the two women arrested, allegedly dousing their bare hands in the toxic poison used to kill one. one of them a north korean official. and close call, new video emerges of the moment harrison ford flew over a crowded passenger jet in a crash landing that could have been. the film he'd rather not be starring in, today wednesday, february 22nd, 2017. we're going to show youre yesterday later on. by the way, willie said i'm happy to be here, do i have to use the paint strips though? >> when in rome, pal, when in rome. let's start with the top story. the mood of voters is now on full display at fiery town hall meetings all across the country and at protests against the trump administration's aggressive new plan to deal with millions of undocumented immigrants. nbc's kristen welker is at the white house with more on this, kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: not good morning to you, president donald trump has been trying to turn the page on a rocky start to the presidency and new poll numbers out today reflect how he's being viewed so far. according to to the latest survey monkey online poll, 43% approve of the president's job performance, wliel 54% disapprove. many gop lawmakers hope for recess are getting some of the blowback. in town hall meetings across the country, republican lawmakers are feeling the heat reaction from their constituents on issue after issue. from gop efforts to repeal the affordable care act. >> obamacare, improve it for god sakes. >> reporter: to health care for veterans. >> veterans are sick. the veterans are broken down. they're not getting what they need. >> reporter: to president trump's job performance. >> i am so unsettled. it feels like we have a juvenile running our country. >> reporter: and russian meddling in the election. >> russia is not our friend. >> reporter: and president trump insisting the deck is stacked against without providing any evidence, tweeting, so the-called angry crowds in home districts of some republicans are actually in numerous cases planned out by liberal activists. sad. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell facing nearly 1,000 protesters outside his event. praising the president, but also saying mr. trump's frequent tweeting is driving republicans off advice, but i would be tweeting so often or i would be tweeting different things. >> reporter: meanwhile, the president himself is in the middle of a reset. today, sending his secretaries of state and homeland security to mexico. their goal, to smooth relations after the mexican president abruptly cancelled a trip to the u.s. after the president announced plans for a border wall. the fresh outreach comes as the department of homeland security unveiled new guidelines for deportation wednesday, seizing up border patrol agents and cracking down on offenders, but leaving daka in place. the white house firing back. >> president wanted to take the shackles off indiua a mission, there are laws that need to be follow. you should do your mission and follow the law. >> reporter: the president reaching tout minority groups, visiting the african american museum. and for the first time denouncing the rise of anti-semitic incidents across the country. exclusive interview with craig melvin? >> will you denounce it once and for all? >> well, i do all the time. i do all the time. and i think it's terrible, i think it's horrible, whether it's anti-semitism or racism or anything you want to think about having to do with the divide. >> reporter: meanwhile, the administration eyeing the possibility of rolling back some several guidance that requires the public schools to allow children to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. the white house hasn't officially commented on that, all this as the administration is working to unveil the new so-called travel ban executive order. our new poll shows 50% approve temporarily banning citizens from seven countries while 47% disapprove, matt, willie. >> kristen, thank you very much. let's focus more on the president's new immigration policies. could they lead to mass deportations as we just heard? deportations, as we just heard? we'll get a fact check in a moment. first, here are the basics. there are an estimated 11 million people in the united states illegally. of that number, experts say 800,000 have committed crimes here. >> can you realistically deport that many people? the obama administration deported more than 2.5 million people, the highest of any prior presidency. now, as promised, let's bring in ari melber for today's fact check. >> good morning. >> senator chuck schumer of new york says this sets the table, the new policies for the mass deportations that many people is he right? >> no, we don't know exact lil what's going to happen. th hammer, but how hard they swing it is not policies, there is more they can do to deport more people back. >> one of the big aspects has always been so-called dreamers. the children who were brought into this country illegally by their parents, but who did nothing wrong on their own and now living here. during the campaign, then candidate trump said, he was going to crackdown on this. now he says it's a difficult situation for him. what do the guidelines tell kpups. >> matt, this is a fact that you say a big part of the campaign. any time. >> what you've heard is expedited removal, this is going to happen relatively quickly for people who fall under the new policies. if i'm already in the criminal system, do i lose my due process rights now? >> you basically have less rights. th the government doesn't have to do as much to make sure that it's getting the process right or proving it's case because you don't have as many rights to be here in the first place. >> and the rules surrounded removal changed under obama. anybody you found within 14 days and 100 miles of the border, now it is anywhere you find them up to two years. >> that's right. this is basically one of several ways that this set of policies tries to give those border agents, i.c.e. agents, and even now, even more local police opportunities to catch and deport people. that is a big process. it can be expensive, typically not everyone undocumented in the country is thought of as a priority for that. and that's where the rubber meets the road. how many people do they really to want deport as you pointed out, two and a half million plus under the past administration, these numbers have been rising. >> thank you very much. >> i appreciate it very much. we are now learning more half brother of north korea's leader kim jong-un. two suspects coated their bare hands with poison as they identified two more people being sought in the case. we have the latest overnight developments. janice, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. this case continues to twist and turn appear even stronger. about the suggestion a senior diplomat might be involved. in a mystery that for ten days has added new twists in characters that played out in realtime in airport security video purportedly showing the apparent attack. police say the two to wipe something on kim's face, knew it was poison. >> on the face and they were instructed to clean their hands. >> reporter: contradicting claims the women were duped thinking they were part of a tv prank. meanwhile, at the morgue, where kim jong's body remains, had to step up security due to an apparent say they asked north korea to get one from kim jong-un or any other family member to confirm it really is the one-time heir apparent to the regime who's at the heart of this mystery. matt, willie, back to you. >> thank you very much. and now the emergency situation playing out in california where rising flood waters led to new evacuations there, and al's got an eye on that for us this morning. >> the rain is letting up, but the bad news is the runoff from the rivers and creeks causing massive flooding, air rescues have had to be evacuated. people have had to be brought out by boat, by all sorts of deep water rescue teams, and the waters are going to stay at these levels for the next 24 hours. the good news, they will start to drop. here's what's going on right now. unstable air, pacific moisture, lighter showers and snow showers up in the mountains. as you can see, much less rain out there. the other big story, the temperatures, right now, at this is below 32 degrees. that's more like may than the end of february. you can see, 30-plus degree averages over. kansas city going to be 35 degrees above average. chicago at 68 degrees. that's a 36 degree advantage, and look at these temperatures. for example, chicago, above average, 17 days so far. they are looking at more warm weather, record highs, four days today. they'll probably pick up another two today and on into friday, and we are looking at temperatures 20 to 40 degrees above average right through friday from denver to new york city. >> cool chicago graphics there. that was cool. al, thank you very much. al. thank you very much. there are new developments in the owen labrie case, the former student at an elite prep school convicted of sexually assaulting a classmate. he is asking for a new trial, claiming his original defense team dropped the ball. gabe gutierrez is in >> this case drew national headlines because it exposed what critics said was a disturbing culture at an elite prep school. labrie maintained the encounter was consensual. he is asking for a second chance to face a jury. >> are you hopeful for a new trial? >> reporter: this morning, labrie is back in court asking for a new trial and arguing his previous legal team failed him during the case that rocked one of the country's most elite prep schools with dramatic testimony from the underage accuser. >> i was raped. i was violated in so many ways. >> i do. >> reporter: labrie's local attorney taking the witness stand and claiming the 21-year-old's former high profile lawyer, carney, was unprepared to cross examine key experts. >> that was possibly the most terrifying moment of my legal career. >> reporter: labrie was acquitted in student as part of what is known as the senior salute, where older students asked out younger students before graduation, sometimes for sex. he maintained he never had intercourse with his accuser. he was accused of