Multiple kudos to our hodie. We have a longtime pal, kirstie going. Even though shes maintaining her weight i dont know. You put me in front of all these cakes to. To test your will power. Always got a lot going on. Were going to celebrate hoda woman, her new book is out today, where we belong. You know who is over there . Jayne should be the bigger name on the book. Shes got the book in hand or somewhere. Shes all done up. Adorable. The third book youve written together. Yes, it is. Its going to be fun today. Well have fun. Valerie bertonelli and pastry chef jeff goldman made it their practice to judge kids cooking. Today were turning the tables and the kids will do the judging. I like it. While we were away we made some news. There was a story that came out about Peyton Manning. There were accusations about him using human growth hormones after some surgery. He blatantly said that did not happen, that was never the case, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. He did an interview with espn afterwards and he wanted to talk about it and explain where he was during certain times of the day and how he was getting treated for his illnesses. Thats when we came into the picture. Take a look. I did all 35 days, watched hoda and kathie lee, i did all 35 days for an hour treatment, watched hoda and kathie lee. All 35 days. That was sweet. Then people started reacting to it. Gq called Peyton Mannings admission an embarrassing confession. This type of bombshell could devastate a players career and it was a dark day in the nfl because of that. Yeah. Wall street journal report tweeted, very disturbing, Peyton Manning interview on espn admits to watching kathie lee and hoda. Peyton, if youre watching, we want to say, hey hey led the broncos to a victory over the chargers. I tried to tweet him. He does havent a twitter handle. He doesnt have a tweeter. I did it to the broncos and said im so proud of you for manning up and admitting i like that. That whole family is fantastic. Favorite things. Still. Her last treatment is on january 8th. Usually i like to call her if were going to talk about her. Her dad, devon sent me this video. She was diagnosed with cancer back in 2014 daddy, look. Her last treatment is coming up on the 8th of jan afrmt i wanted to show her picture. She texted me when i spoke to her last week. Yes yes yes isnt that so cute. Youve been such a champion of hers. I love her. Her last treatment is january 8th. She said no more cancer after that. Good for her. Its back to school for some kids. Not everybody is excited. After a holiday, who wants to come back. School starts so daggone early. Kids need much more sleep than theyre getting. More sleep, less homework. Im sure the kids are cheering, too. This is a viral video posted on red it. Our daughter is not okay going back to school. Like a pancake. I kind of felt that way. We had really nice time off down in the keys. Once youre hanging out down there, its called keys disease. You want to stay. Yes. You make up your day as you go along. Theres nothing you got to do. You dont have to wake up at a certain time, go to bed at a certain time. Its a big day. Its huge. Yesterday the bachelor premiered. That means amanda is here. Amanda always fills us in on whats happening. What is the story . This the season 20. What . Season 20. You might remember him from caitlins season last year. Hes back to find love. We think he looks like a cross between peter brady and seth mcfarland. He does. Look at that. Which one is the bachelor. If you shuffled those around i know. The show kicked off with this is the girl that i couldnt believe. Who . Her name is tiara. Shes a chicken enthusiast. Interview. My chickens are like my babies. These are my human babies. I have one special chicken, her name is sheila. She stays in my room with me. She does everything with me. Its going to be extremely hard for me to leave my chickens. I havent been away from them for more than ten days ever. Ive had to think long and hard about this. What comes first, the chicken or the ben . How long do chickens live . Whats the average life span of a chick then. I dont know. It got wackier from there. The girls get out of the limo and trying to oneup each other on how to get bens attention. This girl shows up with a giant rose on her head. The other girl should have theres one girl who only speegs speaks russian. One girl does a football move. Is that a lady like position . Oh, no. This girl shows up with a mini horse, a cowgirl from texas. I think the other girl should have been able to bring her chicken. And the other is twins, first bachelor. The girl who is the star, this girl lays, theyre already positioning her as sort of the villain, very catty and very jealous already. At the end of the show, she got a rose from ben. She said to him, im so mad at you, you werent giving me enough eye contact during the rose i gave you a rose and just wanted them to go home. I get that. I want to be clear. The issue was i didnt make eye contact during the rose ceremony. You would not look at me. I watched you. I think lays is the center of the drama. 