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Jonguns half brother. What was the motivation . And rumor has it, a fiveyearold German Shepherd named for one of adeles biggest hits crowned top dog. The story behind her unlikely best in show title. Today wednesday, february 15th, 2017. Good morning, everyone, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer in for Sheinelle Jones. Its been such a busy week. Every morning were waking up to new developments. We have one this morning, its our top story. The stunning new report that members of president Trumps Campaign team and other associates were communicating with senior russian officials during the election. We have the latest on that jackson. What can you tell us . Reporter good morning to you, this morning were learning a bit more about the timeline of who knew what when in this crisis over the National Security advisor that has consumed the white house. Critics here on capitol hill say they still dont know nearly enough. They want Michael Flynn to face questions. As new questions come up now about the Trump Campaigns interactions with russia. New this morning on capitol hill, a growing chorus of questions about the trump team and its connections to moscow. Overnight, the New York Times citing current and former u. S. Officials reporting Trump Campaign aides and senior russia intelligence officials were in contact during the campaign. Something the administration has previously denied. The times suggesting the communications were uncovered at the same time accusations that russia was meddling in the president ial surface. At the white house, new revelations Vice President mike pence didnt know mike flynn may have misled him about a call with the Russian Ambassador for two full weeks after the president was notified about potential inconsistencies. This was an act of trust, whether or not he misled the Vice President was the issue. Thats ultimately what led to the president asking for and accepting the resignation of general flynn. Reporter nbc news was the first to report that the Vice President was in the dark until this past thursday. T that call made, on december 29th. The same day the Obama Administration announced those sanctions against russia. The next day Vladmir Putin said he wouldnt retaliate. President trump praising putin tweeting great move i always knew he was ve two weeks later Vice President pence denied the call between flynn and the ambassador was about sanctions. It was coincidental that they had a conversation. Reporter two weeks after that the white house says the president s team was told by the Justice Department flynn may not have told the truth about the discussions. The president spent the next three weeks evaluating whether he could trust flynn. Three weeks in which flynn sat in on meeting after meeting even delivering a stern warning to iran. We are officially putting iran on notice. Reporter as concerns grew, a Senior Administration official tells nbc news the white house started distancing itself from flynn by bringing in other top advisors to handle key duties. Top staffers talking about who might replace flynn last week. Now democrats are demanding to know more. The president learned weeks ago that his National Security advisor, not a low level federal employee, had people. You know what . They were okay with that. Reporter as if it were not busy enough here in washington, the hill is set to get a visit from israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. After the Prime Minister meets with President Trump over at the white house. Peace talks certain to be on that agenda with the white house now appearing to back off the need for a two state solution. A Senior Administration official saying a two state solution without peace is not a goal anyone wants to achieve. Expect iran to also come up in these discussions between the two leaders. By the way, both of them set to face reporters at President Trumps Second Press Conference in the last three days. Matt. Hallie jackson, thanks so much. Michael flynn was interviewed by the fbi about his phone call with russias ambassador. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle want it to be investigated. Pete williams is nbcs correspondent. When exactly did the fbi talk to general flynn . What kinds of questions did they ask him . Reporter senior Officials Say it was within just a few days after he became the National Security advisor just after the inauguration. They wanted to talk to him about his conversations with russias ambassador to the u. S. These Officials Say they were not investigating flynn, that they were investigating russias meddling in the election. We know that Michael Flynn lost his job in the administration because he wasnt completely honest over that phone call. If its determined he wasnt completely honest with the fbi, what could the consequences be . Reporter well, if they determine that he was lying to the agents, thats a crime. But the senior officials that weve talked to, two of them, say it did not appear that flynn was trying to mislead them. They say its partly a matter of incomplete memory and so do not believe hell be charged with a crime, either for that interview with the fbi or for talking to the Russian Ambassador before the inauguration. Pete williams for us on this story, thank you very much. I want to turn to steve kornacki. Lets start with the New York Times reporting. During the election and in the transition Trump Officials and advisors were in contact with russian officials. This is something the team trump has denied in the past. How can they explain this now . Its important to say, one up front they say in the article theres no direct evidence thats emerged between them and russia. How do republicans react to this . With a few exceptions, youve had a john mccain, lindsey graham, they have been raising issues about trump the administration and russia. The question is does this snowball. Provoked that other republicans who have not previously been critical and say this is bigger. Why did the president wait two full weeks to ask for his resignation . This is after being warned by the Justice Department, hes vulnerable. Was he trying to ride this out . If were to come to the conclusion that the Trump Administration thought this would go away, the timeline gives you plenty of supporting evidence for that. Including the fact he did not tell and no one told the Vice President. He was in the dark. The fact it came out in the Washington Post, there were reports there was a conversation there about russia, about the sanctions and only then was mike pence who had been sent out on National Television to vouch for mike flynn. Only then was he informed of this. That creates a lot of suspicion this go back to the day that then president obama imposes those sanctions on russia. We know thats the same day that Michael Flynn called the Russian Ambassador. We have to remember that after those new sanctions were imposed. Russias leader, putin and others, said we will retaliate. And after that phone call with Michael Flynn, no retaliation. The Vice President says its a coincidence. Are we supposed to believe it was a coincidence . Four events in a 24 hour period at the end of december trump is not yet president. You have the announcement of sanctions from obama, you have the phone call between flynn and the ambassador. And putin said no retaliation. Then donald trump tweeted and said great move by putin, ive always thought he was a wise man. Would the russians have gone against retaliating if they Michael Flynn was free lancing in that call . That he wasnt being administration. Thats the other thing that makes it suspicious to people. If he was delivering a message like that would be delivering a message that was discordant with anything trump said. Just real quickly, the administration backing off the two state solution in terms of settling the violence in the middle east. Benjamin netanyahu is one of trumps biggest support. Hes saying something they want to hear. Steve kornacki, thank you very much. Also new this morning, crews in Northern California are still working to shore up the emergency spillway at the nations tallest dam before more rain pounds the region. Officials are lifting a Mass Evacuation order for nearly 200,000 nearby residents. Miguel almanguer has the clock construction work seems to be having an impact. The massive bags of boulders behind me. Later on well head over to the emergency spillway to kind of shore it up. Its been a beehive of activity over the last 48 hours. Hundreds of construction teams have been working around the clock to shore up the spillway. The big concern was if it collapsed, a 30 foot wall of water would cascade into the communities below. Meantime, the mass water release continues today. The water level here at the reservoir has dropped 20 feet and counting. Theyll continue to release water to make way for incoming storms. Those Mass Evacuations, nearly 200,000 people, the mandatory evacuations have been lifted overnight. Hundreds of people have been streaming back towards their homes. Repopulating this area. But the threat simply is not gone. Over the next several days well see the area. Thats why theyre releasing all of that water. The concern is will the spillway hold, so far the officials believe yes. Thank you. More rain, two words people out there do not want to hear. Two big storms getting ready to hit that area. The Atmospheric River stretches from japan all the way across the pacific ocean. Past hawaii all the way to the west coast. Were talking more than 6,000 miles. Almost twice the length of the united states. Here we go, were going to be watching the rain. First storm comes in over the next 24 hours. Second storm brings another couple of inches. Around the oroville area we could see three to five inches of rain. The second storm brings heavy rain into southern california. Flash flooding, four to eight inches of rain for the south facing mountains. This time yesterday we were telling you about thunderstorms. In the houston area, take a look at the video weve got. At least six unconfirmed tornados touching down. That Severe Weather continues to move east. In fact, its along the southeastern Atlantic Coast bringing strong storms to the southeast from charleston to f jacksonville. One more storm is making its way across the Northern Tier of new england. Seven Million People under some Winter Weather advisory. Rounds of heavy snow. Another eight to 16 inches of snow, guys for Northern New England. Parts of maine. Theyve really got to worry about the weight of snow on roofs throughout much of maine. Were talking tons of snow across that area. All right. Keep our eye on that. Al, thank you very much. Now to a story thats been in the news for nearly four decades. Pedro hernandez a former Convenience Store clerk was convincedn a 6yearold. Hernandezs first trial ended 21 months ago with a hung jury. After the verdict, the victims father says weve found a measure of justice for our little boy. In the meantime, the faa is investigating a serious incident involving Harrison Ford. On monday, the actor was flying his private plane coming in for a landing in california. Instead of landing on the runway, he mistakenly landed on a taxiway and flew right over the top of an American Airlines jet. Nbcs tom costello covers aviation for us. Good morning. Reporter