President ial pals. Bill clintons become a good good friend, yeah. I try. Some people would be surprised by that. I think they are, but hes a good man. A look inside an american political dynasty today, tuesday, november 11th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Nice to have a big sign out on the plaza, veterans day. Thank you to the men and women of the armed forces this morning. No question. I love working in rockefeller plaza, especially on a day like today. You look at the flags, the american flags over by the rink. Beautiful. And those members of the military. Its a good day to remember, this isnt just a day off from school. Right. This is a time to think about the men and women who have served this country so bravely over the years. So true. And you see Service Members out there with their families and remember the sacrifices their families make so we can have what we have. Well talk more about that throughout the morning. Also, lets get to our top story. Its a nasty winter storm once again. Snow and accidents are piling up in wisconsin, michigan and minnesota, and temperatures are plunging. Dylan dreyer is bundled up in forest lake, minnesota. Hi, dylan, good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. Always bundled up. This is day two of the snow and ice here in forest lake, minnesota. The ice covering the roads is responsible for hundreds of accidents across the state, and sadly, is the cause of at least two deaths. Now, parts of the rockies and the upper midwest are now covered in a foot of snow, but its early november, so its all going to melt away quickly, right . Not quite. Belowfreezing temperatures are here to stay for a long, long time. Much of the nations midsection is already frozen with minnesota getting the worst of it monday. Now back. Straighten the wheels out a little bit. Reporter in the twin cities, vehicles stranded, a semi truck jackknifed off a highway, Police Reporting hundreds of accidents statewide. South of minneapolis, entire neighborhoods blanketed by snow. But despite blizzard conditions, some School Districts remained open. I just wanted to stay in bed. Reporter parts of wisconsin were slammed by up to 18 inches of snow monday. More expected today. In south dakota, snow plows ruled the roads as residents dusted off their shovels and scrapers. For me, its a little early, but theres not much we can do. Reporter as the storm moved east overnight, parts of michigan pummeled with heavy snow. More than a foot is expected before its over. With nonstop snow and talk of a prethanksgiving polar vortex, people across the country are wondering if this winter could be just as brutal as last years that saw recordlow temperatures and snowfall totals across the midwest. Already this year, more than a foot of snow has fallen in multiple cities six weeks before the official start of winter. Now, eventually, the snow will stop falling, but the temperatures wont. In fact, overnight lows will drop down into the Single Digits and beyond, and afternoon highs, especially around here, wont get above freezing for at least two weeks. And al, its not just here. The whole countrys going to get cold. Thats right, and its going to be stretching from the pacific northwest, dylan, all the way to the southeast. Show you exactly whats going on. Weve got snow right now making its way toward the u. P. Of michigan, milwaukee as well, going to be looking at some light snow and rain and then change over to snow as it turns colder. Snowfall amounts, were looking at another 12 to 15 inches of snow through the u. P. Of michigan and into parts of northern wisconsin. And then theres the cold plunge. Rapid city, it feels like 13 right now. Grand isle feels like 2 below. St. Louis is going to feel like 39 right now, kansas city. But ahead of the system, memphis, its 60. Its 66 in houston, but by wednesday, look at these temperatures. Feeling like 34 in san antonio, huntsville 33, 19 in chicago. It gets even worse as we get on into thursday. Kansas city, youll feel like 12, denver 4 below. And by friday, that chill stretches from boston, where it will feel like 31, down to atlanta, 21, houston feels like 36 degrees. And guys, this cold air will be in place and be reinforced for at least two weeks. All right, al. Thank you very much, we think. Well, the last ebola patient here in the u. S. Is heading home this morning after being declared free of the virus. Dr. Craig spencer became infected while in guinea, but his symptoms developed only after he returned to new york city. Nbc National Correspondent kate snow is at Bellevue Hospital this morning. Kate, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. For the first time in months, no one with ebola is being treated at an american hospital. Bellevue hospital here says 33yearold Craig Spencer is ebolafree. He heads home later this morning. [ sirens ] its been 19 days since an ambulance delivered dr. Craig spencer to the hospital, another example of american medical care beating this deadly disease with the help of blood donated by a survivor. Happy to give dr. Spencer plasma that he needs. Reporter today the hospital says dr. Spencer poses no Public Health risk, a stark contrast to the fear when he was first diagnosed. Should sit home, you know . Reporter spencer rode the subway, went bowling, ate at a meatball shop and took an uber car before coming down with a 100. 3degree fever. Ebola is very difficult to contract. Being on the same subway car or living near a person with ebola does not in itself put someone at risk. Reporter local officials scrambled to reassure new yorkers no one would get sick, and so far, no one has, but those fears also led to new york and new jersey imposing mandatory quarantines for Health Care Workers returning from west africa, and that, of course, led to a nurse, first seen in a tent, who went on to wage a fight against quarantines that had everybody talking. My job is not to represent her, its to represent the people of new jersey. For halloween, i handed out about 1,000 loose m ms with my bare hands. Reporter late last night, the 21day monitoring period for kaci hickox ended. She and her boyfriend plan to visit boston, baltimore, and maybe new york, before settling in a new place in southern maine. Its unclear where dr. Spencer will head from here. His fiancee has been at their apartment. She, too, has been under quarantine, and the Health Care Workers who have been treating him here, theyll now be in that 21day monitoring period. That will extend into december. Savannah . All right, kate snow. Thank you very much. Matt . Savannah, thank you very much. Lets turn to politics now. Its been one week since the midterm elections, but the race for 2016 is already heating up. Former president george w. Bush told savannah that his brother, jeb, knows he can do the job. This as president obama deals with an array of challenges during his trip to asia, including a facetoface with russian president Vladimir Putin. Chuck todd is moderator of meet the press and author of the stranger barack obama in the white house. Hey, chuck, good morning. Congratulations. Thank you, sir. Lets talk about the president s. Its nice to get a change of scenery after a big whooping. Yes. Hes in asia after the apec summit, wants to project an air of strength for the United States, but hes coming off a big loss. He is, but in many ways, getting out of the country is the easiest thing to do. He did a similar thing after the last midterm shellacking, so in some ways, hes thrown himself into Foreign Policy. But look, Foreign Policy aint going so hot for him these days, whether its the facetoface showdowns with putin, where there was that uncomfortable moment earlier today, or yesterday, or whats going on, of course, with isis. And so, weve got one president licking his wounds in barack obama. Does that force Vladimir Putin to lick his chops a little bit . Does he sense weakness . I think hes always thought he has sensed weakness in him, but i think at the same time, the president has tried very hard not to play into that stereotype too much, because he knows that putin sort of almost loves the theatrics so much so the way barack obama hates theatrics. Lets talk about 2016. George w. Bush told savannah here on the show yesterday that he knows, his brother knows he can do the job, but a lot of people are asking the question, can jeb bush win primaries in conservative states . What are you hearing in washington . From what i understand is, if he runs, the people around him and even he is on this idea that he wouldnt even try to be winning some of these more conservative primaries, that if he got into the race, it would be a very general election campaign. Think of the way Rudy Giuliani promised to do that. Wait a second, that brings up a bad memory, because he didnt do so well. No, he didnt, but they believe they cant win in places like iowa or the very conservative, where theres going to be a whole bunch of other conservatives. Hes got two issues that are so unpopular, his stance on immigration, his stance on education. It is just like pouring gasoline on a fire with conservatives. Do you think hes going to run . My gut still says no. Lets talk about barack obama. Your new book is called the stranger, and you analyze what his legacy might be. And you write that in the foreseeable future he will be a president whose potential wasnt realized. He came to washington promising to bridge the political divide, change the discourse. Has that been his biggest failure . I think when you look at it, that was the great promise of barack obama. The guy in 2004 showed up at the convention, he was the one that was going to break this polarization. When he leaves the white house, were going to have 24 straight years of this red versus blue. I think he will admit some day thats his greatest disappointment, and thats what this books about, sort of the struggles he had to change washingt washington. Did he go washington more than he changed it. He ran as a stranger six years ago and now that word stranger is seen as a negative for him. I think thats right. Chuck todd, thank you very much. Congratulations again on the book. Lets go to natalie and the other top stories of the morning. Good morning to you, matt and chuck. We begin with the fight against isis and the syrian town at the center of the battle is kobani. Nbcs chief foreign correspondent, richard engel, has seen the fighting there firsthand and he joins us now from the turkish border. Richard, good morning. Reporter good morning, natalie. Kobani has become a symbol in the war against isis. The militants are determined to take the city, yet, its Still Holding on, and we finally managed to get into kobani. The center of kobani is no more. A ghostly testament to the price this syrian town is paying for standing up to isis. But the town isnt abandoned. Its kurdish people, men and women, have taken up arms and have been holding out for two months. They run through intersections to avoid enemy snipers or stay off the dangerous streets by tunneling through walls. Osi ma, 34 years old, is one of the top field commanders. Many of the frontline fighters here are women. They say the islamic fanatics from isis are afraid to be killed by a woman. A dishonor the militants believe could cost them a spot in paradise. Osi ma doesnt believe that. They are afraid because of our conviction and our strength, she says. Our female comrades arent scare of isis. She took us to kobanis city hall, now a frontline position. She says there were about 40 isis fighters just in these rooms here. So, its not that theyre fighting between buildings and across streets, but room to room. The people of kobani have shown that they will fight to the last man and woman. So many other towns have collapsed as soon as isis militants arrived. Not kobani. Natalie . Richard engel, great reporting there along the turkish border. The former navy s. E. A. L. Who says he fired the shots that killed Osama Bin Laden believes u. S. Military leaders did not want the al qaeda leader taken alive, but robert oneil also didnt think he would come home alive after their 2011 raid in pakistan. The more we trained on it, the more we realized, this is going to be a oneway mission. Were going to go and not come back. Were going to die when the house blows up, were going to die when he blows up, or were going to be there too long and were going to get arrested by the pakistanis and spend the rest of our short lives in a pakistan prison. Well, others have disagreed with oneills version of events. He tells his version in the man who killed Osama Bin Laden airing tonight at 10 00 on fox newschannel, and Robert Oneill will be our guest here on today this friday. A south korean court today found the captain of that capsized ferry guilty of negligence and sentenced him to 36 years in jail. Lee jun suk was on trial over the killing along with the chief engineer of homicide who was sentenced to more than 33 years in prison. More than 300 people died when that overloaded ferry capsized last april. A river of slowmoving lava has finally reached a rural town on hawaiis big island, consuming its first home. Plumes of smoke could be seen for miles. No one was hurt. At least 50 residents in the projected path have been urged to evacuate, but right now, Officials Say there are no other homes in imminent danger. And in our latest installment of crazy animal videos, something you dont see every day. Take a look at this deer in ohio. He got caught with his head in the candy jar, literally, after running around almost a week with that pumpkin on its head, the plastic pumpkin neighbo. Neighbors have been trying to help the poor deer for days, couldnt seem to catch up with it. On monday, with the help of volunteers armed with a jigiant net, they got the deer and removed the pumpkin head, and the poor deer ran into the woods, probably anxious to get a meal. And they got a couple uneaten kitkats. Whatevers at the bottom of the pumpkin. Makes me sad. I know, poor thing. Poor thing. Nice when you find candy under a buck. You just juxtaposed the punch line from another joke there, didnt you . Way to go. Not easy and the other joke you couldnt tell. Anyway, lets show you what weve got going on. Along the east coast, spectacular weather today ahead of this front. Wet weather, though, stretching from the great lakes all the way down into the gulf coast. The cooler air makes its way even into the pacific northwest. Seattle today windy and 43 degrees. 67 and cool in los angeles. Look for a high of only 23 degrees today in denver. Thats already probably reached, and its going to continue to drop during the day today. Were going to get to your local drop during the day today. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in th so right now if you get the 15 gig plan, well double the data and make it 30 gigs for the same price 30 gigs . Wow thats a lot. You dont have to do that for me. Its the same plan for everyone. Families. Businesses. Whoever. Riiiiight. yelling no celebrity treatment here yelling really isnt any celebrity treatment. Just a normal guy, getting a great deal. Were just saying it loudly for some reason. Get 30 gigs of data to share with family or your business. Switch to at t, buy a new smartphone and get a 150 dollar credit per line. Good morning, im meteorologist bill henley after a cloudy and foggy start, we will see skies turn partly sunny and a nice warm up on this veterans day. Into the 60s top. Few clouds tonight and wont be as cold tomorrow. Say goodbye to the 60s as the temperatures tumble. Early friday, see a few showers and cold start to the weekend saturday afternoon 44 degrees and a chance of rain later on sunday and the wet weather f continues into monday. Have a great day. Weather. Al, thank you. Now to a startling, new report revealing exactly what happened when comedienne joan rivers suffered a fatal complication during a medical procedure. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk has more on that. Steph, good morning. Good morning. This report lists what it calls multiple failures. Among the most alarming, when riverss vital signs started to drop, the medical team did not respond fast enough. Lawyers for Melissa Rivers say she is outraged. The report identifies a list of mistakes the day joan rivers walked in for a routine procedure. An ear, nose and throat doctor performing the procedure did not actually have privileges to work at the clinic, while another member of the team took cell phone photos of rivers after she was sedated. Levels of the drug propofol, used for sedation, were inconsistently recorded, and riverss weight, which could have been a guide for how much propofol to use, was never measured. The report conducted by the department of health and Human Services says doctors failed to react fast enough to a drop in vital signs. At least 15 minutes later, the comedienne went into cardiac arrest. There were two kind of conflicting reports about when she actually went into cardiopulmonary arrest. So, all of the details are a bit murky, and thats exactly what you dont want in a medical record. Reporter in a response, Yorkville Endoscopy said it immediately submitted and implemented a plan of correction that addressed all issues raised. The clinic remains open, while the physicians no longer practice there. As for Melissa Rivers, her lawyers say she will direct her efforts towards ensuring that what happened to her mother will not occur again with any other patient. Because of the mistakes listed in the report, yorkville lost its medicare and medicaid funding, but if the clinic passes a surprise inspection in the coming months, they will get that funding back. Savannah . A lot of disturbing details in that report. Stephanie, thank you so much. Look whos here. Tamron hall is in. Carson still working on the voice. And what are you talking about in the orange room . This is very interesting. So, listen, a lot of people woke up this morning and the name joseph smith was spiking on twitter. Whos that . The founder of the mormon church. Oh. So, hes, of course, died 170 years ago, but hes now trending as a result of an essay actually released by the mormon church. Now, the essay itself altered the fundamental belief that joseph smith wed one woman, when he actually wed as many as 40. Why is this significant and important . Elder steven e. Snow, a member of the churchs leadership, said the reason for coming up with any new information is there is so much out there on the internet that we felt we owed our members a safe place where they could go to get reliable, faithpromoting information that was true about some of these more difficult aspects of our history. By the way, this essay is part of a threepart series. But as the elder in this church mentioned, its a difficult part of the history but one, obviously, the church is ready to discuss in some form. So, that is why joseph smith is trending this morning, guys. 170 years later. Exactly. Fascinating, the Church Thinking i guess its better to get the information here than misinformation elsewhere. Get ahead of it. All right, coming up, how do you begin to say this . The inside story behind one of the largest divorce settlements ever, nearly 1 billion. Why are you showing me . That was a good shot there. And a very personal interview between Jenna Bush Hager, her father and her grandfather. They open up about their family, their critics and why bush 41 was babysitting jenna on the eve of a president ial debate. But first, this is today on nbc. I thought itd be bigger. dad theres nothing i cant reach in my subaru. vo introducing the allnew subaru outback. Love. 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Seeing clouds and low fog and the fog will disappear and slowly warm up and that will thin the fog out. This is the view from the Comcast Center. Lots of low cloudiness in the city and sixmile visibility at Philadelphia International and still looking at dense fog for Atlantic City and mount holly and zero visibility right now in toms river and some light fog in central delaware thicker to the south. Temperature right now 48 degrees and headed for the 60s this afternoon. Thank you, bill. Lets get a check of your first alert traffic from katy zachary. Volume is also an issue on some of our majors. A live look at 476 right at baltimore pike. If youre going northbound between mcdade boulevard and you are going to see a lot of flow up as evident by this drive time between 95 and 76, about 27 minutes. The number of accidents in our area in plymouth area and Germantown Pike and another one at old york road and willow avenue. Fire marshal says a faulty window unit caused a fire at the ymca in abington Montgomery County this morning. The fire started around 4 00 a. M. In the child care room. No one was in the area at the time. Firefighters contained the flames to that room, but there is smoke and fire damage in other parts of this building. The fire, the child care area is closed until further notice, but the rest of the building is open. Im vai sikahema, another update in 25 minutes. Well see you in about half an hour. I remember feeling a force telling me its not youre not coming here, this is not your time. Back now at 7 30 with a woman who is being called the miracle mom. Following complications while delivering a healthy baby girl, her heart stopped for 45 minutes. Her family was brought in to say their goodbyes. Then suddenly, doctors found a pulse. Shes going to share her remarkable story, coming up. Beautiful. Absolutely. Unbelievable. Meantime, lets look at the mornings headlines. Snow is causing major problems in the midwest today, where parts of minnesota have already received more than 18 inches. At least two people have died in accidents there. The new york city doctor who treated ebola patients in africa and then was diagnosed with the disease when he returned home to new york city has now been declared virusfree. And the nurse who fought quarantines in new jersey and maine has made it through her 21day monitoring period without showing any symptoms of that virus. And the lava flow weve been following in hawaii has now destroyed its first home, a home that had already been evacuated. No injuries were reported. And crews say right now no other homes are in immediate danger. And just ahead, Jenna Bush Hager sitting down for an emotional conversation with both her dad and her granddad to talk parenthood, politics and raising a family in the spotlight. All right, were going to begin this half hour, though, with one of the largest divorce settlements ever. The judgment for nearly 1 billion. Nbcs betty nguyen is here with more on that. Betty, good morning. Oh, this is a doozy, savannah. That whopping sum came in an 80page ruling following more than a nineweek trial with a judges decision that oil magnet harold hamm must pay big time. After a nineweek, closeddoor trial, a judge in Oklahoma City ruled that harold hamm must pay his exwife, sueann hamm 995. 5 million. So, how does one pay out that much money . One word installments. According to the filing, just over 322 million by the end of 2014, the remaining 650 million will be paid out on a monthly basis. At least 7 million a month. Pretty comfortable here. Reporter 68yearold harold hamm is an oklahoma oilman, the 24th richest man in the u. S. Industry experts estimate his company, continental resources, owns more unrefined oil in the United States than anyone. The hamms married in 1988, before harold earned his fortune and without a prenuptial agreement. Sueann hamm filed for divorce in 2012, claiming her husband was unfaithful. Her lawyers argued she earned half of the family fortune. It eclipses tiger and elin woodss divorce, michael and Juanita Jordans breakup, even actor mel gibson and his split from wife robin moore. This is the king kong of divorce cases. Proof that breakups can come at a colossal cost. And we reached out to harold hamm and his attorney. This is what he had to say. On behalf of mr. Hamm, we believe judge haralsons ruling is a fair and equitable outcome to the case. The company was mr. Hamms for over 20 years prior to the marriage. This ruling will not affect continent continental. Sueann hamm could not be reached for comment. Back to you guys. All right, betty, thanks. 1 billion. I know. Goes a long way. What do they say, mo money, mo problems . Lets get a check of the weather now from al. Announcer todays weather is brought to you by massmutual, a Company Owned by its policy owners. And guys, were watching a little low pressure system off the southeastern atlantic coast, bringing some showers from wilmington on into charleston and the florida coastline, but what were also watching is this polar plunge also affecting the pacific northwest. Difference between big High Pressure over canada, low pressure out over the pacific. Between the two of those lines, equal lines of gradient pressure, and you can see they squeeze in, so from bellingham to portland, high wind warnings, winds 45 Miles Per Hour with gusts to 60 Miles Per Hour. Could be significant icing, too, as that cold air sets in. In fact, you can see windy conditions today in the pacific northwest. 67 in los angeles. Snow again around the u. P. Of michigan, up to 18 more inches. Wet weather along this frontal system and another nice day here in the Midatlantic States in the northeas good morning, im meteorologist bill henley. After a cloudy and foggy start, we will see skies turn partly sunny and a nice warm up on this veterans day. Into the 60s today. A few clouds tonight and wont be as cold tomorrow morning. 53 degrees and then the wind picks up and say goodbye to the 60s as the temperatures tumble for thursday and friday. Early friday could see a few showers and cold start to the weekend saturday afternoon 44 degrees. A chance of rain later on sunday and the wet weather continues into monday. Have a great day. And thats your latest weather. All right, big event in your future. Yeah you are attempting, starting tomorrow, i believe. Yes. To break a Guinness World record. Thats right. Record for consecutive live weather broadcast is 33 hours. Were going to go for 34 hours wow. In what we call rokerthon. Thats right. So, for 34 hours, we will be live on today. Com, the many stations at nbc, the platforms of nbc, the weather channel, cnbc, msnbc, nonstop, 34 hours in a row. Starts 10 00 p. M. 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Former president george w. Bush opened up to us on monday about his new book, 41 a portrait of my father. So, this morning hes revealing more in a candid interview with his dad and his daughter. Today contributing correspondent Jenna Bush Hager. Good morning. Hi, guys, good morning. Those who know my grandfather know how humble he is. Hes never even written a president ial memoir. So, now my dad is telling this story and he calls it a love story. I recently had a privilege to shoot a conversation with the two of them. First and foremost, he was a great father. It is the part of a president s story best told by his son. Youre a man who had enormous success in life, but those successes were meager compared to the success of being, you know, a fabulous husband and great father. With a glimpse into the life of my grandfather, beyond the world stage and what the public knows of him. Before he entered politics, he and my grandmother were busy raising their kids. Dad, growing up, what type of father was gampy . Well, he set the boundaries, but he was never one that tried to impose his will on us. Because of the way he raised all of us, we admired him greatly. So when you were raising your kids, what type of things did you want for them . I wanted all the best. I wanted them to feel there were no horizons, you could reach for the stars, accomplish stuff. And sure enough, they have. And history will tell that story. My father had a frontrow seat working throughout my grandfathers campaign. So help me, god. He says now the hardest part of politics is watching the spotlight shine harshly on those you love. Dad, when you watched as he was a president and you would turn on the television to hear critics talk about him. Yeah. It made me angry. And i wasnt disciplined enough not to watch television. When i became president , i was disciplined enough to ignore all the noise, but when he was president and people criticized him, i didnt like it. But actually, it helped thicken my hide for when i became president , because criticism of my dad was a heck of a lot more difficult for me to handle than criticism of me. What about you, though, gamps, when you heard people . Same thing. I did not like it. I knew by then that it goes with the territory, but when its your own son, its hard to take. Dad, when in 1992, when gampy lost yeah. It was an unhappy moment. It took an extraordinary series of events to defeat him, though, but we all, of course, fed off of his graciousness in defeat. It is a lesson in grace and fortitude. It didnt work out quite the way we wanted. My grandfather has never been bitter, never resentful. And years later, a most unlikely friendship developed. Bill clinton used dad as a father figure, which is one of the great ironies, not ironies, its one of the great lessons of life. And he also doesnt hold grudges, as you said. So gampy, i mean, bill clintons become a good a good friend, yeah, thats right. Some people would be surprised by that. I think they are. But bubba, hes a good man. I like him. Throughout it all, my grandfather has always put family first. He has been there for us throughout the most important moments and the frivolous ones, too. Do you remember the time when you were preparing for the 1988 debates with michael dukakis, and the day before the debate, barbara couldnt find spiky, the dog . Oh, yeah. So, gampy, rather than, be quiet, little girl, and go to your room, leads the search for spiky, the stuffed dog. It was pretty remarkable that you were babysitting us the night before the debate anyway. Yeah. Where were you . Out to dinner . I was preparing for the debate. No, i dont know where i was. Good news was they found spiky. Even during his busiest days in the white house or on the campaign trail, he was always simply gampy to us. I dont know if you remember in 1984 when you came to midland, texas, and jenna came on the stage and kept lifting up her skirt in front of the crowd, drawing attention to yourself. I was trying to get arrested. That was 4. She did put on a show, and dad, of course, was very tolerate. You were tolerant. You were a great grandfather. You are a great grandfather. Youre so sweet. My grandfather considers serving his country his greatest privilege. His family the ultimate gift. And now, my dad offers a loving tribute to his father. Kind of question people ask all the time is whosi is the mo influential president . And im like, well, theres no contest, george h. W. Bush. Would you say the same thing about him . Unconditionally. So, you guys, obviously, my dads biased, im biased. Im weepy over here. But you know, my grandfather, who also may be biased, has read the book and likes it. So, thats good. He gave it two thumbs up. You know, there was a picture at the end of my dad and my grandfather holding hands, and that was after september 11th. The national cathedral, right . Yeah, at the national cathedral, and president clinton actually scooted over so the two of them could hold hands, and i think that symbolizes the whole thing. Beautiful. Amazing. By the way, whats your mother think of the book . Thats the real tough critic. I mean your grandmother. My grandmother. Well, my mothers already edited it for grammar mistakes, and im sure my grandmother likes it a lot. Thank you. How can we get one of those hats . You need to be elected. Little detail. Yeah, little. Thank you very much. Not surprised that she was flipping her skirt hey please i was trying to get him elected a sweet moment, and then that. Listen, i had a diaper cover on. It was all fine. Actually, maybe i so do i. Our jenna, though. Lost control of it. All right, coming up, snooze or lose. Does mommy brain really exist . 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Well see you in about half an hour. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, calvin klein controversy. Meet the size 10 model whos causing a stir in new ads for the passion house. Plus, snooze or lose . After a period of time, getting up every couple of hours really starts to wear on you, and you get very, very exhausted. Inside the quest to cure mommy brain, as we share sleep solutions for children of all ages. Ooh, how will i know and one great voice pays tribute to another. Jennifer hudson stops by studio 1a to sing a classic Whitney Houston song live, today, tuesday, november 11th, 2014. Thank you to our veterans and those currently serving. Believe in heroes United States honor guard. I want to say happy veterans day to all veterans, especially those serving away from their families. Happy veterans day from iava. From san diego, happy veterans day whoo [ cheers and applause ] good morning, everyone. It is 8 00 on today. It is veterans day, and we are so proud this morning to have men and women of our armed forces on the plaza this morning. Happy veterans day to you. Be sure to thank a veteran today. Thats right. Were also talking more about no shave today. This is our campaign all month long not to shave, at least the guys here on the show. Were trying to raise awareness for mens health by growing these beards out and posting Important Information on twitter every day. We encourage you to go online at todayshow. Com and check out this information. Meantime, ive got big news to spread. Are you ready for it . Yeah. Okay. We hit a milestone. 4 million likes on facebook on facebook . Whoa so, a big thankyou did you like us on facebook . He said he liked us here. Heres my phone. Take my phone and like us. There you go. You get a free phone if you like us. Wow so, we want to get it to 5 million. So, everyone whip out your phone right now and like us on facebook. We want to hit 5 million. Are you in . All right. Get on facebook. I dont know, let me think. All right. 4 million. Billion. Billion, savannah. When get to billion well all give away something. Natalies inside with a check of the top stories. Good morning. Hey, guys, good morning once again. In the news, the seasons first wave of Winter Weather now moving east after dropping more than a foot of snow in the rockies and parts of the midwest. Police reported hundreds of accidents on minnesota highways. At least two traffic deaths are blamed on the storms. Forecast calls for one more day of snow and ice and up to two more weeks of freezing temperatures in the midwest. Yeah, sorry, folks. Hang in there. And all clear this morning for the last ebola patient in the United States. Nbcs National Correspondent kate snow is at Bellevue Hospital here in new york. Kate, good morning. Reporter good morning, natalie. Bellevue hospital says dr. Craig spencer is ebolafree after a rigorous course of treatment and testing, including a blood transfusion from a fellow ebola survivor. Now, he came to this hospital 19 days ago. He had just returned to the u. S. From working in guinea with ebola patients, had been on the new york city subway, had been around town in public places, and that, of course, raised some concern here in new york. But to date, no one who came into contact with dr. Spencer has shown any signs of ebola, and that is the best news. Experts here will point to the fact that he got early treatment, and that can be lifesaving with ebola. Back to you. Great news indeed. Kate snow at Bellevue Hospital. Thank you. Some residents near tampa, florida, were told to evacuate monday after a huge sinkhole opened up, completely swallowing a car. The hole is 10 feet wide and about 10 feet deep. Six homes in the area were evacuated as a precaution. Geologists said the sinkhole is not getting any wider, but it is getting deeper as it settles. President obama on monday named 19 president ial medal of freedom recipients, and nbcs own tom brokaw was among those chosen to receive the nations highest civilian honor, along with meryl streep, Stevie Wonder and steven sondheim. Obama said in a statement they have made extraordinary contributions to our world. The ceremony is coming up and congratulations to all and to tom brokaw. An amazing story from south florida this morning. Were hearing from a woman whose heart stopped beating just as her baby daughter was entering the world. Janet shamlian has this report. Reporter doctors say its nothing short of a miracle. I really didnt know i died, by the way. I had no clue. Reporter but everyone in the o. R. Knew. She had just given birth to a healthy baby girl, kylie. What appeared to be a routine csection. When suddenly, rubys heart stopped. There was a lot going through our minds. Reporter amniotic fluid surrounding the baby had gotten into rubys bloodstream, a rare complication, almost always fatal. We were trying to bring her back and it was obvious she wasnt coming back. Reporter for 45 minutes, doctors worked franticly to revive ruby. Her family was brought in to say their goodbyes. Screaming, crying, inconsolable, they prayed, and then we saw the blip, and another and another. We were in disbelief. We couldnt believe it. Reporter after almost an hour with no pulse, ruby came back to life. I remember feeling a force telling me its not youre not coming here, this is not your time, you know. Youre not supposed to be here. Youre going to wait a while, but youre not staying here. Reporter ruby says she doesnt know why shes been given this opportunity, but shes grateful for her new life. Its been seven weeks. She and kylie are home now, both doing well. For today, janet shamlian, nbc news. Incredible story. Its 8 06 right now. Lets get another check of the weather with al on the plaza. Hey, al hey and weve got somebody here who really raked in the cash, im sure, from the tooth fairy. Whats your name . Marissa. Can we see that smile, marissa . Love that we cant quite see. There you go. Look at that smile. Very nice. All right, lets check your weather, see what weve got for you. I have the same smile, but its a different story. As you look, chicago got a little rain moving in there, and so, were going to look at a mix of rain and snow later this afternoon, then colder and clearing out. Weve got that cold air pushing on in, that polar plunge. So, look at those temperatures back through the plains, Single Digits, below zero, 20s and 30s. It stays warm here in the gulf coast, along the eastern seaboard and the southwest. We are looking for wet weather, though, ahead of that front from the great lakes into the gulf. Look for snow back through the central plains. U. P. Of michigan may see another 18 inches of snow. And weve got the ladies of kappa exelon, except for this little guy right here. Hes getting all squished in. Ar. Good morning. I am meteorologist bill henley. After a cloudy, foggy start, we will see skies turn partly sunny. A nice warmup this veterans day, into the 60s today. A few clouds tonight. Not as cold tomorrow. 54 degrees. The wind picks up, say goodbye to the 60s at temperatures tumble thursday and friday. Friday could see some showers. Cold start to the weekend. Saturday, 44 degrees. Chance of rain later sunday. Wet weather continues into monday. Have a great day. And on veterans day, so important to remember the Wounded Warrior project. You guys do so much spectacular work. Thank you. God bless you for what you do and your service, sir. Thank you. Very nice. And look what we got now that als back here, we were going to have four each, but now weve got to split them up, three each. Do the math. 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Toyota, lets go places. 8 12 on a tuesday morning. Good time for whats trending today. And first up, this is kind of a fashion statement thats getting a lot of attention online. Take a look at these images, okay . Thats president obama at the apec summit in china. And a lot of these people are talking about these unusual outfits that the president and other leaders are wearing at that summit. Some saying they resemble star trek costumes. So, whats the deal . Well, heres the history. Each year, the host country provides the outfit as a sign of unity, and this year, the chinese chose that dark purple silk shirt. President clinton actually started this back in the 1990s. Since then, outfits have only gotten more colorful, and thats despite the fact that president obama tried to kill this trend a few years ago. Thats an interesting one. But it has survived. What do we think of these . I think its great and it makes for great photos. Look at this especially if they put their hands like this in star trek mode yes, live long and prosper, natalie. Im surprised hes not wearing just his bare chest. After the show. I think its really good. Its unusual. Its funny, its like it breaks the ice. Exactly. Theres a lot of ice when you see putin and obama on that stage. Exactly. Silk gloves for everybody tomorrow . Are we in . I dont like it that much. Hawaiian shirt day. Ooh. By the way, do you guys know the best day to do your Holiday Shopping . No. He would be the expert. Black friday . Black friday is the common after christmas when its on sale . A lot of people think black friday, right . Not really the best day to shop, according to a new study. Turns out, your best butt is actually best butt. Is that mommy brain . Mommy brain. Mommy brain segment coming up. Your best bet is the monday before thanksgiving and thanksgiving day itself. Actually, dont mind if i do so, what about black friday . Shoppers who waited were more likely to get the dreaded outofstock tag. So, monday before thanksgiving. Thats the day for your best buy. A slip of the tongue behind you. Oh i just throw them up there and you slap them down. And that is whats trending today, but meantime, a lot of people are talking about Calvin Kleins newest model. Shes a size 10. Many are applauding her selection for a new underwear campaign, but others say the industry still has a long way to go. Well talk to mila exclusively in a moment, but first, nbcs Kristen Dahlgren has the back story. Reporter in the fashion world, mila delbasio has always fallen in the middle. I am among one of many girls that are, like inbetweenies. So, were not skinny enough to be straight size, like size 0, size 2 girls, and were not large enough to be considered plussized. Reporter so, when calvin klein, known for waistless models like moss cast her in the new campaign, heads turned. Maybe this inbetween size is the size were going to see becoming the norm in the fashion industry. Delbasio says even she was shocked. For years, she struggled with body issues and food addiction. I tried and tried and tried to lose weight. Reporter even now she calls herself a bigger girl. When elle magazine said the fashion industry would still call her plussized it sparked a plussized controversy. This one tweeting how is size 10 plussized . And if this is plus, then im morbidly obese. The outrage comes on the heels of protests over victorias secrets perfect body campaign. The Company Changed its slogan to a body for everybody. Calvin klein never called delbisio plus sized and didnt make any distinction in the campaign. In a statement, the fashion house says the perfectly fit line was created to celebrate and cater to the needs of different women. And delbasio says that makes her hopeful that she may be just the beginning. For today, Kristen Dahlgren, nbc news, new york. Mila delbasio, good morning to you. Good morning how do you like being a lightning rod . Whoa its so surreal. Its just, like, such a crazy feeling. And just to settle this once and for all, calvin klein said in no way, shape or form said this campaign was about your size, not when they hired you and not in the campaign itself. No. That was never a part of the picture. So, what do you make of the fact that, suddenly, it became a stir and people were suddenly hating on the company, saying this is what you consider plus size . I think its really unfortunate, because i think that calvin klein has done something thats really groundbreaking, which is they released this campaign with what some would say is a normalsized model, a size 10. I am a size 10. And we dont size 10 girls, theres not a lot of spots for us to fit in in the fashion industry. And they released this campaign with me right alongside all of the other girls of varying shapes and sizes and didnt make a fuss about it. I mean, this campaign was released a month ago and just now things are starting to go crazy. I guess to the larger point, some people think, oh, my gosh, here we go again. The fashion industry is so off. I mean, they think that i mean, theres Something Different about you if you are compared to a zero or a two. Most people look at you and say that is the perfect size. Sure. And you know, thats its tough, because its really easy to look at someone thats shaped like me and say, like, oh, she has the perfect body, what does she have to complain about . And i dont really have any reason to complain. But im getting these emails from, like, 15yearold girls in the middle of america that are saying, like, thank you so much. Ive never seen myself represented in this way before. Well, thats the point you raised, because you either see the super, super skinny, railthin models on the runways and in most of the ads, or you see the socalled plussized models. Sure. But what you say, youre sort of in the middle. Im in the middle. And not represented. Yeah. And its, like, life doesnt work in only extremes, and we need to true body diversity is everything and everyone. Its a range of sizes and shapes. Its not just super skinny or just larger. And how do you feel about having started this conversation . I mean, you didnt plan to, but are you glad that you did . Yeah, its really humbling. Its really i mean, im glad that i had been hoping for a long time that someone would start this, that someone would talk about this and that things might change for girls that are shaped like me in the fashion industry and beyond. So, to be the per i dont want to say like im the person that started that, but to be part of the conversation thats starting is really incredible. Im really honored to do that. Well, its good to have you here. Myla dalbasio, congratulations on the campaign. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Coming up, the results of my new mom sleepiness survey and how your own kids can were back with our special series snooze or lose. And this morning, getting kids of all ages more rest. According to our new survey, 84 of people say it is a huge relief when the baby starts sleeping through the night. Really . 