>> to infinity and beyond! >> their surprise announcement leaving some fans elated and others upset, today, friday, november 7, 2014. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. willie in for matt this morning. you're here on a good day. >> the tree is here. >> tree day. the rockefeller center christmas tree will arrive, gosh, in about an hour. well, it's here. >> it's here. just waiting for us. >> al has to welcome it. >> we're all getting on. >> we are. >> getting on the flatbed. >> we are. meanwhile news. >> like a christmas gift come early. >> this is huge. >> "toy story 4." here's what al and i want to know. who are the people who were not happy about the arriving of another "toy story?" >> the best animated franchise of all time. every single movie was better than the first. >> i guess some people are worried about messing with perfection. >> "3" was about as perfect as it gets so we'll assume that there's a snake in my boot! >> yes, to infinity and beyond. >> a full morning of this. >> i know. >> may the force be with you. >> boys in the water hole. >> what about "star wars," the new title, "the force awakens." >> a lot to talk about today. >> al's favorite story today, return of the polar vortex. want to show that little dance you were doing. >> the vortex dance. >> the polar vortex dance. let's show you what we've got going on. this is what's so great about weather. everything is interconnected. we've got the strongest storm on the planet right now approaching the aleutian islands. this is super typhoon nuri, and what it's going to do is cause a big buckle in the jet stream, and so what that is allowing now is the jet stream to take a really big dip south further than it normally does. this semi-permanent polar vortex is going to be allowed to make its way further south. and not just into the plain states, but by the end of next week it will be as far south as northern florida, and these temperatures going to affect really over 240 million people. so tuesday, denver, 36, 41 kansas city. you notice new york city will be above average, so will atlanta, but then wednesday it moves further south, nashville at 45, chicago 36, raleigh at 70, but new york starts to dip and then on thursday new york's 11 degrees below average. myrtle beach 58 and new orleans 61 degrees, and by friday, look at these temperatures, we're talking chicago 34, 38 kansas city, nashville 42. the good news, guys, we don't have any major storms coming across with this brutally cold air, but we are going to be looking at these temperatures hanging in right until next weekend. >> all right. you'll be dancing all next weekend. >> oh, yeah, especially once we start roker-thon at 10:00 p.m. here on nbc. >> setting a record. >> 34 hours in a row doing a weather forecast. >> amazing. al, drink your flids. >> we'll help with you coffee. >> refills. >> gear up. >> all right, al. thanks a lot. the president welcomes congressional leaders to the white house today. the get-together will mark their first face-to-face meeting since tuesday's massive victory by republicans in the mid term elections but can a lunch really do anything to break the long-standing gridlock in washington? nbc's white house corpse kristen welker has more on that. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: willie, good morning to you. 14 lawmakers are expected for launch here today. no word on whether bourbon will be on menu. the president had, of course, joked about sharing that drink with the likely soon-to-be senate majority leader mitch mcconnell the other day, but on the official agenda, finding common ground with the new republican leaders of congress, but it is a tall task with both sides sounding a lot like they are still at war over key issues. when lawmakers come to the white house today, they will break bread with the president, but it's hard to see them breaking any major new ground. >> when you play with matches, you take the risk of burning yourself. >> reporter: instead of talking about compromise, house speaker john boehner warned the president thursday don't go around congress to fix the country's broken immigration system, something the president vowed to do, even after democrats' bruising defeat this week. >> i believe that the president continues to act on his own he is going to poison the well. >> reporter: but republicans have drawn their own battle lines, doubling down on their pledge to repeal the president's signature piece of legislation, obamacare, and vowing to approve the keystone pipeline which the president has resisted. >> i'm not going to give an inch, for instance, on repeal of the health care reform. >> you're an american voter. why should you have confidence that anything is going to be different now? >> well, i think that time will tell. >> reporter: but with the 2016 election already looming, time is running out. still, lawmakers say they may be able to find common ground on issues like corporate tax reform, trade and fixing bridges and roads. >> the president should be inviting, i think he should practice humility, and i think he should listen as much as he talks. >> reporter: and as for that much talked about drink of bourbon, a kentucky-based bourbon maker has offered to provide that drink of choice. no plans for the bourbon summit to happen any time soon though. on sunday mr. obama heads to asia just as congress returns from recess the following day. willie, savannah? >> all right, the beer summit and now maybe the buschon summit as well. kristen welker at the white house, kristen, thanks. now moving on to a frightening attack that happened at a hospital in minnesota. a group of nurses violently assaulted by a patient swinging a metal paper, and we should warn you the video you're about to see is disturbing. here's nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: it happened without warning, a 68-year-old hospital patient out of his bed and on the attack, wielding a metal pipe ripped from his room. these wild swings could have been deadly. unsuspecting nurses dodged some of the blows and scramble for their lives. now, a second angle. this hallway cam captures the chaos beyond the doors and then the sprint to safety. one nurse stumbles and is struck twice with the metal pole. the man with the club isn't finished. the battered nurse seriously injured. >> one of them sustained a collapsed lung. another one sustained a fractured wrist. the other two nurses sustained multiple abrasions, cuts and contusions. >> reporter: attacks like this one in st. paul, minnesota used to be rare, but some argue not anymore. osha says health care workers suffer more injuries and illness cases than any other private sector. in 2010, more than 11,000 employees were assaulted. the suspect, charles logan sr. was confronted which the police with a taser and died shortly after being handcuffed. investigators now say they may never know what fueled this terrifying attack. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >> scary video there. >> sure is. there's new controversy this morning tied to the raid that killed osama bin laden three and a half years ago. this as the man who may have taken the terror leader's life steps out of the shadows for the first time. nbc's senior investigative correspondent cynthia mcfadden has that story. cynthia, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ex-s.e.a.l. robert o'neill claims he's the one who fired the fatal shot that killed osama bin laden, but another s.e.a.l. says that's not what happened. either way, the pentagon is furious that either man has spoken out. >> our snipers are ready. >> reporter: commanding big bucks as a speaker. >> a lot of the stuff out there is still classified and i want to maintain integrity. >> reporter: excommando robert o'neill never told audiences what he now says was his defining act, that he fired the shot to the head that killed osama bin laden. he says he was one of the first two s.e.a.l.s who tumbled through the door of mladen's bedroom in 2011 taking aim at the terrorist leader and telling the "washington post" in that second i shot him two times in the forehead. bap, bap. that mission is already the stuff of hollywood. >> clear. >> reporter: just as two other raids o'neill says he took part in, the rescue of can't richard phillips. >> s.e.a.l. team 6 inbound. >> reporter: and recovering fellow s.e.a.l. marcus latrelle from behind enemy lines as depicted in the movie "lone survivor." while the pentagon has consulted with writers and film-makers in the past, they are now furious that o'neill and another former s.e.a.l. have spoken out about the bin laden raid. in a stinging public rebuke, s.e.a.l. commander line lohse say s.e.a.l.s should not seek public notoriety and financial gain and warned of cleel consequences for those who place our teammates at risk. the real admiral's letter did not specify whether any s.e.a.l.s had broken that confidence, but the department of justice is investigating former s.e.a.l. matt bissonette who wrote a book about the bin laden raid that he failed to clear with the government. his account differs from o'neill's. he says three commandos fired the shots at bin laden. now out with a new book, "no hero," which he did have vetted, bissonette asked nbc news not to show his face. >> i don't want my face on the cameras. i'm not doing this to beat my chest and tell you i'm somebody cooler than i am, i'm not. >> reporter: but some s.e.a.l.s say just speaking out breaks their code. >> in the age of isis and other emerging global threats, this is a life-and-death matter. s.e.a.l.s can get killed. >> reporter: many in the chain of command object to the notion that any individual would take credit for a mission which involved 24 americans on the ground that night, but pentagon officials privately acknowledge that the government is unlikely to prosecute men many consider american heros. >> cynthia mcfadden, thanks so much. >> let's turn to natalie now. you've got more on how it is that that kidnapping victim was found. >> absolutely. >> outside of philadelphia. >> incredible police work. we are learning this morning about how police were able to rescue that young philadelphia woman whose abduction was caught on tape, and late thursday night the suspect was extradited to virginia to face charges in a separate kidnapping there. nbc's rehema ellis is in philadelphia. raheema, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. the gaither family is home today together healing and grateful for the stunning police work that brought a safe end to a family's nightmare. >> tell us about why you did this, mr. barnes. >> reporter: the arrest of 37-year-old delvin barnes was the result of sophisticated high-tech tools, good old-fashioned detective work and tips from the public that started with a 911 call from a witness as the abduction was taking place. according to the if the complaint, the abduction happened at 9:40 p.m. sunday, notified by the 911 call. police woke up a security guard and got the surveillance video. police say the victim left behind her cell phone so cops would know who had been abducted. monday, 6:01 p.m., police tracking gaither's atm card says barnes used it 100 miles away at a bank at aberdeen, maryland. at a nearby gas station, surveillance video shows him buying several items, including a bag of herr's south cream and onion potato chips. tuesday a maryland woman found broken glass and other items in her driveway. she called police who found a herr's chip bag and a receipt from a philadelphia grocery store from sunday. wednesday, philadelphia police released video of the suspect in that grocery store. separately virginia authorities already had a warrant out for barnes for a violent october assault on a 16-year-old girl. they saw the surveillance video and make a critical discovery. >> it looked very similar to the vehicle that we had known mr. barnes to drive. >> reporter: virginia authorities tracked the car down to a local used car dealer. the car dealer told them he put a gps on the car because the buyer had bad credit. wednesday night, the gps was activated, and within minutes authorities tracked the car down in the jessup, maryland, parking lot where barnes was arrested and gaither freed. today, the family is asking for privacy and time to recover from what's been a terrifying ordeal. natalie? >> really incredible how they put all those pieces together. raheema, thank you. two national guard soldiers were killed thursday night when their apache helicopter crashed near boise, idaho. officials say they were on a night training mission at the time of the crash. the cause of the accident is under investigation. and some new information this morning on that massive air bag recall. according to the "new york times" japanese auto parts-maker takata ordered tech nickses to destroy test results on some of its air bags after finding cracks in air bag inflaters. the tests were carried out after a 2004 accident after an inflator exploded and injured the driver. more than 10 million cars by several automakers have been recalled by takata air bags. a story we first told you about on thursday. a new zealand prosecutor has dropped the most serious charge against ac/dc drummer phil rudd accused of attempting to arrange the murder of two people, but the prosecutor now is dropping that charge due to a lack of evidence. rudd still faces evidence of threatening to kill and drug possession. and it was a night to remember for a young boston bruins fan. this is going to put a smile on your face. he was invited as a special guest of the team as a game earlier this week. 8-year-old liam fitzgerald has down's sin chrome and is a cancer survivor and had a front row seat as the players went back into the locker room after pre-game warmups. he got fist bumps all around from each and every player. the adorable moment uploaded on youtube already has a million and a half hits gone viral. well done to the bruins for that, and what a great little kid there. >> i may be responsible for a million of those. so cute. natalie, thank you. >> hello, mr. roquer. >> hi, ho. before all the cold air comes in, let's show you what's going on around the country, gorgeous pacific northwest. beautiful in l.a., sunshine and 82. gulf coast looking good. a few showers left over in southern texas, and snow and rain will end in upstate new york and parts of northern new england later today. we're going to get to your [ children yelling ] [ telephone rings ] [ shirley ] edward jones. this is shirley speaking. how may i help you? oh hey, neill, how are you? how was the trip? 