the passenger plane was a 737 preparing for departure when fords plane flew over the top of it. What some are calling a close call with American Airlines taking a formal step of notifying both the faa and the ntsb. In aviation circles, Harrison Ford is celebrated as much for being a star. American airlines has notified the faa and ntsb. It happened in orange county, county, california, on monday. Ford had been cleared to land on the shot runway, runway 20 left. He lined up and landed on the parallel taxiway, charlie where planes taxi. He flew over the top of an American Airline 737 that was holding at the end of the taxiway before preparing for departure. Flight 1456 was loaded with 110 passengers and six crew members for a flight to dallas. Once on the ground, mr. Ford radioed air traffic control, was that airliner meant to be underneath me . The controller told ford he landed on taxiway c. To which ford replied. I landed on c. Landing on a taxiway is a clear so how did it happen . Operating in and out of this airport, its a small airport. Theres a lot of traffic going in and out of it. Its complex bit of air space that requires a lot of concentration. Reporter it was just two years ago that ford was injured when his vintage plane crash landed on a santa monica golf course. Investigators later blamed that crash on an engine failure. Ford joked about it on the ellen show. You crashed a plane. And it was a the plane crashed. I was aboard the plane and it crashed. I didnt. Reporter thankfully on monday what may have been a close call, but no injuries. Ford is not commenting on the incident. The faa will investigate and likely interview him. Experts say its possible he could have his pilots license suspended. If he cooperation with investigators were told its not likely. Its more likely hed receive a written reprimand or warning. T c texas. Emergency crews are at the scene of a pipe line explosion. The blast so strong it could be seen up to 30 miles away. The flames lighting up the night sky. Some residents who live an hour away say they felt their homes shake. The explosion happened southeast of san antonio. Officials say no one was injured and the fire has been put out. A fast thinking Police Officer is getting credit this morning for saving a Fast Food Restaurant near dallas from catching fire. This was all caught on camera. The officer was called to a jack in the box where he found a truck in the drive thru engulfed in flames. He jumped the curb and used his patrol car to push the truck forward away from the building. No one was injured in that incident. Wow, quick thinking. Al . Lets take a quick look, show you what we have around the rest of the country today. Were looking for heavy rain moving into the pacific northwest. Unseasonably mild through the plain states. Look for the developing storm in the northeast. In between the coasts, looks awfully nice. Were quogoing to get to your ll forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Good morning, we have a lot of clouds outside this morning. Even some areas of light rain across Southern Maryland towards fredricksburg. Thats where the rain chances will be focused. A cold front could wring out rain or a snowshower in just about any part of the news 4 nation. Temperatures right now are in the 30s and 40s. All the clouds around today will stay in the 40s. Tomorrow blustery and colder. That doesnt stick around. It will be mild for the weekend. Thats your latest weather. Thanks very much. Coming up an overnight arrest in the bizarre murder of the half brother of north koreas kim jongun. Were female assassins ordered to kill him . Are you sure your smoke alarms really work . Were going door to door to keep your family safe. First this is today on nbc. Coming up, stu studio 1a overflowing with stars. From kate upton to Christi Brinkley and her daughters. If thats not enough, gwen stefani and tracy morgan are thomas so sorry, excuse me. 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Americas longest lasting roll. 7 26 is your time now on this wednesday, february 15th, 2017. Good morning im eun yang. Im aaron gilchrist. In the news this morning, were working to find out what led to a deadly shooting. Prince georges police say they found the man dead last night. Theyre calling it a homicide but they didnt identify the suspect or victim. Protesters are getting in the middle of traffic in fairfax right now. They say theyre there for natasha mckenna. She died after a struggle with sheriffs deputies at a Detention Center last year. Her death was ruled an accident. Protesters say theyll be with Melissa Mollet and your first 4 traffic. 395 inbound at seminary road, do have a crash here. Doesnt look so bad on the camera. Looks worse when you look on the map. Eastbound 50 near kennel north avenue. Crash reported there. Northbound north capital street. Beltway is recovering, no major problems on 270. Well take a quick break and check your forecast next. Good wednesday morning. A lot of clouds outside this morning. Most of the raindrops are south of washington. And for the most part thats where theyll stay today. Rain chance is at 60 . Theres a chance of a shower or two around the washington metro area this afternoon as a cold front comes by. Staying in the 30s tomorrow with quite a best of a northwest breeze around. Again as we head into the long president s day weekend. High on sunday near 65. Another local news update in 25 minutes. Now back to the today show after this short break. I feel it coming 7 30 on a wednesday morning. It is the 15th of february, 2017. Day after valentines day. Nice people out on the plaza. Well have to say hi to them. Inside studio 1 a, heres the headlines. Aides and associates of President Trump made repeat contact with members of Russian Intelligence Community during the campaign. Thats something the Trump Campaign has previously denied. There is no evidence so far that the Trump Campaign work woued w the russians. President trump is reacting on twitter calling the sor information is being illegally given to the failing New York Times and Washington Post by the intelligence community. He says nsa and fbi, just like russia. The mandatory Evacuation Order for nearly 200,000 people around the damaged oroville dam in Northern California has been lifted. But residents are being warned a new one could be issued. Crews are racing to repair erosion scars to the dams emergency spillway before more storms roll in. Residents in Southeast Texas are cleaning up after a powerful storm tore through the region, spawning at least six tornados. 27 miles outside of houston another twister destroyed four homes. I want to tell you about an overnight arrest in connection with the bizarre murder of north Korean Leader kim jonguns half brother. It happened at malaysian airport with reports he was targeted by assassi assassin korea with that story. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Evening here in asia where it feels like were getting just a glimpse into secret killers. Two women allegedly carried out an assassination. Kim jonguns estranged half brother kim jung tam. Two women struck at the malaysian airport assaulting him with a toxic liquid. He alleged murder like a scene from jason bourne. Many asking, what this an execution by spies for the north korean government. That countrys supreme leader, kim jongun had his own uncle tried and executed. His brother, who at one time was the countrys heirap been critical of the brutal regime. I think more tension with north korea. Reporter we travelled to the north korean border. Across this border described as the most dangerous in the world, north korea has fired radio waves to take out south koreas gps. People say its the one place that the cold war never ended. Reporter just this weekend, north korea tested a medium range missile. Its likely aim to provoke donald trump. In 2014, its spies were accused of hacking sony. North korea denied the cyberattack. In turn, u. S. Intelligence keeps a sharp eye on north korea monitoring its nuclear capability. No small task for a country that is mostly off the grid. You cant launch a cyberattack on north Nuclear Program because its not plugged into the internet. North korea one of a number of countries around the world with a Foreign Intelligence Agency operating a secret license to kill. Perhaps exposed again by the strange death of a brutal dictators brother. Kim jongun is said to have ordered 340 executions since he came to power in 2011. This one, guys, was in the full view of passengers at an airport. There are only a few governments that allow their agents to kill. But mostly they want it to be done in a way that cant be traced. Brazen to say the least. Thank you very much. Lets get another check of the weather from al. Were going to move the calendar forward, as far as the temperatures are concerned. A little time travel. We have the expanding warmth in the plains and midsection of the country. So today, billings youre going to be 58 for your high. Thats the average temperature in april. Denver, april, 64. As we move into tomorrow, youll see those temperatures moving east. St. Louis, your average temperature, 65. Thats what your reach tomorrow. Memphis 62. By the time we get to friday, you can see april and march across the map. Getting into saturday, washington, d. C. , a high of 67 degrees. Thats mid to late aprils average high. Louisville 63. Sunday, new york citys going to see a temperature of 62. That feels good. Thats whats going on around the country, heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. We currently have rain mostly south of the district. More near fredricksburg and off to the east. This is where a majority of this is going to stay. Its moving from west to east. The district and areas north and to the west, expect to stay dry. Cant rule out an isolated shower. Temperature wise, 41 in the district, 36 in lorton. Frederick, 28 tomorrow were tocolder, 20s in the morning. Warmer by the weekend. Get the weather anytime you need it. Check our friends on the Weather Channel. Just ahead American Girl making history with its newest doll. We have it with us on trending. But first, an important new rossen reports. Im jeff rossen coming up more of our special series, winter fire dangers and the three common mistakes most of us are making. Were going house to house to show you what they are. Plus, the simple tips you can do right now inside your home to keep your family safe. Next. An be. Mom oh no. Tech this mom didnt have time to worry about a cracked windshield. So she scheduled at safelite. Com and with safelites exclusive on my way text she knew exactly when id be there, so she didnt miss a single shot. 