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Speaking out. Harvey weinstein talks on camera for the First Time Since his harassment scandal. Guys, im not doing okay. Im trying. Ive got to get help, guys. This morning, more stars coming forward with new allegations amid reports that weinsteins company may have known about pay offs to women for years. All that plus the girl scouts furious over the boy scouts plan to accept girls. Yes, indeedy. Gregorius again the yankees cap an epic comeback while the nationals force a deciding game against the cups. And remember the dress that sparked a huge debate . The shoes that have everyone asking what color do you see . Discuss amongst yourselves today, thursday, october 12th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Nice to have you on a thursday morning. Have two cups of coffee. Watching the yankees last night. First the dress, now a sneaker and another one. Is the hat navy blue and white or white and navy blue. You are shameless. Just had to ask. We will do sports a little bit later. Unfortunately, were starting with this breaking news again. It is a terrible situation out in california. Rapidly spreading wild fires in californias famed wine country and other parts of the state. This morning, the return of powerful winds is only adding to an already dangerous and deadly situation. Were going to check in with al on that allimportant wind forecast in a moment. Lets start with joe fryer. Hes in santa rosa, a neighborhood that has been consumed by flames. Good morning. Reporter morning. Overnight, more evacuations with many other neighborhoods told to prepare for the possibility of evacuating. Wind dpus gusts topping 40 mil hour are giving the fires new life. Fire officials are calling this a catastrophic event. The fires tearing through Northern California refuse to surrender, while the fastmoving flames are being pushed by a resurgence of windy weather. The entire city of calistoga forced to evacuate. This family loaded up everything, including their pig. This is the second time they had to flee the fires this week. It is like armageddon. It is horrible. Reporter roads heading out of town were packed as firefighters brought in bulldozers and more, hoping to fend off the infernos. Im worried but not worried. Hopefully, this is overcautious. Better safe than sorry. Reporter more than 20 large wildfires are now burning across the state. Already, theyve scorched at least 170,000 acres. Thats roughly 265 square miles bigger than the city of chicago. Were not out of the woods and wont be for a great number of days to come. Reporter the death toll is rising, and the number of homes and businesses destroyed tops 3,000, including devastation to the industry that is this regions lifeline. Fires destroying at least five wineries, nearly a dozen more damaged with countless others in the path of danger. W vineyard owners wanting to learn the fate of their harvest in a landscape that will never be the same. Well have the memories, theyll be there. And well build new ones. Reporter most of their neighborhood is gone but not every house. The fire went right through this way. Reporter jake oliver lives behind the clarks. His house and a few others were saved after he flagged down some firefighters. Waved them. Hey, you have to go. I said, help me, man. I said, you can save my house. Theyre my heros. Reporter emotions running as high as the danger that surrounds these communities. This morning, 8,000 firefighters are on the ground slowly making progress. The tubs fire, which created devastation in santa rosa, is 10 contained. Savannah and matt . Heartbreaking. Joe, thank you. Mr. Roker is here. The bad news is, im looking over your shoulder and it is a windy looking map. It is. Not only do we have to worry about the winds but the air quality. Thats one of the things we havent talked about. This is the goes16 satellite. You can see the smoke making its way across a good portion of the central and northern part of the state. As that m cop comes in, it is c an air quality emergency. Unprecedented levels of air pollution. Unhealthy air through the weekend from santa rosa down to monterrey. We do have for Northern California, red flag warnings and fire weather watches. Wind gusts, 40 to 50 miles an hour. The dry conditions continue to spread. This is making its way down to Southern California. Even parts of los angeles under fire watches. Red flag warnings all the way to saturday. Gusts 30 to 45 miles an hour. Even if there isnt fire in your neighborhood, the embers get caught up in the 50mileperhour winds and can travel more than a mile, get caught up on rooftops, on more vegetation and spread that fire. Right now, until at least saturday, there is really no end in sight for whats literally becoming a fire storm. Al, thank you. Well check back in. Of course, a lot to get to, including a number of headlines out of the white house this morning. The president hit the road last night, traveled to pennsylvania, where he talked about everything from taxes and iran to the nfls National Anthem controversy. Weve got all of it covered. Well start with nbcs chief White House Correspondent hallie jackson. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. The president has plenty on his plate, including a looming deadline sunday on the iran nuclear deal, which he railed against on the campaign trail. The president is expected to announce tomorrow he is desert fii i decertifying the deal, as he again slams it in a new interview overnight. The president in pennsylvania touting tax reform. On capitol hill, theyre talking tehran. Hello, sir. How was the briefing, sir . Reporter his National Security adviser briefing lawmakers as the administration gets ready to take action on the landmark Iranian Nuclear deal, negotiated under thenpresident obama. It was one of the most incompetently drawn deals ive ever seen. Reporter nbc news learned from Administration Sources the president is expected to decertify that deal. Saying irans not complying, as part of a larger strategy to crack down on that countrys Missile Program and its support for terrorism. This is the worst deal. We got nothing. We got nothing. Reporter stopping short of a full withdrawal, the president is going against the initial advice of his advisers, like defense secretary james mattis. Asked last week if the deal is in americas National Security interest. Yes or no question. Yes, senator, i do. Reporter the new move has allies around the world concerns, but itll probably win cheers from the president s supporters. Still, another topic drew boos during the president s new fox news interview. Colin kaepernick. Guy praised a murdering thug, dictator. Reporter President Trump wading again into the controversy over nfl players taking a knee. Trump saying kaepernicks coaches should have suspended him when he first knelt. They could have suspended him for two games and suspended him if he did it a third time for the season and you never would have had a problem. I will tell you, you cannot disrespect our country, our flag, our anthem. You cannot do that. Reporter the nfl commissioner, roger goodell, will meet next week with the head of the players union, after both said there has been no change in the current policy regarding the anthem. The real dialogue and the real issues have been overtaken by the controversy. Reporter back at the white house today, the president is expected to introduce his new pick to lead the department of Homeland Security. Kirstjen nielsen, very close with chief of staff john kelly. Her nomination will be sent to the senate for confirmation. Thank you. The president is also stepping up his attacks on what he considers to be fake news. Nbcs Kristen Welker has that part of the story. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you. President trump is forcefully pushing back against our nbc news report that he talked about increasing the Nations Nuclear arsenal during a pentagon meeting over the summer, and he is taking his hits against the media to a whole new level. President trump on fox news Late Wednesday ratcheting up his attacks on the media. The media i call it fake media. Its fake. So much fake news. Reporter earlier in the day, the president disputing an exclusive nbc news report that mr. Trump talked about drastically increasing the size of the u. S. Nuclear arsenal over the summer. No, i never discussed increasing it. I wanted it in perfect shape. That was fake news by nbc, which gives a lot of fake news lately. We wont need an increase, but i want modernization and total rehabilitation. Its got to be in tiptop shape. Reporter according to three officials in the room during a july 20th meeting at the pentagon that included the secretary of state, secretary of defense and Vice President , the president said he wanted what amounted to a nearly 10 fold increase in the u. S. Nuclear arsenal, after seeing a chart of the arsenals history. The meeting proceeded. The secretary of state calling the president a moran. In disputing the story, the president taking a remarkable step, appearing to attack the First Amendment. Tweeting about nbc news and the networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their license . And again overnight, network news has become so partisan, distorted and fake, that licenses must be challenged and, if appropriate, revoked. Not fair to public. In reality, network licenses cant be revoked by the government. The fcc oversees broadcast licenses for individual tv stations, not the networks themselves. Still, the president digging in. Frankly disgusting, the way the press is able to write whatever they want to write. Reporter fellow republican senator ben sasse from nebraska taking the president to task for his hits on the media. Issuing a statement overnight. Are you recanting of the oath you took on january 20th to pro ser preserve, protect and defend the First Amendment . Reporter defense secretary james mattis weighing in on our nbc news report writing, recent reports the president called for an increase in the Nuclear Arsenal are absolutely false. For the record, nbc news never reported the president called for an increase in the Nuclear Arsenal, just that he talked about it. All of it adding fresh urgency as the president is grappling with mounting challenges in iran and north korea. Kristen welker at the white house, thank you very much. News from overseas now. The british isis recruiter known as the white widow reportedly has been killed in syria by a u. S. Drone. According to multiple reports in the uk, sally jones and her son were killed back in june, close to syrias border with iraq, as she was attempting to flee the isis stronghold of raqqah. U. S. Intelligence officials said they could not be 100 sure jones was killed but they were confident she had. Jones recruited female jihadis and was nicknamed the white widow after her husband, also an i isis recruiter, was killed by a drone in 2015. Ten people are being charged in connection with the death of an 18yearold pledge after a night of drinking and what the schools president calls a series of poor decisions. Tammy lightener is at the lsu campus in baton rouge. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. Maxwell gruver had six times the legal limit of alcohol in his system. It happened here at a Fraternity Pledge event. Now, ten people are faced with hazing charges. One with negligent homicide. The Fraternity Rush replaced by walks at lsu. Ten members Face Criminal Charges after freshman Maxwell Gruver died at a pledge event calling a game called bible study. Do you have anything to say about what happened that day . Nothing. Sorry, yall. Reporter police say pledges were forced to drink if they couldnt answer questions about the fraternity. By midnight, gruver ipeappeared highly intoxicated, a witness told police. Older members laid him on the couch and left for the night, not checking on him until 9 00 a. M. , when the witness said gruvers pulse was weak and they could not tell if he was breathing. The freshman was rushed from this frat house to the hospital. According to an autopsy report, gruver had a blood alcohol level of 0. 495, more than six times the legal limit to drive in louisiana. Now eight current and two former students are charged with hazing, including matthew nicon, who faces a felony charge of negligent homicide. Police say he repeatedly forced gruver to drink for messing up the al the alphabet. His attorney said, for respect to the gruver family, i wont be making any comment. We need to wait for the evidence to come in. A lawyer for zachary hall said his client didnt participate, didnt haze and didnt do anything wrong. Another attorney had this to say. My client is terribly upset about the fact that max died. We mourn his loss. Reporter gruvers grieving mother posting on facebook. I dont know how people can live with themselves. But you brothers will have to live with it every day for the rest of your lives. The fraternity already ejected the brothers involved. The lsu charges come eight months after pledge tim piazza died from a different fraternity at penn state. We have a friend thats unconscious. Reporter 14 members faced charges in the case. Byi ia pei peian piazzas parents spoke with matt. Treats our son like road kill and a ragdoll. Reporter the young men could face 30 days in jail and be expelled from school. A sad story. Now to the ongoing crisis in puerto rico. More than three weeks after hurricane maria, parts of the island are still in desperate need of supplies. Now some military veterans are taking relief efforts into their own hands. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in san juan with more on that. Good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. The acting Homeland Security secretary is set to return to puerto rico later today. This as fema expands its Leadership Team here on the island. To be clear, aide is trickling in, but some remote areas arent seeing it. Now one area is relying on a group of military veterans with an incredible story. In puerto rico, supplies are scarce, but an Unlikely Team is on the move. We are reaching out to get people to cut that red tape. People in this town can get the things they need. Reporter theyve been called expendables, u. S. Army veterans turned volunteers. Jose is from arizona. Jason from south carolina. Eric, they call him viking, from iowa. How big is the need here . Its big. Reporter here on the mountainous western side of the island, people say theyve seen little if any federal response. Maria gonzalez has cancer and is desperate for a generator. What is your message to fema . Do what youre supposed to do. Reporter the towns mayor who lost his own home and is sleeping at city hall said some aide is trickling in, but slowly. Some cut off communities are relying on this rough and tumble band of good samaritans. God bless you. Reporter a group thats gone viral, posting this video on so he should. We cant figure out why supplies are not coming in from san juan. Reporter we joined them on a mission to haul food and water to a neighborhood still trapped by a dangerous mudslide three weeks after hurricane maria. If i were stranded in the mountains, id want somebody to come and help me. I wouldnt want anybody to forget about me. Reporter after a journey that takes hours. The real rambos. Reporter they arrive as the sunsets. Why is it important for you as private citizens to step up . Because theyre americans. Just like everybody here. If we were in trouble, we would want help, too. Reporter for its part, fema says 19,000 civilian and military personnel are working here in puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands. The agency is hosting job fairs to hire 1200 Puerto Ricans for the relief effort. Guys, some of the folks we spoke with say it is just not enough. Gabe gutierrez in san juan, thank you. Mr. Roker is back with another check of the forecast. What do you have . Well, we have some showers in the northeast and midatlantic states. Were also looking at some mountain snows in the pacific northwest. Going to be cooler in the northeast, feeling a little more like fall. 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Also looking at those mid60s for trenton, mid630s and very windy at the jersey shore and as for delaware, smyrna looking for a high of 65. Latest weather. Guys . Al, thank you very much. Coming up, Harvey Weinstein speaks out about his harassment scandal amid disturbing new allegations. And a historic move by the boy scouts, announcing plans to let girls join. Why the girl scouts arent happy about it. First, this is today on nbc. Just ahead, the dangerous mistakes you might be making when it comes to installing your childs car seat. A new rossen reports warning parents need to see. Good morning, hoda. Weve got the shoes everybody is talking about. Heres the question, what colors do you see . Gray and teal. Gray and teal. Lets when we love someone, we want to do right by them. What is this . chuckling but habits are hard to break. Honey, where are the habaneros . And then there are things we cant control, like snoring. loud snoring now the answer is right under your nose. 