green first. Im going to fool myself. Now comes the red. We have cards for you to hold up. Which one you like better. Which one do you like better . But this one. I think the green is the best. Guess what, all three choosing cheap whoa you all chose the cheap. Why did you choose green versus red . Red was bitter. Absolutely. It was bitter. We all have cheap tastes. You dont have to spend that much on coffee. Wow saving you money left and right. Can i run back to my latte now. Gets engaged. Its not what you think. Why this u. S. 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So magical it could have been called paradise of heavens. But it wasnt. Hugo and princess arent morning people. Still, they wake up for new meow mix brushing bites, tasty treats that help care for teeth. No wonder its the only one cats ask for by name. Jay knows how to keep his wheels spinning. Nice shorts, dad. This is what the pros wear. Uhhh. Thats why he starts his day with those two scoops in heart healthy kelloggs raisin bran. Ready to eat my dust . Too bad i already filled up on raisins. . I dont know where im goin . . . . But i sure know where ive been . . . . And ive made up my mind, . . I aint wasting no more time . . Here i go again on my own . . Goin down the only road ive ever known . Wi 80 of recurrent ischemic strokes could be prevented. And im doing all i can to help prevent another one. A bayer aspirin regimen is one of those steps in helping prevent another stroke. Be sure to talk to your doctor . . Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, closing the games in style. . Simone biles leads the way for team usa. It was the prime minis thats pretty great. As tokyo takes the torch and looks ahead to 2020. Plus, a roker burger. Al gets behind the grill to create his perfect cheeseburger all for a good cause. Ladies and gentlemen, this is burger. Come get yours. And ready, set, puppy. The newest member of the today team is about to be revealed as we get set to introduce you to our new puppy with a purpose, today, monday, august 22nd, 2016. Sending our love to louisiana all of the way from tennessee. Its her birthday . Hi to our daughter back in indiana. Good morning, virginia its our first time in new york were back on a monday morning. We made it back to new york the fort and al and i have rejoined on this 22nd day of august. We missed you guys so much. We missed you. We just came out here every day to the plaza crowd and said where is matt and al . Olympics are over. We put a contest together. If you came out dressed in your olympic clothing you are ib well find out the contestant that won. Only eligible if you came out in olympic garb. If that person finds that gold ball, they win 25,000. Thats right. Theres one gold ball in that pile. You have 30 seconds to look. Lets meet todays contestant. You . Grant, come on over. There you go. Well watch grant go for the gold. Wow. Look at you. Youre the olympic mascot. Did we take a picture together . Yeah, i have it. I was there in the rain. All right, grant. Have you seen the size of that pit of balls over a tiny gold ball in there. 30 seconds though. Anybody could do it. I feel good about you. Well do it later. Get ready. Get psyched up. Lets head down to rio. Nbcs Peter Alexander is there putting a wrap on the games for us. Peter, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. Copacabana beach this morning you can see pretty much feels like a ghost town. Almost everybody has taken off. What a thrilling games. Now finally in the books. Ways felt like the culmination of the domination here by team usa. Here in brazil they say ciao but back at home its goodbye, ryo. A carnival themed closing ceremonies with simone biles capping off her historic run in rio with one last honor. Becoming the First Female Team usa. Adding to that total, the mens Basketball Team who won its Third Straight gold medal. A 30point blowout against serbia. Can he hang on just a little longer . He will. Kyle snyder contributing to the gold rush becoming the youngest wrestling championship in u. S. History and from the mat to the ring. Claressa shields successfully as torch is passed to tokyo. Japans Prime Minister paying homage to one of his countrys best known contributions. A super surprise appearance from his last night in rio where its now game over. So one final time here is your medal count. Team usa as we said dominating. 121 medals in this is the most medals for team usa in more than three decades. The most ever in a nonboycotted olympic games. Now just 18 months away until more medals are handed ed out b just a couple weeks away from Paralympic Games here that begin september 7th. Back to you. Peter, before you come home, i lost a ball on the beach im going to bring out my metal deal. Come home, peter. Great job. Coming up next, the new version of katy perrys version of firework will take you back to the 80s. One of those puppies about to join our family. Well reveal which is going to be our puppy with a purpose right after this. If you wansell your car carmax will give you seven days to consider their offer. Why seven days . Science. Join me as we walk through 1. Consideration. 2. Questioning. 3. Deciding. 4. Queso. 5. Nap. 6. Sudoku. 7. Tambourine practice. I think i made my point. Theyll give you an offer for your car, you take seven days to think about it. . How can this have been washed 12 weeks ago and still smell like springtime . Unstopables inwash scent boosters. The more you pour, the more scent youll savor. Toss it in before your clothes unstopables by downy. The ultimate in long lasting scent. Hi, im the honorary real trix rabbit. Cereals tasty. And these guys for awesome colors. That means no artificial flavors or colors. Nice. And thats my personal guarantee. I love this new guy hes amazing so convincing. Big improvement. Awkward. . You must be the new teacher, huh . Yeah. Remember, ysike today, youre going to do great. Thanks. Kleenex, someone needs one. We offered women a mystery beauty treatment. What made their skin more radiant . What . wait only dove has 1 4 moisturizing cream. Smooth dewy skin. Dove, your daily beauty 8 09. Good time for whats trending. If the shoe fits wear it. You wear it team usa English Gardner misplaced her shoes ahead of the 4x100 relay. Didnt realize until ten minutes before the race that she couldnt find her shoes so she borrowed a pair from teammate al Allyson Felix which were too big and she won gold anyway. She said it was nothing that an extra pair of socks couldnt fix. Most important thing. A perfect fitting pair of shoes. Its like putting bad tires on a different race car. For mere mortals it would be a terrible thing. Lets talk about another olympic runner and his moment