And a mariah mania. More than 200 million albums sold. Mariah carey is here to kick off our summer Concert Series today friday, may 16th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer. And savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Welcome to a day where we have a today show first. For the First Time Ever in the history of this show, we have two elusives on the same show. Mr. Al roker. Thats my nickname. You know what a shantuse is . Its a mushroom. No. Its a green color. No. It is a female singer in clubs and lounges. Like a Billy Holliday type. Mariah carey takes our concert stage this morning. Were kicking it off right with her and weve got a big crowd this morning. Look forward to that. Lets start with the top story. Got some new problems for crews battling the powerful wildfires in southern california. Nbcs joe fryer is in escondido thats north of san diego. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, m
Cindy crawford, you know, is famous for a lot of reasons. One is for her trademark beauty mark. Shes got, the mole. The mole. Okay. So why is her mole adorable . Right. Other people can have a mole and maybe it is not as cute. Aaron neville has a mole. He has several. He has one big one. I think it is cute, but wouldnt be Aaron Neville without it, would he . She did an interview with intothegloss. Com. She said she used to hate it but her mom was instrumental in what was it . She said, you know what, dont have it removed because you know what your mole looks like. But you dont know what the scar is going to look like if you have it removed. And she helped her think it through and now she credits her mom. Cindy is not only a gorgeous girl, shes very, very smart. Valedictorian, shes i think shes come to embrace it. Her sister and her kids at school used to call her it her ugly mark. I think shes got the last say on that. And you know what, you know its her. If you see a bunch of beautifu