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Headers to be limited and in some cases banned. This morning when the rules take effect and what they may mean for your kids. And road warrior. Al tackles 13 states in one day on his quest to hit all 50 in a week. Hes made it to the Mighty Mississippi, and its pushing ahead to the Halfway Point, tuesday, november 10, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its a tuesday morning. Al has gone through 22 states, trains, planes, automobiles and covered wagons apparently. And were talking boats now. Along the Mighty Mississippi, but thats a big river. Al, exactly where are you . We are at cape gerardo, matt, here along the Mighty Mississippi in one of the fire boats, so we are on the mississippi, and monster monday became part of terrible tuesday because we didnt land here until about until about two hours ago, so weve taken one too many hits with the punchy stick but were ready to go. Which should make for a fun show. I was going to say that might have happened with you yesterday. Lets start with our top story, the republicans running for president gearing up for the debate showtown in milwaukee tonight and all eight candidates have something to prove for the voters. We begin with National Correspondent peter alexander. Good morning to you. Reporter you said it. With only eight candidates on the main stage, four on the undercard and three on the sidelines, all together how will this go tonight . We expect to hear more from each candidates. Among the biggest questions, will ben carson need to fend off attacks from donald trump, and how does jeb bush handle the for the republicans tonight poses another crucial test. Frontrunner ben carson dismissing growing scrutiny over apparent discrepancies in his life story l. Carsons rivals or even the debate moderators grill him tonight. His chief opponent donald trump is already teeing off, focusing on carsons description of his violent youth. This is the only election in history where youre better off if you stab somebody. What are we coming to. Reporter carsons Business Manager tells nbc news the controversy has lit a fire under the usually calm candidate. I think finally he had an epiphany in real life, that, look, i have got to be ready for these moments. Bring it on. Im ready to fight. Reporter with the economy in focus tonight, trumps challenge, to emphasize substance over style and show how his billionaire Business Savvy would translate to a trump presidency. Marco rubio is gaining ground, but tonight can he put to rest questions about his spending habits while in the Florida Legislature . Tonight could offer a sequel to the last debate showdown between rubio and his former mentor jeb bush. Someone has convinced you that attacking me will help you. Reporter tension between the two underscored by a New York Times report out this morning that allies of bush are privately threatening a wave of scathing attacks on his former protege in the coming weeks. According to the times 100 million Bush Superpac right to rise has filmed a video of rubio as unelectable because of his hard line stance against abortion and his missed senate votes, all signs about how nervous they have become about the bush candidacy. Analysts point out he cant afford another lackluster performance and on the trail hes got a new slogan jeb can fix it and hes showing a different side of his personality. The three questions, better than the moderated debate questions, just saying. Raucous debate on cnbc the moderators tonight from the wall street journal and fox business are promising this one will be a civil affair. Foxs Maria Bartiromo telling the candidates that they should be prepared to answer any question, in her words, its all fair game. Matt and savannah. All right, peter, alexander in milwaukee. Thank you. Nicolle wallace is an msnbc analyst and former White House Communications director for president george w. Bush. Steer karnaky is an msnbc host and political correspondent, folks, nice to see you both. Ben carson is under fire and lashing out at the media saying hes being vetted harder than any other candidate has been. How will it affect his performance tonight . The question has to do with how doed moderators and fellow candidates respond after the criticism with what the debate format, gotcha questions and focusing on too much nonissues. Does it give him an out whether its a moderator or fellow and donald trump who has lashed out of some of the inconsistencies and buy graphical data aside the other candidates are in a you have to position because they have reaped the benefits of attacking the media. If they attack carson on these stories they are doing for blaming what the media can do. And carson can say to them you are doing the bidding of the liberal media and that could be a devastating comeback for him. Jeb bush, how many times have we sat here together saying jeb bush has to have a good night. Interesting art call in the New York Times saying jeb bushs superpac is ready to throw tens of millions of dollars at attacking marco rubio. Does that say let the superpac do the dirty work, we wont see the bush versus rubio manoamano because it backfired so badly in the last debate. Listen, they do not spend any time in their Campaign Headquarters how to beat ben carson and donald trump. They spend all the time how to win that establishment lane, how to beat chris christie, governor kasich and marco rubio so their strategic imperative is to top rubio, and at the moment rubio has the momentum coming out of three strong debate performances and feeling as though they have dodged a bullet in the press. You mentioned chris christie. Had one of the best weeks of his Campaign Last week and yet he goes down to the undercard in tonights debate. Hes got to be disappointed by that, but might it not be an opportunity for him to dominate that debate, get a lot of camera time and break out in some way. Exactly. And weve seen this before. Carly fiorina in the first under card debate back in august, got such great reviews it vaulted her back to the main stage. Christie needs to get back to the main stage so there is an established pathway. Forget the National Poll and look at New Hampshire. Hes moved up, quadrupled his support in New Hampshire over the last two months with the town hall meetings. It was what john mccain once did. Trying to follow that path. For better or worse in this cycle, debate moderators have really become part of the story line. If youre fox and youre hosting this debate tonight, fox business, how do you handle that . On the one hand you dont want to subject yourself to the candidates going after you, going after the media, a proven winner for them but on the other hand you dont want to pull your punches. Fox has a special place in the hearts of republicans so they go into it with a lot more goodwill with every one of the single men and women on the stage. Megyn kelly and bret baier, subjected to the same kind of scrutiny that cnn has been and to some extent cnbc has been. I think they will play it straight. No signs that they plan to pull punches and go into it with a lot more trust from the campaign. Guys, thanks very much. Well be watching. Federal Appeals Court has dealt a major new blow to president obamas plan to protect millions of people from being deport the. Nbcs justice correspondent Pete Williams is following this story. Pete, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. Another legal setback for president obamas plan to shield up to 5 Million People from deportation allowing people here illegally to stay if they have children who are citizens and expanding that program to let young people stay who were brought here as children. By a vote of 21, a federal Appeals Court agreed with texas and 25 other states who claim the administration illegally tried to put this policy into policy without getting Public Comment first. The Appeals Court rejected the white house claim that the plan just shifts enforcement priorities. Instead, the court said the heart of the plan would give benefits to people here illegally, including Social Security and qualification for work permits. Texas says that would impose a big cost on the state, just for all the new drivers licenses it would have to issue. The administration can now appeal to the u. S. Supreme court, and if it acts soon it would be in time north justices to take up this issue during the courts current term. Savannah, matt. To be continued on that. Pete williams, thank