Opening glitch. The producers have a sense of humor. As we welcome a host of team usa Medal Winners back home to our plaza today, monday, february 24th, 2014. Announcer 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 monday morning. Im jet lagged. And im Savannah Guthrie alongside al roker and Natalie Morales. Are you sure its monday and not yesterday or tomorrow . A ninehour time change is not an easy one. How are you feeling . Im not used to wearing matching pants and a suit. And im surprised you had that vodka shot with your cereal this morning. Habits are hard to break. We are all home and happy to be back in new york after a fun time in sochi. Absolutely. We have a lot coming up. Including our special series coming up called love your selfie. Most subjects we hear about are the unreal expectations we have when it comes to body image. Were accepting and embracing ourselves. And as a way to get the conversation started, were going to be taking our makeup off later on in the program, jet lag and all. We want you to take part in this. People are sending their selfies and were putting them on the wall outside. Keep them coming to us. And meantime, our plaza speaking of face our plaza has a facelift. Were going to head outside the orange arches and show you around a little bit. Its a whole new experience. I thought that was another tough mudder competition. I got nervous when i pulled in this morning. Let us begin on our monday morning with the top story. That arrest warrant for ukraines president. For three weeks, Vladimir Putin showed world the region he wanted to portray. The situation unfolding in russias western neighbor comes as a harsh reality check. Nbcs Richard Engels in kiev. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Parliament here has appointed its speaker as an interim president as new video emerges from the massacre that ultimately led this government to fall. Ukrainians visited memorials for the nearly 100 protesters killed to oust their president. Its incredible. Our government killed so many people. Reporter as protesters clashed with police last thursday, demonstrators were shot. This new video taken by ukrainian tv suggests the crackdown was more deliberate and organized than previously known. It appears to show calm, heavily armed forces maneuvering tactically around government buildings near kievs independent square communicating on their radios and taking aimed shots. Ukraines new interior minister today posted an arrest warrant for president Viktor Yanukovych for mass murder. But where is he . Footage shows the moment yanukovych left kiev left last week with suitcases. National security adviser susan rice told meet the press, as far as washington is concerned, yanukovych is no longer president. This is an interesting and complicated situation as you know. Reporter rices strongest message was for russia. That would be a grave mistake. Its in nobodys interest to see violence return. Reporter kiev today remains calm and peaceful. Yanukovych, president just last week, now a fugitive. Reporter that video of the Security Forces could prove to be significant. It appears to show threeman sniper teams taking orders and firing. Matt, back to you. Richard engel in kiev this morning. Thank you very much. Meantime, here at home, two dreaded words we havent heard in a while are back. Polar vortex, al, really . Yeah, but not as bad. Its going to be a little jarring after the weather weve had over the last few weeks. But we are going to see a bit of a change. Heres whats going on. Were basically looking at a big arctic high. And that has pushed the jet stream way up to the west. And, of course, to balance it out, the jet stream has headed to the south as you get to much of the country. Here we go. Here it comes, a chunk of it. Its not the main center, but a piece of the polar vortex breaking off, bringing in the colder air. Right now, feels like 13 below in bismarck, detroit, 5 above. And todays highs, temperatures will be about 15 degrees below in minneapolis, bismarck, 25 degrees below average. Tomorrow morning, we look for those temperatures to continue plunging. Cleveland, morning temperature, 15, new york city, 20, baltimore, 28. By wednesday, we continue to see the plunges. The core of the cold air, minneapolis minus 10, huron, 3 below. We bottom out thursday morning. Green bay is 5 below, syracuse, 4 below, new york city 12, and then it plunges to the south. Guys, albany, georgia, 12 below normal, atlanta, 24. But, again, once we get through thursday, we start to see a bit of a warmup as we head into the weekend. Take the good with the bad. Absolutely. Thanks very much. Now a colorful end to the xxii winter Olympic Games in sochi. The president of the ioc declaring them an extraordinary success during the closing ceremonies. Following 18 days of competition and a few lingering controversies. Nbcs keir simmons in sochi. Good morning to you. Reporter hey, matt. You left me behind. And what an incredible night you missed. This morning, sochi is getting ready to host the paralympics with the tremendous performances from those men and women. But the closing ceremony last night was astonishing, it had music, it had dance. Oh, and a few fireworks. Reporter sochi ended as it began. With spectacular, uniquely russian closing ceremony. Watched by president putin, smiling. The games successful enough for the organizers to laugh at themselves. A dance recreating the olympic ring included the fifth ring that failed to open at the Opening Ceremony. This time, eventually, it did. The producers have a sense of humor. Reporter the end of a weekend that brought bronze for team usa in the fourman bobsled, but more heartache in hockey. Team usa failing to medal after losing 50 to finland. Canada won gold last night. And more controversy. The sweden hockey teams Nicklas Backstrom didnt play. The sixth agent lead to be banned while testing positive at the Olympic Games. While pictures emerged of a russian figure skating judge hugging the surprise russian winner. Bitter arguments over the results. President putin congratulated gold winning snowboarding vic wild. Born in america, but competed for russia. A changed country, the closing ceremony declared. This is the new face of russia. Reporter not everyone will agree. Russia spent more money than any games before, won more medals. But what it all means, history will judge. Reporter and last night, they passed that winter olympic flag to south korea who will host the game in 2018. And the pressure on rio to make sure theyre ready in two years time for the summer games. Meanwhile, guys, a few of us left here now surrounded by russians. We may even make a run for it. Youll be okay. You handled yourself well for the last few weeks, keir. Thank you very much for all your help. Meantime, natalies here. Big arrest making news around the world to tell you about. And we are learning more about how mexico has captured its most wanted man. Drug kingpin el chapo, his arrest has huge implications around the world. And comes from help from u. S. Agencies. Mark potter has details. Reporter new details this morning about the dramatic arrest of mexican kingpin Joaquin Guzman known as el chapo or shorty. Theyve been hot on his heels for the last few weeks. They claim to have just missed him after raiding a safe house recently. Guzman had escaped climbing through tup tunnels leading away from the house. This video released by the Mexican Attorney Generals Office shows a stairway heading down to a tunnel which connects to a city drainage system. On saturday morning, guzmans luck ran out when Mexican Marines captured him in the resort town of mazatalan. For drug agents, a huge catch. Chapo guzman is the most prolific trafficker of heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana in the world. Reporter he supplies most of the elicit drugs crossing the u. S. Border. Hes been indicted in half dozen american cities. Forbes magazines labeled him one of the worlds richest men. And in 2001, guzman escaped from a maximum security prison. From a laundry truck. But now that hes behind bars again, u. S. Officials plan to seek his extradition. Mark potter, nbc news, miami. Big changes could be coming to the u. S. Army. Defense secretary chuck hagel is recommending billions of dollars in annual budget cuts that would limit pay raises and increase health care premiums. Under the plan, the army would shrink to the smallest force since the world war ii buildup. Likely to face fierce opposition on capitol hill. The nations governors at the white house again today. They had dinner with president obama sunday night as part of their winter conference. And today the president will urge them to team up for what he calls a year of action. The message, if Congress Wont act, then the white house will work with the states directly to get things done. Some bad news this morning for drivers, gas prices are up 12 cents in just two weeks. The National Average for regular is now 3. 41 per gallon. Experts say crude oil prices are up because of violence in petroleumproducing nations venezuela and south sudan. And scary moments for a florida pilot this weekend after an uninvited passenger decided to hop a ride. Take a look at the video. Captured by a cockpit camera. Rob weber was minutes away from landing his sixseat plane in ft. Myers, florida, when a bird comes crashing through the windshield sending shards of glass and feathers everywhere. A few moments later, you can see weber reach up and check himself realizing hes been cut on the head. Minutes later, he was able to safely land on the ground. Cant say the same for the bird, though, sadly. Thanks for that footnote. That never works out well. Feathers flying like that. All right. Natalie, thank you. Later on, new york city mayor bill deblasio will be here to help cut the ribbon on the new look plaza. And al, youve been tweeting about that this morning. Yeah. Mentioned it. A few people might be curious about it. Hes going to help me with the weather. Oh, really . Cool. All right. Good. There you go. Were going to get to your local forecast in 30 seconds. Co. They flip the switch and the light comes on. Its our job to make sure that it does. Using natural gas this power plant can produce enough energy for about 600,000 homes. Generating electricity thats cleaner and reliable, with fewer emissions it matters. Good morning to you. 7 13. Taking a live look at san jose, the sun is up, the temperature is 45 degrees at lunch time well be at 66 degrees, 4 00 p. M. , once the sun starts to set still in the 70s and highs are going to be comfortable a. Clear cold start. The next couple hours the warmup is on. Were headed toward the 70s, beautiful clear sky in San Francisco. New record warmth. Throughout tonight, gorgeous conditions. Rain moves in on wednesday. Al. Thank you. Opening statements begin today in the driving trial of robert f. Kennedys daughter Kerry Kennedy. And it stems from a 2012 accident in north castle, new york, about an hour north of manhattan. Nbcs katy tur with the latest on this story. Good morning, savannah. The 54yearold facing a misdemeanor driving under the influence charge she said was the result of a mixup with her medication. Medication. Shes fine and ready to go to trial and hopefully happy to get this over with. Reporter Kerry Kennedy due in court later today on trial for a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence of a drug that stems from a july 2012 accident in which kennedys car side swiped a tractor trailer in new yorks west chester county. I remember getting on the highway and then i have no memory until i was stopped at a traffic light and a Police Officer was at my car door. Reporter officers described her as, quote, swaying and she had impaired speech. A toxicology report showed that kennedy had small traces of a generic form of ambien in her bloodstream. I told the officer it was theoretically possible that i had mistakenly taken an ambien rather than a thyroid pill earlier that morning. Reporter kennedys lawyers says that she occasionally takes the medicine when flying internationally. He argues that that medication and her thyroid medication come in similar prescription bottles and the pills are a similar shape and color. It is not a crime if its an accidental ingestion. If the jury believes that she didnt knowingly take this, then that would be the heart of the defense, the crux of the defense in this case, then the jury would have to acquit. Reporter while prosecutors are expected to argue that once kennedy began to feel drowsy from the medication, she shouldve gotten off the road. Kennedys legal team turned down a plea deal that wouldve resulted in a threemonth suspension on her license. If convicted, she could face a year in jail, fines, and also a suspended license. Now her brother rfk jr. Is coming to her defense arguing a conviction could be devastating to the humanitarian work she does abroad. And there were no injuries in the original accident. Katy tur, thank you very much. History made in the new york area last night in a basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and los angeles lakers. Willies here with more on that. Willie . Good morning, my brothers and sisters in jet lag. Good to see you again. Jason collins came out more than nine months ago in an article he wrote for sports illustrated. Last night for the First Time Since the release, collins took to the court. Reporter history on at Basketball Court sunday night when 35yearold Jason Collins became the first openly gay male athlete to play in any of the four major professional u. S. Sports. I dont have time to really think about history right now. I just have to, you know, focus on, you know my job. Reporter signing a tenday contract with the Brooklyn Nets on sunday, collins suited up and made his debut to a cheering crowd in los angeles. It comes less than a year after the 13year nba veteran revealed his sexual orientation. Life is so much better for me. I dont have to hide who i am. I can be my normal self. And its just a really overall, you know, positive. After one game wearing 46, collins will play in jersey number 98 in honor of matthew shepard. A gay teen who was murdered in a notorious hate crime in 1998. A symbolic message of tolerance collins hopes will spread through sports. Message to other athletes, doesnt matter period, just be yourself. Be your true, authentic self. And never be afraid or ashamed or have any fear to be your true, authentic self. The nets get the win last night in his first game in los angeles, 11 minutes, two rebounds, took one shot, missed it, five fouls for him in 11 minutes, which is exactly the way he plays. Exactly right. Hes a bruiser. And i meant to say with a team here in the new york area, i didnt mean to say the game was in the new york area. Jet lag, jet lag, jet lag. How long can we use that excuse . At least until thursday. Carson in the orange room, a lot of people talking about that. Nice to see you. Nice to see you guys. Welcome home, everybody. Great job in sochi. Good morning, everybody. This Jason Collins story was a huge story from the moment it broke. Lets get the latest. There he is signing with jason kidd yesterday morning. This all happened fast. That was a tenday contract. Al, your buddy, the mayor of new york wrote, welcome Jason Collins to brooklyn. Now, this is michael sam who came out earlier this month. He may be the first openly gay nfl player. He writes, congratulations to my friend Jason Collins, excited to see you do work out there courage. And then finally at the end of the day, jason did write, just in the overnight. What a day, great win tonight brooklynnets over my hometown lakers, thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout this journey. That was a great story. Well continue that. And coming up later this half hour as we kick off this week, love your selfie todays day, no makeup monday. Take your makeup off, send us some pictures, and well do the same shortly. Back to you guys. Thank you very much. Coming up, is he distancing himself . The stir caused by an unexpected new interview with amanda knoxs former boyfriend. And will there be Opening Night jitters . Societe meyers on how hes feeling ahead of his late night debut tonight. But first, on a monday morning, this is today on nbc. Coming up, why alec wit lets say no to soso. And turn on a faucet of ideas. Lets go off the grid, but stay on track. Lets soak it up here. Save it there. Then, lets line it up and knock it out. Lets do this. More saving. More doing. Thats the power of the home depot. 12x24 porcelain tile, now just 1. 