misdemeanor sexual assault and child endangerment, as well as a felony charge that requires him to register as a sex offender for life. that wasn't enough for his accuser, who revealed her identity in an exclusive interview with savannah last summer. >> they said they didn't believe that he did it knowingly. and that frustrated me a lot because he definitely did do it knowingly. >> reporter: labrie claims his previous lawyers failed to lower the felony charge. his new lawyers argue the conversations took place over the campus intranet, not the internet, a difference that his lead atto, in court documents responding to labrie's claims, carney wrote, i don't consider myself to be knowledgeable about internet communications. going on to say, i did not hire an expert to investigate this subject because it never occurred to me it was an issue to explore. the local attorney says she didn't see the red flags at the time. >> looking back on it, as a whole, i would say, no, i wish i would have done more. >> not only is labrie asking for a new trial but appealing his convictions to the state's supreme court. matt and willie, this hearing is set to continue for several more days. back to you. >> gabe, thank you very much. let's head toawaii where the dramatic rescue of a young boy was caught on camera. a grandmother was recording her grandsons playing in the water along oahu's north shore. a wave knocked 8-year-old kim off his feet. the undertow begins to pull the boy away as his mother and grandfather realized the family was in trouble and rushed in to save the boy. eventually carrying him to safety. >> we've all got kids. >> oh, my gosh. >> you go to the beach and develop eagle eyes. >> yes. >> watching things like that. >> takes one second for something like that to happen. we told you about we told you about actor harrison ford's botched landing. now video of that incident for the first time. craig melvin is here with more on that. good morning. >> hey guys, good morning. landing mistakingly on a taxiway, not a runway, is now the focus of faa investigation and the video will likely be at the heart of it. >> reporter: the moment harrison ford it happened two weeks ago at john wayne airport in orange county, california. from another angle, you can see ford's yellow husky coming dangerously close to an american airlines flight preparing to take off with 116 people are on board. ford had been cleared to land on a short runway, but instead, as you can see here in the distance, he mistakingly landed on a parallel taxiway where planes taxi before takeoff. experts say that is a clear faa violation. >> there's a lot of traffic. it's a complex bit of air space that requires a lot of concentration. >> reporter: once on the ground, he radioed air traffic controlled, was that airliner meant to be underneath it. the controller told ford he hadn't landed on the runway, instead you landed on taxiway c, to which ford reply id, i loonded on c. he was injured when his vintage plane crashed on a santa monica golf course. investigators blamed that on an engine failure. ford joked about it on the ellen show. >> you crashed a plane. >> plane crash. i was aboard the plane, and it crashed. i didn't. >> reporter: that latest close call now under investigation. we did reach out to harrison ford for comment so far. we have not heard back. >> thank you very much. with all those warm temperatures we've got nice sunshine to talk about as well. record highs great lakes to texas. snow across the northern plains into the pacific northwest. sunshine through the southwest and we're looking at heavy rain down in florida. we're going to look at that coming up in the next half hour. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. good morning, i'm storm team 4, clouds for everybody. right now some light rain showers along and to the south of route 50 across north virginia. most likely it impact stafford, fredericksburg and gradually move across southern maryland here over the next couple of hours. should dry out by later on this afternoon. and afternoon highs today, low to mid-60s. it will be a very warm day today. even warmer still as we get towards tomorrow with highs in the 70s. >> that's your latest weather. willie? >> al, thank you very much. coming up, a stunning shakeup for one of the most storied franchises in sports. legendary l.a. laker magic johnson in charge of his former team. can he bring back we're asking, does hollywood have a gender problem? not enough roles for women in front of and behind the cameras. one oscar winner thinks so and says she can prove it. ronan farrow takes a 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dude week? man week? >> no but we switched you to green skriftcripts. >> i'll get to blue by the end of the show. a trip to mexico to meet with mexico's president and attempt to ease tensions ove president trump's trade and immigration policies. among them, a plan to aggressively enforce immigration laws that potentially could deport millions of undocumented people. new video shows the frantic moments when a group of kids fell through the ice on a pond in central park. blocks from us here. we told you about this on tuesday. you can see them struggling, yelling for help. they were eventually rescued by some good samaritans and treated for minor injuries, mostly hypothermia. protesters of the dakota access pipeline have until this afternoon to vacate the construction site. the deadline is part of an emergency evacuation order signed by north dakota's governor last week. several hundred activists remain at the camp this morning and they're vowing to stay. want to tell you about a move in the nba that has a lot of people talking. this morning, hall of famer, irvin magic johnson is an l.a. laker once again, hired to revitalize his my zbel at the lakers home, the staples center in los angeles, miguel, good morning. >> reporter: hey matt, good morning. matthew johnson's enshrined in history here. and the president of the news operations. the question now, can he return this team to it's glory day? eam? >> reporter: on the court, there's a reason they called him magic. >> magic for three. >> reporter: now after a 13-year career with the lakers, irvin johnson hopes to bring some of that magic back to his team. as the new president of basketball operations, replacing general manager. johnson eluded to it last week on the "tonight show." >> you have to be back. you are the lakers, man. come on. >> i want to help get them back on track. we've been struggling the last few years. >> reporter: after five nba championships with johnson, the lakers are in a slump, enduring three straight losing seasons. >> it'll take us a while. i don't want to fool the fa the right way. it is not a quick fix. i'm not a quick fix. i can't turn it around tomorrow, or i really would be magic. >> reporter: johnson was hired as an adviser to the lakers earlier this month. his comeback coming after a long career as a businessman, tv personality and hiv pioneer. >> hiv virus that i have attained, i will have to retire from the lakers today. >> reporter: in 1991, johnson was one of the first celebrities to reveal his positive hiv status to the world. >> when god said that this is how you're going to lead today, i didn't look back. i took it. >> reporter: now, he says, he'll bring the same commitment to turn around the team that gave him his legacy. >> if you give magic johnson three or four years, full control, allow him to use his pure basketball genius, i think the lakers can be restored to being a pi another l.a. legend, co-wkobe bryant. in a statement to nbc news, kobe says he is not interested for now. johnson had success turning around the l.a. dodgers t major league baseball team here. many think he'll have success turning around the lakers. >> cool story, miguel. thank you very much. let's get all the show time group back together. kareem, michael cooper with the big socks. >> you went deep there. >> no google either. >> al, what's going on outside? 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>> reporter: just 20% with some rallyings around oscars so male. >> we have to fix this. >> reporter: hollywood has a problem behind the camera and on screen. having played strong characters in thel ma and louise, she was surprised at children's movies. >> there's far fewer female characters than male characters. and every single time i ask that oh no, no, that's not true anymore. that's been fixed. this is when i got the idea, i would like to get the data. >> reporter: she set up the gina davis institute and partnered with google and university of southern california engineer. >> where are you going? >> i've already decided. >> that's not the reaction. >> reporter: they developed cutting edge software to track gender representation. >> it's the face there, but it's a female. >> reporter: in movies released in 2015, they found male characters received two times the amount of screen time as female characters and spoke two 15.8% more on average than films starring men. davis is now taking back data to hollywood executives. >> everything+ you do, somebod at least says you just finished that. but change has to start behind the screen. >> our research showed that if there's a female director or writer, the characters on screen. >> reporter: at this year's oscars, no female directors are nominated and just one female writer is. but for the first time ever, a female and black editor. should people be upset that it's taken this long? >> yeah. you can't help but be disappointed. disappointed in the progress we've made because it is slow. >> reporter: joy mcmillen is nominated for "moonlight." >> is there a barrier for the critical roles on movies? >> this industry has been male dominated for such a long time. there's always a guy who knows another guy. guy. just 7% of last year's top grossing movies were directed by women. >> the closer you get, the more you see the great darkness within. >> reporter: when it comes to big budget films, warner brothers upcoming "wonder women" will have the second women director to release a $100 million movie. >> it's been recently it's occurred to me, oh, you're thinking of me as a women director. i was never thinking of myself that way. i've been talking about doing "wonder women" a long time. until very recently, we were still in the chapter of, how can we make her cool to young boys? >> i learned this the hard way. a long, long time ago. >> the core, root of the problem is feature films still have not truly embraced that young men are no longer the only key audience to go after financially. tv and streaming platforms have adapted to more quickly. platforms fueling a new generation of creators like marling, who wrote things like the oa, who was tired of the thankless auditions. >> everyone has on the shortest shirt, highest heels, and you're led into a room where you perform for a table usually of men. >> reporter: she sees bias pitching movies with her male writing partner. >> what is interesting, the executives would always look at him and ask him questions. >> reporter: she's also found change at platforms like netflix, where they pitch to female executives. >> for the next britt marling in the lineup, with the glossed lips and the curled hair. >> girl, take off your heels. don't curl your hair. don't wash your hair even. like get a bunch of screen writing books. you don't need anyone to tell you that your voice matters. it does, you and the audience is waiting for it. >> the academy did not respond to our request for comments, neither did the studios we reached out to. you know, the stories we tell matter. we send messages to the world with these movies. messages to our kids. you must run into this with content that your kids watch. >> whether it is consciously or subconsciously, the message gets through. >> it is conveying something important. >> i interviewed jessica chastain and she's vowed every year to work with at least one female director. >> she has a company so she has the option. go to the theater and buy the giant box of candy. are you really getting what you pay for? 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>> so good, matt. hoda surprised us all when she revealed she adopted a beautiful baby girl, haley joy. the studio was full of everyone on social media was pumped up there with us. here is savannah and charlie, writing, charlie is excited about his new friend. congrats, hoda. dylan dreyer wrote, there is no joy greater tha welcome aboard the baby train. there is a bigs baby train running through the station. meredith posting this. so excited that they have found each other and are embarking on amazing adventure together. two beautiful souls. so many viewers chimed in. we thought this was cute. little girl celebrating with us on television. and guys, i can confirm, hoda is soaking up all the joys that is being a parent when we noticed in the orange room at 3:54 this morning, she wrote, i'm up with a baby bottle. welcome to it. haley is a very lucky little girl. obviously so happy for the both of them. and i noticed before we went on the air, this was sent just a few minutes ago from hoda. for me, you are perfect. >> you're watching, yo again. >> that's great, carson, thank you for that, appreciate it. just ahead, asking the question on trending. and sure to spark a little debate. do pineapples belong on pizza? 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the rossen reports team finds out and hear what the companies have to say. today, wednesday, february 22nd, 2017. ♪ the sun goes down and it comes back up ♪ >> we're from north dakota. nyu. >> hello to friends and family in cooperstown, new york. >> turning 18 today. ♪ darling, hold on >> hi, mom and dad in buffalo. >> celebrating 20 years we're celebrating 20 years together. >> and we left the kids back home. >> we're back now, 8:00 on a wednesday morning. it's the 22nd day of february. 2017. you know what, it is a little overcast but we'll take these temperatures. >> lovely. >> mild i well, kind of a coat. that's all right. you're entitled. >> hello. >> nice to have you here. >> what am i, the only >> the only estrogen left at the "today" show. >> thank you. >> oh. >> for the time being, willie by the way filling in while savannah continues on maternity leave. lester holt is going to be here tomorrow. holt will be here tomorrow. carson will be here -- >> did you run out of male hosts? >> no. >> charlie was busy. >> exactly. >> we've had a really nice run of remarkable news around here. talked about hoda's big baby news. dylan recently had a baby and savannah, as well. we've got something exciting to announce this morning. >> oh, my goodness. >> kathie lee? >> no. whoa. >> savannah just tweeted that picture of charlie with the caption, hey, little one, you're not the only good reason to wake up early. i'm headed back to the "today" show march 3rd. >> all right! >> great. >> that's terrific. >> help is on the way. >> that's right. >> by the way, take no offense to the fact she was watching this morning and thought, i have to get back. this is not good. >> we missed her. >> all about comfort food in the kitchen. macaroni and cheese two ways. your kids won't be the only ones asking for seconds. let's get a check of the headlines. nice of you to join us today. >> i thought it was awfully sweet. >> it really was, which you are. let's get a look at your news at 8:00. >> good morning. this morning, we begin with the latest in politics. i'm hallie jackson in washington. today, immigration and border security will be the focus for the new administration, with the secretary of state headed down to mexico for a kind of fence mending mission. here at home though, republicans are facing down fired up voters on a variety of topics. everything from health care to the president's performance, as snapshot of how americans are feeling. >> thank you, everybody. >> reporter: this morning, a new look at how americans think the president is doing after one month on the job. according to our latest nbc news/surveymonkey online poll, 43% of americans approve of his performance. more than half, 54%, do not. some of that anger boiling over at republican town halls across the country. >> it feels like we've got a juvenile running our country. >> reporter: members of congress facing furious constituents. >> if you can answer any of that, i'll sit down and shut up like elizabeth warren. >> reporter: president trump taking aim. tweeting, without providing evidence, that so-called angry crowds are actually, in numerous cases, planned out by liberal activists. sad. the president striking a different tone about anti-semitic threats and in an exclusive interview with nbc's craig melvin. >> will you denounce anti-semitism once and for all? >> i do all the time. i do all the time. i think it is terrible. i think it is horrible. whether it is anti-semitism or racism or any -- anything you want to think about having to do with the divide. anti-semitism is, like wise, just terrible. >> reporter: the white house pushing back on critiques the president should have denounced anti-semitism sooner and more forcefully. >> we shouldn't tolerate people who are hating on individuals because of their gender or because of their religion or the color of their skin or a variety of other things, but there is a point at which it is asked and answered. >> reporter: the focus this week shifting to immigration. new guidelines from the department of homeland security call for tougher enforcement of immigration laws now, with fewer exemptions, and the hiring of 15,000 more ice and border patrol agents. now, the president's redo to replace his controversial, temporary travel ban, now tied up in court, barring immigrants from seven mostly muslim countries. a senior white house official tells nbc news the new order is expected later this week. >> and on that original executive order, a mixed reaction this morning from americans. our new nbc news/surveymonkey online poll shows 50% of people approval of the action, but 47% disapprove. matt? 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eah... but also to catch-up. what's in your wallet? we're back at 8:11. if you notice, extra spring in willie's step because princess diana's fashion legacy is being celebrated again at a new exhibit at kensington palace. >> you noticed. keir simmons is there with a first look for us. good morning. >> hey there. good morning, guys. this is special. this sunken garden was a favorite place of diana's when she lived at kensington palace. now her sons, william and harry, and kate live in the palace. this exhibition, 20 years after diana died, will really bring back memories. >> reporter: princess diana, the most famous photographed woman in the world. her life in fashion told in a new exhibit in london almost 20 years after her death. >> she whole idea of capturing press attention, really speaking loudly through her clothes to absolutely enormous audiences. >> reporter: diana's fashion story celebrates her style with 25 dresses, opening friday at kensington palace, her former home. shows her fashion journey from shy teenager to international icon. it includes the dress she wore to the white house, dancing with john travolta, to the dress she wore on "bizarre." >> there is a dress people will remember because of what happened when she was wearing it. >> famously danced in the white house with john travolta. it was one of the amazing moments. >> wow. >> reporter: cyrus designed many of the dresses. >> she was a future queen, british ambassador. these were, after clothes. >> reporter: the versailles palace was the inspiration for this dress worn in 1994. >> what struck me was the way in which the light came through wh. what we designed was something we felt would show the princess shining through the frame. >> this is a really poignant one. >> reporter: also on display, some of her favorite dresses she auctioned off for charity. two months before her death. like this versace dress worn just after she celebrated from the prince of wales. >> she's saying, i've separated. i'm my own person. >> she was asserting her independence, but she was also, i think, by this point, had really solidified and understood and stamped her own style. the garments that we see here are a testament to her legacy in many ways. these garments then became mementos of the princess. >> it is 20 years this what legacy did she leave for the fashion world? >> the princess is hugely relevant. on a personal level, so many people all around