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You were sitting here thinking you had a working smoke alarm and you didnt. Its a dangerous threat, more common than you think. In fact, three out of three out of every five People Killed in a house fire didnt have a working smoke alarm. Is your home prepared . To find out the Orlando Fire Department is out in force. Checking homes for safety risks. Hi. Jeff rossen from the today show, how are you . Good. Were here with the fire alarms to make sure youre safe. Can we come in . Sure. Right away the problem. The first thing we want to do, were going to push the button just to test the battery in the audible portion of the alarm. Not working. This detector does not work. The one in your bedroom isnt working, whats that like to see . Its upsetting because thats the first place were going to hear it if its going to go off. Were not just finding problems, firefighters are fixing them. Installing brandnew alarms for free. Im glad we came. Im glad you guys came, too. Next door, we mead pet peggy. Hers isnt working later. I dont do ladders anymore because im afraid of falling. I always forget when people are here to get it to check it for me. Here we are in the kitchen which the source o fires, and no smoke detector. None here. No smoke detectors. The Fire Department installing two new alarms for peggy. We check house after house finding problems in nearly all of them. Theres no battery in here at all. Probably used it on Something Else. The biggest tip of the day, one ive never heard before. Inside this mans house. He thinks this detector works fine because when he tests it it beeps. What that alarm sounds, it tells me your battery is good and your alarm works. It doesnt test the sensor. Your detector was manufactured in 2002. It can no longer see smoke. You wouldnt know it. He says theres an easy way to test the sensor. The candle test. Place your alarm over the smoke and it should go off. Its not going off. 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[laughter] yeah, thats not gonna work. Bring out your best you with the refreshing taste of tropicana. 7 56 is your time now on this wednesday, february 15th, 2017. Good morning im eun yang. I want to get right to Melissa Mollet and your first 4 traffic for a look at your commute. Good morning, inner loop near st. Barnabas road, a new crash. Eastbound looks like things are getting better. Yellow line no longer single tracking, but we have delays and canal road inbound, a bad stop, right lane the only thing blocked in that crash. Thank you, well take a quick break and check your forecast next, stay with us. Good wednesday morning. Temperatures are in the low 40s now. Things are starting to go up a little bit. 42 degrees in the district. The rain mostly pretty far south of the district, even south of fredricksburg, cant rule out a sprinkle later on today. 48 for the high. It will be getting breezy and colder tomorrow. 60s return for the weekend. Another local news update for you in 25 minutes plus, enjoy thirtysix month, no interest financing. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, russian connection. A new reports claims aides to donald trump made contact with russian intelligence officials during the campaign. Something the trump team has consistently denied. New questions this morning about that and the growing fallout from the resignation of National Security advisor Michael Flynn. Were live at the white house. Plus cover girl. Kate upton swings by the studio to talk about her brandnew Sports Illustrated swimsuit covers. Well talk to Christie Brinkley about making her big return to the issue, alongside her two daughters. And team gwen. Im so grateful to be here right now. Image. You can be on team gwen and i can teach you how to sell everything. Well catch up with gwen stefani about her return to the voice and going head to head with blake. Today, wednesday, february 15th a , 2017. We just got by from iceland, were on the today show, hi, mom. Good morning to our daughters, we love you. Well be back soon. Its my birthday and i brought you a present. Celebrating the big oneone with the today show. Good morning to our boys in buffalo and philadelphia. Hi, mom were back now, 8 00 on this wednesday. Its the 15th day of february, 2017. And were without the coats it is. Al, thanks. We love this. We really like this. By the way, got Sheinelle Jones in with us while savannah continues on maternity leave. Got a big show today. We have a lot of stars in the studio today. Kate upton inside. Just revealed shes the cover model for the 2017 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Well talk to her about that and some other models from inside the pages of that magazine. All right. A lot to get to. Lets start with the news at 8 00. Im Peter Alexander at the white house where this morning President Trump is firing back at new questions about the Trump Campaigns interactions with moscow. The president tweeting this morning, this russian connection nonsense. Its merely an attempt to cover up the many mistakes made in Hillary Clintons losing campaign. Then he added in a separate tweet, information is being illegally given to the failing New York Times and Washington Post by the intelligence nsa and fbi, just like russia. This morning new scrutiny over members of donald Trumps Campaign and russia. The New York Times reporting overnight. Citing current and former u. S. Officials that Trump Campaign aides and senior russian intelligence officials had repeat contacts during the campaign. Something the Trump Administration has previously denied. The times reports that intelligence was obtained by hacking the dnc. Meanwhile, the shock waves are still reverberating after the president abruptly asked Michael Flynn to resign. There needs to be an independent investigation. Democrats taking aim. Republicans urging restraint. We dont need to set up a special committee but we will look at russian involvement in the elen. Acknowledging new details about the timeline. It was on january 26th when President Trump and his top aides were first informed flynn had misled Vice President pence and others about his calls with russias ambassador. They were warned that flynn could be vulnerable to blackmail. 15 days passed before the white house notified the Vice President and only then because a new report was being published. The white house is defending the president s decision to stand by flynn until monday night. The question wasnt did he do anything impraoper. The trust or the erosion of that trust was frankly the issue. In an interview with a conservative website hours before his reg signation, flynn said he crossed no lines. Instead blaming leaks. Officials now confirm the fbi interviewed flynn shortly after he took office about his contacts with the Russian Ambassador. Tells nbc news his concerns about grew, white house aides tried to reduce his influence on the president s. Inviting mike pompeo and Keith Kellogg to take part. Nbc news has learned a Navy Vice Admiral is the front runner to replace flynn. He met the president on monday night. So far no decision has been made. Today, President Trump is hosting israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu here at the white house. Its their first face to face meeting since mr. Trump took office. Last night, Senior Administration official says the path to peace does not have to include a two state solution. Thats a significant break of decades of u. S. Policy. Mr. Trump and netanyahu will take questions in a news conference, President Trumps third in the last six days. Matt . All right. Peter alexander, President Trump has also approved the use of federal funds to help with emergency repairs on the nations tallest dam out in Northern California. On tuesday, officials lifted a mandatory Evacuation Order for nearly 200,000 people who live near that oroville dam. However theyre warning residents to stay vigilant in case approaching storms put additional strain on damaged spillways. Engineers have been releasing water from the lake behind the dam to ease the pressure on that structure. Police in los angeles now confirm that 2 million worth of jewelry and other valuables have been stolen from the home of aalanis morsette. There are no suspects at this time. Something new in the American Doll collection that might surprise you. Well brinkley and her daughters about gracing the pages of the swimsuit edition. Returning coach on the voice, gwen stefani stops by. First these messages. Hey ive made plans for later in case this date doesnt go well. Likewise but, funny story. On top of that . My mom is my best friend. Uh oh. Yeah. Oop theres the rescue text from my roommate saying she needs me. Wouldnt it be great if everyone said what they meant . The citi double cash card does. It lets you earn double cash back the citi double cash card. Wecagefree eggs. Ng and we care about amazing taste. Because at hellmanns, were on the side of food. Shouldnt mean choosing to spend more. Dannons whole milk yogurt is made with all natural, nongmo ingredients with vitamin d. Better food at a better cost. So we can all eat better. It is now 8 09. Were back and its a great time for trending. Were joined by a special guest who is a big trending topic. Kate upton is here. Shes the cover model for the 2017 Sports Illustrated edition. Going on sale today with a bunch of different covers. Were going to talk about that in a second. Congratulations. Thank you so much. You can weigh in on trending, are you ready . Im ready. Heres your first topic were all familiar with American Girl dolls like, stand by, this one. But for the first time ever, the company is releasing a baby boy doll. Wow. Its not a baby, but you know. This is Logan Everett part of a new series of dolls. A boy doll has been a top request for many years. Logan comes with a President Trump se drum set. Hi singer. The company says that logan is meant for boys and girls. Noting that parents have been asking for more diverse selections. Do you have a doll growing up . I was a huge American Doll fan. Were you really . Which ones did you have, do you remember . I had sorry didnt mean to put you on the spot. Kirsten i think. Was that her name . My daughter has patty. If it comes you dress like them, its special. Its a whole thing. Its a thing. Its a big deal. Have you ever been down the block . Its crazy. Logan, you should enjoy it, youre the only one. I have a feeling, carson, youre right. Its a new vertical for business american boy. What do you mean vertical for business . Ever had a rock group you loved and couldnt get seats at the concert. How far wou go . I stood in the alley once trying to get into stevie nicks. I waited for her limo to pull up and almost got arrested to get in. She let me in i was 15 years old. She let you in . Because you looked like a nice guy . Were you aggressive . No. Okay, im letting you in. Youve known him for five minutes. How about this . This one guy decided all it takes is a smartphone and quick thinking. The guys name is adam boyd. He was unhappy with his bad seats to see the band the su sherlocks. He goes and edits their Wikipedia Page to read their first single was influenced by main vocalist kieren cooks cousin adam boyd. He goes back to the door and convinces the guards that he was in wikipedia for the band and gets in. I agree. You think hes aggressive . Thats really aggressive. Inventive. I know, but you have to be careful about that. I mean, that could be used in a a lot of bad ways. Someone changed my Wikipedia Page once to read that i went to indiana and i was in the school band or something. And i went to an interview after and theyre like, so we hear you were in the school band. Im like i dont play an instrument. At least theyre not sneaking in. Raised by wolves. Wait. Carson, pop start. Lets get to it. Kate hudson doesnt sing often, but when she does its worth a listen. Heres a look. Dont stop loving me dont quick loving me oh, baby shes got a great voice. Pay no attention to her son slinking across the couch. Jamie lynn spears sharing good news on her daughter, maddy. She posted this picture to instagram. Jamie lynn writing theyre thankful to celebrate valentines day after everything that happened. Maddy was in Critical Condition in the hospital after flipping her atv earlier this month. Olivia wilde shared family photos on valentines day. One of them was unintentionally hilariou hilarious. The actress doing the same for this photo of her and her twoyearold son and finally she posted this picture of her and her three month old daisy. For this caption she added giant baby hand because at first glance it looks like her hand belongs. E word you were saying. Every word. Congratulations again. This is your third cover, is that right . Thats right. First was when you were 18 years old. Do you remember the excitement of that morning where you woke up and saw your first s. I. Cover . It was crazy. My first cover i found out in the green room at david letterman. Well now. And this year, they gave me a phone call before i went on jimmy kimmel. So i was happy for a little heads up. But does it feel different this time around or just as sweet . It always feels great to be a part of Sports Illustrated, but especially this year of what the issue is all about, having women of every shape and size and beauty in every way, every age of beauty. And it just felt really special when they asked me to come back for this issue. And you ended up youve got three different covers this time. Yes, i got thank tim the amount of money. The s. I. Has a storied history with all the great women that have been on the covers. 