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"toy story 4" directed by john lasseter in theaters june 16, 2016. movie talk online gets us chattering. this had a lot. a quarter million people on twitter talking about this release. some people happy, some not. "toy story 4," how to ignore the most perfect ending to a trilogy ever. the director trying to put some of those thoughts at ease by saying we love these characters so much. we don't want to do anything with them unless it lives up to or surpasses what's gone before. a lot of people talking about what are the toys going to be 19 years after the first "toy story" came out. june 16, 2016 "toy story 4" hits theaters, and people are pretty excited about it. >> i cannot wait. the young boy is grown up, has kids of his own. >> last saw them -- >> he was going off to college and gave the toys to the neighbor. >> that's right. >> so i think he has kids of his own. >> you've really gamed this out. >> you pick up the story line, i love this. >> mommy can we eat? still trying to figure out "toy story." leave me alone. >> it's the best. sit there there and plan it up. >> coming up, a bizarre scene caught on tape. a man wanted for attempted murder approaches a news camera man and suddenly pulls out a gun and car jacks his suv. you're not going to believe how this all ended. >> plus, an uplifting moment tied to a little girl's battle with cancer. leah still, you remember from hoda's "truly brave" video. watches her dad play in the nfl for the very first time. grab the tissues. this is a heartwarming moment. but, first, this is "today" on coming up, drew barrymore on motherhood and fame. plus, will she always act. >> and a perfect campbell's® fiesta chicken lime tortilla. sausage and pepper rigatoni. southwest style bean & barley. tuscany style chicken and pasta. if you think campbell's® 33 new soups sound good... imagine how they taste! m'm m'm good!® ♪ ♪ when the snow comes to cover the ground ♪ ♪ it's a time for play, ♪ it's a whipped cream day ♪ i wait for it all year round ♪ in winter it's a marshmallow world! ♪ ♪ let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together ♪ ♪ i've got some real estate here in my bag ♪ ♪ it took me four days to hitch-hike from saginaw ♪ ♪ "i've come to look for america" ♪ you know.... there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious and an excellent source of fiber to help support regularity. mmmm. these are good! the tasty side of fiber. from phillips oats go! wow! go power oats! go! go power! yayyyy! 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(male announcer) only at petsmart, save 20% on martha stewart pets® and bret michaels pets rock™ holiday products. good morning, i'm tracy davidson. a chilly start to your friday and an update from meteorologist bill henley. bill? >> fortunately, tracy, we have sunshine at least for now. the wind blowing and see the camera shaking and a gusty wind that will blow some showers into the area. already tracking them off to the north and west. right now, 47 degrees in philadelphia. but it's a bit chillier for potstown and mt. holly 46 degrees and sunshine to start with and temperatures will be climbing and look for showers later this morning and into the afternoon. for your ride to work, jillian mele watching the roads and an accident on 76. where is that, jillian? >> 76 eastbound past girard avenue and just pushed over to the shoulder and we still have pretty heavy volume approaching the scene. 76 eastbound right near montgomery drive where traffic is crawling along there. right near virginia drive, an accident blocking the left lane and i was following a crash for a while this morning at county line road. i have just gotten word that that has since cleared. follow breaking news out of berks county. a murder investigation in reading on green street. police found a man dead inside a home around 1:00 this morning. officers told us they believe the victim ran there and they do not believe this crime was random. they believe he was targeted for sure. stay with nbc10.com for updates. i'm tracy dae ay davidson. get the latest news and weather on our website, nbc10.com. now back to "today" show. have a great day. what kind of mother do you think you are? >> very traditional. i'm not organized in my life, like i lose everything and i'm a complete disaster. with my kids i really kind of don't accept that from myself. >> back at 7:30. of course, that was actress and entrepreneur drew barrymore. we had a great conversation. helping me navigate the new world of motherhood and had some interesting things to say about her own fame, her childhood and future in hollywood. like to think we're besties now. >> she's amazing, her makeup line and all of that. >> so cool. always has been. >> yes. >> hear from her in a bit. meantime a look at what's making headlines this morning. president obama and top congressional leaders will meet at the white house for the first time since tuesday's republican rout in the mid-term elections. >> two soldiers were killed last night when their army national guard helicopter crashed during a training mission in idaho, and an investigate is now under way to determine the cause of that accident. and a federal appeals court has upheld same-sex marriage bans in four states, ohio, michigan, kentucky and tennessee. the decision runs counter to a wave of recent rules by other courts and could set up the prospect of a supreme court review. and coming up, the front lines of the battle against ebola. we're going to take you inside the rarely seen, highly secure lab here in the u.s. where scientists are hunting for a vaccine. and this is kind of cool, savannah. you've got an interview coming up with the former president next week. >> that's right. we're sitting down with the 43rd president george w. bush. he's written an emotional book about his father, the 41st president. we'll talk to him about that, the mid-term elections and a whole lot more. and later this week jenna sits down with a really revealing conversation with both her dad and her grandfather, so we're looking forward to those interviews. we'll begin this half hour with a frightening carjacking though all caught on tape that began when a photojournalist race together scene of a shooting was stopped by the suspect in the case. nbc's keir simmons has this story. good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah. good morning. as you and i both know tv cameramen are assigned to cover robberies and armed hold ups every day and this was a day like no other for camera man. he literally stumbled upon the story, flagged down by the suspect he was going to cover. yelling get on the ground, armed police confront a man at a gas station in australia. the suspect, jordy brook, is jornlgd with attempted murder and armed robbery. moments before this dramatic take-down he confessed to a tv camera man who was on his way to cover brook's alleged crime. >> done an extremely bad thing. >> reporter: camera man with the scoop of the year calls police. >> there's been a shooting. i have the shooter with me. >> it's all [ bleep ]. >> he's given himself up to me. >> reporter: except brook changes his mind and points a gun and escapes in the tv station car while camera man peter steele whose vehicle is being stolen, of course, he keeps filming. >> i wanted to get the shot of the gun but didn't want to get shot. >> reporter: fast forward and peter was picked up by police and is helping him chase the firearm. >> does he have a firearm? >> he does. >> reporter: a dashcam on his car is recording, too, when jordy brook makes a wrong turn, and after the gas station standoff, brook is finally arrested. a moment, of course, captured on film by a camera man determined to get his story. >> for a camera man, i guess it's -- it was the sort of sort that you sort of dream of, i guess. you know, so, yeah, i'm fine. i just need a big drink. >> reporter: this guy is cool. one big drink. i think i'd need a few drinks after that, guys, but my favorite part is where he keeps filming even while his vehicle is being stolen. >> dedication. >> he's good. >> now we know there is commonality between news photographers down under and the ones here. we all need big drinks. at the end of the day. >> key, thanks so much. in texas the 21-day monitoring people at risk for contracting the virus is now officially over, and this morning we have an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the facility where the u.s. army is waging war against ebola. nbc's kerry sanders is at ft. detrick in maryland. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, willie. it took a long negotiation to get into the labs here. eventually it took a general at the pentagon to agree that the safety and security procedures here would be okay to allow me and camera man tony butler within four feet of the deadly ebola virus. behind that tiny window scientists at the u.s. army medical research institute of infectious diseases are looking for a weakness in the ebola virus. this is a rare peek into a lab where the nation's top military microbiologists are racing the clock to find that one vaccine that will stop ebola dead in its tracks. it's frustratingly slow work. teams here began looking for that elusive vaccine when ebola was first discovered in africa. that was 1976. is it uncomfortable being that close to ebola? >> i would say that i'm not uncomfortable being this close. >> reporter: our only way to communicate to those in the sealed lab, handwritten questions. >> we go through a rigorous safety and training program. >> reporter: and it's that life-or-death attention to safety that leaves scientists working in slow motion. >> what you're going to do is take this arm. >> okay. >> and slide it straight through the glove side. >> reporter: as i discovered, once inside the protective suit, simply building with lincoln logs is no longer child's play. every movement must be carefully calculated. >> and now you know why it takes a long time for researchers to look at the small pieces of the ebola virus. just because dexterity is so limited here. >> reporter: not just ebola, but anthrax, botulism, more than 30 viruses and bacteria that need countermeasures just in case anyone uses them as a weapon. and from where i'm standing here, about 50 feet that way, some of the most deadly viruses in the world. but for now the focus is on ebola. >> are you on the cusp of a vaccine? >> we're on the cusp. there are vaccines ready to go. >> reporter: a half dozen vaccines now fast tracked for human trials. those vaccines have been shown to protect monkeys from ebola infection which makes this a potentially pivotal moment as almost 5,000 victims in west africa have died. >> are you hopeful that ebola can be beaten? >> i think the current outbreak can be controlled. i'm not sure it's ever a virus had a we're going to beat, but i don't see any reason why we can't develop effective treatments for it. >> reporter: and for those who wonder sometimes what the military benefits are beyond wartime, those u.s. health care workers who were exposed to ebola were treated with things that were actually developed right here, so they survived because of the therapies developed here and because of the work they have done here. the teams have actually developed a system where they can take blood and determine if there's blah in a patient within three hours. so a lot of success here, and, again, guys, they think they are on the cusp of maybe a vaccine. >> kerry, they are doing great work, and what a cool behind-the-scenes look. kerry sanders, thank you so much and a reblinder about newscenter 5' exclusive partnership with facebook. spread the story, fight ebola. the goal is to raise awareness and money. >> and on monday watch for 24 untold stories in 24 hours across the platforms of nbc news as we shed light on ebola's impact around the world. >> all right. now let's get a check of the weather from al. >> football weather is brought to you by nfl mobile, exclusively from verizon. >> all right. we're going to get to our all-important sunday night forecast in just a bit, but, first, across the country, actually tomorrow not too bad. windy with light snow in the u.p. of michigan. plenty of sunshine making its way up and downed the eastern seaboard. windy conditions and a little on the wet side around the central great lakes, but all along not too bad and then sunday, sunday, a beautiful day in the northeast, but we're also looking at some wet weather and snowy conditions through the northern plains. beautiful day in l.a. on sunday. 81 degrees and snipe. 70s through the gulf coast. good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. the wind will blow some clouds in the area and see scattered light showers late this morning and this afternoon. but it clears out tonight and gets cold tomorrow morning. 34 degrees to start with and we will peak at 50 degrees on saturday. not quite as cold on sunday at the 55 and then near 60 degrees on monday and for veterans day, 64 degrees with sunshine. and it gets colder wednesday and thursday. have a great day. don't miss a chance to watch football. your local sunday and primetime nfl games on your smartphones with nfl mobile, exclusively from verizon. >> that's right. and this one is going to be a barn burner, that's right. the bears go to the frozen tundra of lambeau field as the bears take on the green bay packers. cloudy, cold. you're going to want to huddle around your tailgating fire because it's a big one on sunday night "football night in america." don't watch anything else. >> well done. >> thank you. coming up on trending, the secret to success. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg reveals why he wears that same outfit every day. >> and a very special night for the little girl whose fight with cancer has touched millions and her nfl dad. that's right after this. mm. feel it. j.j. watt? 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>> let's do it. fist bump. >> just in time for thursday's game leah was strong enough to watch her father play in person. >> hopefully i give her a lot to cheer for. >> but first a little pre-game pampering, taking time to pose with cheerleaders and sharing a wave with dad before the end of the game. by the end of the first quarter it was time for leah to take the field, to witness the delivery of a $1.3 million check to snapshoty's children's hospital. the money was raised from the sale of still's jersey, 100% of the sales donated in leah's name. fans rallying around number 75, no longer just a uniform but a call to action. the new england patriots cheerleaders donned number 75 in their game against cincinnati, just one of the many shows of solidarity in the nfl. devon still recently spoke to nbc's josh elliot. >> i had somebody tell me that you won't remember your life before you have a child. did you experience something like that? >> the time that she was born was the time that it got to me because those were the best times of my life. >> i personally fell in love with leah when she appeared truly brave. ♪ i want to see i be free >> in our own very special video, also aimed at raising awareness. >> it comes from your heart, and my daughter has showed tremendous strength. she's showed tremendous heart. >> she is such a great kid, kids. i went to the children's hospital of filly a couple weeks ago and knocked on her door. she was in there. she opened the door, and she said i've been waiting for you. >> oh, my gosh. >> she gave me this bracelet, and she said will you wear it on monday. i'll wear it on monday. >> how about tuesday. >> i said wednesday. >> how about wednesday. >> i'll wear it all the time. >> and she said when are you going to take it off and i said when you get better. she's a great kid. praying for her. she has radiation and we throw a lot of positivity during her. >> such a beautiful moment during the game. when she stepped on the field, the browns quarterback, middle of the game, goes over to devon still on the other team and just gives him a hug and wrapped up in the middle of a game. this little girl has transcended football and this country and everything else. >> an amazing kid. >> she's awesome. >> thanks, guys. coming up, we'll take a turn, and hoda, you may want to say with that. what happened when you combine taylor swift's "shake it off" with old-school aerobics. magic. i i'll show it to you coming up. >> the tree is up. >> i'm going to point it up. >> the most famous christmas tree in the world. >> smells good. >> merry christmas. >> wait until you see the christmas tree stand. >> but first, these messages. >> come on out. ups is a global company, but most of our employees live in the same communities that we serve. people here know that our operations have an impact locally. we're using more natural gas vehicles than ever before. the trucks are reliable, that's good for business. but they also reduce emissions, and that's good for everyone. it makes me feel very good about the future of our company. ♪ told you we're in the wrong house. go! go! mom. mom! get $10 off our best valspar and olympic interior paint, via rebate. mmmmmmm. look out. now there's even more of the amazing cinnamon taste you love on cinnamon toast crunch. crave those crazy squares even more. i have a cold with terrible chest congestion. better take something. theraflu severe cold doesn't treat chest congestion. really? 