crossing the finish line. Hes from cambodia completing overjoyed reaction. It wasnt viral. Why . Because actually he came in second to last place but as you can see from his face completing a marathon is a feat in itself. Hes 41 years old. He did it in under three hours. Hes beaming with pride and, yes, just another image of the olympic spirit. Thats the way it should be. I love that. Lets change gears. Well go back to a subject we things in bathrooms. From the wall street journal. Admit it, you dont always wash your hands after you use the bathroom. Who would be willing to raise their hand and say they dont always wash their hands . Always, always, always. Okay. A behavioral Economist Says people dont admit to a lot of things or will admit to reckless things like texting and driving but people will never fess up to not washing their hands after using the restroom. You want people to know that you are clean. His solution for the people who dont wash their hands even though they say they do, you put the sink outside of the bathroom in the hallway and being in the public eye people will see you come out of the bathroom and if you dont come to the sink, its shaming. I have seen it. You wash out of the toilet area sing a song. Happy birthday twice. I thought it was abcs. Either one. Put it right in the middle of the restaurant. Tamron, lets do pop start. Lets bring with frank ocean. Releasing his latest album saturday. His first in four years. The album debuted on apple music one day after he dropped a visual album. Fans needless to say w media. His first album earned him two Grammy Awards and six nominations. If you want to be entertained, watch the frank ocean memes. Fans happy about the album dropping. To Something Else super cute. Miranda lambert got engaged over the weekend. Did you hear . No. Its adorable. She was performing at a concert in new jersey. She told the crowd before the his name sebastian. He had a pink ring in hand. He got on one knee and popped the question. Miranda shared the photo on instagram saying i said yes but he has to wait 25 years. I love how he brought the ring. Class act he is. Finally, raise your hand if you love and miss the music of the 80s. Savannah guthrie. Love it. Do i have a treat for you today. One brilliant idea of pairing todays hits with 80s beats. So lets check out katy perrys firework here it is. . Baby youre a firework . . Come and show them why you work . The question is what dance do you do to this song . What was your dance in the 80s . I dont remember my dance in the 80s. This is Justin Biebers what do you mean . One more here. . Arianna grandes hair is amazing. A little madonna. I miss the 80s. Do not miss them anymore. You miss the authentic version of it, not the remix version. Thats your pop start. Head to todays Facebook Page and i think sebastian wins today. Question. Until we get the puppy. Mr. Roker, a check of the weather. Of course this time of year, this is when we start to see the atlantic start firing up. So we are going to watch we will be watching some development. Tropical storm fiona out here, we also have another tropical wave thats probably going to become a depression later on today. Then weve got this right here investigation area 90l will were watching this 199l. You can see were watching this. Look at this over the next several days brings it around the bahamas with a lot of models bringing it out there. Well continue to track this as we watch it. Now, week ahead, we are looking at all this wet weather down through the gulf continuing monday on into tuesday and wednesday and finally dries out. Heavier showers and thunderstorms by the end of the week. And that is your latest weather. Guys . Announcer todays puppy with a purpose is created with our sponsor, petsmart. Mr. Roker, get over here quickly. Its the moment weve been waiting for, our big reveal of the newest and by far the cutest member of the today show family. Rlier this year we had to say goodbye to our after he spent 16 months calling our studio home while he prepared to be a guide dog. Well update you on how wrangler is doing later in the week. This morning its all about our new puppy with a purpose. This time we are partnering with an organization that has helped hundreds of our nations heroes find freedom again. Look. Good girl. Good girl. For mans best friend serving a veteran is more than just a duty, its a badge of honor. Shes my pal. She is my best friend on a dark day. She is my hearing. Reporter ten years ago Gretchen Evans world suddenly went silent. You dont realize how devastating it is to be a hearing person for most of your life and then not be. The army has been in her blood for 27 years. She worked her way up to command sergeant major, the highest enlisted rank but it all changed one day. Evans was hit by a rocket blast a traumatic brain injury and hearing loss. I looked down to see if i had arms and legs. I had an incredible headache. I couldnt hear but i didnt realize i was deaf yet. The doctor came in and said youre going to be deaf for the rest of your life. Meet ora, evans hearing dog helping her navigate through the day alerting her to sounds like the phone. Thank you. The doorbell. What . Who is it . And other cars. Peeling out or slamming on brakes shell turn her head quickly. I look the direction shes looking so that gives me a headsup that something is going on. Evans and ora met through americas vet dogs, a nonprofit giving veterans all ages a new sense of independence. Theyve provided a Tremendous Service to our country. We need to give back to allow a boundaries. The dogs uniform, a vest. Their mission, to help veterans suffering from vision and hearing loss. Ptsd and other physical disabilities. These service dogs we train can do anything from pulling the wheelchair, push buttons, turn on and off lights, answer the phone and they can be there for you when your anxiety level or stress is going up. Good boy. Since 2003, theyve placed the connection, immediate. It was a friendship. He became so much a part of my Family Support system so quickly. Joe whirly has been with his dog, benjamin, eight years. I was afraid to walk. I was afraid that if i fell, i would hurt myself bad or i would fall. He was a medical specialist serving with the marine corps when a bomb hit a truck in his convoy. He ran to help and stepped on an ied. I went up in the air. I remember coming down facedown an that i was going to die. After a dozen surgeries, he learned to walk again but it wasnt easy. Benjamin gave him the confidence to get back on his feet helping him with retrieval, stability, even breaking the ice. People see the shiny leg. Its something to stare at. He takes a lot of that away from me. So often, people are staring at