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i'm willie geist with jenna bush-hager. natalie and al has the morning off. >> we're talking about your dad. >> and i had said woodrow wilson. i'm not sure where that came from. somewhere deep down in my brain. >> your dad's inspiration were painting? >> yes. he actually just texted me, fact correct. it was winston churchill. >> at least he's watching. >> president bush is watching the show and texting. >> mr. president, if you have any corrections for me. >> he wrote your beard is terrible. >> we can all agree on that. >> woodrow wilson played the violin. >> violin. >> there it is. >> did you see fallon. >> i love this. >> with rashida jones and carrie underwood. plugging in holiday lyrics ♪ everything you made me ♪ i'm on the sofa and you're going to me snore ♪ ♪ and we got to spin dreadle and this thanksgiving has a plus ♪ ♪ you made me cook a butterball ♪ ♪ and then a green bean casserole ♪ ♪ and all you did was sit and watch football ♪ ♪ and ignored all of your family ♪ ♪ ignored your family

willie geist has more on why so many questions remain. >> reporter: about if you were around 50 years ago, you remember the exact moment you heard the news. >> a lot of us were crying. >> i remember my mother picking me up from school that day weeping. >> reporter: but for many, the yir jury is still out. >> i don't know if i'll ever know the real story in my lifetime. >> reporter: official story says lee harvey oswald, former u.s. marine, acted alone firing three shots from the texas school book repository. that was finding of the warren commission, seven men including a future president, former ca director and chief justice of the supreme court tasked by president lyndon johnson with you ev uncovering the truth. >> the warren commission had crucial facts withheld from it and any reason only person says you you can't trust it. >> reporter: theorists say the investigation was shoddy. how could oswald possibly have fired three shots in as the lit as five second. and what about the so-called magic bullet that wounded kennedy before ending up in the thigh of john connelly. oliver stone f

the talent listed in no particular order, but morning joe family of course mika, and willie geist on the list. and thomas roberts obviously. but one omission. >> who is that? >> you. >> oh, i don't want any part of that list. >> i mean you're the sexiest guy in the studio. >> i'm like a c country in that picture. >> you're just jacked. any way, apologize for not making the list. do you want to see it again? >> i always wanted to go blond. >> i love that fabio circa '92. >> it will be on the front of the christmas book i'll give you. good morning, every. first blast of winter is coming down.one. first blast of winter is coming down. fps in the northeast one of the coddest windchills yet. 19 at hartford, 18 buffalo. and there is a lot more on the way. look at our friends in fairbanks, alaska. not a misprint. their actual temperature is minus 26 degrees. and this is the cold arctic air that will head southward. it's already moving down to edmonton, canada, minus 15. and that will sweep through the great lakes, ohio valley and northeast. tracking that cold air is the blue and purple colo

willie geist as the hoff. al roker showed up as mr. t. nobody pitied him. carson daly was a chip alongside eric estrada. hoda and kathie lee were betty and wilma. >>> when we come back, jubilation for a team and a town which needed a reason to celebrate. >>> finally tonight, whatever our sports loyalties you have to admit this year's boston red sox were a great baseball team. they had the fullest beards and had emotion behind them going into last night's game. the hopes and dreams of an entire city that had endured a bad year and wanted to feel sheer joy again. nbc's ron mott has our report from the very happy city of boston. >> high fly ball to left. >> reporter: few things will pull a team together like winning. >> it hasn't happened at fenway park for 95 years. the red sox are world champions. >> reporter: an exhilarating strike three drew the world champion red sox in for a raucous group hug not seen at fenway since 1918. >> you don't have to say let's go red sox anymore. we did it. >> it was a one time opportunity. it was really great. >> reporter: bey

i'm willie geist along with al and natalie. interesting queson posed in regard to dnner party etiquette. itcceptable to ask for money instead of a dish when you're towing a holiday dinner party. >>o. >> no. >> it's not a restaurant. >> what's e other side of this? >> the other side of this was this woman that wrotehis post id her grandmother whenever she s people over she goes through all e expense and makes an elaborate ml so perhaps if somebodyade a coribution it might be helpful. >> they could bring a dish er and help cook. >> yeah but she says sometimes one dish to h granother's 20 dishes >> if grandma keeps throwing t party -- >> time to let grandma te a nap. >> natalie. >> she can justitch in. let grana have her own -- >> you know -- >> grandma doesn't need to cook all the me. i'm glad dark natalie got to visit before we go -- grand go take a nap. >> no, no. the reality is we all know that thers always someone who ends up cooki in the kitchen a lot more than the others. >> that' true. >> wouldn't we all like to te a nap.