84 . Thats all . Well, my little val is not quite there yet, and three months into being a mom, im definitely feeling the consequences. After a period of time, getting up every couple of hours really starts to wear on you and you get very, very exhausted. New parents know the feeling, a shellshocked, sleepdeprived, zomb zombielike state after too many nights of interrupted r. E. M. Cycles. Did you know we didnt get any sleep last night . This doctor helps moms get more sleep. So, does mommy brain sorry. Does mommy brain really exist . I think it does. I think that a large amount of it has to do with the sleep deprivation that the mother has experienced. I mean, just basic, basic words i couldnt find. Does that sound like sleep deprivation . Definitely. It could be focus, attention, irritability, just the ability to find that word on the tip of your tongue. Theres many different ways that sleep deprivation manifests. Months into a new parenting adventure, even after an infant is beginning to sleep more regularly, data shows moms remain sleepdeprived. According to our exclusive new today sleep survey, 54 of adults with a newborn say sleep deprivation makes it difficult to function. It takes a long time. It takes a lot of dedicated time catching up on sleep, and continuous sleep, not fragmented sleep. Rate each situation dr. Moody gave me a test to measure my sleepiness. On average, how likely are you to fall asleep in each situation . Sitting and reading is definitely a high chance of sleeping. Watching tv, yeah. Lying down in the afternoon, 3 plus, plus, plus. Quietly after lunch . Especially a big lunch. Okay, so you do the math because im too tired to do it. Your score comes out at 14. What this shows is that you are carrying a sleep debt, that there is a significant amount of sleepiness. No surprise there. And while we dont know that you can ever truly make up for lost sleep, get news is she gave me some advice on how to lower my score. Sleep is important. Make it a priority. Nap. When your baby sleeps, you sleep. Take a night off and let the spouse or Family Member feed the baby so you can catch up on your zs. So, i guess the bottom line is, am i ever going to feel normal again . Well, having a baby does change the rest of your life, but absolutely. Sleep debt can be repaid. It just takes dedication and time getting the sleep that you need. I can look at that baby all day long. But lets talk about another big sleep issue, and thats raising a key of good sleep. Were joined by dr. Alanna levine. Good morning to you. Good morning. This is a big, big issue, especially right now. My babys 3 months old. A lot of parents, how do you get your baby to sleep through the night . For infants, what are your tips . So, you really want to make sure that you start off right. And infants should sleep somewhere between 9 to 12 hours, plus naps, okay . So, thats a lot of sleep time. So, you really want to establish a sleep routine. You want to make sure that you have a calm, soothing place for your child to go to sleep, and you sort of do the same thing all the time. They learn that nighttime is nighttime, basically . Exactly right. You also want to look for your babys sleepiness cues. When the baby rubs its eyes and yawns, capitalize on that opportunity. If you keep that baby up so you or dad can come home, youre going to miss that window of opportunity and its going to get much harder. Okay, and you say put your baby down awake. Yeah. This is a real toughie, i have to say. This can be the hardest things. And in the beginning, you can help the process. Rock to your baby, sing to your baby, soothe your baby, but if you can get into the habit of putting your baby down awake, then when your baby wakes up in the middle of the night, they can get back to sleep again. Over here we have tips for toddlers. Take a look over here. Okay, so, toddlers are going to sleep more at night, but also, they still need those naps. So, you want to make sure that youre giving your child an opportunity to nap during the day as well as sleep at night. Okay. And here, consistency is key. You need to do the same thing all the time. So, if your child wakes up in the middle of the night, you cant bring your child into your bed once. Once youve done that its over . Exactly. You really need to make sure that you always put your child back to sleep. And provide positive reinforcement, you say. I much prefer positive reinforcement, because even negative attention is attention. So, if youre up in the middle of the night and yelling and stomping your feed, its still attention. I would rather you make a sticker chart and give a reward in the morning for a good sleep in bed. How much sleep should a teenager get . This is tough, and my goal is 8 1 2 to 10 hours, depending on the child. You really want to sort of armor child with tools so they can get to sleep. And the number one thing that i recommend teens do is turn off the Electronics One to two hours before bed. Oh, thats going to go over well. And its a hard thing to do, but that screen, the bing of the texting, it really is very stimulating. And really interferes with sleep. Dr. Levine, thank you so much and good tips. Appreciate it. My pleasure. Send it over to matt. Thank you very much. Well talk to him about that. Jennifer hudson is here, about to pay tribute to one of heir idols, Whitney Houston, with a song in our studio. Lots to get to, but first on a tuesday morning, these messages and a look at your local news. Or you could sing the song and you could talk about your new book. Okay. Deal. Good morning, everyone. I am chris cato. It is 8 26. Lets get the first alert forecast with meteorologist bill henley on a foggy veterans day morning. Some fog around, low clouds, too. Theyre starting to break in center city. Thats the view from the Comcast Center where sunshine is making it through. It warmed things up just enough to make the fog go away. The thick stuff is over in south jersey. Much improved visibility for Atlantic City and mount holly. 51 in northeast philadelphia. 40s north and west. Headed for the 60s later today. Time for a check of the traffic with first alert reporter katie zachary. An accident on 476, blue route south cleared up, right before you hit 476. You can see drive times are good. Southbound, 18 minutes from 76 to 95. Going to take you longer to go on blue route north 95 to 76. New accident on 95 southbound at naamans road, left lane is blocked. An alternate, i495 southbound. Police responded to a rather bizarre incident after the eagles game. A man tried to attack them with a metal baton. This is video of the Police Response from our camera at the wells fargo center. He was dressed in eagles gear, going through parking lots waving a baton. He attacked an officer that approached him. The officer wasnt hurt. He is under arrest facing charges. I am chris cato, another update in 25 minutes. Now back to the today show. Have a great day. And were back now at 8 30 on a tuesday morning. Its the 11th day of november 2014. You know what that makes it, veterans day, and were happy to have some veterans on our plaza, and we salute all veterans across the country. Meanwhile, six days from right now, onedirection will be rockin live on today. Theyll be debuting new songs from their album at university orla universal orlando resort. Were going to be there. You think of boy bands, you think of us. How come we didnt get to go on that . Its kind of we drew the straw this time. They said we wouldnt be able to control ourselves. Like screaming teenagers. They asked for us. Thats right. Anyway, its a free concert, so check it out. Come on down to orlando. All right, speaking of music, Whitney Houstons signature voice is soaring once again on a new album and a dvd of her greatest live performances. And this morning, we are in for a treat. Jennifer hudson is here. She will pay tribute to whitney by singing one of her biggest hits for us. All right, also ahead, bestselling scare master stephen king is here. Hes going to fill us in on his newest thriller. Its a good one. Meanwhile, savannah, ive noticed something about you. What . All right, youve been doing a little well, you look amazing, but also, youve been moonlighting on the amazon show, is that true . It is true i forgot i did that. Take a look. My life has really changed. So, just to be clear, your story is that you intentionally knocked over the labor to make the senator look good . Right. And who told you to do this . Well, its in my book, so i cant tell you who, but it goes really far up, i can tell you that much. You wrote a whole book on this . I think easily an emmy, oscar. You get it all. You know what, my motivation was matt lauer. How would matt ask that question . It was very exciting. It was fun the full season is available on amazon. Nod bingewatching thing. Great. Mr. Roker, how about a check of the weather . All right, lets check it out, show you what we have today. Wet weather from the mountains to the south and also the u. P. Of michigan looking at heavier snow as well. Plenty of sunshine along the west coast. Tomorrow were looking at that system making its way, kind of dying off to the east, but the colder air makes its way through a good twothirds of the country. Wet weather moves along the california coast into the pacific northwest. Good morning, i am meteorologist bill henley. After a cloudy and foggy start, we will see skies turn partly sunny and a nice warmup on this veterans day, into the 60s. A few clouds tonight. Not as cold tomorrow. 53 degrees. The wind picks up and say goodbye to the 60s. Temperatures tumble for thursday and friday. Early friday could see showers. Cold start to the weekend, saturday, 44 degrees. Chance of rain later sunday. Wet weather continues into monday. Have a great day. Announcer this special veterans day plaza moment is brought to you by toyota, a proud supporter of hiring our heroes. Lets go places. And now on veterans day, watching out for our heroes once they come back home. Steven curtis is the Vice President of communications for toyota, talking about hiring our heroes. Steven, good to see you. Thank you, al. Good morning. And on behalf of all of us at toyota, wed like to thank the men and women of our armed forces for their service to our country. We are just honored to be here today. Okay, so, for those who dont know about this initiative, tell us about hiring our heroes. Sure. The Unemployment Rate among veterans is too high. One in ten veterans is unemployed. And for veterans under the age of 25, the Unemployment Rate is one in five. Thats staggering. Yeah. We think thats a real problem. So, to help address this issue, toyotas partnered with the u. S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation to support a program called hiring our heroes. Working together, weve developed a free online tool that helps veterans and their military spouses market themselves to companies so they can get jobs. Thats terrific. So, by visiting hiringourheroes. Org, veterans and their military spouses can get help building a resume that translates to skills theyve acquired serving our country into language that employers in the Business World can easily understand. They can also get free interview tips and they can post their resume to thousands of companies, including over 500 toyota dealers. All right. Steven curtis, thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thanks for that initiative. And now well go back inside to matt. Al, thank you very much. This is cool, stephen king set to chill up your spine with works like the shining, gave us hope with the shawshank redemption, and his latest book, revival will have you breaking out in a sweat with questions about faith, god and what lies beyond death. Stephen king, always good to have you here. Welcome. Thank you. Its good to be here. Lets talk about reverend jacobs, okay . Hes a guy who has lost faith in religion, hes turned his back on god because of a tragedy in his life involving his family. He takes to the pulpit. Yeah. In his small town, and he delivers a scathing sermon on religion that goes as far as to compare it to an insurance scam. Right. The zest with which you wrote that sermon makes me think youve been wanting to deliver it for a long time. Well, i wouldnt say that i really wanted to deliver it for a long time, but i was interested in reverend jacobs as a guy with religious faith. I was raised, you know, in a christian family, methodist. And i think people with a lot of faith have a lot further to fall. This guy, as i said, compares it to an insurance scam, says you pay in, you pay in, you believe, you believe, thinking that at the end there will be this great payoff, and you find out the company doesnt even exist. Do you worry about offending people, or do these staunch stephen king supporters know where you lie on this . Well, id like to think that people can make a differentiation between the character and the man who wrote the character, because ive written some pretty awful things in my time, and if they cant differentiate. I mean, hey, guys, im all right, you know . Of course, id say that, wouldnt i . Exactly. Youd fool us with that. Lets talk about some bigticket items you get into in the book, okay . Faith and science, the existence of god. At this stage in your life, do you believe in god . I do. I made a decision to believe in god, because its better to believe than not to believe. I came to that conclusion when i realized that i had addiction problems that were bigger than i could solve myself. And so, it was easy to say, well, if ive got a power greater than myself, okay, thats fine, i can use that to make life livable and good. Beyond life, this idea of an afterlife. I was reading an interview youd where you said youve developed a very agnostic view on the after a life, almost a neurological theory about why it may exist or why people might talk about it. Well, i think that it might be that we are wired up in a certain way certain circuits open when youre dying and give you a lift. That seems to me that would be part of the organic survival mechanism. And that would explain this white light phenomenon that people have. As far as whats after, theres no down side in believing that theres a heaven or an elisan feel, right . Its a winwin. Its a winwin situation. If there isnt, were not going to know. Do you fear death . I dont think i fear death so much as things like alzheimers disease or advanced, you know, physical problems. You worry about the power of thinking, losing the power of thought and expressing yourself. Yeah. And ive got to say that one of the things that drove this book is im curious as to what that this is the one experience that we all go through. They say that theres nothing in life thats sure, except death and taxes. But some people dont pay their taxes. So, the one thing is death. Exactly. Unfortunately. One of the other things you said and we probably have some on this show. Probably. Ive probably interviewed a few of them. You say you still feel fear of failure, which i find hard to believe after all the success youve had. I dont think you have to worry about it. I really dont. This book is called revival. Im about halfway there. Its got a scary windup. Oh, thanks. Great. Something to look forward to. Just something to look forward to. Thanks, stephen. In the dark, where no one can hear you scream. Just stop it. Knock it off. Coming up, a beautiful song from Jennifer Hudson, as she pays tribute to Whitney Houston. But first, this is today on nbc. Always good to see you. I want it all and i want it now your toys want more. They need more. So get more guaranteed from verizon fios. Including your Favorite Movie channels, blazing fast internet and 400 back. All for this amazing price online, guaranteed for 2 years with a 2year agreement. So take the hint. And get more guaranteed today. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v we are back now at 8 41 with a special todays money. This morning on veterans day, Financial Advice to members of the military. Service members and their families face unique circumstances, and today financial editor jean chatzky has written a new ebook for them published by nbc, called operation money. Jean, good morning. Good morning. So glad you wrote this book. Really, veterans have some very unique financial situations to deal with. They do. They move every two years in many cases. They have spouses who are often out of the workforce. And so, this is meant to address their needs, their challenges. Its free at operationmoneybook. Com, and its the second time that nbc and citi have teamed up to do Something Like this, so we want to say thank you. Its really wonderful. We have Service Members on the plaza with questions for you in a moment. But first, you say start with creating a budget. We all hate the b word, budget. Just call it a savings plan. The key is, you want to know what you have coming in, the bottom line number, what you have going out and where its going. And we have a chart that basically shows you how your resources should be allocated. The housing number for the military families is the most important, because when you move, housing costs change wildly. If you can keep under that 35 , youll be awesome. Okay. And youve got debt 15 . You mean just be paying off your debt. Exactly, and that doesnt include your car loan, by the way. Okay. You also mention establishing good credit. This applies to all of us, but is it particularly important for members of the military . Absolutely, because if you dont have decent credit, it can keep you out of the military, it can cause havoc with your security clearances. It can be a really big problem. So, you want to maintain good credit. Know your credit score. Members of the military can get it for free at saveandinvest. Org, which is a notforprofit site. Make sure you pay your bills on time, every time. Only use 10 to 30 of the credit you have available to you and dont shop for credit when you dont need it. You also say dont close credit card accounts if youve had them a long time. Some people think i dont use it im going to close it. Keep it if the credit line is large and its the one youve had longest in your wallet. Lets go to the plaza for a couple questions i think teed up. Take it away. Hi. My husbands active duty right now. Were stationed up in saratoga springs, and were wondering if we should buy at our next duty station and get the equity as opposed to renting. Its a really great question and i got it a lot as i was researching this book. Generally, renting is going to make more sense, and its because youre not going to be there for that long. Unless you know youre there for five years or more, youre much better off renting. All right. Thank you very much. Hope that answers the question. Our next veteran, introduce yourself, please, and tell us your question. Hi, im lieutenant yarborough with the United States honor guard. We are composed of firstterm airmen mainly between ages of 19 and 23. Would you recommend they start their saving habits by saving up for a home or investing in retirement . I would recommend they start with an emergency cushion and then move on to retirement. Buying a home really is a dodgy proposition when you move so frequently, but retirement you can do all the way through. And thanks for the question and thanks for your service. Okay. Our last veteran, introduce yourself, please, and your question for jean. Hi, im rochelle wright. I have a question about retirement. As you move towards separation and retirement from the military, do you recommend rolling over your thrift savings plan to an employersponsored Retirement Plan . That can be a really good move, especially if youre rolling into a 401 k , rather than an i. R. A. Rolling over a tsp into a 401 k works just like rolling any other retirement account. You get more options by doing it that way. All right. Great questions from our veterans. Thank you, jean chatzky. Thank you. If you want to download a free copy of operation money, you can go to our website, today. Com. Coming up next, Jennifer Hudsons live tribute to one of her idols, Whitney Houston. But first, this is today on nbc. Oh, i wanna dance with somebody announcer the toyota Concert Series on today, brought to you by toyota. Yeah, i wanna dance with somebody 8 47. Its hard to believe, but its been almost three years since the legendary Whitney Houston died, but her legacy clearly lives on. Her longtime producer and friend, clive davis, is releasing a cd and dvd, Whitney Houston live her greatest performanc performances, and clive has brought along emmywinner Jennifer Hudson to perform one of whitneys greatest hits. Good morning to both of you. Good morning. Thank you. 19 years old you discovered whitney. What was your emotion the first time you heard the voice and you saw her perform . I knew the song the greatest love of all. I had conditioned it for the life of muhammad ali. And i saw this 19yearold girl step forward in her mothers eye and find meaning in that song that im sure the composers never knew were there. When we asked you to come here today and share some of this music, you decided that you wanted to bring along this young lady. And jennifer, obviously, obliged. Nobody likes to be compared to anyone else as an artist, but is there an exception to that when its Whitney Houston . Well, whitney has always been my idol and my biggest inspiration and its also been a dream to work with clive as well. And for me, its like celebrating her and honoring her memory. Im a huge fan. And i just want to see her legacy being remembered and honored, you know . Do you think the Younger Generation of music fans understands what she did to the industry, either of you . Weve just come, with this dvdcd released this week, the reviews were astonishing. They will. If you see this, its a concert from the time shes 19 until the oprah show 26 years later. It shows that she was the greatest singer of her generation. And its all about the voice. Thats what the voice, her presence. I mean, she changed a generation and she impacted us all, you know. So, like, that should never be forgott forgotten. You are going to sing one of her biggest hits for us this morning, all right . So, why dont we move into position and ill say, ladies and gentlemen, Jennifer Hudson. Each day i live, i want you here, a day to give the best of me im only one but not alone, my finest day is yet unknown i broke my heart, fought every gain to taste the sweet i face the pain i rise and fall, yet through it all this much remains i want one moment in time when im more than i thought i could be when all of my dreams are a heartbeat away and the answers are all up to me give me one, one moment in time when im racing with destiny then in that one moment of time i will feel, i will feel eternity youre a winner for a lifetime if you seize that one moment in time, make it shine give me one moment in time when im more than i thought i could be when all of my dreams are a heartbeat away and the answers are all up to me give me one moment in time when im racing with destiny, oh then in that one moment of time i will be, i will be, i will be free i will be, i will be free [ cheers and applause ] Jennifer Hudson. Thank you so much. Thank you. Shes building a pretty impressive legacy of her own, isnt she . Without question. Jennifers incredible. Clive, thank you so much as well. Were going to be back in a moment. This is today on nbc. [ applause ] theres our nations capital. Guess whos headed there right now, basically . Jennifer hudson. Youve got a show there tonight. Yes, im headed out right after this. Doing a concert of valor to honor the veterans, which is very nice. Amazing. You have double duty today. Well, we want to honor them, definitely, so its worth it. Good. Well, you sound fabulous. Incredible. Thank you for being here. Clive, you made a good pick here. S hes got an eye for this sort of thing. You may want to do this again. Guys, what do you have coming up next hour . Oh, were talking more about sleep. Jennifer, you know. Youve got a son. Sleepdeprived mom . Oh, no, no, no sleep around the house. Were going to talk about sleep positions, help you sleep. Oh, all right. What else do you have coming up . Some of todays take . Yes, ill be talking more about rokerthon. Al and cheese. Ill leave it at that. Ooh, cheese. Glorious cheese. Were eating. You had me at cheese. First, on a tuesday morning, a check of your local news and weather. Good morning, i am chris cato. 8 56 on veterans day. Lets get your first look at the forecast with meteorologist bill henley. Sunshine should chase away the fog . Still have some clouds and some sunshine. Clouds moving past. We are seeing enough sunshine to warm things up, especially parts of south jersey. Wildwood, 61 degrees, 50 in philadelphia. Wilmington up to 53 degrees. Temperatures are climbing. Sunshine, clouds, partly sunny this afternoon. High temperatures in the 60s today. The fire marshall says a faulty window unit caused a fire at the ymca in Montgomery County. It started in the child care room. No one was in the building at the time. They contained it to that room, but theres smoke and water damage in other parts of the building. The child care area is closed until further notice but the rest of the ymca is ocean. A fire at six flags being investigated as arson. Five fires broke out at the theme park overnight. One in a utility shed at the safari off road adventure, the others in the woods nearby. No one was hurt, all the parks animals are safe. On this veterans day in chester county, a veterans salute in coatsville at 10 45, followed by wreath laying ceremony at the war memorial. Kicks off with a parade last friday. Another update in 25 minutes. You can always get the latest news and weather at nbc10. Com. Now we go back to the today show. Have a great tuesday. Announcer from nbc news, this is todays take, with al roker, Natalie Morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Going to have to. Hes on the other drink called life. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning, november 11th, 2014. It is veterans day. We want to thank all of the brave men and women who have served or are serving our country throughout all these years. Im willie geist along with al roker, Natalie Morales and tamron hall on what were calling blue day around here. While were singing it, go ahead, al i guess thats why they call it the blues good job he just went through the whole song. Al just sang the whole chorus. I thought elton john had joined the show. Thats how much you sound like him. Not even close i know. I was kidding. Exactly, yes. But how about the crowd, as you mentioned, with all the Service Members and their families out there this morning . So great. It was beautiful being out there it really was. Our dads, of course, Service Members as well, so we honor them, too. My dad as well. Exactly. I love veterans day. Its a special day. We should be honoring these guys yearround, but we always stop and do it this day and this week. And you all were so nice to come out to our event last night for operation men. Its a group out of the Ucla Medical Center that provides reconstructive surgeries for men and women who have been really the most severely injured of all the people who have served over there and survived. What a great attitude, those guys. Arent they incredible . And the families. Oh, my gosh. And we got some perspective. We were there watching they aired a video last night, and you hear these stories, as we know, but it puts everything in perspective, you know . It should, and it definitely does. Absolutely. I really appreciate you all coming out. Its operation mend is doing incredible work. And your wife, christina christina. Christina got us hooked into it and she does all the leg work and i take the glory, which is sort of the story of my life. Pretty much. It is. It is. Thats why they call her the better half. She is that, theres no question about it. Better threequarters. She is. So, anyway, celebrate however you can today and please honor our veterans across the country, and well be talking more about that later this hour. Meanwhile, were also talking about rokerthon. I could describe it, but i want to hear al. What is rokerthon . There was this woman in norway who broke the guinness book record for a consecutive live weather forecast. She went for 33 hours. And i jokingly said, ill do that and they said, will you really . And it stuck. It kind of stuck. So, starting tomorrow night at 10 00 on today. Com, weather. Com and the different platforms of nbc, on our local stations, i am going to do a 34hour nonstop broadcast starting at 10 00 p. M. , through all of our broadcasts, and then go until 8 00 a. M. Friday morning on today and try to raise money for the uso. You can go to crowdrise. Com roker. Al roker, i think, right . I think its just roker. And you have a personal forecast. Youll get a personal forecast a personal forecast . No. But if you donate enough money, ill come to your front lawn and i will do a forecast. Oh, wow significant money. Were talking five fingers, five figures. No, five figures. Five figures. So, youre doing the weather the whole time . Were doing weather for the world, for the nation, for local stations. Weve got over 220 nbc affiliates. Were going to be doing live weather with. Wow. Are you having interviews during this . I talked with our nbc medical director, dr. Tonya beneson, and she suggested that i dont drink coffee. Said just take sips of green tea, because thats got just enough caffeine, but not enough so youre spiking and then crashing. Also suggesting were going to have a stationary bike in there, so doing a little exercise while im doing the weather. Cool. Also, cut back on the carbs until, like, the last four hours. Okay. Do a lot of fats and protein. Okay. So, nuts, jerky, things like that. A marathon, then. You have to get the protein thats why its called rokerthon rokerthon. Should we call you . I mean, text you . You could call were going to be doing it in the green room right next door. Oh, okay. So, im thinking you guys stop by. In our pjs . Yeah, like a little sleepover. Okay, sleeping bags come on well have a little but youre not sleeping. We are. I know, but you guys i can tell you weather bedtime stories. Are there weather bedtime stories . There are weather bedtime stories. Big tornado, dorothy. Come on, seriously. Okay, were going to come. Okay, you heard tamron. Well meet you there. What time you assign us the time and well come. Okay, we start wednesday night. Wednesday night at what time . Id like you guys coming over thursday night. What time . 10 00. Ill do the 1 00 a. M. Ive seen you go 24 hours without sleep, and you get a little, a little crazy. So, i cant wait to see what 34 hours is going to be like. 1 00 a. M. What time are we all coming together . Isnt that the idea . Staggered to keep him motivated. I see. So, youre coming at 1 00 on thursday morning . Youre coming in at 2 00 . No im coming in at 3 00. What time are you coming in . 3 00. Oh, thats very big of you, youre coming in to work. You actually dont get in until 5 00. I get in at 5 00, so im coming in two hours early. How about thursday night around 10 00, is that all right . Because i have to be somewhere. That will be over around 10 00. Thats not a sacrifice youre coming in at 1 00 . I live near here, ill just rokerthon. Bunny slippers. Meanwhile, your beards are coming in nicely. And i was at a barber shop yesterday and it says movember chicks dig mos. So, thats motivation. Its like a tattoo. Willies going to get it after his beards grown out. Your beard has grown more in this year we have a theory. What is your theory . You said you gave up bread. I did, but thats making my hair grow . Ill go with it if you want me to. It wasnt thin, but it was light. It was sparse. It is coming in a little quicker this year than last year. Maybe since you hit puberty. Yes. Its been a big year for me in so many ways. Voice has dropped. Wow. Fantastic. Oh, goodness. Something else weve got going on, snooze or lose. Okay. A hashtag battle going on on twitter. What sleep position do you prefer . Mr. Roker, what do you like . Im a side sleeper. Natalie . Side sleeper, too. Im a stomach sleeper. I am a stomach sleeper as well let us know, backsleeper, stoma stomachsleeper, sidesleeper. Does that change when youre married . Because youre sleeping with somebody else. Do you have to coordinate your sleep position with them . Just get a very big bed what are we doing, spooning the entire time . If youre a stomach sleeper and your mates a stomach sleep yeshlsion you er, youve got to stack them. Weve got a twin bed. Thats right, just stack them up. Honey, were saving space. Youre bringing in a forklift. Speaking of twin beds, did you notice the three beds over there . Were all going to be officially goldilocks. Were going to be sleeping together pretty soon. That sounds interesting. Somebody will retweet that now. Its official, were all sleeping together. Do you change your position when you sleep . Do you start as a stomach sleeper and wake up on your back . I start on my side and wind up on my tummy. Doesnt that hurt your back on your stomach . No, because i dont use a pillow, i sleep flat. You dont use a pillow . I dont like the puffy pillows the position of your neck is all wrong. Its all about the firm pillow for me. Its got to be firm, dense. One year i had this one bad dream. I thought i had eaten a giant marshmallow, woke up, my pillow was gone. It was bad. Thank you rokerthon [ everyone talking at once ] we have the rim shot ready now. That was very quick, guys. Nicely done. Really want to show up at 1 00 a. M. . You said you would. Now youve got to do it. You have to do it, too. I said 3 00. Hes got 10 00. Rokerthon. Keep sending him tweets to keep him awake. You know, we are going to be taking tweets, too. Weve got social media. This things all were all over this. Huge huge trending all over. Meanwhile, a lot of people talking about Mark Zuckerberg wearing a different look for him. Yeah, its a big deal here. The black tie event, right . So, the daily mail gets all worked up about this thing. They say, okay, here it is. Mark zuckerberg wore a navy blue tuxedo to a black tie event. His wife also wore blue. Standing with i guess benedict cumberbatch, great actor, who wore black that looks like very dark navy blue. Theres nothing wrong with that. You should have to explain yourself. Like, she met with each of us and the fact that we all said no big deal right. Look, when i went to the golden globes, ive got a picture with bryan cranston, ive got a blue tux on. Blue is the new black when it comes to tuxedos, right . Matthew mcconaughey wore one a couple of months ago. A couple months ago. They have an issue no, the daily mail wrote this, oh, faux pas guess what . Its not literal anymore, daily mail, all right . Just because its called black tie. Its a formal event. You wear a formal dinner jacket. At least he didnt wear the hoodie, okay . No now, that would have been faux pas. When i heard about the story, i thought run one of you was interested. Because i didnt understand no, no kates kind of like british, you know, so its like the uk. So people know who were talking about. Kate, smile. Kate, come over here. You look amazing today. Its the same thing, you know . I thought it was interesting. Clearly but we all said your paper said yes your paper. Your paper of the people with the accent. It was a talking point, i thought. Daily mail, we love the daily mail. I love that you called her british. Its an accent hey, hey, its not like that accent started in brooklyn, okay . It started in britain and jumped an ocean, all right . Now hes dr. Google. So, i mean, come on its like britain, only its much bigger. You know, australia. Same thing, you know . In britain they dont have kangaroos, okay . Tiny wallaby. Oh, look, weve got tiny kangaroos. Tie something down its australia. Its a big country wow. Anyway ive had sleep. Rokerthon. Anyway, weve been looking at this system, the colder air making its way in. Theres fog in milwaukee. Theyre going to have a mix of rain and snow later. 