the world somehow still see a piece of themselves in the princess. >> a voice that was silenced way too early. >> to mark the 20 years since she passed, this garden is going to be planted with white flowers. william and harry asked for a statue of her to be placed here, guys. it is worth making the journey. probably just make clear, they live in a different part of the palace. if you do come, you're not going to run into them in the halls. >> shucks. >> keir, we understand it is your birthday. we want you to pick out something nice for yourself from the collection. matt is paying. >> 25 again. >> happy birthday, keir. >> thank you very much. let's look at some other stories that are trending, okay? special treat. kathie lee making her second straight appearance. >> i don't know what's going on. not here. >> no. we're happy to have you. >> i spoke to her this morning, and she's delirious. deliriously happy and from no sleep. >> we all have kids of varying ages. when your kids are young, is there any way you can describe the type of worry you have about them? >> constant. >> yeah. >> you're only as happy as your least happy kid. it is true. >> totally. >> all your fears, are they going to run around and stick a fork in a light socket, jump in a pool? it consumes you sometimes. as your kids get older and leave the house, does the level of anxiety go down? >> you hope it does. >> no. >> absolutely not. it goes up. >> why? >> stakes are higher. >> like my dad used to say. little kids, little problems. bigger kids, bigger problems. they start to drive, are getting jobs, have more complex problems and relationships, and you are constantly worried about them. >> my kids are 2, 4 and 7 and i was hop around. i think there is a finish line. when they're 13, they'll be self-sufficient and i won't have these problems. >> i have a 15-year-old boy. that means this coming summer, he is going to learn to drive. >> until you get the car back into the garage, you're constantly worried. >> a new study confirms what we know. parents still lose sleep worrying about their grown children. researchers found that while the reasons to worry may change, the stress remains. could be emotional support, financial support or anything else. parents in the study were getting less sleep than others. funny enough, the stress levels, if you are financially supporting a child, men lose more sleep than women. >> interesting. >> i've heard exactly what you said. bigger kids means bigger problems. we're still in the bubble, right, carson? >> yeah. >> little worries. >> for our parents right now -- >> right. >> they need your guidance and protection when they're younger. when they're older, they also want your opinions. you want to make sure that it is >> right. >> -- send them off on the wrong direction. >> not to be outdone by amazon, ups introduced its own drone delivery plan. instead of having the drones leave from a central hub, drivers in trucks will load the drones to fly to the nearby destination. this allows to driver to make a separate delivery, doubling efficiency. it is in testing as the company awaits faa approval. the idea is the ups truck goes to a neighborhood where there are a number of deliveries. it parts in one spot, makes a delivery, the drone makes another delivery, catches up to the truck at the next stop, doubling the efficiency, as ups said. >> do you love drones? >> i do. >> i do not love drones. i don't want to look up in the sky and see things buzzing around, unless it is a bird. >> i like to fly one. i don't like them hovering around the house. >> you'll never look at the horizon without something this isn't the jetsons. >> they can't sneak up on you. >> put a muzzle on it. >> what's your favorite slice of pizza? what's on it? >> sausage. >> anchovies. >> cheese. >> ray's mushroom. >> anchovies. >> pineapple is a topic. >> absolutely not. >> i'm from california. it is popular. i don't like it, but it is a black and whitish shise issue. you either hate it or love it. >> ham and pineapple, my son's favorite kind. >> the president of iceland feels strongly, saying he would ban pineapple as a pizza topping if he could legally do so. apparently, he's never heard of executive orders. little did he know the fire storm that statement would create. people all over the world weighing in. there is a change.org petition calling for his resignation. 82 people have signed it. >> 82? oh, my gosh, there is a fire storm. >> the entireop in on this. 70% said no pineapple on the pizza. >> no, they said it shouldn't be banned. >> not by law. >> people eat what they want to eat. >> would you not eat it? you december pispice it. >> i don't want hot fruit on pizza. >> well said. we'll start with ed sheeran. he has a message for you "today" show fans. enjoy. >> hey. i'm ed sheeran and coming to do a gig on the plaza for the "today" show on march 8th. go to today.com. >> did you catch that while you were eating your pizza? >> ed sheeran rocking the plaza march 8th with new music from his upcoming album, "divide," out march 3rd. he'll do old hits, as well. today.com to submit f george clooney is opening up about how being a parent is going to affect his and his wife amal's wives. talking about all the traveling they're used to doing, saying, quote, we decided to be more responsible to avoid the danger. i won't go to south sudan or the congo. amal will go longer go to iraq and avoid places she knows she isn't welcome. they're expecting twins in late spring. >> a boy and a girl. >> according to mom, that is correct. >> our friends down in florida ashld the west coast looking at heavy rain today. this is going to continue on to the east causing some more showers and thunderstorms and the cold front moves across. so you'll get those heavy rainstorms and the threat of flooding. along the eastern florida. daytona beach, you're looking at heavy rain. out of here in time for the daytona 500 coming up this weekend. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. and good morning, everybody, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist. a lot you have clouds around the area this morning. there are areas of light rain and sprinkles here south of the bay bridge and southern parts of prince george's county and fredericksburg. those are drifting over the northern neck and down into southern maryland. rain chances in and around the city are below 30%. temperature wide, mid to upper 40s. afternoon highs today, up in the low and mid-60s, back into the 70s for thursday, friday, and a rainy day on saturday. have a good one. >> and that is your latest weather. willie? >> al, thank you very much. this morning on rossen reports, new allegations against popular candy companies. >> are they shortchanging you by underfilling the boxes you buy? "today" investigative national correspondent jeff ross season here with more on that. >> good morning. when you go to the the first thing we all do, right? grab a snack. if you're like me, you head straight for the candy. it is tempting, isn't it? you can't see inside the box. you shake it up and you may assume it is filled up. new class action lawsuits just filed against some of the biggest candy brands, claiming the boxes are underfilled. how much candy is actually in there? this morning, guess what? we're cutting the boxes open to find out. >> reporter: we all need our sugar fix and at the movies, you pay for it big time. from chocolate. >> oh, yeah. love these. >> reporter: to hard candy. now, these new class action lawsuits claiming you aren't getting your money's worth. this one saying nestle intentionally misleads and shortchanging consumers on butterfinger bites, rain bow nerds, sweet tarts, toll house chocolate morsels, spree, gob stoppers and snow caps. another class action claiming hot tamales and mike and ike do it, too, saying they uniformly underfill the boxes by 46%. >> my client certainly believes this is a clear cut case of false advertising. forking over $4, $4.50 for a box of candy, to later learn it is half full, is adding insult to injury. >> reporter: so we wondered, just how much candy is actually in a box? to find out, i hit the movies. >> let me get the butterfinger bites and the raisinettes. >> i'm in heaven. >> reporter: shopping at drugstores, too. >> 5 ounces in here. >> reporter: and bringing it all back to our nbc kitchen. >> here's what i'm doing, i'm cutting a window into each candy box to see where the candy actually starts. just like this is a box of raisinets. put it down. look at box. this is nearly half empty. the candy line starts all the way down there. >> reporter: brand by brand. >> hello, snow caps. >> reporter: i cut into each box for a peek. >> i've cut open all the boxes. let's see what we've got. i showed you the raisinets. look at the snow caps, all the empty space. come here to the nerds. look at all that empty space. i have it next to a closed box so you can see. butterfinger bites, a lot of white back there. look at the bunch of crunch. nearly half empty on the nestle bunch a crunch. we have the gob ststoppers. the hot tamales, empty space. and also the mike and ikes. of all the candy we checked out, none of them are filled right to the top. >> reporter: how was this possible? nestle, the maker of these brands, telling nbc news, the head space is to avoid spillage and product loss during high speed filling. unavoidable settling. just born, the maker of mike and ike and hot tamales calling it functional head space, no different than other candy and food packages. both companies saying all these products and labels comply with fda regulations. some consumer experts say it is just wrong. >> if you have a huge box like this but it is only filled halfway with content, that's absolutely deceptive in my book. >> we did check the net weight promised on the box in the little print, and we actually weighed the candy we checked. it did match. >> it should match because it is required to. but that doesn't give a company license to use a deceptive package, where the consumer is made to think they're getting more for their money because the package is big. >> nestle and just born telling us the lawsuits are baseless and inaccurate, and they plan to defend themselves vigorously. guys? >> jeff, thank you very much. >> overpriced