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[sniffs] let's do this? get up! get up! get up! get up! loop me! bring back the awesome... yeah! yeah! yeah! with the great taste of kellogg's froot loops. follow your nose! all right. carson has left his post in the orange room and he's out on 49th street. carson, what's going on out there? >> i look ridiculous. listen, guys. this is exciting. this really is symbolic, obviously, of the holiday season starting here in new york. we're on 49th street, the beautiful rockefeller center tree has arrived from pennsylvania. people are excited about it. people are posting pictures of the tree's journey. somebody caught it making it way down the interstate there. you can see that picture. karen spotted that one. nicky took a picture of it moving through manhattan earlier as you can see. guys, lots of people getting into the holiday spirit, already sending us pictures of their own tree being decorated. you know, once the tree gets in, good shots coming to the orange room. we're excited, dogs, of course, here in mid-manhattan are excited, and we're going to put the very first ornament on the tree right now from the orange room, right there. guys, got to get out here to see this thing. magnificent. met the man who shopped it down. he's over there. he's a rock star and we eel get it up in rockefeller center here in just a little bit. >> thanks, carson. >> some santa hats. coming out in a few minutes. >> coming, drew barrymore. coming out in a few minutes. >> coming, drew barrymore. we gdid he help pick it out?er. no, he's a cat. how did i get so big? where am i? you're in mom's belly. how did i get there? wizards. can you make it go faster? no i already tried. is this mine? that one's for alice. but she doesn't know it yet. why not? mom says she's still cooking. capture your memories with hallmark keepsakes ornaments. 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>> clouds blowing through the pocono mountains that will be moving through our area. those clouds you can see, there is a chance of some showers for now. the showers are well auch off t north and west. chilly temperatures staying with us for now. 47 in philadelphia. sunshine will warm us into the 50s and clouds take over with the chance of some scattered showers. >> let's get you updated on the ride to work. jillian mele is following mass transit. >> the west trenton line and septa officials say you can expect to see a delay of 15 minutes right now due to signal problems. keep that in mind. an accident on the boulevard northbound and that's in the other drive and if you're heading out over the area bridges, including ben franklin bridge, you can see it is a commute right now. one person is dead, killed in a fire. nearly two dozen other people have been forced outed is after the fire at a homeless shelter at 22nd and ontario in north philadelphia. firefighters found the body of a 57-year-old disabled man on the third floor. dozens of other people were displaced by the fire, they were bussed to another location. investigators are looking for the cause of the fire and to see if smoke alarms were working. people in west philadelphia also out of their homes and flames broke out around 2:00 this morning. no one was hurt and most people have been allowed back inside. i'm tracy davidson. another local update in 25 minutes and always get real-time updates at nbc10.com. now back to "today" show. ♪ it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, the taming of the drew. my candid conversation with hollywood sweetheart and new mom drew mayormore. everyone says motherhood changes you. >> oh, yeah. the old you is just gone forever. then, "sister act." >> that's a little personal, even for sisters. >> we're wrapping up our week of big reunions from the '90s's drama "sisters." >> one thing i get stopped the most for out of 30 years of my career is "sisters." >> oh, hey. how are you? >> and he's an englishman in new york. stopped at studio 1a and talking about taking his talents to broadway. tied, november 7, 2014. ♪ >> here to take over new york city! >> hi, al! >> all the way from sweet home, alabama. >> i came all the way from st. louis for my 10th birthday. >> 40 years of loving. >> yeah. >> this has got to be one of the best things here. we are aboard this truck bringing in the rockefeller center christmas tree. it is about to arrive here. this is so exciting. this is one, big, beautiful tree. >> like the coolest thing i've ever done. >> awesome to be part of this iconic moment when the tree made its way from pennsylvania. >> 85 feet, 46 feet wide and 13 tons of beautiful hemlock. >> and you know the gardening team here at rockefeller center searches far and wide to find this, and they had to go to danville, pennsylvania to find dan and rachel who were kind enough to donate this beautiful norway spruce. >> and they knew this tree was being looked at a couple of years ago, and, boom, now they bought the property and donated it. >> by the way, the lighting of the christmas tree takes place on december 3rd at 8:00 p.m. al and i will be hosting again this year. >> 46,000 l.e.d. lights. >> let's go to natalie at the news desk. >> all right. looking forward to that. good morning, everyone. once again in the news this morning, surveillance cameras captured the frightening moments at a minnesota hospital last weekend when a hospital patient went on a rampage against a group of nurses. 68-year-old charles emmitt logan can be seen running through the hospital nurses station swinging a metal pole. medical staff believe he may have had paranoia. four nurses were hurt in the attack, one suffering a collapsed running and another an injured wrist. the suspect later ran from hospital hand was later confronted by police with a taser and died shortly after being handcuffed. new behind-the-scenes controversy stemming from the raid that killed osama bin laden three years ago. former s.e.a.l. robert o'neill is claiming he is the one who fired the shot that killed bin laden. but another s.e.a.l. team 6 member and the defense department say others on the mission also fired at bin laden. officials are furious that s.e.a.l.s are speaking out and are warning of legal consequences for those who place team members at risk. new details this morning about the capture of the suspect in sunday's abduction of kellisha gaither. the suspect delvin barnes was wanted by police in virginia and when police released surveillance after the abduction authorities recognized the car and discovered the car dealer had installed a gps inside the vehicle. that gps was then activated, and within minutes police found the car, the suspect and the victim as well. home depot now says hackers stole more than credit card data earlier this year. the nation's biggest home improvement chain says in addition to stealing the credit card information of 56 million customers, hackers also stole 53 million customers' e-mail addresses. the company says hackers stole the information by installing malware on self-checkout systems. home depot is now notifying customers whose information was compromised. and a white-knuckle landing thursday in chicago where a pilot struggled against high winds while bringing this passenger plane in for a landing. the pilot brought the plane in almost sideways as you see it there, but he made it safely down with that amazing landing. everybody on board okay. 8:04 right now. let's get another check of the weather once again with santa al. hey, al. >> today's weather is brought to you by the men and women of union pacific railroad. and they have got another truck that's going to bring in the big three-legged stand that this tree goes into. it's amazing. all right. let's show you what we have as far as today's weather is concerned. we are looking at the remnants of typhoon nuri. that's going to cause a bump in the jet stream. that's going to allow the cold air to come in. a little bit of a polar vortex breaks off and brings in temperatures that are going to be anywhere from 20 to 30 degrees below normal. windchills will be about a single digit as we head our way into the weekend and into the beginning of next week. you can see that cold air pushing in warm air along the eastern seaboard, but as we make our way into friday. it is everywhere, as far south as northern florida. that's what's going good morning, i'm bill henley, the wind will blow some clouds in the area and we will see scattered light showers this morning and late afternoon. 34 degrees to start with, we'll peak at 50 on saturday. not quite as cold on sunday at 55 and near 60 on monday. for veteran's day, 64 degrees and sunshine. colder wednesday and thursday. have a great day. ll right, al. thank you very much. coming up next on trending. facebook starter mark zuckerberg answers the question people always ask. why does he always wear the same thing? 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>> guys get used to it. >> they don't wear the same thing. >> just about the same thing. >> rarely wears the same socks. >> that's not what this story is about. mark zurk bloombezuckerberg wea same thing every day. here's the three things we didn't know that much about him. first, he says he wears the same thing every day because i feel like i'm not doing my job if i spend any of my energy on things that are silly or frivolous about my life. >> okay. >> this is not a shocker to me. he's not a of "the social network," that movie. >> i'm shocked. >> the film-makers, quote, made up a bunch of stuff that i find kind of hurtful, and finally he's not worried about facebook losing his cool factor, why. i've never been a cool person, and i've never really tried to be cool. so good for him. >> the sweatshirt is his brand. wear that every day. >> and he's got multiple sweat shirts. >> he does. >> he has a closet full of them. >> and he's kind of upgraded the quality, just a little bit better so she's happy about that. >> a sweat hit is a sweatshirt. >> easy, when you go in the closet. don't have to match your socks to it. >> wears a top it's still made out of sweatshirt. >> this is a good one for all the parents out there. obviously he all want to be close with our kids. >> yeah. >> but do you think it's important for them to actually like you? one celebrity mother kelly ripa says she does not care one bit. kelly took the issue on on "the wendy williams" show. it came when she said kelly recently punished her daughter after recently catching her texting during homework time. >> so i just said, you know, this is a spanish test that matters. it's not her strongest subject, and -- >> does that help out? >> you're half mexican, your grandmother is a spanish teacher, you're not allowed to fail spanish. it's the one thing you're not allowed. >> so now look, we have a 14-year-old and he doesn't much like me anymore. does she like you? >> no, i don't think she likes me. but i don't care. i'm not your friend. i'm your mom. i'm not your friend. >> not your friend. >> you go, girl. >> that's it. you have to parent. >> everybody agrees? >> yeah. >> i think so. >> you gain a little more political capital within the family if you can create that almost friendship to some degree, because let's face it, when someone you really like tells you something constructive it resonates a little deeper. >> this is the point to be friends suggests you're equals and you don't want that relationship. you've got to be the parent. >> 14. my kids are 5 so i want them to look up to me and like me so they can emulate hopefully the good things i do. >> my dad would say i'm not your friend, i'm your father. that's it. >> a lot of us, we're still in the buddy-buddy hero fais phase. we know war is on the horizon. >> just in time for flashback friday, a fun retro video making rounds online. it will have you reaching for your spandex. take a look. ♪ ♪ can you move it like this ♪ i can move it like that. >> okay. why is that getting notice all of a sudden? >> okay. >> not that particular version that's trending. turns out those exact dance moves sync up nicely with one of today's most popular songs. take a long. ♪ i go on so many dates ♪ but i can't make them stay >> oh, my gosh. ♪ and what do people say ♪ the band is going to play, play, play, play ♪ ♪ and the hate remembers going to hate, hate, hate, hate ♪ >> wow. ♪ shake it off, shake it off >> who is the genius out there. >> this aerobic video. >> probably taylor swift. perfect with the song who still has this on thai vhs machine. the video came out in 1989 which just happens to be the name of taylor's album. >> '89. >> like this. >> my mom was in jazzercise, right around that time, 15 or 16, looked a lot like that. >> used to pop in the jane fonda workout, the vhs. >> savannah, you told us you were an aerobics teacher for a five-year period in the early '90s. >> is that true? >> you may not remember this. you were in this video. >> oh, stop. >> that is not me. >> wow. >> look at that. >> i was never that flexible. >> you look like that. >> but i was an aerobics teacher. >> botox yesterday, aerobics and spandex today. i can't wait for monday. >> okay. >> wow. >> that's what's trending today. >> all right. now to our special series that we've been calling, baby she's back. almost at the end of my first week as a working mom and recently i sat down with drew barrymore to get her advice on balancing business and babies. best known as an a-list actress, these days drew barrymore is the head of a growing empire, film producer, photographer, writer, beauty mogul. what do you think motivates you because you work really hard. >> i have no idea. it's the weirdest thing. i think it's just a mind that always is working and instead of shutting it down i embrace it. >> her latest passion project, flower beauty. her own line of high quality affordable makeup. >> this formula that we're using -- >> hardly a vanity project, drew is delving deep into the details of colors, textures and science of making women beautiful. >> i like to understand how everything works, and the only way you're going to know is by learning and really spending the time figuring it out. >> i get the feeling you might have been a ceo anyway. even if you had never been an actress. >> i would love to be a ceo. i really see it in you. >> i guess i am a ceo. i've always had that desk fantasy and normal office job. >> can i just pause and soak up that delicious moment that drew barrymore's fantasy is to work in an office. >> oh, yeah. >> and carry briefcase. >> oh, yeah. >> and