35 and colder later in the day. Look at all the snow were talking about. After yesterday, parts of minnesota getting 18 inches. Could be anywhere from 12 to 15 inches of snow in the u. P. Of michigan. Right now it feels like 12 below in rapid city, 6 below in north platte. That colder airs sinking in. Ahead of the system, look at that, 62 in memphis, 54 in texarkana, houston 70, but then, boom, that cold air pushes in. Tomorrow its going to feel like 25 in dallas, 31 cincinnati, 19 in chicago. Makes its way to pittsburgh, atlanta, all the way down to san antonio, feeling like 34 on thursday. And friday, boston, youre going to feel like 31. Its going to feel like 36 in panama city. You call that cold . This is cold. I am meteorologist bill henley. A cloudy foggy start. Skies will turn partly sunny. A nice warmup into the 60s. A few clouds tonight, not as cold tomorrow morning. 54 degrees. The wind picks up, say goodbye to the 60s. Temperatures tumble for thursday and friday. Earp ee friday could see a few showers. Cold start to the weekend. Saturday, 44 degrees. Chance of rain later sunday. Have a great day. And thats your latest weather. Oh, were having a battle over these bracelets. Its super cute. Yes. We got them as a present. Theyre form 31 . Or area 52. From willies wife. Your wife not her jewelry. But she gave it as a gift. Willies never given us anything wow. Right now, our stage managers giving us this. Christina gave these to us, and it didnt say willie geist it just said christina. Going like this. Its amazing your heads even attached to your shoulders. They really want us out of here. Where are you going . Hes going to sleep. Our series snooze or lose, how changing your sleep position could help you get a better nights rest. Al is sleeping through another show, to demonstrate. Ow ow man down. Go to break. Man down. My son is going to wash the family prius. He insisted on using the rain to save water. Fourteen years ago, i insisted on buying our first prius. Because like toyota, we both know theres a way to do things, and a way to do things even better. The prius. Toyota, lets go places. Up to 27 more brush movements. Patented Sonic Technology with get healthier gums in two weeks. Innovation and you Philips Sonicare save when you give Philips Sonicare this Holiday Season. Splitend bandage fromeal garnier fructis. Reconstructs strength right to the splits. 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Dr. Shelby harris is the director of behavioral sleep medicine. Thanks for being here. Thank for having me. Why is sleep position so important . Well, if youre making enough time to sleep at night, you want to make sure the quality of sleep is ideal, so were well rested and refreshed in the day. So thats an easy thing to fix so you can feel better in the morning. For back sleepers, a lot of people just sleep on their backs, but its generally not a very good position for your body to sleep in, right . Well, for some people. Actually, the most neutral position for your back is actually to be on your back, sleeping that way. But you want to make sure you have a nice pillow like this thats propping you up a little bit. If you have too many pillows and you can only sleep really propped up and you snore a lot, you might want to see a sleep specialist, because it can be a sign of sleep apnea. Some people have apnea, so what are some ways to fix that . The best way to treat apnea is something called a pap therapy, which is a mask that you put on that helps keep your airway open at night. There are other treatment, weight loss. Some people its positional, so finding another position could help. For people who do want to sleep on their backs, we brought in montez. Come on in and help us out here. Youre going to show us different ways that you can get a better way of sleeping on your back. For your back, actually, montez is going to be wearing things to try and train yourself. If you snore a lot or if youre pregnant, you actually shouldnt be sleeping on your back. So, montez has things to help train you to sleep on your side. Side, okay. If you do want to sleep on your back, just note, a big fluffy pillow and another pillow under your knees can be helpful to help with your back, but if you cant be sleeping on your back, this is what you should be doing. As you can see, montez has a pocket on backwards. So, were going to put a tennis ball in it. Hes also wearing a fanny pack, and you dont have to do both. And this is a really big fanny pack. If you want to sleep on your side and a lot of them have spouses poking them and you want to sleep on your side montez, why dont you lay down for a moment. Thats to prompt him to turn. So, im guessing thats not comfortable. And it will teach you to go back on your side if you roll over. You can do the same thing with a tennis ball and a fanny pack. Willies a stomach sleeper, at least right now he is. One time. So, with the stomach, as you can see, you actually a lot of people sleep on their stomachs, they actually have a pillow thats too fluffy, so it hurts your neck. The best thing to do is, like willie has here, a nice let me just pick this up a nice, flat pillow. I think tamron said she sleeps without a pillow. A lot of people who are stomach sleepers will do that as well. Because that puts a lot of pressure on your back. Exactly. You want to be nice and flat. If youre comfortable that way, sleep that way. Lets move over to al, and hes a side sleeper, as 54 of people were. And i also sleep fully clothed. In a suit and tie, too. For a side sleeper, which is what most people end up doing, you can have a pillow here to allow for the space between the neck and the bed, but also, a lot of people have back strain, so you want to add in a pillow i think we have a pillow down here. Excuse me. We can put a pillow between your knees here, and that can help with back. Excuse me. A full body pillow. Theres also a full body pillow. A lot of women who are pregnant find the belly makes it harder to sleep on their side. So a full body pillow, you can put it in the front like this. There are also ones that curve that can go under your head and around your body, and that can help. And if youre pregnant yeah. See . This is a lot of pillows for you, al, but if youre pregnant al. 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Well, ive been helping people save money with progressives discounts. Flo, can you get janice a job . [ laughs ] you shouldve stuck to softball i was so much better at softball than janice, dad. Wheres your wife, todd . Vacation. Discounts like homeowners, multipolicy i got a discount on this ham. Ive got the meat sweats. This is good ham, diane. Paperless discounts give it a rest, flo. All yeah, flo, give it a rest. Good morning, i am atracy davidson. Lets get the forecast from meteorologist bill henley. Tracy, the fog has gone. We are seeing breaks of sunshine at center city. Look at this view from the melon bank building. Blue skies over the comcast building. Temperatures are moving up. 54 northeast philadelphia. Allentown, 46, and 61 in wildwood. We will see much of the area warm into the 60s, partly to mostly sunny skies, light breeze out of the southwest. An arson investigation is under way. Crew hs to tackle five different fires at the theme park overnight. One in a utility shed at the safari off road adventure, the others in the woods nearby. No one was hurt. All the park animals are saech. Philadelphia police will driver a charge with dui after a crash. The man was heading towards the intersection when his car flipped over and hit a parked car. The driver had minor injuries. And in a few minutes, take a tour in new jersey in camden. At 11 00, a ceremony a memorial wreath will be thrown into the delaware river. We should also tell you that veterans can visit independence sea port museum, National Constitution center and independence hall, all free. National park Service Guides touring all free. Dont need a ticket. I am tracy davidson. We will have another update in 25 minutes. You can always get the latest on our website, nbc10. Com. Back to the today show. Welcome back to today on this tuesday morning, november 11th, 2014. Happy veterans day to all our servicemen and women, past and present out there. Im willie along with al, natalie and tamron and a special guest today, tv movie star bella thorne. Bella, good to see you. We know youre the queen of instagram with 3. 7 million followers i would not say the queen, but thank you very much. I just made you the queen. Thats how these things work, okay . We bow down to you. So, were going to try a little experiment before the interview here. Were going to have you take one of your perfect instagram shots a selfie . And see how many likes you get by the end of this segment. See if we can get all of us see, thats just too close. I dont want to see all that. Strategy to hitting it just right . Yeah, and theres a little button down here. Oh, shes got it, yeah. We are doing another one, silly face. Mmhmm. Okay. Oh, no, were going again. Were going again. Got to get it right. Yeah there you go. Happy . We dont have to put any effect on that, the lighting what filter do you think youd use . Um, i dont know. I put through a few different apps. My mom is a photographer, and she loves to edit photos, so i send it to her and see what she can do with that. Cool. So, do us a favor, while al does the weather, you can post it to instagram. At the end of our segment with you in a few minutes, well see how many likes you get as the queen of instagram. Ill say it again, you are the queen of instagram. Pressure. Its just bella thorne, so is my twitter and facebook. Simplicity unto itself. All right, lets check it out, see whats going on as bella posts to instagram. We will post our weather maps. Windy and cooler in the pacific northwest. Look for showers and thunderstorms along this front bringing snow behind it to the u. P. Of michigan, sunshine along the east coast. Temperatures still in the 60s. That will change tomorrow. Good morning, i am meteorologist bill henley. After a cloudy, foggy start, skies will turn partly sunny at times. Nice warmup on veterans day. Into the 60s. Wont be as cold tomorrow. Then the wind picks up, say goodbye to the 60s. Temperatures tumble thursday and friday. A cold start to the weekend. Saturday afternoon, 44 degrees. Chance of rain later on sunday. Wet weather continues into monday. Have a great day. And that is your latest weather. Bellas still posting right now. Guys, i had to put it in a square ready, okay . It didnt fit. Square ready. We dont even know what a square ready is. For instagram, your pictures are a square, so you have to make sure square ready. Now its ready. Ah. Yeah. There it is. Besides being expert selfietakers. Im instantly square ready. What do i caption it . Oh, well, we can have a caption contest. Please like us. Please like us . We want people to like us and put a caption. They can caption it. Oh, thats good, a caption contest. Then just say, like us and caption. We will only read your caption if you like us. So, its a barter. Okay. Did you know actress bella thorne is probably best known for her role on disneys shake it up and on big screen like alexander the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day alongside Jennifer Garner and steve carell . And now shes an author. She just released the first installment of a threebook series called autumn falls and thats why bellas here, besides taking a Selfie Instagram photo. Do we like it some. Instant approval. Looks good. So, you guys get to work, put the caption on. Meantime meantime, were going to talk about the book you wrote, autumn falls. And you, i mean, are now an accomplished author. I mean, i know that as somebody growing up, you had dyslexia and you overcame that. It had to be hard to, like, put a book together. Well, you never overcome it, necessarily. Its you know, im not going to lie, its not easy, and im not going to sit here and tell kids that it is easy and, you know, boom, its gone and you can do whatever. Its not. You really have to work at it, and i dont think that if i wasnt in the business that i am, that i am forced to read scripts for something that i love all the time, cold reads all the time doing it, just like on the show. The morning of table read, we would get the script. And before they knew i had dyslexia, it was really hard, because my character actually has a lot of lines and a lot of really big words. And so, it was tough. And then we wrote an episode called add it up that it says that ceci has dyslexia, which i think inspired a lot of kids, and so did the tti, the time i found out i had dyslexia, and i think this book, autumn in the book has dyslexia, and it challenges her. Its not something we kind of throw away and dont look at. Its constantly brought up in the book. And i think that its good to teach kids that its not that easy, that you really have to work hard at it. In fact, autumn, her characters half cuban, dysle c dyslexic, bullied by her peers in high school. Mmhmm. Was this somewhat auto biographical . Theres a lot of facts about me that i took to shape the character, yeah. My father passed away and her father passed away in the first few pages. And its brought up a lot in the book and he leaves her with this magical journal to help her through high school, and shes like, wow, dad, thanks. Die and leave me a journal, like thats going to help . And when she writes in the journal, things come to life, but since shes dyslexic, they come alive a little bit wonky, mostly backfiring on her throughout the series. Wow. The book is beautiful. And as you said, there is so much of you in this. Your career has taken off in such a way that youve been homeschooled, but you recently got to go to homecoming, i understand . Do we have pictures of it . Tell us about that experience. Really . I want to see them. There we go. There it is. Tell us about your date. Just came home from a flight, and thats tristan. Thats my boy thats his twin brother, cameron. Yes, im dating a twin, which i think is really cool. Wow its interesting, but theyre nothing alike. Then this is our group. Thats kyle and justin, who were always with. You guys look like the coolest kids in the world. I was going to say, look at that crew. We had a lot of fun. Then we ate at fast als, i dont know if you know that place. Kyle was like, lets go to fast als, and im like, im down and we got the biggest they have this ridiculous sandwich that has everything you can imagine in it and it was crazy. Were going to fat als together, but can you tell us how many likes you have . We have 9,000 in how many minutes . Like three minutes. Three minutes. Thats amazing. You are the queen thank you. And speaking of veterans day, the book actually has a lot to do with, i want to say veterans day, because the grandmother in the book, edie, its kind of based off of both of my grandmothers. My grandmother had dementia. She passed away. 