Studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. It is fat tuesday, february 9th, 2016. Last day to feast before the start of lent. Millions of christians observe for 40 days. Look at st. Patricks cathedral there. It ends on easter sunday. Today is the day, we feast. Then we have ash wednesday. Im al roker along with dylan and natalie. Tamron and willie on assignment in New Hampshire. Were going to talk to them in a minute. But this is your morning jam. Of course. I had to pick formation. Beyonces new song. Appropriately released the day before the super bowl. Right. She performed it live. I was on the field live as she was performing this. I was going to say, when you pick thirddegree song pick this song, you have to do the formation. No one wants to see that. I have the head. The head bob. It sounds awesome, right, to be on the field . Yeah. Back, you cant see anything. Basically, i saw maybe some people in the distance. Not sure if it was beyonce or not. Jumping up and down. Yeah. Im sure you had a better view at home. I think so. It was such a performance. I missed the whole thing. Screens all around though, right . The screens werent working during the performance. Ive been to a couple super bowls. While its a great thing to go to, the fact is, to watch it all, its so much better at home. You see better angles and get the commercials. I know. I heard there was the monkey puppy monkey baby. All the rage. You didnt see the baby pop out with the doritos commercial . I saw that. We were in a media works space and i caught that one. You didnt miss too much. Now you have bragging rights. I was on the field. Could have been worse. You could have been on the caribbean cruise. We told you yesterday about the Royal Caribbean cruise ship. Leaving its new jersey port on saturday. It was on a sevenday cruise to the bahamas. As it was making its way there, this huge storm hit it off the coast of south carolina. Were hearing from the passengers and seeing some incredible images. Some of the damage on board, as well. Anthem of the seas had about 6,000 passengers and crew on board. Al, they reported waves as high as 30 feet. Hurricaneforce winds. Yeah. Sometimes over 150 miles per hour. All of this was forecast though. It was. I know Royal Caribbean issued a statement, which was while the weather was unpleasant the ship remained seaworthy at all times. They claimed it wasnt forcast for forecasted but it was. As of thursday, there were reports the forecast for the 40 and 50 knots, about 57 miles per hour. That was thursday night. The forecast got worse in the next day or two. They had plenty of warning. They made a decision, i dont know if it was for money or what they thought theyd beat the storm. Every day theyre out of place, it costs them money. Right. The fact is, they should have never done it. The forecast look at the flying furniture. The damage you see on board. And we have some passengers describing how it all went down. Im sure theres going to be some sort of investigation. 30 foot waves, you know. Its like a 30 degree tilt. It was insane. I was hanging on because you would roll out of bed if you didnt hang on. I realize it was really serious. I was sitting at ing ting on the chair at the bar. Four legs came up and i fell out of the chair, essentially. Was unpleasant, the ship remained seaworthy. Thats like saying, godzilla was a little bit of a lizard. Come on. One of the passengers said the ship was almost at a 30 degree angle, with the waves. It probably felt like it. Would you go on another cruise if you experienced Something Like that . I would have hard pressed to go back. But they are Royal Caribbean is offering passengers a full refund for this trip. Also, 50 off of a future cruise, if they so dare or choose. I think there is going to certainly be an investigation into it. No doubt. Im going to try one of als famous transitions. Cant catch a cruz in New Hampshire. Hampshire. Maybe you can. Theres a port there. Oh. I think its why it was named portsmouth. Someone predicted, which means thats an incredibly long night. Number one. You have do see who can take the ground game to the next step. And whether or not theyll take on trump. Yeah, if you get that pack, second place among republicans i unless they run out of money. But a lot of people who can make the case i should move on. Last night, donald trump at the 3,000 or 4,000 people were whats getting attention is something he repeated from a woman in front of him. It, he repeated it. Talking about ted cruz. She just said a terrible thing. She just said shout it out, because i dont want to okay. Youre not allowed to say i never expect to hear that from you again. She said i never expect to hear that from you again. She said hes a [ bleep ]. Thats terrible. Terrible. Even by donald trump standards that was not a word he had not used in public has a president ial