you. Now to a security incident at Miami International airport that forced evacuations, delayed more than 50 flights. Heavily armed police had to be called in after a suspicious item was discovered at a security checkpoint. Canine units combed the terminals, passengers halted on the tarmac. They told to keep their hands up while officers swept the aisles. We were all asked to stand up and start evacuating the plane. At that point we got about three rows forward, and immediately very loudly we were told sit down, sit down, put your hands on your head, sit down. A passenger on an American Airlines flight was detained, but fbi tells nbc news that while items in his carryon bag looked suspicious, they were later deemed to be safe. That passenger does not face any charges. And now to a major sports scandal thats making headlines around the world this morning. Russia is accused of widespread statesupported doping to improve the performance of its olympic athletes. This allegedly went on for years. It could lead to russias suspension from the next olympics in rio. Nbcs keir simmons is on the story from Queen Elizabeth olympic park in london. Keir, good morning. Reporter hey, savannah, good multiple developments since the World Antidoping Agency report was published. Look at size of it. It is damning. This Morning International officials have acted to suspended Moscow Laboratory where athletes are test the, but russian officials are saying they believe they have put this doping scandal behind them, and president putins Spokesman Says that these allegations are pretty groundless. This morning president putins athletes are facing world condemnation. With the rio olympics less than a year away, russia may have no business competing on the world stage, declared the u. S. Antidoping agency. According to a report that reads like a cold war spy thriller russian secret angsts and a laboratory were used for doping. They treated drugs being handed out like candy, the footage first shown in a german documentary last year. Thats our system. Pharmaceuticals. Athletes are outraged. American montagno who were 2012 finished fifth in the 800 meters. Its about you putting out an honest effort, honest time and energy and emotion, and and being cheated out of it, its you cant you cant ever get back those moments. Reporter two russians took gold and bronze in that same race, but now according to the reports they and eight more athletes and coaches should be banned for liver. Branding londons 2012 olympics sabotaged. Londons mayor stunned. It was a very successful games, one of the greatest games ever, if not the greatest games ever. Theres been some very serious allegations made against the russian team. Reporter at the olympics in sochi, president putin celebrated. Now the worlds Antidoping Agency says the 2016 olympics and russia has been told it has until thursday to respond and that action, further action, may be taken by the end of the week. But get this, matt and savannah. Interpol says its investigating people in this report so this may yet lead to a criminal investigation. Keir, thanks. I was reading portions of this yesterday. Not only are they accused of intimidating testing officials but also infiltrating the entire testing system. Impersonating officers. Exactly. Crazy stuff. Disappointing stuff. Major new developments in the story we told you about on monday. Tim wolfe, the president of the university of missouri system, abruptly resigned following weeks of protests over his handling of allegations of racism on campus. That move came just two days after a group of black Football Players threatened to boycott this saturdays game and a gratd ate student was on the eighth day of a Hunger Strike demanding the president s resignation. Also, the chancellor of the university of missouris flagship campus also announced he is stepping down. To texas now where a person of interest has been detained in last weeks shooting of a state judge. Julie kocurek suffered serious injuries when she was shot in the driveway of her austin home on friday night. Police houston are now questioning a man about what many believe was a targeted attack. He was arrested on an unrelated fugitive warrant. Kocurek remains hospitalized. Her family said in a statement on monday that her condition has been improving every day. Also this morning, we are learning more about the murder case against two Louisiana Police officers charged in the shooting death of a 6yearold you a tuftic boy. The officers are now being held on 1 million bond each. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez has the gabe, good morning. Morning. The two marshals have been moved to another jail thats better equipped to separate them from other inmates. Family members saying goodbye to that 6yearold boy as questions swirl about what led to his death. Mississippi, the white hearse carrying 6yearold jeremy martis to be laid to rest. His dad chris few wasnt there recovering from critical gunshot wounds. Friends say this morning he still doesnt know his son was killed. He doesnt know. Nobody has been able to speak with him. No. Reporter today city marshals Derrick Stafford and morris greenhouse jr. Are eacheing held on 1 million bond charged with seconddegree murder. Witnesses say that tuesday night few had an argument with his girlfriend outside this bar. Someone called 911. It remains unclear why the marshals eventually chased him and shot at his suv 18 times while jeremy was buckled in the front seat. A lawyer for the few family who has not seen the unreleased body cam video of the incident told nbc news it believes it will show few had his hands up. I feel like they shouldnt have been going after the vehicle in the first place. Reporter typically they serve arrest warrants but there against chris few and no gun found inside his vehicles. Two months ago marksville mayor sent this letter to the state attorney general asking for an duties. So far theres been no response. We dont understand why they wanted to duplicate some of the in marksville. Reporter in a written statement the elected city marshal, a local bus driver, says that under louisiana law his office is allowed to make arrests and preserve the peace. The attorneys for the two marshals who were charged have not commented. A judge now issuing a gag order in this case. Savannah . All right. Gabe gutierrez, thank you. A look at frightening video out of oklahoma now. A Police Officer being run down by an suv in the middle of a highspeed chase. Look at it right here. Stop stop with only a few seconds to react officer matt stacy pulled his gun and fired multiple rounds. He was thrown to the ground by the force that have crash. He suffered just minor injuries. Other officers arrested the 41yearold driver who now faces a list of charges. Meantime, officer stacys out of the hospital and expected to return to work this week. Unbelievable. Now a story that halts attention or will have the attention of parents all across the country. Major new steps being taken to reduce injuries among young soccer players by setting strict new rules on heading the ball. Its one of the staples of soccer, heading the ball. But on monday the u. S. Soccer federation took the bold step of eliminating heading from youth soccer in an effort to reduce the number of concussions. Per the new rules, children 10 and under will be banned from heading the ball during any official session, practice or game. While players ages 11 to 13 will be allowed to head the ball during games only. Mondays announcement comes following a Class Action Lawsuit filed last year by parents and players, charging soccer treating and monitoring head injuries. Reaction on social media overnight was mixed. This is why the u. S. Will never be good at soccer. Cant imagine soccer without headers. Even playing a kid. Best time to learn proper technique to prevent concussions. While former u. S. National team player taylor twellman, whose professional career was cut short by a series of concussions, spoke out in favor of the move tweeting cant tell you how emotional i am that progress is being made, and i cant wait to see it come to fruition. And a 14yearold who plays soccer and its really a question of them learning the proper technique but if they cant master at a very young age. Thats the part i dont get. If you dont practice it why would you be permitted to use it in a game. They are saying its the repetitive nature of heading the ball that could be the problem. I can see both