go on a business trip. >> oh, yeah. >> drew's career has been anything but conventional, starring in the blockbuster "e.t." at the age of 7. >> aghhh! >> drew was fame out overnight, and then infamous, facing those classic hollywood struggles before she was even a teenager. drew says now she embraces her wild child past but is cherishing a much more traditional wife these days, as the wife and mother of two girls, 2-year-old olive and 6-month-old frankie. >> everyone says motherhood changes you. >> oh, yeah. >> and it does. >> but can you put it into words. >> the old you is just gone forever. when you're not with them, you're thinking i should be with them. when you're with them it's how do i keep you safe? >> what kind of mother do you think you are? >> very traditional. i'm not organized in my life, like i lose everything and i'm a complete disaster. with my kids i really kind of don't accept that from myself because i think kids learn from example of the way you live your life. i had a very untraditional upbringing, so i looked at it from afar and just thought, well, that's the exact opposite of how i would want to raise my kids, but it doesn't make me like bummed out that i didn't have parents. it's like, well, thank god then that i didn't because maybe i wouldn't be this aggressively excited about traditions and values and, you know, christmas cards or halloween costumes and being so present. >> that desire to be close to her little ones led the to a surprising revelation during our interview. do you think that you'll always act? >> i think i will act less and less. >> really? >> yeah. >> why? >> because it's hard to be present when you wake up before them and come home after they have gone to be bed. that's just not the way i want to have this journey with my kids at this point in their life. but maybe when they are older i will feel differently, but at this point i think that it has to be few and far between. >> hard to believe that little girl who grew up before our eyes is now about to hit the big 4-0. do you feel the milestone of 40 coming on? do things like that matter? >> i'm so relieved to be 40. i've already started saying i'm 40, and my husband is like saying, honey, you're 39. why are you saying you're 40? >> round yourself up. >> i'm just so excited, i really am. it feels good. it feels right. >> if you saw your 20-year-old self walking around the street, what would you say to her? >> i don't think she would have listened. >> unfortunately, i'd -- i know that i'd be wasting my breath. >> i love her. >> she is a delight and incredibly impressive and intelligent and well-spoken and i just totally fell in love with drew barrymore. >> she's really getting along. >> me, too. >> invite me to lunch, too. >> exactly. >> we'll send it over to willie. >> savannah, thank you. now to a moment a moment people thought they would never see. the fall of the berlin wall. this marked the 25th anniversary, a moment that symbolized the end of the cold war. nbc's tom brokaw was famously there and he's here with us this morning. good see you. >> good to see you, willie. we went there because we knew therebury at love protests on the eastern side, not much going on here. had no idea the wall was going to come down, i'm quick to say and we did order a satellite and in those days you had to make it pre-arrangements. couldn't do it on the spur of the moment so when the wall started to come down we were in the right place at the right time and hex conclusive moment of one of the most epic events of the 20th century. it is difficult to believe the berlin of today was once ground zero for the cold war between east and west, but here history is everywhere if you know where to look. even the passing of a quarter century can't erase all the traces of an epic struggle for freedom by ordinary people who found their own extraordinary bravery. this wall has been converted now from a symbol of oppression to a monument to liberty and freedom and good times. now, 25 years later, the leaders of this country want everyone, the new generation especially, to know the lessons of the imprisonment of their fellow countrymen behind that stark wall. the popov family knows better than most. the mother defied her father's belief in communism and escaped before the wall fell, desperate for freedom. her son grew up in a united germany. >> most people can't really understand how it must have been at the time. >> but in your mother's lifetime, germany was divided in half. she was effectively really put in prison, and she managed to escape. that does not make her an ordinary mother. >> absolutely not, no. >> here at the main memorial to the wall, the portraits of those who were not so fortunate. >> 25, they are all young. today, visitors can look down at the remains of the death strip between east and west, once full of land mines and barbed wire and guards who shot to kill. but the past is alive here in other ways. the popular souvenir shop and museum is complete with a east german treblat, the car that brought him across the border when the wall fell. >> i remember the smoke belching out of the back of it. >> they asked us where can we see the wall, and i can tell them only you are 25 years late. >> while the city's tormented past is now a backdrop for selfers, the lessons of history are as real as ever. do you remind your son about what you went through and the importance of being vigilant about protecting your freedom? >> translator: he should walk his own path. i always gave him the freedom to do as he wishes. >> which is all she indeed any of them ever wanted. >> i remember that so vividly, tom. what was it like to be there, witnessing history in realtime because you were the only american guy there. >> well, hi two thoughts. one, don't screw this up and how did we get so lucky? our foreign editor came up with the idea originally, and i knew that it would last. i'm washing mike beskter's top coat. i said give me that top coat and i put it on and mike had to go to my jacket. it was in so many ways not just historic and as a journalist the kind of place you want to be but also touching to see those families come out of east germany where they'dfectively been imprisoned,ed with the little two cycle cars and acid-washed jeans, and then they stepped into west berlin, one of the most cosmopolitan western cities in the world and realized this is going to be their new life, and now all through the german government and business men and businesswoman and angela merkel walked across the wall that night from east to west. she was a laboratory technician and now the chancellor of germany. >> a lot of people take it for granted. if they saw before that wall came down 25 years ago they wouldn't. >> it was a flashpoint for the wall, and gorbachev was on the phone a lot to the east germans saying don't overreact, you know. let's try to keep cool. he didn't send the tanks and george bush, who was in the office as president at this time, said we should reunite germany. that was a big day as well. >> remarkable day and were you there. tom, always great to see you. >> thank you, willie. >> carson, let's send it over to you. >> here with the legendary good morning i'm tracy davidson. >> tracey, it's a gusty wind and it's blowing clouds into the area in is tenter city from high atop the comcast building. winds are gusting in new jersey and pennsylvania. it will blow a few showers into the area. for now they're north and west. on the roads there is delayed on 95. >> no surprise we have lingering rushhour delays. somebody at girard avenue. we also have a delay on the west trenton line, a delay of about 15 minutes. that is the only delay we're reports on mass transit. >> we're following breaking news. sky force 10 over the scene of a house fire that just got under control a few minutes ago. flames and smoke broke out within the last half hour there. that home is vacant. no reports of any injuries. we're in contact with police and fire officials and we'll get you more information on air and online on nbc10.com. i'm tracy davidson, you can get the latest on our website and on air. now back to "the today show." to "the tonight show." new "tonight show" and then "late night," nbc tonight. ♪ 8:30 now on this friday morning. there she is. what a beauty. natalie morales. >> but also the christmas tree, it's absolutely perfect, and it is here at rockefeller center. we're going to have the tree lighting on december 3rd so we'll be excited for that. >> coming up this morning. how cool is this guy? sting is in the building as he prepares to take broadway by storm. the new show is called "the last ship" and he's brought along the cast for a little performance this morning. >> i've seen it. it's spectacular. >> looks amazing. >> plus, we're going to wrap up our series of special reunions with the cast of nbc's beloved 1990s drama "sisters." >> very cool but first a look at weather with al. >> weekend weather showing you that really tomorrow things fairly calm. we've got some snowy and wet weather around the great lakes. gulf coast looking great and southwest looking fantastic. sunday, sunday, again, fairly calm. we've got some snow in the northern plains and wet weather as you get into the western plains, showers in central florida and otherwise temperatures looking pretty good, although things will get a little bit chillier as we head into next week. birthday girl, what's your name? >> taylor. >> happy good morning, i'm bill henley. a chilly start with the wind blowing. the wind will blow some clouds into the area and we'll see scattered light showers late this morning and tomorrow. 34 degrees to start with. we'll peak at 50 on saturday. near 60 degrees on monday, and for veteran's day, 64 degrees with sunshine. it gets colder wednesday and thursday. have a great day. s your weather. man, huge crowd today. natalie, it is big. >> for the tree, of course, of course it's big. thanks. we're wrapping up our special sisters reunited today with one of the most popular shows of the '90s, the nbc drama "sisters" and we've teamed up with "entertainment weekly" to bring the stars back together and "today's" erica hill had the honor. erica, good morning. >> it was an honor indeed. good morning, natalie. a ground breaking show took over saturday night hooking viewers with steamy sauna room scenes and keeping them there with story lines of heart, humor and drama. from steamy confessionals to over-the-stop story lines. >> oh, my gosh, i'm going to shoot up frankie's we hadding with a shotgun. >> to heartwarming reminders that no matter what, family comes first. >> these are the memories, the moments, the celebrations that make us a family. >> sisters captivated audiences for six seasons with the complicated lives of four very different women. alex, the eldest played by swoosie kurtz, teddy played by sela ward, georgie played by patricia kalember and frankie, the baby of the family, played by julianne phillips. all back together for the first time in 18 years. >> being here with these guys again today. >> i know. sorry, i have a little lump in my throw. i just can't even believe it. >> yeah. that's fine. >> i can't even believe it. >> sciola, swoosie, patricia and jeeliane didn't miss a beat, acting like, well, almost sisters again. >> we can talk at once and still hear each other. >> anyway, i wanted to ask you something about that. >> i want to tell but. >> i love that. >> a lot of the things that your characters went through was really sort of ground breaking, it was sort of racy in a lot of ways. >> it was pretty progressive. >> it was. >> it was. and they had them doing the most wacko bizarre things and then it would be dead serious and then total farce. that is what was really fun. >> actors dream because it was a roller coaster, you know. we would have breast cancer and leukemia and then suddenly we would be doing a takeoff of whatever happened to baby jane. >> right. >> oh, god, that's right. >> those risks paid off. sela ward took home an emmy and golden globe for her role as teddy, a character her fans remember well. >> i think that's the one thing i get stopped for the most out of 30 years of my career is "sisters," you guys? >> i'm so profoundly appreciative and grateful that the show really resonated with so many people on so many different levels. >> it wasn't just as sisters who made an impression. the show was rife with budding talent, showcasing future stars like paul rudd, ashley judd and one well-known newlywed. >> whatever happened to him? >> i don't know. i think he kind of disappeared after "sisters." >> funny how george never mentions "sisters." >> for the first two seasons each show began with a sisters' provocative conversation in the steam room. >> that's a little personal, even for sisters. >> but don't expect this foursome to recreate those scenes any time soon. how long did those actually last? >> half a day. wouldn't they take half a day? >> yeah. >> had to be sprayed with mineral oil. >> it was oil. >> we were covered with oil. >> spritzed with mineral oil. >> and needed a shower afterwards. >> and so gross and -- >> you would worried about how you were sitting. >> have you ever thought about what your characters might be doing 1 years later? >> i was just saying to the girls why don't we -- we should be doing a movie, "a sisters" reunion, a little fun movie. >> i think we'd have a big audience for that. >> you can announce it on the "today" show and do a kick starter campaign. >> there you go. >> oh, there you go. >> i love that. >> "sisters 18 years on." >> it was such a fun shoot. they were lovely. so excited to be back together because they hadn't been all together in 18 years since the show wrapped and we have more fun moments that we put online, them talking about where their characters might be and how much they loved all that '90s fashion. >> i loved that show. they all look amazing 18 years later. >> they do. >> totally do a reunion and pick up where they left off. >> they are game. if somebody wants to do it, they are in. >> nbc, come on, you heard that. all right, erica. thanks so much. "entertainment weekly" reunion edition hits newsstands including the cast of "mean girls" ten years later. the laid esreuniting and even tina fey and lindsay lohan so could there be a seek california? probably too latch, however lindsay and rachel mcadams says they are both in. coming up, sting and the cast of his new broadway show, "the last ship." but, first, this is "today" on nbc. we're back now with our continuing series with the nfl together we make football. this week the proud members of the usf's green bay, a naval ship commissioned in 2009 that has embraced its namesake town. here's nbc's josh elliot. >> let's go. a little life out here. let's get ourselves ready here. >> just about everybody who has picked up a football knows about vince lombardy. >> let's move it a little bit now, let's go. >> i read a book about how he went to green bay and how he made them into the champions that they are. we're going to chase perfection, and we're going to catch excellence. it's a lot of what we do every day as leaders here in the navy. >> of all the ships in the united states navy, only one has a flight deck named lambeau field, "the uss green bay" carries 800 marines, 400 sailors and a steadfast bond with the packers. >> there's a great connection between the "uss green bay" and the city of green bay and a great connection between the city of green bay and the green bay packers. >> while