The 26yearold driver charged with murder, telling police he was hoping they would shoot him. Force of nature. Former fox news star, bill oreilly, pays tribute to the mou founder and claims public hatred killed his friend. How robert ailes death will affect the lawsuits against that network. Pippa middleton, famously a bridesmaid becoming a bride this weekend. Why a big event is putting another royal coup until the spotlight, today, friday, may 19th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday. Lets go back out there for one second. We have a great crowd outside because we have a great concert in our 8 30 half hour. Mary j. Blige had is here. One of the viewers had the arms up, stronger. But first, President Trump embarking on his First International trip. It will stand as a test abroad for the commander in chief. And it comes as his administration wrestles with controversies here at home. Our team will break it all down. Lets start with Peter Alexander at the white house this morning. Peter, good morning. Reporter good morning. Good friday. President trump set to take off today for that complicated first foreign trip, includie ining highstakes meetings with key alies. He hopes to leave the domestic turmoil in its wake, even as the investigation between trump aides and operatives, have gone from a counterintelligence to a criminal investigation. Ahead of his first foreign trip, the president at home with his lawyers. Following the appointment of Robert Mueller, hired a watergate prosecutor to investigate alleged contacts between the Trump Campaign and russia. The spire thientire thing ha witch hunt. Theres been no collusion between myself and my campaign. I can always speak for myself and the russians, zero. Reporter challenged if he asked ousted fbi director, james comey, to shut down the investigation into michael flynn. No. No. Next question. Reporter and this morning, signs of a rift between the Vice President and the white house. After officials here denied a New York Times report as flat wrong, that flynn told trump transition officials, weeks before entering the white house, that flinn was under investigation as a paid lobbyist for turkey. The Vice President in march. Hearing that story was the first i heard of it. Pence remains he was unaware of flynns ties with turkey. If the white house knew and didnt tell pence, its ma malpractice or intentional. And either is not acceptable. Mr. Trump is standing by his former aide. According to yahoo news, late last month, flynn told loyalists, i just got a message from the president to stay strong. I look forward reporter trump, thursday, offering an evolving explanation why he fired the director in his campaign. Director comey was very unpopular with most people. I thought when i made that decision and i also got a very, very strong recommendation, as you know, from the Deputy Attorney general, rod rosenstein. Reporter one week after telling lester holt i was going to fire regardless of recommendation. Reporter rod rosenstein, on capitol hill thursday, for a closed door briefing with all 100 senators. He knew that comey was going to be removed prior to him writing his memo. Reporter back here at the white house, President Trump says he is close to choosing the next fbi director. And named former senator Joe Lieberman as a finalist. This morning, still unclear whether trump will make that pick announcement before he leaves for the extended foreign trip today. Several Lawmakers Said that the job should not go to a politician. Back to you, matt and savannah. Peter alexander, thanks. Lets turn to nicolle wallace, host of deadline white house. Along with us, steve kornacki. Happy friday. Six months of news, stashed into a week. Maybe ten days. Groundhog day. Yesterday, we were talking, nicolle, and you were saying, the appointment of the special prosecutor can be an opportunity for the white house because it could be a pageturner. The special prosecutor is doing his work. We wont get involved in that. Now, were going about the peoples business. But thats not what happened yesterday. Its not what happened because it seems the president is not capable of doing. Its what republicans like marco rubio was able to do when he was asked about the special counsel. Its textbook politics. When its taken out of your control, turn it into a virtue. But this president seems incapable of letting things go. On that subject, appointing a special counsel, good news bad news for democrats. It ramps up the pressure on the white house. If youre a democrat on the white house intelligence committee, you wanted a lot of key witnesses to come in and raise their right hand in public hearings and you wanted to drive headlines with that. You have less of an ability to do that. They were counting on having the highlypublic hearings. A lot will play out behind the scenes. As a democrat, you have two dates coming up. A special election in montana next week. In georgia, a few weeks later. Both republican seats, traditionally. If the democrats get one of those, they will feel things are in their favor politically. He said theres no collusion, he said repeatedly. Then, he said, i can speak for myself. Is that an ominous line if you are one of the names bandied about . It was a trumpian line. Donald trump walks into every setting thinking how things affect him. Ive been suspicious to the idea that loyalty is what links him to michael flynn. He has not known to be loyal. He didnt feel loyalty to bring surrogates into the administration. It makes the flynn affinity so suspicious. You know the expression, theres no place like home . Donald trump takie ining off on trip. Is he thinking, theres in place like the road . Weve seen this with president s in the past, when they hit turmoil domestically, thats a good time to have an overseas trip. With donald trump, it raises the possibility of changing the subject. Donald trump, weve seen has violated a lot of conventions of the white house. Lets see what he does overseas. Another headline of the week, that roger ailes, the founder of fox news, that turned it into a force, not only in news, but in politics, died at the age of 77 yesterday. Your thoughts . If you were a victim of his alleged Sexual Harassment, there was nothing redeeming about the map. But if you worked in republican politics over the last two decades, there was no one with more influence. The advice he gave for the presidency, was you hunt or youre hunted. He was a cutthroat relic of an era that defined republican politics for two decades. Former president bush tweeted about him. Said he wouldnt have won the election without roger ailes. Thanks for your take on it. Were learning about the driver that is charged in thursdays horrific scene in times square. Chilling Surveillance Video showing that car slamming into a crowd of pedestrians, killing a young tourist, injuring 22 others. Nbcs Thomas Roberts is in times square for us. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you. Richard rojas is the man charged with murder, attempted murder and aggravated vehicular homicide. He spent the night in bellevue under psych evaluation. Telling police, he heard voices to cause this strike. Some of the video youre about to see is graphic. At noon thursday, times square erupted with fear. You have a car running people over. We have multiple people injured. Notify everyone. Reporter in one of the countrys busiest areas. A speeding car, seen in this Surveillance Video, jumping the curb. Plowing down a sea of pedestrians for 3 1 2 blocks, until crashing finally into a traffic pole, seen in this sloweddown video. Whatever it was, it wasnt slowing down. People got stuck on the car, as he was driving up. Reporter witnesses captured the scene from the ground. Two vuk times right now. Reporter and from the rooftops. Oh, my god. Reporter Alyssa Elsman killed, news of her death hitting home. She was a thoughtful, really bright, pleasant young lady, that every interaction i had with her was positive. Reporter her 13yearold sister alongside here, wounded, along with nearly two dozen others. The driver fleeing into a panicked crowd was quickly taken into custody. Identified as 26yearold richard rojas. Sources telling nbc news, he had a dishonorable discharge from the navy and history of dwis. Rojas has a possible history of psychiatric problems and told police he heard voices. What were you thinking today . Reporter testing negative for alcohol, he admitted to smoking marijuana before the incident and did test positive for drugs. Police say theres no link to International Terrorism in this case but are looking into whether it was deliberate. After recent attacks using vehicles in berlin, nice and london, police are on high alert. We know the times were living in. We know its a dangerous moment in history. Thank god, based on what we know now, theres no indication this was an act of terror. Reporter so, we can also report that police are saying that rojas wanted to be shot by police. So, some would say he was suicidal, wanting to commit this crime and be killed by the officers, once captured or in capture. One thing we can report, matt and savannah, that times square is slowly getting back to normal. This is the time of day, heavy traffic of folks going to work. This investigation is still ongoing. They were able to move that vehicle and other parts of that vehicle overnight here in times square. But people remain onedge. Back to you. Thomas roberts for us in times square. A major legal victory for wikileaks founder, julian assan assange. They have dropped the Sexual Assault case that kept him in an embassy for the last five years. But hes not a free man. Bill neely in london with the latest on this. Good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. Its been a sevenyear standoff between sweden and julian assange. Five of the years he spent resisting extradition. Swedens prosecutor saying hes dropping the case against the wikileaks founder, who was wanted over rape allegations he has denied. Shes said hes not been proven guilt or innocent. But the evasion of the law had been a factor in her decision to drop the case. Assange tweeted a picture of himself after the news looking happy. His lawyer saying, this is a victory for him. Weve won. Hes happy and relieved. Is he free . He is in Ecuadors Embassy in london. But police are butdutybound to arrest him for jumping bail. On this is as sang possible extradition to the u. S. , where he could be found guilty of leaking military and diplomatic documents. Jeff sessions said previously that arresting mr. Assange would be a priority. And many in the u. S. Want him punished harshly. But its not clear the british can extradite him to the u. S. , certainly not on a minor charge. Or that u. S. Officials are