movie snacks, i'm shocd! carson? >> lot to celebrate around here. coming up, we'll celebrate charlie's six month anniversary with us in stu this is a news 4 today news break. good morning, it's 8:26 now on this wednesday, february 22nd, i'm aaron gilchrist. right now a check on the morning commute. melissa in the traffic center. >> hi there, west virginia avenue we have a crash blocking inbound and outbound lanes. southbound 270 before 80, crash there on the right shoulder this morning. prince william parkway near wellington road, accident there. and on the red line, back to normal service. >> thank you. we'll have a check on your forecast when we come back. stay with us. creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner energy sources like solar, wind and natural gas. equivalent of taking close to two million cars off the road. cleaner air and cleaner water. it's good for all of us. dominion. depend on us for more than energy. good morning once again. cloudy outside here in washington, there are windows here in northwest, a brightening in the sky. so most of the light rain chances now are going to stay bottled up down to the south. temperatures are on the chilly side for going outdoors first thing this morning. it'll be a mild day today for sure. afternoon highs, even with a mostly cloudy skies, make it into the low and mid-60s today. stay just south of washington towards fredericksburg and that as we get into tomorrow, afternoon high temperatures tomorrow will be back up in the 70s and rain is likely for your saturday. we're back in 25 minutes. 8:30 now on this wednesday morning, 22nd day of february 2017. nice people out on the plaza. we've got willie in while savannah continues on maternity leave. look who is here. charlie is here on a big day. >> it is a big day. charlie will be celebrating six months here at "today." this morning, we're going to talk to olivia, our puppy raiser, and see what charlie is up to. >> up to a lot. we're also celebrating the 80th season of the rockefeller rink behind us in a big way, with a live performance from olympic gold medalists meryl davis and charlie white in a few minutes. then we're making mac and cheese two ways. one of them has bacon in it. >> there you go. >> yes, it does. >> enough said, ladies and gentlemen. that's all you need. mr. roker, check starting off today, we are looking for that rain to finally start to subside out west. we're also looking for record highs from great lakes down into the southwest, heavy rain moving into florida today. as we move into tomorrow, that rain exits florida, record highs for the midplains, mid-mississippi river valley. new storm getting itself together back through the western plains. plenty of sunshine due california. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. well, we're mild this morning, but we also have rain, mostly south fredericksburg over towards indianapolis, but mainly staying to the south. and we expect it to stay south of the district today. temperatures mostly in the mid-40s this morning. you're not going to need the heavy coat this morning and afternoon. look that the, 65 degrees, mostly cloudy skies. showers early this morning. but then we go into tomorrow and friday, look at those 70s on the map, rain the second half of saturday, cooler sunday. >> get that weather any time you need it. check out our friends at the weather channel on cable. boys? >> al, thank you very much. this morning on today puppy, we're celebrating a really great anniversary. six months of fun with our pal here, charlie. ♪ >> it is time to meet our puppy. let's have a drum roll, please. >> oh! >> it's been exactly six months since charlie made his grand at two months old, he was and still is the youngest and cutest member of our family. >> puppy's name is? charlie. >> he loves it. >> charlie grew up before our eyes, giving us lots of love and laughs along the way. >> good boy, charlie. >> charlie is about to fall asleep. >> scale of 1 to 10 on the infatuation scale, i'm a 12. >> at least. >> he made more famous friends than we can count. >> can i take the lab with me? >> no. you can't have our dog. >> you cannot have charlie. cannot have charlie. charlie stays. >> and experienced some exciting firsts. his first bath, swim, taxi ride and plane ride. celebrating his first halloween, thanksgiving, christmas and valentine's day. trips to washington, d.c., the uss intrepid and the u.s. naval academy. even training center court at an sure, he's soaking up his time in the spotlight, but charlie is also hard at work with his america's vet dogs puppy raiser olivia, training on the sidelines of our studio and at home every day. from the basic beginnings. >> sit. yay. >> to the remarkable feats. >> push. >> charlie is making great strides toward his mission of becoming a service dog for one of our nation's heros. >> and he is well on his way. we're proud of his progress. carson? >> there is a reason i'm way over here, matt. we're going to show off one of charlie's newest skills, an important one. olivia, by the way, six months, congratulations. >> thank you. >> you've been an incredible job. >> thanks. >> it's been rewarding for allover all of us to watch you do your thing. this is a big one. >> we'll demonstrate something called getp. veteran can use any time they have any medical emergency. if they were to fall, for example. it is kind of like lassie. what i have going to do is i'm going to send charlie over to matt. he is going to nudge matt's leg to get matt's attention. then when matt has charlie over there, he'll say, what? charlie will lead the way back to me and lay down next to me. right now, it is pretty short distance because he's just learning. he is just a puppy. >> you'll say the command words, and it'll trigger charlie to do. matt will say w-h-a-t, and charlie will lead matt home to me. >> that's it. charlie. get help. >> oh, good boy. what? what? >> good. >> wow. >> welcome home, buddy. >> nice job, charlie. >> he puts his paw right on her foot there. >> incredible. >> can i tell you how far he's come, even in the last 48 hours with that? >> and it ended differently. >> were you worried it wouldn't work? >> well, we work at home all the time, but matt is a very busy man, as everybody knows. we only get a few seconds in the morning to work with matt. >> two days ago, he ran at me at 30 miles an hour and he hit me, let's just say not in the thigh. >> you kept forgetting your line. who? no, matt, it is what. your line is what. >> happy anniversary, charlie. up next, a special performance from olympic champions davis and white. first, this is "today" on nbc. we're back with today at the rink. this is the 80th year of ice skating at the rockefeller center rink. what better to celebrate than have the two olympic now. meryl davis and charlie white. they'll have a performance in a second. great to see you. >> great to see you. >> thank you for having us. >> a lot of people have been wondering, you won gold in ice dancing in sochi and haven't said whether you'll appear in south korea, less than a year. seems to me you'd have to announce it quickly. any more thoughts about being there? >> absolutely. i hate to be a douse wner, maybr the fans, but we decided not to compete at the olympics. >> what went into the decision? >> so many positives to competing but expanding our lives outside of competitive skating is what we're enjoying so much right now. to be able to take opportunities, even in the spring, we'll do stars on ice, improving our show skating, bringing it to the fans and being able to do that, it means so much to us to be able to continue doing that. we'll be cheering hard for all of the, you know, potential to plimpian i -- olympians with us. >> how tough of a decision was it, meryl? up with. we gave ourselves a lot of time to come to the decision. with the ability to explore what we really felt, i think we're really happy with that decision. >> your fans will be disappointed but the sound is the cheer of other competitors in south korea that they don't have to go up against you. we'll see you in a couple months at stars on ice. for now, take it away. >> you got it. ♪ give it to me ♪ i met a boy last week trying to run that game ♪ ♪ sound so sweet when he say my name ♪ ♪ i say, boy, run it back ♪ talk that talk but can you play jaguar. ♪ ♪ boy, stop, run that back ♪ you can go all night but can you blow that sax ♪ ♪ i've been waiting for someone to blow my mind ♪ ♪ give it to me ♪ baby, you can get it if you do that thing i like ♪ ♪ say you can go all night but can you play that track ♪ ♪ if you wanna hear it sing, you better play that sax ♪ ♪ give it to me ♪ you gotta play that sax ♪ you better play that sax ♪ boy, stop, sax ♪ ♪ fancy cars and bass guitars, smoking on cigars ♪ ♪ the little boys making all the noise but you ain't gonna steal the show ♪ ♪ just play that song i know, take a deep breath and blow ♪ ♪ hold tight, lean back ♪ hold tight, lean back, play what i want with that sax ♪ >> those are the olympic champions, meryl davis and charlie white, performing for us. guys, thanks so much. coming up next, think mac and cheese is just for the kids? we're putting new twists on the comfort food classic that adults are going to love. first, this is "today" on nbc. 8:44. this week on today food, comfort casseroles. mac and cheese, the one dish family favorite. we're not making one version but two. molly is creator of the blog, my name is yay. did you grow up with casseroles. >> all the time. macaroni and cheese was my favorite. two different kinds. the first al already teased. they're downstairs digging in already. bacon in the first one. >> yay. >> talk to me about the ingredients. >> our fit cut apple wood smoked bacon, the smoky gouda, pepper jack for a kick and, of course, the noodles and panko for crispy topping. >> once you cook the bacon, take it out of the pan but don't blow away the bacon grease. >> it'll a minute. then we're going to add in the milk. this mixture is going to help thicken up the milk. whisk it constantly until it starts to thicken. >> since we don't have a ton of time, this is what it looks like after it cooks. >> we're going to add the cheese here. >> what kind again? >> smoked gouda and then our pepper jack. we're going to