we're out there deploying the city of green bay, they are always sending the ship's crew care packages. >> we also have a hall of heros, photos and plaques that commemorate the service members that have come from wisconsin that have given their lives for the country. >> want to do this, positive control. >> the margin for failure is slim on board here. all the training and dedication that goes into our daily routine, we have to win. we get one shot at it. >> we have to produce. we're only here because we win, period, and when we lose, we're done. therefore, we have to win. therefore, you have to win. this is a tough and it's a cruel business, and they only want winners. >> reporter: with deployments lasting for months at a time, football helps to keep the crew anchored to their families. >> when you think about football, for a lot of people that means home. >> go! >> you're not here all alone. we're out here doing something greater and bigger. >> everyone gathers around the mess tent. we all want to watch the game. we all want to nii adjei ourselves and relax a little bit. it's pretty much like a family. >> football reminds you why you're out there, why you're serving your country, that you're doing it for your family, that you're doing it for everyone back at home. >> and joining us now from the deck of the "uss green bay," commanding officer captain christine mccallum, along with members of her crew. captain mccallum, it's good to see you this morning. >> good morning. we're proud to be here representing "green bay," the ship and green bay the city. >> captain mccallum, you took command of this ship back in august and you did something very smart. you quoted vince lombardi in the speech. do you have any choice but to be a cheesehead when you're on the ship? >> well, we always have a choice about different things, but we do have a lot of pride in our ties to green bay, both the city and the packers, and i think we do have a number of converted fans on board. >> are there closeted bears and lions fans there who are afraid to really come out and add mitt it? >> i know you have at least one standing in front of you. >> okay. we won't ask him to identify him or herself. you were kind enough to send along a hat and make us honorary members of your ship, so we want to do something a little bit special for you as well. i think a couple members of your crew have something from the team from the green bay packers to pass along to you, captain. >> oh, wow, that would be fantastic. >> guys, if you could present captain mccallum there. >> oh. >> that's an official jersey from the team. >> that's awesome. >> for you to put on board and a football as well. we are grateful for your service. >> thank you very much. >> grateful for what you do, and he had me just say on behalf of all you guys, go pack. >> go pack. >> go pack. >> all right. captain mccallum and your crew, thank you guys so much. we should mention, you can see the green bay packers take on the chicago bears this sunday on nbc. the coverage starts, of course, with "football night in america." that's at 7:00 eastern. and coming up next here, sting and the cast of his new broadway show, but, first, this is "today" on nbc. the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> sting's impressive career has spanned more than four decades and has included 16 grammy awards. >> now he's taking his music and star power to broadway as the composer of the new show "the last ship." sting, good morning. >> good morning. >> welcome back. >> good morning to you both. thanks for inviting me. >> we're so excite. i know this is truly a labor of love for you. you've been working thon for a while but it just opened on broadway about two weeks ago. >> yeah. >> tell me about the show. >> well, we've been writing it for five years. it's set in my hometown in the north of england. it's about the building of ship and woven into that story is a three-way love story, a woman who has two men chasing her, and you never quite know who she is going to go with. >> how much of this for you was autobiographical going to back to your own childhood? >> a lot of people in the characters in the play i knew, let's put it that way. more of me in the play than i actually meant to be. >> and can we talk about the casting because i was hearing michael estner, the actor, rehearsing and sounds just like you. >> that's a compliment to both of us i think. >> you were involved in the casting. >> and for people who can't get to the show right away, they can hear the music on an album coming out in december including a song from you. >> called "the last ship cast album" and we're very proud of it. >> with that we'll led the them take their performance away. >> sting and "the last ship." >> the last ship. ♪ ♪ if he loved you like i love you ♪ i would walk away ♪ ♪ i'd move time and change my way ♪ ♪ when he walks in ♪ when he comes by your soul ♪ on your hands like he owns it ♪ ♪ when we dance strangers will run and hide their ways. ♪ >> we just just just, just go. sno♪ ♪ ♪ when we dance angels will run and hide their wings ♪ ♪ when we dance angels will run and hide their wings ♪ ♪ if i could break down these walls and shout my name ♪ ♪ i'll take these hands and i'll destroy the -- ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm still in love, i'm still in love ♪ ♪ he won't love you like i love you ♪ ♪ he won't care for you, he'll mistreat you ♪ ♪ come and live with me ♪ we'll have children of our own ♪ ♪ i will love you more than life ♪ ♪ if you'll agree to be my wife ♪ ♪ when we dance ♪ i'm going to love you night and day ♪ ♪ when we dance ♪ angels will run and hide ♪ when we dance ♪ angels will run and hide ♪ i'm gonna love you ♪ angels will run and hide ♪ i will love you more ♪ when we dance ♪ i had a dream last night i dreamt you were by my side ♪ ♪ i had a dream >> being in the cast of "the last ship," just beautiful and al caught up with sting backstage recently. that coming up in our next half hour. next, the story behind this year's rockefeller center's christmas tree, but, first, this is "today" on nbc. today's rockefeller center christmas tree arrival is brought to you by the men and women of union pacific railroad. >> sting sticking around with us to help us welcome the rockefeller center christmas tree. it's here, and just a few short weeks, its 45,000 lights are going to light up the plaza. >> we actually kidnapped sting and not letting him leave for the rest of the morning. wanted to leave and didn't let him. until recently that tree was graced in someone's else front line. nbc's craig melvin has the story of the couple who donated this year's holiday piece. >> i've called it the magical tree since we got the place. >> reporter: when you're 85 tall and can be spotted for fatherly a mile away and you live on frosty valet road, you're destined for greatness. >> our whole yard has this essence of "narnia" and i think the tree kind of drives that home, especially when it takes in snow. >> reporter: the man who owned the home told the newlyweds that the 90-year-old norwegian spruce was being considered for holiday rock star status. >> when they told us i might have said we are buying this house. you will not deny me this opportunity. >> reporter: did you buy the house because of the tree. >> it wasn't not a factor. >> reporter: so roughly two years crickets. the rockefeller tree-finding team went silent. >> definitely something in the back of our minds wondering whether or not it was ever going to happen. >> reporter: hope was turning into anxiety until -- >> the head gardener came out in late january, and took a few pictures, but starting in april, they came out and did a lot of measurements. >> reporter: when their doorbell rang a few weeks ago, it was like they won a sweepstakes. >> i squealed a lot. made a lot of squeaking noises. >> reporter: that's because for dan and rachel, the tree symbolizes something special. >> for me christmas is just so much about the opportunity to look forward and have hope, and it's always been so important for my family to come together. >> reporter: this year the whole family will head to rockefeller center to share and celebrate their magical tree. >> the only time i've ever been left truly speechless in my life is when dan proposed, and i think the tree-lighting will be the second time that i will have no words for the enormity of the situation. >> reporter: for "today," craig melvin, nbc news, danville, pennsylvania. >> and we will light that tree on december the 3rd. al and natalie have been busy trying to book sting for the show. >> i was just saying, sting, are you around december 3rd? >> i didn't think so but now i know different. >> i know you have an opening. >> he said i believe that's the night i'm getting the kennedy centers honors. don't you hate what that comes up. >> that's december 7th and our tree gets lit december 3rd. >> i want to see "the last good morning i'm tracy davidson. let's get your first alert forecast from bill henley. >> good morning we start with brilliant sunshine but the wind is blowing and it's blowing clouds right back into the area. that is a cloudy view now from center city. with the clouds will come scattered showers. we're tracking some light showers moving through burkes county. the redding area getting a few rain drops and the threat of showers will continue into this afternoon. the temperatures are barely moving. now 50 in northeast philadelphia and milville. a developing story this morning, police looking for a rape suspect they say attacked a 14-year-old girl in delaware in darby. officers are searching for this 18-year-old kaseem hill. he called police last night and said he would not turn himself in. a man is dead after a fire in a shelter in north philadelphia. the victim is a disabled 47-year-old new york native. officials are looking for the cause of the fire and looking to see if the smoke alarms were working. >> eric frein has a new court date. he is charged with killing a pennsylvania state trooper and wounding another back in september. happening today, transit workers are expected to vote whether or not to ratify their new agreement with septa. they came to an agreement last week that could have halted buses, trains, and subway services ps p . from nbc news, this is "today's" take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on this friday morning, november the 7th, 2014. i'm willie geist along with al roker, natalie morales and an excited crowd outside on a friday. tamron has the morning off, guys. the tree has officially hate it to rockefeller center. actually guaranteed it would get here personally escorting it on the flatbed truck from pennsylvania. the tree lighting is december the 3rd. one of the coolest things we get to do. >> i love this. i've gotten to do this probably now going on 20 years. >> and the tree lighting, too. >> never gets old. i've been doing this so long. the tree lighting started off as like five minutes at end of a local newscast here on wnbc live at 5:00, and now it's going into this extravaganza which is just really cool. >> 85-foot norway spruce. >> yeah. >> lovely family that craig melvin just profiled donated it. >> 13 tons of tree. >> 13 tons, that swarovski crystal on top and another thing they have been doing the last several year, at the end of the holiday season, they break it down into lumber and use it for habitat for humanity. >> to help build homes. cue the holiday crowd because it all starts right now. >> you know what? there's something so magical. >> always. >> people complain about the crowd and i don't mind it. >> i love it. >> i always remember it was my first winter here working at wnbc, and they put the scaffolding up, and i heard this couple from obviously out of town and a guy goes, i don't know, i guess they are uncrating it. >> that's always a great moment whether you're here at home and the lights go on the tree december 3rd. >> 8:55, the tree gets lit and 9:00. >> we get lit. >> we get lit. >> every year. >> bam. >> waiting for that. took a highly to get to the joke today >> i didn't get right in there, and natalie going right in on sting. >> mm-hmm. >> to try to book him. >> hey. he did have a winter album a couple years back. do you ever do a christmas album? i had a winter album, so come on, sting, let's go. >> doing things he had to do that day. not that day. >> i know they have it booked already and we'll announce them but if sting wants to sting, he's in. so in if sting is here. >> speaking of plants at rockefeller center. you noticed the flowers. i was not here yesterday when the viewers chose this as our floral arrangement. it's a wise choice. >> i thought it was a little springish because i like it now because there's a lot of green to it and the roses could be more red, so, yeah, i think it's a good choice. >> well done, and it's not giant asparagus hiding us. >> you were anti-asparagus. >> or anemones. >> exciting story from the movie biz, toy story 4, coming to theaters in june 2016, got to wait a while. they are working on it. released seven years after "toy story 3." >> 19 years since the first one. >> amazing. >> the toys have changed a lot in that time. >> i think andy has actually retired now. probably has grandkids of his own. >> "toy story 3" so emotional at the end. interesting to see where it goes next. >> how do you mess with perfection, "toy story 3" was so sentimental and beautiful and very well done but john lasseter is genius in creating this franchise, and whatever they do you know it will be perfect and you know you're going to cry. cry in every single "toy story." >> when you think about the first four minutes of the "up" movie, no word being spoken, just in tears. >> "toy story" ushered in an era of kids' movies being enjoyed by parents. some of the jokes were clefrd, for parents. >> now you have like the ipads and the nintendos sure stealing road woody and buzz light year's thunder. competing with things you can't compete with. >> june 2016, mark the calendar. another huge franchise, okay. "star wars," episode seven. we have a title, "the force awakens." >> this takes place after the original. >> after "the return of the jedi." >> not the first three which we call a series of unfortunate events. >> fans went online. i guess i don't know if they really cared for the title all that much. >> oh, come on. >> some saying does it sound like a followingers ad because the force awakens and slightly sad they didn't go with "jar-jar's revenge." jar-jar is way gone. >> out december of next year. >> a lot to look forward to for holidays next year. >> if you're a guy and thinking about proposing to your fiancee, your girlfriend, you're going to have to go a way to beat this guy. blake bollinger surprising his girlfriend carly steen, made a handmade armoir with a second anniversary gift and fills the thing with her favorite things like rice krispie treats, granola bars and pumpkin candles and gets to the last drawer and says i need you to rummage around in there, so check this out. >> i don't think you looked in that drawer. might want to dig around in there a little bit. come here. will you make meet happiest guy in the world and marry me? >> are you serious? >> yeah. >> wow. >> so sweet. >> this guy. >> and he makes his own furniture. >>ies that the thing. >> makes his own furniture. look at the armoire. >> blake bollinger. our good buddy nick offerman was a carpenter, world class carpenter. >> is still. >> used to do stuff like that for our pal megan malley. >> make you a can a, new whatever you need to do. >> so excited. >> if i incorporated the furniture, gone to ikea, assembled it incorrectly. >> you would have had christine put it together. >> exactly. >> here's the instructions. will you marry me. oh, my gosh. al, got to tell me about what you're doing next wednesday, 10:00. 