seeking his arrest because of a possible sealed indictment. Well, assanges swedish lawyer said assange would fly to ecuador if he could, to enjoy his political asylum. And ironically, chelsea manning, the army private who leaked the secrets to wikileaks was released from prison. But theres no sign that assange will follow her to freedom by leaving his rooms at the embassy here in london. Bill neely, a lot of pieces to that puzzle. Thank you very much. Theres a new controversy surrounding the sudden and unexpected death of rock star Chris Cornell. Sheinelle is here with that story. Reporter good morning. The 52yearolds death has been ruled a suicide by medical examiner in michigan. Overnight, cornells family pushed back at that finding. This morning, shock and sadness over the death of soundgarden front man, Chris Cornell. The medical examiner in detroit, said that cornell, one of the architects of the 1990s alternative rock, known as grunge, killed himself by hanging on thursday. But cornell who was found dead, refuted that chris knowingly and intentionally killed himself. The family saying, without toxicology tests completed they cant be sure what led to his death. Overnight, tributes pouring in. In seattle, the citys famed space needle went dark for an hour. Celebrities sent condolences via social media. Elton john tweeting, shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Chris Cornell. A great sing writer, and the loveliest man. Billy idol writing, sad to here of Chris Cornell passing. And a eulogy reading, i love you, brother. Thank you for your friendship, your humor and intellect and your unmatch matched talent. Your beautiful voice will always be in my heart. God bless you and your family. According to the familys lawyer, he had a prescription for an antianxiety drug. In a statement, cornells wife spoke to him after the show, and he told her he may have taken an extra pill or two. Guys . Sheinelle, thank you very much. Lets turn to the weather now. A lot of folks are facing the threat of severe storms today. It is in the same area we saw yesterday. Oklahoma, for example, where we did see really torrential downpours. Look at the cars trying to drive through the flooded waters. Something you shouldnt do. Wind damage was a big issue with trees toppling on to homes. And look at this lightning video. Its hard to capture. But the video managed to do it there. That filled up the sky. Were going to see more of the same type of weather today. Several reported tornadoes, no reports of significant damage. Today, though, were looking at more tornadoes possible. A severe thunderstorm watch in and around st. Louis. You see the lines of storms, moving through that area. We have some storms training to the northwest of san angelo, texas. We could see flooding, as well. From indianapolis right down through central texas, we could see large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornados. Our best chance of tornadoes in orange, southcentral oklahoma into northcentral texas. Into northcentral texas. Thats a hi guys. Its great to be here. In the desert. Into northcentral texas. Thats a at the mall. On the mountain. At school. At the beach. Hi, guys. Great to be here at the desert. At the mall. Today i want to show you guys the equinox. Overbearing. Its not too big. Not too small. It looks like it can go offroading. But at the same time, it looks like a car you can take to a nice event. You can dress it up or dress it down. Seems like the perfect car for anybody. I would take it anywhere. I want one. I love it. Shes a bad mama jama. Chevy stepped their game up. Good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. A muggy morning, another hot afternoon. 90 degrees in philadelphia. Theres a chance well see scattered showers and thunderstorms in filled. Isolated storms in philadelphia. Isolated storms in the suburbs. 89 this afternoon and up to 90 for new jersey. The chance of afternoon storms, well hit 85 with sunny skies for the jersey shore. Lehigh valley and delaware close to the 90degree mark. Keep an eye on the sky later today for a chance of storms in delaware. Have a great day. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you. We have we have news from o. The u. S. Military carried out a strike in syria on wednesday, in what is believed to be the first direct confrontation between u. S. Forces and fighters loyal to syrian president ba shash al asad. It was launched because the syrians posted a direct threat to u. S. And rebel forces. No word on casualties. There was a frightening ferris wheel accident in washington state. Three riders fell about 15 feet on to a metal landing after one of the bucket seats flipped over. It happened at a festival in port town send. Officials have shut down the ride while Police Investigate what happen. Coming up, how roger ailes sudden death affects the Sexual Harassment scandals that have rocked fox news. And bill oreillys take on what he says killed his former boss. And then, floridas very large python problem. The passive snakes taking over the everglades. An thed just ahead, one moms creative way to rock her baby that started a debate between parents. And mary j. Blige brings her powerful and soulful slois to our why not give professionalyou the day off . Amateuryou has got this its just an open house. 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Lets check the roads with nbc10 first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington looking at 95. Right. Watching 95. Cameras around gerard avenue. The northbound side dealing with problems. Theres a crash around gasoline avenue. Allegheny avenue. Speeds to the teens. Stopandgo traffic. Barely moving on the northbound side. Still in cherry hill township, the gas main break is closing the road between grove street and kings highway. Back to you. Thank you. This morning the bucks county shooting suspect who was on the run last night is now in jail. Police arrested Brandon Grosso last night. He was wanted for firing a shotgun at a car in the parking lot of a walmart in quakertown. No one was hurt. In Delaware County today, Villanova University will hold its 174th commencement ceremony. The media mogul and former mayor Michael Bloomberg will address the graduates. Well have another update coming up for you in about 25 minutes. You can join us every weekday morning from 4 30 to 7 00 a. M. Its here. The first night your teenage daughter stays out way too late. But after three years of specialist cancer care, to guide her into remission, you couldnt be happier about it. Aetna. You dont join us, we join you. Were back. 7 30 on a friday morning, 19th of may, 2017. Its a warm day. And its about to get hot on our plaza. We have the queen of hiphop soul herself, mary j. Blige hitting our concert stage. Were so excited. We got hoda back from her boone dog trip, with kathie lee. That was hard work. Was it awesome . It was awesome. Riding in a boat with michael douglas. Not too slouchy. Are you saying yes to the people out here . Theres a sign that says him most is as with matt. Yes. Thats a yes. All right. Lets get a check of headlines. Things making news on a friday morning. President trump leaves washington this afternoon for his first overseas trip since taking office. Its a nineday agenda. Its packed with stops in the middle east and the vatican, with summits in belgium and sicily. Thursday, the president used a joint News Conference to address the controversies facing his administration. Emergency personnel in san antonio, lining the street to pay tribute to a firefighter killed in the line of duty. Scott dean was killed battling a fire at a strip mall. The cause of the fire is under investigation. A painting selling for 110. 5 million. Okay. Southebuth bys tweeted that is highest for an artwork post1980. It was purchased by a japanese collector after a tenminute bidding war. The Spiegel Family bought that painting for 19 grand and thats what it went for. Originally. When did they buy that . When did they buy that . Thats a pretty good return of the investment. Whats the percentage . I dont know. Back of the envelope, no . A whole lot of money. Back to the president. Hes getting set to leave on his First International trip as president. Peter alexander joins us again from the white house. Reporter the president reacting to the appointment of a special counsel, blasting it as a witch hunt. Saying even his enemies recognize his innocence. The New York Times reporting that james comey told at least one friend about how he tried to steer clear of the president , including at a ceremony in the white house blue room, days after the inauguration, where mr. Trump called him more famous than me says times said comey who is 68, he wore a dark blue suit, trying to blend in with the curtains in the room. So that trump couldnt spot him and call him out. Comey told the president , if he wanted to know details about the entrepreneurs investigations, he shouldnt contact him but to follow the proper protocol, going through the white house counsels office. The president leaving for the first foreign trip. First stop, saudi arabia, trying to leave behind all of the unse valved investigations in his wake. M matt and savannah, back to you. Peter, thank you. Going to talk about questions being raised in the wake of the death of former fox news chief roger ailes. How will that impact the Sexual Harassment cases against him and the network he founded . Kate snow is here with the latest on that. Reporter good morning. New this morning, we know that roger ailes death was accidental, linked to a fall last week. A sudden end to a storied but controversial career. Roger ailes was a true american original. Reporter overnight, the embattled founder of fox news remembered on the network he built. Theres few people in this world who will ever have such a profound impact like roger did. Reporter defended by the talent he propelled to stardom. A lot of people hated him. And that hatred, ultimately brought him down. Reporter for better or worse, roger ailes changed the media and Political Landscape in this nation. He merged entertainment and politics into a hybrid. Reporter all that was overshadowed when allegations of Sexual Harassment forced ailes to resign last year, allegations he repeatedly denied. Former anchor, Gretchen Carlson settled her suit for 20 million. But other harassment suits are still ongoing. And ailes death may complicate those legal battles. The women who brought the suits are likely to win, simply because theres nobody there to say that theyre lying. The fact that hes passed away does not mean theres no case left. Reporter before fox news, ailes was a revered republican political operative. I predicted in 1968, that nobody would be elected to high Office Without