99 a square foot. We all know what its like. I picked everybody up. I did all my errands. We get to the end of the day and i am toast. In fact, weve had toast for dinner. Cereal. Rice cakes. Trail mix. But tonight i nailed it. This is a real dinner. 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Last night fellow firefighters stood with hands over hearts as the vehicle carrying the body of their fallen comrade sped past. The firefighter was driving a tractor on a ranch on his time off when the vehicle went over an embankment and rolled 200 feet. Emergency responders found him pinned beneath the tractor. This morning the San Jose Council will consider a strategy to get homeless men and women off the street. It wants to put some of them up in local hotels and motels potentially for years. The city figures it costs about 1 million a year to help 60 people. The plan is lease vacant hotel rooms and allow them to stay while nonprofit agencies help find jobs and permanent housing for the homeless. A look at the forecast for today. A nice one ahead. Nice and warm. Good morning to you. 7 27. A live look at San Francisco. You can see we have low cloud cover. Mostly right over the Golden Gate Bridge and the bay bridge this morning. Otherwise nice blue sky for most of the bay area. You can see that from our various live cameras. Northbound looking nice and clear to kick off the day. Its cold, 36 degrees out there right now. Grab a coat. Something you can peel off. Were on the way to 71 in the north bay, 74 in the south bay. Wednesday the rain moves in. Make sure youre ready for that. Overall pretty good. Lets check your drive. Tough for san mateo. South 101 there a crash around poplar that has not cleared. Here in fremont looking at southbound 880 slowing toward mission, thats the jam. Well look at the maps into the south bay. The northbound route 85 a crash past 17 has cleared. A slowdown there. Into the area of fremont we showed you, a slow drive out of the hayward area past the san mateo bridge. Slow toward the Castro Valley y and this incident has cleared but causing this unusual slowing. Thank you. Ill have another local update in about a half hour. Back now at 7 30 on this monday morning, 24th of february, 2014. Pretty shot of the sun coming up. And weve got some pretty shots ourselves here on the plaza. Sun coming up here in new york city and rising over kind of a rehabbed new look on our plaza. Our plaza went to rehab while were gone . Speaking of, i know some others who may enter any way. We need to enter rehab after all the vodka. Well cut that ribbon on the plaza with mayor de blasio coming up. Lets take a look at headlines making news. Gas prices are on the rise. Up 12 cents in two weeks. And theyre expected to keep going up. As you know, the Winter Olympics in sochi wrapped up officially last night with a dazzling closing ceremony. The flame extinguished by one of the games mascots, the bear, natalies friend. Followed by a massive fireworks display. The bear said call me. Coming up, medalwinning members of team usa will join us live. Nice to see them again. And nba player Jason Collins made history last night as the first openly gay man to play in a major u. S. Sports league. Collins took the court for the Brooklyn Nets nine months after he came out in sports illustrated. How would you like two weeks each year to do whatever you wanted. According to a new aol body image survey, women are spending an average of 55 minutes per day on their appearance. That works out to 14 days a year. Wow. With all that in mind, were going to be launching our love your selfie series. It will help you find beauty that you can actually embraced. And weve dubbed today no makeup monday. Weve got folks on the plaza taking it off right now. Well join them later. Plus well talk to dr. Oz about the pressure to look good and the right way to define beauty. You thought i brought bags home from sochi, wait until you see them when we take the makeup off. Indestructible. Looking forward to that. Thanks. All right. Lets begin this half hour, though, with the latest on the murder conviction of amanda knox. With yet another appeal on the horizon. Some wonder if knoxs exboyfriend is now trying to distance himself from her. Joe fryer has that story. Reporter for more than six years rafael soicito defended his then girlfriend, amanda knox, in the murder of her roommate, meredith kercher. But in a new interview, he says he does have some questions about knoxs behavior before kerchers body was found. He says after knox spent the night at his place, she went home to shower. When she returned hours later, he says knox was very agitated saying her front door had been broken into and she found small bloodstains in the bathroom. Certainly i asked her questions, he says, why did you take a shower . Why did she spend so much time there . The reporter later asks what answers do you give yourself. And he responds, i dont have answers. I think hes distancing himself from her. Hes saying that there is some evidence that may apply to her, doesnt apply to him. Reporter a year ago, he raised similar concerns about knoxs behavior in his book. But in an appearance with savannah on today says hes never doubted her. The real facts are that we are innocent. Reporter they were convicted of murder in 2009, found innocent by an Appeals Court in 2011, then found guilty again this year. In her blog this month, knox rejected claims he was distancing himself. But does say hes frustrated pointing to an email she recently received from him in which he maintains theyre both innocent but says i dont want to be punished for nor have to continue to justify those things that regard you and not me. Knox now hopes on appeal shell be found innocent again. There was no evidence then. There is no evidence now. And there never will be any evidence. Reporter Italys Supreme Court could hear their appeal within a year. Joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. Lets get a check of the weather from mr. Roker. Good news is, we are seeing a change in the weather patterns for our friends out west. Because it has been brutally dry. We would normally between july 1st through today see anywhere from 6 inches to a foot and a half of rain from santa barbara. But look at this, some areas, burbank, only a half inch of rain. Santa ana 1 1 4 inches of rain. And to the north where the growing takes place in california, we would normally have upwards of 2 1 2 feet of rain. Look at what theyve gotten so far. I mean, some areas only a fifth of what they should get. But the good news is, were seeing a change. Were going to see some major storms developing out in the pacific. Three major storms. Storm number one will make its way in the gulf of alaska. Storm number two makes its way into central and Southern California bringing heavy rain, storm number three, this one brings relief all the way down as far south as los angeles and san diego. And look at the rainfall amounts. Wont break the drought, but some areas picking up to 6 inches of rain from fresno. Three inches as far south as los angeles. And thats great news. Thats whats going on around the country, heres whats well, al, i think we should keep that great news coming in. Good morning to you. Temperatures are chilly to start but were headed towards the 70s which means you can give your heater a break. 73 in the east bay, 67 in San Francisco, north bay at 71 degrees. And it looks like were going to tap into that Atmospheric River as we head deeper into the week. Right now rain chances start early wednesday and continue all the way through thursday and friday. We could be measuring three inches of rain over the weekend right here in san jose. Want to get a really good sense of how bad this drought is out west and how much its going to affect us all both economically and culturally. Miguel almaguer has a great piece on nbcnews. Com. Check it out. Itll open your eyes. Very serious situation there, al, thank you. Coming up on trending, theyve waited years to enter the rock n roll hall of fame. So why wont kiss be performing at the big ceremony . 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And i started by asking him what it would be like when he hears now the host of late night seth meyers for the first time. I think ill go into a full panic the first time. And well probably have security guards behind me to make sure i cant make tracks quickly out the other direction. For more than a decade, seth meyers has made us laugh on saturday night live. America knows him best as snls head writer and host of weekend update. Im seth meyers and here are tonights top stories. Hes been called funny killing it each week as the straight man. I guess i just miss him this time of year. I never knew you had a family. Thought you were built by gay scientists. I actually read an article and the writer paid you a great compliment. Turns out the most popular seth meyers character is seth meyers. I have very little range. Thats a kind way of saying it. No range, no problem. Meyers is the comedic genius behind some of the most memorable sketches on snl in the last decade. Many played by his friends tina fey and amy poehler. And i can see russia from my house. So what can we expect from late night host seth meyers . Do you see yourself as more of the iconic host . Like the Conan Letterman . I dont know. I think thats one of the things you dont overthink your own persona. You make the decisions you would make on your own tastes and that leads to the kind of show itll be. Do you think well be seeing my favorite thing from weekend update which is really . I think youll see that sentiment. I dont know if youll see it actually in that structure. But i promise to be incredulous about current events. That unique seth meyers brand. I would love to have sort of a long list of politicians coming on the show. Somebody like Chris Christie would be interesting to talk to him right now. And then, you know, wed love to have authors, athletes, as well as obviously people from show business. I could probably get you al roker. Dont joke about this. No, im serious. I know him. Im sorry. I just never thought id get al roker. What does he get . Respect and lots of it. Around the halls of 30 rock, hes become a bit of a favorite son with nbc even celebrating his late night launch with pizza for staffers. Congrats on your new job serving pizza. Thank you very much. It was part of the contract negotiations. I had to do a certain amount of hours in the commissary. Here we go. I may have just speared that with my spatula. This is the suit i wore at my wedding. Is it really . And this is the greatest thing ive ever worn it for. While he has logged plenty of hours behind a fake news desk talking to fake guests, seth admits hes nervous about the real thing. Youve had good guests and bad guests over your career. I want you to help me practice, be the worst guest you could possibly do. I think i can do that. Great. All right. Here we go. All right. So tell me, savannah its savanauh. Okay. I heard you went on vacation. Mmhmm. Where did you go . Hawaii. How was it . It was good. Great. I thought these questions would have longer answers. Oh, i was told you have a very funny story about a birthday party. No, you heard wrong. I dont. Okay. Well, thats great, i think thats our time, thank you very much savanauh. Its Savannah Guthrie. Come on, were the same network. Thank you very much, that was great. I dont think its ever going to get worse than that. No doubt meyers will master the real thing soon enough. And if he misses his friends at snl, its just down the hall. I think if i wasnt married, i would be there all the time. The guy that graduated high school and is still sticking around. What are you guys doing this week . Cool, cool, that sounds funny. Drinking a six pack out of a bag. Seth, come on, its over. You know, i used to do update, theres some pictures of me over there. Very great. Hes going to be fantastic. You can catch the premiere of late night with seth meyers. Seths first guest amy poehler and joe biden. Tell us a story about the birthday party. No. To do a great interview, let me tell you. Coming up, weve got a homecoming celebration for some of team usas Medal Winners. Plus, how to embrace their imperfections as we get set to go makeup free. [ male announcer ] an explanation of the kind of confusing plot of muppets most wanted. This is what weve all been waiting to hear. [ male announcer ] an evil tour manager named dominic badguy. Its pronounced badgee. Its french. [ all ] ah. [ male announcer ]. Takes the muppets on a world tour, but hes really working for an International Criminal who looks just like kermit. [ foreign accent ] i am kermit. [ male announcer ] kermit gets framed and thrown into a russian prison, where the muppets have to break him out. Out. [ male announcer ] then theres a stage show, two cops, a helicopter, and whatever this thing is. Could anyone possibly want more . Yeah no more [ male announcer ] for everyone else, muppets most wanted is coming to theaters. 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Were kicking off a series today youve heard a little bit about. Its called love your selfie. We have partnered with aol on the survey. You spend a lot of time primping. 55 minutes a day, works out to two week vacation worth staring at yourself. Men, not much better. 39 minutes for you. Today, were going to kick off no makeup monday. Devon, youre going to kick this off, congratulations, by the way, silver. Welcome home. Thank you. How you feeling . Feeling great. How much time do you spend putting on makeup . Not that much. Im always covered up, trying to protect my skin from the sun. Not at all. We have a mirror because youre going to kick it off for us officially if you dont mind. Heres our little wipeit for you. If youre at home and you havent put your makeup on yet, dont. You have an extra hour. What do you think it means for women at home to kick it off for us . Take it off, just put some sweat pants on and be yourself. Thats the idea. That is the idea. All right. Take it off take it off this is the official kickoff of no makeup monday. Take a picture of yourself, loveyourselfie. Dont you feel better about life . I love myself. I love myself. I love me. I love looking at carson in the mirror. I want your silver medal. Congratulations, guys. Thanks for helping us out. Thank you. Send us some pictures, and were all going to do the same thing in a few minutes. Were excited about that. So back to you. Yeah. Good for him. Coming up, were going to keep the conversation going. Well talk about how we feel about how we look. And were going to bear it all. And alec baldwins latest rant. Why he sayst hes done with public life. And usher with a preview of tonights season premiere of have your next burger with a side of awesome. The oneofakind, creamy blend of sweet and tangy. Miracle whip and proud of it. [ female announcer ] neutrogena® pore refining cleanser. 