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The western part of our area, spotty showers but those roadways are wet and its windy all across the area. Theres a closer look at the steadiest rain and a Little Pocket of rain which we have been seeing travel through south jersey. Right now upper 50s, low 60s. This afternoon only low to mid60s for highs. Not surprisingly a messy morning commute. So weve had a lot of problems so far. Delays and accidents everywhere. Usually theyre minor accidents like this. Its what were seeing everywhere because of those slippery spots. The schuylkill expressway stop and go and look at these drive times on 95. Vicious right now. 57 minutes from the southbound side from wood haven road to the vine. Fire crews had to rescue a fellow firefighter after a roof collapse sent him tumbling through the inside of a Burning House in hamilton township. The firefighter was treated at the scene and will be okay. The house was being renovated and no one else was hurt. Well have another update in just about 25 minutes and you can join us every weekday morning from 4 00 to 7 00. Were back now. 7 30. A thursday morning, october 12th, 2017. Happy to have you back with us. We want to get to the headlines. Wildfire concern from california. Catastrophic. Heavy winds fan the flames as things go from bad to worse in Northern California. The death toll rises. Entire towns evacuated. Hundreds remain missing. Firefighters locked in a race against time to get those wildfires under control. Just horrible. Its like armageddon. Taking aim at the iran deal. President trump expected to decertify the controversial agreement made under the obama administration. I think it was one of the most incompetently drawn deals ive ever seen. Reporter back in action. President obama returning to the campaign trail to help northam in the hotly contested race for governor. The chimpanzees at zoo miami return to their habitat for the First Time Since it was damaged by hurricane irma. Comeback complete. Gregorius again the yankees overcome a twogame deficit and beat the Cleveland Indians to move on in the American League playoffs. In the air to right center field. While the Washington Nationals beat the cubs to force a Decisive Game five in the National League division series. Today, thursday, october 12th, 2017. Going to be an interesting end of the week and weekend in baseball. Why are you acting neutral . I love this time of year. I really do. In both leagues. There is a yankees hat here. You are not neutral. It is because it is raining outside. Also this morning, even more women are coming forward with new allegations against Harvey Weinstein. And this morning, were hearing from him directly. Nbcs Senior National correspondent kate snow has the latest. Good morning. Good morning. Harvey weinstein says he needs to get help. His comments caught on camera in los angeles come as the la Police Department confirms to nbc news that they received a disturbance call from the home of weinsteins 22yearold daughter, remi. And a new report from the New York Times this morning that his company has been aware of weinsteins alleged inappropriate behavior and confidential settlements with women for at least two years. This morning, Harvey Weinstein . His own words. Guys, im not doing okay. Im trying. Ive got to get help. Newly obtained video licensed by nbc news, the ousted power producer speaking on camera for the First Time Since his Sexual Abuse Scandal began rocking hollywood. Weinstein telling photographers hes hoping for a second act. You know what, we all make mistakes. Second chance, i hope, okay . That video surfacing after a call to la Police Wednesday morning, according to tmz. Weinsteins daughter, remi, said her father was suicidal and depressed. When police arrived, she said, it was a family dispute. Late wednesday, weinstein told page six, i am profoundly devastated. Ive lost my wife and kids, who i love more than anything else. I dont want her or my children to be hurt more than they have. Actress and model on instagram, the latest to share allegations, before getting a part in tulip fever, she took a meeting with weinstein. As soon as we were alone, he began to brag about all the actresses he had slept with, she wrote, and how he had made their careers and spoke about other inappropriate things of a sexual nature. Later, she says, he asked her to kiss another women in his hotel room. Accounts of this type of behavior echoed by a growing list of women. Like dawn dunning. He opens the door, and he was wearing a robe, like it was open, like to the waist. He just cut right to the chase and said, these are contracts for my next three films. Ill sign them, but i want you to have a threesome with me and my assistant. More are expressing outrage several days after the allegations were first reporting. Including hillary clinton, who says shell donate to charity the money weinstein contributed to her political campaigns. I was appalled. It was something that was just intolerable in every way. Social media is Holding Hollywood accountable, after affleck joined the kchorus of condemning him, video surfaced from 2003. The reporter saying he tweaked her breast. He said, i sincerely apologize. Why stay single . Did you get to experience the mogul aspect . In 2014, weinstein said he didnt ask for sexual favors in exchange for roles. Howard, as you know only too well, it doesnt work that way. The movies are too expensive. The risks are too great. Despite denying knowledge of whine steen weinsteins alleged misconduct, New York Times reporting the company knew since 2014 about multiple payoffs to women. The times citing an attorney of weinsteins and an email he fired off to members of the company last week, asserting prior knowledge of the settlements. Miramax and the Weinstein Company racked up 80 awards. They find the conduct described to be against Harvey Weinstein and repugnanrepugnant. We reached out to Harvey Weinsteins representatives again on wednesday and got no response. Weinstein unequivocally denies any allegations of nonconsensual sex. Thank you very much. Important Weather Forecast this morning. Were looking at a tale of two countries, as far as temperatures are concerned. In the northwest with the jet stream dipping to the south, we have temperatures way below normal, from 6 to 9 degrees below normal. Cleveland will be 9 degrees above average. Shar charlotte, 82. 80s in a good swath of the country. Outwest, west, it continues to windy. St. Louis, 88 degrees. Boise will be 13 degre belowes good morning. Today a rainy one. Windy as well. Scattered showers will last in the morning hours, more isolated and spotty in the afternoon. 66 only for the temperature in center city. Not much warming today. A high of 63 for allentown. Also mid60s for trenton, mid60s and very windy at the jersey shore and as for delaware, a high today of 65. Get that weather any time you need it. Check out our friends at the Weather Channel on cable. Theres more ahead, including a historic change by the boy scouts that is not sitting well with the girl scouts. Also ahead, the raging question over the color of these shoes. So obvious. Why is it a question . Then a star, the musician who caused pink to clam up. And what youre doing wrong in real energy harnessed from the earth. Nature valley. They declare love dogs dat first sniff. To get. Dogs love more, because they are more. Lets treat them that way. Milkbone. Doing more for dogs since 1908. Hes a nascar champion whos shes a worldclass swimmer whos stared down the best in her sport. 