learning to communicate effectively on television. Reporter ailes helped elect reagan, nixon and george w. Bush. He wasnt perfect, but he was my friend. Hes a very good person. Reporter he and the current president were close, too. Trump coming to ailes defense on meet the press last year. Its sad. I found him to be a very, very good person. And by the way, a very, very talented person. Look what hes done. Reporter this morning, nbc news learned ailes death thursday came after a fall in the bathroom at his mansion last week. The palm beach, florida, police department, said someone called 911 and said he hit his head and theres serious bleeding. The medical examiner in palm beach said ailes died after complications from that head injury. Were going to be living with his legacy for years and decades to come. The World Wrestling style of politics is a byproduct of ailes regularcy. Reaction to ailes death has been polarized. While some vilify him, in a statement, his wife called ailes, a patriot who was profoundly grateful to live in a country that gave him so much opportunity. Interesting to see how some of the newspapers are handling that. The coverage is very polarized. Kate, thanks very much. Lets turn to dylan, in for al, with a check of the fathwea. Talked about the severe storms in the plains today. Just want to point out how much rainfall we can see. Heavy rain north of san angelo. And rain moving through st. Louis with another round to move in shortly with lots of lightning. But flash flood watches for most of the eastern half of kansas, stretching into western missouri and oklahoma and parts of arkansas, too, because were going to see heavy pockets of rain that could last for a period time. Three o four inches. Higher amounts from missouri into oklahoma. We could see flash flooding. Still dealing with snow across the eastern rockies, where its continuing to pile up. The west coast looks good. And its hot up and down the east coast. Might not break records today but we wil. L good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. A muggy morning, another hot afternoon. 90 in philadelphia. There is a chance well see scattered showers and thunderstorms in philadelphia. Isolated storms possible in the suburbs after a dry morning. 89 degrees this afternoon. 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Thats how we indict in the everglades, son. Wild man. Woo. Reporter what was that like . The easiest way to equate it is like wrestlemania. Andre the giant versus hulk hogan. A battle involving the heavyweights. Reporter 130 pounds with the power to kill an alligator, the south Florida Water main district pays a boundty for every captured. I can sell the skin for 300. And thats a pretty good day for a lot of people. 15. We made it. Reporter since python hunting season began about eight weeks ago, 109 snakes killed. Were getting close to three football fields of pythons in length. The weight estimate is 2. 5 tons of python. Reporter here in the everglades, the allout war on pythons more urgent than ever. Deer, raccoon, birds and other animals are disappearing into the bellies of snakes. Dozens of hunters come from all wakes of life, even floridas lieutenant governor. And you noticed one of the hunters is barefoot. Have you stepped on a snake barefoot . Its another hand. You feel them with your feet. Reporte reporter it makes sense to you to be out here barefoot . Yeah. Reporter i think youre rare. Pythons from Southeast Asia taking over the south florida everglades. 109 captured. 100,000 to go. I asked dusty crumb, what do you do when youre not out here chasing down snakes . He says he grows and sells or kids. A contdrtradiction to the guy i met. Kerry, look down at your feet. Just kidding. Thank you very much. Just ahead, the College Acceptance video being liked by people all around the world. Sheinelle has that story from the orange room right after this. This salad . At panera, a good salad is so much more than a bowl of something green. More than an obligation to be good. More than just something you have on the side. More than just one flavor, or texture, or color. A good clean salad is so much more than green. And with panera catering, more for your event. Panera. Food as it should be. Assave 30 on paints and stains may 19th through the 29th. 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Thats not quite how things played out. Zuckerberg dropped out of harvard in 2004, to develop a thing called facebook. I have a feeling his father is just as proud. Zuckerberg commented, i think i still have those pajamas. But what i still have, that gray tshirt. Sal thi sam things will never change. And zuckerberg returns to harvard to give the commencement speech and receive his honorary degree. And he will stream the whole thing live on facebook. Thats one way to get your degree. The lessons of life. Just ahead, duchess kates sister pippa middleton, the bridesmaid becoming the b with advil, youll ask what twisted ankle . What muscle strain . Advil makes pain a distant memory nothing works faster stronger or longer what pain . Advil. Has complete onecoat coverage. By sherwinwilliams and its also stain resistant. How stain resistant . This stain resistant. And, its also scrubbable. So scrubbable. It has complete onecoat coverage. And its ohso durable. This durable. 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What do you think . Thats pretty. Pretty sexy. Its allwheel drive. Look at that. It looks aggressive. But not overbearing. Its not too big. Not too small. It looks like it could go offroading. But at the same time, it looks like a car you could take to a nice event. You can dress it up or dress it down. This parts awesome. The allnew equinox comes with built in 4g lte wifi. Theres wifi . Even a birdseye surround vision camera. Wow, it shows the view from up above . Hows it doing that . I really like the sunroof. What . Woah hello, world i feel like im only saying good things. Which is annoying. And all it takes to open the chevy equinox liftgate is the motion of your foot. Easy peasy. I could definitely get a lot in there. I could put my entire bands equipment. Snowboard. Surfboards. Mountain bike. Even a sousaphone would fit in there. Whats a sousaphone . laughter seems like the perfect car for anybody. I would take it anywhere. I want one. I love it. Shes a bad mamajama. laughter chevy stepped their game up. Good morning, im vai sikahema. Just about 8 00. The warmup continues with the first alert meteorologist bill henley with most accurate neighborhood forecast. Bill . A warm, sunny day at the shore. This is ocean city, new jersey, this morning. Skies are clear. The temperatures warming into the middle 80s at the shore. Inland, were heading for 90 degrees today. Look what happens to the weekend. The temperatures come crashing down. Low 70s for saturday and sunday. Then warmer on monday. Well likely see some rain and up to 80 on tuesday before we get another cooldown. Thank you. Lets get another check on traffic with nbc10 first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. Updating us on cherry hill. Yeah. A good update right now. We had a gas main break that closed the eastbound side of route 70 through cherry hill. Pretty much all morning between grove street and haddonfield road between kings highway. Right now, just the left lane is blocked. The left lane that used to be blocked on the westbound side is back open. All lanes open westbound. Eastbound, just the left lane blocked. Well see delays there. Also watch for the regatta. Kelly drive closed between Fountain Green and Strawberry Mansion until 8 00 p. M. Saturday. Thank you. Today philadelphias mayor will reveal his plan to fight the Opioid Epidemic in the city. Mayor kenney will outline recommendations from the Opioid Task Force this morning. The committee got input from experts and citizens to focus on areas such as prevention and education, treatment and Overdose Prevention. Also today, at t workers are gearing up for possible strikes. Thousands of wireless employees plan to picket Company Stores across the country this weekend unless they get a new contract. The union is looking for a new deal that addresses Health Care Issues and keeps call centers in the u. S. At t said that it will continue to serve its customers in the event of a walkout. Well have another update for you coming up in 25 minutes. Join us every weekday morning for nbc10 nbc10 news today from 4 30 to 7 00 a. M. Its 8 00 on today. And coming up, up in the air. President trump set to leave on his first foreign trip today, even as he deals with issues at home. Slamming the investigation into his campaigns alleged ties with russia. The entire thing has been a witch hunt. This, as a new fbi director could be named within hours. Were live at the white house. Plus, what happens in vegas girlfriends guide to fantastic fun. Natalie and jenna hit up sin city for a behindthescenes look at magic mike live. With a tour from the magic man himself, Channing Tatum. My name is synonymous with stripping, better or worse. And the queen of hiphop soul, mary j. Blige, brings her iconic voice to the plaza, for a special concert, today, may 19th, 2017. All right, guys. Who are you excited to hear . Mary j. Blige. [ cheers and applause ] i found some honeymooners. Who are you here to say . Mary j. Blige. Who are you . Mary j. s number one fan. Where did you ladies come from . Charlotte, north carolina. What time did you get here . 