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He is expected to touch on business in the Silicon Valley and ethics and compassion. Protesters expected to greet him at the university as well. No protests about our forecast. Lets check in with christina. Good morning. None at all. Even the farmers are excited about the rain we have coming in. Your forecast shows at the bottom of the screen. In San Francisco we showed you the shot socked in with fog over the Golden Gate Bridge. The past half hour beautiful lesson in science. The fog clears as the sun warms up the top layer. Going to be out of here the next 15, 20 minutes. Temperatures are going to climb into the 70s. Lets check your drive. Looking here, the fremont area moves smoothly. Well turn to the san mateo bridge where we see slowing off of 880, and we have that smoothing out now for the flat section and the high rise, good news. The bad news look at the map toward that area, south bound 880 jams up on the peninsula the sunlight is the problem on the east bay the crash at eighth street. Slowing you down and jamming you up out of oakland toward hayward. Thats your commute direction for the nimitz at about the worst time of day. We have a slow drive toward the bay bridge and the east shore freeway. Quite the monday morning. Well have another update in a half hour. Comcast brought millions of people closer to nbcuniversals coverage of the biggest olympic winter games ever, with the most coverage of the most events on every device. And the most hours of streaming video on the nbc sports live extra app, including the x1 platform from xfinity. Comcast was honored to bring every minute of every medal of nbcuniversals coverage to every screen. So whats next . Rio 2016. Welcome to whats next. Comcast nbcuniversal. Its 8 00 on today. And coming up, love your selfie. The hair thing bothered me for a short period of time. My gift to america. This morning being a week long series on body image as dr. Oz shows us how to leave behind hangups when it comes to our looks. But welcome home. Some of team usas Medal Winners are back on american soil as they help us kick off our new and improved plaza. And ushering in a new voice. R b superstar usher stops in to talk music, moves and making the voice bigger than ever. Today, monday, february 24th, 2014. Welcome back, team usa ft. Myers, florida good morning here at the today show. Congratulations, team usa whoo and were back now at 8 00 on a monday morning. Its the 24th day of february, 2014, matt lauer along with Savannah Guthrie, hoda kotb joining us for our new reveal, as well, al roker, and look who stepped in here, the new mayor of new york city, bill de blasio. Great to see you. Youve got an enthusiastic crowd here. Not bad. I like it. And so youre here for a great reason. First of all, youre going to chat with al later on. Youve met. Our first time actually meeting. Okay. Youre here to help us cut the ribbon and usher in a new era on our gussied up plaza here. Its beautiful. Let me tell you, people love this part of our town and this makes it even better. I think its going to be an exciting addition to new york city. All i can say is come visit. Come visit, be a part of this. There you go. Youve got the biggest scissors in new york. Dont run with those. The moment has come. One, two, three yeah [ cheers and applause ] while we were gone in sochi, a lot of talented people worked very hard to fix this place up. And were going to be showing you around in a second. Mayor de blasio, thank you so much for helping make it official. And hodas here to talk about the new plaza. I am. A lot of people come here and say where do i go . Where do i go . 49th street. If you find this arch, you are in the right place. The ice skating rink is just through it right there. On this side, you guys, is the magic window where you can see savannah, matt, al, and natalie make faces. We always have a great crowd here. Youve got to join. We have a couple where is vikki . 60 today . Yeah. I dont want to admit that. Is that your husband behind you . Good morning. I love you. I love it here. This plazas got a lot going on. Carson is way at the other end. Hoda, can i interrupt . Can we welcome in some special guests behind us here . Yes. Through the arch members of team usa straight from sochi and were going to get to talk to them in a little while. Hoda, now take it away. All right. Carson, youve got it, im running to you. Im running to you. Thank you. The plaza is officially opened, revamped. Youre visiting from where . Ft. Myers, florida. And you dont have art supplies . No. Your daughter is ellie. You come over to this side of it, weve got a full postermaking setup here. You can get in the action. Michelles helping. Happy birthday. Thank you. Did you have fun in new york . Yes. Thanks for coming to today. Then you can come over here. Ive not seen you in a while. Nice to see you, sweetheart. So if you want to register, its a lot of fun. We have ipads, were really fancy and hightech. Thats right. Thats tina. Tina. So why are they punching in her name . We want to know youre here. So we can make your experience much better. Why are you here . You guys and my 40th birthday. Happy birthday you come here, check in on the kiosk, that way we know its your birthday. Its a whole new experience out here on the plaza. You guys have got to come down. Theres a staff, a website, a theme song. Come on. Theres margaritas. Come and see us. Come and therell be margaritas later on. There should be. Handing it back to matt. All right, hoda, carson. Thanks very much. Mr. Roker and mayor de blasio will chat in a second. But right now, lets go inside the magic window and check in with natalie for a look at the top stories. All right, guys. In the news this morning, the toppled president of ukraine is a wanted man this morning. Issued an arrest warrant overnight for Viktor Yanukovych. Hes been a fugitive since forced from power on saturday following his deadly crackdown on antigovernment protesters. Meantime, on sunday, National Security adviser susan rice warned russia not to intervene to save yanukovych, a strong moscow ally. The olympic spotlight is turning from Eastern Europe to south america. Bill, good morning. Reporter yes, natalie. From russia to rio, it could hardly be more different. The first south American City to be awarded the games. Its a world away from winter games in sochi, rio is the next olympic city, and its mayor cant wait. Theres no view like that, no place like rio. Reporter the stadium for the Opening Ceremony is ready. Most venues are not. The main olympic park is a building site. These are scheduled. We cant deliver things on schedule all the time. Reporter olympic Officials Say rio hasnt a day to waste. Hes a mayor in a hurry. I can guarantee these games will be ready on time. 100 . 100 . Reporter but rio has a dark side. Since it won the games, the police have struggled against the drug gangs that rule many neighborhoods. They patrol aggressively trying to make rio safe for the summer games, but parts of this city remain violent. Rios reputation is built on carnival and fun. It knows how to throw a party. And the countdown has begun to one of its biggest. Rio won the bid, and with sochi over, the pressure is on, only 894 to go before the next Opening Ceremony. Natalie . Bill neely in rio de janeiro, thank you. A spell binding finish to a county spelling bee in missouri. Sophia hoffman and kush sharma duelled on stage. They will hold a rematch next month. It is 8 07 right now. Lets send it back to everyone on the plaza and als special guest, i believe the mayor again. Thats right. Yes, indeed, natalie. Weve got mayor bill de blasio. And well get this out of the way. We had a little chat about School Closings and snow. And we both want the best for the school kids. Thats right. And our city. Thats right. And, al, look, i think together letting people know whats going on with the weather, letting people know how they can be safe. Thats something we do together. And i want to let you know, we have a little snow coming up the next few days. So id like to actually join us, the Sanitation Department official hat. And if youd like to come out and join us with snow clearers my dad was a bus driver and used to drive a snowclearing bus. Id love to do this. New york strongest. Theyve had everything to deal with this winter, but theyve done an amazing job. Mr. Mayor, thank you so much for coming by. We appreciate it. And as you said, there is snow coming, but the good news is, not going to be so bad. Well take 8 08 on a monday morning. Temperatures are looking good. Its still chilly out there, but were headed towards the 70s. The Golden Gate Bridge entirely clear at this point. Were now in the 50s in San Francisco. Headed to about 67 degrees later on today. The south bay lots of sunshine. Were going to see a lot of sunshine. From now until sunset, its going to be nice and clear out there. We are talking about the last clear day. At this time tomorrow, clouds increasing as an area of low pressure comes through. Thats going to change everything. Weve got rain on the way as of wednesday. And thats your latest weather. Mr. Mayor, thanks so much. Thank you, al. Coming up on trending, why the legendary band kiss has canceled its rock n roll hall of fame induction performance. Plus, learning how to love your selfie. We open up about our hangups and conversation about how to embrace all of us. And were going to spend some quality time with my colleague from the voice, music superstar usher is here. But first, these messages. [ male announcer ] theres chicken, and then theres juicy chicken. The difference is best foods. Best foods is the secret to making parmesan crusted chicken so juicy and so delicious. You can make dinner disappear. Best foods. Bring out the best. We are back now at 8 12 with whats trending today. And first up on this first monday back in new york, a setup alec baldwin. Hes written a new essay entitled i give up. And after a series of clashes, publicized clashes with new york photographers. He says i cant live in new york before. Everything i hated about l. A. Im beginning to crave. L. A. Is a place you can live behind a gate, get in your car and your interaction with the public is minimal. Well, doesnt end there. Baldwin goes on to say, i want my newest child to have normal and decent life as i can provide. New york doesnt seem the place for that anymore. No love loss between baldwin and the new york tabloids. The New York Daily News says quit crying and go. Dont let the screen door hit you. Well, hes right if hes looking for that privacy, he can certainly get it in l. A. , live behind the gates. Its not he really is a new york you go to l. A. , you come to new york, theres alec baldwin somewhere riding his bike with a cup of coffee. Hes out, he likes to be out. He wont get that in l. A. Theres paparazzi in l. A. Thats where tmz was created, right . Driving your car. Plus, you get behind the gates and l. A. s spread out. You can run from them. All right. Lets see how long his nonpublic life lasts. Yeah. Well, bring pizza if you go to l. A. No good pizza. Good to know. Theres one place, the rock n roll hall of fame. The legendary band refusing to play at the induction ceremony. The issue is which kiss lineup should be on the stage. Seems the rockers cant agree on whether the original members or the current cast should play live with gene simmons and paul stanley. And on the website they call the dispute an emotional situation where theres really no way to please everybody here. Cant you be one big group . You think thats the answer. Everybody get up there and have them join sort of mid song or something. Too bad. Too bad. Kind of rotate in and out, kind of like hockey. Wearing the pads already. There you go. After 25 years, an iconic phone service is coming to an end. Hello, and welcome to moviefone brought to you by the New York Times and hot 97. Thats right. Moviefone. The movie Listing Service brought to life by kramer on seinfeld is being disconnected. The owners say now theyre going to focus instead on the smartphone app. Which is, too, bad, hello and welcome to moviefone. I was surprised it took this long, actually. Oh, nice. No, no recorded animated voice, you know. I just we want to welcome a nice new face to nbc, today lawyer starts a new show on msnbc. Its called ronan farrow daily. Preshow jitters, but i think its going to be great. Are you really . Why . It sounds like youve got it well in hand. People have been responding to a lot of things were doing on the show, actually, honored here to be on trending. Were putting it to the crowd. I feel for people in my generation, we hear the story but dont necessarily know what to do with it, we want to do more. Dont want to sit by the sidelines. The show is about making sure every week weve got a big story, we tell you, youve got ten minutes, you want to do something, what is that thing you can do . Youre talking about your call to action is student loan debt. Which affects so many of us, right . 40 million americans, thats 40 million with more than 1 trillion of debt. And we didnt have to look far. Everyone around me from our p. A. To the people in the offices next door, everyone was suffering under this crushing burden. And its preventing the economy from burgeoning because people cant buy houses and start families. Were going to ask everyone to take a picture of what they owe and when its going to be paid off. And basically these people graduating college are starting their lives with one hand behind their back. And president obama made a big deal out of it in state of the union, but we havent seen action on it. Youve got miley cyrus, an interview with her. Yeah, miley cyrus exclusive, also a serious matter, twerking. I think shes paid off her student loans. She said to me, you know, with instagram and twitter, everyone is a paparazzo. To your point about alec baldwin earlier. Shes behind those gated walls in los angeles. And she says its scary. So were going to try to use the same dynamic. Ill say it again, welcome. Were happy to have you here. 1 00 p. M. Eastern time on msnbc. And hes whats trending today. Thank you, guys. Thanks, ronan. And now to our special series which we are calling love your selfie. A closer look at body image. Why were our toughest critics on ourselves. We want you to join this conversation as we share how we really feel sometimes about our looks. I have the exact body my dad had. My body is healthy, thankfully. Strong and healthy. Average. 40, its okay. Its not good and its not terrible. Its fine. Subpar. Ive got a forehead you could show a drivein movie on. My body, aging. When i was younger, i didnt like i was so tall. I actually tried to drink coffee because i had heard that it stunted your growth. Obviously, that didnt work out so well for me. But i have now a lifelong coffee addiction. I had a big head in high school, they called me jug head. I wore braces for six years. Kids would say big teeth or rabbit teeth. I had a serious case of buck teeth. My smile was something i was always insecure about. I was the kid with the crazy, frizzy hair, the stop sign glasses and the weird name. Like the trifecta of woof. Weight is a big issue. And ive always been heavy and as i got older, i got heavier. At times when i was a young kid, a lack of weight was an issue. And i was skinny. Not just thin, i was skinny. We had something in our family, we called them wuggies. That little place right at the top of the thighs just a little too much on there, that love. You know . I was a tall, scrawny kid. I looked exactly like Anthony Michael hall in sixteen candles. I think im like every woman in america who has things they dont love about their bodies. If you would ask me this before my children, i would have said my thighs. But since csections, the stomach. I was heavy and lost weight. But i dont ever feel like the girl who lost weight. There are lots of things well never love about ourselves. Who are we kidding . We can pretend all day long we like that we have cellulite. Im never going to like that. But you know what, i try not to wear a bathing suit in public. Thats my gift to america. After youve had two csections, some things dont go back, you know, the way should have been. So ive got a little pooch sometimes that, you know, i stillbirthed two incredibly happy, healthy children. Im so thankful. Its what my mother told me, my aunt told me. We all have something, why focus on it . The hair thing bothered me for a short period of time. There was a time when i had too much hair. I had this awful thing going on there. And i had people used to make jokes when theyd see a picture of me from behind. You can pick matt out, thats matt right there with the bald spot. I think if you have something about yourself you find unsatisfactory, youve got to either deal with it or get over it. So i woke up one day and said lets cut it off. Welcome back, how was your vacation . It was fantastic. I think it looks fantastic. I think it was the healthiest thing ive ever done in terms of my appearance. I think you reach a certain age, this is the body i have, lets make the most of it, have fun with it, play some basketball, play some football. And at the end of the day, i think im probably right about the right height. 