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Hes on his tenth doctor. Weve been to multiple marriage therapists. Weve been to ptsd support groups. Why live another day dealing with the anxiety or the medications or the rage or the anger when you can have such a positive influence come into your life . What were doing does work. What were doing does make a difference for the families and their friends that now get to experience having their husband or wife back again, along with the assistance of a service dog. How many times do we see that, the power of a dog or a horse or any animal to help these guys . That bond. It really is, its a lifesaver for these guys. And a great program. For more information, if youre interested in helping canines for warriors, you can head to our website, today. Com. All right, well, up next, say cheese. Cheese all right, it is my favorite food outside of chocolate. And apparently, you all agree because youve told me your cheese favorite. But how do we indulge without gaining weight . 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I like cheese of all kinds for my fix, and you can also find it at my favorite bistro, where they have the most fabulous cheese counter, i think, in the world. All right, what do you have for me . This is the vacherin. Its wrapped in a fruit bark when we age it. It has a nice kind of eastern regime, chinese wintry feeling. So, you tell them say cheese . Yeah. That is amazing. So, i asked you guys to share your favorite cheeses. Katie hicks tweeted drunken goat spain is the best goat cheese ever for charcuterie platter, and another is manchego manchego. And cheddar the better. So with the holidays coming up, Ellie Krieger is a religioned nutritionist and ator of weeknights wonders. I love cheese, too i couldnt believe it. I think this is the first time i received tweets all night long when i posed the question for the cheese trend. Everybody loves cheese, those who can eat it and tolerate it. You can love it in a healthy way, but i understand youve had a little evolution. In my 20s, i was all about this cheese and i also loved anything in a block and anything you could spray on a meal. That was in my 20s. Thats a start. Okay, my 30s, i was all about the little snack sizes and cheddar cheese. And now im ripe old age of 40 and i like my age ripened. I love blue cheese well, you understand the benefits of aging, right . Yes, i do. Theres some beauty in that. But we want to eat it and not feel guilty. Exactly, and we dont have to. When youre confronted with a big cheese plate, isnt this beautiful . This is. One of the main things is dont belly up to it. What does that mean . Dont belly up to the cheese platter and stay there, because then you wind up eating like half a pound of cheese. Okay, is hard cheese more caloric than hard cheese . My first rule is take a plate and make your own Little Cheese plate so you dont scarf massive amounts of cheese. So if im at home around my house, make a cheese plate. Yes, and soft cheese has about a third fewer calories and fat than hard cheese. Oh, okay. And so, having a nice, rich goats cheese like the drunken goat, for example, or this ones beautiful my other dilemma is bread versus cracker. I go for the bread. Do we save calories eating it on a cracker . Not necessarily. Oh, good. But what i suggest is have some fruit on your plate. Grapes are beautiful with cheese. Okay. So, take advantage, if i may so dont just haul in on the cheese. If youre at a party, Holiday Season, load it up with different things. Right. These things work beautifully with cheese. They complement the flavors. And the thing, is an ounce and a half to 2 ounces of cheese is what you should go for. Should we avoid the spread, quickly . You know what, have a little. Go with the fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, go with it. And were out of time. Were going continuous on today. Com, but your last piece of advice, real quick. Savor it. Theyre meant to be savored. 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He faces federal kidnapping charges after he abducted a woman off a germantown street last week. She was rescued three days later in maryland. The ymca is closed after an Early Morning fire. Investigators say an air conditioner and space heater unit started the fire around 4 00 a. M. Theres smoke and water damage inside, but the Fitness Center is open. A veterans day ceremony will start soon at washington square. He will lay a wreath there which is a veterans day tradition. Another update in 25 minutes. Get real time updates on weather and news at nbc10. Com. Back to the today show. Thanks for watching. Have a great day. helicopter whirring roars siren wails pop music playing when youre ready ready, ready, ready come and get it get it, get it when youre ready, come and get it na na na na na na na na na na na when youre ready, come and get it na na na na. Female announcer its a great big world and it can all be yours. Here and only here. Come and get it. From nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Oh, it is a good day when were already laughing. This is a somber day as well, veterans day, tuesday, november 11th. We want to pay great tribute to all those who served our country and given the ultimate sacrifice for it. I certainly have members of my family that did. And it is a great time to remember and celebrate. I think some people see it as a day off and the day the banks close. But it is a time that maybe take a few minutes today and say thanks because we all absolutely. You see a veteran or anybody in the armed forces out there today, ask if it is okay to give them a hug an say thank you, okay . We have one of our first people with us this morning. The one, the only bette midler. Well check with her. Shes going to perform for us too. She has a new cd and it is all kind of girlie harmonizing songs that are all fun. Tribute to all the good girl groups out there. Remember that for the boys, her movie for the boys. Boogie woogie bugle boy. One of the greatest performers youll ever see in your life. Shes going on tour. The other good news, we have the christmas tree. It arrived. Were the only people who havent noticed. It is a little hard to notice it because there is all this scaffolding around it because theyre trying to make it bigger. But it is here. The tourists are taking pictures of the scaffolding. Nobody cares. And the lighting is wednesday, december 4th, right before the unbelievable new today show musical, starring regis philbin. Everybody is talking about it. They will be. Were doing a special edition of ambush makeover for Service Members in the army. Two active duty women. It will be fun to get them ready for civilian life again. And bobby is here from the magnolia bakery. Shell help us cook great sweets for our thanksgiving dinner. Good stuff. What is going on, hoda . A lot is happening. But lets talk well talk about joan rivers. There were some, like, just some revelations about what happened. I think a lot of us wondered what happened. We have been waiting for it, yeah. The medical report, they did come out and they have released everything they say the clinic did wrong. They talked about the multiple failings that went on when joan went into a cardiac arrest. She was undergoing an endoscopy back in august. Heres what they found out. They said doctors did not record her body weight to determine the correct amount of propofol and thats the stuff that put her to sleep to give her. So what you understand, i guess, from that is they didnt realize how light she was and gave her too much. If you didnt know joan, shes bigger than life personality, but shes tiny. Really, really tiny. Also knowing joan, she wouldnt give her weight. You have to take it. Sure. I guess on the record it says the anesthesiologist wrote down 300 milligrams, the amount of propofol, which is about twice as much as would be required. That was in certain reports. Shes saying she didnt give her that much, but thats what she wrote down. That was reported i think in a couple of things. Her personal physician performed the procedure even though she wasnt a member of the clinic staff. And they say joan only consented to upper endoscopy, what she agreed to. They said her doctors decided to go do a laryngoscopy. Her personal physician, all alleged, requested a photo to be taken of her and joan. Less than professional. Doctors at the clinic said they didnt identify her deteriorating vital signs. And intervene in a timely way. Melissa says this, miss rivers is outraged by the conduct and mismanagement shown to have occurred before, during and after that procedure. Moving forward miss rivers will direct her efforts toward ensuring that what happened to her mother will not occur again with any other patient. Thats exactly what you you know, you just it is such a tragedy, a personal tragedy, and then you think, if i dont do something about this, it is going to happen to somebody else. So you feel compelled to do that. Yorkville Endoscopy Center statement said, yorkville has been fully cooperative and collaborative with all regulatory and accreditation agencies, the physicians involved in the direct care and treatment referenced in the report no longer practice or provide services at yorkville. But still were going to hear would you go in for a procedure there . Look, you hear about something going wrong like that, and people taking photographs when someone is out, it makes you not want to go anywhere near it. But it sounds like they got rid of some of the people. Lets have something fun. Shall we . Yes, a shih tzu dressed up look a teddy bear. Who doesnt love that . The owner, cynthia ross, she made this costume herself. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Wait a minute. A little bear suit. What . She put the bear suit on the arms are just flopping. Awe i thought, geez, he should be in the circus. Thats the cutest thing. I cant stand it. One more. Just keep walking. Oh, my gosh, is that adorable. Can we talk about garth brooks . Yes. Garth brooks was at a concert first of all, welcome back. Yes, exactly. So great to see him. There was a young woman in the front row of the concert and she was holding up a sign, said he was performing in minneapolis and it said, chemo this morning, garth tonight. Enjoy the dance. Well, thats one of his biggest hits. That sign caught garths eye. And this is what happened. This is what he said. He sees her in the front row. He goes down. God just stuck his hand out. He says it like it is. Yes. His mom and his sister, yeah, they both passed away from cancer. You love moments like that, this woman sitting there and, you know, music heals. And certainly does, hoda. Youve proven that. I think there is a rumor hell be with us next week. I cant wait. We love him. So now there say little thing going on with taylor swift, getting tons of attention now for her new song blank space. The video. The whole cd is awesome. Im sure im learning it. In this video, she plays a jealous girlfriend who goes crazy and then goes crazier. Lets look at taylor in a jealous rage. Oh, my god who is she i get drunk on jealousy youll come back each time you leave im a nightmare dressed like a day dream theyll tell you im insane you know i love to play and you love the game thats so stalkerish and freaky. And fun. Oh, my gosh. Nightmare dressed look a day dream. Oh. Shes scary. Guys, by the way, the guys are all shuttering. They are fatal attraction. With the knife and the cake. What was going on . And the rabbit. And rabbit. Carrie underwood had fun with jealousy herself. She did it first. Before he shecheats. Watch this. Carve my name into his leather seat she looks crazy. She doesnt look crazy. Taylor did. It was so awesome. Just a shoutout to the glamour awards last night. Everywhere. They honor great, great, great people and they took place at carnegie hall. They honored a whole bunch of people. Mandy kalive was there, a blast. Robin roberts got a big award for one of the strength awards. Mindy was hysterical, asking for you. Wheres kathie lee. I love her. Shes the best. Congrats to all the women and cyndi levy for taking care of that. Chevy to the levy shes terrific. Snooze or lose. How to keep sleeping like a baby as you age. And bette midler, baby. Shes out with brandnew music. Well talk to her. Shes going to sing for us. Dont miss that. It i ring ring . Progresso you soup people have my kids loving vegetables. Well vegetables. Shh taste better in our savory broth. Vegetables . No. Soup oh soup loaded with vegetables. Packed with taste. Man mr. Mucus tore do you work, with you. Ing . Its taco tuesday. Man youre not coming. I took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. Im good all day. 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One pill, twice daily, xeljanz can reduce ra pain and help stop further joint damage, even without methotrexate. Ask about xeljanz. Were back with one of the greatest entertainers ever. The truly divine bette midler. Grammy winner singer, sold more than 30 million albums, released her 25th one, it is called its the girls. A collection of songs from the greatest female groups of all time. So glad youre us with. Hi, ladies. Love the new cd. I thought you meant these girls. I meant all of it. The songs on this are just some are great throwbacks. How did you pick the songs that we started with about 50 songs, probably more than 50 songs, old favorites, some songs i kept that are whirling around in my head for years and years that i wanted to record, like the one i had held waterfalls, i had that in my mind for years. The first time i heard the song i sobbed my i had to sing it because it was so moving. And, but, of course, a lot of songs from my youth. Its the girl, the first record i ever owned. And you wore it out. I wore it out. I wore it out. And then people think of me and they hear that. But then we have the quartets, the chiffons, the marvelettes, the supremes. We had darlene love, she came and did a duet with me. That was fantastic. Really great. Waterfalls was one of those songs that it it caught fire on the internet. Some songs do, some songs dont. That song, why do you think that i was really interested. I never that never happened to me before. You know, i think because a lot of people didnt know the lyrics. I think that they i think the song was so magical, and those girls were so wonderful, but there was so much you didnt really hear see you didnt hear the lyrics. The lyrics are very yes. It moves me, i figure it is going to move some other people if i do it right. Youre going to take this on the road . I am. How do you feel about going on the road . Im torn. You can afford to do anything you want to do. That is the hardest work in the whole world. It is. You give your all. You bet. You do. Ive seen you so many times live and maybe you dont know youre giving it your all. Oh, believe me, i know. Youre having the time of your life. Fantastic. Youre on the stage and you come off like it is fabulous. The crowds are great. You see new cities, you see you eat different food. It is great. But you cant sing all the harmonies on the road. You have to take the three new fantastic girls with you. It is the girls. Its the girls. Can we talk about your other your daughter. Oh, my god. First of all, shes on broadway now. Shes chosen to take your path. Yes, she has. Shes an actor. What did you think of her making that choice . You know, she had had a big life, went to a good college, junior year abroad, learned chinese, she went to china, she had a job in china, she traveled through china, but somethings going to happen, shes going to china, all of a sudden she came home from china and said, you know what, im going to be an actor. We said okay. All right. And we got behind her and, you know, its been great. She really she has a knack for it, and she has a feeling for it that honestly to tell you the truth, i love it, but not the way she does. She really loves the literature and she understands the history of it and everything. I threw myself into it. Is she funny also . She loves to laugh. Shes my best audience. I make her cry. Really . With laughter. A little afraid to be in your shadow, thats why that wasnt it at all. I told her when she was 5, she went into show business, i would kill her. I think thats what dissuaded her. How far can i get . What was your husbands reaction . Congratulations, coming up on 30 years. 