him and dont recognize my injury. Men and women who have done so much in the name of Service People how much it means to have that constant nonjudgmental companion that you can talk to thats always there. I knew that my country was going to take care of me. She gave back to me what was taken away. Now we know our awesome purpose. Lets meet our puppy. First, a special military tribute from none other than the west point band. Take it away. . . Ladies, gentlemen, thank you very much. We have set the mood thanks to the west point band and now it is time for the big reveal. All right. Its time to meet our puppy. Lets have a drum roll, please. Hi, buddy. Hi. There you go i cant. I cant. Look at him. Hi, sweetie. Hi. Welcome. Can we introduce to everyone . This is olivia. She comes from american vet dogs. Shell be with us every morning. Helping us with this little puppy. He is going to learn all kind of new skills. Can we bring in Navy Corpsman whirly as well and his dog benjamin. Good to see you. Good morning. Joe, good to see you. Thanks for having me. We saw you in the piece before we get to our new addition talk about benji and what hes done for you. I got benjamin in 2008 from americas vet dogs. It so quickly, to me, became apparent how necessary this was for veterans to have. Hes part of my support system and mitigated the disability that i have. Im not afraid of dropping things out of my lap. He can bring everything i need to me. Walking and stability. Hes one of the reasons why i dont spend 100 of my day in the wheelchair anymore. Its incredible what these dogs are able to do and this training is so much a part of it. Olivia, what will this doggy well name him in a moment. What will he be able to learn being around here . Yes. As a puppy razor, i have three main objectives. Social and Health Behaviors to make sure hes a welcome presence both out in public and in the home. Im going to nurture his confidence, so that, just like people, dogs think and perform best when they feel comfortable and secure. And lastly and most excitingly, well be training him to do Foundation Service dog tasks like retrieving, pushing and tugging. And then we can combine those tasks and expand on them to do up to 150 Different Service behaviors. Isnt it true that we dont hes going to be. Youre going to wait to see how he develops and what his strengths are. Yes. Around 14 months well be excited to share his temperament test with you all. During the test hell be able to show us what his strengths are and he could end up being a ptsd service dog, hearing dog, seizure response dog, guide dog for veterans that are blind or visually impaired and so we cant wait to find out what he does. But also the emotion of it. The connection is really evident. I think that animals are just good at that. Dogs, i think, head and shoulders above the rest. Its something that people live longer when they have animals. Theres a good reason for that. You actually brought benji to the office a while back. Theres something interesting. When benji has his vest on, he is all work. Yes. If you take that vest off, he knows its the signal that he can have fun. Yes. At that point hes a dog on a leash. Thats what were going to have with our little friend as well, right . Absolutely. Hell have work time and play time but honestly they love their job so much, work is not much of work. When you saw him come out of that curtain and paused, do you get a sense he didnt get scared or anything with all of the applause. Hes like, wow, these people immediately recovered and came straight to us. He is definitely a puppy. Hes playing and enjoying life. The first few weeks are just normal puppy stuff. Olivia, were excited to announce we teamed up with the nice folks at petsmart in this special effort to kick it off. Theyre showing their support for americas vet dogs. A 25,000 donation to your organization. Awesome. Look at lick it. Thats so great. Olivia, we cant wait to work with you and him. Were excited. Thank you. Joe, thank you so much for giving us a sense of what this is all going to be like. Thanks for giving me food this morning. You got it. Youre welcome. Of course, our new puppy needs a name and were asking you folks at home to help with that. Multiple choice. Three military inspired names for you to choose from. Will it be sarge, will it be your votes. Well reveal the name you chose tomorrow morning. All the love for this little . Were 7 30 on this monday morning. Its the 22nd day of august, 2016. More patriotic music from the west point band. Theyre on the plaza as we celebrate our new puppy with a purpose. Is he not just adorable . We love having the west point band here and of course this is our new puppy. Hes going to be eventually used by americas vet dogs. We want you to go to today. Com and vote for his name. Do you like sarge, charlie or ace. Please vote early and often. We have a really exciting announcement to make around here. Our family is really growing. Lexy rudolph and her husband, scott, welcomed twins overnight. Meet Brock Asher Rudolph and sasha brin. Absolutely adorable. The only question is how are we going to survive around here without lexy. Shes our senior booking producer. We have two new young bookers in the family. Were so happy for you. Meanwhile, just ahead, grant will be going for the gold. Hell jump into that gigantic ball pit in search of one gold ball worth 25,000. The crowd is hyped up for him. Well see what happens. Hes got 30 seconds. And were going to be kicking off our new series todays original where we market a new product for a good cause. Taste. Its the roker burger. We have an oscar winner in the house. Robert de niro is here with edgar ramirez. Well catch up with them in a couple minutes. Something big coming up on friday. Our next Concert Series well live stream that performance in virtual reality. It will be just like youre here on our plaza. On the action at today. Com. Can we say hi to someone we love around here . Henry Henry Winkler is here. New nbc Comedy Series better late than never the goal an International Excursion with no assistance, no limos, in search of a life changing experience. Take a look. I know what this is. It is roulette using sushi. Go wasabi. Henry winkler joins us on the plaza. How are you . Good morning. I want to say i go for the name ace. Its the name of my i like ace too. You didnt know those guys before you went on this excursion. I knew bill shatner a little bit. When they said will you go to asia . Ill go anywhere im considered tall. This is a real adventure. It doesnt sound like it was incredibly scripted. You guys are just going out there and trying all kinds of new things. Its true. We had five cameras. We had five guys. We had six