1985, paulina porescova. Not that i remember. Youre a big part of history. Its incredible. And growing up in such a sports oriented family, Sports Illustrated always meant so much to me. Seeing the amazing women who were confident and loved their bodies. I feel honored to be a part of the issue. The more years you do it, the more seniority you get it. Last year you were in a antarctica. This year you were in fiji. Were going to talk she doesnt mind us saying, shes 63 years old and shes back in this magazine. What kind of message does that send, do you think . Its so inspiring to see christie back in the issue. And looking incredible. And it just, really shows you that no matter your age you always have your youth and your spirit with you. I love that. Last time i saw kate she was campai complaining her shoe and feet were killing her. Shes in a much better mood today. It was the beginning night which is never good. My feet are hurting. Congratulations. Congratulations. Its great. Thank you so much, you guys thank you. All right. Mr. Roker, check of the weather . Im on the cover of Popular Mechanics this month. Kind of nice, thank you very much. Weve got that Atmospheric River weve been talking about, more rain already into seattle. Mountain snows and more heavy rain is going to be moving into Northern California today into and continues on into thursday. Causing big problems, then thursday into friday, rounds and rounds of rain coming into southern california. This could be very difficult situation for both the northern section of california, upwards to five to six inches around the oroville area by the time we get into sunday. And also, friday to saturday, down through southern california, four to eight inches of rain possible for the south facing mountain slopes. Well be watching that very closely as those storms move through. Rest of the country developing storms coming across parts of Northern New England bringing more snow. Some places in maine could see another eight to 12 inches of snow. Severe storms along the southeastern coast. Unseasonably mild conditions through the plains that stretch all the way down into the gulf. Thankfully things drying out for our friends down around the houston area where they had six unconfirmed tornados there yesterday. Thats whats going on around the country, heres whats happening in your neck ohe woods. Good morning, im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. A little light rain across Southern Maryland right now. The band of snowshowers coming through southern pennsylvania, thats the confident which will be coming through here this afternoon. It may wring out a little rain snow combination during the Late Afternoon hours. Take your umbrellas with you. Youll need them across parts of Southern Maryland and you could get a brief shower later this afternoon, even in the d. C. Metro area. Windy and colder for tomorrow. Thats your latest weather. Thank you. Christie brinkley is a modeling icon. Gracing the covers of more than 500 magazines in her career. A list that includes three state Sports Illustrated swimsuit editions in 1979, 1980 and 1981. At the age of 63, christie is returning to the pages of s. I. This time with her daughters alexa rachel and sailor Brinkley Cook by her side. Theyre with us this morning. Its great to see you. Good morning. My goodness, so be honest with me, raise your hand when you first found this out, if you were nervous. Just a little nervous. I was completely freaked out. Three hands . Nervous or excited . Definitely more excited. I have wanted this my entire life. Christie, were you nervous . Well, i mean, i kind of thought hmm i like the challenge and with these two gorgeous girls next to me, whos going to be looking at me anyway. Oh, please. I figured everybody. You know, i couldnt ask for better conditions. What was the shoot like . Did you kind of say, mom, take it away, tell us what to do . Did you say girls do what you want to do. How did you work that . It was a mixture of all of our personalities and like, all of who we are and how we act behind the camera. We all have it looks fun. She takes over. I i had the skin care mask. If you ever in a pinch i had the bug spray, all organic. I was really prepared for everything. Im a mover and she doesnt like me to move. Shes a mover and shaker. Mom, can you no, i dont hold still. I have to move. Im looking at the pictures and videos, but the thing is when youre in a bikini, theres no where to hide. Theres only so much you can do. No, you have to work with what youve got and work the angles, right . That was the story, the very first time i ever did Sports Illustrated. I immediately was like, oh, my gosh, what do i do with my hands, i dont know where to put my hands so i was squirming like this. Julie campbell looked at the photographer and said oh, my god her moves. My brain was going, i dont know could youre definitely always thinking ahead. Sailor knew what to do. She was very calm. She was the sporty one. So she was like, ready to get in the water and going and doing her i was trying to stay still and focus because im new at this, im a musician. Its different. Its not just about the photos. By the fact you guys are in here, youve opened up a discussion about other topics. And interesting, sheinelle said theres no where to hide in a biki bikini. Theres no where to hide when youre growing up as a daughter of extremely famous parents and a supermodel. And i know you both now talked about some of the issues you faced as young ladies. Youre still very young ladies. With body image and selfesteem. Can you explain that a little bit . I think growing up just as a girl, just as any young girl, you deal with body image issues and you deal with seeing people on bill boards that have tiny bodies and these perfect air brushed you look at yourself and youre growing up and go through awkward phases. You dont feel good enough. And that i definitely didnt. Then i went through everything. I went through every phase. I went from too skinny, too fat. I dont like using those words. I went through everything and then you get to an age and time and you say this is my body. I go to school, i work out every day. I like i can do so much who cares if i dont look a certain way people are telling me tolic. The one thing thats hard growing up in the public eye is when you happen to catch the criticism at about nine years old for a girl, its crucial. You know, thats the age where theyre separating from their parents. Theyre getting their gaining their own identity. To suddenly see a newspaper that calls you a name that puts you down. I went through that. You retreat for a while. You went and didnt want to be out. Yeah, well, i, not to rehash, you know, too much. I dont want any pity, i have a great life and im very privileged to be where i am. But no, i certainly went through it. In a different way that sailor. I didnt have so much issues with my body. But they did used to like, call me bowwow face. So i went through it. I grew into myself later in life. This one is just grown up and blossomed beautifully. Much earlier than me. As a mom, when you know your daughters are struggling with things like that, how do you deal with it . It was excruciating as a mom i could cry now. But theres nothing she cries at the drop of a hat. Theres nothing worse. If i could urge one thing the media, is to lay off the kids. Its like, were celebrities, were fair game. Say what you want, you know. But lay off the kids. You know, let them have their moments to grow up and become who theyre going to be. When they decide to step out, then theyre fair game. Exactly. When youre doing normal average things like when i was moving out of my home and going to college, i got all these comments about how my college is for trust fund babies and all of that. I never asked for anyones opinion. Thats the worst part. This magazine layout is a powerful statement about selfconfidence and selfesteem. Congratulations. Will i get blamed for making Christie Brinkley cry . Every time, matt. Great to see you. It really is. All right. Sports illustrated swimsuit issue is on sale now. Carson . Check it business. Were going to chat the voice and all sorts of stuff with them right after your local news and weather. Good morning, 8 26 on this wednesday, february 15th, im aaron gilchrist. Lets get a check on the morning commute with Melissa Mollet. Good morning, i have a couple new problems right now. Inner loop after 50. A crash along the right side of the roadway. Inbound canal road, the ramp to whitehurst freeway, causing slow downs into tonight. Northbound gw parkway near memorial bridge, a crash with a single lane getting way. Southbound bw before the the parkway. A crash blocking the left lane. Well get a check on the forecast when we come back. Good morning, its cloudy and chilly outside this morning. Temperatures mostly in the 30s to around 40 at this point in time. Light rain across Southern Maryland. A little burst of snowshowers across south western pennsylvania. Thats a cold tomorrow, down right chilly. Highs in the 30s. It will be much milder by the weekend. How about a 65 degree on sunday . I like it. The latest news and weather available anytime in the nbc washington app. 8 30 on a wednesday morning. Its the 15th day of february, 2017. Weather here in new york city, not bad when you consider were in the middle of february. Its pretty mild and well take it. Thats a cute one right there. Uhhuh. Coming up. Lots of stars. Yes. Were going to talk to gwen stefani about her return to the voice and why she said she woke up in the last year. Where are they now talk show titan series, there is Jerry Springer. Theres going to be a fight that bra breaks out during the interview. Just kidding. Great to see our friend tracy morgan who is here to tell us about his new he is set to return to the big screen. Its a perfect thing for him. Were looking forward to talking to tracy. Mr. Roker a check of the weather . Lets see what weve got. Start ing with today, were looking at strong storms along the southeastern Atlantic Coast. Heavy rain moves into the pacific northwest. Unseasonably mild from the plains into the gulf. Continues tomorrow. Windy conditions in the northeast. Were looking at rain, heavy rain and mountain snow moving into central california, Northern California where were worried about that oroville dam. Unseasonably mild from the gulf into the plains. Thats whats going on around the country, heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Well, this morning, some areas colder than others. The coldest spot on the map, frederick, 30. 