candidate ever used that im going to say no. Meanwhile, bill and Hillary Clinton campaigning together yesterday and last night. The former president introducing secondary clinton with maybe a little too much honesty. See what you think. Sometimes when im on a stage like this, i wish we werent married. Then i could say what i really think. And i dont mean that in a negative way. To see bill clinton on the campaign trail, guys, with his wife. This is the second day yesterday was the second day in the row that bill clinton is referred to the big dog in the world of politics going after Bernie Sanders in the very aggressive way. You heard him there say, Im Holding Back really, because i want to say some other things. Among the things he did actually say, accused Bernie Sanderss campaign of being sexist and also accused the campaign of being hypocrites regarding what sanders has posed. Willie and i have been talking to different people in New Hampshire. The live free or die motto is something they take so seriously about 44 of the voters here are undeclared. Between 4 to 5 of the people independent, but if you want to get a person from New Hampshire riled up, just what is undeclared . No one owns me. You wont know my vote until i walk in and cast the vote. Theres a famous line that New Hampshirers use, i have mip my top three. And today it becomes the top one. Voting returns are in from three up tos. Dixville notch gets it going at midnight. And trump and kasich and cruz are tied with nine votes. Incredible nine. And sanders leading clinton 16 to 7. This is a cool place to witness democracy. You get to go to the little vfw halls or little rallies like donald trump had. They interact and listen to the answers. They make their decision today. We become leading up to iowa and New Hampshire and here we are. Absolutely. Guys, on a more honest and serious note, the only thing i really cared about as mr. Democracy sits here, the best Dunkin Donuts are in New Hampshire. Its true. I already ate mine. Theyre different . Theyre different. We dont have any. I feel left out. You go on the road and you never bring us food . How many times is on he on the road and we say, that looks good. You have been there so long, you could vote as a New Hampshire resident. I have been here so long, i dont get on the scale. Between the beef chili and doughnuts its a good time for democracy. America. Democracy. America. Thanks, guys. You guys will have all the results for us, as well, on msnbc. Boom. Here we go. How are we on facebook . We have our todays take facebook page. Yes. Its day 10 of 25 days of prizes. This is a good one. Especially if you are athletic. Or know somebody who is. The prize for today is a pair of brooks running shoes. Theyre fantastic. You go to facebook. Com todays take. Were trying to get to 1 million. So far, were at 188,000. It would be great if we could break 200,000 today. Go to facebook. Com todays take. Like us. Register for todays sweepstakes, a 200 pair of brooks running shoes. More snow in the northeast. We have upper level low over the great lakes. Low pressure system off the east coast. Snow in the midatlantic from philadelphia, baltimore. Tonight, the snow continuing through the northeast. Also into New Hampshire. Light snow showers there. Heavy lake ef effect snow around the great lakes. Anywhere from 8 to 12 inches from erie, pennsylvania, to northeastern ohio. 2 to 4 inches in new york city. 1 to 3 in baltimore. In the washington, d. C. Area, 8 to 12 in west virginia. Thats whats going on around amy good morning Central Florida, i m amy sweezey. Upper 50 s today, well below average with some pretty gusty wind as well. Once we get to tomorrow, cooler air con facebook. Com todays take. Oh, you guys are liking us a lot. Guys . We like it. Thank you, al. Coming up, are the foods in your fridge safe to eat . Rossen is breaking down the sell by dates to keep you healthy and wasting hey, remember the game when i set the rookie passing record . I mean, you only mentioned what, 50 times. How about when i had three events in one night . Well, i ve been working on my we re non stop, we ve gotta have our extra protein. Oikos triple zero greek non fat yogurt has 15 grams of protein. Zero added sugar, zero artificial sweetener and zero fat. And zero holding me back oikos triple zero. Be unstoppable. Mmm dannon plumpify your lashes with new plumpify mascara a ginormous lasht lifting brush boosts lashes to 50 times the volume and lifts lashest new plumpify mascara from easy breezy beautiful covergirl soup and sandwich and clean and real, and feeling good, sort of. And 500 calories or less. The clean pairings menu. At panera. Food as it should be. I get out of workpand i go to the store, and somebody around, mmm i smell cookies. 