64 is a good height where youre tall, but not too tall. My ears, nice and close to the head. Never caused me a problem in my life. Great ears. My hands because my nephew says i have my mothers hands. You have grandmas hands. And it touched my heart and become my favorite part of my body. Now i like my height. I tower over everybody all the time on the today show and i go with it. I dont think too much about myself. I know its a real selfie world right now. But i try to focus on the beauty in other people. When i think of beauty, i think of my wife. Beauty is inside out. Its when your eyes light up and you give off joy. To me, you look at someone and you go thats beautiful. We are what we are inside. I tend to concentrate on that. I think of whats behind the eyes. Something that is exuded from the heart and from the soul. Loveyourselfie. Wow, did it get pale and pasty in here . Or is it just me . Kathie lee weve all taken off our makeup for nomakeup monday. The idea is to peel back the layers and be comfortable with who you are. Hows that working out . Were joined by dr. Oz of the dr. Oz show. Good morning to you. Good morning. Are you wearing makeup . Im not. Ill put my hands up first. Who is uncomfortable being on National Television live. Ill go with that. We did the whole hour without makeup. Theres a difference Walking Around your neighborhood without makeup and being on national tv. Tvs a little less forgiving. Hoda, you put your hand up. Do you feel naked without the makeup . Yeah. I like to have lipstick on. If i have nothing on but lipstick, i feel better. I dress up as yoda when we did the star wars thing. I was green with wispy hair and i put on red lipstick. If you saw yourselves for the first time some of you, anyway, talking about things. What do you appreciate in each other . Matt, i didnt appreciate the transition you made with the hair. You did not . That you actually embraced it. You know, it was trying to get one step ahead of mother nature. She was going to take it away anyway. I think thats what we do with things were insecure about. Having had children, i know kathie lee had the same thing, your body changes and doesnt go back to what it used to be. After time you fight it, but after time you learn to love it and accept it and appreciate the greatness that your body is always going to have. Fathers, as well. Our bodies all that. Do i want that stomach i used to have or my children . And theres no question. Ends up the number one body issue. Men and women for both. Let me get to the survey results. We just talked about something a little earlier, 335 hours a year are spent on appearance if youre a woman, but only 100 hours less if youre a guy. Does that surprise the men on the set here . Yeah, i didnt think we spent that much time. Thats a lot. Only 16 minutes less per day. I was surprised men spend that much time. Is it important for us as guys . I think the caricatures we dont care. I think it is more than youre willing to admit. Wed be lying if we said we didnt care the way we look, especially in the business were in. But i dont put that much time a day. David gregory i also think guys think they look better than they do. Yeah. Its the point you make, al, turns out men are fatter than women. But most of the time its inverted in how we perceive. For those of you with daughters. In the survey, 85 of teen girls say they worry about their appearance weekly, 72 say daily. For boys, its a lot, lot less. So what do we tell our daughters . So they have the right body image . We never talk about looks. We talk about being smart, we talk about being kind and generous and looking out for other people. Its not something we talk about or focus on. Absolutely. I do the same with my niece. We refuse to say what we dont like. If i say i dont like something about me, what am i teaching her . Exactly. We want to say thanks to dr. Oz. We have a limited amount of time to get our makeup back on. Youre watching today in the bay. Good monday morning to you. Im peggy bunker. Berkleys fire chief has just identified the firefighter who died when he was crushed by a tractor on his property. This morning, the American Flag is flying at half staff at Berkley Hills fire station number 7 all in honor of tony nunez. Last night, fellow firefighters stood with a hand over their hearts as the vehicle sped past group. He was driving a tractor in his off time when he went down an embankment and died. Checking in on your traffic this morning. That commute on this mondays still under way. It is. It is just starting to ease a little bit. Thank goodness. We had a really tough drive along the south bay here. Finally starting to show the orange. Nearly a crash there. Jammed you up off 681. 87 had a motorcycle crash which caused a big backup off 85. Those both starting to show a little slowing. 101 actually had a lighter drive all the way up toward palo alto. South 880, coming down the bridge. That flow of traffic increasing. Because of the crash that was at 8 street. Youre jammed both directions past the coliseum. Look at this tough drive. Back to you. All right, thank you so much. Ill have another local news update for you coming up in just about half an hour. All right. Were back now 8 30 on a monday morning, february 24th, 2014. Its our first morning back from sochi. And we have a great crowd welcoming us back. And take a look at what weve brought with us. Weve got a few of the u. S. Medal winners from team usa. And were going to catch up with them in a couple of minutes. Meantime, the guys are out here because the ladies of today are inside getting a little bit of a touchup after going makeup free. So we got them up on the lift getting their makeup. Got them up on the lift. And tamron is here. Weve got a big announcement about her. Yes yes, we do coming up in a little while. Also, weve got some firsts here in the crowd taking part in snapping selfies, as well. And you can send us yours, too, if youre home with the loveyourselfie. And carson, your buddy usher going to fill us in on the return of the voice. Also big news for his fans. Plus, were going to get the take on body image and a new nbc sitcom. But first, lets say hi to our olympic Medal Winners, gus kenworthy, nick goepper, kelly clark grabbed the bronze in the halfpipe, aaron hamlin won the bronze in the luge. And noelle pikuspace took silver in the skeleton. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. All right. Who slept with their medal so far . Around their neck . Come on. Be honest. No . No. Nick . I thought about it. You didnt do it, though . No. Nobody . Not yet. Bedside table. No . No . Anybody get any free meals or anything . Yeah. Doing the new york tour. Hey, can i get a bagel . You casually put it on the table and you got that in time square, thats not real. I can tell you, aaron and i flew home on the same flight in sochi and she was hoping to breeze through security. Im not sure it worked out that way for you. I did get a water bottle. Hopefully it wont come back and bite me now. Did you have to check the hardware . No, we were able to carry it on. Of course. So, guys, you three guys have kind of got this bromance going. Are you like the three amigos going to travel everywhere together . Yeah, weve been together the whole season pretty much. Well keep doing what weve been doing and see what happens. When we separate, ill be going through withdrawals. Nick, hows it going with the hashtag . Do you wanna date with nick . Its going awesome. This week, im going to pick some awesome girl to hang out with. And i cant believe the amount of talented and amazing girls there are out there. You got a great response . Oh, yeah. I got a top five right now. And its going to be hard to whittle it down. What about the dogs . How are you doing with the pups . Doing well. One of my friends over with me actually kind of hes being the hero right now. He stayed behind and changed his flight and flying back with them in a few more days. Gosh. Noelle, you had one of the great moments in the olympics when you finished and ran up in the crowd and found your family. Has this all sunk in yet for you . The whole world watching on the big stage . Just yesterday, we were walking down to the museum and in that amount of time, about 15 groups of people stopped us and was like, oh, my gosh, youre the one that jumped in the stands. Its been an incredible ride and experience to be able to share this with so many fans and friends and my family and my husband and kids by my side. Amazing. It true youre done . Im done. Youre done. You told us that after vancouver. I know. Making an announcement . Im making it official here on the today show, im officially retired. You did so well, though. I know, theres a lot more i want to do. I want to be a mom first and foremost at home. And a lot i want to do. How about the rest of you . Can we see you come back . Yeah. I mean, i keep thinking what could i learn in the next four years . Skys the limit. Im healthy, motivated, love it more than i ever have. Im excited to get back to snowboarding here after new york. Well, we have had such great moments with you. We really have. You were all so generous with your time over in sochi. And i know you had an awful lot of things to be thinking about. Thank you for that and congratulations. Thanks, guys. Congratulations. Were going to have more Medal Winners joining us throughout the week, but right now, mr. Roker, check of the weather. Lets check it out for you, show you what weve got going on for today. We are looking for the week ahead, below normal temperatures throughout much of the Northern Tier states, above normal out west, west through the gulf coast, get into the midweek period. Look for light snow along the northeast. Mountain snow, out west, boy, do they need it, more rain through the southeast. More snow, another clipper coming across the plains. More rain along the mid Pacific Coast into the northwest. Going to be toasty, guys, through the gulf coast. Not all that good morning. 8 35 the time right now. A beautiful weekend we had across the bay area. That beauty continues to linger here on this monday. Clear skies in San Francisco. Light winds. We are going to see another beautiful day. In fact, todays highs are going to be back into the mid 50s. Our inland valley very comfortable. Low 70s for the north bay, east bay, and etch the south bay spiking up there, close to 74 degrees later this afternoon. We do have big changes ahead. The forecast shows well be talking about rain on wednesday. More details on that in about 20 minutes. Weather. All right, al. Thanks very much. Coming up next, usher on the return of the voice. But first this is today on nbc. Were back at 8 38 as we say hello to our crowd. Season six of the voice premieres tonight. And back as a mentor, usher, judging from the auditions, the coaches have a lot of talent to work with. Take a look. Wow. Usher, good morning to you. Yeah. Was that Janice Joplin . She definitely made us feel like Janice Joplin. That was someone who is an incredible voice in the competition. Thats bri kelly. And this season, we had 11 fourchair turns. The talents Getting Better on the voice . Everybody on the panel turned their chair. That means the talent is at the alltime high. For her, you were the last one to turn the chair. Are you a tough customer . A strategy thing . Im someone who likes to saver the moment, you know. I like to basket in it. She was incredible. Incredible. This is your Second Season as judge. How do you feel going into it . And do you think the other judges . Adam and blake are taking the gloves off now, maybe taking it easy on you before but not anymore . No, i think theyre enjoying a high moment. Blake is won it a few times, adam won the last season and the first. For me more than anything im happy my audience gets a chance to see me in a different way. For many years, people know me through music. Now you get a chance to see me in a different light but still in music. But just really enjoying mentoring talent and just giving a different aspect to what Reality Television is, you know. Its a perfect fit for you because you were mentoring before you were doing it on the voice, something thats important to you. Do you think that the voice has been able to turn out a huge star yet . Thats the one criticism i ever hear of it. You dont have a Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood yet. More than anything, youre learning the process and you have to stay tuned. This season hopefully well be able to introduce some new things greater than that, not to compare to other shows, but this one is so positive. And it doesnt really highlight, i guess, us tearing the talent down but building the talent up. And with the support of america and Online Purchases as well as do downloads and instagrams. Its being connected with not only our core base but also, too, introducing people in a light that would represent them, you know, successful on the show or have a career afterwards. Cee lo surprised a lot of people by saying he will not be back on the voice. Will we be seeing you more on the voice . Ill be here on season six. As with all of us, we have our Creative Process were working on. Music is what you know and love him for, im just staying tuned to see what happens next. Carson was telling me when you sit in the judging chair, you put your leg up a lot. Yeah. Is that a source of power . I dont know if i can get my leg up. We need to see these shoes. What was it called . My shoefie. Stay tuned, this is going to be an incredible thing in association with this. To do something as you know theres always an Education Advocacy associated with what i do. So this is something that is going to be very, very special. Stay tuned. All right. Not just the gold shoes. Usher, always great to see you, thank you. And the season premiere of the voice is tonight and tomorrow 8 00 7 00 central. Adam and blake taking part in a twitter takeover. Be sure to check that out online. And coming up next, Minnie Driver on her return to mother hood and tv. Hey hi ladies, how are you . Lets taste some wine. Seize your vacation with a Southwest Airlines sale. Go to southwest. Com, where our lowest fares are now available as low as 69 oneway. Book now at southwest. Com and carpe vacay. And were back now at 8 45. Minnie driver catapulted to fame in movies like good will hunting. And now starring in about a boy. Minnie plays quirky, single mom who moves to San Francisco to find herself and find a job. Exploring life, yeah. You cant put that on a resume. Why not . I live my life with complete honesty. I have nothing to hide. You do. Why would they have asked me for an interview . I dont know, but you need to take a step closer to the world were all living in and just lie. I dont lie. Everyone lies. Not i. Okay, george washington. That rebel. Still bitter. Good morning. Nice to see you. Nice to see you. Is this a typo or did you tell the producer that youve seen the movie hundreds of times . No, its not a typo. Ive seen the godfather ten times, thats a lot. Its constantly on television and i also own the dvd. And if im feeling i have three goto movies. What are the other two . Well, it goes between the king of comedy what is it about a boy that makes you feel so good when you watch it . Apparently, even someone as selfishly hopeless as hugh grants character can find redemption through sort of the ordinary business of being alive. I love that. Thats not a big thing that happens, just realizing his humanity. People talk about, its difficult to take a great book and turn into a great movie and now nbc is taking the book to a movie to this sitcom. Its not a traditional sitcom, though, it feels to me. No, its not. I think through parenthood and friday night lights, hes got a handle on how you effortlessly bring characters into the medium that youre working in. And its story telling at its best. Created these amazing characters and used that as a jumping off point. Fiona is neurotic a little, maybe. A lot. Overprotective maybe a little. A lot. Shes a vegan, what else do i need to know . Shes somehow everyone knows someone a bit like fiona this day and age where there is theyve embraced their lifestyle to the point of sort of hilarious selfrighteousness. When youre wafting someone elses barbecue smoke back into their yard, you know youve got a problem and its quite funny. You need to get a grip. Shes a mom, i mentioned, single mom. You are a mom. And this schedule works for you . This doing this show. You have a 5yearold. I do. And i listen, this is the most amazing job for me to be able to be home sleeping in my bed at night, making it to some of his sporting events, sometimes being able to take him to school. Its pretty great. In fact, its very great. This was kind of a week where were talking about body image here on the today show. Youre in a business and have been for a while now that puts a lot of emphasis on appearance. Yes. Youve dealt with this in the past. Yes. What advice would you give a teenager or a young adult in terms of trying to be comfortable with themselves . Dont get taken in by the assault of images that are out there now telling you what it is you are supposed to be. Everyone has a different body type. And figuring out where you where you lie is your only job. Not comparing yourself to the teeny weeny romanian model when youre 6 feet and a volleyball player. You have to be realistic about who you are. And then, thats the only thing you have to answer to is yourself. You know, yourself and yourself. Good advice. Minnie driver, always good to see you. Good to see you. About a boy catch it tomorrow 9 00 8 00 central time on nbc. Up next, big news to