50 shades of crazy. I gave her a rose i have a feeling the drama is just getting started. Yes. So this is the girl with the drama. If shes already having jealousy issues on episode one, its going to be a rough road. Every year i cant believe it. Amandas mother is here. Well wave. Theres your mom. All that schooling paid off. Thanks, sweetie. How long does the the bachelor last . Like three months i think. Ellen had some fun. Ellen and the matt prankfest is going to continue. Ellen started off 2016 by acting like she wasnt going to prank matt anymore. Lets take a look. I made a resolution in 2016 i wasnt going to mess with matt lauer. Instead, ill show this clip of him interviewing adele. I never said this to the woman sitting across from me, can i hold your hand for a second . Okay. And can i see the other . Yes. [ laughter ]. Oh, my gosh. Its flawless. You just go, wait a second. The tongue was stuck out. I didnt see that. The album 25 is the top selling album of 2016 but only came out in november. Its still the bestsellingality bum of this year. This is kind of fun. There is a principal at a middle school in atlanta, and the guy who heads it up, his name is ron clark, and he runs a grade school where the kids excel. He started a challenge saying, like, you cant do it like me. He wanted to try to dance like the kids in the school. So they took up the challenge. How about that how much fun would that be, going to school knowing youll have part of your day with someone like that. You get why the kids excel because they like where they are, they got it going on. Lip sync challenge is on again. We have a sneak peek of Channing Tatums appearance. Let it go, let it go oh, my gosh. Thats his wife reacting to it. Marriage should have a few surprise z along the way, dont you think . We need to do that together. Well talk. Well do a little whatwhat . A little nae nae. Yes. The song. Ireland after a wedding and the staff the decided to have of it in hopes that it would get the attention of the owner there on facebook. It rested in a robe. And given a spa day, and given a tour of the ground, and we are happy to say that the bunny l injected as identified as jelly cat, has been identified with the owner kate. So kate found the bunny, and she said she was lonely and could not sleep without it. What a sweet picture. We like the happy endings. We have got it, and we will give it away later today. Spanky tuesday. Oh, no you know you love it. And you know who else we love . Kirstie at hillshire farm, spice is the spice of life. Thats why our craftsmen season every sausage perfectly. 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And if i had that gentle accountaknow, at a first you weigh in, and you with the consultant, and oh, my god, oh, my god, and then you start to showing off as you are getting the results. Yeah, that is what i like. A not a paid spokesperson for the jenny craig and not to put you on the spot, you . It is personal. Counting, and we know that i dont do so well on my own, okay. And we have proven that. Or like a football player, you have a coach, and you dont go running willynilly down fiel and on those days when you are a bad girl a a naughty girl, what is the indulgence that is the hardest thing to refuse . Caviar. And it s is hard to obsess. And people say, well, caviar doesnt have any calories, but you put it on the eggs, and then you 40 eggs before. I have never heard anybody say th before. Caviar, but we get new downfalls in life. And you up, dont you . Oh, god. Does that make you feel good or bad. God. Well, it is in the notes. And i have my birthday coming up and i can collect Social Security and i am glad i can before it s is all gone. Do you want to say the age . 50 is weird. You cant believe it happened to you. I feel 28. I know that that is the exact age that i feel. Exactly. And i thought that you would sa32. No, everything good started to happening in life, a and so inside i feel 28, and outside i am clearly not 28. I think that who i feel like im im jennifer lawrence. I want to be jennifer lawrence, jennife lawrence and im obsessed with her, and she cut the hair in joy and that night, i cut this much of my hair off, and i said, it is time to i love this. It is pretty. And oh, i am going to to pay tribute to jennifer lawrence. What is it that you love about her . She is so real and so incredible incredible, and i just am ca and i am a stalk er groupie. Does she know this . Because i am a total, if i were around here, i wouldher, and if i liked her hair that day, i would go, cut more. 