sides of this one. Lets go down to where, where is he . Mississippi. On the mississippi. I cant even keep track of where you are, al roker. Yeah. I know where im the one working on less than an hours sleep, not you guys. But, hey, where are wee . Cape gerardo. Were on the Mighty Mississippi. Look at fog that weve got right now. Fares its 31 degrees with mild visibility, but plenty of visibility. Weve got a goat. This is rusty. Oh, watch it, rusty. All right. Lets show you what weve got going on as far as your weather is concerned for today. Along the east coast we are looking at some wet weather. Its not going to be a big deal, although we do look for periods of rain into the night. Airport delays. One to two inches of rain. The really is veer weather will be back to the west. In fact, around here later on today, i should say tomorrow, where storms develop wednesday morning, large hail and damaging winds and then weve got the enhanced risk of strong storms. The northern half of missouri, isolated tornadoes and possible plus, heavy rain developing, anywhere from two to three inches of rain wednesday into early thursday morning so were going to be watching some Severe Weather here, folks, over the next 24 to 48 hours. Were going to get to your local fore jeremy good tuesday morn, everybody. More clouds in place today. A couple showers start working in this afternoon. Mostly down through southeastern mass. Temperatures mid to upper 50s this afternoon. Those showers becoming more widespread at the end of the day area tonight. Into tomorrow. Gusty wind along the coastline tomorrow, as well, at times gusting close to 40 if not above 40mph. So it will be a windy, raw dawe on wednesday. A few showers thursday afternoon. Drying out, though, for all right. Thats your latest weather. Guys, 22 states down now with missouri. We hope by the end of the program to be at our Halfway Point, so, folks, could you move out. Ive got to get going. Were moving along. Okay. Well be back. Well see you from some place else got to go thats not going to go well. Thank you, good luck. Coming up, seaworld announces plans to phase out its controversial killer whale show so why are critics of the popular park not satisfied. Plus security concerns on the heels of the downed passenger plane in egypt. Why arent all airport workers required to be screened every day . 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The swat team had a stabbing suspect surrounded in an Apartment Building in roslindale last night, but he escaped by jumping out of a thirdstory window. The billing was evacuated for a time, butt everybody was eventually allowed back in. Also a repeat drunk driver accused of purposefully crashing into a car in mansfield is set to appear in court today. 7 30 now on a tuesday morning, november 10th, 2015. Mr. Roker on the move this morning. Its another day in rokerthon 2. Hes going for the halfway mark. He was in missouri just a couple of minutes ago. We have no idea where hes headed. Al doesnt even know where hes going and well check in with him in a couple of minutes. Lets take a look at some of the stories making news. The republican president ial candidates will face off in their next debate. Thats tonight in milwaukee. This time eight hopefuls will be on the main stage with four others on the socalled under card. Football practice resuming at the university of missouri announced his resignation. Over the weekend nearly three dozen players joined growing protests over tim wolfes handling of alleged racial incidents on campus and the players vowed not to suit up again until he stepped down. 43 chipotle restaurants closed for more than a week in Washington State and oregon because an e. Coli scare will be allowed to reopen. First though they have to replace all produce, deep clean the stores and pass inspections. Food samples on those restaurants came back negative for e. Coli. Big news out of seaworld san diego. Park says it will shut down its once popular and controversial killer whale show but the whales arent going anywhere. Nbc National Correspondent Miguel Almaguer has the story. Miguel, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. The killer whale show is the trademark of seaworld san diego, but with ticket sales slumping the company says it will end its longstanding tradition. Enough. At seaworld san diego the show is over, or is it . The park announcing next year it will phase out its killer whale shows after years of mounting criticism of seaworlds treatment of orcas in captivity. But while they are closing the curtain on the shamu show as we know it, in 2017 a new bigger killer whale exhibit will be unveiled. What critics this morning are calling a bait and switch. Sam berg was a trainer at seaworld is there it doesnt like they are actually phasing out their killer whale shows at all, just retooling their killer whale shows so its not going to have necessarily the theatrical side of the shows with the big leaps and jumps. Reporter with 24 killer whales in captivity at three parks, attendance is down at shows in san diego. All whales in captivity are all psychologically traumatized. Reporter critical build a wave of picketing and backlash. Facts about seaworld we would like to now. Reporter and after losing the pr war seaworld went public online for its new plan for a larger more informative killer whale exhibit in 2017. Its going to be focused more on the natural setting, Natural Environment and also the natural behaviors of the whale and it will have a strong conservation message. Reporter with seaworld promising change this morning the critics say the future for ever. A once popular show soon to be gone as a new exhibit takes its place. The changes being made to the show will only affect seaworld san diego. The shamu show will go on in orlando and san antonio. Seaworld says it will also continue its very controversial breeding program. Savannah, matt. All right, Miguel Almaguer, thank you. With al, his 50state rokerthon. You are driving and what direction are you driving in . Were now in the state of illinois. We have moved into illinois. We havent done a forecast yet so we dont check that off just yet. Weve got a police escort. Were booking baby. This is fantastic lets run some red lights but meantime lets talk some weather. Take a look at what they got last night in reno, nevada. Just where we were 24 hours earlier. Weve been very lucky. Been ahead of this bad weather. They picked up upwards of 6 inches of snow in some areas in and around reno, nevada, and that snow storm is making its way east. Take a look at latest radar, still getting snow there. Its moving on in through nevada on into utah and also parts of the rockies. For today into tomorrow this storm will develop strongly, wind gusts of 55 miles per hour, blizzard watches and warnings in parts of colorado, kansas and on into nebraska. Look at snowfall amounts between today and tomorrow. Northwest facing slopes over a foot of snow. Denver will probably see not just snow but thunder as well with 2 to 4 inches of snow likely. Weve got a lot going on out there in the rockies. Thats whats going on jeremy good tuesday morn, everybody. More clouds in place today. A couple showers start working in this afternoon. Mostly down through southeastern mass. Temperatures mid to upper 50s this afternoon. Those showers becoming more widespread at the end of the day and rain overtaking the entire area tonight. Into tomorrow. Gusty wind along the coastline tomorrow, as well, at times gusting close to 40 if not above 40mph. So it will be a windy, raw dawe on wednesday. A few showers thursday afternoon. And it is day five of rokerthon, taking america by storm. Well, it was monster monday yesterday. 