share. But first, this is today on nbc. All right. We welcome you back to today, and its our pleasure to welcome a brand new addition to our family this morning. Brand new, i dont know well, we already think of her that way. Tamron hall is coanchoring the third hour. With natalie and willie. And we want to take a look back at how tamron made her way from a small town in texas to studio 1a. I was born in texas. My mom says i was the only kid born there that day. The town is so tiny, that wouldnt surprise me. I grew up in a big family. My aunts, uncles, cousins, my mom, my grandfather. These people were always around me, always encouraging me. She was just outgoing little girl. She was always sweet. Stop by and see us. I Love Learning and talking to other people. So those things i naturally enjoy just snapped into place in my career. From what family members and neighbors my work as a reporter for four years in dallasft. Worth. I was on the phone calling all my siblings and friends. I said, look, there she is. And from there, i ended up in chicago. Welcome back, the time right now anchoring a fourhour morning show. Everything i thought morning tv could and would be. You do become a part of the family. I want to welcome my new colleague tamron hall. The year before i started working for msnbc, i brought my mom to new york and outside of rockefeller center, my mom pointed up and said next year youre going to be working here. And i said, yeah right, mom. And my best friend sonia snapped a picture. I had a feeling tamron would be there. And it happened. One year to that day, i was in the office with the president of nbc for my first interview that turned into my job. She really did it. She really made it. Super proud. Super proud of her. Lets get a check on the mornings other top stories from tamron hall over at the news desk. Good morning, everyone at home. I went in my first morning. I was filling in. It was the most intimidating thing you can imagine. And it was solely because you know how important the today show is to people, to viewers. Lets get in there. I feel like when i approach life, i look at it like my nieces and nephews, wideeyed, open. I love to laugh. Whatever we need, shes there. Tamron is trustworthy, shes honest. Definitely the best friend you want to call and say, hey, you want to share this news with her. So im excited, im nervous. And just like, the sitcom character who keeps popping up behind the sofa. And now im finally on the sofa. Im so proud of her. Congratulations, today family, we love you. There we go. You know, you say youre finally on the sofa. We barely have room. Need a bigger sofa. I wore the biggest dress ever. I love the part about your mom. What she said its amazing. We were outside, and id taken her to the color purple. And she said youre going to be working here next year. Id gotten a new camera, it had the time date stamp, so a year to the day im going in to be hired and i show the president of the news at the time and showed him the date and we both started crying. It was a year to the day. My father, the last time he saw me on tv was on the today show. He was in the hospital and he said he was asleep, he heard my voice and looked up and i was on the today show. It was his last chance to see me. Im so happy. Yeah. Youve been so kind to me and welcoming me. You dont have any of that embarrassing local news footage. With the big bangs . It has to be somewhere and we will find it. I look like a black bart youre watching today in the bay. Good morning, everyone. Im scott mcgrew. The controversial proposed water bottle ban in San Francisco faces a key vote today. The bill would phase out the sale of plastic Water Bottles on public property. So that would include food carts and street fares. We are looking at clear skies across the board. Youll find this is the scenario all across the board. We had such a beautiful weekend. Thats going to continue into this monday. Clear skies through the afternoon. Warm, close to 70. Into the 70s for inland valley. We are tracking rain in that seven day forecast. Well talk more about that in about ten minutes. From nbc news, this is todays take with al roker, Natalie Morales, willie geist and tamron hall. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this monday morning, february 24th, 2014. You might have noticed a new name in that announcement. Im willie geist along with al roker, Natalie Morales and the newest member of our team. Can we play that again . Tamron hall. One more time. Okay. Not. Oh. This is todays take with al roker, Natalie Morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Get that on a loop. Its going to be my ring tone. Tamron hall. Tamron hall. Tamron hall. What a way to welcome you, too, with no makeup monday. I know, when i got the call, i said, really . On my first day . But i guess its a good way to start. You open up, come out of the closet, no skeletons. Here i am. Youve seen me at, i think my second worst. I did host come on. No, no, no, seriously. I posted the picture no, no, no that was no makeup. But the picture i posted. The photo of my natural hair. Thats with me with my hair not blow dried out. And i posted this, and the reaction was so interesting i would show my naturally curly hair. I love it. Thank you. How long does it take you to do that . Oh, mercy. How long does it take Johnny Wright to do it . I get my haircut once a month. Sorry to interrupt you thats actual hair. That is mine. This is high school, i wore braces for six years, thats my hair, and i tell people, im 43, i cut my hair when i was 18, my boyfriend at the time, leslie, i wont say your last name on tv, but he had a crush on anita baker, and i wanted his affections over anita baker, so i cut my hair. And there was a rap song that said Something Like fly haircut like anita baker. And now 100,000 years later, same haircut. We keep saying welcome to the family. But i think you feel the way i felt when i started. Weve been here so long. Right. You feel like part of the family. I tell people all the time. When i walked in the building, the single nicest person on the spot, al roker. The most generous person, natalie. I went to your birthday and love giving out samples of makeup and cosmetics i love. And i said, this is something i treasure. And willie and i, we sang karaoke together. We were supposed to be beyonce and jayz and he chickened out and we had to do endless love diana ross and lionel ritchie. Either way we were going to do j and b and they didnt have the song in the karaoke. I dont remember it that way. Were going to take this up offline. I think you need five minutes in, and were already bickering. But that speaks to the familiarity. Youve been so kind and welcoming since day one, its not a new beginning, continuation. Amen. Welcome to the club. Were glad youre sitting here. Were back from sochi. Yep. Little jet lag. A long way. When did you get back . Saturday night. Saturday afternoon. So you still have the vibrations of the airplane . No. No . No, i slept like a baby. I got up and i was wet. Too much information, again, al. You know, its hard, like 5 00, 6 00 p. M. Oh, my gosh. The 5 00 6 00 p. M. It hits you. All of a sudden youre like when you travel, once you land, stay on the time zone youre in. You cannot go to sleep. We landed and we went, literally from the airport the kids we all had sushi, came home. I unpacked sunday morning. Genius. Everything was done. And boom. Lovely. Couple of bags to unpack and the bags under my eyes. I gave you that eye cream. It works. How was your homecoming. The kids made a sign, welcome home. And the dog went nuts. And i hear you had a little homecoming. Your kids are well trained is what im told. They know how to please papa. I opened the front door, and my wife bought the bourbon. But my 6yearold daughter lucy handed me balloons connected to a bottle of makers mark your kid handed you this . She did. Hello, sir, welcome back. Lucy, go get daddy an old fashioned. Yes, sir, i will. George, how about a manhattan . Mix it the way daddy likes it. Dont bring me back anything that looks like iced tea. And she wrote the sweetest note in the world. Daddy, i dont know what i would do without you. I missed you so much. Was it connected to the bourbon . The card on the bourbon . Oh, i see it. But, you know, three weeks anywhere is a long time. So nice to come home and see the family. Josh was like when i left, he was here, coming home, hes up to here. This morning, hes here. Either that or its my perception. All of a sudden, how fast and quickly they grow. I remember my first olympics was athens and he was 9 months old and just about ready to start walking. And i was so worried i was going to miss him. Here he is 10 years old now, five olympics later. Going to measure it by olympics. Real quickly, though, closing ceremony last night. Well, there was a really cool moment. As you know, they had a malfunction at the Opening Ceremony, the upper right ring did not open. They had fun with that at the closing, kind of laughed at themselves. I love it. And opened it up. I loved it. Very funny. Well done on that. Meanwhile, it was a crazy week across the street with jimmy fallon. He is off to a huge start. Seth meyers starts tonight. But on friday, jimmy was joined by his buddy justin timberlake, and we knew this was coming. We had four histories of rap. And he didnt chicken out like you did. J. T. Brought it. The history of rap that you wouldnt do with me. Flip turned upsidedown id like to take a minute tell you how i became the prince of a town called bellaire what a man jump jump jump jump jump jump walk this way walk this way how good was that . That was excellent. You must have been the shape theyve got to be in to have done that, to keep singing, dancing. Thats amazing. They actually talked about that on the couch. Jimmy says when he finished that, he collapses in a ball of sweat and hes heaving and justin like, all right, were going for drinks. Its what he does. He danced with will smith and did Old School Hiphop dancing. Hes a machine, i love it. Hes doing great. Off to a big start. And seth meyers starts tonight. Yeah. Al, your Production Company has this really cool documentary. Yeah. Its interesting on discovery id, home of tamrons show dateline crime. On investigation discovery, we produced the thing. Its hard to believe this happened in this country. But these what we call sun downtowns. They were all White Communities that africanamericans were not allowed to live in or even visit after dark. And surprisingly enough, they werent where you would expect them to be down south. They were up north in ohio and illinois, places like that. Towns in indiana, illinois, ohio, to find out theres word these practices still do exist. And he was starting an investigation. Joined by an expert in the field. One of the most surprising aspects of this phenomenon is the assumption these towns only existed in the south. The truth is, most of them were in northern states such as new york, connecticut, ohio, indiana and illinois among others. More importantly, though, convinced these towns still exist today, and im determined to find out if hes right. And its basically a road trip into history and injustice to find out whether they do or not. Its really, really fascinating. Something where we are extremely proud of, which airs tonight at 10 00 on investigation discovery. Well look forward to seeing that. How about the weather out there . The Polar Express . No the polar vortex. I love the Polar Express. Tom hanks plays five roles in it. Phenomenal. This is a little different. Hey, look, hes here, hes got his whole crew. Were going to talk with them in a little bit. You know this show is a big success when hes got a posse now that comes on in here. So here we go. Theres this big area can we get the lights up. I guess i threw them. Hes got all my lights. Anyway. Take a look, this alaskan high has diverted up into the arctic. And as that happened, bringing up warmer air, all the way as far north as alaska. However, the piece of the polar vortex has broken off, the cold air comes in and look at these temperatures. Right now 1 below in bismarck, feels like 3 in marquette, detroit feels like 9, indianapolis, 19, afternoon highs only get up into the Single Digits and the teens. Tomorrow, we continue to see it drop down. Its going to feel like 17 below in bismarck, cleveland will feel like 8 below. New york city, 20 degrees and as we get into wednesday and thursday, it gets even colder. The good news is, we do start to see a little bit of moderation as we head into the good morning. 9 10 the time right now. Clear skies across the entire bay area. No fog to report this morning. But it was a beautiful weekend. Those beautiful conditions are going to continue into this afternoon. Close to 70 in San Francisco. Low 70s for our inland valley. We do have rain to talk about. Tomorrow another dry day. Wednesday, thats the day were watching for showers to approach. Dry for the morning hours, but by the afternoon and etching, that rain does spread into the picture by wednesday. And thats your latest weather. Thanks a lot. Coming up next from homeland to the blacklist, keeping himself busy chasing bad guys. So good on the shows, but he carved out a little time to talk to us. How much does he look like willie geist, by the way . [ male announcer ] its surprising what your mouth goes through in a day. But whats even more surprising is that brushing alone isnt enough to keep it clean. Fortunately, youve got listerine®. Unlike brushing which misses 75 of your mouth, listerine® cleans virtually your entire mouth. So what are you waiting for . Its time to take your mouth to a whole new level of health. Listerine®. Power to your mouth™. And take the listerine® 21 day challenge. Feel the difference, or your money back. Feel the difference, or your money back. Discover light fit greek nonfat yogurt. Eal pleasure . 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But ill be honest, this version feels really good. My body, like my life, is a work in progress. But im getting there with weight watchers. The new simple start plan made it so easy for me to start losing weight right away. And before i knew it, i was back on track to being the me that i want to be. And you can do it too. [ female announcer ] join for free. Try meetings, do it online or both. Just ten years ago, diego got a break in the hit movie mean girls. Yes. Now he plays fbi agent facing off against criminals and james spader in nbcs hit drama that im obsessed with, the blacklist. Good to see you. Thank you for having me. Lets get this out of the way right now. The elephant in the room. Do we look like each other, america . Come on. Little better. Yeah. You do. I think so. Very midwestern. Also you get matt damon. Youre in a bar and someone approaches you, go with damon over geist. Its not bad, though. For full disclosure, when you walked over, i said hello and i felt muscles bounce back when i do this. Uhoh. Wow. Wow. Anyway welcome to our therapy session. In the meantime. So tell us. Youve got nothing on this. Exactly. Whats happening tonight . You guys making a big comeback after the olympics . Hopefully. I think so. A lot of chatter on twitter, people love the show, its great. Theres so many fans and everybodys so kind of rabid, especially coming off of homeland where everybody, obama watched the show. And then to come over to a show like this here. People are, you know, obsessed with, you know, red reddington and, you know, everybody else. Youve had a really good good i guess up to now, youve worked your way from homeland to this character. Come on, mean girls. Which, yeah, lets go back ten years ago. Its hard to believe that was ten years ago. Yeah, it is. It is. It kind of makes you feel old, but it doesnt, though. Because it seems like it was yesterday. But a lots happened in between. But it was another one of those experiences where youre working with these incredible people. You know, you knew at the time, you know, one of my best friends played the little italian guy. With the burns. With the little burns and i said those arent 16yearold burns, but hes italian. So we shared a trailer, we kept looking around going, oh, my god. Amanda and lacy and lindsay was there. Rachel, and, we went around and looked, theres going to be a lot of people working a long time off this. Its so hard for a show to make it. So many good shows through reasons not their own fault, they didnt make. Youve been on two big hits, homeland and the blacklist. What do you think it is . The story. You have this these great characters in there, liz keene. You guys having a moment here . Having a moment. Thats right. Eye contact. A lot of weird keep this table clear. A lot of hands on the table. Now weve been with our families. Were bonding. Almost like al and i have this bond now. We do. I want to ask you about hockey. You grew up in canada. You have to be happy your country has won several golds there. Your childhood, how has it helped shape you in hollywood . I know you know lindsay well and people can get caught up even the best of folks. How do you fight that . Well, its pretty easy coming from canada. You have a sense of work ethic. I grew up way off in the country working on farm and playing hockey. But theres always a sense of community and its always bigger than yourself, i think, anyway. Youre never really trying to find the spotlight. And youre always trying to chip in and help each other out. And i think its, you know, more of that. We didnt even i didnt grow up in a town. I grew up way off in the woods. Which explains a lot. A lot of that confidence you have. A little bit. A little bit. But you carry that with you wherever you go and it translates well into acting. A lot of persistence you have. Its a great community. And you guys its not just one person. Its a whole ensemble. And its on display. And, again, tonight, diego, thanks so much. Blacklist airing tonight at 10 00 9 00 central here on nbc. I cannot wait. Set your dvr all set, right . Coming up next, all the news you need before you leave the house. And a little bit later in our love your selfie series. The pressure to be thin in the celebrity culture. Every breed, every need. Every age, every stage. We care about as much as you do. Assortment of premium foods, his specific needs price guarantee. Of health and happiness. At petsmart®. Dad, why are you getting that . Is there a prize in there . Oh, theres a prize, all right. [ male announcer ] inside every box of cheerios are those greattasting little os made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. Is it a superhero . Kinda. After their turkey, bacon avocado sandwich goes down, productivity goes up. 