34 hours you're going? >> 34 hours. >> 1 hours. >> attempting to set the record for the longest uninterrupted live weather broadcast. going guinness. >> "guinness book of weathers" a norwegian weather reporter. she did it about a couple months ago, and she was on for 33 hours, and so -- but it has not been verified yet. >> natalie, if you noticed, one of her co-anchors giving her a massage. >> the robe and all that have. >> i don't know about the robe, but i did notice the massage. >> okay. are you hinting here? i'll bring you in coffee. willie will give you a massage. >> i'll have to give you a ma sooj. >> and he'll ka-noodle with you. >> better keep talking while we go. >> what does that maine exactly? >> going to talk about the weather. do the weather and doing it on all the nbc television stations, all the networks of nbc, live streaming and also we're going to try to continue to raise money for the uso. >> cool. >> so you go to crowdrise.com/roker and donate. >> you're not talking 34 hours. >> yes. >> but you have breaks in between, right? >> for every hour i am on i get five minutes off, so if i go like two house, i get ten minutes, three hours -- and people say how can you do that? >> well, you go to a movie for two and a half hours, you don't go to the bathroom. >> "guinness" okay with the five-minute break. >> that's part of their rules. >> okay, cool. >> we'll help you out. some way, somehow. >> wednesday night, 10:00 p.m. and we hope to break the record here on "today" at 8:00 a.m. on friday. >> i'm going to loosen up my fingers for matages is. >> there you go. >> how are you with all-nighters? >> i'm great. i'm good. >> i can keep going. >> i like almond oil. >> okay. too much information. >> just got weird, we will weird. >> go practice right now. >> almond oil and a loofa. >> really weird now. >> okay. let's see what we've got for you. okay. so it's not going to be this brutally cold air and we are going to see a little breakoff of the polar vortex, and why? we've got this storm out here so these are the remnants of super typhoon nuri. strongest storm on planet right now, and basically it's going to be causing a ripple in the jet stream, and so a big branch of that jet is dipping way down to the south, and that's going to allow a low, if you will, a piece of the polar vortex to drop off and come down south. unusually early for this time of year. so temperatures, while they are not going to be single digits, they are going to be a lot colder than they should be for this time of year, so tuesday, temperatures still above average in the eastern third of the country, but anywhere from 10 to 18 degrees below average out west. then friday, chicago, 34. that's 16 degrees below average. atlanta will be 49. 15 degrees below average. new york city 44. that's 11 degrees below average, so this cold air will be making its way east and south as the week progresses. that's what's going . good morning i'm bill henley. a chilly start with the wind blowing. the wind will blow some clouds into the area and we'll see scattered light showers late this morning and this afternoon. 34 degrees to start with, we'll peak at 50 on saturday. not quite as cold on understood, and near 60 on monday. for veteran's day, 64 with sunshine. it gets colder wednesday and thursday. have a great day. little slumber party. >> "today" slumber party. >> we'll bring our sleeping bags and sleep while you're doing the weather for 34 hours. >> tell ghost stories. >> i can't take part in them, unless the ghost story is a weather story. >> just don't wake us up while we're sleeping. >> i'm waking you up. when you wake up with your hand in a pan of warm water. >> yeah. >> and the shaving cream, an old roker trick. coming up next, al gets to stand so close to one of the greats. >> yeah. >> sting, on a backstage tour of his new broadway musical, "the last ship." al and sting together again next. sir, we're loaded and getting ready to go... ...we're going to need you on the runway. 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all deserve to be in the half fame. >> is bubbles really a toy? a distraction. >> you weren't here yesterday but one of the nom that's was pots and pans. talk about not being a toy. my big bone' big snub this year. >> cabbage patch dolls, did they make it? >> have to be in already. they have to be in. >> inducted into the '80s. >> congratulations to the new inductees. >> i'm supposed they picked the rubik's cube now, 2014 to be inducted. >> that's a first ballot. >> took so long to figure it out. >> hall of fame, it has to be around for so many years before they get inducteded. >> i don't know. poor my little boney. >> ah. >> always next year, boney. >> care bears. >> care bears probably in there. ♪ my little pony ♪ you can comb its hair >> keep going. >> remember the commercial? ♪ you can tie ribbons in its hair ♪ >> oh, wow. >> something about put a hat on its head and give it a blanket when it's time for bed. >> time to put it down now. >> ow. >> look, along the gulf coast, plenty of sunshine for saturday. there's some snow in the upper great lakes tomorrow. windy conditions with rain around. hey, am i bothering you? >> sorry, al. camera guy bob yaeger over there. everything okay. >> crashed over there. just checking. >> anyway, we're looking at sunny skies through texas and on into southern california. then sunday, sunday, we're looking at more rain through the western plains and snow in the northern plains, also in the central great lakes, but much of the rest of the country looking pretty good for showers making their way from central on into southern florida. that's what's going on around good morning, i'm bill henley. a childy start with the wind blowing. the wind will blow some clouds into the area and we will see scattered light showers late this morning and this afternoon. it clears out tonight and it gets cold tomorrow morning. 34 to start with. we'll peak at 50 on saturday, 55 sunday, near 60 on monday, for veteran's day, 64 degrees with sunshine and it gets colder wednesday and thursday. have a great day. >> and that's your latest weather. >> from hockey players in tutus, to photo bombing dolphins, a look at the stories behind the best photographs of the week. >> let's talk mid-term elections this week. >> yeah. >> a great photo, coming to us from a polling booth in alaska. >> this is adorable. >> how adorable. >> this is little zoe buck, 14 monies old, in alaska in anchorage. that's her mom to the left voting. alaska is an interesting state. even though we pretty much know the republican won't call the senate can't call it for ages because they have to bring in the ballots from arctic circle on moose back and we'll know the results. could be weeks. >> cute. >> this next photo is amazing to see what these birds do. >> wow. >> this is south of scotland, and the numbers have declined by two-thirds since the 197. one of those locations where twice a year they come into amazing what scientists called mermerations and they move around in incredible formations. not sure why they do it. some hype these may be like falcons and hawks can't quite hone in and zero in on a specific bird if they are all doing amazing things but an incredible sight to behole. can have 100,000 birds at once all in this massive formation. >> this one is a little bit lighter, hockey players in tutus. >> this is confusing. >> in southern ontario, in theifying rah region. >> look at the legs. >> ottawa 67s watching their teammates play, and that's an ad underneath them with it yous, and it looks like the legs. they just happened to be lined up in the exact and the photographer was being a bit cheeky. what i don't understood the ad apparently is for a car dealership. what car dealership? i know how to sell cars, we'll put tutus on the billboard. >> capturing that very moment. >> that is terrific. >> this next one is very controversial because we're trying to decide. >> it had to be fake. >> okay. >> the dolphin. >> the photobombing. >> this is real. >> it's real? >> apparently, that's what they say. >> you can see the splash there. >> they say they were surprised and astonished and this was amaid maizing, their wedding and the dolphin in the background and got all these photos of amazing dolphins in the background but hang on, they got married a maine reason land dolphin adventure in florida. >> so some has a piece of fish. >> 17 million photos and just waited for the right one for the dolphin to be there in the background. >> this is a bit cheeky. >> it's adorable. i love it. >> july 29th, the world's giant panda triplets were born so now they are about 3 months old and turned 100 days old and look how adorable they are. >> this is so cute. >> and how are they doing, josh? >> this is in guangzhou in china, and this is the first time that panda triplets have survived 100 days. there have been four panda triplets in history, and they are always too little, you lose one of them. made 100 days and they think it's a good chance they will survive. born three and a half ounces, 100 grams. >> like a stick of butter. >> without any teeth, just two little teeth have popped through and they haven't been named. they will hold a naming competition. >> of course. >> put your thinking hats on. >> just beyond there there's a dolphin. >> just about to devour them. >> what? >> and then there were two. that's horrible. josh, thank you. >> you're welcome. good to see you again. >> coming up next, should you really starve a fever? truth about cold and flu season when willie and i go head-to-head. you guys ready? it's dark!! if every thanksgiving there's a white versus dark meat debate... i respect your opinion but white... la la la la! then you're what butterball calls a turketarian... and their holiday and every day selections are sure to satisfy... dry skin heal it... want to hibernate? 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starve a fever. >> myth. >> willie. >> myth. >> you are absolutely correct. >> myth, that is right. basically when you have a fever, your metabolism goes up, and you need more calories to give you energy to support your metabolism for that so it's a myth. >> all right, excellent. >> statement number two. fact or myth? if you have a cold, avoid caffeine. >> al. >> true. >> let's look at our answer. >> myth. >> no, it's a myth. >> sorry. >> the reason is caffein is actually loaded with anti-oxidants and that supports your immune system. it's good for you, but do it in moderation. if you do more than two cups, you end up having a diuretic effect and have it hydrated. >> certain time tea, coffee, not soda. >> i prefer tea or soda because they have anti-oxidants. >> perfect. >> number three. fact or myth? >> sneeze or cough droplets can travel up to 20 feet in the air. >> that is true, true. that is true. >> let's take a look. >> yes, indeed, it is. >> and we actually have an assistant here to demonstrate. >> natalie. >> pull that. >> high, don't let go. >> don't you let go. let's go to 20 feet. >> that far. >> 20 feet. >> takes only seconds. it's like a puff of disgusting. >> don't let go. >> the face is suspended for a few minutes. >> oh, so sorry. >> so going to the corner of the arm. >> cover your mouth to prevent that from happening. >> thank you, natalie. >> you guys are going to get it. fact or myth? germs can live on surfaces for two days. >> true. >> yeah, yeah. >> let's take a look. >> that is a fact. not only some germs last only a few hours but some can last weeks to months. >> wow. >> even more -- >> kind of like my brother-in-law. >> okay. next, if someone sneezes around you, hold your breath. >> willie. >> no. myth. >> myth. >> let's take a look. >> you are correct. >> now, there's -- there's a little wist to this. it's not that it doesn't help. it's that it's not enough. as i mentioned, a sneeze stays suspended in the air for several minutes, so if you hold your breath you'd have to hold it a long time in order to prevent germs from going to your nose. just cover with your sleeve or tissue or collar, and if you're in your office and you have someone next to you in the next seat or on a plane or a train, that can help. >> okay. >> last question. >> last question. fact or myth? you can catch the flu from the flu vaccine. >> that is a myth. >> let's take a look. you are correct. you cannot catch the flu from the flaw vaccine. you're given a dead virus. cannot cause the flu. the reason some people may think that is that it takes two weeks to work and during that time you can get any number of germs in the interim and get sick. >> the flu vaccine, kind of a guess, isn't it, because it can't cover all the news out there? 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>> not single mom. >> oh, okay. >> a mother who had a full-time job, three kids and a husband to cook for so all her recipes were innately just easy, quick and fast. >> five-minute recipes. >> starting with garlic shrimp. >> this is kind of our version of scampi, garlic and oil and what i love about my mom's recipe, saute, take to golden brown, a lot of dump and stir. she would take gar little, put it inside, let it brown a little bit, add some shrimp. >> and shrimp cooks quick like that. >> very quickly. >> yeah. >> some over to this side, with any scampi, garlic, salt, slifrm, kind of unusual ingredient, a lemon lime soda my mom would add to this, a very classic -- >> how did she come up with that? >> i think it's something that they did in the philippines. they wanted to get some kind of sugars that kind of matched the shrimp but also a lemon lime flavor. >> more of a glaze. >> exactly. >> and then happy with the soda as it cooks down and reduces it turns into a bit of a glaze so that's what we have here. >> that's so easy. >> we've taken that shrimp to this part here, and what we're going to add to finish it, lemon lime soda, a little bit of shrimp, finish it with a little lime juice and some soy sauce to give it a little bit of salt and richness and that's what we have here for you, just a little bit of cilantro, and that's that dish. >> that's it, easy. >> really easy, quick. >> no time at all. >> a lot of things that my dom did because she was fast and quick. she was an rn, worked the graveyard shift so she had to do all that have. >> bless her for doing that and cooking for you, guys. chicken adobea. >> national dish of the philippines. >> yeah. >> once again it's more of the same, dump and stir? >> how is it, al? >> onions in there. >> onions, a little bit of garlic, and this my mom, she took the onions and garlic just a little bit further, so she wouldn't totally carmelize it so the onions broke down, at the en. day she want the texture of the onion. >> sure. >> and she would take -- >> chicken thighs. >> chicken thighs, really nice to braise. don't dry out very quickly. >> a lot of flavor to them. >> a lot of fat flavor and on the bone, which is important, and no browning here, just add the chicken to the onions and the garlic. >> let it just sit there for a bit, right? >> soy sauce. >> right. >> and some rice wine vinegar, and this is what adobea is, going anything in the combination of soy sauce and vinegar. >> you have some