13 states in one day that bled over into this morning when we finally landed in cape gerardo. Okay, our spirits maybe a little on the weak side, but we are not anywhere close to giving up our goal. It is a spectacular morning. Day four began at 5 00 a. M. In farmington, new mexico, as monster monday drifted into a tired tuesday. Day four, baby. Monster monday, but were doing it with the help of our friends in netjet. Got to go. 13 states, four flights and four long car rides, and were happy to report there were no blown tires, just a long day on the road averaging about three hours of sleep. Good thing im not one driving. We got a big musical greeting deep in the heart of texas. Wichita falls, that is, and how about this, america. Just what this country needs, another candidate . I dont think so. Were on the road again across the red river to the oklahoma where they brought out the big guns. Wow. Thats loud. From there it was north to nebraska in the heartland town of red cloud where we received a very generous donation from conagra to help support feeding america. Today we wanted to support you guys and help out by donating 25,000. Wow hey. [ applause ] thank you so much. In lebanon, kansas, we found ourselves smack dab in the middle of it all. This is so cool. Were at grow Graphic Center of the continental United States right here. And as night fell we were wheels down in sioux falls, south dakota. Boom, sioux falls, nice and balmy. Fair skies. A viking ship and a nice crowd we want to give a Minnesota Wild jersey to take home with you. And zipping north to fargo, fargo, hey. Best meal i ever had was at the hodo. Then it was east to wisconsin where an enthusiastic crowd waited hours in the cold to greet us. Where were going to end up, nobody knows, i dont think i know. And finally to dubuque, iowa on the banks of the Mighty Mississippi. 22 states down, 28 to go. Wow. Its been a long day, and as we just saw hes on his way to illinois or in illinois right now. Well check back in with al in just a couple of minutes. Got to do the forecast to fenway park off. Exactly. Coming up next, in the wake of the downed russian passenger plane, why arent all airport workers here in the u. S. Being screened on a daily basis . Weve got that story, but first your nfl loyalties will be tested. Thats right, go pack go. 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Now, thats more like it. Whats in your wallet . Were back now, 7 43. New concerns over Airport Security as investigators are piecing together what brought down that russian metrojet flight in egypt. This has officials taking a much closer look at procedures at airports, both overseas and here at home. As we mentioned earlier, just last night, a suspicious bag led to a scare at miamis international airport. Nbcs tom costello has covered aviation and the tsa for more than a decade now. Tom, good morning. Reporter matt, good morning to you. Etrojet liner has resonated with the tsa and security nationwide and while Homeland Security is looking to ramp up security overseas and at home a renewed scrutiny on security. Its a massive security challenge every day. 25,000 domestic flights, a million checked bags and 2 million passengers and thousands of airport workers, restaurant employees, ramp workers, baggage handlers, many of whom have access to secure areas. Now renewed focus on just how good Airport Security really is and could u. S. Aviation be at risk from an Insider Threat . When you give somebody an airport i. D. Badge, its like giving them the key to your house. Youve entrusted them to access your house and get past all the alarms and locks youve put in place to keep everybody else out. Reporter already happened in, atlanta 2014, police busted a gunsmuggling rig arresting Airline Baggage handlers. Badges missing over two years. In june, news of a 95 failure rate when undercover red teams tried to smuggle mock weapons through tsa checkpoints. And in september undercover agents again found gaping holes in tsa security. A universal disappointing performance by the tsa screening checkpoints. Reporter new tsa chief insists hes on it and the Terror Threat is real. Im very concerned about how complex and dynamic the threat environment is. I think in some respects its the most complex weve seen since 9 11. Reporter anyone who works at an airport must undergo a criminal and terror watch list background check, but while a few airports require all airport workers to go through security screening every day, most do not. There are simply too many workers. And the former tsa chief says too often the agency doesnt hear about airport workers who have had runins with a law. So, for example, somebody not be made known to the employer or to the fbi which passes to the tsa. Reporter universal agreement, Airport Security could always get better. We should make this point, that while there have been criminal activities on board planes over the years and the tsa has made arrests, theres not been a successful domestic case of terrorism on or affecting a u. S. Airliner on u. S. Soil. The tsa is very proud of that, but it also makes a lot of people very nervous. Guys, back to you. Tom, a sobering story with so tom, thanks. And coming up, what you should be doing to brush your better nights sleep. 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I dont think this controversy is going away any time soon christians saying this is a war on christmas and almost right on cue donald trump is getting involved because why not. The president ial candidate weighing in on the coffee cup chaos at a Campaign Event last night. Take a listen. Well, he said something to the effect of lets boycott starbucks and is willing to lose starbucks as a tenant claiming now has gone to starbucks where it seems to cab catching on that people are telling baristas that their name is Merry Christmas forcing them to call out the phrase when thats ordered though some argue thats the complete opposite of a starbucks boy could. A lot of starbucks cup for people who are organizing a boycott. I dont know if thats working out so well. Well be talking about it for a while. Dylan, thanks so much. Coming up, its the final countdown the final countdown if youre the band europe, you love a final countdown. Its what you do. 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Christa police in manchester, New Hampshire, are looking for the man who robbed the Granite State credit union on elm street just before 5 00 yesterday. The man did not display a weapon. If you have any information, youre asked to please call police. A proposed ban on city parks and hospital campuses will be presented at tonights Worcester City council meeting. The plan would also regulate the sale of ecigarettes and increase fines for smoking in smokefree zones. Were back in 25 minutes with another update. Hope youre having a great wow, that is good delicious introducing milkwise original with 46 fewer calories, 33 less sugar, and 50 more calcium than 2 milk its great taste and better nutrition new milkwise go from milk to amazing [ female announcer ] Business Travel isnt just about the going. Its also about the going home. And being connected all along the way. Whether youre working or recharging, do Business Travel on your terms. Its 6 00 on today. Coming up, big change on board. A major announcement from the federal government that could make it mandatory for every child to wear a seat belt on school bussis. Then, what would you do to fet your hands on the perfect holiday gift, lie, steal, knock someone over in the honest answer from shoppers that may surprise you. And they never go out of style, Christie Brinkley and november 10, 2015. Good morning. Were here for the marines birthday, 240 years old. Hello from superior, colorado. My 13th birthday. From fredericksburg, virginia, just married. We love matt lauer. We miss you, al it is 8 00 on a tuesday morning. Its getting a little springily out here. Good morning, everybody. Weve got a crowd in some great spirits this morning. Nice to have them on. By the way, we have got a great guest coming up in this next half hour. Christie brinkley is here. She is, im allowed to say, there, 61 years old. She is beautiful, and shes beauty secrets. I will be taking notes copiously during that segment. Also, al is powering through day five of his rokerthon 2 quest for weathercasting history trying to forecast in all 50 states in the space of one week. Right now he is in the 24th state. Hey, al, youre in illinois. Later. Yeah. Oh, you are not going to believe what weve got. Want to show you what were driving through right now. Look at that fog. It is i mean, like pea soup right now, and weve got a police escort, and were slowing down. So thats kind of cool. In any event weve got more coming up. I mean, wont believe some of the conveyances that we have for you on rokerthon day five. We look forward to that, al. Thank you. Be careful of that. A check of the top stories. Tamron is for natalie on assignment this week. Stakes are high for tonights republican 261ers donald trump and ben carson ready to square of course, and the others needing some breakout performances. Alexander is in milwaukee for peter, good morning. Morning to you. There will only be eight candidates on the debate stage