11 00 p. M. What are yall ready to do . Ready to party. Its 8 00 on a friday morning. Lets change that. 8 00 on a concert friday morning and the crowd is in full we have mary j. Blige, the queen of hiphop soul on our concert stage in about half an hour. This crowd is pumped. This is happening. And we have a few who were here overnight. And they are jonesing for this to start. Natalie and jenna are back, with their latest girlfriends guide adventure. And it involves las vegas, magic mike and Channing Tatum. Can you imagine those two . Say no more. First, we get to a check of the mornings top stories. Heres the news at 8 00. Reporter good morning. Im Peter Alexander here at the white house. President trump who has no experience on the foreign stage, leaves for his first foreign trip. Still, the controversies at home surrounding russia, the appointment of a special counsel and the abrupt firing of the fbi director james comey, have put this white house on its heels. Today, donald trump taking flight. His first foreign trip as president. But here at home, taking aim at the scandal surrounding possible collusion between his Campaign Aides and russia. The president huddling with his attorneys at the white house thursday, just one day after the Justice Department appointed special prosecutor Robert Mueller to oversea the fbis russia investigation. Mr. Trumps team, hoping to prevent anymore selfinflicted wounlds. Thank you very much. Reporter at a joint News Conference with colombias leader, the president pushing back. First, dismissing the need for a special pror. I respect the move. But the whole thing has been a witch hunt and this is no clues. R reporter and denying reports that he told james comey to let go of the investigation into flynns ties to russia. Did you approach james comey to back down into the investigation of michael flynn. Also, as you look back no. No. Next question. Reporter when it comes to michael flynn, a source close to the administration, tells nbc news, theyre concerned about keeping Vice President mike pence in the dark about his doings. Claiming that pence was not aware of any investigation, relating to flynns work as a Foreign Agent for turkey. Calling it unacceptable and either malpractice or intentional. As the investigation ramps up, republicans are trying to press ahead. People in the country need to know that were busy at work trying to solve their problems. Reporter House Speaker paul ryan, trying to move on from the crisis and on to tax cuts. Visibly relieved to receive a policy question. The russia controversy, threatening to consume congress, its agenda and the trump presidency. Back here at the white house, trump says he is close to choosing a new fbi director. Speculation swirling about a possible shakeup in the west wing. The spotlight on embattled press secretary sean spicer. Some are considering having his deputy, Sarah Huckabee sanders, playing a larger role in the press briefings. Peter, thanks very much. Murder and attempted murder charges were filed overnight against the man accused of driving his car into pedestrians in new yorks times square. Richard rojas hit nearly two dozen people. A tourist from michigan, 18yearold, Alyssa Elsman, was killed. The driver spent the night undergoing psychiatric testing after saying he heard voices and wanted to be shot by the police. He has a history of dwi arrests and was arrested this morn for menacing. The incident was not related to international trim. A dean has been placed on leave because of remarks on her yelp account. She referred to workers as white trash and barely educated morons. The head of the college had discovered numerous other examples, as well. She had apologized in an email to students. Coming up next, a royal affa affair. The worlds most famous bridesmaid, pippa middleton, getting married tomorrow. From the dress, to the guests, to who could steal the spotlight. And cher, opening up about the ups and downs of her career, aging and relationships. And one of the most powerful voices in music, mary can you love wearing powerful sunscreen . Yes neutrogena® ultra sheer. Unbeatable protection helps prevent early skin aging and skin cancer with a clean feel. The best for your skin. Ultra sheer®. Neutrogena®. Hey, here comes a lastminute suggestion. Yeah, ill pretend to write it down and then im going to circle it. Great. Wouldnt it be great if everyone said what they meant . The citi® double cash card does. Earn 1 cash back when you buy, and 1 as you pay. Double means double. Youll be amazed what happens when you pu your red nose on. 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Now, its her turn to be the bride. Which dress gets the yes . The details, under wraps. But the leading contender, rumored to be giles deacon. Give me an idea of what his style is like. Reporter known for his extravagant creations. He knows drama and glamour. Pippa is likely to be traditional and elegant, theres a nice potential in there for a twist. Reporter James Matthews is the hedge fund hunk who won pippas heart. Briefly dating in 2012, the fitness buffs share a passion for sports and the countryside. Thats where the pair will tie the knot, just six miles away from the Middleton Family home. The reception back at the estate and guaranteed to dazzle after dark. No expense spared. This glass party palace will allow the guests to dance the night away, rain or shine. Throne rooms fit for a queen. It may not be a royal wedding, but theres no doubt this will be a royal affair. The duke and duchess of came brib bridge will attend. Charlotte and Prince George will join auntie down the aisle. Seen at their uncles wedding, kate, 9, and pippa 7, not a fan of her floral crown. And despite that no ring, no bring rule, american actress Meghan Markle will be there on prince harrys arm. Everybody there is keen to meet meghan. Reporter do you expect to see meghan and harry on that balcony . Fingers crossed. Its definitely serious. Reporter when youre fifth in line to the throne, popping the question is no simple task. Prince harry will have to ask the queens permission. Im getting carried away. Its pippas big day, pippas turn to shine. A lot of talk over that mystery dress. It will be big news over the weekend. A lot more on that event, tomorrow morning on today. I want to live in bucklebury. I love the name. Time for trending, with extra estrogen. Natalie, jenna, sheinelle, dylan, hoda and matt. Carson . Totally surrounded. Im going to ask a question and go around the room quickly. When youre in the shower, do you face away from the shower or towards the shower . I do forward and turn for my hair. Im a switcher. I do back. A spinner. I spin when i need to do when i need to do. And i turn back. This comes up. We had a hotlycontested article on today. Com. Which way do you face in the shower . But apparently theres two times of people in this world. Nozzle facers. Im not a nozzle facer. I turn my back to the shower. Im called a back to the water person. We surveyed viewers. 45 say they are spinners. 44 face away from the water. Only 12 that cant be right. Thats so interesting. Almost everyone here faces the nozzle. Were spinners. Why wouldnt you do both . I do sometimes. But im a nozzle facer. Tell us about ourselves . I dont know. Is there any insight into what this makes us . This is trending. No insight in trending. You know the little cups at the registers, leave a penny, take a penny. Heres a supervised version that spiraled into a viral social experience. This man put a pile of 15,000 coins on the ground. Lets see what happens. And he documented everything. The biker youre about to see. Took a few coins and rode by. This group of kids played in the pile. Look at these guys. They spoil the whole thing. They took them in their bag. Stole them . And rode off. I hope they got a sore back after lugging those around. Where is the inspiration . Okay. Wheres the insight in that . Are we supposed to be learning lessons. Nothing to learn here. Lets go for the trifecta. As parents, weve had moments of desperation. Youre willing to go anything to make the baby stop crying, make him get to sleep. Check out one moms hack. She uses the kitchen aide mixer and attaches it to the baby bouncer. Puts it on high speed. And it rocks the baby to sleep. Thats kind of smart. I have this bouncer at home. This very one. Its the fisherprice. It has a motor on it. Maybe it was out of batteries. The motor its not as bouncing. Was charlie like the big bounce . I dont know. Hes only had that one. I never change the battery. So, actually, its dead right now. But im going to try the mixer. If you could make muffins at the same time. Make muffins at all. Thats true. Sheinelle . Pop start. Lets begin with cher. She is talking to billboard magazine. She was opening up about sonny. Maybe we should never have been husband and wife. The singer got candid about aging. Telling the magazine, i dont like getting old. Im shocked that i can still run across the stage at my age. I thought i would be dead. Cher is celebrating her 71st bir birthday. Now, to kate upton. The supermodel has graced the Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover three times. She has insecurities. Im still not confident in a bathing suit. You always have struggles. Not like i always feel my best. Everybody has moment wheres they dont feel confident in a bikini. Its what were striving for, selflove. She doesnt own a scale. She just wants to be happy. I think my confidence is shot. Exactly. Finally, the beatles. Some of the bands memorabilia hit the Auction Block and bidders went wild for their hair. Strands of their hair sold for 10,000. If you think thats a high price tag, look at what fans have paid over the years. Marilyn monroes hair, went for 40,000. Justin bieber, beating out marilyn. His locks were sold for 40,468. But Elvis Presleys hair, 115,000. Where do they get the hair from . I dont know. What do you mean . What are you talking about . From the barber. Does the does the artists sell it themselves . Or do the hairdressers keep it. Matt lauers hair would go for a lot. He has a hair cut today because im going to steal his hair. Get a microscope. Sheinelle, thank you very much. Dylan, by the way, the beatles, thats the group Paul Mccartney was in before wings. I know. Lets look at the heat thats affecting the east coast. We have a huge bermuda high. Temperatures yesterday broke records up and down the east coast. And were going to see that air today. Washington, d. C. , 90 degrees. Norfo norfolk, 91. Boston in the mid80s. Thats 17 degrees above average. We have a cold front thats going to move in for the weekend. Canadian air is going to replace this subtropical air and well drop by 20 degrees going into the weekend. Still very nice, 60s and 70s. But not the extreme heat were seeing lately. We got the preakness stakes in baltimore on saturday. Temperatures around 69 degrees. Better than running in that extreme heat for sure. We have severe storms likely back through the middle of the country. Tornados are most likely across parts of oklaha andom good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. A muggy morning and hot afternoon. 90 degrees in philadelphia. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in philadelphia. Isolated storms possible in the suburbs after a dry morning. 89 degrees this afternoon. And up to 90 degrees for new jersey with a chance of afternoon storms. 85 with sunny skies for the jersey shore. Lehigh valley close to 90 degrees. Storms later in delaware. Have a great day. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you so much. Now, the reason these crazy ladies are withes are with us. Natalie, jenna and the girlfriends guide to fun series. Today, were taking you to las vegas, to check out a new show thats taking the strip by storm. I must say, guys. Do not worry. We kept it p. G. This is not girls gone wild in vegas. Magic mike is opening up in vegas. And we got v. I. P. Access from the man himself. Flipping, spinning, leaping. The men of magic mike live do it all, including some not suitable for morning tv moves. This updated 21st century male review was based on the magic mike movies, about a group of exotic dancers that made 300 million at the box office. Girlfriends guide to fantastic fun. Reporter Channing Tatum is the force behind the movies and now the live show. Were girlfriends on an adventure together. Shes on the west coast. Reunited and it feels so good you have a good voice. What is this show about . And how close is this to the movies . I wouldnt say its close to the movies. You will get everything and things that you didnt even know you wanted. What do you hope it brings girlfriends . Weve really worked hard on keeping it light and fun. My name is a bit synonymous with stripping, for better or worse. Im happy the way its shaked out. I was asking myself, why do i want to do this . I want to empower women. I want to make something for women. So, channing turned to these women to empower this project. I love that its three women to envision behind what this show is. The message of female empowerment, though. How important is that to the audience and what they get out of this . I think thats everything. Were hoping that when women come in this room, they leave feeling empowered, excited about their lives. Women are seeking connection and deep connection. Being understood. And so, this show has been created around that premise. With these guys, what can we expect to see . Theyre talented. They have personality. They have charisma. Before the show started, we were able to meet the dancers and comedienne lindsay haley, who serves as the master of ceremonies. This is for my dad. This one is for my dad. Im crying. You are ruining my fake eyelashes. How many had your moms in the audience . My mom and my grandmother. What did they think . They loved it. Channing is not in the show. But during our behindthescenes tour, we cajoled him into showing off the moves that made him famous. Go. Karate. Drop mic. Then, we impressed him with ours. Golfing. Or tried to. Thats natalie, that is beautiful. All right. Im with that. Bowling. Oh. Come on. What is that . What is that . Thats just getting the ball. She bowls in a very interesting way. With channing getting us in the spirit ladies, do we feel powerful . It was time to see magic mike live for ourselves. Even becoming part of the show. Let me borrow you for a second. That left us inspired. Magic mike live thank you. Give it up for jenna and natalie of the today show. What a week. Thats all we did. Thats all we did. You need to clarify what was happening in that moment. I sat on the piano when they song. And jenna was serenaded. I blushed a lot. Im not a pollyanna. But there was a lot of blushing going on. This is my impersonation of you with Channing Tatum. Why dont you spend a little time with him and see how you act. Hubba, hubba. Matt, you want to talk about anything . I know this is very perilous. But in the piece you talk about they talked about how they hope women will leave that feeling empowered. Yes. Do you think that if men were to go to a female review, where the women became sclantly clad that people would say the men leave empowered . It is a different kind of show. They have a female comedian who takes them on a journey. And its created by women. The only reason i brought it up, is carson called me and asked me the question. I think you raise a fair point. You do. You are like debbie downer, though. Good morning. Vai sikahema. Lets go to meteorologist bill henley with the accurate neighborhood forecast. Bill . It will be in the 80s this afternoon. Were dry right now. Clear, too. But im watching showers to the west and southwest. Theres a chance well see scattered showers and thunderstorm this is afternoon. Right now, its Just Sunshine and warming up. 75 in philadelphia. The suburbs of new jersey, 76 degrees in the lehigh valley. In the 80s and low 90s this afternoon. If youre looking for cooler weather, temperatures wont be as hot. Up to 84. Bill, thank you. Lets get a look at the roads with Jessica Boyington. Nothing to report on the southbound side, around girard avenue, average speeds are down into the 20s. Cherry hill township, an update on the gas main break, just the left lane is blocked around king highway as well. Slow heading up to the scene. At least its back open. Take route 38 to get by. Vai, back to you. A bill banning medical marijuana use is a step closer to becoming law. Yesterday the state Senate Passed the measure on illegal uses of the drug. It allows any physicians to sign off on applications for marijuana to treat ptsd. Smoking at parks and recreational areas was approved last night. Another update in 25 minutes. Get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 news app. You knew when you cast it theyd lock you up. But that didnt stop you. You traveled far and wide, and others followed. Mothers, daughters, sisters, lions. And because together you roared so loud, i know my Voice Matters today. This summer, Come Celebrate new york states equal rights history. Download our guide to plan your trip. Its friday morning, the 19th of may, 2017. And we are ready for some great music. Mary j. Blige. Were ready for you. Mary, mary. Thank you. Is that just how it fwoez with you, honey . Yes. Thats how it goes. Those are my fans. Will you pan down to marys shoes . Mary brought her aplus game today. Those are smokin. Zbl by the way, before our concert, one more piece of business. Lets get a check of the weather from ms. Dylan. Todays weather is brought to you by walgreens. Get your red nose today, only at walgreens. Nobody was cheering for the weather. Lets look at whats going on this weekend. It will be nice across the northeast. Well lose the heat and the humidity. It will drop back down to 70 degrees. Still stormy through the middle of the country, though. It starts to spread eastward, a little on sunday. Affecting if ining the ohio ane river valley. We are looking at form air good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. A muggy morning and another hot afternoon. 90 degrees in philadelphia. There is a chance youll see scattered showers and thunderstorms in philadelphia. Isolated storms possible in the suburbs after a dry morning. 89 degrees this afternoon. And up to 90 degrees for new jersey. A chance of afternoon storms, hits 85 with sunny skies for the jersey shore. Lehigh valley and delaware close to the 90degree mark. A chance of storms later in delaware. Have a great day. The citi Concert Series on today is brought to you by citi. Were almost ready for mary j. Blige to get this plaza party started. But first, a little bit about the woman with the soulful voice. Its the voice thats earned mary j. Blige the queen of hiphop soul. She made her mark on the Music Industry with real love. The first of 22 top ten r b hits. Im going down no more drama i like what i see when im looking at you reporter she sold more than 50 million albums worldwide and is working with some of the biggest names like diddy, drake, u2 and taylor swift. Do like i do reporter and now, mary is back on top of the charts with her 13th studio album, strength of a woman. And her single thick of it. Reporter when mary j. Blige sings, her fans respond when she brings it all on the floor. Now, shes bringing her soulful voice to our citi concert stage. Were so excited. Now, here she is. Mary j. Blige, take it away. Mmmmm i learned my lesson yes, i did must have been crazy to think that you loved me i saw the signs but i couldnt say nothing i did the time i crossed the line for you cause i can see myself and nobody else but you tell me what youre thinking cause this is what you wanted should have been the one to hold me when i got lonely every time i think of the lies you told to me made it easy for me to leave you plus me was a love lesson in too deep without imperfection not always good but i stayed on my feet you had me should have never questioned you plus me was a love lesson in too deep without imperfection not always good but i stayed on my feet you had me should have never questioned you plus me you plus me i was riding wherever youre going at times i wanted to leave but didnt want to be lonely cant deny the fact you were my one and only love that i would do only love i knew and now i gotta turn my back cause you didnt realize that, boy, this was the real thing and i cant deny the fact that we dont belong together guess it aint the real thing you plus me was a love lesson in too deep without imperfection not always good but i stayed on my feet you had me should have never questioned you plus me was a love lesson in too deep without imperfection not always good but i stayed on my feet you had me should have never questioned you plus me, yeah you plus me oh, oh, oh you plus me i gotta keep on pushing and love myself through the hard times i gotta keep my patience still a long way to go now theres so much to learn when we trust the love thats deep in us then love will return yes, it will boy this was a love lesson you plus me was a love lesson in too deep without imperfection not always good but i stayed on my feet you had me should have never questioned you plus me was a love lesson in too deep without imperfection not always good but i stayed on my feet you had me should have never questioned you plus me you plus me [ vocalizing ] you plus me you plus me plus me you werent better than me you dont live here anymore we dont live here anymore [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you. Mary j. Blige is just getting started. A lot more music straight ahead. First this, is today on nbc. [ cheers and applause ] jamming out this morning with the reigning queen of hiphop soul, our friend, mary j. Blige. You know, we love having her here. She just released her 13th studio album called strength of a woman. And just announced, here is good news, going on tour this summer. And i understand tickets go on sale today. Yes. What would you say to people who are going to line up and start buying tickets . What can they expect from an experience of come to see you on tour . We celebrate life because we come through so many trials. And life is hard as it is. But life is good. And were coming to celebrate the good of life. Were going to have a good time. A lot of this album, you would say, getting through personal stuff. Strength of a woman. Tell us about that. Its a blessing that i can take all of my trials and tribulations and Everybody Knows whats going on. You know . Its awful. Its a bad thing. I dont want to keep talking about it so much. But it is what it is. I wouldnt be mary j. Blige if i couldnt use my own music as therapy to get me through these things. So, right now, im healing, as well. Thank you. We just saw you burst on to the scene 25 years ago. I dont know if it feels like 