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And the same chance to achieve scoutings highest honor, eagle scout. The boy scouts say the move is in response to changing times. What we know about families today is they have a limited amount of time. Weve had tremendous demand from our parents that have boys in cub scouting to open up that opportunity for young women. The National Organization for women has pushed for the move, but the girl scouts says it is about stealing their membership. Even suggesting girls might not be safe, pointing to the boy scouts history of sex abuse allegations. Any parent that let their girl join the boy scouts would be putting them at risk, given the fact they havent fixed the fire burning in their house right now. The boy scouts say their youth protection policies give members the safest and most secure environment possible. Responding overnight in a statement that reads, in part, the litigation referenced is related to circumstances that are decades old and are in no way a reflection of the effectiveness of our current youth protection policies and procedures. There have been many controversies in the poi scoboy 100year history. The organization caving to pressure to admit gay scouts, gay scout leaders and transgender boys. The boy scouts annual jamboree became a lightning rod was President Trump turned it political. As the scout law says, a scout is trustworthy, loyal. We could use some more loyalty. I will tell you that. Donald trump jr. Weighing into the latest fray, tweeting, strange. I thought thats what the girl scouts was for. But for sydney ireland, it is simply about a dream of being able to join her brother as an eagle scout. I really wanted to do the same things because they were just theyre amazing opportunities, and i feel really connected to all of the outdoor skills and life skills that the boy scouts teach us. The girl scouts are considering legal action now. They say the charters for the two groups are clear. They may ask congress to step in and revoke the boy scouts charter. So the scouting battle may just be getting started. Just to make sure it is not lost in your piece, you make the specific point, these are not coed dens. No. Girls only dens. They will keep them separate but equal. Kristen dahlgren, thank you so much. Time to turn to the orange room and dylan dreyer. Up next, it is the days biggest debate, why no one can agree on the color of these shoes. Well get when you have moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, the unpredictability of a flare may weigh on your mind. Thinking about what to avoid, where to go, and how to work around your uc. Thats how i thought it had to be. 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People are presenting proof, supporting the blue green theory. Alicia lightened the photo and brought out the pink. We took the debate to twitter, where all debates should go, and we say, 80 say blue green and gray. Pink and white, only 20 . Wow. Let me attempt to settle this once and for all. Here is the actual shoe. We think. Whats that, pink and white . That looks pink and white. Matt has those. Weve been doing our survey here. Olivia happens to be wearing the exact color most of the world thinks this is. When olivia stands next to it, were back to blue. Nate, run over there. Hes wearing pink. They didnt plan these outfits today, but he happens to be wearing pink. Its green. Do you still see pink . I see pink the whole time, even with olivia. Really . Right, al . All i see. Blue and white. White and blue. Shameless. Good one, lauer. Dylan, thank you very much. We didnt settle anything. But all right. 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Were tracking it in the first alert neighborhood forecast. Yeah, so right now were looking at first alert radar and satellite and what a difference the last couple of hours has made. Its a steady rain, but fairly light over burlington, ocean counties. Spotty rain right now and more isolated as we get into the afternoon hours, but plenty of clouds the rest of the day. Also windy today and look at temperatures. 57 in mount holly and 60 in philly right now. These temperatures will only rise to about the low mid60s for our highs today. Jessica is keeping an eye on traffic. The schuylkill not looking too hot. This is pretty much what it looks like the entire length both directions. 36 minutes on the eastbound side though, but speeds down into the 20s as well. Were also watching a major accident out in mansfield township. All lanes blocked right now near route 206. The john b. Kelly Elementary School is closed today because of moelld. The district blames the heating and air conditioning system. They expect to give an update to parents about the situation right around noontime. Well keep you posted. Today leaders in atlanta county will be cutting the ribbon on a newly reconstructed portion of the Atlantic City boardwalk. Its phase two to extend the boardwalk to gardeners basin. Another update in about 25 minutes. Remember, you can join us every weekday morning for nbc 10 news today from 4 00 to 7 00. Its 8 0 0 on today. Coming up, out of control. Flames showing no sign of slowing down this morning as they tear through Northern California. High winds making a disaster situation even worse. Were not going to be out of the woods for a great number of days to come. Families fleeing their homes as entire towns are forced to evacua evacuate. Were live on the scene. Buckle up. I thought i was doing it right. You may think your kids are safe, but are they strapped in correctly . What you need to know. Youre good now. Youre safe. And pink and the piano man. Sing us a song, youre the piano man how the pop superstar and the music legend could be teaming up today, thursday, october 12th, 2017. Baby, i just got to know we have the west family with us. Good morning from indiana. We have a very important birthday, dont we . Happy birthday, my grandma. First timer in new york. Whats your name, sweetie . Josh. Welcome to the today show. Thank you. Mother and daughter, celebrating our birthday on the today show. All the way from louisiana for his 30th birthday. Morning, everybody. Welcome back to today. So glad to have you with us bright and early on a thursday morning. What are you laughing about . I love that little boy. Welcome to the today show. Josh wasnt having much of it, was he . Cute though. It really was. Lots to get to. Start this half hour with your news at 8 00. New evacuations being ordered as Northern California braces for a fresh round of destruction from deadly wildfires. Nbcs joe fryer is in santa rosa again for us this morning. Joe, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. The winds are picking up again. Heightening the fire danger. The death toll is now at 23 with fire officials saying this region wont be out of the woods for several days. This morning, california remains on high alert as raging wildfires rip through the golden state. Weve had big fires in the past. This is one of the biggest, most serious. Its not over. Reporter the fires have claimed more than 20 lives and authorities are dealing with hundreds of missing person reports. At least 3500 homes and businesses are gone. This is a serious, critical, catastrophic event. Reporter the fires are being driven by hot and dry diablo winds, making it difficult to contain the flames. We have a lot of wind on our incidents, which put fire in numerous directions. Reporter in Northern California, parts of wine country now a wasteland. The fires destroying at least five wineries while nearly a dozen more are damaged. Residents of calistoga are among the thousands of californians to evacuate after a mandatory order was issued to the town. In the city of santa rosa, entire neighborhoods destroyed. Loved ones picking each other up. Families survey the damage. Lives here forever changed. Tries to make you feel that you just cant go on. Reporter for bob and jeanine, the dream home they worked so hard to build now reduced to ash. We worked on this for years. But now we dont know what were going to do. Reporter the same goes for the lassins, parents of two Young Children, struggling to understand. I wake up and the first thing i do is cry. Then we get it together before the kids wake up because how do you explain this to them . Reporter for tabitha washington and her family, the worst fears came true. Oh, my god our house is gone reporter a Mother Holding her kids close, trying to figure out what comes next. Theres nothing left. All our memories and things are just gone. Reporter 8,000 firefighters are on the ground this morning slowly making progress. The tubbs fire, which caused so much devastation in santa rosa, is 10 contained. That is just one of 20 plus wildfires burning throughout the region. The weather not helping. Thank you very much. I want to go to washington now where President Trump is ready to go it alone on health care with an executive order relaxing some regulations. Hes also facing a deadline on the iran nuclear deal. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker has the latest on both of those subjects. Good morning. Reporter hi, matt. Good morning to you. President trump will sign that executive order on health care today. It is aimed at easing rules on Small Businesses and the plans they contain. President trump discussed taxes to foreign policy, including iran nuclear deal. The president is expected to decertify the deal tomorrow, kicking the issue to congress for a 60day review period. Mr. Trump calling the deal one of the most incompetently drawn deals ive ever seen. The president also, again, wading into the controversy over nfl players taking a knee during the National Anthem to protest what they say is racial injustice. Mr. Trump insisting, those players should be suspended. Meanwhile, the president taking his attacks against the media to a whole new level. Saying, network news licenses should be pulled after our nbc news report citing three officials in the room that the president talked about increasing the Nuclear Arsenal over the summer. In reality, network licenses cant be revoked by the government. The fcc oversees broadcast licenses for individual tv stations, not the networks themselves. Matt . A lot going on at the white house. Kristen welker, thank you very much. The Girl Scouts Organization is considering legal action after the boy scouts announced wednesday that they will start admitting girls. The program rolls out next year with girls only units with the entry level cub scouts. Older girls can join the following year. It is suggested by the girl scouts it is aimed at steeling their revenue and boosting membership. The boy scouts say it is about giving families more options and opening up the eagle scout to girls. In japan, kids had to wear et sa lgts gsz acting up in the first time in six years, and it has created a plume of ash that rises for a mile. Its falling on four nearby cities and towns. Dont get a day off of school for that . I vocanos. We love the videos of Service Members greeted by family members when they come home. Watch what happens when this irish soldier returns from six months in the middle east. [ screaming ] wife and daughter hurry to meet the captain, but one person is missing from the group hug. Little brother sean. Sean is so overcome with emotion, hes frozen in place. He is crying with his head down. But this older man walks over to see if sean is okay. Eventually, he brought the whole family together, where they had a big group hug. Sometimes you dont know how youre going to react when a moment like that happens. Oh. The hug did come eventually. Sweet. Hoda, thank you very much. We have a lot more to talk about today. Including the dangerous mistakes you could be making with your childs car seat. Plus, what christina applegate, a Breast Cancer survivor, says shes done to take control of her health. Also ahead, oscarnominee Andrew Garfield will be here live. On megyn kelly today, millions of americans are misdiagnosed by their doctors a year. Year. What you can learn from to our fellow americans in puerto rico, we may be separated by an ocean but we are united. When food is good and clean and real, its ok to crave. And with panera catering, theres more to go around. Panera. 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Yes. I love this. Is it your day . It is my day. Lets look at what has people talking on twitter. Here are the trending topics. Thursday thoughts. National farmers day. My favorite, friday eve. All right. From radio to records, cassette tapes, mp3s, streaming services, so many ways to listen to music. It has changed over the years. You may be surprised to know the tried and true method of listening to music has been consistent, radio. Heres the ranking to find music. The number one new way is radio. Number two, friends and relatives. Three, online music services. Followed by social media. Online radio. Satellite radio. Number one, radio, like terrestrial, fm am radio. You turn it on, oh, my gosh, i havent heard that song. What new song have you heard lately and where did you hear it . Al, whats your new jam . I listen to sirius xm. Portug portugal. The man and this is it. I love it. Now i can add friends to the list of where i hear new songs from. Dylan dreyer, what is your jam . Mine is a rediscovered. I went to the billie joel concert, and i am obsessed with the entertainer. Did you love him in concert . Best concert. I loved it. Ms. Guthrie . I get all my new music from the today show. We had Camila Cabello on. And carson talked about this. This is my new despacito. Good one. Normally, im satellite radio. Camila cabello the other day, havana, stuck in my mind. You sing it, savannah. I sing it, havana, and it is catchy. I heard tim and faith. They have a whole new album coming out. Ed sheeran wrote the song. Just listen. Its called the rest of our lives. Its a beautiful song, and i think a friend told me. Al, you tell me a lot of new songs. Hoda, you tell us a lot of new songs. You sent me dear kate, which is beautiful. The ones hoda likes, youre like, oh, i cant go on. I still love the fact that dylan just discovered a billie joel album from i knew it. Paul mccartney, listening to the beatles. Hope you have new music for me in pop start. We might. Were talking pink. Lets begin with christina applegate. The actress revealed to today. Com she recently underwent surgery. She said two weeks ago, i had my ovaries and fallopian tubes removed. My cousin passed from Ovarian Cancer in 2008. I can prevent it. Applegate was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 2008 and had a double mastectomy. Since then, shes taken steps to change her lifestyle, incorporating clean eating and encouraging others to do the same. Now to pink. The singer songwriter talked to the la times about her upcoming all b album and made a revelation. She teamed up with bill lie joe. After years of persistence on her part, the piano man dlab ra collaborated with her. Pink said, hell too good for me and i clammed up. He said, pick out the best poem youve ever written and send it to me and ill make you a song. I got home and all my poems are the worst pieces of trash ive ever seen in my life. More to come on that, hopefully. Breaking bad. Remember this scene, walter white threw an entire pizza on to the roof of his house. It was a fan favorite. People are still reenacting it to this day. The problem . Theyre doing it at the actual house in albuquerque, new mexico. The homeowners had enough. Theyre constructing a sixfootasixfoot tall, rodiron fence to prevent flying cheese pizzas on to their roof. They should stand on the roof and catch them. Dinner served. Seemed like a good idea when they gave permission to film there. Maybe they werent living there at the time. Daily click. In case sky diving wasnt adventurous enough, this group added flare. They covered their suits in l. E. D. Lights and jumped out of a plane at night. They joined hands, lighting up the sky, making for an incredible sight. After descending together, they broke apart and each made their way to a safe landing below. Looks like tron. Can you imagine what people on the ground thought . Oh, i know. War of the worlds. Yeah. Wow. Thats cool. That was an old movie, war of the world. Before billie joel the entertainer. Tell us about the olden times. Well, it was actually all radio. You sat there, people looked at it, nothing really happened. You heard the thing coming out of the box. It was unbelievable. Now we have pictures to show you. Lets talk about the winds in california. Again, it is going to be a really dangerous day with wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour. Pushing through the passes, causing big problems through this afternoon on into tomorrow. And down into Southern California, as well. Mountain wind gusts of over 45 miles per hour. That will continue big, big problems. Ill tell ya, if we could get some of the rain thats going to be inundating florida out to the west, wed be in great shape. On shore flow, scattered showers, heavier thunderstorms develop on friday and into saturday. Potential flooding into the weekend. In fact, you look at the rainfall through sunday, some places going to be picking up to three to five inches of rain through southern flora. Thidat good morning. Im krystal klei. Today a rainy one, windy as well, showers in the morning hours. 