tonight so the field is finally slimming down but each of them faces significant challenges the among the questions tonight, will ben carson need to fend off attacks from donald trump about reported discrepancies in his life story . Carsons Business Manager tells nbc news that this controversy has lit a fire underneath the usually calm candidate. As for jeb bush, how will he handle the greatest pressure that he has faced all campaign . He cant afford the type of lackluster performances hes had in the past. This morning the New York Times reports that the superpack supporting bush has been preparing a wave of attacks to unleash them on marco rubio, his former mentee and this out with its response, an online ad, showing all the time that bush has praised rubio. Finally those moderators, how the candidates handle them. Tamron, up. Moderators tonight said every question is fair game. All right. Peter, a lot to follow and a lot to keep our eye on tonight. Thank you very much. International track and field officials are threatening to ban russia from competition, including the rio olympics over a doping scandal. A report by the World Antidoping Agency monday accuses the russians of widespread statesponsored cheating to enhance performance. It says athletes samples were purposefully destroyed and russian intelligence agents even infiltrated a testing lab and intimidated lab workers. A spokesman for president Vladimir Putin says the accusations appear to be unfounded. The university of Virginia Fraternity profiled in a debunked rape story is suing Rolling Stone can the magazine for 25 million. The fraternity says it suffered extreme damage to the reputations of its virginia chapter members and alumni. Three former Fraternity Members and a School Official had already filed their own lawsuit. Rolling stone had no comment. Pro skier ian mcintosh barely escaped with his life after a terrifying fall that happened in alaska. Thoroughly but he dropped into an unseen trench and began what would be a minute long 1,600foot tumble. Ian deployed his air bag to prevent traumatic injury and then held on for that incredible. Look at that. Now i do. Oh, my gosh. Frightening. Wow. As i mentioned that went on for at least a minute there. What part of that through. Had the equipment that prevented him from perhaps dying. Thank goodness for the air bag. Thats wild. Absolutely. Tamron, thank you. Reports keeping your kids safe on the school bus. The federal government just made a big announcement thats going to impact millions of children. Today National Investigative correspondent jeff rossen has more on that. Jeff, good morning. You. Belts here. Okay. We strap our kids in, but believe it or not most school buses do not have them. I first reported on this back in september, even went to washington to press for answers, and this morning the feds are changing their position. For the first time recommending seat belts in every Single School bus nice weighed. School bus accidents after school bus accident. Children flying through the air. They arent wearing seat belts. This will be dramatic, and we you the danger we even staged a live crash here on today. Wow. As a parent myself, that is so disturbing to watch in person. The child dummies inside thrown around. Look at the dent that it makes in the seat and the level of impact there. Every year kids are killed, thousands injured, so why arent they strapped in . The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration doesnt require seat belts on school buses. In september i went to the top official. Should there be seat belts on school buses . Theres no question that the safest way to get to school is in that big yellow bus would. Safety belts make them even absolutely. Reporter why not mandate that right now as we start a new school year. Thats the question weve been looking at. Reporter months later nhtsa taking action, officially declaring seat belts save lives and going even further. Our goal is a threepoint belt asking School Districts to do it voluntarily and if not rulemaking may follow. That top official speaking with nbc news again monday. I hope everyone, including manufacturers, challenge themselves why arent we all doing everything we can to get that seat belt on that school bus . Reporter and heres why its so important. Watch this crash test video. Belts on. Big difference. They stay in their seats. Safety experts say its a nobrainer when you look at children from the age of 0 to 5, they are correctly restrained in the back seat their vehicle. Thats their habit. They know thats safer. Get on the big Yellow School bus. Where are the seat belts . Reporter she says this is a huge step. Federal officials recommending belts on buses, but, remember, this is not a mandate yet. Its up to your local School District to go out and find the money and spend it, but it is expensive, and experts worry these districts wont do it unless they are forced to, and nhtsa says they may have to. I think a lot of parents will get on the record and say we want this in our communities. Reporter exactly. Jeff, thank you for the update. Coming up, how the way you brush your teeth at night may impact how well you sleep. All right. Plus, Blake Shelton and gwen stefani making their first appearance on the voice as a couple. Well show you what happened. But, first, al, where are you . I were standing in the confluence of the ohio and the mississippi rivers. Were in the southernmost part of illinois. This is where it becomes the Mighty Mississippi. But this isnt where were doing weather. Weve got something for you. Its huge, baby. You can bet your buns. 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In a recent survey from harris poll, 23 of people admitted they would behave unethically to snag a deal on a hot holiday item. But get this. The worst offenders of all are parents with children under the age of 18. Heres what they would do. 17 would lie to other shoppers if that would give them a better chance at getting a hot item. 16 would cut in line. Thats not true. Thats a much higher number. Yes. 16 would pretend to be a store clerk. Does that work . They would impersonate somebody. 8 would knock down another adult in the store, and 8 would also push a child over. Happy holidays, everyone. Oh, my gosh. Anonymous poll brings out honesty. Good news and bad news. Bad news first. We all do something every night that disrupts our sleep. Wait for this. The good news, changing this habit, not, that although that also is an issue. That puts me to sleep. That helps actually. Until about 2 00 a. M. And thats another story. Wine, wine, wine. Red wine. Oh, okay. I thought you were talking about drinking. You, right . Exactly. Let me just get to the story. Please. If you brush your teeth at night supposedly that will make you get a better night sleep. No, no. If you brush your teeth in the dark at night. In the dark. Sorry, i had a few drinks last night. Im like ah. An oxford neuroscientist says we should all brush in the dark if you want to be precise about it because the bright bathroom lights stimulate the body and body is powering down. Brush in the dark and walk to your bed. We should all brush our teeth at night. Absolutely. Thats a goodning. And also drinking wine helps you sleep until it doesnt. Right. You get to sleep but then you dont stay. Ive learned that on a today show segment. We should not have done that segment. All right. The late hairstyle that a lot of us wish would go away. Its called the man bun. A lot of celebrities are doing it, leonardo dicaprio, jay leto, chris hemsworth, where the top portion of your hair is in a bun and hair on the bottom either hangs down or gets shaved off. After news broke that this hairstyle could actually lead to hair loss, one company said, you know what, theres an opportunity to be here, behold the clipon manbun. These are being sold right now and for the low price of 9. 