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Tide pod users report theyre leaving purple and blue stains on laundry according to consumer reports, there are also complaints of the pods not dissolving completely. A representative for Proctor Gamble says the most common problem is people putting them into the washer after loading clothes. It needs to go in before any clothing. Well, fitness junkies, fitbit is recalling the latest model after reports that the Health Tracking band was causing a rash. The country says its likely an allergic reaction to nickel. Despite doctors orders, many of us actually go to work sick. A survey of more than 1,000 u. S. Adults revealed 1 in 4 workers always go to work even when theyre ill. Most people say they would have too much to make up if they did miss a day. Just as many said they couldnt afford to miss work. Others say their boss expects them to come to work no matter how sick they are. The lego movie blocked out rivals for the Third Straight week. Pulls in another 31 million this weekend. 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[ female announcer ] lactaid. 100 real milk. No discomfort. Good morning, everyone. Im scott mcgrew. Berkleys fire chief has just identified the firefighter who died when he was crushed by a tractor. This morning the American Flag is flying at half staff at the Berkley Hills fire station number 7 in honor of tony nunez. Last night, fellow firefighters stood with their hands over their hearts as a vehicle car reing the body of nunez sped fast. He was driving a factor on a ranch in his off time when the vehicle went over an embankment and rolled about 200 feet. Emergency responders found his body beneath a piece of the tractor, declared him dead at the scene. This morning, the San Jose City council will consider a new strategy to get homeless men and women off the streets. It wants to pay to put some of them in local hotels and motels. Pae potentially for years the city says it was going to cost about a Million Dollars to house 60 people. The plan is to allow them to stay there while nonprofit agencies help them find jobs and permanent housing. Well have a look at weather and traffic after the break. Welcome back. 9 28 the time right now. We are waking up to clear skies this monday after a spectacular weekend c weekend. 70s for our inland valleys. Upper 60s expected for places like San Francisco. We do have rain in the forecast, but not for today. Coming in the form of the rush hour commute on wednesday. So this is really going to be some heavy rain that were watching for wednesday and its expected to continue into the weekend. So a big dent expected to put on that drought. So things looking good in the weather center. Lets talk about the traffic. Dont want to talk about it, so ill handle it from there, because this is bad news. 880 southbound is just slammed down. Basically from 980 all the way through downtown. Thats the live look there. Both directions, a crash southbound at marina. Sounds like it may be clearing some lanes but its been there over a halfhour. Crawling at about 10 Miles Per Hour or worse. Both directions past the coliseum. 580 much clearer. Out of fremont, we do have a slower drive. And then the slow drive down the east shore freeway. Well have another local news update for you coming up in a half an hour. Welcome back to today, its monday morning, february 24th, 2014. Im willie geist along with al, natalie and the newest member of our family, miss tamron hall. Are you going to do your own history of rap for us . I think we should. Just quickly to recap, willie stood me up during a karaoke contest. We were judges and i said lets do beyonce and jayz, and we ended up doing endless love. Not remotely how it happened. They didnt have the song we wanted in the book. We were hat boxed, we were railroaded this friday, if they oh. Now . Are you asking me to do it now . Go for it. I saw you this was the one we were going to do. But i thought i was just standing there. Waiting. By friday, well have it down. Okay. You want to do it friday . Yeah. Were having a blast doing the usa today thing. This sunday its the academy awards. This morning, we reveal our picks for the usa today today show pick. Which movie will get the most awards . I think 12 years a slave will receive the acting awards, but i think gravity might outweigh it when you put in the technical awards into the mix. I agree with you 12 years is a favorite. A bit of a spoiler on best picture. Yeah, im going with gravity getting the awards because i think it was a different kind of film. And i think it sort of set new ground as to how far the 3d and technology. And 12 years a slave. My heart was pounding when i watched that film, nothing like it. Red carpet moments. Whose gown will inspire the most chatter . Lupita. I think lupita, but i put margot. Im going with Cate Blanchett because shell win for blue jasmine. Who will the host, ellen, roast the most . I think jonah hill for the things he did in wolf of wall street. I went Bradley Cooper because he admitted he went commando to a state dinner. Im going with george clooney. He seems to be in the moment right now. Golden globes, everybody sort of picked on him. Hard to beat that. I wouldnt go back there. Academy awards are this sunday, this coming sunday, march 2nd. Good. All right. About six we are waking up to beautiful conditions here on this monday. No fog to report at the golden gate or anywhere across the bay area right now. Very comfortable temperatures. This afternoon were still talking about very warm temperatures. Highs today are going to be very similar to where they were yesterday, in the 70s for inland valleys and very close to that in San Francisco. And again, plenty of sunshine. Do enjoy that. Yeah, grand central, changed from the Polar Express to the locals. Well done, al roker. So youve seen tamron coanchoring many times on this show before. But today is special. Now shes officially part of the today family cohosting this hour with us. Thats right. Heres a look at how the outgoing girl from texas made it here in the big apple. I was born in luling, texas. My mom says i was the only kid born in luling that day. The town is so tiny that wouldnt surprise me. I grew up in a big family. My aunts, my uncles, my cousins, my mom, my grandfather these people were always around me, always encouraging me. She was just outgoing little girl. She was always sweet. I first realized i wanted to be on television with birthday par parties as a kid. Wed have a talent show. I cant sing and i cant dance, so i was the emcee. I would have to introduce my cousins joanne and the joets. I Love Learning and talking to other people. So those things i naturally enjoy just snapped into place in my career. From what family members and neighbors my work as a reporter for four years in dallasft. Worth. I was on my phone calling all my siblings and my friends. Look, there she is. And i was a happy mom. And from there, i ended up in chicago. Welcome back, the time right now anchoring a fourhour morning show. It was everything i thought morning tv could and would be. You really do become a part of the family. I want to welcome my new colleague, tamron hall. A year before i started working for msnbc, i brought my mom to new york and outside of rockefeller center, my mom pointed up and said next year youre going to be working here. And i said, yeah, right, mom. So my best friend snapped a picture of me and my mom outside of rockefeller center. I just had the feeling that tamron would be there, focus into existence and it happened. One year to that day, i was in the office with the president of nbc for my first interview that turned into my job. She really did it. She really made it. Super proud of her. Lets get a check on this mornings other top stories from tamron hall over at the news desk. Good morning, everyone at home. I went in my first morning. I was filling in news reader. It was the most intimidating thing you can imagine. And it was solely because you know how important the today show is to people, to viewers. And that al roker, everything that you think al is, he is. And he has this nurturing, caring spirit. Sure. And willie was going to be jayz, but you chickened out. My first bonding moment with willie, were participating in a karaoke contest. Willie, not convinced he can pull off jayz. So we do endless love, it went up like a lead balloon, you owe me, willie geist. I think natalie and i have a lot in common. We are both, i think, funloving people. And shes an amazing mom. And i look at her and how she juggles the demands of the job. Thats something i want for myself one day. Lets get in there. I feel like when i approach life, i look at it like my nieces and nephews, wideeyed, open. I love to laugh. Whatever we need, shes there. Tamron is trustworthy, shes honest. Definitely the best friend you want to call and say, hey. You want to share this news with her. So im excited. Im nervous. And just like the sitcom character who keeps popping up behind the sofa. And now im final lip on the sofa. Im so proud of her. Congratulations, today family, we love you all right. We broke out the fine champagne. I like hanging out with you guys. Its like this every day. Well, cheers to you guys. You have a wonderful hour, you own it, and to the team behind the scenes. Its easy to thank you on camera. But behind the scenes. You make me look good because you see me without makeup, i need help. Come on. No, its an amazing environment to work in. We have this blessing to go somewhere that we love. My grandfather had a second grade education, he was a sharecropper. Many days he did not want to be out there. He did for his family. I have a luxury of loving where i go to help my family, as well. Cheers to everyone. Thank you, guys. Welcome aboard. Thank you, thank you. Are we going to can we now put to bed this whole jayz beyonce thing. Ive been slandered for the last 40 minutes. Its how it happens. Im sorry. Okay. They told me to be myself. She was a thanks for that, tam. She was a child star growing up in front of the cameras as tvs beloved character. How does the celebrity spotlight affect her body image. We speak to her after these messages. [ male announcer ] mcdonalds dollar menu more is all about getting more. Its all your favorites and a whole lot more, like a 20piece chicken mcnuggets just 5 bucks. More choices than ever before. Thats the dollar menu and more. Its eb. Want to give your family the very best in taste, freshness, and nutrition . Its eb. Egglands best. Better taste. Better nutrition. Better eggs. Into these starburst minis . 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Our today aol body image survey shows 82 of teen girls and women wish they could lose weight. Heres our perception of the perfect body image changed over the years. Open any magazine, and its easy to see, thin is in. But that wasnt always the case. Diamonds are a girls best friend reporter there was a time when a few extra pounds in all the right places was considered pinup perfect. So how did we go from this to this . A decade after marilyn famously graced the first cover of playboy, twiggy hit the scene along with a boyish figure. By the 80s, magazines started emphasizing weight loss, dieting and exercising. And in the 1990s, the waify look made a comeback. Think kate moss. Then the seemingly impossible became ideal. Lean with curves, madonna, Pamela Anderson and cindy crawford. Today, we are seeing curves in all the right places. Stars like j. Lo and beyonce proving curvy may be making a comeback. Mayim bialik understands the pressure to be thin, starring in blossom in the 90s and appearing on the Big Bang Theory. Shes here to share her view on body image and also out with a cook book called mayims vegan table. Mayim, good to see you. Good morning. We are really overloaded with celebrity images and so many times, and those of us with teenage daughters, we worry about this. Youve been, you know, in the media spotlight for a long time. Did you feel as you were growing up that pressure to stay thin . I dont know. I mean, in the 90s on blossom from the ages 14 to 19. The industry was different for teenagers then. There wasnt the internet, wasnt this publicity machine putting so much attention on teenage girls to look like adult women. And i think thats one of the big differences ive seen. Is now we have all that pressure for teenagers to look like women and the model for women seems to be, yes, thin thin, thin. In hollywood, there seems to be a standard of beauty. Did you feel pressure to look a certain way . If there was, i didnt do any of the things that wouldve made me look like other people. I was a funnylooking kid with large features and i was what was considered ethnic when i started acting in the late 80s. Kids didnt look like me on television. I didnt have success in commercials and things like that. I got character roles, which is what they call roles for people who dont look like leading girls or leading boys. Thats kind of, i guess, been my schtick. It worked. Certainly look, you are a role model on the Big Bang Theory as a smart, funny, young woman. And now its led you to the vegan table. Tell us how did you make this journey . Gosh. Well, its been a long journey. After blossom, i got a ph. D. From ucla in neuroscience. I had a career as a scientist, came back to the world of acting after i had my two sons. And ive been vegetarian since i was 19 and vegans been a slow progression. But raised my boys vegan and this book is literally the recipes that i make for nonvegans that they ask for more of. Yes, there are plenty of healthy recipes, but also a lot of fun recipes that have a lot of rich flavors. Everyone should be eating more fruits, vegetables, less processed foods. Less animal fats. Every Major Medical organization agrees on that whether or not youre vegan or not. This book is an opportunity to present the things i actually cook that happen to be plantbased that also still have good flavor that wont make people say, like, oh, thanks for that weird vegan now the mac cheese in this. Its very, very rich. Very rich and very delicious. I make it for my own kids. Mayim, thanks very much. Thank you. And we look forward to the Big Bang Theory. I hear youre kissing jim parsons character . Yes, that happened the valentines episode. There may be more. Who knows. Check out recipes from her book, by the way, today. Com. 