cities. No script. Fell in my lap out of the sky. Would you do it again . I would do it again in a heartbeat. It was we had pork vagina which i spit out of my mouth. That was one of the adventures. We could have taken the cue a little earlier. Ill stick with chicken. The closest i came was breast. Henry winkler will tomorrow with kathie lee and hoda. Thank you, henry. Love seeing you. Lets get a check of the weather from mr. Roker. Announcer today weather brought to you by dove hair. Perfectly nourished hair plus more. We have great folks here. Where are you from . New york city. You have perfect weather far as your weather for today. Fresh breezes in the northeast getting warmer out west. Scattered showers and thunderstorms through the gulf coast. Tomorrow the weather continues. Gorgeous in the eastern half of the country with showers down through the south. Monsoon storms in the southwest. That is your latest weather. Were ready to go for the gold this morning. We brought the spirit of rio to gets to jump into this ball pit. This is grant. The good news is there is 25,000 on the line. The bad news is you are looking for a gold ball like this. Looks just like that. Are you limber . Are you ready . Get ready. Were going to put 30 seconds on the clock. Three, two, one and your dont know if he has a strategy. Its like a jigsaw puzzle. How many balls do you think are in this pit . Thousands . Hes looking for a gold ball. Close. He saw an orange. Time is up, grant. Wow. Fun experience though. Youre a great contestant. By the way, we have a consolation prize, dont we . A rio gift basket. We dont have here but well give it to you. Its spectacular. It was right behind you. Kidding. You did a great job. It was fun. Well roll it over for tomorrow. Somebody else. So come down to the plaza. Show your olympic spirit and you could have a chance like grant did. Up up next, were each picking designing and bringing something new to the market for a very good cause starting with the roker burger. Were back now. 8 39. A brand new series called todays original. Heres how it works. Savannah, al and i teamed up with a company to come up with our original product. Well get in on this a little bit later. First, i should mention, part of the proceeds are going to charity. This is why were doing it. You get started first. Tell us about it. Im excited about this. Surprise there. I love to grill. We use that idea to come up with my today original. My today original creating the roker burger at shake shack. One of the first meals i remember ever cooking was on our Backyard Grill with my dad. Who doesnt love a good burger . With the help of shake shakes culinary director, mark rosati, i created my today original, the roker burger. I know youre a barbecue fanatic. If we can take that and harness it into a shake shack burger, i think that will be exciting for everyone. Do people get nervous when they see a new burger on the menu . I think they get excited, actually, because we dont do that very often. We take time and care to make something we know our fans are going to love. We have a couple sauces. I wanted to bring a couple different ones for you to try. What is that . Does that have coffee in it . A little bit, yes. What that is is a take on a red eye gravy. Were a morning show. Yes. Everybody drinks coffee. Thats fantastic. Toppings. We have pulled pork. This pulled pork has more Barbecue Sauce to amplify it more. Definitely the pulled pork. I have to think of pickles. Id go with the dill. We have to talk about a bun here. Classic bun right here which is super soft and squishy and pillowy. Wow, you get sensual. Honey, ive been spending my day around soft, squishy buns. I think this is the way to go. I think its time to Start Cooking it. Its the shake shack, baby. Lets mac a burger. . Barbecue is rich. We have sweet elements here. I dont know if one slice of cheese is enough. You are crazy lets go big here. Lets do it two slices. Breaking the bank on this one. Shut the front door. This is fantastic. Ladies and gentlemen, this is come get yours. All right. Its time to taste test your burger. Lets do it. Double cheese. Pulled pork. Give that a try. Sure. To get an honest response, i did not reveal that its my burger. Oh, my god, so good. Mmmm, this is good. Dont like the pickles . Now try it. Oh, good. Were vegetarians. Youre vegetarians, oh, my gosh, this is the wrong burger for you. Yikes. Would you love to see that on the menu every day . I would actually. You would. I totally would. And shake shack is banking my burger is a winner. For every burger sold, 1 is hunger. Whats happening, justin . What up . Awesome. We are going to take a field trip. Were going to shake shack and were going to test my burger. Yay all right. Here we go. Justen, what do you think . This is good. Really good . Fantastic. The burger is delicious. All right. All right, guys, when it comes to the roker burger, thumbs up or thumbs down . Thats a big thumbs up. Oh, my goodness. This burger. I ate half of this thing already. Its really, really good. I am so excited about this. Not only because its an amazing burger but we want you to head to your nearest shake shack. Cause. Its going to no kid hungry. Snap a selfie or photo while you enjoy it and use rokerburger. In the local shake shack you go to, the money goes to the no kid hungry in that area. Sorry, one for the baby. I like the pickles, lipitore in there. Next time bring milk shakes. Its shake shack. Youre killing me. Up next, Robert De Niro and edgar ramirez. Well talk to them next. Were back now 8 47 with oscar winner Robert De Niro and de niro plays a trainer schooling duran on the psychological side of the sweet science. I have a question for you. Why you always brushed my hair when we were in the corner. Fighter punches you and feels proud. Bell sounds. Next round. Goes out like you came out of the shower. Drives him nuts like he cant hurt you. All psychological. Strategy. You shmuck. Now youre speaking yiddish. Nice to see you both. Good morning. Huge boxing fan. Especially during this time. Duran and tommy and sugar ray leonard. Are you a big fan . I am. I dont follow much these days unless its a great fight. I knew duran at that time. To see him. He was ending his career in the early 1980s. Youre 39 years old. Were you aware of him at all . Not at the time. Of course im from latin america. Im from venezuela. And hanson stone was always a name that was always in the air and of course my father was a huge fan of duran. By far american fighter. He was physically imposing. He was dominating. He just kind of willed his way to victory. And yet the whole story here is this relationship between these two characters. The fighter and the trainer and your job was