99 you can have one of hollywoods hottest hairstyle. I think the it was a clipon hairbun. Rossen is modeling is very nice. Oh, it would help if you paint the bink strap. The headon shot is better. Do my reports now. Good enough for di caprio. Next time you sit down with nhtsa. I do happen to have a manbun. Like a furry little creature. Khloe kardashian opening up about lamar odom and blake and gwen together in the spotlight. Dylan has the spotlight. Feeling well be talking about them for quite some time. All eyes were on blake and gwen, First Episode of the voice since they confirmed there was a couple and while there was no direct relationship ference to their relationship and teaming up on adam levine. I think the last time you cut somebodys hair hon this show, gwen, they won. Yes. Person, but they ended up winning. Team gwen overall is whipping the crap out of team adam tonight. Oh, adam, its now 21. And to khloe kardashian, shes opening up about her marriage to recuperating lamar odom saying im married for a multitude of reasons but its not for intimate reasons. We caught up with khloe at her book signing and asked her how lamar is responding to support from his fans. He doesnt have social media. He doesnt have his cell phone. He doesnt watch the news or anything like that, so he is aware from what i see him every day. Hes aware of what i tell him or the messages that i give him are all positive and filtered things, of course. Khloe said lamar is doing better every day but still has a long ways to go. Thats your pop start. All right. Dylan, thank you very much. Were in stunned silence, your pop start was so interesting. Lets head back to al and his next rokerthon 2 stop. Al, where are you . Were in cairo, illinois, right now, and im not going to show you what im in yes. I want to give you an audio clue. Hit it. Pull it out. Take a look. Take a look what im in, baby. The wiener mobile whoa. Mobile. How were we to know that is it. Right after the story on manbuns, way to go. Im telling you, exactly. Thats what im talking about. I mean, i was relishing this part of trip, i really was. Oh, gosh. You couldnt mustard anything better than that. Continue. Oh, my goodness, he earned t. Okay. Were about to check off state number 24 because here comes your rokerthon illinois forecast. Roll it. Lets see what weve got for you. For today we are looking in pier yeah, 59 degrees. 61 in springfield, 65 in ft. Devine and chicago, youll see a temperature of 56 degrees and a low of 39 degrees. Rest of the country, heres what weve government we are looking at some showers making their way up along the midatlantic coast into the northeast. Some snow is going to be make its way through the plains. Were also looking at afternoon temperatures that will climb up into the 80s in the southern parts of texas. 50s and 40s in the Pacific Northwest, and for the rest of your weather, wet weather moves into the midatlantic and northeast today and on into new england. Patchy dense fog here in illinois and into indiana and plenty of rain and snow through the rockies. I plant the flag here on rokerthon in the wiener mobile. Oh, baby. Thats whats going on jeremy good tuesday morn, everybody. More clouds in place today. A couple showers start working in this afternoon. Mostly down through southeastern mass. Temperatures mid to upper 50s this afternoon. Those showers becoming more widespread at the end of the day and rain overtaking the entire area tonight. Into tomorrow. Gusty wind along the coastline tomorrow, as well, at times 40mph. So it will be a windy, raw dawe on wednesday. A few showers thursday afternoon. Drying out, tho weve got two more to go before were done. Lets go and take the wiener mobile. Lets burn this baby. Lets boil some buns. Were rolling, baby. Weve got more rokerthon, and weve got more states to cover within this show. So hit it. Lets go. All right. Back to you guys. Im fastening my meat belt. Hes lost it. Totally lost t. Al, thanks so much. Well check back in. After 40 years in the modeling industry and a remarkable 500 magazine covers, Christie Brinkley knows her way around the beauty industry, and now at 61 years old shes revealing all of her secrets in the new book timeless beauty, over 100 tips, secrets and shortcuts to looking great. Good morning to you. Good morning. First defy time and gravity. You seem to have done that. Is there one big beauty secret that you have. Smile. It instantly lifts the face and, you know, just lights up a room, so, yeah. Being known for your beauty, i imagine is a blessing and a curse. Its a blessing youve had an amazing career, not just in modeling but everything youve done, but, you know what. Aging in the public eye is no fun. You seem to be managing it very, very well. And now ive had to go and write this book so, you know, now have ive kind of written myself into this corner, like, you know, what am i going to do, you know . I mean, its its inevitable, you know, but but there are certain things that you can do to stave it off and push that day a little bit further into the future, and thats what my book is about. A lot of this though we have to say though is good genes. I mean, you have great genes. Well, i had a gorgeous mom. I mean, she was beautiful so i lucked out there, but but then, you know, theres a lot that you can do from what you eat, to how you exercise, to the dreams that you use on your face 24 hours a day. Youre so in control of that, and you have a lot of influence there, and and then, of course, you know, theres just all kinds of things that you can do with your hair, your makeup, whats your number one makeup item . Desert island, you have to have this one makeup island. First of all, sunblock. Its the number one ager of our skin. You know, photo aging is the worst, wreaks havoc so i guess i would want a bb cream, you know, or just a great moisturizer and then i guess id have to go with undereye concealer because i would already have rosy cheeks from the sun on an island. Otherwise i would say blush. I have a full face so i like to give it a little definition. Pinch those cheeks, right . How do you feel about Plastic Surgery and fillers and all that stuff. Some people are in the camp of oh, dont miss with Mother Nature and others are saying if it works, go for it. Well, i think that theres Little Things that you can do at the dermatologist that can stave off major giant surgery which is really scary. Bothering you, fix it, you know. At least talk to somebody and find out what it would take to fix it and see if thats for you or not, you know. We all know how beautifully you are aging. Youre also dating in your 60s. We hear youre date ing ing John Mellencamp and the only reason i know is billy joel spilled the beans at a concert other night. Is he in trouble . No, no. I think he was just being funny, you know. Is it different to be kind of back in the dating world at this juncture . Well, yeah, yeah, it is. It is. But youre having fun . Definitely. Christie brinkley, the book is called timeless beauty. Can i borrow your face for my trip to mime they weekend. If youre going to miami you need my skin care. Whatever youre doing, youre doing it so well. A pleasure to have you here. Thank you so much. Thank you, thank you. And she will be back later for hoda today so that will be a lot of fun. Look who i have here. The fabulous Elizabeth Hurley, a royal visit of sorts. Were going to talk about her show, but, first, your local christa good morning, everyone. It is 8 27. We have a look at forecast with chris. How are things going. Chris plenty of traffic on the braintree split. A lot of clouds. No rain showers to talk about for the morning commute. A few showers peeking in this afternoon. Mass. A lot of us get away with much of today rainfree. Not the case tonight. Rain increasing wind. Temperatures into the 40s. Gusty winds tomorrow over 40mph. Wet commute tomorrow morning. Even the ride home from work. Scattered showers still around. Christa get the umbrella ready for tonight and tomorrow. A repeat drunk driver accused of purposely crashing into a car and killing a man is in court today. Police say the crash resulted in from a road rage incident. The accused drunk driver hit the other driver in anger. Jared erooni of foxboro was killed. Boston police are searching for a wanted man. He was surrounded in an Apartment Building in roslindale, but he escaped jumping out of a thirdstory window. The building was evacuated far short time false. Food strike in dorchester this morning. Work centers boston and across the country are walking off the job and ddgedding elected leaders raise wages to 15 an hour. There will also be a march from faneuil hall to the statehouse. Today in new england returns at 9 00, everyone. Star light star bright, the first star i see tonight i wish i may, i wish i might, have the wish i wish tonight wishes do come true. The lincoln wish list event is on. Right now get exceptional offers on the entire lincoln family. For a limited time your choice of mkc, mkz gas or hybrid for 369 a month with zero due at its 8 30 now on a tuesday