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How would you like to cook dinner tonight and be done for the rest of the week . I would so love that. And today contributor and chef giada is taking monday pot roast and transforming it to four satisfying dishes to keep your family to friday. Lovely to see you. Reinventing the pot roast. Lets launch in on the pot roast. Were going to start with a slow cooker here. Okay. People love them because were busy. Moms can throw everything in there. Were going to start by seasoning the meat. Whos going to do it . Willie. And well put it on the two pieces of chuck roast we have here. Thats just chuck roast . Yeah. And make sure you look for nice marbling to meat. And the slow cooker, put the lid on. Does it matter what order . You can put everything in one time . Yeah, put it all in there. A lot of times youll see with recipes is, well yeah. Okay. Youre supposed to divide it. My bad. Throw it in there. Very specific. Divide the seasoning between the two. Its all in there. It all cooks all the potatoes, the fennel, red wine. All goes in. Thats your monday. Tuesday you make pizza. Make a little cream sauce i put over it with a little kale, the leftover pot roast, cheese, throw it in the oven, thats dinner. Incredible. Then where were we . Wednesday . Mushrooms, peas and pot roast. I had the mushrooms to give it more body. Different texture. Well, its an italian sicilian tradition that started in new orleans by putting the meats and cheeses in bread. And you can let this sit. Thursday night, nice soup. Beans and pot roast and veggies. Back in a moment. This is today on nbc. Kathie lee and hoda. Can we shout out to our team who made the new kitchen . Whole new area. Gorgeous great new york apartment. Wow. We have everybody. Buster, linda gray, Jordin Sparks. Youre watching today in the bay. Good morning. Im scott mcgrew. Stanford university will soon stop selling tobacco on campus. Vendors who run Convenience Stores on campus have agreed to stop selling tobacco products, including cigarettes, chewing tobacco and e cigarettes. Sales are inconsistent with many programs that support Healthy Habits and behaviors. Now, nobody can smoke on campus unless theyre more than 30 feet away from a School Building anyway. Tobacco sales will stop next month. In a matter of minutes, the dalai lama will speak in front of 4,000 people at santa clara university. Hes expected to touch on business in the Silicon Valley, elt ethics and compassion. Protesters are expected to greelt him there as well. Lets get a check on the weather with anthony. Greet him there as well. Lets get a check on the weather with anthony. A beautiful weekend we had across the bay area. Thats continuing right now. You can see from our vantage point, clear skies. A little hazy, but no fog to report any time this morning. 67 in San Francisco. Our inland valley is expecting low 70s for today. So do enjoy what you can for today, because rain is in the forecast. Well talk more about that at 11 00 today. In fact, quite a bit of rain coming on wednesday. Lets talk about those roads and heres mike. Thank goodness it didnt happen on that rainy day. Well wait and see how that adds up. But right now, southbound 880 still very slow heading past the coliseum. There was an earlier crash. Well look at the map. After the crash was clear, the person was taken to the hospital. Sounds like relatively minor injuries, but it will slow you down. They were busted up so they had to repair that. They should be reopening that now. About 10 00. That should cause some relief for folks heading north also. Want to avoid all of that, and you are south. Thats much clearer. Scott, back to you. Thank you much. Well have another local news update coming up in half an hour. [son] she has no idea. [man] no one told her,right . [son]hi [mom screams] from nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hello, everybody. Fun day, monday, february 24th. Where are we . We are in our brandnew studio, brandnew kitchen. Look at giada still there. There is giada. Thank you. How does the new kitchen feel . You were first one to break it in. I know, right, so apropos, me breaking it in. You know what we love . Great lighting. We have a huge show for you today. Look at our little studio. It is so clean and fresh. It is like moving into a new house. Look at the windows. Everyone is out there. Hey. This is awesome. Thanks, everybody, for the last two weeks while hoda and i have been doing nothing. Nothing. Pretty much, holding the fort, we like to think. There is breaking news. Everybody at nbc felt better about knowing that you and i were here to cover any breaking news that would happen. Every now and then, you guys, we have a huge show. Todays show is packed. Yes. With great, great people. We have usher with us. We have Minnie Driver. Minnie driver and she has her bubbly. Shes such a i love her new show. It is fantastic. Everybody is going to love it. Jordin sparks is here, linda gray is here. We have a Live Performance. There is a band that really just one guy, called passenger. And there is a song called let her go. It is a great song. They use it in the commercials at the olympics. The one with the little puppy. So excited. And also all the buzz. There are other things happening in the world as well, hoda, the world, the hollywood world, celebrity world. Here is what our old set used to look like. It is like an ambush makeover. Here is the before. And here is after. Oh. Okay. I dont know if you can see that much difference there, but it just feels different and so thats a big part of the thing, how you feel. It is. Happy to see you. How was your weekend . It was great. Im getting a little bit of a health kick, i decided. You gave up sweets. I gave up sweets. Im going to do my favorite thing because it is so delicious and im doing this for you. I got something called the nutra bullet. Here is what i put in the little thing. I put in spinach, apples, banana, orange juice and beets. You stick them in here. You put it in the bullet and you okay. Just that amount of time. I cooked it a little bit before. Okay. You got to try it. It is so crazy delicious. So excited to see your first who sent you the bullet . I got it as a present. I said, who gave it to you . Oh, he did. Oh, okay. Thats delicious, hoda. That tastes just like the one that my friend emily made. I put in the bottom, that much spinach, so it is all spinach and it grinds it up into a liquid. I put orange juice and water you know what i would also put in it too, mint. I would put mint in it as well. Why dont you like it the way it is. I love it. How was your weekend . It was nice. The weather was so lovely. Havent seen a crocus but buds about to burst. I was tweeting about it. I see you hear now the birds in the morning, making their nests and getting mad at you because they come too close and all that good stuff. I was invited to a rare thing for me to come back into the city on a friday night and have a dinner, but craig hatcoff is married to jane rosenthal, invited me and maybe 20 people to come it a dinner at the lambs club in new york, beautiful, beautiful room, in honor of glenn beck, who is a controversial gentleman, but as i have befriended him in the last few years and have great affection for him and apparently so does craig, so do it was so fascinating to be in a room with so many people coming from completely different ideological places, all coming together to say, wait a minute, our country is in trouble, where is our common ground, because thats where our sacred ground is. Everybody contributed. Everybody was respectful, everybody was it was powerful because it was powerful. Im grateful he invited us to come. And then cassie texted me the next night, the next day, oh, mom, i heard you had dinner with my friend from colleges father last night, a small world. She was having dinner with her so it was lovely. I didnt eat much. I was so norm kamali was there, the great designer. Love her. Such a funny woman. Were leaving, she goes, i didnt know you were so smart. Oh, thanks. Anyway. It is the end of the olympics, you guys. They had the closing ceremony. You remember in the Opening Ceremony, there was this big flub where one of the rings didnt open up. I liked it that way. I thought was cute. The russians decided to have fun with it themselves. They made fun with it at the closing ceremony when all the rings except one burst into there it goes. They know how to laugh at themselves. It was clever. The united states, by the way, finished the olympics in great fashion, 28 medals, we were in second in medal count, next to russia and, you know, good there. Going to be interesting to see what all the attention is going to be on kiev now since the coup there. Different time for putin, who was partying one day and trying to clean up a major mess now. I bet he doesnt care that we didnt wear no makeup today. It is body image week. They did an image with cas and i about what we felt about our bodies and it ran in the earlier hours. Part of it. Part of it. Lets look at this is us without makeup. The wider the shot, the better. Thats not nice. Okay. Im going to say it anyway, they talked to us about how we felt about our bodies. We have some of that. I was a kid with the crazy frizzy hair, the sunglasses and the weird name. Like the trifecta of woof. We had something in our family, we called them wuggies, that little place right at the top of the thighs, just got a little too much on there, that love, you know . If you asked me this before i had my children, i would have said my thighs. But since the cesarean sections, my stomach. I was heavy and then i lost weight, but i dont ever feel like the girl who lost weight. Beauty is inside out. It is when your eyes light up and when you give off joy. To me, you look at someone and go thats beautiful. Amen, sister. Amen. Anyway, so all week long well have a love your selfie kind of week and we have Jordin Sparks discussing no makeup as well. And we have been talking about Justin Bieber and acting out a little bit on his road to manhood. It looks like he display been taking advice, hes been hanging out with his mom. They were in atlanta this weekend and he posted a video of the two of them singing. It is a short little tiny snippet, so take a look. Sweet. We only have that seven seconds, so we looped it. But, i mean wow, a lovely voice. You wonder where he got his voice. She didnt say it was from her, which is tweeted later, amazing night recording my first song, thank you so much for writing it, love. That was the best night of my life. I want to hear the whole song. I would love to see that. That picture you saw was a picture he posted on his twitter account. All righty. What else is going on in the world . A lot is happening. Favorite things. I did mine. So you enjoyed the drink. Yes. I want to let everyone know my favorite thing is the new movie that is coming out this week called the son of god, opens this friday. Ive seen it twice. Later today, that gentleman right there, jesus, is coming to my house. Of course he is. And his mother, mary, is also coming. Of course they are. Theyre going to do the podcast with me, so excited. Tomorrow night im hosting a google hour with roma and her husband mark burnett at 9 00 at the google headquarters. Youre very busy, important. I know. But a great movie. Seth meyers, we wish him such great luck. Hes taking over late night. His guests are amy poehler, shes perfect because hes so comfortable with her. Vice President Joe Biden and a musical guest, a great big world. It is going to be really nice. Wishing him all the best. Hes going to be excellent. You know why . Because you and i did his very first show, which was that why couldnt we get a real show . Because they want big stars. We wish him all the best. Coming up, he has the looks, the moves and the voice. Usher is heading back to the judges chair. [ female announcer ] glade knows the feeling of fresh grass on the first day of spring, the joy of opening up, and the sweetness of a saturday afternoon when the air turns warm. Glade believes when you breathe in scent, you feel, and you find yourself letting loose. 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All right, gather around the couch, set your dvrs, a big night of tv is back. One of americas favorite shows, the voice, premieres on nbc. From the looks of it, the auditions, the competition, it is fierce. Yes. Season six already marks the return of grammy winning superstar usher as a coach and judge side by side with shakira, adam levine and blake shelton, hodi. You can bet some sparks are going to fly. Just take a look. You were phenomenal. Thank you so much. Yeah. You nailed that. I love you, usher. I plan on winning this entire thing with you. Dont you get a feeling if you go with him, you wont ever get a word in edgewise . So wow. Good to see you. How are you . All turned around for her, huh . We had 11 four chair turns this year, incredible, yeah. Watching the singers compete is great, but watching you guys fight like you do for the competitors we go for blood. Everything else is all love backstage. Is there a time where you love somebody, but you really, really think, you know what, im not best suited to be her mentor or his mentor . Or just go for the best talent you can get. You go for the best. If you feel it, you turn, because it is a blind audition. And then sometimes it becomes competitive. I dont get her, so youre going after this girl, you know, and you are vying for her attention. Youre wooing her. Yeah. Uhuh hhuh. We know how you do. Oldfashioned word. Look it up. So this is definitely going to be an incredible season for me, season four was great. Season six having the opportunity to try some new things. You have a unique coaching style above all the others. Used to have some of your contestants get down and do 50 pushups. What are you part of who i am is because of my i guess my regimen and how disciplined i am. That represents a little bit of that. How bad do you really want it . The one thing i want to ask you about, you have a dog named blake . Yes, i do. Not that i i have an issue with that, because he is a dog, you know what im saying, but i felt like i had no possibility of winning this panel here. Well, we can rescue another one and named him usher. Musher . Usher. I had a dog named regis, he was honored and his ashes still live in my library. That was a loved dog. This is bad. Scary. What happened to cee lo. From what i hear, hes working on other aspects of his career. It is great when you have a platform like this to introduce whatever youre doing and then go on to what you love, if it is acting. For me, it is a little bit of all of that. Just completed my role as Sugar Ray Leonard in the film about roberto. Fantastic. When is that coming out . Later this year hopefully. We look forward to that. That could change everything, baby. Yeah, yeah. Will you like me then, for real . We like you. Youve always been very, very i love you. I could be your grandmother, so usher, good luck. Have fun tonight, okay . Great to see you. Have a great season. Season six of the voice premieres tonight and tomorrow night at 8 00, 7 00 central here on nbc. All the scoop on the hot hollywood buzz you may have missed over the weekend. And Minnie Driver has a lot to tell us about a boy. Trying to stay fit but miss real pleasure . Discover light fit greek nonfat yogurt. Irresistible flavors, like toasted coconut and vanilla, with a delightfully thick creamy texture. Light fit greek. Taste satisfaction without sacrifice. Dannon you cannot shortchange a clean bum. Get ready for this. Its a wipe for your bum so you do a bit of dry, and then a wet, and then a dry, and youre good to go. Do you think theyre for girls . I think theyre for everyone. I need a clean alley, every time. Nothing leaves you feeling cleaner and fresher than the cottonelle care routine. So lets talk about your bum on facebook. Thats the Bowling Alley cleaned up. Where will we end up next . [ male announcer ] our story begins here. Where we get our milk. 