to teach him a different side of the boxing game. To civilize him in a way to get him he was like a street could train him to think. To use his head. And at the same time he knew i feel, he knew that he had it in him. He says it in movie too. He had it in him and guide him and give him instruction and be a father figure at the same time. Whats extraordinary here is Roberto Duran is living. Did you g talk to him . He trained me for the movie and his sons. I moved to panama for what was that like to be with him . Hes a force of nature. You know, he really he was very open and very generous and he shared a lot of his skills and a lot of his techniques with me. However, there was always something that he kept for himself as any other good fighter would. The fighter are like magicians. Somewhere protected. That was something to me that was very revealing. And really helped me to play the character. You talk about tips and secrets. Youve had success playing a boxer. A fighter. You play jack back in 1980 in raging bull. Split screen pictures up here. Edgar playing Roberto Duran. What would vegas odds have been on this fight right here. Who would have won that one . These they did great job. They both work the way i work. Youre ducking the question. They would tell great jokes. Both of them. Good sense of humor. Great sense of humor. Very charismatic. They do well on stage. I cant wait to see this. Im a huge boxing fan. I just got back from rio. This is the period i fell in love with boxing and muhammad ali before that. A pleasure. Hands of stone hits theaters on friday. Were back in a moment. Look who we have here. Official welcoming party. Welcome. Thank you. Billy bush, ladies and gentlemen. If a new dog wasnt enough. I came to meet the new dog and try als burger. If i can mention, its available today through friday. This friday at shake shack near you. A passing of the baton here. You all know and viewers know, ive been wearing a lot of hats lately. Ive been doing the today show with al and tamron. I do jmorning joe every day. I have to take one of the hats off. I have a big hat. Not big enough for all those hats. Ill step away from the third hour of the today show. Its hard to do that because of the love i have for you guys because of the love i have for all of our producers and our viewers who have been so good to all of us but i pass the hat to a guy with another big head. Way. Physically a large melon. Well see you all the time. Ill be here tomorrow morning working with you on early hours of today show and sunday today and morning joe. Tips for billy . Things he needs to know about myself and al . Tamron gets hangry every time. Well feed her. Billy bush is a good and old friend. Family. Youve been shopping in matts closet. Lauer looked at the jacket. Where did you get that . We just spent 2 1 2 weeks in rio with this guy and we survived. By the way, barely. Thats the tshirt you came back with . Yes. Theyre all back after this. Several areas of rain in the mountains today starting in the southwest moving up toward Summit County and the front range mountains and foothills. It then backs to the west along the Colorado River later in the evening. Interesting pattern for us today. Best chance for rain locally will be communities. We dont have a lot in store for us today. Temperatures in the 80s and 90s in the east. Better part of 25 to 30 degrees cooler than that in the mountains. Partly cloudy mainly foothills thunderstorms. That could kick out nice wind and cool us down tonight. We have cooler air on wednesday. Not excited about the rain. This morning on todays take, ryan lochte speaks out and puppy love. Meet the newest member of the today show family and i have one word for you. Bacon. A new twist on w. Announcer from nbc news, this is todays take with al roker, tamron hall, and billy bush live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this monday morning. August 22nd, 2016. Im billy bush along with al and tamron. Im the newest member of the today show. We have a newer member. We have our new today show puppy. Our puppy with a purpose. He loves chewing on the buttons on my dress. Hes unnamed. We can call him fancy for now. Hes being trained to become a service dog for a military veteran. Well be partnering with americas vet dogs. Our trainer, olivia is here. Come over. Anything we should know . So e for americas vet dogs and the puppy as well. Do we let him teeth on our fingers or keep the bone that tamron has in the mouth . We try to set them up for success to learn good manners. He has the bone there to encourage him to chew on something appropriate. He chewed on my iphone already. He doesnt have a name yet. Were asking you to help us out here. Today. Com. Lets see which one hes taking to so far . One more time. Say sarge. Likes that one. Charlie. I think hes going with ace. Hello. Hes tired. Hes a puppy. He had a very Early Morning this morning to prepare for his debut. And west point band. Eventually hell be able assuming he passes, hell be up to 150 Different Foundation tasks and we expand it and combine it from there. We look forward. Hell be with us every day. We cannot wait. Thank you so much. We do want to seriously welcome our pal, billy bush. We spent the last two weeks together. It was fun. A lot of fun in rio. Were not the only ones who want to welcome you. There are others . There are others. Take a look. Cohost on the show for a month last summer. I have to tell you these people are crazy. The best of luck to you. Youll need it. Just kidding. Theyre very nice. Welcome, bushy, to the today show. Get ready for those Early Mornings and no sleep but the nice Smiling Faces youll see every day. Billy, welcome. Good luck. Youre going to kill it. What up, billy. Andy grammer saying welcome to the team because im a big part of the team. I want to welcome you to it. Billy, its l whats up . We are 98 degrees. We just want to say congrats on the today show gig. Try not to screw it up, buddy. Billy bush, congratulations on your new gig on the today show. Well miss you on the west coast. The east coast is going to love you. I wish you all the best. What up billy bush. Happy you joined the today show. Its time for you to come back to new york and im going okay. Good luck, billy. See you soon. Your twin. Thats your twin. You realize that . This looks like an old regis jacket. I had a jacket that color. You did. I took it. And now its my jacket of this color. Mine had blue checks in it. I know that one. It was louder. We spoke over the weekend. How was your birthday . I had a lovely time. Thank you very much. Spent it with the family. My brother, chris, moving back to new york city. He was in town. He queens hospital. How fantastic. Thats not a small