66 for the center today in center city. 63 in allentown. Also mid 60s for trenton, voorhees at 67. Mid 60s and very windy at the jersey shore. Thats your latest weather. Savannah . Al, thank you so much. Much. Now to more of our special rossen reports series, rossen to the rescue. This morning, an important warning about keeping your children safe in their car seats. Today National Investigative correspondent jeff rossen is here to show you how. Good morning. Good morning to you. I want to show you how important this is. Take a look at this photo right here. It has gone viral. We showed it to you here on today. A mom and her two Young Children in a car accident. They escaped without a scratch. The kids car seats basically untouched, sitting in front of the mangled wreckage, because mom says she buckled them up correctly and the car seats were installed the right way. It turns out most of us are doing it wrong. Putting our kids in danger. This morning, we are about to show you how to fix it, right now. This mom is making a dangerous mistake. I thought i was doing it right. This one, too. It should be attached behind the wheel. They have no idea. According to the national highway Traffic Safety administration, more than half of all car seats are installed incorrectly. It can be the difference between life and death. Take a look at this crash test video. This car seat is installed wrong. The child slamming into the back of that seat. Heres the thing, can cwith car seats, one little thing can mean everything. So many of us are making the same mistakes. Common mistakes. Today, weve set up a car seat spot checkpoint. See the sign here. We have cars lined up. Parents who want to find out what theyre doing wrong, if anything. We are going to show them and you the right way to do it. In the next two minutes, youre going to know how to keep your kid safe. Its easy. We tighten it, and we try to see where we get the best fit. On hand to help. This is nice and tight. Lorrie walker from safe kids. Right away, this mom pulls in with her twomonthold, and our expert finds a big problem. The straps are too loose. We do whats called the pinch test. If you can grab some of the webbing, it is much too loose. Easily do here. These are too low . Yeah, they need to be around the shoulder. Move these up. Im sorry. Well keep the pacifier in and move it around your shoulders. Well tighten it like this, right . Yeah. Much better. Mom watching and reacting. You want to take care of your child, make sure theyre safe, and that wasnt the case with my car seat. Our expert isnt done yet. You were saying this strap. Come up to the armpit level. Up to the armpits. Move those to the shoulders. This is at the armpit. Youre good now. Youre safe. She doesnt seem thrilled. When we checked this moms car, another biggie. The car soot is too loose. Whats the test on this . How do you know when it is too much . The inch test. If it is moving more than one inch side to side or front to back, we know we have a seat thats too loose. Tighten it up . Pull straight up. Now it is feeling really tight. No inch. You cant move it. But we find the biggest problems, yes, problems, in this next car. The tether isnt attached. This is the strap on the car seat that holds it to the back of the vehicle seat. You found it laying here off to the side. Yeah. What should it be . It should go through the head restraint, right through here. Put it through here. Yeah. There is a hook on the back that accepts it. Ill run back there. Come with me. Youre saying every car has one of these, the newer cars . Yeah. Come back here, take a look at this. See this little hook right here . Hook it in like that. Ill tighten this up. All right. Very tight now. You can already feel here, it is much more secure. Thats not all. The car seat is loose, and her straps, too. In a crash, shed be rolli i around in the seat. We fix everything right up. Thank you so much. Of course. Our pleasure. Lifesaving tips to protect your kids. We learned something today. Absolutely. Thank you for helping. Our pleasure. Were getting it done. Great. Baby is safe now. By the way, the car seat spot checks happen across the country. If youre lucky, there wont be tv cameras there to embarrass you. But we have a step by step guide on how to install your childs car seat correctly. I urge you to go to our website right now. Today. Com. So important. Yeah. You did a story on this before, and i always make sure the chest plate is right there. So easy to screw up. So many moving parts on them. Often when theyre crying, when youre trying to strap them in, you just want to get it over with and make sure theyre okay. My gosh, i think ive been doing it wrong. Scary. Many of us have. Reminder, rossen to the rescue is available in bookstores and online. Dylan . Hey, guys. Im in good company in the orange room. The talented isla fisher nbc 10 news starts now. Good morning. Its just a few minutes before 8 30 on this thursday, a soggy start to our krystal klei is tracking it all. Now we have scattered showers left behind mostly over south jersey and a little bit over bucks county. Even Philadelphia County now is mostly dried out. Light rain falling over parts of salem, Washington Township. The roadways are saturated out there. Temperatures today only in the mid 60s. Today may be the worst day so far for the morning commute. Safe to say. Look at 95. We had an earlier crash on the southbound side, a few of them actually. Were at a 53 minute southbound from wood haven to the vine. In delaware county, the president of radner townships board of commissioners has 24 hours to resign in response to child porn charges against phillip r. The philadelphia the Housing Authority will auction off more than 50 Unused Properties today. The goal is to reduce the number of vacant buildings in the city. Funds will be used to rehab older units and build newer ones. Were back now. 8 30 on a thursday morning. Its the 12th day of october, 2017. We had some muggy days here in new york. Now its cooled down a little bit. We have some drizzle in the air. Definitely fall like here in new york city. Coming up, by the way, do we have a crowd moment today . No . Well do it later. Hold off on that. Late gratification. Its worth the wait. Coming up, well talk to actress and comedian isla fisher about the personal inspiration behind her latest character. Shes got a great new book of short stories out. Marge in charge. Speaking of stars we love, Andrew Garfield is here. We caught up with his costar on wednesday. Now it is his turn to tell us how he is handling the oscar buzz. Plus, one of new yorks hottest chefs shares personal recipes from her first cook book. Pasta and caesar salad. Lets do the crowd moment now. I need al roker with me. We have a young man. We have a young man named jackson. Where is jackson . Jackson. Hi. Jackson wants to do the weather with al roker. He wants to be a meteorologist. You can see that hes photoshopped himself . Very nice, jackson. How old are you . 11. Where from . Houston. You can see the monitor here. Well put the maps up and you can do the weather. Take a look. Okay. What do you think . Its 59 in rhode island. There you go. 90 in houston. Thats where were from. That works out well. Mountain snow. Fire threats. Down in california. Yeah, lots of forest fires. Tomorrow. Low pressure. Right there. October warmth through the plains. Yeah. What do you see in Southern California . Sunny. Sun again. More sunshine. Youre on the way. All right. What do i say when i have to go to the loc today a rainy one, windy as well. Scattered showers in the morning hours, more isolated and spotty in the afternoon. 