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Actress and singer Minnie Driver appeared in dozens of films but you may remember her best for her oscar nominated performance of schuyler in good will hunting. Now starring in a new hit nbc show about a boy based on the bestselling novel then turned into a movie starring hugh grant. She plays fiona, an over the top mom, also a strict vegan and sets some ground rules for her neighbor when he hangs without her son marcus. Take a look. If you could stay off screens that would be good. Tv, computer, video games. Oh, also, if you could make sure that he doesnt eat meat, fish, fowl, gluten, sugar or dairy. What can he eat . Everything else. If he eats a nut, hes dead. Thats a great clip because thats how we fell in love with the show, the writing is terrific. Youre so well cast. Kept 76 . Yeah, we hit 76 of our audience. At olympics. Which is really difficult to do. I didnt know that meant if that meant its good. Thats fantastic. You kept your british accent in this. Tell us why. Well, i think there is an enormous amount of comedy to be mined from a british accent anyway, and a different culture and more of a fish out of water thing for fiona, who is already she maked thi es thi harder than they need to be. Why doesnt marcus speak with an english accent . Well, my son has an american accent. I think because we dont know how long exactly. Shes just moved to San Francisco in the pilot, but i think she there is henry. He grew that carrot he was just eating as well. There is a little fiona in you . Hes like, im with stupid. But the chemistry on the set, among the group of you, is incredible. We had benjamin on who plays your son. He is a hes a character, isnt he . Hysterical. Hes like an adult in a small boys body. Hes leakike a 75yearold. And this guy, tell us about him. David wilson is hes such a dream boat. Hes one of the nicest men ive ever met. Hes incredibly bright, which with all due respect, to all the other actors working in america, is a fairly rare i love how she says rare. Only one r in rare. Very clever and very kind and hes just a really, really lovely person to work with and hes incredibly quick and very funny. Like tom hanks. He is. He has that colin firth, tom hanks thing going. But hes not available, hoda. Hes married with two kids. A beautiful wife and beautiful baby. You came on the set. We said youre so great in this. You said, you know whos really great and started talking about him. I love it when i dont understand why someone like, to me, david should be the biggest star in the world. So funny to me you have to wait for the timing and the here is i feel like this is his moment as much as all of ours. Im very happy. I also love it takes place in San Francisco, which we dont see enough of. You see the city of San Francisco, but not this suburban little off the you dont shoot all the time there, but it just is nice to have it is not l. A. , which i love l. A. , but we see it too much. I agree. I think jason katims does a great job of showcasing San Francisco in parenthood and comes into one of our episodes. So a little cross polination. Which is rare. Really excited. You know who is excited . Nbc. Thank you so much. You can catch about a boy tomorrow night here at 9 00, 8 00 central on nbc. Let her go, a hit song 8 00 central on nbc. Let her go, a hit song are you flo . Yes. Is this the thing you gave my husband . Well, yeah, yes. The name your price tool. You tell us the price you want to pay, and we give you a range of options to choose from. Careful, though that kind of power can go to your head. That explains a lot. Yo, buddy i got this. Gimme one, gimme one, gimme one the power of the name your price tool. Only from progressive. Its eb. 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Last night, fellow firefighters stood with their hands over their hearts as a vehicle carrying the body of nunez sped past. Investigators say he was driving a tractor in his off time when he went down an embankment, the tractor flipped and he died. Today the San Jose City council will consider a strategy to get homeless men and women off the streets. To put some of them up in local hotels. The city figures it will cost about a Million Dollars a year. The plan is to lease Vacant Hotels and motel rooms. Well have a look at traffic and weather coming up after the break. One of the best things about covered california is that millions of people will qualify for Financial Assistance. Its important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater Financial Assistance you will receive. Enroll now at coveredca. Com. Welcome back. We are waking up to clear skies across the bay area. Didnt have a lot of fog this morning. Thats going to be the way things continue to pan out. Temperatures shape up like this. Near 70 in San Francisco. Low 70s elsewhere, from the north bay even over toward the east bay and the south bay valley. So enjoy today, because rain is in the forecast wednesday. Well bring all that down coming up today at 11 00. We head northbound, which is clear now heading past the coliseum. Southbound side still jammed up. The map still shows you that same streak of red from 980 starting to improve. Construction just cleared a few minutes ago. Now all lanes are open. About a half an hour. Your bay bridge toll plaza still backed up. A slow drive. Its a tough monday, scott, including coming across that san jose bridge. Back to you. All right, mike. Thank you much. Well have more local news coming up in half an hour. Well see you then. Welcome back to more of today on this fun day monday. Time for todays buzz when we get you caught up on all the celebrity gossip everybody will be talking about today. Justin timberlake apologized to thousands of fans. Jennifer lopez makes the return to tv. Here with all the juicy scoop is josh zest, host of post live. Hello. Wonderful to see you all again. Lets talk alec baldwin. Alec baldwin, isnt it adorable and delightful when they get to that age and they get a little cantankerous. Hes got this new article, not an article, he basically dictated it to a journalist who then published it in new york magazine. And it said it said hes sick of life and new york is bad and people are bad and celebrity culture is bad and tabloid is bad and twitter is bad and paparazzi is bad and everything is bad and he wants to go to l. A. And live behind a gate. Okay. Go to l. A. , live behind a gate. New york suffered worse calamities than losing alec baldwin. You dont think this is endearing him to anyone . I understand it must be frustrating to live in a Pressure Cooker bubble like that when youre a celebrity, but a lot of people do, you roll with the punches. Not 1950s anymore, we have twit er and people can be nasty. It will be less he said one thing he hated about l. A. , people live in palaces behind gates and dont interact with one another and now it appeals to him. We wish him the best. We do. Justin timberlake, he had to cancel one of his shows. Yes, on wednesday. He said he was sick and they rescheduled it, but now that bumps a buffalo show he was going to do on saturday and now they have to bump that back until the summer. He apologized and he said that anyone in buffalo who is upset, jimmy fallon will give them a onehour hes such a great he never does stuff like that. Something clearly happened. Total pro. I love when those two do the history of rap, fallon and timberlake. They did it again. Lets take a look. I love it when you call me big papa throw your hands in the air bow wow, wow, wow yippie yo yippie yea to the east side the lbt you were singing hoda knows every word. Getting all the lyrics right. It gets better every time. It gets better every time. They came back and came back and the fourth time jt said this is the last time were going to do this, were not going to do it anymore and jimmy fallon he had a great first week, didnt he . Jimmy . Exactly the sort of thing that sets jimmy apart from all the other hosts, right . Making it his own. And hes making hes understanding that now it is not really about who is watching at the time that you it is about creating viral clips that go online and share and he gets it in a way that alec baldwin maybe doesnt. Well, there you have it. Thank you very much. Hes got a thing about alec. Any who. Cant turn on the radio without hearing his hit. Hes a one man band named passenger and hes going to sing for us. And jordan sparks has a message for teens about what real beauty is all about. And dallas star linda gray. 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How does it compare this go around compared to last go around . It was a party for 13 years. Then we had a little hiatus 20 years. The phone rings and they are like would you like to come do the same role again . Did you have to tape again or right in . Right in. We were dear friends of 37 years. We called each other and said what do you think . It was great. The script was good. Were back in dallas, texas. Ultimately its still about the writing isnt it . Always. These writers thats a challenge to write for crazy older ones. They bring in new ones. Gorgeous, hello. Sends you right back to the gym. Its amazing. Speaking of the gym, youre in great shape. Were doing this week on body image. What do you think . Weve been talking about insecurities and things that bother us. First of all i googled myself. I looked at my age and i thought, are they kidding . Im that old. You dont live a that way. It was hysterical. I thought im never going to do that again. I dont look my age. Thats some number out there. I think its like energy. I was born with a lot of energy. I think once you have that i feel blessed. Once you have that like we were speaking earlier. At a certain age you say you know what, i dont care about this stuff. Yes, we have flaws. Are we going to point them out to anybody . No. The people that love you already know about them. They love you any way. You dont go i dont like this and this. I want them to stop. I want women to stop comparing. Thats the key. Other wonderful women who maybe 30, 40, 50 years younger than they are. My mom always is easy, i had my turn. Thats a nice way to look at it. She was the Perfect Little one. Now somebody else is. You turn it over. You think you lived life long enough you just dont bother. Were going to see this season on the third season. Ill be in. Its hot, sexy, hotter than ever and more disfunctional. He went from being a street performer to a sold out world tour. 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If you have a teen at home, youll want to listen to her message. This is what happens before a red carpet event. Here we go. Red carpet, lovely outfit. First thing that comes off, eyelashes. So many layers, so many steps. All done. Im doing the honors of going makeup free and showing you guys what it is like, how it feels, just a little bit of insight into my life. When people see me, in the magazines, in the pictures, music videos, im done up. My hair is done, makeup on. There is nothing wrong with, like, wanting to wear makeup and wanting to go out and look your best. I feel comfortable this way. I feel like me when i have all of that makeup on and hair done and in all the crazy clothes. Thats Jordin Sparks. But this, im just jordin. Im here with my really good friends lilo and jo jo. And we actually are going to have breakfast at the ivy. The ivy is a popular spot. We are all here makeup free, which is definitely crazy because there is usually paparazzi here but were going to enjoy ourselves and enjoy being makeup free. It will be awesome. Cheers, ladies. Yes. Hey hi, jordin. Have a good day okay, so today, again, makeup free, all i did was wash my face and put on my moisturizer and a little bit of chapstick. Im in my car, still makeup free. Ive pretty much been makeup free the entire week. It is nice to go makeup free. Nice to be confident in my own skin. I want to show them that it is good to be you. It is good to be yourself. It is good to be okay with who you are and make no apologies for it. And jordin just woke up, she just shes out of bed, barely. Skyping and makeup free again. Youre really in bed, jordin. Literally. See . So you had some time off from all your career and so you just took that time to be with your friends, be real, keep it your face nice and clean and rested a little bit. Yeah. It has been nice. I actually i usually am makeup free probably 90 of the time. The other 10 is, you know, coming on the today show and doing appearances, concerts and Different Things like that. For most part, im usually always makeup free. When you approached me about doing this, i was, like, yeah, i would love to do that. Its been fun. What is great about you, youre very young, so you look gorgeous either way. There are young girls that have insecurities when it comes to makeup, right . Yeah. I mean, i feel like i was a teen once, im still im still in that realm of, you know, i see the magazines and i want to, you know, you want to always look a certain way. One of my fans sent me a video on skype not on skype, on twitter yesterday, you can find it on my feed, but about these four girls who always looked at magazines and said i want to look a certain way and they got the opportunity to be a model, a cover model and they took pictures and then the people photo shopped them and edited it. When they saw themselves in those pictures, they were, like, why would i want to look like that . Why would i want my imperfections taken away . It was a touching video. Jordin will continue the discussion and be back with us friday live on the plaza. Jordin, thank you. See you friday. His name is michael rosenberg, but you know him as passenger. We couldnt let him go without him singing for us. But first this is today on nbc. Turn around every now and then i get a little bit hungry and theres nothing really good around turn around every now and then i get a little bit tired of living off the taste of the air turn around, barry finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack and fiber so my wife wont give me any more flack i finally found the right snack the toyota Concert Series on today brought to you by toyota. We want to remind you, you can catch linda gray on season three premiere of dallas on tnt. Tomorrow relationship advice with Matthew Hussey and e. Jean carol. But first, michael rosenberg. You may not know his name, but you know his hit called let her go. And we already have fallen in love with you. We spent the commercial break with you. What a delightful guy. Uk sensation known as passenger went from playing for loose change on streets to sold out concerts in under a year and his most recent album is called all the little thing life. You went from the street to this . Yes. The last five years ive been on the street and funding my own record and touring and playing in front of 14 people a night. And who found that song and made it into the amazing hit . I think i think it was a combination of things, you know . I think i was really lucky to dish went on tour with ed sheeren. That will do it. I bet he became a great mate. All right, lets go. Come on, passenger. You only need the light when its burning low only miss the sun when it starts to snow only know you love her when you let her go you know youve been high when youre feeling low only hate the road when youre missing home only know you love her when you let her go and you let her go staring at the bottom of your glass hoping one day youll make a dream last but dreams come slow and they go so fast you see her when you close your eyes maybe one day youll understand why everything you touch slowly dies but you only need the light when its burning low only miss the sun when it starts to snow only know you love her when you let her go you know youve been high when youre feeling low only hate the road when youre missing home only know you love her when you let her go staring at the ceiling in the dark same old empty feeling in your heart love comes slow and it goes so fast you see her when you fall asleep you never touch and never to keep because you loved her too much and you dive too deep you only need the light when its burning low only miss the sun when it starts to snow only know you love her when you let her go now youve been high when youre feeling low only hate the road when youre missing home only know you love her when you let her go and you only need the light when its burning low only miss the sun when it starts to snow only know you love her when you let her go only know youve been high when youre feeling low only hate the road when youre missing home only know you love her when you let her go and you let her go right now at 11 00, a Bay Area Fire Department in mourning. Were going to have the latest on the deadly accident involving an off duty firefighter. Plus, housing the homeless in hotels. How much its going to cost san jose to fight a growing problem. And the dalai lama speaks in south bay, but not everybodys happy to see him. Nbc bay area news starts now. Well, good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining me. Im scott mcgrew. Peggy bunker has the morning off. We begin with new details in the death of an off duty firefighter. This morning, were learning more about the man and the crash that took his life. Nbc bay areas Christie Smith liveth