position. Im telling you, hes a big deal. Not the only one. Dont mind standing in that shadow. Also my kids were there. We had a lovely time. Nice dinner. Any big surprises . Anything you need to tell us about . No. I didnt realize how tired i was. I mean on saturday i went to get barber chair. Out. You texted me and say you woke up at 9 30. Sunday morning. Thats the next day. I never wake up that late. When did you fly back . Friday night. Landed saturday morning about 6 00 a. M. Amazing anyone could sleep on the plane with the snoring that goes on with roker. Unbelievable. You were making other noises. Tamron and i were talking before in the chair. Underwent weekend. What happened . I put it on social media. I normally wear hoops. Ive been wearing the same hoops for seven, eight years. Well a pair of earrings at the White House Correspondent dinner ripped my ear and tear kept going. I had to have surgery on my ears and so i i went to a guy who is known for body modification art because i heard he was the he does body modification. Lots of tattoos. Next level. Does he do lifting . Hes not a medical doctor but famous for what he does. Sometimes people get those big disks in their ears and then you turn 40 and you dont want that anymore, let me sew that back. He does that. Brilliant at it. Highly recommended. We have a picture. I had stitches. I know. It was unbelievable. I wish i had both of you to hold each of my hands. I to go solo. You got some braids. I vowed i wanted to get braids inspired by als daughter. This is the problem with braids when you have short hair. We swooped it around. My hair. My friends say i look like is that like a bun. Its a man bun. That was my exciting time while you were out with beautiful models. I cant get my ears pierced for two more months. I just pierced this one at the top. Sounds painful. Celebrated your Moms Birthday. Hug, immediately went up to maine where my parents are. Its my Moms Birthday yesterday. So we took a lovely we had a lovely lobster bake on the beach in maine with the fresh lobster and built a big fire pit. Al, you would love this. Dig a hole in the beach. You put the firewood. It gets hot. Lobster and makes it smoke seaweed flavor. It was lovely. Next day, look at these people. They like this photo. There are so many people liking this photo. Then i realize its a lot of lochte vengeance at the bottom with people fired up about that lochte situation which we are going to get into. Quickly going back to this elaborate meal because al knows i love to eat, what part of the meal did you do . I helped my brother and then i helped put the lobsters on the fire. Very good. Heres the best thing. There was corn. When youre done, you can throw everything onto the beach in low tide and it washes away. I need proof of this. Its a great low maintenance meal. Cooks itself. Very nice. Rio recap. You guys back from rio. The final medal count for the 2016 incredible. 121 total medals. 46, almost half, gold. We mentioned ryan lochte drama. Well talk about it later in the show. Lets look at the fun that my boys had without me. This is how you make an entrance, guys. He had to be gold. That was hey. Here comes the boom, boom, boom. Oh . Did your wish come true . Tirico wow. We had great time. We dont want out. You are getting hangry. We know that. We got some lovely food provided by the nice folks. Do we have is it coming in . There we go. Is this my outfit too . How did you know i wanted this outfit. He didnt get past the censors. I love meat. Let me have some of that. Al, you know what this is, i believe. Look at this. Thank you. You guys are such gentlemen. What do i do with this . One memory coming back and thats the meat sweats. When you eat a in the middle of the night, you get the sweats. Ill have the lean part. Thats good. Coming up, more on the ryan lochte drama while we eat meat. Your car got rearended and you needed a tow. Did your 22page insurance policy say, great news. Youre covered . No. It said, blah blah blah blah. The Liberty Mutual app with coverage compass . Makes it easy to know what youre covered for and what youre not. Liberty mutual insurance. Cant see it. Cant taste it. But theres so much more to it. Heres how benefiber . Works. Inside us are trillions of good microflora that support digestive health. The prebiotic fiber in benefiber . Nourishes them. And what helps them, helps you. Clear, tastefree, benefiber . 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So, carmax, created a site where you can reserve a car online. Come in when its convenient, your car will be waiting. Just another thing to make buying a car better for you. Reads this tweet that i just posted. Oh, that appears to be trending. Were back now with more of todays take. I missed you guys in rio but occasionally on vacation i turn onto social media. I go on. The other day i log in and al roker is trending. There are memes about roker. What happened, please . On friday we were talking the sound effects. It was pretty funny. We were talking about ryan lochte whether he lied or not. We got into a discussion. A heated discussion. I think what happened is what people dont know, a, were friends. Weve known each other for a long time. This is what we do on this show. I think because this was such a big deal, i think people were with our boss ahead of time. My goal is to play devils advocate here just so we dont have three opinions the same. Theres some things that remain. There was a gun. There were people told to get on the ground. There was a badge of some kind. Theres still a couple of things up in the air about it. I wanted to raise those points. In the end from guilty of something its not wanting america to look bad abroad you made up all of this. We then find out, of course, after the fact he made it all up. What really upsets me or makes me sad is the people of rio. In 2009, they got the bid for the olympics. Inflation was low. Employment was high and things were going great. They really needed these games to go great. They didnt need damage to their reputation in any way because theyll lose a lot of money in the olympics. Take my vacation and go to rio, i hope theyre not secondguessing that. From watching at home, the little thing i noticed as well is how it did take away from the other competitors. For a week. In fact, he did finally clear it up when you look at what he did with matt lauer. Take a look. I want to make sure about the bathroom side of this. You heard the police. Bathroom. A door was damaged, a mirror was damaged and a soap dispenser was damaged. Did you go in the bathroom . We never went in the bathroom. Did you kick the door of the bathroom . Like i said i was very intoxicated. I dont remember. Is it possible that