add most of the parmesan here but save some for the topping. this is going to melt down. do you want to add the spices? >> what are they? >> paprika and cyan and some salt and pepper. now, we're going to add our al dente noodles. important it is al dente buecaue it'll be baked and those soften more in the oven. >> get nice and juicy. >> the bacon. >> goes on top. >> you pop it in a baking dish, a casserole. >> add the bread crumbs right here. then the rest of the parmesan. this is going to go right into the oven right here. >> i'm going to reach over for a fork and try this. guys, how is it? >> unreal. >> so >> we like the little kick you put in there. >> ridiculously good. >> yes, it is. >> the second version, no bacon in this. >> we have caramelized onions, the stars of the show. we have swiss. i like adding a little dijon mustard for a zing. because it didn't -- >> there is a little kick in that one which is nice. >> it'll be a little more mild, but it is going to have the acidity from the mustard. of course, also, the caramelized onions. we have butter and onions going, which is my favorite smell in the world. these are going to cook down and caramelize. >> molly was saying, al, if you're cooking something in your house and you have a weird smell, caramelize some onions and it changes everything. >> or cover it with bacon. >> all right. now, our sauce here is similar to the one we just made. because we're not using bacon fat, we're just going to be using butter for this. do you want to add the cheese? >> sure. >> we havewi was that a mistake? we have more here. >> you can add whatever cheese you have on hand. >> ready for the spices? >> ready for the spices. a little nutmeg to give it nice warmth. of course, the noodles. >> should i put the mustard in? >> yes. beautiful. and this will get folded all together. put into our casserole dish. then we're going to put the bread crumbs on and cheese. if you want to prep this in advance and stick it in the fridge and freezer at this point, you can make it and freeze it for two months. >> macaroni and cheese, better the second and third day than the first day. compare the two, which did you like better? >> hard to tell. >> bacon has a little edge. >> bacon is aexcellent. >> the things you served them in are cool, too. >> what was your favorite casserole growing up? >> didn't taste like this. the tuna one. >> noodles, peas, all that. >> molly, i asked if she ate she turned up her nose. >> the prices are great. >> so good. thank you, molly. >> thank you. >> to get the recipes, today.com/food. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. ♪ ♪ welcome back to "today" on a wednesday morning. next monday, former president george w bush is going to be here for an exclusive it is called "portraits of courage vrmt courage," honoring military veterans. >> one featured is leslie zimmermann, diagnosed with ptsd after her service. she's found a way to give back to her fellow soldiers. >> leslie has always been a hard charger. she joined the army at age 18, right out of high school. i just thrived in the military, she says. within three years, i was a sergeant. >> i loved every minute of it. i enlisted when i was 18. i signed up as a medic. i was always in that situation where i was in between somebody's life or death. i think it imapacted my life positively. it made me into a stronger person, and it created more passion for life. i had a great marriage, but i didn't fit where i used to sit in my old life. i didn't realize what was going on until later, when w stress. you can't see my problems. i don't have a leg missing. i don't have scars. you can't see the pain, right? i feel like lots of times, we do such a good job of hiding it that we don't get the help that we need. i married again, and i have three adorable kids that i think, so far, i've done a good job with, you know. you never know. i have a really good family and a lot of support. i wanted to go into an organization that gives back to veterans. i'm actually doing an internship with continue mission. they get them out doing skiing and snowboarding and mountain biking, cross country. more than anything, it is about having someone who understands maybe how you're feeling without having to tell them. i feel like it is a really big honor to be in this situation, and i responsibility to kind of represent not just the military but the women in the military. >> leslie came back to the ranch for the ride on my 70th birthday. she brought laura and me a signed first edition of "dream big," the children's book she recently wrote, to give to our granddaughters, mila and poppy louise. as a grandfather -- >> already head over heels for our daughter's girls, i'll be proud if they count leslie as a role model. >> that is one story. president bush painted more than 60 portraits of veterans for his book. he'll be here live to talk about that monday on "today." >> go to today.com to check out our digital series, highlighting some of the other wounded warriors in president bush's project. >> let's celebrate some birthdays. >> good idea. we'll honor the folks on our smucker's jars. first up, happy 100th birthday to sally howard-ruck ofos and nice hats. mcarthur of minnesota, 100 years old. says the secret to longevity, i like this guy, a bowl of ice cream. happy 100th to nelson, a retired minister from sacramento, california. he rode on a plane with the beatles. love that. elizabeth tran celebrating 100 years. she's a proud grandma from katy, texas. 11 grand kids and 6 great grand kids. >> charles bechter. virginia beach, virginia. former boxer. he loves playing ping-pong and beating everybody else. happy 75th anniversary to val and anne of buffalo, new york. they met at a supermarket and say it was love at first sight. if you know somebody celebrating a milestone birthday or anniversary, tell us all about them. go to today.com/celebrate >> al, that was fun. willie, thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> good to have you, buddy. >> what's coming up in the next hour? >> one of the singer of little big town will be co-hosting. we have terry cruise talking about ultimate beast master. and we have fashion for parents inspired by their stylish kids. >> kimberly also in the new mother's club. >> yes. >> that's right. adopted a little girl. >> lot of suits on this couch today. >> yeah. >> we're back with much more after your local news and we this is a news 4 today news break. 8:56 is your time now on this wednesday, february 22, 2017, good morning to you. right now we to want check on your commute with melissa lang and your first alert traffic. hey. >> hi. south of 50, still have all lanes blocked right there. right now we just spoke with police, should be clearing in the next couple of minutes. beltway actually looking quite good here right now and all of thos the beltway, good. southbound 270, before 80 or the crash on the right shoulder there, 66, 95, nice and clear. >> thank you, melissa. we'll take a quick break now and check your forecast when we come back. stay with us. bloop bloop. good morning, it is a mild 49 degrees outside in the district. mostly cloudy skies, most of the area coming in right now in about the mid to upper 40s. we have rain near quantico and that'll continue to stay to the south just sliding from west to east. most of the day today, mostly cloudy, highs in the mid-60s, tomorrow and friday, mid-70s, rain for the second half of saturday, then we're cooler and breezy on sunday. >> thank you. get the latest news and weather any time in the nbc washington app. this morning on "today's take," kimberly schlapman bringing her southern sunshine to our studio as co-host. why is terry crews searching for the ultimate beast fastemas? plus, a february give away. all that and more right now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take," live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hey, welcome to our freebie wednesday morning, wednesday 22nd, 2017. i'm al along with sheinelle and our little big town co-host kimberly schlapman. we're looking for day drinking. >> in honor of little big town. >> this is a crazy time in your life. we're so thrilled you took the time out to be with us. you guys got an album coming out on friday called "the breaker." >> the whole band will be here friday. >> you're performing. >> fantastic. >> your new single, "better man," number one on the country charts. >> and written by taylor swift. >> i didn't know that. >> poor little girl needed something, didn't she? >> so good you can help the up and comers. >> she sent us an e-mail with a song in it, sent it to phillip, and we listened to it and we are like, yes. but we joked, what if it had gone into phillip's spam folder. >> you had you in mind? >> she said, i hear your harmonies. see what you think. >> when you get an e-mail like that, of course, i won't because i'm not a singer, but if an e-mail like that, i'd think, who is pranking me? >> we've been friends with her since she was a little one. >> she was on our show, by herself, bedazzled her guitar. you heard her voice and thought, this kid is going to go places. >> she's talented. and her song writing is stellar. >> speaking of wee little ones, you have a baby girl with the addition to the album coming out on friday. i don't know how you're doing all this. you adopted her last month. >> yeah, i did. her name is dolly. >> dolly grace. >> daisy, 9. dol dolly, just barely here. it's like she was always made for us. it is amazing. >> i bet daisy is a spectacular big sister. >> bay si daisy is the best. i have a video of her rocking in the chair, singing "jesus take the wheel." i mean, she's the besig she prayed for this baby forever. then she asked santa claus this christmas for a baby. >> little insurance. >> backup plan, just in case. we should all do that. >> this is the first time you've been away from her. you said, listen, a little guilt, but you got a good night's sleep. >> my dear hubby, i slept for eight hours last night. >> not fair. just kidding. >> i'm sorry. >> yeah. >> it is weird though, isn't it? i was talking to dylan dreyer, she's on maternity leave, and she has to travel next week. she was leery about it. you know the baby will be in good hands with calvin, brian ask her brother-in-law. i