30 years of laughter and tears. Amazing. In hollywood, it doesnt last that long. I think the secret is you have to learn to listen, which i still have not done. And you cant interrupt which i still have not done. But you have to keep trying. And you have to compromise. You have to learn to compromise, which is the hardest part of all. I married when i was 40, very close to 40, 38. I had my baby when i was almost 41. So i was i had a big life. I had i supported myself, paid my own rent, wrote my con edison checks. To have a new person, it is 30 years, i lived with him longer almost as long as i was on my own so youre on top of the world. Were so happy. The new cd is sensational. Such a feel good thats amazing. It really is. These are times you need to put a smile on your face. You really need that. And youll sing for us later. Im torn. Im torn. Im going to sing too many fish in the sea. Cute. Bette midler will be back to sing that. Were thrilled. A very special veterans day edition of ambush makeover. First, these messages. Bette midler. When he first joined the army, i was very nervous. We didnt know what they would have him doing. But, bobby always had a plan. [ male announcer ] with unmatched training in over 150 careers beyond the battlefield, there are over 150 surprising ways to become army strong. Talk to your son or daughter about opportunities in the army. And for grandpa moving in with us for a few, uh, months. Hes such a wonderful role model for little jimmy. And, uh, i think were all very excited. [ male announcer ] kraft macaroni cheese. You know you love it. We givecold symptoms. Om your kraft macaroni cheese. You give them the giggles. Tylenol® cold helps relieve your worst cold and flu symptoms. But for everything we do, we know you do so much more. Tylenol® theand the kids always eat sky their vegetables. E. Because the salad there is always served with the original Hidden Valley ranch. 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Maple syrup, that gives it a nice little fall were not light on calories here . No, once the season hits, youre done with counting calories. What are the spices . Ginger, cloves and cinnamon. Give that a nice little mix. And then dont want to overmix on this. This is where people sometimes your pumpkin pie rises too much and cracks. It is the overmixing. Oh. Add your eggs one at a time. Then you add milk, and i like to add heavy cream. Of course, you do. Why not . It gives it some richness. Okay. Richness is everything. Thats your filling. Goes into the baked pie shell. You bake it . You bake it. About 45 minutes. 350 . Starts out at 425 and drop it down to 350. This is your custard pie. Dont let it overcook. Once it comes out of the oven, it puffs8aup, after 40 minutes. This is the praline top. This is the magic stuff. Okay. I love putting candy on top of your pumpkin pie. Pecan, brown sugar, corn syrup. You pinch it on top. And spread that around the pie. It looks like this . Comes out like this. Goes in the hot oven, 350, ten minutes. Im sorry. Excuse me. Has a lot of cream in it. No, it is fine. It is fine. A tiny little bit. A little bit. It is that candy topping. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. Ill do the next so good. Delicious. The classic apple pie, we bumped it up a notch and made a small change on it. We finished it off with caramel. To simplify things a little, we started the lattice for you. Grab one long piece, so that will be the piece that goes down the middle strip. Lattice is it is very easy to make. This is a great thing about this, dough is like glue. You fold back every other ill fold back every other strip. You take a short strip, like braiding it. Well bake it. We have to come in the back. We dont have that much time. Oh. Well come over here. It looks so delicious. Were going to ice some cupcakes. Our favorite thing to do, a nice tear drop scoop of your buttercream. 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On this veterans day, lets look at whats happening right now. Veterans are being invited to take a free tour of the battleship new jersey. The tours will be through 3 00 this afternoon. In 30 minutes, a ceremony will be held on the battleship and a memorial wreath will be tossed into delaware river. Right now a veteran day ceremony is under way at the time at the time at the tiomb o the unknown soldier. Here are places the veterans can visit today. Im vai sikahema. A full hour of news in 30 minutes. You can always get the latest news and weather on nbc10. Com. Back with more of today on this veterans day, tuesday. But we made a mistake early on. We dont usually. We want to point out we always say it when we say it, when we get it wrong. The lighting of the tree is on december 3rd. But the musical is december 4th. Wow. Now we have special edition of ambush makeovers. This time we wanted to treat two active Duty Service Women to gorgeous new looks courtesy of our crack makeover team, stylist to the stars, louis licari and today contributor and author jill martin. And the woman who helped us find these two deserving ladies is julie louis nuremberg, a founder of operation reinvent, a program dedicated exclusively to helping Women Veterans find new jobs after military service. Hi. How are you. Thank you so much. Thank you. It must mean a lot to these women. Tell us about that. It does. It really does. These women well, what they do is we support them transition back into civilian life. And they have military skills into and we help them find the right job, and very importantly, especially today, we help them get in touch with their femininity, because they spend all the lives in the military. Still women inside. Lets meet them, shall we . Lets do it. Our first lovely lady is u. S. Army major sherry fazio. I love her. Listen to her story. When i was 17 and still in high school, i joined the army. My assignments have taken me to korea, kuwait, iraq, africa, and honduras, where i met my dog maya. Today i work as a future Operations Officer at ft. Bragg, north carolina. After 24 years of service, im excited to transition to civilian life, knowing that i can accomplish anything that comes my way. There has been some rough patches, but everything i am and have become in life is due to my faith, the support of my family and friends, and my military service. Guess whos with us . Sherrys proud mama. Julie is wearing one too for fun. Okay. Lets keep the blindfolds on for a minute. Take one last look of sherry before. All right. Sherry, lets see the new you. Wow wow. All right. Julie, take off your blindfold. Wow. Thank you. Are you ready . Im nervous. Youre going to love it. All right. Turn right around. Take a look. Oh , my gosh look at that. You look amazing. Thank you, jerry. Tell us about the hair. When a privilege to work with both of these women. What did we do with the hair . This is igors haircut. What i did to the hair color, i made it lighter and warmer which works so well with her complexion. Natural looking. It looks like it comes from her. How do you feel . Amazing. And so lucky to have this opportunity and i really thank you guys and thank you, jewelry. We want to thank you for starters, lets begin there. She looks beautiful. Is this the best . She picked it out, the first thing we tried. The first thing we tried on and it is laundry by shelly siegel. Big round of applause. Sherry, go over there and join julie. We have Master Sergeant lesean morris with the u. S. Army. Lets learn something about her, okay . I am an army brat. My father is a vietnam veteran who served 23 years in the army. When i graduated from high school, it seemed natural for me to join. I was a single mother and a soldier at the same time. Even though my son has grown up, it was extremely hard to be away from him when i was in afghanistan for 18 months. And if it wasnt for my mom, and her help, there is no way i would have made it this far. But all and all, the 20 plus years have been amazing. I have learned so much about myself, i am tougher than i thought. Youre pretty darn tough, yes. Here to see the results are leseans mom deborah and her motherinlaw lorraine. Lets take one more keep your blindfolds on for one second. All righty. Keep them on. One more look at lesean before and now lets bring her out. Keep your blind folds on. Oh, wow wow oh, my all right, ladies. Take off your blindfolds. Who is that girl . Who are you . Are you ready to look . Jerry, more tissues. Spin it around. You look oh, my gosh. Is that me . It is. Take another look. Look right here in camera 12. Oh, my gosh. Oh. Oh, wow. Oh, my. What do you think over there . What do you think, mom . Oh. Tell us about the hair. Lesean has a name tag to remember who she is. This is another great haircut, igor side swept layers around the face, brought them back up, which just makes it so incredibly chic. It is feminine, sporty. And, of course, the makeup by enid. Beautiful. She loves it a little bit. I wanted to give her a piece she could mix and match as we go through. This is the perfect jacket for now by andrew mark. The blouse is cooper and ella and nydj jeans. Fantastic. Lets bring back our other lovely ladies. Come on out. Big round of applause. Happy veterans day. Nice job, you guys. Good job. Are you having trouble sleeping or not getting enough. The answer is probably yes. Well have tips to help you get the answer is probably yes. Well have tips to help you get more shut ever since we launched snapshot, my life has been positively craycray. Whats snapshot, you ask . Only a revolutionary tool that can save you bigtime. Just plug it in, and the better you drive, the more cash youll stash. 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[ pop muzak plays ] [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. Choose prego. All right, time for a special series called snooze or lose. Remember you were a teenager and you could sleep forever . Not anymore. Exactly. The older and busier we get, the more sleep it takes to get us back in the seat, not to mention the physical changes going on in our bodies as we age, which means it is even harder and harder to have a good rest. Im so depressed. Me too. Here with sleep solutions from your 30s to your 70s is dr. Nancy simkins for the state of new jersey. Hello. So as we age, obviously, our sleep patterns change, right . What is the basic . How much do we need . Really, it is for all of us, we could use seven to nine hours a night. It is a medical myth that you need less as you get older, you just get less. It is really a myth. If you dont get the sleep you need, what can happen . Cumulatively, it can really lead to heart disease, hypertension, obesity, so we really need to sleep. You have all three of those at this point. I havent slept through a night in 25 years. Moms, you start at a young age, 30s to 40s. Multitasking, right . All day long. Youre taking care of small children and then and jobs too, many women. Most women are working now. 70 of women are now in the workforce and taking care of children and juggling. Bed time, how do you wind down . The same way you wind down your children. They should read a little bit before bed, you should read a little bit before bed. What about reading on a tablet . Not so good. We learned that the l. E. D. Lighting stimulates the nervous system. So 30 minutes before bed, oldfashioned book. A magazine, a newspaper. Something conversation. Television. Not television. How many hours do you need in your 30s and 40s . Same, seven to nine. 50s . The same. Thats the problem. Ou really al nights sleep. In your 50s, it is lifestyle and now it begins to be hormonal changes. Like a prune. And we dont get estrogen anymore. We know why. Medically it is not safe. What can you do . You can always talk to your doctor. Make sure you discuss it with your doctor and give a good history. We can alter things. If youre a night exerciser, maybe become a morning exerciser. If i exercise in the evening, i cant sleep. Exactly. It stimulates you. You need to do it in the morning. You are to talk about medication. Certain medications should be taken in the morning because they act as a stimulant. Other medications kind of have a side effect of fatigue. Take them in the evening. What about sleep aids . Sleep aids, lets start with over the counter products. They do work. And talk to your doctor about them, discuss things like melatonin, and try those before moving on. Take something than not sleep . 100 . We all need sleep. In your 60s this is me. We finally got there. Problem with the 60s is we start to see physical ailments as well as lifestyle. Lets see if i got them. Arthritis. You dont have that. If you have sleep apnea. You have that. So youre i havent slept for 25 years. There is amazing new things you can do for sleep apnea, you dont have to wear that mask anymore. There is new devices that you can wear that are actually kind of becoming. In your 70s and beyond. Now it becomes really physical. And youre retiring from work. And youre home all day. And youre resting. And then youre not tired. So take a morning walk. Talk to your doctor about your medications. Be busy. Keep living. Keep going. Thank you. Thank you. For more information on getting a good nights sleep, head to klgandhoda. Com. And if you have a spouse or partner who keeps you awake at night, we want to hear how you deal with it. Right. Go to our Facebook Page and post your video telling us your solution. Or what issue you deal with every night. 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Always in life into each heart some tears must fall though you love and lose you must stand tall cause we all got to cry sometimes i said sigh sometimes pull yourself together no use crying forever because theres too many fish in the sea too many fish in the sea i said theres short ones tall ones fine ones kind ones too many fish in the sea my mother once told me something and every word is true dont waste your time on a fella who does not love you hell only mislead you only grieve you dont worry about him let it go do without him because theres too many fish in the sea too many fish in the sea i said theres short ones tall ones fine ones kind ones too many fish in the sea well if the fish isnt on your line bait your hook and keep on trying dont let him get you down theres other boys around because theres too many fish in the sea too many fish in the sea thats right i said theres too many fish in the sea you know theres short ones tall ones fine ones kind ones too many fish in the sea come on, girls. Lets go fishing. Look, its moby dick. Back off, girls. Stay out of my way now. Hello, honey. I have some krill waiting to i you at home. Everybody loves her. Bette midler. Were back in a moment. First, this is today on nbc. We love our facebook fans and they always send us terrific pictures. Today, they sent us in beautiful baby pictures. We want to take a look at some of those. That is the one, the only tammy filler. She is our executive producer. It is her birthday. We love her. Little tammy. More, more. We need the split screen. Oh, my gosh. I thought it was kristen stewart. Oh, my gosh. Here we go. Another one for you. More cake, more champagne. We love you, tammy filler. And tomorrow on your birthday. One of our favorites, the black list star ryan eggler. He loves us. Are we we cant take away from tammy yet. Happy birthday, tammy. We love you. 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