42 in the district. 39 quantico. 43 in fredricksburg. Moist of the area in the mid to upper 30s. Rain is to our south, we have a small area developing to our north. For the most part the rain will stay to the shower or sprinkle later today. Otherwise, 48. Late day clearing and well see the winds picking up. Windy and cold. The weekend, 60s. Dont forget, get the weather anytime you need it. Go to the Weather Channel on cable. Who is that . Dallas. Theyve got good weather, too. Back to you guys. Thank you very much. Now to the voice on today. Emmy Award Winning vocal competition, that show gets ready to return for season 12. Such a great show. Were happy to have gwen stefani returning as a coach. Well talk to gwen in a moment. First a sneak peek at season 12. Im 13. Wow 13 . Never had someone 13. So i was listening. This is overwhelming being back. Im so grateful to be here right now. Im ecstatic youre im so grateful. You taught me how to build my image. There you go. Listen to me. You can be on team gwen and i can teach you how to sell everything. You use all the tricks in the book. Can you imagine . Good morning. Can we do something, you should be there. No. Its your show, go ahead. Not at all. Im glad you showed this clip. This is the first time we lowered the audition age to 13. You saw that young man. Theyre such great young talent. Gwen has a son who is like, 10. And watching you with these younger group, what was that like . Well, its surreal because theyre so talented. Its hard to remember theyre that age and the pressure theyre under and the ease that they take it with. Its like, i had some im not going to say because i cant say who is on my team yet. Its unbelievable the talent and at such a young age. Just that theyre so calm. Thats what blows me a you feel like this time around you have more to offer your team. What do you mean by that . I had an extraordinary year last year. I got to make a record and do new music and go back on tour after seven years i hadnt toured. That whole kind of exchange of love that i had and that whole experience to bring that now. Its fresh. You know, the first season i literally had given birth, which is a whole different vibe, right . And then Second Season i was in like, this crazy transitional place. This time, i did music. So to be around all that music and have that new music come out. It was a different place, you know. Three seasons, you get comfortable. You know. And also, the chemistry between the coaches, i mean, alicia keys is just so magical. Adam and i weve known each other for a while. And of course blake who i think is the greatest guy ever. Its so fun and easy its obviously welldocumented you and blake. I was curious when we were shooting the blind auditions what that chemistry would be like . I was nervous at first. Wait, this will be awkward. How am i how do you feel it played out . Its natural. And i feel like sometimes it is a little bit like, okay, were driving home. Do you think i should put them together . Then im like, wait a minute im not going to talk to you. I dont know if youre the enemy. Its confusing. There was natural jokes that were built in. If there was a steal, there would be that natural joke of like, you didnt really leave teams, because you went from one to the other. True. And i think that we actually do help each other. You know what i mean . I learned a lot about Country Music through just in the last year through him. And so it is interesting. What did that cowboy do for you for valentines day . What did he do i thought you said cowboyup i hadnt heard that one. We werent together. I was here and hes in oklahoma. Did he call you, did he remember . He forgot. Just kidding. I got some beautiful flowers and lots of texts. It was fun. I mean, you know. Im in new york and hes in oklahoma. You cant you said another interview, im reading a lot of interviews about you. You are. Yeah, you said you woke up in 2000. Or were woken up i think the way you put it. You referred to that a second ago, what an amazing year you had. How do you even try to top that . Im not going to try. I think that im going to continue to just be on that kind of i feel like i woke up spiritually, do you know what i mean . When you do that, everything is in color and youre sort of seeing things with new eyes and you just sort of you just see everything through gratitude, do you know what i mean . You check everything all the time. I dont know. Thats kind of what ive been doing. It saved me. Thats what i mean b going, wow, even right now. I think about this guy and like, trl and how am i sitting here. Its so weird for both of us. Were tripping out. Your album came out in 96 and are i was a deejay in la. Playing her bands music. And now were on the voice together. We have all these babies. We have ten kids between the two of us. But its so fun to watch you on the voice. You have so much like, optimism to offer. Last year was a crazy year for you. You came out on the other side. You make a choice when life is tough. You chose the brighter path. I feel like it. Music is just so healing. To be able to tap into that. To be able to have the outlet was just a life saver. Like i said to be able to share it and share that experience. Music is just universal. Its just such a gift. Youre dating Blake Shelton which is so weird for me. What do you see in that guy . What are you hes a good kid. You love him. I love him. He loves you. Thanks well have more with her in our next hour. Check out the season premier of the voice on monday, february 27th. Coming up next, the talk show titan known for pushing the boundaries, were catch up with Jerry Springer. First this is today on nbc. Where in the world is matt lauer . Back at 8 40 with more of our special series, where are they now, talk show titans. This morning, one of the biggest names from the 1990s who never left the limelight. Jerry springer. Reporter outrageous and provocativ b that way. This is our first show. Reporter a tame start in 1991. By the third season, the jerry stringer show was like nothing else on day time tv. Sex, lies and lots of feuds. Salacious topics were ratings goals for springer. At one point, the show had more viewers than oprah. By the late 90s, some of his competitors were revamping their own shows to keep up. It is only the grownups, such as you, that teach our children to not like that person because of the color of their skin. Reporter a former mayor of cincinnati and local news anchor, day time talk was a departure for stringer but was a lasting career. The sprawls continued 26 seasons later. Everything ive done for you good morning for you. Id like to apologize for that. Ive ruined the culture. Dont apologize now. Ive ruined the culture. Lets begin with a quote. You said this on your 2 anyone can do what i do. You said, which is basically three things. You did what . Come on out. And well be right back. Thats all you have to do to be clearly, there is more than that. Why has this show lasted for 26 years . Well, probably well, first, its stupid. You know, its got a niche. And no one else kind of goes in that niche. So i think thats one of the seasons it lasts. The personality of the guests. No one is watching because of me. Theyre watching because the stories are crazy. And the people are outoutrageou. You ca you called your show chewing gum. It wont hurt you. You had Little People wrestling in slime, women pretending to be men, fights. Is there a line you wont cross . The show is no censorship. Well bleep and cover up the nudity or whatever. But nothing where youd say, no. When our show started, the executive producer, by the way, was the one that kind of found me and said, do a talk show. When it started, we were a serious show. But then all of a sudden, it started going crazy. When universal brought us, they said, from now on, only crazy. There is no censorship. Look, weve had on our sho sho show neosenate zeeshow ne show neonazis. My family was exterminated by the nazis. If i let them go on, what am i going to say no to . Why do people come on your show . I dont know. I always say, my closing prayer for everyone, may you never be on my show. Oh, no. Yeah. I think if i had to guess okay. It is for so many of our guests, no question. They live their lives they dont have kids who ask them their opinion. They dont have parents who ask their opinion. Theyre not in a job where their opinion is valued. It is like, for one day in their life, people are really paying attention. Theyre talking about something that is important to them. We take it for granted. Every day of your life, someone asks, what do you think . Nice job. So many of these people, no. They dont come on to be famous. They dont use their names. Jerry, they come out and sometimes you cant get a word out before somebody is knocking you in the head with a chair. Im no expert but it isnt the way to solve a problem. Im not allowed to know what the show is about. They hand me a card with the names of the guests. Im supposed to ask questions youd ask sitting at home and make jokes. Thats all. Im never allowed to know the subject matter. But when they come on, theyre not coming on to be famous. They dont use their real names in most cases. They wear disguises, though the wigs come off, which by is why we dont have trump. He doesnt want his hair pulled. Oh, my goodness. Sorry, i didnt mean to go in that direction. Of course i did. Jerry, jerry, jerry. Yes. This is about dating. We dont deal with serious issues. Truthfully, we dont do pregnancy tests or anything like that. Theyre angry, legitimate. The next day, theyre dating someone else. It is not a lifechanging issue. Final thoughts . Where did it come from, the take care of eayourself and each oth. I anchored the cincinnati news and i ended every broadcast like that. We shouldnt just take care of ourselves but each other, as well. The whole show is crazy. Everyone is doing crazy stuff, throwing food and everything. At the end of the show, i wanted to do something, hey, you watched all this. This is my opinion of how it ought to be dealt with. Thats all. I have to end here. Youre 73 years old. You have your grandson, your podcast, your price is right live. Or maybe jumping into politics in. I am today announcing my candidacy. You know, if i ran against trump you have four seconds. Youd have a wall built okay. Bye, jerry. You need one to keep americans from getting out. Jerry springer, take care of yourself. And each other. Ive always wanted to say that. We should note the Jerry Springer show is produced by nbc universal. Tomorrow, another talk show titan not slowing