morning. Its also day number, i dont even know of rokerthon. Day number five. State. Heavy fog where he was a couple minute ago. A look. In new york city. Weve got some fog, some rain as well. Meanwhile, al is almost to the Halfway Point. Halfway home, al. Yeah. I am. Were just about to cross the ohio river bridge, and i think this person earn weve got a police escort. I think they think the police was pulling them over, but you can see the fog. You can barely see halfway across the bridge. Were going to be crossing into kentucky in just a little bit, but todays trivia. Im going to ask you this one. Illinois is home to 333 farms and 47,000 acres that grow their state snack. What is this classic snack . You may have had it this weekend when you watched james bond. Rasinette. Back with the answer. Back with the answer. They dont grow rasinettes, lauer, geez, come on. Well be back with the weather little bit. All right, al. Thank you very much. Also ahead, the queen of england is here. At least she plays her on tell have i. Find out what Elizabeth Hurley has planned for season two of im addicted to the royals. Wrangler is not liking the rain at all. Doesnt like the rain. Lets head back inside to savannah. Thank you so much. We have a special edition of steals and deals this morning celebrating the launch of the today food club. Weve lined up an exclusive deal for our members so dont forget sign up at today. Com foodclub. Today contributor jill martin is here with the bargains in the kitchen. Just a little twist. A celebration of todays food club and everything you can get home into your kitchen to celebrate and start and to eat healthy with us going into the new year. You have a hot item right here. Everybody loves these stand mixers the think kitchen six speed stand mixer and triple chef pack cooking tool. The retail 214, all stainless steel and comes with the tongues, the whisk and the spatulas, and i know you use ones like this a lot. 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Sevenpiece knife block set and eightpiece steak knife so the retail here is 229. Its a 15piece set so you either choose wood block or silver block here but thats the aesthetic of the block, get the knives in each and plus they come with the steak knives and each set you choose one and you come with the steak knives. The retail 229 and the deal 72 and 69 off. Pretty. So pretty and so great. Great gift. Its a set of four from fitz floyd. Choose one of these sets hand crafted with mouthblown glass and each one comes in a box. A great way to give a gift. Dont even have to wrap it. Retail 90 and the deal 25. 70 off. Is this the flood club deal . Only if you sign up for the today food club. Go to today. Com foodclub and the way to sign up there and well email you a code that will go straight to the deal but theres a limited amount so if you want to get in, this is always popular, omaha steaks, please sign up at today. Com. The omaha steak gourmet classic retail of 188. 92. Get everything on the two, two file mignons, sir lon, four omaha steak burgers, two pork chops and four individual cheese steaks so everything on this table you get. Its only wow. Great. the deal 49. A lot of meat. So thats basically dinner for four or five. If you dont give one person dessert, for under 50. 74 off. Seib up for the today food club. Run through the deals one more time, the electric mixer from penguin, the slow cooker from remy, knife set, glasses from fitz floyd and the, conclusive deal from omaha steaks. For more on these products, questions about past orders, head to the steals and deals page at today. Com and well go over to al. Actually, im going to talk it, savannah. Thank you very much. Here with her majesty, queen helena from her new show or the Second Season, the royals. Who is dome know . Big see cell. I cant tell you just whisper it. Back to talk to elizabeth in just a moment, but, first, this for the girl scout meeting. Okay. For the soccer team. For the girl scout meeting. How many meetings are you having . p on thousands more items. Victory lane. Bigger they are the harder they fall. That certainly true for famed mississippi trial lawyer Dickie Scruggs who made a name for himself by taking on big tobacco. Special correspondent tom brokaw is here with scruggs remarkable story, a comeback thats really just now unfold willing. Tom, good morning. Reporter Dickie Scruggs at one point had it all, a big airplane, a big how. He had the reputation that all mississipians envied and then he didnt, and heres what happened next. Dick scruggs is be a ole miss football fanatic. And a popular presence at his alma mater. Strolling through the legendary tailgate in the grove. Looking good. Well, so are you. Reporter Holding Court with family and friends in his sky box. Scruggs treasures every game because for a time he wonder federal hed ever be welcomed here again. Once one of the most prominent trial lawyers in the world scruggs became famous and rich for his leading role in taking on big tobacco. His role in that case was insider where Russell Crowe played whistleblower dr. Jeffrey wigan. Jail. Possibly, yes. Thats one of the possible consequences of you testifying here today. Reporter in the legal world were you a rock star. You took on big tobacco and you made a lot of money. Did you create the Dickie Scruggs environment, and you thought im bulletproof. There was a great deal of hubris and arrogance involved in the way i behaved. I really got way too big for my britches, tom, and i deserved to be to take a fall from that. Reporter writer curtis wilke chronicled that fall. Was there anybody in his heyday in the state of mississippi who was better known or larger than life than Dickie Scruggs . Probably not. Probably no one who had fiercer enemies and for that matter, you know, good friends. Reporter and those enemies turned out in force when scruggs found himself on the other side of the law in a case against Insurance Companies after hurricane katrina. Federal grand jury in mississippi accused him of hiring a lawyer to pay 40,000 in cash to bribe a state court judge. Reporter he fought those judges but eventually pleaded guilty in february 2009. His life as he knew it was over. He would serve six years in federal prison. So you go from the high flying world of Dickie Scruggs, private airplanes and a lot of money and you walk into a prison into an entirely different world. The sound of a steel door closing behind you has a certain finality to it that is both terrifying and sobering. Reporter but it was behind bars that scruggs would write his second act. Scruggs began tutoring inmates working for their geds in a state where onesixth of the population has dropped out of high school. First in all the bad categories and im tired of hearing that and most mississipians are tired of hearing that and by teaching and watching these guys catch on it gave me a new sense of purpose. It gave me a Second Chance really. This is what keeps them in school, the library. Reporter now out of prison scruggs has founded Second Chance mississippi to raise money for adult education, make his mission a reality and crisscrossing the states. What type of credential do they get . Reporter talking to anyone who will hear him out. Theres only about 10 of inmates that can read on a 12th great level and listening to student and educators at community colleges. Can you improve your score the more you practice this. Reporter dick scruggs has borrowed from practicing law again but to many here that doesnt matter. Pastor chris diggs offered ged tutoring at his church, and when he needed help scruggs stepped up. We did not have computers before but now we do because of dick scruggs and Second Chance. For him to reach out to help a small africanamerican church showed me that there was still a lot of good left in him. Reporter its a Second Chance to make a difference, something dick scruggs never thought he would get. By the way, he has some famous friends who are helping him with all this. Went to ole miss, obviously, and hes still very popular there and Archie Manning is one of his close friends. Manning family royalty in mississippi obviously, and he says that in mississippi if you dont have a High School Education, chances are very good youll go to jail. If you do have a High School Education chances are pretty good youll got to jail. Wants to change all that. Mississippi is last in everything when it comes to education, but hes determined to use his fame and what hes learned to change