you damaged the door to the bathroom perhaps even kicked it open . All i know is that we went to bushes. Later in the interview matt was talking to him. One of the things i raised, we raised together, the fact that he left his teammates there. I think he really regrets that. Besides the part about insulting the folks of rio. Take a look at what he talked about with his teammates. I let my team down. You know, i wanted to be there. I dt i left. Im just really sorry. Im embarrassed for myself, my family. Especially those guys. Usa swimming. The whole olympic games. Everyone watching. I was immature and i made a stupid mistake. Im human. I made a mistake. I definitely learned from this. Its my opinion that its over. Lets move on. Theyre not going to bring ryan lochte back. Will he be punished . He might be banned. Not lifetime. We love a comeback. We love give your pound of flesh. We all have something that weve done, im sure, that you have apologized for, owned it, hes done so after being busted. Nevertheless he did. At some point you have to say the person has given a pound of flesh. Get off their back. Move on. Whats going on out there . Its hot but nicer out. What do you mean by nicer . In the northeast spectacular for the week ahead. Low humidity. Plenty of sunshine. Wet weather making its way through the gulf coast through tuesday strong storms through the plains. Strong showers into the that is your latest weather. Well burger that were teaming up with shake shake. Shake shack for a good cause donating. Is it low cal . No. Can we do something for you . Sure. Look behind you. Al rokers birthday was saturday. And billy and i baked this all night. Thats amazing. He did the stars. We love you, mr. Roker. Youre the best. Now lets move on. Up next, billy shares a few of his favorite things and it of his favorite things and it would be nothing without a liquid foundation, revolutionized loreals lumi cushion a cushion drenched in liquid foundation tap on a little for a fresh, luminous glow tap on more whenever you need more coverage lumi cushion from loreal makeup designer paris [ tires screech ] . Flo [ ghost voice ] oooo [ laughs ] jaaaaamie, the name your price tool can show you Coverage Options to fit your budget. Tell me something i dont know oh ohhh she slimed me. Which i probably shouldve seen coming. [ laughs ] they break only for the 100 complete and balanced nutrition of meow mix cat food. No wonder its the only one cats ask for by name. Our invigorating ocean spray singleserve juice drinks go anywhere. Like on your commute. Or at the office. Ahh whered he go . Im in the break room. 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I went on wikipedia but studied billy will give us a preview. He has a question for us. All right. Here we go. First question, what is my favorite new york food . A, pizza. B, hot dogs. C, soft serve ice cream. Pizza. Hot dog is not new york. Its a trick question, all of the hero, regis philbin. How are you . The king is here. How many years have i seen you. You are looking so sporty. Gosh, youre fit. Billy bush lived down the street and grew up 20 blocks from here. I see him all these years in l. A. Here he is finally back in new york where you belong. With regis. What night of the week are we having dinner regularly . This is billy bush i met out there. Where are we eating. This is amazing. Its like a time machine. This is like good irish guy. He has the better hair. Look how handsome. More surprises after your local news. My challenge is to be in sync, with my body, myself, my life. It all starts with a healthy routine. Begin the activia two week probiotic challenge by enjoying activia yogurt with billions of probiotics everyday. Take the activia probiotic challenge strike sfx boop billions of probiotics everyday. . Complete pair of eyeglasses, 1 year replacement warranty, 38 all morning long weve been welcoming billy bush to our today show family. What better way to get to know him than through his own words. Born and raised in new york city so this is a coming home for me in many ways. I was when i got through school and i had to get through it, i got to radio and television, i started to excel finally. I have one brother named john. He is my best friend. My parents were great. My dad is sort of the fun, charming, joke teller. And my mom is the salt and backbone of the family. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. I watched Bryant Gumbel and i thought thats the mecca of television. Billy bush is joining us. First moment i was on television, i was terrified. Live television. It was locally. Wnbc. I was terrified. . I feel pretty . They had an o coast access hollywood and that was 15 years ago. It ended up being the greatest thing for me in the world. There i met the unbelievable kit hoover. Its a wrestling match. The best thing about bill as i now call him, the guy is up for anything. Hell cross dress when its not required. I have done wild things like early days. Pizzas on delivery to Victoria Secret fashion show. He loves the high heels. Hey. He makes some of the work really fun. My wife is polar opposite of me. Shes the introvert. Im the i have three girls. Thrilled i dont have a boy. More so a boy like me. Im a new york rangers hockey fan. New york giants football fan. I am home. My parents being close to them again in the twilight of my dear old dads life, thats the biggest thing for me. Hes my didnt expect that. Hes my best friend. Best father ever. This corner studio i looked at as a little kid and are you kidding me . Never would imagine being on the other side of that window. Now that i am, its the most humbling thing i can possibly think of. Ill give you three pieces of advice. One, two, three. One, two, and e you, billy, never ever press snooze. Youll bring an energy here that we havent seen since al was 22. Age old tradition on the today show at 9 00 a. M. , the host buys his compatriots a new car. You have the warmest smile. Ill be able to look over at it five days a week. The bushman, billy bush, after years of having to travel on the road together to hang out and see each other, now we get cant wait for you to get here, my brother. Hey, billy. Hey, billy, if you havent heard theres a show called weekend today on saturdays. Drop by to join us. There will always be someone at the office party that did something crazier than i did. Im looking forward for billy to join the show because its impossible to walk into a room where billy bush is and not smile. Youve given us a lot of hollywood. Youre coming home. Were going to have great fun watching the new show. Thanks for all of the joy youve given us. We love you. We love you. We do love you. Thats right. Gosh. That was a cheap move right there. Lovely people. You know how i feel about the old man and cant say the old woman. Mom. Dont leave yet because we have the sandwich king with the ultimate school lunch your children will devour. A blt brurrito. Lots of real cheese people know how to pack uber flavor into ultra thin. Sargento ultra thin slices, the same taste, just thinner and 45 calories a slice. Thats 45 reasons to layer, fold, mix, match, beg, stack, because real cheese people bite with abandon. Hold the sacrifice, no compromise. Sargento ultra thin slices, were real cheese people. Wahhhh. Were real cheese people. Right. In. Your. Stomach watch this . Yikes, that ice cream was messing with you, wasnt it . Try lactaid, its real ice cream, without that annoying lactose. Lactaid. Om garnier skinactive. 