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And two women were arrested this morning accused of carjacking a man at gunpoint. And crashing the stolen vehicle causing a major traffic nightmare for morning commuters. One of two teenage girls suspected in a murder plot faced a judge today. Well tell you what happened it is brain teaser tuesday. Before the break, we gave you a riddle. A Baseball Team won a game 1917 with no errors, not a single man crossed the plate. How is this possible. Two answers, could have been a woman or all the men were married, not a single man. Not a single man. I didnt think it was easy. Not to me. Whatever. Allegedly. Congratulations are in order for her book is out today, where we belong. Features everyone from celebrities like leila ali and margaret cho to everyday people that listened to that voice in their head and made a change. And my dear friend is here. We featured seven unique stories. One is about a couple, this is a great story who had it all, very comfortable life, they could ski and do everything they want. And they were young. Decided to make a sharp turn. Take a look. Scottsdale, arizona. A picturesque home on a beautiful sprawling property, but the true beauty is with the family who lives within. I liked my parents because how supportive and joyful they are and how helpful they can be the love tenyearold quinns parents have for their son is not lost on him. I have a loving family, a brother, a sister, a mom, a dad. Quinn is where he belongs. But it wasnt always this way. Quinn, his brother, and sister were born in haiti. There is a lot of children that need to find homes. Just ten years ago, they were those children. All three orphaned, found themselves without a place to call home. Until a chance trip to haiti at the age of 51, craig realized he and his wife were ready to become first time parents. And his wife real iz d ized they were ready to be parents. After a lifetime that convinced that fatherhood simply was not for him. Haiti y of two, and returned as a family of five. I was wholeheartedl committed to not having children be a part of my life. I wanted to be a successful ne wanted to build a company with a winning track record, and i did not want the distraction of other things in my life. Reporter but after reaching goals and living a carefree life of golf and skiing. Craig and kathy were searching for more purpose. I remember walking into my ve first orphanage. That entire experience which know, really profound. When i was in the midst of that a away fro orp there was a voice, this thing saying, do something. Now, at the time i was not exactly sure what the something was. Was to adopt one or two or in our case three of these children. That was the beginning, and now you reflect back ten years the something turned into something much different and bigger. And now 14, 5, 14 and 10. And they are something different. Esdesigner. Like to design clothes, and that is my favorite thing. Athlete. And quinn is a pintsized pianist. It was not long that craig and kathy realized they wanted for others what they had on their own. So they started a foundation called both ends burning which is created to help thousands of orphans to live with families, they are building a global group reexamine and reshape child welfare. For kathy and craig and their belong. We are exactly where we belong belong. Everythingpast, and even our childrens past was shaped for where we are right now. I am thankful for a roof over my head, and loving and giving family, and a brother and sister and mom and dad and all of the support i get. Both of my parents like, they go out of their way to help other do that, and evenb like my older brother and younger brother do the same thing, so they the rub off on us almost. Love is formed by the nurturing experience. So i think that our family is just like any other family. We have the good days and our bad day s s, and we have the challenges, but at the is still this, this fabulous entity call d called the family. And we are all better off becaus family. All five of us do understand dont question it. That is so great. Isnt that amazing. When i read the story, i was in tear s s at the end. It is incredible. And the family is one of the people that we feature, and is and some people are looking for where fay are belonging spiritually or swell intellectually or emotion ally. And craig was so sure that he didnt want children he had a vasectomy at 30. Yes, i read that. So whatever you are looking at your change, there is somebody in here that represents the path that you need to be on, but there are a bunch of stories in here. And great stories. Who would you say this book is for . I would s anybod somebody who is thinking of a second career, and somebody in the 50s or the 60s or a college trying to figure out where they want to be many their life or for anybody. And jane, thankyou. And flip up a glass and say congratulations. You have a book signing to today. Yes, barnes noble on the east 86th street, and if you want to learn more