66 for the temperature today in center city. A high of 63 for allentown. Mid 60s for trenton, voorhees at 67. Mid 60s and very windy at the jersey shore. Delaware, youre looking at a high today of 65. You thats your latest weather. Back to matt. Back to matt. There you go. All you have to do is lose your hair and gain 200 pounds. Youre set. That was good, al. Thank you very much. And jackson. Well, we are here with actress and author ila fiisla f without with a new childrens series, marge in charge. Welcome back. Thank you. Can we start this backwards . Yes. This is a question id normally do later. Lets say, i know how you describe marge in the book. Yeah. Who is in your mind, who are you picturing if you make marge into a movie, who plays marge . I mean, im in love with betty white. I just see her as marge. She could play the she would bring so much life to her. I adore betty white, too, but is she else sccentric enough . I combine betty white with mrs. Doubtfire. Dame edna. A little of that. Who inspired this character . If my two best friends were to have a love child, itd be marge. One is the eternal peter pan. My other girlfriend is just like she is related to the royal family. Shes just a total kuk. So i plagiarize from my life. I never had a babysitter like marge, ever. All mine were strict. Marge has this great like mischief in her. Is that fair . Yeah. I think she helps kids tap into their creativity. Kids have so many rules, and they find it funny when adults break them. Marge breaks them in the best way. Lets them have nine slices of cake instead of three. Shes a great personality. It is like a dual personality. When the parents come home, marge did everything the parents wanted her to do. When the parents are away, the kids have this ball. Theres no evidence of it. Yes. Shes definitely there is a magical element. Although the stories grounded in reality, solved on a smaller family scale. You have three kids, is that right . Yes. Do you use them as editors . Yes. Do you read snippets and say, how does that sound . Sometimes my real editor will give me advice, and i think, youre 30 years old. Youre not my demographic. My kids love it. It stays. After having marge in your head for, i would imagine, a long period of time, what is it like to release her to the public . You know what, i released the ive already released her in the uk and ive got to meet tiny little ritas who come to me dressed up as marge. Ive seen the connection shes made with her humor with kids. Its been charming and wonderful. Im less nervous to let her free now. Its already shes escaped. Betty white is the person in your head to play her in the movie, meaning you went be playing her in the movie. Most people know you as an actress. Yes. Whats next . A movie called tag with ed helms and jeremy renner. A group of men who are arrested developmental, and they can want stop playing a childrens game of tag. It is based on a true story. You walked in the studio a second ago and immediately, it is impossible for me not to immediately think of your husband, who i love dearly, sacha baron cohenesha barcha ba. Last time he was here, i allowed him to handcuff us together. Had you been here, would you have screamed no to that . Would you have stopped me . That is a window into my life, matt. Lets just say, i probably would have just no, hes so funny. I didnt get to see that, but i wish i had. Do you have any advice for the next time i interview him . Usually takes me a week to recover from his interviews. Well, ive been with him 17 years. 17 years . Im still recovering. Thats why youre laughing all the time. Ill let the handcuff window into my world go. This is a childrens book, after all. So nice to see you. Thank you. Pleasure. Marge in charge is available right now. Up next, oscar nominee Andrew Garfield on tackling a tough but inspiring new role. First on a thursday morning, thiss today on i paulsboros a very proud community. Its been on the decline with the closing of the refineries and theres no jobs in the community. If theres no jobs, theres no education, theres no food on the table. Whats important is the children. Steve sweeney. He fought for em. This is where hes from. Steve sweeneys been here since the beginning. Steve spearheaded the whole project and really brought it to fruition. It wouldve never been done without steve. It was a pride in building this port and then knowing that were coming back. Sweet 4k tv, mr. Peterson. Thanks. Im pretty psyched. Did you get fios too . No, was i supposed to get fios . Mr. Peterson. Fios is a 100 fiberoptic network. Its like it was invented to stream 4k movies and shows. How do you know so much about tv and internet . The internet. Right. Streaming is only as good as your internet. So get the best internet with the 100 fiberoptic network get fios now just 79. 99 per month for fios gigabit connection plus tv and phone. We are back now. 8 39 with oscar nominee Andrew Garfield, who stars in a powerful, new movie. It is called breathe. It is the true story of robin, who contracted polio at 28 years old, leaving him paralyzed and unable to breathe on his own. With help and inspiration from his wife and son, robin went on to inspire millions. Look who is here. Oh, look. There you go. Look, jonathan, its daddy. Hello, jonathan. Hello, dear boy. Okay. Already got us. Just that. Pass the tissues. Wow. Whats amazing, too, so that was jonathan, robins son, and his wife, diana, who are still with us. Jonathan is actually a producer on this film. It is jonathans story. He is our sole producer and the catalyst and the driving force behind this film being made. Having his parents story, you know, make even more ripples in the world than they have previously. Theyre really remarkable people. It is a beautiful story. I would imagine it would have lots of acting challenges, as well, because your character, obviously, contracts polio. Theres so much that has to go on right here in the eyes and the expressions, right . We, ablebodied people, if we have an impulse to hug each other, we get to dont, if it is consensual hugging. With someone who, of course, in robins situation, you know, his body wasnt able to follow those impulses. So the only part of his body that could express itself was his face and his eyes. So he was able to express so much, yet he loved life so much, this man. He loved people. He loved connecting with people. He wasnt not ever going to let paralysis stop him from being as in life as possible. It all went into his face. He became very, very active and not selfconscious at all, in how his face was moving. Because he was so longing to let people know how he was feeling all the time. I love the title of the movie, breathe, because it is literal in some sense, because this is about a breathing machine that enabled robin to leave the hospital, something that was unheard of then, but also how he that he continued to breathe and live, even in spite of these harrowing circumstances. I love that. I love how every breath was a miracle, from the paralysis onwards. He was told he wasnt going to live very long. He ended up living decades and created this incredible life. Not only an incredible life for himself but other disabled patients around the world. I love the idea that they were living on the cusp of potential death every day. Every breath could have been his last. Therefore, it made life so much more miraculous and meaningful. We had claire foy on, your costar, the other day, and i was struck by your chemistry. It seemed you guys had known each other for a long time but youd just met for the film. It is a strange thing. Do you ever meet someone and feel like, oh, weve known each other, not in this realm but somewhere else. There is a soul connection that happened immediately. It is rather scary. You kind of dont know what to do with it a little bit, but thankfully, it was useful. It meant that we could, you know, try to encapsulate the incredible, true love that robert and diane that had for each other. I loved reading about you, n andrew. Youre an oscar nominee, and people are talking about oscar for this performance, but a time in high school, you were wondering what to do and werent sure. It was your mom who said, why dont you take some drama classes . I loved reading that. Moms just know, dont they . How did she know that this is going to be your thing . Yes, youll have to ask her. She really did and does. Mothers do tend to know. Yeah, i dont know. I think, you know, it is the m sym symbiotic connection. I was in her womb once. As a teenager, i was depressed and quite sad, didnt understand the meaning of all this insanity we call life. I didnt know where to go. I was experiencing what a lot of teenagers do, right . Because i let things go, i let the right thing come in because i created space for it. This feels good, story telling. Were grateful to your mother, for encouraging. Shell be happy to hear. You also had a job at starbucks. The most romantic time of my