said, get some sleep. don't you feel rested? >> i feel i could take on the world right now. >> you don't realize. listen, i'm just the dad, you know, but when you get that first good night's sleep, it's like, oh, my gosh. >> it is amazing. >> in fact, i got to -- yesterday, i did a little what i call hashtag babies of >> i went to savannah's house to see charlie. this little guy is so cute. i mean, he is gorgeous. >> look at him. >> having a good time with him. >> look how he is looking at you. >> he's like, i've never seen anything like this. and then i swung by and saw young calvin. this is an older picture, but i saw him, went over to see dylan and hang out. >> i love that. >> they're doing so well. you know, dylan is saying, she's looking forward in a way to the trip. >> you get a little bit of a break. it is just enough. one night of sleep and then you miss your baby. >> oh, yeah. i'll be good and ready to get home. >> i love that. you deserve that. >> you and i had a fun day. >> you've had a whirlwind of a trip. all in one day. yesterday, al and i, we went behind the scenes of the bronx zoo. up close and personal with the animals. i have to tell you, granted, you grow up going to zoos, but this was special. >> the bronx zoo is the sheinelle discovered an amazing thing about penguins. >> i'm going to get you. >> they eat fish. >> i was trying to -- i thought maybe i'd find out some fun fact, something different. i was like, what do they eat? oh, sheinelle, fish. >> no, no, the curator said, ah, fish. i said, wow, like, what, pizza? >> you know what, you get into it. i mean, i will say this, my favorite, the giraffes, we'll show you this story next week. >> yes. >> but animals are regal and amazing and you have an appreciation of mother nature. >> i love critters. one of these days, i'll have cows and chickens and goats. >> really. >> yeah. maybe a penguin. >> tell the story about your dad and the chicken. >> oh, my stars. my sweet daddy. i grew up in north georgia. we had just what we needed but not much more. >> okay. >> we had a chicken house. in our town, we had a chicken plant. me and my daddy would get in his little truck and drive by the plant and there would be loose chickens running around in the road. he'd get out and save one. we'd put them in our chicken coop. >> oh, my goodness. >> the chickens were going to get run over. we were saving the chickens. >> not everybody can tell that story, for sure. >> i love that story. another story not everybody can tell is getting a shoutout from carrie washington. >> yes. this was cool. >> yeah, you got to live out your pop fantasy when we had tony goldwyn monday as the co-host from "scandal." >> i was watching. >> his voice. we were playing around. >> i don't know. take a look. you decide. >> come back to me. forgive me. i love you. >> please, please stop. you're getting my hopes up. just stop. >> i can't stop. i won't. olivia -- >> listen, i'm not a toy that you can play with when you're bored or lonely. i'm not the girl the guy gets at the end of the movie. i'm not a fantasy. if you until then, we are done. >> oh, snap! >> oh, wow. >> no, we still have a whole show to do. >> you missed me trying to go out the door and it was the other way. i was pushing it, trying to make my exit. >> that was amazing. >> so much fun. bucket list moment. >> yeah. so tony tweets at kerry washington, saying, quote, she'd better watch her back. kerry responds? >> she said, this is fantastic. well done, sheinelle jones. the guy you're acting with kucod have been a bit better but you were amazing. isn't she just -- i let out a yelp when i saw that. i interviewed kerry washington years before "scandal." i admired her then. she's the whole package. i'm so happy for her. she's sweet to respond to little me. >> what would be your pop from dolly parton, and that was like -- i went, ah! everybody look, look. >> right? >> i named my baby girl daisy, and she tweeted me, which was tweet. my pop fantasy would be to play in the sequel of "9 to 5," along with dolly. maybe i could be her little sister or maid or whatever she needed. >> here's your chance. can we play dolly's hit "9 to 5." ? >> there you go. >> i love it. ♪ working 9 to 5 >> dolly, call me. >> i think the wink might seal the deal. >> i could be coleman. >> come on. >> we had james spader on the show last week. i would love to be on the "blacklist." >> so awesome. >> you would be awesome on the "blacklist," al. >> he seemed receptive to it. >> i'd like to be the brother. >> he brought it up that's what made it bitteetter. they were thinking about using you, al. >> that's pretty much an invite. >> i'm hoping. they said they didn't think my schedule would work. i'll make it work. trust me. i'll make it work. >> he can go to the zoo with me tomorrow. >> so i love this. tom hanks is writing a book. he's got -- it is his first book, hard to believe. but it is going to pay tribute to one of his obsessions. typewriters. he has a collection of over 100 typewriters. he has an app, hank's writer, that mimics the physical typewriter. >> the sound of it? 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>> the song is called "god, your mama and me." take a look. ♪ snenever gonna come up empty ♪ ♪ now until the day i die unconditionally ♪ ♪ you know i'm always >> i like it. you like it? >> i lover it. >> it is catchy. the song you find yourself -- they call those ear worms or something. >> yeah. >> any collaborations you at little big town would love to do? >> recently, we got a shoutout from snoop dogg. he saw us do the national anthem at one of the ball games. he said we're dope. ♪ land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave >> national championship, baby. who you got? >> thank you, little big town. >> little big town. little big town dope with me. i like them. >> you know what, i smell a clab. >> how about that? >> wit something. >> my mama said, was he being nice? yes, he was really nice. >> terrific. >> pretty cool, huh? it was awesome. >> man, that's great. you sing in a lot of stadiums. well, there's some folks who are wondering, is it time to end the stadium tradition of the wave? one hockey team says yes. what do you think? >> no, no. it is so much energy. >> it's fun. >> when you see the wave, you know they're into it. they want to be there. >> the fans get to be part of it. >> what harm does it do? >> well, arizona coyotes official twitter scolded fans by saying, attention fans in section 112, we don't do the wave. >> oh! >> what am i missing? is there a safety hazard? >> i don't understand. from what i understand, this team is having a little trouble attracting fans. i don't think that's the way you get more fans. hey, guess what, you suck! don't -- we don't when the action is a little slow. >> yeah. >> there's our control room. >> love it. >> i love it. >> awe who says we don't have f here? >> that explains a lot about the quality of the directing of the show. it's why we have some problems. >> saying we're slow? >> no, no, no. teamwork is unbelievable. >> i love that. >> it is fun when you're doing it. may seem corny to watch, but when you're in it, don't you wait for your turn? 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>> when you say beast master, you have to go, roar. >> before we get to that, what i did not realize is that you were an artist. you had an art before a scholarship to play football. >> painting, drawing, the whole thing. >> that was my life. that was the thing that fueled me into getting into the arts and becoming an actor and whatever. even before football. it was weird. my mother was like, just don't hurt your hands, please. don't hurt your hands. i did anyway. you know, i drew with a cast on. it was okay. >> in fact, you were doing a little sketching. >> i have a sketch i was doing a little earlier of you guys. >> that is spectacular. >> super fast. >> how fantastic is that? >> i must say, the ladies look spectacula spectacular. >> the girl haves to look cute. >> thank you. >> al, i didn't care. i just drew a milk dud with glasses. that's all i did. >> that's me. >> can we see al again? >> it's al, you know what i mean? >> egghead from batman. >> you have the glasses me if they weren't cute. you, however, it's okay. >> my hair is perfect. >> i love it. >> let's talk about -- man, a renaissance man. let's talk about "ultimate beast master." a global reality competition? >> six different countries, 108 athletes from all over the world. south korea, brazil, germany, japan, mexico, the u.s., all competing in this amazing, world's biggest obstacle course. now, obstacle courses have become the thing. people are challenging themselves in different ways. but this thing is really on a worldwide level. you've never seen anything like this before. netflix decided they're going to go for broke and create the biggest, most amazing obstacle course show in the world. i host it. i host the american version. there's also hosts from brazil. each country have hosts to do their own commentating. >> there is a south korean terry crews? >> it is amazing. he sounds absolutely incredible. lots of noise, lots of shouting. let me tell you something, i have nothing but respect for these athletes. because i thought i was in shape. you know, you think you're in shape. >> oh, come on. >> you go to the gym, get on the treadmill. these guys are swinging from chains. in the nfl, i could never do this. >> is it true there is a contestant blind in one eye? >> in one eye. he was jumping and leaping from, you know, pole to pole. we were just so amazed. one thing is, you always think, you know, wait a minute, there's no way a human being can finish this. what was so incredible is that we had so many people that went way farther than we ever thought they'd go. it kind of shocked all of us. you have a guy from brazil, he's been hanging on a tree since he was, like, 3 years old. he's 30 and still they can all hang by fingernails and do this crazy stuff. nothing but adadmiration. >> my little girl does gymnastics and we have a wedge mat. she was watching the shows and i heard, boom, boom, boom. she had the wedge mat against the door and she was running up the door. >> oh, yes! >> genius. >> beast master. >> you know what surprised me fo more? the women were incredible. we had football playing, superstar guys who could not make it. it was unreal. >> wow. >> whereas, you had women, you had light guys, you know, these guys were really the ones that went farthest. i can't wait for america and the world to see how this turns out. >> that is going to be special. you actually got to start battle dome. >> yes. >> your wife gave you the nickname t-money. >> this is the first show i ever did. i was a it was like american gladiators on steroids. we just yelled. see how violent this is. wait, when you see the stuff we went through, because i was fresh out of the nfl. >> oh! >> banging people against the wall. let me tell you something, terry crews earned his stripes in hollywood. >> i can see why you started drawing. >> i know. >> safer. well, from the milk dud with glas gla glasses, thank you, terry crews. 