potatoes. >> my addition to this. i wanted to add something that would kind of bulk up. >> raw or already blanched. >> these are raw. >> makes the dish a little bit hearty. >> and this is just water. cover it with a little bit more salt and fresh cracked black pepper. >> how long do you let it sit in the pot and just kind of stew. >> cover this for about 45 minutes. it's really letting it go and do its own thing so that's the beauty of a lot of these dishes, not a lot of fiddling around with the dishes. >> it looks amazing. >> looks amazing. >> just falls off the bone there, too. >> for us, for my version of this, i like to finish the dish with just a little bit -- >> salad. >> salad of fresh apples and arugula. >> thank you, delicious. >> dale, thanks so much. >> thanks for having you. >> congrats on all your success as well. >> the recipe can be found on our website, today.com. time to eat now. we're back in a mom. this is "today" on nbc. - ( helicopter whirring ) - ( roars ) ( siren wails ) ( pop music playing ) ♪ when you're ready ♪ ready, ready, ready ♪ come and get it ♪ get it, get it ♪ when you're ready, come and get it ♪ ♪ na na na na ♪ na na na na na na na ♪ ♪ when you're ready, come and get it ♪ ♪ na na na na... female announcer: it's a great big world and it can all be yours. here and only here. ♪ come and get it. erica hill spent last weekend with a triumph at the new york city marathon. >> thank you. >> thank you, guys. very sweet words of wisdom. >> you raised so much money for fred's team. >> more than $8,500 for cancer research. >> what's going on this weekend? >> it's hard to top so we brought in lester holt. he's our ringer. very cool. last night lester was in nashville happening out with rascal flatts, asked him to play a little diddy. at this bar called fiddle and steel, the first place where the band came together as a band. closing at the end of the year. this is one of the last hurrahs and lester was this for it. >> lester looks so good when he plays his guitar. >> he doesn't mess around. he's got the face. sort of like the lester, i'm a jazz musician. >> because it's all about the bass. >> very nice. >> it's all about the bass. >> like nobody else. erica, we'll be watching tomorrow. good to see you. >> coming up next, "kathie lee and hoda." find out what your dreams really mean and how to look slim in bulky winter coats. >> hey, all right. turtlenecks, big sweaters, not going to work, right? >> no. >> first your local news. >> i like that sweater. >> we just learned that philadelphia police are no longer looking for hill. he has turned himself in. he is accused of luring a 4-year-old girl to his mother's house in darby and rapeing her. last night he called police and said he would not turn himself in and they would have to find him. >> let's check on your first alert forecast now with bill henley on a cold friday out there. >> the wind is not helping, it is keeping things chilly and blowing clouds into the area. look at this view, winds at 15 miles per hour with higher gusts in the philadelphia area. look at the clouds taking over. the clouds are on the way to the shore and a few rain drops as well. scattered showers just moved into the western suburbs. >> in center county a hearing is scheduled to start regarding property formally belonging to jerry sandusky's charity the second mile. sandusky is serving 30 to 60 years in prison after the for r er penn state football coach was convicted. we're back with another update for you in about 25 minutes. get more information at nbc10.com. we go back to "the today show now" have a great friday. imagine a health plan that gives you zero. as in zero copays. if you're on medicare and eligible for medicaid, gateway health has a medicare advantage plan for you. gateway health medicare assured diamond gives you better coverage, benefits, and service, plus zero monthly premiums. and zero copay for primary care and specialist visits, hospitalization and er, even transportation. call 1-877-gateway today! for a better plan. and a better you. from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. you made it to try day friday, november 7th. i thi it is still 2014. >> it is. >> we have an interesting show for you today. if you ever wondered what your dreams mean, dream expert lori lohanburg is here to tell us what -- she can get to the bottom of things, why you keep having a persistent dream. >> some people have dreams of teeth shattering or running and can't escape. she'll tell us why. also, it is getting a little chillier, so we're putting on layers. worst thing about layers is looking like the michelin man. we have ways to do it where you can stay slimming looking without bulk, but still stay warm. we'll talk about that. >> and you know what it is time for? >> what? >> holiday photos. >> these are awesome. >> the photographer behind dogs in cars, i love that, shares her tips for taking adorable shots of your furry family members and all the dogs you'll see today are up for adoption. >> sweet. quick shoutout to my sister-in-law. it is her birthday. happy birthday, colleen. party on. this was a shot of all of us at the parade and they'll be here for the parade again this year, for the thanksgiving day. >> we get to have the first taste of the brand-new starbucks holiday flavor. >> this is awesome. everyone talks about the pumpkin latte, this one is called chestnut praline latte. >> praline. >> praline? new orleans, we say praline. what do you say? >> i thought it was praline until i met someone from the south. >> so this one, no one had it yet, how does it taste? i'm a little -- i can't drink it because it has milk in it. is it delicious? >> it is good. with whipped cream and spiced praline crumbs. >> it launches next wednesday. >> wait a minute. 270 calories. what? >> yeah. okay. drinky drinky. it costs about $4. >> when you're at the gym, you guys, there are often things you wish you could say to someone on the nearby machine or someone walking through to a stranger. well, this is one of those kind of fun videos where someone has put it together, buzzfeed did, let's take a look. >> i'm sorry, sir, no. there are so many free ones down there. no need to be right next to me. >> i just want you to know my arm day was yesterday. >> 25, but i will never, ever, ever listen to that. i'm going to keep doing it my way and it will be much more fun. >> i'm supernervous that people can hear that i'm listening to -- >> you're really attractive and don't want you to see me like this right now. >> the clothing shows the butt. >> i do pick my machine. if there is a handsome cute guy on a treadmill and the only stairmaster is in front of him, i will not use that stairmaster. >> because you think he'll be looking at your rear end. >> i think i don't feel great and who wants to be jiggling in front of someone in front of you. i look for another machine away. if there is one behind him i'm perfectly fine with that. >> i asked dolly parton one time if she worked out and she said, no, honey, i like to choose the people i sweat with. i don't like to go to gyms. we have a little gym at my house and i'm fine with that. >> it is a weird feeling. i have to say, you do feel you are on display. but here's something. we talk about self-esteem and how we feel fat and weird and all that stuff. you wonder at what age do you start being concerned about what you look like -- >> your body image. >> right. >> the jubilee project with inature skin care to see what adults and kids think about their bodies. if you could change one thing about your body, what would it be? >> i would change my forehead. i have a really big forehead. >> my ears. i have big ears. >> if you could change one thing about your body, what would you change? >> i would have a mermaid tail. >> probably like a shark mouth, i could eat a lot of stuff. >> i want a cheetah costume. >> i don't think there is anything to change. >> i like my body, actually. >> now wouldn't change anything? >> no. just my -- >> what? >> just my mermaid tail. >> when does it change when all of a sudden it is about the physical aspects? >> i think as kids you look at your mom or your parents and if your mom is thinking, you watch her and how you adjust and feel and look, you start to feel like -- >> i think i did a little too much of that, like, oh -- yeah, because i think i can always do better. what would you change about your body? >> what would i change about my body? you know what's funny, i don't want to be dramatic, but ever since i got sick, i really -- although i make jokes about it, i'm actually very happy to have this body, you know. it is one of those weird things you stop -- you stop totally self -- i still would not work out in front of the cute guy, but all that being said, you know, how about you? would you change? >> i have a little tummy, i had a -- but i had two beautiful children that i wouldn't trade them for anything in the world. so if i had to go -- if i have to have that to have them, you know what -- other people have real problems. let's eat cookie dough. >> you love chocolate chip cookie dough. this stuff we have in our hands now is edible. it is -- there is no dairy in it. they sell it in whole foods. no cooking necessary. it is called just cookie dough. it is vegan, you know, has everything. let's taste it instead of eating out of the bowl. you buy it and eat it like that. mm. >> not my thing. >> no? >> no. around $6. sold at foods like whole foods and costco, where i'm going to be. >> you are. >> if you love chocolate chip cookie dough this is heaven. oh, my god. if i were depressed and were watching tv, this is what -- this is what i would be eating. this is so -- you don't like sweet. >> i do like sweet. >> not like -- >> friday funny. >> i can't wait. what is it? >> okay. a very successful businessman had a meeting with his new son-in-law. he said, son, i welcome you into the family and to show you how much we love you, and care for you, i am making you a 50/50 partner in my business. all you have to do is go to the factory every day and learn the operation. son-in-law interrupted and said, but i hate factories and i can't stand the noise. okay, replied the father-in-law. then you'll work in the office. but i hate office work, said the son-in-law. i can't stand being stuck behind a desk. now the father-in-law was getting a little frustrated. i just made you half owner of a money-making industry. but you won't work in the factory or the office. what am i going to do with you? easy said the son-in-law, buy me out. >> you don't get it? >> i don't really get it. >> somebody already checked out for the weekend. it is time for our johnson's baby announcements where we celebrate moms and their adorable new additions to their families. >> our first johnson's baby of the week is liam isiah griffin born from jacksonville, florida, on september 20th. his parents said yes, they did name their son after liam neeson. he's their favorite actor. >> next to a set of twins, riley elizabeth and roxy margaret reiter born on september 27th in pennsylvania. mom offers these age old words of wisdom, try not to focus on your lack of sleep. so cute. >> good luck with that. now to a baby born in shelf field, alabama, on halloween, october 31st, aden elijah jones. this picture was taken when he was one day old. his parents britney and alonzo say their son is a big and strong baby, coming into this world at 10 pounds, 10 ounces. >> yes, indeedy. our final johnson's baby of the week is karissa elsie burton from anchorage, alaska, born in spokane, washington, on september 28th. that's because she made her appearance five weeks early when her mom florence went into labor on a business trip. she offers this advice, babies come when they're ready, so always be prepared. >> that's for sure. congratulations to all of our babies. if you want to submit your baby for our johnson's baby of the week contest, go to klgandhoda.com. and press the connect button. >> we have lots more talk ahead, including a video that will have you nodding your head in agreement. >> and the surprising meaning behind those intimate dreams you have. right after this. 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(electric hedge trimmer) everybody loves the sweet, fluffy deliciouslness of king's hawaiian bread. find us in the deli or in-store bakery. also try the complete line of king's hawaiian sandwich rolls. you said you want to know what's up with dreams about crumbling teeth and intimate relationships with people you don't know very well. >> so we called in the experts, lori lohanburg. >> she is an author and member of the international association for the society of dreams. >> i'll do the interview like this. >> as you should. when we're dreaming, what is going on in our brains? >> you're thinking. it is a thinking process. your dreams are a continuation of your thoughts from the day, that inner dialogue that is always going on. it continues as you drift off to sleep. once you enter rem sleep, when we dream, the brain starts working differently. those thoughts continue, but instead of thinking in words, like we are right now, you're thinking in symbols and metaphors. >> you think that certain dreams and they're recurring ones mean something different than what the dream is. let's have one of hoda's. >> people wrote in. kelly asked this, i habitually dream my teeth are crumbling into tiny pieces and i spit them out. what does that mean for kelly? >> the teeth dream is really common. i recently did a survey on my site about dreams and that came in as one of the top five dreams we all get, the teeth dream. the reason why it is so common is because anything having to do with your mouth and your throat area is going to be connected to what you say, the way you communica communicate. now, her teeth are crumbling, correct? so crumbling teeth and spitting it out, spitting it out, that's the key there, there is something she felt she said that was weak or that she needs to say, spit it out already is what her subconscious is telling her. >> tell her yours. >> mine is that i have gum that is stuck and i can't move my teeth. >> okay, now, the little details, the little specifics in your dream are important and have meaning. so where you feel like you have gum in your mouth and you can't open it, it is also because you probably want to speak up about something, but you're afraid to because it is a sticky situation. >> that can't be you at all. >> your be subconscious is mind is saying don't do what you do. >> maybe that's it. i get this, i had a lot of dreams about being very passionate with men i don't have in life. i'm married and not a cheater. so what does that mean? >> i was going to use a nicer word like harlot. but you're not alone, lynn. that sort of dream where you're cheating is also very common. and it is because there is some -- there is a third will in your marriage, but it is not another person, it is another thing. there is something you're giving a lot of time and attention to that is causing you to realize you're cheating your mate. it could be a new baby. it could be her job. her friends. something that she knows deep down there is a third wheel. >> okay. but it doesn't mean you're a cheater. it just means you dream about it. see. there. everyone should feel better now. >> hoda. >> are there -- stephanie b. says i have dreams all the time about tornadoes, floods, and disasters. what do those mean? >> weather in dreams is important to pay attention to, because the weather in your dream is going to reflect your emotions at the time. our emotions are the weather of our mind. tornado are a good indication of anxiety and worry that is beginning to spin out of control. and there is a lot of people out there that are recurring tornado dreamers. they get it all the time. that's a good indication that you are a card carrying member of the worrywart club. >> so interesting. we could stay in bed all day and talk to you. thank you so much. >> you can get more on lori and all of her work, go to klgandhoda.com. winter wear doesn't have to be about the bulk. all about the bulk. we're going to show you how to look slim and stay warm at the same time. and got a camera and a dog? we do. how to capture the cutest shots of man's best friend. that's after your local news. my budget used to be a real downer. especially around the holidays. i made a list of everyone we need to get gifts for this year. but thanks to fingerhut.com, now we can shop with low monthly payments. over 150,000 items, and growing, from brands like samsung, kitchenaid, lego. just click on over to fingerhut.com for the credit you deserve to get all kinds of great gifts. 