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Many of us are tossing out groceries prematurity, resulting in 40 of our food supply ending up in the trash. Astounding. Today, jeff rossen did a little digging. Hes got tips for us the next time we go grocery shopping. Jeff, good morning. Biggest fallacy. How often do you throw food out because you see i do it, too. My husband lives by the date. Food safety. It is conjured up by the manufacture for peak freshness. Its about the taste of it all. And go for eggs. You see the date on the eggs. Look at it and throw it out that date. Eggs will last in your fridge and taste delicious and be safe for three to five weeks after you bought them. Okay. Three to five weeks, youre good with the eggs. What you should do with eggs youll put it in the basket, al . Taking it away . Thats right. Things are tough for al at home. There are times it goes past the date. How can you tell if its fresh or not . This is a really cool trick. Get a bowl of water. Take one of the eggs and drop it into the water. If it drops to the bottom. That means, and this did if it sinks, youre good. Probably needed a bigger bowl. Sink is good. Floating to the top is bad. What about cereals and good for 9 to 12 months opened r un or unopened. Wait a minute. Doesnt taste great. Give me a big bowl of that. Youre shopping at the today show. Nothing to do with food safety. Its about peak freshness. Containers are so big. I feel like i always throw them out. Especially mayonnaise. The target thing in our head, well get sick from it. These are good a year and a half unopened. If you open them, mayonnaise, and i want to get this right, itll last two to three months, even if its opened. Okay. Do yacht not throw it out based on the date. Mustard would last longer . 8 to 12 months. You have to scrape off the crust. You can open this now and have it for your summer barbecue this summer. This is the one thing you need to Pay Attention to the date. The use by date on baby theres a lot on the line with babies. This is only good on that day. Its good until that day. After that, it doesnt make your baby sick but it loses nutrition nutritional value. You think your baby is getting nutrients but the nutritional value falls after that date. The flavor is never there to begin with. You have baby formula . This has nothing to do with leftovers in the fridge. Yours is an archaeological dig. My husband will not eat anything leftover. Deborah is like you. There are things walking in our refrigerator. Just in case. Once it walks, ill throw it out. You have leftovers but never eat them. Exactly. Jeff, good advice. Up next, we have sweet treats with a lot of heart. We have easy goodies to i this is a body of proof. P proof of less joint pain. And clearer skin. This is my body of proof that i can fight Psoriatic Arthritis with humira. Targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. 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Youve only got five days left to think of something you cant go wrong with homemaid de treats. We have the host of food and wines mad genius tips. Justin, good to see you. Just in time for valentines day. Thank you for having me back. You have great tips for us, always. First, if you want to make this beautiful heart cake for your love, you dont need a heartshaped form to do this, right . You dont. Its easier than you think. All youll do is bake two cakes. A square and a round. We did 8 inch. You can do 6 or 9inch. You cut your round cake in half, just like this. Like a puzzle you get as a kid. How do you take a square and circle and make it into a heart . Pop it on top. Frost it. Youre good to go. Done. Gorgeous. Lets talk chicken noodle soup with a little extra love in it. A little extra love. A lot of extra love because its valentines day. Ill let you do the honors. Cut out hearts, just like that. Look at that. Love that. Add it right to your favorite recipe, chicken noodle soup. My kids would love this, too. Great task for them, to do the cutouts. You have your chicken and hearts. Adorable. Flourless chocolate cake is a way to everyones heart. Super easy. We have melted chocolate with butter. Put it in the microwave at 20second intervals. I like semisweet chocolate. Cornstarch. Spoon the batter into muffin pans. All you do is invert it. Youll have loosen it first. Grease it up first. Take a little section of sugar. Dont mind if i do. Beautiful design on top of the hot chocolate or coffee. You take some whipped cream. I like a lot. Mmhmm. Just like that. Take a knife or spatula. Smooth the surface. Take these awesome stencils and powder it up. Cinnamon. Look at this gorgeous one. Perfect. Righ when your cold makes you wish. You could stay. In bed all day. You need the power of. New theraflu expressmax. The power to feel better. If you have allergy congestion. To get relief, anything is fair game. Introducing rhinocort allergy spray from the makers of zyrtec. 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