down. Maury povich will be here. Ahead, well talk to tracy morgan about his muchanticipated big screen comeback. First, this is today on nbc. Creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner Energy Sources like solar, wind and natural gas. Weve reduced Carbon Emissions by nearly 25 , which is the equivalent of taking close to two million cars off the road. Cleaner air and cleaner water. Its good for all of us. Dominion. Depend on us for more than energy. We are back now. 8 48. One of our favorite guests around here, tracy morgan. The new movie fistfight, he plays a High School Coach take on another teacher in an afterschool fight. Hell be aiming for the target in the center of your skull, which will scramble the gray and white matter in your brain that controls logic, personality, social and sexual behavior. So at 110 , oh, he most definitely is going to knock all the sex out of you. Oh, jesus. Maybe you duck and he misses. If he does, ill just run. No. I never said nothing about no running. Who is you, sea biscuit . Tracy, welcome back. Good to see you. You, too, matt. The last couple years have been a series of small steps for you. This is the first time you got back on a movie set after the accident weve talked about here so much on the show. What was it like . Well, it was kind of scary. Because i hadnt been in front of a camera. I didnt know. I didnt know if the timing was going to be there, if the instin instincts, the comedic instinct would i didnt know. You have to understand, a lot of studios dont wont mess with a person who just came out of a coma. They wont take a chance. No. But my boy, richie, i love you, richie, young director, put it on the line for me and gave it a shot. When i got in front of the camera, we did one, two, three takes, and then i had to have a moemt moment. He gave me the moment. I stepped back and let it all out because i was here. I let it all out. Then we went to work. My cast, ice cube, charlie day, they gave me a lot of love and support. Ri richie gave me the room to be myself. He said, i dont want nothing else. I want tracy morgan. When he said that, i knew i could have fun. The premise of the movie is funny. It brought back memories, im sure for you, too. Matt, if you were in high school and heard two teachers were going to fight, wouldnt you be there . Absote lets reverse it. How many times were you in school and because you were a little bit of a wise you know what, you probably got in a few fights yourself, right . I got into a couple of fights. I remember one time, i liked this girl named mertis. I didnt know how to express it. I punched her arm and she whooped my behind. She has the big sonny liston hands. Shot the jab. My fights were epic. I had a cut man. I had a corner man. There was contract disputes. Do you remember that lots of promotion. Do you remember the feeling during the school day when someone called you out after school and time stood still, knew you were going to get beaten up after school . I had one guy named harold. Terrorized me, man. He would come every period, hed come to my class and go and it was on. Id it was grade card day. Nervous. If you picked your record of high school fights, how did you do . In my mind, i was 40 but i was actually 04 though. I know the reality of it, i was 03. Then the sense of humor kicked in. I started losing the fighting, i made them laugh, the bullies. Keep them off my behind. I make them laugh and take them upstairs and cook them hot dogs. Especially on the 1st and the 15th. When my mother got her welfare check. Coach true story. Coach trcrawford, did you pattern him after anybody . My defensive line coach in high school. That was him. Really . He had a chipped tooth. Chipped tooth. He had a gut. He talked like al green. He had those the gym shorts with the hernia balls. What . Yeah. Just like my grand dad. You paint a really nice picture. He had the Vince Lombardi cleats. So i patterned him after ben wright. I love ben wright. Everything was, hit the track. He didnt just tell you to do a lap. Hed Say Something personal. I dont care if your uncle fixed my transmission. Hit the track. It was always, your aunt didnt text me back. Hit the track. He took everything personal. I mentioned its been a series of small steps. My friend, you made giant steps and were happy to have you back. Thank you. We are. Thank you. Fistfight opens nationwide on friday. Were back in a moment. This is today on nbc. Talk to me about the barely made it through tracy morgan. Big show at 9 00. Jamie alexander will be our cohost from blind spot. Give sheinelle a tattoo. Tattoo, yes. The plane, the plane. And weve got james spader coming. And the Harlem Globetrotters. Great. Of course, your girl gwen stefa stefani. Perfect. Tattoo. The tattoo. Fi 8 56 is your time on this wednesday, february 15th, 2017. Good morning im eun yang. I want to check on your commute right now with Melissa Mollet and your first 4 traffic. Right now inner loop after clara barton parkway, activity in the right lane. We are seeing slow downs in the inner and outer loop. Canal round, had a thats cleared out of the way. Fairfax there a crash along the right side slowing inbound 66. Thank you. Well take a quick break and check your forecast when we come back. Stay with us. Good morning, temperature in the district now up to 43. The clouds are still locked in and rain is down to our south. As we go through the day, we have a chance of a sprinkle. Most of this rain will stay to our south. Were watching a smaller area up to our north. Well see late date clearing and it will be breezy tomorrow. It gets colder. Look what happens going into the weekend. We have 60s on the map. 65 on sunday. Thank you, get the latest news and weather anytime in the nbc washington app. This this morning on todays take, Jamie Alexander in full view as our celebrity cohost. Gwen stefani dishing on her valentines day with blake. The black list, james spader, Sports Illustrated cover girl, kate upton coming up right now. From nbc news, this is todays take. Live from studio 1 a. Its wednesday morning, february 15 february 15, 2017. We have were thrilled to have as our guest cohost blind spot leading lady Jamie Alexander. Yes, jamie thanks for having me. So great having you. Im so excited. We called each other so match. We got it going. Is it fair to say youre a girl crush of mine. What . Yes. Good thing theres somebody between us. That works out for me. Listen here, can i explain . Please. You exude girl power. Thank you. I just from the top of the show. Thank you very much. You can give her a cheers. Thank you very much. Youre included. Lets dig into your life, shall we . Wow that wasnt too awkward. Ice breaker, all right. Ice breaker. Strong character. You just exude strength. Thank you. Thank you. There we go. Were going to play a game with you. Okay. Its called jamie on the spot. Are you ready . We recently red fun facts about you and we want to know the story behind them. Okay. Here we go. Go ahead. Is it true that you do a great chewbacca imitation . Ding ding ding, yes, thats true. Were ready. I should apologize to the sound department, sorry. Thats impressive. Very nice. How did you discover you could do that. I got a lot of time on my hands between sets. I like to make people laugh. I just constantly do dumb stuff all the time. And one day i just kind of let out this weird growl. I was like that sounds like chewy. I perfected it over the years why did you randomly let out a growl . Thats the more interesting story. Im sure it was something between a burp and a growl and it happened. Could have been worse. A lot worse, oh, yeah. Is it true you have you do have the letters es tattooed on your wrist. Does it stand for Elephant Shoe . Yes, like youre saying i love you. No. Its just there we go. You got a lot of cameras in here. So if you mouth it, it looks like youre saying i ill start with you. I dont know, right. You can try this one at home. Thats the only thing i do you can try at home. Thats why . Yeah, i have all my brothers on this arm, which is brady, david chance and matt. I should hi to them and hi mom because shell kill me if i dont. I have a lot of letters. I have an a. M. Over here, which is a good friend of mine. This is natural youd be in a show where your whole body is tattooed and provides clues to something thats going on. Its insane. I love a lot of tattoos on my own. Lucky for my mom i would be sleeved if i could. This is me getting to live out what i want and my mom gets to see me. You do a lot of physical stuff. So i would have to think this is true. You are on your High School Wrestling team . Yes. Really . Really . Yes. Watch yourself. So were you the only girl on the team . No, there were a couple other girls. A we started the girls division. I just wanted to like i was a mis misfit growing up. I wanted to give my fellow misfits a place to learn selfdefense and discipline. I was always into sports. We did that and we competed and a lot of us did really well. It was a lot of fun. My little brother followed in the foot steps and ended up going to nationals and wrestling for ou. Could you show sheinelle a couple moves . How about i think its 9 00 a. M. It would be put her in a half nelson. Well do that during the break. That was my pin move. I would sprawl and do the half and nobody could reach my ankles. I never did fancy take downs, in my weight class i was the tallest one. I dont know what that is. Its a guy named nelson, hes cut in half, he hits the floor and you tattoo nelson righ left foot six times and youve broken your back . Yes. Ive broken a lot of things. I broke my nose in august or september. I broke this finger, i had to learn how to shoot level handft is this all in the course of the show . Some of it . Most of it. I havent broken my back on the show. That was Something Else different. I do so many fights. Youre moving so fast. Look at the video of some of the fights, its crazy. Im not surprised you with. Look at that. This one was rough. It was a rough one. What happened . I have to kick him into a wall but i forgot im connected to him in a way. When he hits the wall hard, im going to hit it hard. Reaction. Yeah. That was a rough one, too is it choreography and you remember the order . Do you know what i mean . I do like a one little section at the time. A lot of times i dont have times to rehearse. Tht ill get enthere, heres the fight and i watch a previd and well do the first five beats, move on. And i alternate with my stunt girl, heidi. Shes a beast. Youve kissed an alligator on the mouth . Listen, it was a one time thing. Yes. Please, okay. Sometimes i do things for shock value. And i was at Arnold Schwarzeneggers Christmas Party a few years ago. Of course. Right. Why not . He has an alligator in his house. He had a tiger and a camel and a penguin. It was weird. Get to the zoo get to the zoo. What happened was, you know, i just i dont know. I kiss him and what im trying to say is im a cheap date. Okay. But he didnt have a strap on his mouth and i didnt realize that until i backed up and im like i cant feel my legs. I was the ballsy one. Did you see the teeth . He was smiling it. He was enjoyin hes like, im going to eat your face. But he didnt. Thank god. Thats impressive. I had to pose for a picture. That was a three second situation i closed my eyes because i didnt want to look death in the face, you