life. It was when starbucks wasnt this Multinational Corporation but a random coffee house and i felt mysterious. Gold is green in north london. It was a good time. Thank you, andrew. Breathe opens up tomorrow. Coming up, recipes for a delicious pasta and salad. Yum. First, this is today on nbc. Getting a cancer diagnosis is difficult. Getting an appointment to discuss your Treatment Options shouldnt be. Meet with a ctca cancer specialist in philadelphia, in as little as 24 hours. Learn more at cancercenter. Com appointment when youre a doubledipping like steve sweeney, its important to maintain a certain. Lifestyle. Thats why sweeney spent over a hundred grand of his Campaign Funds on highpriced meals and other gifts. Were talking fine cigars, fancy watches, pricey restaurants, and expensive wines all to charm the type of folks who helped him raise your taxes 145 times. Too many in south jersey are struggling. But steve sweeneys looking out for himself, not for us. We are back with today food. Missy robins is the chef and owner of one of new yorks hottest restaurants, lylia, and she is sharing some of her Favorite Recipes and the ups and downs shes experienced in the food world in a new book, breakfast, lunch, dinner, life. Nice to have you. Good to be here. You are hope for parents who have picky eaters for kids. You were a picky identieater as. True story. You wouldnt let different foods touch on the plate. Yes. If you asked my staff, im still a little like that sometimes. You are . Yes. Look what happened to you. I know, right . What are you making . It is sort of taking my jewish roots and my italian soul and blending them together. Lets start with the ingredient board. This first dish, not a lot there. It is simple. Very simple. We have spaghetti, ricotta cheese, mascarpone, black pepper. We have boiling water here. Boiling, salted water. A lot of salt. Thats all right. Spaghetti. Can make it with other pasta . Linguine, fettuccine, whatever you want. I like the texture. Ricotta cheese, whip it so itll be smooth and coat the pasta better. Then we have cooked spaghetti, cooked very, very al dente. Because it is going to cook more when we bake it. Itll go in the oven. Goes right in the bowl. As youre doing that, we have our table of testers downstairs. So good. Are they eating it already . Yes. One of my favorite meals and this is even better. Its like a pie. Weve got this. Weve got the ricotta. What are you going to do, mix it with your hands . Well, i would if i wasnt on tv, matt. You can do it here, matt. I have a towel for you. Really . Yeah. No, were not going to mix it with our hands. The marscipone is chilly. It gets mixed well. Prebuttbuttered . Baking pan. I would do it with my hands. That part takes time. Put it in here. How long and at what temperature . 20 minutes at 350. 20 30 minutes, depending on how good your oven is. How often do i do this . Ive already been eating the finished product here. What . You love it . This is delicious. Love thank you. It is. This is what it looks like when it is done. It is fantastic. Missy, lets do the magic of tv thing and come back and talk about a caesar salad type thing youll make. Youre using a different ingredient in the dressing. I use yogurt. I was on a little bit of a diet when i wrote this book and conceived this book. Caesar is one of my favorite things, but theres a lot of egg in it and oil. So i took all the flavors of caesar and instead of using eggs and oil, we thicken it with a little yogurt. Anchovies, peppercorns and garlics. You can hold the anchovies out. You can but its not fun. We have tabasco. Is that normal in caesar salad . It can be. Its intei interpretive. For a little bit of wine in here. All goes in here. Then it blends, right . Then look what it looks like when it is done. Then you have this little taste here. How does this taste . Really good. Delicious. So theres no oil or mayonnaise in it . No, just a little yogurt. Its really good. Thank you. Parm thickens it also. Then we go watch this. Thats how i like to eat it. Thats how i like to eat it, too. How did you know that . Then it gets dressed like that. That is delicious. Thank you. Tastes like caesar, right . You wouldnt know there is yogurt in it. No, wonderful. Missy, thank you so much. Youre welcome. Table for 11 tonight at 8 00 . Done deal. Cook book is available to deliver right now. Go to today. Com food. Missy, thanks. Back in a moment. This is today on nbc. This is today on nbc. Thanks. Honey, what are you doing . Watching a cow. . Whats it doing . Impressions start your day with the new hash brown scramble bowl from chickfila. Al left a little early. Didnt like the weather. Just kidding. Look at this. Could you have a bigger slice . Hello. Really good. Thin man. Spicy. This will be gone as bithe birthdays go. Lets celebrate the lovely folks on our smuckers jars today. First up, happy 100th birthday to lucy hewitt of maryland. She has seven grandkids, 17 Great Grandkids and one greatgreat grandkid. Vincent is also 100 and a former football player. Vincent and his wife are celebrating 70 years of marriage. Congratulations and happy birthday all in one. Happy 100th to winifred kanzler of pittsburgh, pennsylvania. She loves watching old movies. Mary newhouse slaughter is celebrating 102 years. Shes from arkansas. Practicing yoga, meditation and attends an exercise class. Oscar johnson of massachusetts is 100. He worked as a business man, owning his own variety store. Last but certainly not least, happy 100th birthday to sophie of south milwaukee, wisconsin. She loves watching her three great grandsons, jj watt, derrick watt and tj watt, who play football on sundays. Is it true . The prompter says it so it is true. Head to today. Com celebrates and dont forget the photo. Jj watt did a lot for the victims of the hurricanhurrican. Terrific guy. Lets head over to megyn kelly. You sat with isla fisher. She has a secret talent, an amazing secret talent. Shes going to head over here and this isnt the kazoo thing again, is it . No kazoo. Tune in to find out. Al roker will join us, talking about his new book and also whether he believes in ghosts. And medical myths. Is it ever, ever okay to use somebody elses toothbrush . In a pinch. No. Well talk about it. Id put toothpaste on my finger. Do you believe in ghosts . I do. Yeah, i do. Ive got freaky stories. Like who are we to say it is not possible . Its true. Als Favorite Movie is ghostbusters. Well get to the bottom of that, too. And halloween candy. Thank you. That and much nbc 10 news starts now. Good morning. Just a few minutes before 9 00 on this thursday. Hopefully you brought the umbrella with you. Meteorologist krystal klei is tracking some rain out there. Still falling over the east half of our viewing area, but now its kind of scattered in nature. Most of its hanging over south jersey here. Roads are wet, but theres not a ton of road. Theres a look at the spotty showers Washington Township down to vineland. Right now were at 60. Were not going to warm much. Only highs to about the mid 60s the rest of today. The wet weather caused some problems earlier this morning. How are things shaping up . Accidents all over the place. Martin luther king drive. Its closed with this accident scene out in west philly. Take kelly drive as an alternate. The schuylkill expressway is open, but big delays there too. Were also watching new jersey, 295 near route 38. This off ramp is mostly blocked with an accident. Pennsylvania is suing President Trump over his new Birth Control mandate. Attorney general josh shapiro says the revisions violate federal law andund undermine womens health. Former Vice President joe biden is in new jersey today. Hell be at Rutgers University to talk about combatting Sexual Violence on campus. The event starts at 2 00 this afternoon. Well link you to the live stream on nbc10. Com. This morning on megyn kelly today. J actress and mom of three isla fisher with her new book about the best babysitter any child could want. And a teenager told his debilitating panic attacks are all in hishead. His mother saying Something Else is to blame. Celebrating successful women everywhere. Meet a venture capitalist blazing trails and raising millions in maledominated silicon valley. And true or false . Can it be ris cky to share your partners toothbrush . Well answer that and more health questions. All that and more right now. Hello