it. He can make a difference. Tom. Like to see a secondage. Thank you, tom. Lets check in with al. Hes ready to cross off another state from his rokerthon journey. Hey, al. Hey, guys. We got out of wiener mobile and got ourselves a horse. We are in kentucky yeah. The bluegrass state. We made it, so now were about to make the Halfway Point of rokerthon. Heres the forecast for kentucky, yeah paducah, 65 today and partly cloudy. Bowling green partly sunny and 61, louisville looking for partly sunny skies and 58 degrees. Lexington look for partly sunny skies and a high of 57. Rest of the country today, wet weather in the Pacific Northwest, mountain snows around the rockies. Pretty good snow storm going on there. Wet weather making its way into the midatlantic states. For tomorrow weve got a risk of very strong storms making their way into the midmississippi river valley. More rain and snow in the Pacific Northwest and showers exiting new england. Plenty of sunshine along the jeremy good tuesday morn, everybody. More clouds in place today. A couple showers start working in this afternoon. Mostly down through southeastern mass. Temperatures mid to upper 50s this afternoon. Those showers becoming more widespread at the end of the day and rain overtaking the entire area tonight. Into tomorrow. Gusty wind along the coastline tomorrow, as well, at times gusting close to 40 if not above 40mph. So it will be a windy, raw dawe on wednesday. A few showers thursday afternoon. Drying out, tho all right. Rokerthon, 25 down and 25 more to go. Please go to today. Com rokerthon. You can help donate feeding america to donate to donate money to help feed the hungry. This is the rokerthon flag, sir. Im going to give that to you. Thank you so much the oh, by the way, guys, the snack that they grow in illinois, popcorn its their state snack. Its yum. The we thought jolly miss though. Coming up next, Elizabeth Hurley with the much anticipated my name is 127 willow lane. In 62 they put in a conversation pit. Brilliant. In 74 they got shag carpet. That poor dog. Rico . then they expanded my backside. Ugh. So when the nest learning thermostat showed up, i thought hmmm. But nest is different. Keeps em comfy. And saves energy automatically. Like that im like a whole new house nest. Welcome to the magic of home. Who coined the term side bread . Because theres nothing side about this bread. It may look like the moon. But its the star of the show. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. Chalkboard. But listen to this family talking thats a different kind of sound. The sound of the weekend. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. Does Neighborhood Health plan cost less . Yes. Is now a good time to remember your company didnt choose it just because it costs less . Yes. Welcome to worldclass doctors, hospitals, and helpfulness. Because neighborhood values what you value. Call your broker and see customer stories back now 8 47 at Elizabeth Hurley. The hit e show the royals is returning for a Second Season. Hurley stars as the kings widow, a woman on a mission to take control of the monarchy and will do whatever it takes to get her way. Prime minister. Your majesty. Working late, i see. The opening of parliament. Yes, i know, and once open the first order of business will be our bill to change the order of secession. If something should befall quine cyrus the kings and the kings children will be unfit to rule. Does the real royal family have as much fun as this royal family . Wish that were more in the hair and makeup. We havent gotten feedback about whether they see it but my feeling is that they all watch. Helena is not that nice. I mean, shes conniving. What do you like about her is. I think theres a fine line between heros and villains and my character does villainous thing, evil and plotting and machiavellian and not that nice to her kids, especially in season one. Place. Loves her family and monarchy and wants it to stay where it is. You used the combination of Princess Diana and joan collins circa dynasty to create her. Which characteristics did you take from her . Princess diana how she was with the people and how she was dressed and how she looked modern an chic and jock joan collins role in dynasty, the ma nip life evilness but i have joan collins in it. Plays my mom. Whats it like when she comes on. My life is better when shes on set. When joan is not working i get in my trailer at lunch and get a moldy sandwich and an apple and when joan is there we have a white tablecloth and roasted chicken. Brings class. Some major Unanswered Questions about the plot line in this show so ill fire at them one at a time. Who killed the king . You cant know that yet but we do find out by the end of season two. A big surprise or somebody were already pointing in that direction . I dont want ruin the suspicion, a lot of people under suspicion including myself, including my brotherinlaw who will be the king of england, a lot of suspects, but i think that when it comes out people will be fascinated. The next big question to coin a phrase whos their daddy . Okay. If these kids are not the product of king, who is their dad . That was a terrible thing. I declared my own children illegitimate at end of season one in order to put my brotherinlaw on throne because i can control him. Nice. An ongoing theme a lot of intrigue because i was this love with somebody else for 25 years but at end of season one he has to lie low. My brotherinlaw has ordered a hit on him. And you teased me a second ago when the whole domino thing and domino for those who havent seen the show is some kind mysterious person or entity. It is, and as we progress through season two we realize joan collins part is integral to the scandal and intrigue of a story that goes back 25 years. She really comes to the forefront in season two and shes fab. I mentioned children a second ago. Let me ask you. Youve got at 13yearold son, right . 13. Damien, i have a 14yearold boy. How are you holding up . Well, hes still sweet. I mean, hes definitely going through puberty. His voice has dropped and is taller than me and still sweet right now. Im waiting for the moment where he says mom get off. Now. Still loves mommy today. One day at at time. No, no, no. Am i allowed to say that . We just talked to Christie Brinkley who is now 61. How fabulous is she, wow. How do you feel . Do you feel this was a milestone, a nightmare or did you kind of gracefully accept it . Naturally i gracefully accept it but i dont really feel mature enough myself. I feel like i need to step up and be more grown up. Emotionally how are you . About 14. Same as my son. We get on very well. Great. I want to tell people the Second Season of the royals premiers sunday night on our Sister Network e. Always a pleasure to have you here. Pleasure, matt. Were back at 8 54. Lets get a check of todays birthday wishes from willard scott. Hey, willard. Reporter new york, new york. A wonderful town. Everybody has fun up there. Gets prettier and prettier as the months roll by. Zelma mccullough, in Sulfur Springs in texas. And everybody that knows her says shes the southwest woman in the world. Shes 100 years old today. Delma murphy from savannah, georgia, is 100 years old today. Loves jazz, music, dixieland and jazz. Everybody loves. Arthur pritsco of providence, rhode island, pretty state and pretty town. 100 years old and loves golf and thats his sport. Hes a good scout in more ways than one. Ernie holler from charleroi, pensens, 100 years old. Member of the boy scouts for years. We love him. Okay, gang. Just have some fun up there and think of me. I would like to come out and see you and have dinner. Great restaurant. Thank you, willard, very much. You though whats about to happen . Something huge on the 9 00 hour. Having a big discussion about it. Yeah, willie geist, i dont know where he is, but were having an ice rink skatoff. Ive only been on skates twice in my life. Willie is an expert and mayoral davis, arm Charlie White coached us and the showdown is here. Willie is practicing. With a wanted man on the run how he was able to escape an Apartment Building that the s. W. A. T. Team has surrounded. Road rage after police say a drunk driver hit his truck flipping it over. Terrifying scene in oklahoma after a car goes straight for an officer forcing him to open fire. Deon lewis done for the year. What his teammates say about the patriots big loss. Just a matter of time before we get rain and wind. That forecast ahead