know . Whats next . I know. Like what havent i done . So weve been interrogating you. I think weve got a this new episode of the blind somewhat. We have a clip of you interrogating someone. Im actually pretty busy trying to investigate the spiritual plane and reclaim my tattered soul. We have questions. True answers come from within, jane. Cooperate and we can make a castration far more comfortable. What can you offer the man who wants for nothing . The rest of your time in prison, becoming a living hell if you dont cooperate. Every home is a prison, every prison is home. I have no home. Your religion and fortune cook . Its easier to tell us what this is. How did you get this . Oh. Good. Simple. It was my more that was like a more delicate interrogation scene compared to what im used to. Hes great. Hes everybody favorite hacker. Hes so funny we have to keep having him back on the show. I wish we could segue into a comedy. That airs tonight. Great. Blind spot airs tonight 8 00, 7 00 central. Another one of our favorite segments is car pool karaoke. Ive heard of this. There is going to be a car pool karaoke series. I keep on falling in and out of love with you its not that hard. This is a story all about how my life got flipped upside down we need a bigger car. I think we can make it work. This the next level. I believe i can fly i believe i can touch the sky i think about it every night and day wow. Wow. Thats genius. That is thats pretty amazing. Would you like to car pool karaoke. Yeah, but, like, i can lip sync. I can yodel. You can yodel . Man, i did it again. Wait for it. We got to hear a little. I have a voice of a puberty. I can sort of yodel. Were ready. Okay. I have to block my mouth. Okay. I get the puberty thing. You should get you get ten points for trying that. Impressive. Clearly ill do anything. Guys, bring out the crocodile. Just ahead, we have supermodel kate upton. Were going to catch up with her and reveal her unusual connection to jane. Plus grammy winning superstar gwen stefani on the new season of the voice and her fellow jud sweetie, Blake Shelton. The moments that connect us dont happen overnight. They happen one morning at a time, and one cup at a time. Folgers, the best part of wakin up. Its realizing beauty doesnt stop at my chin. Roc®s formula adapts to delicate skin areas. My fine lines here . Visibly reduced in 4 weeks. Chest, neck, and face cream from roc®. 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Hi, kate. This is terrific. Now, i didnt realize this, but there is a bond between you and jamie. Yeah. Kind of. So ben bruno. Yes. Hes the best. Trainer. All he does is talk about how strong you are. It is making me feel inadequate. No. After watching blind spot, i dont think im anywhere near you. Wow. I dont know. But ive seen weve talked about similar workouts. Does he send you with the travel workouts, too . Of course. Its the best. I do the same workout as kate upton. There you go. How awesome is that . Yes. Cool. Kate will be with us in the next half hour to talk about her big announcement. Congratulations. Thank you so much. I share a trainer with betty white. Same kind of intense workout. What do you say to that . Shes a beast. She is. Ill tell ya. Anyway, another great video to show you. This is really great. Harlem globetrotters surprising a new york city teacher with the chanceo day. Teacher is a trick artist himself. Check out the big surprise. We heard you got game. Weve seen your trick shots. Pretty awesome. Okay. So the Harlem Globetrotters, wed like to invite you to play with us in Madison Square garden. What . No are you serious . Yes, yup. Thats right. [ cheers and applause ] boom that is impressive. How cool is that . That gave me chills. Thats amazing. One of those things where, hes probably been doing the shot all these years. You get a chance, that one moment in front of the Harlem Globetrotters, to nail it and he did it. Incredible. You know what i mean . He is definitely the coolest teacher at that school. Christopher debaranski is his name. I would be generals. Forgot about them, yes. I think the Washington Generals actually won one game did they win a game . One game. Yeah, okay. All the years. The globetrotters are here today. Were going to learn some tricks from them coming up in a bit. Can you spin the ball on your finger . I cant. Can you, jamie . With cgi, i can. Definitely not. So cool. Like an lets show you whats going on weather wise. Were looking at a big storm coming into the pacific northwest. Not great news for the dams under siege there. Strong storms firing up along the midAtlantic Coast. The warm continues down through the southeast. Got chilly conditions up through the northern plains. Rest of the country just about either at or above average. Then as we look ahead toward developing storm coming across the northeast to new england. Unseasonably mild through the plains. Thats whats going on around the country. Heres what happening in neck of the woods. Good morning im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. A chilly day outside. Temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s. The rain is well down to our south. A cold front coming through may generate a quick little passing shot of rain showers or even some snowshowers by late morning into the early parts of afternoon. Not expecting any snow accumulations because temperatures will be above freezing. Dont be surprised to see a raindrop or snow flake later on this morning. There is future weather bringing the showers into the metro around 1 00. This is your latest weather. Up next, four big time ballers, the one and only Harlem Globetrotters teach us a few moves. Supermodel kate upton. Thats pretty cool. Wish i could do that. Its still going. Its still going. Thats a big ball. Only tylenol® rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. They release medicine fast, for fast pain relief. Tylenol® where does it come from . The drive to be the first female official in the nfl. It starts inside. Thats why every cup of activia yogurt is made with billions of our exclusive probiotic to help care for whats inside. For just 9. 99. In burger were talkin burger. Fries pepsi. Prizes. Like producer for a day with mike and mike. Woo your burger deal could win instant prizes too. But times almost up. So hurry in to applebees today. And my life is basketball. 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Hey there. Thats it. So you got a big tour coming up . Right now were currently on we have 250 shows in between here and canada. Up until april this weekend well be in la at the staples center. Madison square garden as well as seattle. We have three teams touring. Harlemglobetrotte harlemglobetrotters. Com. Whats your message . There are so many girls watching who want to be you. Its an amazing experience to be able to travel with these guys. Its my family away from home. And we just created that bond. And you can really tell that on the game floor when we play our games at Madison Square garden. The energy we bring to the game. These guys, i love it. What can you show us . Some rookies here. Let me put it on. Kate, kate, supermodel, yes. Let me move out of the way. Yeah. Yeah. Come on, kate. Oh i love it. Booty shot. All right. Here we go. All right. Around the back, between the legs, all right. Fake that thing like this. Im ready. And pop it. Pop. Oh your turn, baby. Oh, my god. She kissed an alligator. Looky, alligator. Really hard. If you want to learn this kind of stuff, check out our youtube voeideos. Shes on the cover of sports illustrat illustrated. I dont need to face anymore. The last Sports Illustrated. Not going well. Harlem globetrotters, thank you guys so much. All the best. Catch them on tour through april. Coming up, shes back in the hot seat on the voice, gwen stefani after your local news. See me. Me. See me. See me. See me to know that psoriasis is just something that i have. Im not contagious. See me to know that. I wont stop until i find what works. Discover cosentyx, a different kind of medicine for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Proven to help the majority of people find clear or almost clear skin. 8 out of 10 people saw 75 skin clearance at 3 months. While the majority saw 90 clearance. Do not use if you are allergic to cosentyx. Before starting, you should be tested for tuberculosis. 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Well have a look at your forecast when we come back. Stay with us. Kind of cold and cloudy outside right now. 43 in washington. 38 in lorton, virginia. 36 in leesburg. Youll need a coat on. Have your umbrella handy as well. Watching light rain across parts of Southern Maryland. This batch of light rain and snowshowers across southern pennsylvania thats coming our way. Have the umbrella ready to go. Temperatures today will be staying in the low to mid40s. Across most of the area. For tomorroot day. Plenty of shoiunshine. It will be blustery and cold. Highs in the 30s with a northwest wind near 30. That will keep wind chills in the 30s all day. If theres one person who has proven women can have it all, its gwen stefani. Shes a three time grammy winner, song writer, Fashion Designer and mom of three. Shes returning as a coach on season 12 of the voice. On mondays season premier youll see her battling it out against adam blake and alicia. Heres a sneak peek. I cant imagine how you must feel right now. You know, i can actually image how you feel because im actually a girl. I can relate to you. With a surprising move, gwen stefani takes the lead again. Well, you know what, gwen knows nothing about girls from the south. Southern california, that was good. That was good. I am willing to get myself in bad trouble here because i believe in you so much. Maybe sleeping on the couch tonight. Welcome. Great. Thank you. I am getting sucked in. I want to watch it. Its so fun. You were there, so thats high praise, indeed. Crazy watching it back. Like, i dont remember. Its all like, you know, very condensed. How does it feel being back . Its incredible. I mean, that show is if you love music, right, which i do, i love music. Its just saturated. Whether youre looking for a song for your team or youre performing a song or watching somebody perform or talking about a song. Its music and its so much fun. Its so inspiring being around such talent everywhere you look. Whether its the coaches im sitting next to alicia keys. How many have . She has a spiritual aura about her. All the coaches, we have great chemistry this time. Its incredible. Is it competitive . Its fun, but then i think you really want to win. The female coach aguilera. Yeah, she won. I feel like im not a super competitive person. I dont do sports, i dont do you know what i mean . Im getting there with the show. I am. Im learning how to do it. Im surrounded by, you know, adam who actually is the most competitive person ive ever met in my entire life. I didnt know it was possible. Its unbelievable. Hes such a sweetheart. Blake as well. So, i mean, alicia and i were getting there. Shes actually she learned a lot last season i think. Being around those boys, you dont have a choice. Thats true. Now, adam and blake tend to bicker a bit. Do you try to stay out of it or do you take sides . I take sides. It just depends. Get. Youve learned to play the game. Im learning to play the game. We know yesterday was