25 years. But when you sing a new song and you sing new songs in front of a crowd, is there a special emotion that you go through . Its a special emotion when my fans hear the new songs and they relate and they understand. We can relate to each other. So, the energy thats going back and forth, its amazing. You cant understand what it feels like. You like marys new songs . Yeah. Obviously. What are you going to sing right now, mary . Right now, im going to sing the thick of it, because thats where i am right now, in the thick of it. Ladies and gentlemen, mary j. Blige. Thank you, sweetie. Thank you, yall. Love aint just black and white aint that simple it gets hard to tell whose wrong or right when its dark with us i swear i barely see the light should i stick it out are you worth this fight are we worth this fight cause i aint no quitter, babe and i be damned if all these years i let you dis me, babe i was there when no one wanted to stay with you, baby you know i deserve more than this i do so, tell me who is gonna love you like i do who will you trust i gave you too much enough is enough now, were in the thick of it so, tell me whos gonna love you like i do who will you trust i gave you too much enough is enough now were in the thick of it what a hell of a year and i make it through hell and i come out alive and i got nothing to fear no more crying and trying and bring back this loving when nothing is here let me be clear i wasnt perfect but this aint worth it im done with the mess i confess on the stress and i know im look back and call it a blessing cause i aint no quitter, babe but i be damned if all these years i let you dis me, babe i was there when no one wanted to stay with you, baby you know i deserve more than this i do so, tell me who whos gonna love you like i do who will you trust i gave you too much enough is enough now were in the thick of it so tell me who whos gonna love you like i do who will you trust i gave you too much enough is enough now were in the thick of it you had someone who really loved you should have held on held on real tight now and she placed you no other one above you should have let her go should have let her go now, im letting go now im letting go oh, oh, oh so, tell me who whos gonna love you like i do who will you trust i gave you too much enough is enough now, were in the thick of it so, tell me who whos gonna love you like i do who will you trust i gave you too much enough is enough now, were in the thick of it yeah, yeah, yeah [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you so much. Mary j. Blige, back with more on a friday morning. But first, this is today on nbc. Welcome back to today. And our citi concert stage. Were so thrilled that mary j. Blige is here and making our stage her home this morning. Shes going to do a classic. Mary, take it away. So, good morning, family. Well do this real quick. Before we go to work. Come on everybody mary j. Is in the spot tonight gonna make you feel all right party with me let loose and be free when you step inside lets get it on the floor up in this dancery now ya floatin so ya gots ta dance for me dont need no haterration hollaration in this dancery lets get it percolating while ya waiting so just dance for me come on, everybody get on up cause you know we gotta get it mary j. Is in the spot tonight and im a make ya feel all right make ya feel all right come on, baby just party with me let loose and set your body free leave your situations at the door so when you step inside jump on the floor lets get it drunk upon the fun upon up in this dancery we got ya open now ya floatin so ya gots ta dance for me dont need no haterration hollaration in this dancery lets get it percolating while ya waiting so just dance for me its only going to be about a matter of time before ya get loose and start to lose your mind cop you a drink, go ahead and rock ya ice cause were celebrating no more drama in our life with the great track pumping everybody jumping go ahead and twist ya back and get ya body bumping i told ya leave your situations at the door so grab somebody and get your ass on the dance floor lets get it drunk upon the fun upon up in this dancery we got ya open now ya floatin so ya gots ta dance for me dont need no haterration hollaration in this dancery lets get it percolating while ya waiting so just dance for me we dont need no haters yeah, we dont need no were just trying to love one another trying to love one another we just want yall to have a good time mmmm no more drama in ya life work will harmonate the dime if ya got beat ya problem not mine we gonna be at south side we gonna celebrate all night lets have fun tonight no vibes turn that back way up high turn it up making you dance all night and i got some real heat for you this time doesnt matter if ya white or black lets get drunk cause marys back lets get it drunk upon the fun upon up in this dancery we got ya open now ya floatin so ya gots ta dance for me dont need no haterration hollaration in this dancery dance for me lets get it percolating while ya waiting so just dance for me see, we dont need no haters [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] hear more from mary j. Blige and all our summer concert artists at applemusic. Com today. Were back with much more on a friday morning. But first, this is today, a mary day on nbc. Luis waited his whole life to celebrate his team being crowned champions. So our Wellness Coaches developed a plan, to keep him fit and healthy. And when his moment finally arrived, his knees were up to the job. Aetna. You dont join us, we join you. We cannot get enough mary. That was an awesome concert. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. I mean can we embarrass you for a second . Please. Why not . I want to say, we get a lot of big stars here. But very few are as kind and sweet and appreciative as mary j. Blige is when she comes here. Its always please and thank you. And you have no idea how nice that is for us. That is awesome. Thank you so much. Here you go again. I got to say thank you, though, because what if you didnt want me here . What if nobody was here . Thank you. Thank you. The song weve been talking about, one of the songs is family affair. We love that. Thank you. Would you give us a little taste. Another taste . Come on, everybody, get on down. Come on. Come on, everybody get on up cause you know we gotta get it mary j. Is in the spot tonight and im a make ya feel all right make ya feel all right come on, baby just party with me let loose and set your body free leave your situations at the door so when you step inside jump on the floor lets get it drunk upon the fun upon up in this dancery we got ya open now ya floatin so ya gots ta dance for me dont need no haterration hollaration in this dancery lets get it percolating while ya waiting so just dance for me [ cheers and applause ] thats the perfect introduction for willie geist, here to tell us whats coming up on sunday. Thanks. I get to follow that. Mary j. Was on every mix tape i ever made a girl in high school. [ cheers and applause ] real love, sweet thing. And those mix tapes went to my future wife. Thanks for making that happen for me. My first slow dance in middle school, mary j. No one cares at this point. But i have a show on sunday. Ill be with you, willie. Laura linney, tony nominated, oscar nominated. Charming, funny. A great lineup on sunday. That does it for us. Mary j. Blige. Thank you so much. Were back with much more right after your local news. Thank you. Good morning. Im vai sikahema. Its 9 00 and its getting steamy out there. Lets go to meteorologist bill henley. Bill . Upper 70s for philadelphia and the suburbs. New jersey is at 78 degrees. A nice warmup in the lehigh valley. Almost 80 degrees. Plenty of sunshine and youll see it through the morning. This afternoon, clouds build and a chance of scattered showers. Possibly even thunderstorms later today. But through this morning, it will be dry. Topping out at 90 degrees for the third day in a row for the first heatwave of the season. Vai . Thank you, bill. Lets get a check of the roads with Jessica Boyington. Watching i76, eastbound side looking worse. Thats moving towards center city. 25 minutes from the blue route to the vine. Speeds in the 30s there as well. Watch for the stotesbury regatta. An active closure until saturday around 8 00 p. M. Vai, back to you. A suspect on the run last night is now in jail. Police arrested brandon late last night wanted for firing at a car in a walmart parking lot. Investigators are trying to figure out what caused this car to crash into a deli in north philadelphia. The car went up on to the sidewalk at 22nd street last night and slammed into the front wall of this building. One person was hurt. Organizations in pennsylvania and new jersey and delaware want you to get out of your car and ride your bicycle to your office. Its National Bike toc work da. Biking can improve your health and also helps the environment. Vai sikahema will have another update in 25 minutes. Back to the today show. See you at the bottom of the hour. This morning on todays take, ellie kemper is our cohost. Shes dishing on the new season and life as a new mom. And our freebie friday giveaway could be yours. And it doesnt get sweeter than this. Two delicious desserts. One ultimate cookoff, starting right now. From nbc news, this is todays take. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Look at that crowd. Good morning. Welcome to today on this freebie friday morning, may 19th, 2017. You know this theme song, from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. And our cohost, ellie kemper. I wake up to that song. You bounce sidetoside. Jefferson wrote that song. Its such an ear worm. I havent seen you in so long. Congratulations in person on your beautiful baby boy. Babies all over the place. Thats what everybody is doing. Literally, figuratively. This is a big day. Unbreakable kimmy schmidt, begins streaming on netflix today. We have aically, right . Yes. Lets show a clip. Its kimmy schmidt. Can i come in . Im unarmed, except for the arms i was born with. And im not wearing a wire, except in my bra, because i need the support. But thats my business. Okay. Dont try anything funny. I wish she didnt say there. Now, all i want to do is funny stuff. Like go down these stairs. Maam, that bit doesnt work without some kind of partition. So happy its back. Thank you. I am happy its back, too. Its an uplifting show. Its a weird uplifting show. Everybody here, were all laughing. Yeah. Thats a good sign. Thats always a good sign. Robert and tina fey wrote and created the show. Its a funny show. I hope it is what fulfills what we all need right now. Just to laugh. A cheerfulness. Do you read the script and chuckle to yourself . We were talking about script reads yesterday. And the thing about that script or that show, theres so many layers to the jokes. You peel off one layer. And its an onion. Another and another and another. Do you chime in with your own stuff from time to time . Knowing you, youre so quickfitted and funny. No, that is kind of you. I hope it appears that way. But absolutely not. Theres no improv on that show. I appreciate. Those guys are writing it. Such finelyhoned jokes. If i got in there, i would muck it up. This is a good time. You have the show. A beautiful baby. Tell us everything. Everything. How old is he . Motherhood is crazy. Its crazy. Did you know anything going in it . You have to. Sink or swim. I felt like i was thats him. Have you shown pictures . I havent shown a picture. Hes so cute. Thank you. You have the right reaction. Now, that im a mom, when i see a photo of any baby, even if i think the baby cease just soso, you have to react like, thats the cutest thing ive ever seen. If anybody didnt have that response when they see james. It would cut. He is the cutest baby in the world. He has hair . Thats awesome. Are those the little sock shoes . Its part of his onesie. Thats my wallet. Where . That hes stealing. I thought he was playing. Thats mommys wallet. Hes cute. Again, hes i think hes the he looks like adam. The best toys are free. Wallet, keys. My baby is not into actual toys. They just want to tear paper. Did you need that . I dont know. You had a cool shoot yesterday. Have you gone back to your high school since in st. Louis. Yeah. I havent been no. And as im walking back into the school, i realize i went back for a shoot, going back to high school. As im walking there, i had no reason to go back to my high school, unless were doing a story. And ive never taken a selfie at my high school because i had a beeper. I had the cool clear teal beeper. You had one of those . No one beeped me. People would beep me boobless. You were only friend with gagsters. You could do certain numbers and it would look like words. 143 meant i love you. I didnt have a beeper. And look at the bruises on her knees. Have you seen dylans knees . I got to i played softball. Yeah. Im like keep your legs closed. Here we go. My softball jersey. I wasnt 28. But i had a similar jersey to this. I got to play with the Current High School softball team, the varsity team. I got to play catch. When i go into softball mode, i drop down on my knees. Thats why your knees are purple this morning . I went into practice mode. Its muscle memory. You dont mess around. Are you in addition to the bruises, are your muscles sore . Tomorrow, im going to be sore. We stopped shooting and went back out. I tripped over my own foot. And i faceplanted in the dirt. And the girls are probably like, who is this . This was yesterday . It was 90 degrees. Thats the whole team. My gosh. It was so much fun. Well have that story coming up. Well have to do a tight shot of dylans knees. We didnt want to go up here skirt. Thank you for that. Were also doing a shoot on people we admire. Ive admired saveon glover. Hes a top dancer. I never thought he would answer a call to tap dance with me. But he did. And my tap skills are fifth grade level. At the apollo theater. Can you capture this moment and realize what youre doing. What are you talking about fifth grade level . Sheinelle. I havent seen this. Running out. One, two. What . Thats amazing. It was crazy. Thats unbelievable. It was sheinelle said to me earlier this morning, i didnt take a single picture from yesterday. You dont need to take a picture. Look at what you were doing. What do you mean fifth grade level . Thats juilliard. To be on stage with him, they tapped with Gregory Hines and all the greats. On the apollo stage. It was out of body. Thats fantastic. All my relatives in heaven were giggling and pointing and training. What training do you have . When i was a little girl, i used to take tap lessons. I remember groups of steps. Thats all i can do. We can work with that. Congratulations. Kick ball change. Kick ball change . I thought it was kick ball chain. That makes sense. Yeah. Kick ball change. We want to know, secrets from the set. Ooh. We want to know all of the details. Were not going to ask you them. I thought i was supposed to produce them. I pick them. And its not popcorn. Its a lie. Your baby is almost 1 year old. True. This isnt truth or lie. Which of your unbreakable cast mates would you have baby sit. Jane krakowski, or titus burg s burgess, or jon hamm. Anybody but titus. Youre the fun uncle. Here you go. Keep going . Yeah. They have to be supervised. And jane has a baby. You are always should i keep going . Yes. I just went back in. Youre a pretty optimistic person. But what was the worst job you ever had . The worst job. Ive been lucky i had many good jobs. But probably the worst job was, i worked at a bakery on the upper east side. And everyone was so angry. Everyone coming in to order cupcakes. Because its new york . People were frustrated. Youre buying cupcakes. Why are you mad . Thats like frowning eating an ice cream cone. Maybe they were mad they gave into the guilt. I love cupcakes. One more . One more, they say. Whats the best piece of parenting advice you got from tina fey . She and i talked about the gritty details of poop and so forth. But the best parenting advice, i think when you dont have the baby, you dont realize that you might not be sleeping so much. I remember i came to work one day and i had had a sleepless night. She said, yeah, you dont realize, everyone was up in the night five times with their kids. And no one was complaining about it. And now you know. Dont complain about it. Basically, she said yeah. Welcome to the club. Get to work. Exactly. Coming up, did you sleep with a favorite stuffed animal or blankie when you were a kid . Or blankie when you were a kid . Dont answer we gave people cottonelle® to try and asked or blankie when you were a kid . 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An alive animal. And it provides just as much if not more comfort. What about you . I slept with my stuffed walr walrus, waldo, until about two months ago. Starting when . When somebody saw the stuffed animal and put it in james room. And i let it happen. And i left him there. Its time. You have a baby now. Does he like it . I dont know. I dont have a picture of waldo. Its just a stuffed walrus. Hes sort of ugly. Some kids dont like stuffed animals. And others are obsessed with them. The number of adults sleeping with comfort objects is growing. Millennials, 16 sleep with sentimental objects. If you slept with a stuffed animal when you were a kid, it may lead to more tossing and turning as an adult. I like to hold something. My husband holds the pillow. Yeah. Do you sleep with something . No. But i used to hold my pillow. My husbands like, youre always holding the pillow. I say it to brian. And its 1,000 degrees. And you can have a pillow. Need my space. Can you stop breathing . I cant sleep. Can we talk about motherhood hacks . Yes. Why are you looking at me . Oh. We havent done this in a while. Kristen bell, had on an airplane. I didnt refresh up on this one. You didnt brush up on your kristen bell news . She was on an airplane and posted an airplane fix. A quick fix to tie up the diaper. That leads to the question, have you done any hacks . That is hilarious. I feel like my hacks are questionable. I mean, i dont know. In the heat of the moment, ill find whatever might work. I do think james loves as i mentioned, toys do not appease him. He loves playing with this. The actual skin of your neck. You let him do it . Why not . It quiets him down. Take mommys neck. It works. I dont know if that counts as a hack. If you invented something to go around your neck. I should add extra skin and market it. A doughnut. You want to do the weather whul while i pull on ellies neck. Looking at the weather across the country, we have storms in the plains. Heavy rain, might have to deal with tornados today. Not as big of a threat as yesterday. But were looking at the zone right through that dark orange through oklahoma and texas. Otherwise, large hail, damaging winds. Also, the danger is lying thing, too. This storm system will move to the east through the evening. And tomorrow, were going to lose the threat of widespread storms. But still, a bit good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. A muggy morning and another hot afternoon. 90 degrees in philadelphia. Theres a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms in philadelphia. Isolated storms possible in the suburbs after a dry morning. 89 degrees this afternoon. And up to 90 degrees for new jersey with a chance of afternoon storms to hit 85 with sunny skies for the jersey shore. Lehigh valley and delaware close to the 90degree mark a chance of storms in delaware. Have a great day. And thats your latest forecast. Thank you, dylan. Thank you, dylan marie. 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Traffic is still getting by. You can still take it. It may set you back a couple of minutes. 42 freeway, we take you down closer to the jersey shore and more towards that area or you can take you by the scene. For now, delays are not that severe especially since they are about to toe thw that car way a. Everything else is moving nicely. Vai, back to you. Jessica, thank you. We see lots of sunshine. Bill, lets go to you with the forecast. Not a cloud in the sky. Bright sunshine. The temperatures have reached into the 80s in the suburbs and close to it for the lehigh valley. Delaware, 78. Look at center city, already in the 80s. Bill, thank you. Happening today, philadelphias mayor will reveal his plan to fight the Opioid Epidemic in the city. A committee focused on four areas of action, prevention and education, treatment, Overdose Prevention and involvement in the criminal justice system. Im vai sikahema. Another update in 25 minutes. In the meantime, get the latest news and weather. Now back to the today show. See you at the top of the hour. Protip. Get these great smoked ribs. Twenty minutes on the grill, theyre done. You think he cares if i smoke ribs for six hours . What . The best food at amazing prices, giant. Chrit can happen to anyone. S a help is within reach. All you need to do is ask. Vanessa i was a fullblown heroin addict, selling my soul to get high. But i got help, and you can too. James i just know i didnt want to feel that pain anymore. I got help. You can too. Aj most people think addicts are beyond help. When i see an addict, i see hope. Chris christie dont suffer. Dont wait. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. Unbreakable. Kimmy schmidt reunion. And tituss burres in the house. He leaves his boyfriend, mikey is cheating on him. They were laughing and touching arms. Worst of all, youre going to need to sit down for this. I know youre sitting. Sit again. Mikey was wearing the date night outfit he wore on our first date. Are you sure the other guy is gay . Everybody is gay, kimmy. Its the 90s. You have to talk to mikey and give him a chance to explain. I know what i saw. Dont overreact. I am doing what any reasonable person would do in this situation. Im lemonading. Yes. I love it. Have you coined the phrase lemonading . Its a verb. This is the video i want america to see. This is what we need to be focused on as a nation. Its too much. You wear the outfit so well. Thank you. One of the most comfortable things ive born worn in my lif. Did you get to smash the window . It was fun. I would love to have a window smashing batting range in my backyard. Would relieve so much stress. I heard you did underwater scenes, right . I do not swim and i didnt not like that. How hard is that . Like almost drowning is hard. At first, i thought they were joking. Youre going to be submerged in the ocean. Tina, do you like me or not . We have safety meetings when theres a loose tennis ball. But was there a safety meeting for this . We had a safety meeting. I had two gorgeous men to the side of me. I was okay with that. Save me again. Bring us up to tate. When we last saw tituss, he was following Dionne Warwick on a cruise ship. In true tituss fashion, nothing goes right. He leaves the ship prematurely and literally washes ashore. And he comes back to find that his relationship is in a different place than when he left it. He goes lemonading. And season three following him, in terms of how he deals with his pain and trying to put back the pieces together. We just want to show this video one more time. And we were wondering, you and i talked about this, how is ti tituss hip enough to see the lemonade video. Were such rubes. We are broke and dont have cable. We get one channel. Get like one channel. But i feel like you saw it at the library and only last week. Right . Right. Right. I was sure it was a big thing. He has no clue. Thats right. Heres what i want to know. You went outside on the plaza. And people go crazy. They want you to be who you are on the show. Youre not the same man. I should just do a blanket apolo apology. Do people do that . Its not so much they orally admit to disappointment. But you can see the excitement level go down in their eyes. What do you think they want you to do . I dont know. Just be tituss. But that is too much work. You with walk around lemonading. That way, its enough. And we love this tituss. This is the better tituss. I feel comfortable. But dont get any ideas. You belong to me. We will borrow her every now and again. Season three of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt from our sister universal is streaming when . Today. I get it. Today. One incredible dessert our viewers are competing in the ultimate cookoff. Candy bar cake versus upside down car whats going on here . 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And fold in your dry. Scoop it into a greased or pi paperlined muffin tin. I made a swiss meringue butter cream. When do you have time to do this . The nice thing is the frosting doesnt have to be pretty. Is the frosting yummy. I have to. And this caramel. Just give me a spoon. Dip it in this. And you mash it on the plate. Thats cute. Is that ice cream on the top . It is. And i usually make a homemade vanilla bean ice cream. Move over martha stewart. I have a lot of kids to crank ice cream coolers. Were good. Top it with this. Drizzle on some caramel. How did you come up with this . I wanted to incorporate this is three different desserts in one. Why not . And you can throw some banana slices on there. And there you go. All right, my friend. It doesnt get better. That looks amazing. Im thrilled to show you yall the super simple dessert. A chocolate cake mix. Done. A sweetened condensed milk, and salted caramel. And then, my favorite candy bar. Move along. Once you bake it in the 9 by 13 dish, you just poke holes all over the cake. You want to try . Your kids are older, right . Yes. They love to cook. Is that too many . Thats really good. Were going the spread the sweetened condensed milk. What does that do . It drizzles in those holes and gets yummy. And spread it out good. Then what . Do the same thing with the caramel. And the salted caramel goes down into the holes. Dylan and ellie, i dont know what youre going to do. We put the whipped topic own top. And my favorite is crushed butter fingers. This is is there a tie . This cake, my family will do a happy dance. And i hope the judges will, too. She wants to do a happy dance. I dont know. This is really hard. Were torn. Im loving the cake and im youre loving this. I love the texture of these. Youre indecided. Were choosing between gold and gold. This is amazing. I eat this one and get that nice pop of texture. That wasnt an easy decision. Thank you so much. Heres the thing. 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Get this, it was a school play that launched the career of topher grace, with no professional acting experience. He landed the role of eric foreman, one of the funny teens on that 70s show. He recently starred in truth. Now, hes playing wingman to brad pitts character in war machine. Take a look. Im sorry. I dont want to start a fight here. And please forgive me for speaking for you, sir. But the general didnt hire me to make things quiet, okay . Look, youre so good at your job. But that job is basically writing press rerees. Heres the thing about press releases, nobody reads them. Thats kind of true, actually. Topher grace. Good morning. Nice to have you here. Thank you for having me. Tell us about your character. He has a sense of humor. Hes really not in the military. Hes a cpo. Hes a civilian when it starts. And his lock of knowledge spoiler alert you know how it ends, right . Its about general stanley mcchrystal. He makes weird publicly choices for group. They wind up paying for that. And topher went through boot camp to prepare for that . You, topher. Not real boot camp. Actor boot camp. You get scared as an actor when youre its so great youre doing this. Its great to see a friend on this thing, right . Its fun for us to watch, fyi. As an actor, you get scared when youre going a military thing because you have three weeks to figure out all the stuff i should know. But my character is such an idiot. The first day i popped my collar, i thought it would look cool. And the military guy said, you wouldnt do that. And the director said, he would. So, you had an excuse for anything. Yeah. It was my lack of knowing anything was great. Perfect. Was it top gun you got your information on the popped collar . Just the volleyball scene. This film reunites you with brad pitt. Yeah. We wanted to find something together, me and brad. This was i said, you take the lead in this one. Ill do the lead in the next one. You said he was intimidated because youre so goodlooking. I felt that. He never said anything. You could see it in his eyes. Yeah. He was its like that poster. Hes like our great leader every day. And we were out in the desert filming this. Got to know each other. A great group. You were in abu dhabi . Abu dhabi, yes. Ladies. All over me. Abu dhabi . I want to say, it is fun to say. It is fun to say. Its funner to say before we had to spend months in a desert there. Yeah. It wasnt afghanistan. So, that was good. Theres a way, being an actor, when youre really in it, you have to do very little acting. Were jumping off blackhawk helicopters and running there tu desert. Really fun. There probably was not so much to do on the downtime, expect to spend time with each other . Thats a good thing. We were three hours outside of abdau dhabi. We would shoot. And its juicy, interesting material. We would sit around this table, cast and crew and talk about how fascinating the movie was and we shot that day. And it was inform the next day. Youre sur rounded by it the whole time. Yeah. Thank you for being here. War machine on netflix and in theaters may 26th. Back in a moment. This is today on nbc. Can we thank ellie kemper for being here . You can. Thank you for being here. I love being here. We like a little reunion. I feel that way. Heres the thing. I know you showed a picture of your son for the first time, thats kind of a moment. Thats huge. I texted my husband, is this okay to show . And he never texted back. Sorry, michael. Oh. Again. Just because that one wasnt planned. He is the sweetest. See those cute, little cheeks. Hes cute. Enjoy every second of it. You, too. Coming up, kathie lee and hoda bermuda babes . Fun in the son and a special visit from michael douglas. And team usa, ready to vie for americas cup. Tap dance. Ill tap good morning. Im vai sikahema. Its about 10 00 in the morning. Lets go to first alert meteorologist bill henley. Bill . Sunshine and temperatures are about where we were at this time yesterday, which means 80s for our area. 81 now in philadelphia. Look at the lehigh valley, suburbs, delaware, already in the 80s. 85 at the shore and south jersey is at 82 degrees. There are some warmer neighborhoods. Northeast philadelphia airport, already 87 degrees. Well top out in the low 90s this afternoon. Vai . Thank you, bill. How are the roads midmorning, a check with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. Jess . Northeast philly, a crash on the boulevard southbound side around 9th street. A view vehicles involved there. An injury reported as well. Southbound side, big delays approaching the expressway. A clearing of a crash out in glassboro. Slow downs are go around exit 50. You should be good to go. Vai, back to you. Jessica, thank you. At t workers are gearing up for a possible strike. Thousands of wireless employees plan to picket Company Stores across the country this weekend unless they get a new contract. Several hundred of those Union Workers are from the philadelphia region. They are looking for a new deal that deals with Health Care Issues. At t will continue to serve its customers in the event of a walkout. Get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 app. Back to the today show. Have a great day. See you at the bo bottom of the hour. Great everyday prices and thousands of bonus buy savings. My giant. Time for the show. Were supposed to get you going. Im in heaven. Hello. A swizzle to get us going. Mustafa, thank you. Shall we . Kath, whats happening . I think were going to have an adventure. I think this is what they call heaven. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb soaking up the sun on the Beautiful Island of bermuda. Come on, look at us. It doesnt get better tn