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>> i think women usually think i have to be warm or freezing and you can have both. it is like you can dress in layers but you don't have to add extra pounds. we don't need that. >> no, we don't. >> we never want that. >> let's get some tips, we have a monochromatic look. >> that means the color on color. >> that is gorgeous. >> isn't this adorable? we gave her this thin turtleneck by teen tees by tina. we gave they are this dress by lulu.com and a scarf. she looks long and lean. and this is the thin layer that we're adding on. i call it the big mama wrap jacket. it is the big sister to the wrap dress, and the great thing about having a wrap jacket is you can tie it. if you lose a few pounds, you can tie it tighter. if you gain a few pounds, you tie it looser. >> great one. beautiful. sheryl is up next. let us know about her look. >> i love sheryl's look. and, you know, every lady loves a pair of amazing leggings. now, the legs and the turtleneck are both by tees by tina. they're built like shape wear. it is one size fits most. size 6 or size 16 and they all fit you. >> who can wear the pants unless you have a long sweater over it. >> they suck you in your tummy and tush. if you add on the second layer, it is about a pop of color. this is a puffer coat from bloomingdale's. it is thin. this is a thin quilt and it is flatter, but super warm. >> great. thank you, sheryl. >> good to go. >> okay. let's bring out rebecca. she has lots of layers on. >> everything is under $100 that we're showing today. >> important. >> yes. when you have sweaters, step it up a notch. we gave her this super cute sweater from bloomingdale's. i wanted her to have another layer. we added one top under it with the jeweled collar. now one layer over it with this coat from h&m. the thing with the coat, go for a long streamlined coat, a gray is great. you don't always have to get black. get a skinny jean and pull the jeans over your boots, make your legs look longer and leaner. >> i can't believe under $100. >> everything is under $100. >> thank you. >> adorable. >> ashley is coming out. >> yes. now, this is my favorite. i have a special surprise for you all, ladies. ashley is wearing a dress from tees by tina. a skirt over the dress, and because the dress is really amazing, it is like shape wear, kim kardashian loves this line of clothing. and we added the skirt and the sweater jacket. sweaters are your best friend, they can hide those little, you know, extra rolls we might have, little tummy action. and it hangs low and is perfect. and the pockets are quilted so she's super sexy. i love these tights. they double as tights and legs. you can wear them with boots or pull them over. >> by the way, great job. >> thank you. >> everybody can come out. all so terrific. >> everything is super affordable, under $100. >> really great. >> college application season is in full swing. >> we got admissions to help your child's application stand out from the rest. coming up right after this. to remove this spaghetti stain, let's compare an entire tub of oxiclean to just half a cup of clorox bleach. okay... huh... how is that called clean? 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it can if it's dawn ultra. it's more concentrated... ...just one bottle has the grease cleaning power of two bottles of this bargain brand. here's to the over-extended family gathering. dawn, it's amazing what a drop can do. it never has been more challenging to get into college. some schools receiving up to 70,000 applications every year, the competition is definitely fierce. >> how can you stand out? we have some people here who have actual answers. ashley is the associate dean of admissions at pam ona college where the acceptance rate is just 12.2. >> oh, my gosh. chris to have gutentag is at duke university. >> cat cohen is the founder and ceo of ivy wise, an admissions counseling firm. good to see you all. >> it is interesting, a lot of kids say, i had good grades, great s.a.t.s, acts, i felt i was active and it is not enough to get you into the college of your choice. you guys know because there are a lot of kids who don't make it into your schools. >> yeah. so we really look for students who can shine in their essays and teacher letters of recommendations. it is the other things beyond the academics that help. >> i think people would be surprised how personal the process is. we look for -- we look for qualities like impact and engagement and authenticity. all those personal factors that go far beyond the academics that really mack a difference. >> how do you find out that from a -- in the thousands and thousands of applications. how do you find out -- >> how do you find it is authentic? >> you would be surprised at the distinctions you can make when you read essays, read recommendations, you can tell. >> and demonstrating interest is so important. many colleges will track and see if you're visiting a school or going to a college fair, applying early is probably the best way to show demonstrated interest. and even schools i know duke doesn't track this, but they might track informed interests. so it is so important that you treat each school and each application as if it is your top choice. and you want to make sure if you're answering the why this college essay, you've done your research, refer to specific courses, professors, things like that. >> what about the essay? how much weight is there on the essay to get you into a college? like at yours, for instance? >> it is absolutely significant. it is an opportunity for a student to have a conversation and say something different than the rest of the applications. and to sound like they're 17 and not to be -- not to have it where they lose their voice and so many people have edited that it is no longer that teenage voice. >> i think that they forget we read them as if it is being read out loud. sometimes they tend to be written as if they were essays. and when we read them, we hear them say that, so they sometimes get lost in the essay. so short declarative statements are great, about the student. >> i would add that you want to make sure you're telling an admissions officer something they can't learn from the rest of the application. tell them something new. >> what if a kid doesn't have great s.a.t.s or acts, but they're hard workers or there are some kids who just don't test well but need the right environment. i feel like sometimes they get rejected out of hand because their scores just aren't high enough. >> i think that's part of the challenge of making a good list of colleges. colleges where -- there are thousands of great colleges in the country, right? so there are great matches for every student, where they're going to be challenged, they're going to be comfortable, and where they're going to be in a group that is going to both like them and stretch them a little bit. >> that's the wholistic review comes into play. we're going to be reading the letters of recommendation where a teacher will say this student is trying hard, they're just really an intellectual, someone who just is excited about ideas and that's going to build a picture beyond just the transcript, test scores. >> i feel for the families going through it now. it is so -- and it really affects the children, the pressure of it, doesn't it? tough to get your kids through those months. >> and do you clickity clack online and look at their facebook pages and twitter accounts to see if they're doing anything weird? >> we have a policy. our policy is we don't friend and don't follow. >> but do you peek? >> we don't peek, but if something is brought to our attention, then i don't have any qualms about seeing what is put in front of us. but we don't go looking for it. >> and there is a survey, 29% of admissions officers have googled an applicant. 31% have gone and to an applicant's facebook page. we advise students be careful about what you post. you want to pass the grandma test. if you don't want grandma to see it -- >> do you look at that? >> we do not. fwlut a but there are schools that are doing that. they need to know a college can track them. >> what about a video? do kids make videos and send them in? what was the one with reese witherspoon. i love that movie so much. >> legally blonde. >> do people send videos or is that a no-no? >> for us, it is just in the arts. theater, you know, dance. >> not for the -- >> some schools asked for them. >> but through social media, you can use it to your advantage and show off what you're doing, whether it is your art work or things like that. >> i would have never gotten into college now. >> seriously. >> i mean, no way. >> the kids are so much better prepared. they feel the pressure. unfortunately they do, but they're ready. >> we appreciate it. thank you. >> we have some four legged guys. >> yes, we do. and four wheeled vehicles. >> we have the unbelievably cute photos and tips on how to take your own just in time for holiday cards and they're ado adoptab adoptable. g united healthcare, humana, aetna, and coventry. at our new health insurance information centers, you'll find independent agents that tell you about plans that could be right for you. take care of your medicare part d enrollment, so you can spend your time doing the things you enjoy the most. visit walmart or call 1-800-966-1848 to speak to a licensed agent. save money. live better. walmart. oats go! wow! go power oats! go! go power! yayyyy! the holidays are coming and you want to take pictures of everyone in your family including your adorable pets. >> there is one california photographer who did an amazing job capturing the moments for her new book called "dogs in cars". >> she's laura joe reagan and she's here with a couple of her furry friends to show off her work and show you how to take your own pet photos. >> hi. >> they look terrific. >> thank you. >> what a great concept. we always see dogs hanging their heads out of car windows and you decided it was a good place to photograph them. >> i took an idea stuck in l.a. freeway traffic and that's how my mood was elevated when i saw that and i wanted to capture the primal bliss of a dog on a car ride. >> that one kills us. >> awesome. >> so where did you find the dogs you were photographing? >> family and friends and then craigslist. and got lots of responses from people who were just really so into their dogs and really wanted them immortalized. >> is it safe for the dog to be hanging out the window like that? i always worry about that. >> don't try this at home, behind the scenes, they were incredible safety measures taken. but i went to -- i think hanging your head out -- a dog, i'm sorry -- >> the joy of it. >> don't try this at home. a lot of safety measures were taken. but i would not -- the one, great joy, one of the few great joys the dog has in life. >> like their fix. >> but secure them. secure them. i mean, it would, like, be telling us to go to a party. >> here is the thing, i tried to take pictures of my dog in regular situations. it is not easy because number one, my dog doesn't pay attention. your dog -- >> they love it. >> some dogs are natural born hams and others can't be bothered, like people. it is just like people. >> why don't we help people take a couple of photographs of their own dogs. let's pretend you want to take a picture of your dog in the backyard. >> these puppies, remember, these are available for adoption. >> want to get in the car? want to go for a drive? >> no. no. i don't. but thank you for asking. >> here we go. >> maybe not. >> that's all right. some dogs don't like to do that. let's pretend we're taking a picture. right now. come on, time's a ticking. this is good. >> ready? how would you do it? >> make sure outside and light at the end of the day is beautiful, uncluttered backgrounds and get low, get -- and try to contain them in something so they don't move around. >> so this one is going to be moving. >> what is this dog's name? do we know? miko. >> good boy. okay. that's all right. he wasn't in the mood. can't do everything on cue. >> we have another dog. let's see him. >> has he been hurt? >> his little paw. >> i think he was born that way. >> okay. this little dog is going to be sitting up on a chair. >> this is linky. >> linky likes it. >> oh. >> okay. >> look at that. >> this is for your christmas card, right? >> you just get at his level. make sure it is only your family members that are in the -- >> slinky, slinky! slinky! >> slinky! oh, my gosh. >> can i get all three of you at the chair? >> sure what's more than that? >> all right. >> oh, yes. yes. oh. >> slinky. >> come on, slink. >> christmas cards. >> that was -- okay -- >> thank you very much. good luck with your book. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> and you can view more photos from the book at klgandhoda.com. again, we should point out these dogs are up for adoption from the 11th hour rescue in new jersey. >> great work. back in a moment. first this is "today" on nbc. revealed through the work of its scholars and graduates. it has inspired strength and purpose. an enduring symbol of passion and excellence that is not static, but moves among us. a feeling...a shared experience, a reminder that we are connected for life. we are penn state, making our mark on the world. unbelievable next week, we have the amazing bette midler, she sits down with us and gives us a special performance. and kelly osbourne, candice bergen, alan alda, katherine heigl. there's more. >> there is dionne warwick and ruben studdard and nick lachey and all three of the winan brothers. >> oh, my gosh. wow, that is amazing. we'll see you guys on fun day monday. >> i'll see you all at costco today! >> yea. >> charlotte, north carolina. right now we are following this breaking news. this suspect who taunted police after allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl has turned himself in. he walked in to police this morning with his mother and s surrendered. >> reporter: the relatives are telling us that investigators say he turned himself in, surrendering to police this morning walking right through the door you see here. moments ago, i spoke to the victim's relatives by phone. they are both at work. they tell us they are relieved. 18-year-old hill has been the

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