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And call your doctor right away if you get a lump or swelling in your neck or if you develop any allergic symptoms including itching, rash, or difficulty breathing. Serious side effects may happen, including pancreatitis. So, stop taking victoza . And call your doctor right away if you have severe pain in your stomach area. Tell your doctor your medical history. Taking victoza . With a sulfonylurea or insulin mon side effects are headache, nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting. Side effects can lead to dehydration, which may cause kidney problems. Nows the time for a better moment of proof. Ask your doctor about victoza . Jay knows how to keep his wheels spinning. Nice shorts, dad. This is what the pros wear. Uhhh. Thats why he starts his day with those two scoops in heart healthy kelloggs raisin bran. Ready to eat my dust . Too bad i already filled up on raisins. Our invigorating ocean spray singleserve juice drinks go anywhere. Like on your commute. Or at the office. Ahh whered he go . Im in the break room. Many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. And even though their dentures look clean, in reality theyre 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. Thats why dentists recommend micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99. 99 of odor causing bacteria. For a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. This morning on today food, back to school lunches. Always a challenge coming up we called in jeff, the host of kitchen and owner of pork and mandys restaurant to make the ultimate sandwich. Were making a blt wrap. Detriment to all kids lunch boxes is that Peanut Butter and jelly sandwich. These wraps last forever in the fridge. Well do well turn it into pig candy. Leftover chicken. Lets make pig candy. Double cut bacon. Wire rack coated in sugar. You put this in the oven for how long . 70 minutes at 225. Thats a long time. Its worth it. Its crispy. You put that immediately onto parchment paper off the rack. It will stick to that. Make Chicken Salad using leftover chicken. Your kids will love this. Celery. Dried cranberries. Let it sit for a couple minutes. Let that flavor sweat out. Salt sweats. Billy, your day has been eating and it wont end. Mayonnaise. Kids love it. Vitamin d with dijon and this way you can have a second life with that chicken. Give them something new besides turkey and cheese. I love it. Well add that rotisserie chicken in there. You mix it up. We chopped up that pig candy. Got chicken. Its a perfect blt. Take your tortilla and do this theres a method to this. Take crunchy pig candy right there and lay it around. All even. We wont clump it up. You can take that Chicken Salad. Its got the cranberries in there. All that. You can substitute grapes in there if you dont have cranberries. Can you set aside the brurrio and put the chicken check out today. Com food. Also, i cooked up something. I teamed up with shake shack to make the roker burger. 100 all angus beef. Pulled pork. Double cheese. Mayo. A dollar from every roker burger will support no kid hungry to end childhood hunger. Most of the shake shacks will serve today through friday. Well put it on our Facebook Page. It needs pig candy. Take a bite. What do you think of that . Balanced. Nothing better on a burger than more pork. There you go. Very nice. Lets show you very nice. I can hear myself. Okay. Dont ruin that beautiful it is very good. My gosh. Thats your latest weather. Your daughter is eating it right now. Come over here. No. Come on over here. Do you like the burger . All right. Lilly loves fashion and food. Coming up next, get ready with special ive been taking fish oil from natures bounty to support my heart. Im running, four times a week. Eating better, keeping healthy. So that no matter what happens in the future, my future self will thank me. 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What is billys biggest guilty pleasure on tv . Is it dating naked. The bachelor bachelorette or teen mom. I was going to say the bachelor. Youre lined up. Theres another show that billy currently hooked. We hear you cant get enough of billions. Are we talking about music genre that makes billy cry. Country music. I guess thats it. There good for you. I hope this is a good prize. Heres one of countrys biggest stars and someone who we know youre a fan of. Tim mcgraw. I love tim mcgraw. You do. All right. Now welcome to the today show family and thanks for your support of humble and kind. We know you love that record. Humble and kind is the most beautiful song. I played it for natalie in rio. Listen to the words of humble and kind. We have a budget. One more. The craziest tv moment billy regrets and if he doesnt regret it, he should. Was it when he got his chest waxed. Dressing in the accepting a hot dog eating challenge. Which one . Accepting the hot dog eating challenge. Chest wax. Al roker is right. When we were in rio, regis, he got a brozilian. He had his nether region cleaned and waxed. By super models. His children are here so we you won this one, al. You won. There you go. I think so. Nicely done. Thank you very much. Fantastic. Would you sign this for me. Im putting this in my dressing room. Im for once happy i lost. Regis, thank you so much. Were back with more bro waxing and all of the excitement. This is today on nbc. I have to get one for you weve got one more wish for you from some of your biggest fans. Should i leave . Not yet. Take a look. We love you, billy congratulations, dad. Were so proud of you. Congratulations, daddy. I love you and im so proud of you. Congratulations, billy. You. We wish you the best. We miss you park city gang. The gang. The friends and of course my beautiful wife and kids. Just there at the monitor. Can we do this tomorrow . Reliving your life over and over. There they are. Well have more fun tomorrow. 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