valentines day obviously. He gave you a big present, shall we take a look . Okay. All right. Gwen. Okay. I got this to show you how much i care about you. Yes, it is. Uhhuh. Mmm. Oh, that took a disturbing turn. Wow. Hes a dork. Its so funny. You guys do anything special for valentines day . I was here and he was in oklahoma. Yeah. But i got some flowers and some texts. You know. When you guys realize, okay, this is really happening. I like you, i kind of like you too. Did it feel different afterwards . Hello. It did, right . Its so natural at first but you stayed the same. It wasnt like all of a sudden people are like, it seems like youve been friends forever. We really havent. But its been you know, certain people you come across in your lifetime and its like an instant, chemistry friendship. And so hes da i dont think theres anybody that doesnt meet blake that doesnt fall in love with him. Hes an incredible person and funny and such a good person. You are fun to watch, the whole crew. My mom met him innard more oklahoma. And he took a picture with her. Can you tweet this to him . Your fashion sense, everybodys just so always watching what youre going to wear. Any excuse. Im like, come on. The perfect thing for me. Because i actually like being in the makeup chair. I spend a lot of time in that chair and i love it. And so just the idea of like, okay, what are we going to do today . What am i going to wear . Its creative and fun. I love bringing it. Everybody. I can watch it with the kids and were genuinely entertained, the music the fashion. Its hard to not get sucked into peoples stories and their talent. Like, theyre working so hard. You root for them, you know . People get a chance, coming up we really appreciate you being here and dont miss the voices season premier next monday. February 27th at 8 00, 7 00 here on nbc. Coming up, the stars continue. 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This season, the career criminal is facing a new set of challenges, lets take a look. Reddington . Oh, my goodness, this is tedious. Id give almost everything to have a scractch. Squeeze them other than scratch them. Why is he painting your portrait . You give me the name of the depositor that has declared war. Once i properly introduced myself, the little fellow lit right up. James spader, good morning. Good morning. I feel like i should bow down to you. That dialogue, it is just you would know. Not really. I just stand around with tattoos on. And sometimes i hit somebody. I wish somebody could be a fly on the wall to hear their commercial. What are you doing after the show . Fight seen. Im going to a prison. In staten island, which makes perfect sense. When i was doing the preinterview for this appearance today. She said the woman i was speaking to me is there you would like to say what the upcoming episode is about . I have no clue what the episode is. I have three in my head and none of them relate at all to the episode thats about to air. They reminded me i realized, you know, the writers and i were talking about trying to see if we could get you for this episode, al. That would have been a dream come true. We were on the phone, talking about it. And the character you would have played yourself. But, if you had been willing, but as it turns out that we didnt go with that in the episode. But we were worried that that wasnt going to quite in that context, and also as i brought up, i said, you know, the only person who has a more heldaceous and difficult schedule to contend with than us is al probably. And we certainly dont want to have to accommodate him. He would have to accommodate us. More i would be more than willing, believe me. I would drop everything. Drop please. In watching this season. Red is in a place where weve not seen him. Vulnerable and trying to figure out who is responsible for this seize attempt. Its firm footing, this season yet. Which, you know, i think he you know, hes got the right temperment for that. But things are certainly at loose ends. I mean, hes having to sort of look in every direction. I think the thing he has always felt and been comfortable with, the notion that the end could really arrive at any second, i think he can really sort of smell or taste that right now. Whether hes going to be proven right or wrong, who knows, you know. But i think hes wary. Some people you meet and you know their role. For you. I mean, i cant even imagine, seriously. Do you love it so much . It feels like no one else could play it but you. I rather love it than hate it. Really . You know, another theres lots of very good actors out there then they would have made it their thing. Fair enough. That just happened. Its part of the job description. They would just make it their thing. And then you wouldnt imagine anybody else in the role. But im lucky. Its a really its fun, you know, and theres as its intensity is balanced well by irreverence and fun, silliness, you know. They always say when i come to do the today show, they say well we have to look for a clip thats going to be appropriate for a morning show. Which im not entirely sure what that means. Does that mean youre lying in bed when youre watching it or what . James spader, thank you so much for coming in. The blacklist airs tomorrow night at 10 00 eastern. I have to go the role could be that of a killer weatherman. Who just angry about a blown forecast. And then has to go and auditioning. Always, always. You never know. As we look, you can see weve got severe storms today along the southeastern Atlantic Coast. A little bit of a clipper developing storm for Northern New England. Mild through the plains. Heavy rain move s into the pacific northwest. Tomorrow, makes its way into central and Northern California. Again, those dams that are under siege going to have more problems. Warm weather continues in the midsection of the country. On the windy side as we head into the northeast. Thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Good morning, everybody. Cloudy and cold outside right now. We will have a chance for a passing rain shower or snow colder tomorrow and windy, too. Winds out of the northwest at 2030 miles per hour. Afternoon highs tomorrow mid to upper 30s. Next couple of days after that. Warming up again. 40s on friday and back into the 60s in time for your long president s day weekend. This, my friends. It doesnt get any better than this. James, thanks so much. Appreciate it. Coming up weve got supermodel kate upton gracing the cover of three Sports Illustrated swimsuit covers after these messages. Illustrated swim sui listerine® kills 99 of bad breath germs. Illustrated swim sui this is 100 useful for a 100 fresh mouth. 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Overnight, just announced, shes back on the cover for a third time. Kate, congratulations. Congratulations. Thank you so much. Highfive moment. Thank you. Youre tied for second most covers ever. Does that what does that mean for you . I mean, i honestly it hasnt set in yet. It is an honor. To be a poort art o loving yourself is and confidence and loving yourself no matter what you look like, what shape or size, is just really an honor to be on the cover. There was so much positivity the first time around. People started talking about body image and you can have curves and it is okay. Going in the third time, did you go in with a different perspective . I really think that in my life, not even just for the magazine, i went in with a different perspective because working out with we share a trainer ben bruno hi, ben. Hi, ben. I started working out for, you know, myself, my myself to feel strong, to get through the day. It was less about fitting into a dress size and more about me feeling good. And me feeling strong. And it changed my perspective completely. What is the message now . Because, you know, it seems now, more than ever, body diversity, body type, color, everything is on the table now. It is like, you know, everybody is good. Of perfect. The only type of perfect you can be is your own. And so it is really important for you to find who you are and that can define you and what makes you different from everyone else. Otherwise, were all going to start looking the same, and that would be a bore. I agree with that. Can i ask, youre planning your wedding right now. Is that true . Well, yes. Trying. Justin verlander, right . Yes. You posted a fun picture. Do we have the picture . To instagram of your wedding plans. Fun, party, tequila and food. First, when can we expect an invite . Secondly, what can you tell us about the big day . Looking for something traditional, casual . When youre a supermodel, i feel the world is your oyster. I dont know. We were talking about it, like what does the other person want in a wedding. Both of us were like, we really want a party. So thats as lets definitely have some tequila. What kind of food should we have . Pigs in a blanket. Clearly, we were planning before dinner. Its like going to the Grocery Store when you are hungry. It was bad. When you look at this, theyre going to there are going to be a lot of young women who see this magazine and think, you know, i want to be her. What is your advice . What do you say to the young women who come up to you now . That say that they they would like to be on that cover or they would like to achieve what youve achieved. Well, i think that thats such an honor because i worked very hard to be on the cover. Im very proud of it. But the only way for someone to be able to achieve what ive achieved is to be themselves. Yeah. Good advice. Jamie, you said the same thing, didnt you . Excellent advice. Were all different and, you know, it would be boring if we were all the same. We like that advice. I concur. E kate, thank you so much. Well be back in a moment. Awaiting the arrival of Jennifer Nettles. Any moment. I heard you came in today after a 17hour day yesterday. I did. Im just now waking up. I dont know what just happened. No, yeah. It is impossible that anybody can look like that. Jamie, you were fantastic this morning. Thank you for coming. 9 57 is your time now on this wednesday, february 15th, 2017. Good morning, im eun yang. Today, it is out with the old at metro. Youre taking a look at the first 4,000 series rail car to be retired. Its being loaded on to a truck at the metro rail yard this morning. Back in november, metro pulled those cars for being used in lead positions in trains because of safety concerns. The 4,000 series dates back to the 1990s. Let check chuck bell. Good morning a cold day outside. Its in the upper 30s and low 40s across the area. Theres a 60 chance youll need the umbrella between now and 3 00 this afternoon. A cold front comes through. Cold and windy tomorrow. As we get into the weekend. Much colder for saturday, sunday and monday. Yeah, thank you chuck. Coming up on news 4 midday well have the latest on nine people arrested in Fairfax County in connection with a teenagers death. Well see you at 11 00. From nbc news. This is today. With Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hello, everybody. It is wines day wednesday. Its february 15th. Hoda is on a welldeserved vacation so Jennifer Nettles is my cohost today. This is her newest single. Lets hear it a little bit. What goes around is coming back around off her latest album, playing with fire. Shes been dabbling in acting too on tv and broadway. Im