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>> they come do it, too. >> really? >> here we have lucy's mom, tina. >> i like. >> the translation, she's stealing lucy's style but it is easy. the choker sweater is a trend for adults. her it is a more refined silhouette from bloomingdale's, $88. we paired it with a great skirt. now, let's talk about how grown-ups can do the shoes. these are shoe clips. they're pom-poms you can clip on. they're like earrings for your shoes. >> love that. where do you get them? >> aldo, and absolutely audrey's sell these. tina and lucy look like sisters anyway, but man, they look fabulous. >> i like it. you win. >> what's next? >> i like the pom-poms. >> i had the clip-ons back in the day. >> we have roberto. >> handsome. >> he had mad style. i'm always asking him, how does my son get this look? >> so cute. >> the trends for the new sweat pant. let's start there. you know, kids, i think, teens are responsible for the whole athleisure trend. >> yeah. >> we know sweatpants aren't just for the gym. it is all about the new sweat, a new classic, slimmer sweat. the more tailored sweat. >> i like that. a little more sleek. >> these with go anywhere a jean can go. the kids always have the most amazing sneakers. travis, how we translate this style is -- >> yeah, travis. >> the men can wear the same slim sweats, as well. >> i like that. >> the trick is here, for men, wear them just as you would with a jean. style them with anything you'd wear a jean with. >> cute duo. >> great classic trench from banana republic. he looks amazing. >> i love that. thank you, guys. >> one more with 45 seconds left. >> here, we have elizabeth. her big trend is the bomber jacket and the patches. >> cute. >> you can add on all the patches. got them at h&m. >> you iron then the distressed jean. huge for teens. >> love that. >> let's show how moms can do it, too. >> adorable. >> instead of going with the ripped jeans, camila went with the new raw hem. like you took scissors. wider silhouette. >> moms, we don't have to wear the skinny jeans anymore. >> i love the wider silhouette. for the translation of the patches, gucci, all sorts of embellishments went down the runways. we have a bag from aldo. moms, it doesn't mean we can't have fun. it's just about refining those silhouettes. >> that was fantastic. >> thank you, guys. al, how about a check of the weather? so good. >> i want to wear >> matching top and it's like pajamas. fantastic. record highs all the way down to the southwest. finally drying out in california. that's good news.x$k 50s. another mild day, some rain down to our south, south of quantico, fredericksburg, light rain into parts of charles county. that will stay to the south. 65 for a high temperature today. mostly cloudy skies, early showers will be south and mostly cloudy through the afternoon. temperatures as we go through tomorrow and friday, 70s into the weekend we start with rain, cooler, breezy sunday. >> that's your latest weather coming up. scree the big screen block buster now a highly anticipated show.e goin we're going tog catch up with taken star right after these messages. right after these me ♪ right after these me oohh look!! a hungry dinosaur!! mu-um dinosaurs only eat meat! actually the biggest dinosaurs only ate plants! and did you know country crock is made with plants. country crock has always been made with the goodness of plants. it has real, simple ingredients... and that same delicious taste you love. ♪ real country fresh taste, made with the goodness of plants. welcome to crock country. wiback like it could used to? 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"taken" is back. next week, the tv series premieres on nbc starring clive standen. >> in the prequel series, he's the war hero, brian, willing to risk everything to avenge his sister's death. >> hey! looking for me? here i am! >> anything you want to tell me? >> this is my fault. she's dead because of me. >> oh, wow. >> clive. >> you are one tough cookie. >> do you do your own stunts in this thing? >> i do. apart from some of the car stunts. sometimes, someone can do a 360 spin around a corner in a car better than me. i won't get involved with that. trees, fistfights, getting hit by cars, it's all me. >> do you ever get injured? >> the thing is, maybe, but i'd never let them know that. they'd never let me do my own stunts if i win ging. i cry in the corn eer when i ge home. >> must be an irish term. >> it is. >> this takes place before the movies. how is this different? >> it is modern day origin story. we're rebooting the franchise. we have the character that liam neeson made famous in the film and thinking, what would he be like in the beginning of his journey, before he has that particular set of skills? >> i mentioned the threatening phone call. do you get tired of people asking, are you going to do the phone call, something similar? >> when i got the role, i kept getting prank phone calls from my friends. i picked up the phone and i hear, i don't know who you are. okay, you're the 15th time together. >> funny. >> you have to -- i'm not liam this is a reboot and i'm playing the character from the beginning of his days. i'd like to play homage. you have to earn credit. in the last episode of the season, there is a homage to the phone call. >> we look forward to that. >> when you do a show like this, as you say, you don't want to be an imitation. where do you go to find that thing that makes your brian mills special? >> yeah, the end of the day, liam neeson's character is at the beginning of my journey. on the film, you have the beginning, middle and end in two hours. no one wants to see this character week in and week out who has an answer to everything. you want to see him trip and stumble. the character, brian, is intense but he has to learn. when he gets punched, he bruc . bruises. he gets shot, he bleeds. when he gets hit, he's limping. at the finish line, you're in there with him, the important thing. i have to think about, that's the end goal, a marathon, not a sprint. i'm right here. >> can you show us maybe a little stunt, something -- >> yeah, yeah. do it. >> well, the thing about stunts is you don't try them at home. >> right. >> and you should limber up first thing in the morning. but, yeah, here we go. you're my elite special ops team. in this imaginary room. >> right. >> there is bad guys. we don't know where there are. could be four, five, ten of them for all we know. i'll do a shoulder roll. basic thing that brian mills does in nearly every episode. >> okay. >> i can see cover on the other side of the room. >> action music, please. >> there we go. >> there's gunfire and all sorts of stuff. i need cover. i go to the room and shoulder roll. i'm down. you follow me. >> oh, no. >> here we go! >> i'll cover you, cover you! >> we have a man down. man down. >> insane. >> al, that's dedication. >> we'll just watch. >> we're going to watch over here. >> this is a buddy movie right here. >> clive, thank you so much. that was so -- like a gazelle. you can watch the season premiere of "taken" monday night at 10:00 eastern on nbc. we're back in a moment. first, this is "today" on nbc. >> here it is. >> here it is. at ikea, we believe that everything, from your lamp to your couch, should work as hard as you do. that green living is something everyone can afford. that you can sacrifice everything but a good night sleep. and we believe your furniture should last happily ever after. make the dream yours with ikea. ♪ it has been a joy having kimberly schlapman here. thank you so much. >> i had so much fun, y'all. thanks for having me. >> why aren't you staying with us? >> we love you. >> i have time. >> there you go. >> will forte will be with us. and this is a news 4 today news break. 9:57 is your time now on this wednesday, february 22 nld, 2017, good morning to you. the overall response rate for the district ambulance service has improved, however the fire chief says his department is struggling with the availability of medic units. he made that statement in a letter to firefighters and paramedics. the mayor will address these issues later this morning at a news conference. now let's check your fore w hey. >> good morning. we have some showers mostly down to the south near quantico, that'll stay to the south though. today, mostly cloudy, 65 for a high temperature. but a warmer than yesterday and we get even warmer tomorrow and friday. look at these temperatures, 74 degrees, normal high is 49. saturday up to 70, but showers in the afternoon and evening. clearing as we go into sunday. sunday quite a bit of a difference. 50 degrees, sunny and breezy, that is is the coolest day. >> thanks. coming upping on midday, we'll have a live report from the mayor's new response times for fire and ems. from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio is 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. welcome. it's wines day wednesday, february 22nd. that is a girl like you by easton corbin. >> i like how you said that with a little accent. >> yeah. "a girl like you." now, we have a terrific show today. we're going to catch up with the last man on earth, will forte. he is teaming up with one of his former "snl" cast mates on his emmy nominated show. >> he is hilarious. i can't wait for that. then you may have heard of the world renowned dj named samantha runson. she's joining forces with two more t