i' willie geist along withl roker and natal morales. u'll forgive us as we continue to digest that ham. >> oh mygosh. itas aming. the todd english ham. go to today.com. >> unbelievable. it's sh's tenth birthday today. >> is it really? >> you should bring him a ham. >> maybe i will. look what i brought you sweee. >> i remember being on the sw pregnant with him. it's amazin >> a big d for you and you introduced uso an incredible man in your inspired by ece. >> we're so luc toet to know people that reall inspire us ery day. augie is somebody i got to know several years ago and he is battling alsnd back then when i firs met h he couldtill walk and still talk andver the years i have seen how this disease has progressed and has robbed him and his family of all that was augie. he w a fitness pioneer. founded le fitness. he had done something le 26 marathons. this was guy at top of h ga when al ruck. it's such a horfic disease. >> improvement. >> you know, it's interesting. he's had a traeotomyecently which help wit the breathg. he's eaten with

let's head to willie geist. kerry washington killed it on snl. >> she did but there's been a lot of talk about snl and race and the fact that since the inception of the show in 1975 there's only been four african american female cast members. laur loren michaels says this is a priority and it will change. here's kerry washington as first lady michelle obama on saturday. >> well, in that case i will leave and in a few minutes oprah will be here. >> thank you mrs. obama. >> the producers at saturday night live would like to apologize to kerry washington for the number of black women she will be asked to play tonight. we made these requests because she is an actress of considerable range of talent and because snl doesn't have a black woman on the cast. >> and they said beyonce is also here and kerry washington runs through the doors. so on rousely snl is con trofrog this and it's going ♪ nothing says, "you're my #1 copilot," like a milk-bone biscuit. ♪ say it with milk-bone. shhhh! i have a cold with this annoy

willie geist has that. >> you want to talk about that runoff race in alabama. mike allen is here to talk about that with a look at the playbook. let's talk alabama. the congressional race was a battle with two factions of the republican party t. tea party favorite dean young said his bid for congress was the beginning of the fight against the old guard of the republican party. >> the establish. of the republicans did everything they could. they poured all their money into it. they barely, barely beat you guys. you guys are who the nation is watching. i will brag about you and continue to brag about you. this is that first shot the warning shot across the nation people in the united states are tired of where our government is going. >> i cannot bring myself to vote for someone who would mislead the people of alabama like bradley burns has, he should be embarrassed. >> that will follow him what he's done, how he mischaracterized what, who i am and who i'm about. >> not exactly a great concession speech. dean young, bradley burn the winner faces democrat burton le

how about our boy, willie geist? he definitely has a cute wide face. >> yep. and has a -- oh, no. >> what's he look like? >> i don't know. nobody i -- no. just leave people alone. don't you think? >> but it is interesting when you look at someone immediately what kind of appeal they have. >> we've always talked about this. what is a thing in a person that you look at first and attracts you the most? >> probably -- don't say girth. that's not usually it. i know that's what you were thinking. >> you like the mayor of toronto? >> no. >> you would give him a run? >> i don't want guys who are so thin that you could snap them over your knee. they're very cute, but very thin. i like meatier, more -- you know, they could be muscular or not. it doesn't matter, as long as they're bigger than you are. what do you look for first? >> you know what? >> what? >> i guess a smile. >> yeah? >> i guess a smile, eyes. i love hands. i'm big on -- >> and height. i like height. do you? >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. lot of things i like. >> of course you do. >> of course, i can't remember w

. >> willie geist decid he would do david hasseoff and they needed a pam andern. so again,o big or go home. >> did you volunte for this or -- >> yeah. >> wow. oh, w. >> it's freaking my kids out. th say to me after halloween, dad, you're making it tough at school. you really are. >> how do yokeep everything in place in a suilike that? >> that is called e "saturday ght live" people andur wardrobe people call it a concealer. it's not what women wear under their eyes for wrinkles. it was a device invented during the spanish inquisition. this doesn't look like much, but this ilike spanx injected th plutonium. thishing is a little torture chamber. >> i asse you can have no more children after weari this. >>o, no, there are no more children. i had wear this for an hour and a half. it basically puts them whereou can't see them. >> right. righ >> and then you keep your fingers crossed when you take it off they come back. [ laught ] >> rht. >> wkept looking, too. kept looking. yocouldn't keep your es off him. >> you couldn't tell. well, speaking of man/woman confusion -- >

. >> how about our boy, willie geist? he definitely has a cute wide face. >> yep. and has a -- oh, no. >> what's he look like? >> i don't know. nobody i -- no. just leave people alone. don't you think? >> but it is interesting when you look at someone immediately what kind of appeal they have. >> we've always talked about this. what is a thing in a person that you look at first and attracts you the most? >> probably -- don't say girth. that's not usually it. i know that's what you were thinking. >> you like the mayor of toronto? >> no. >> you would give him a run? >> i don't want guys who are so thin that you could snap them over your knee. i don't like those guys. they're very cute, but very thin. i like meatier, more -- you know, they could be muscular or not. it doesn't matter, as long as they're bigger than you are. what do you look for first? >> you know what? >> what? >> i guess a smile. >> yeah? >> i guess a smile, eyes. i love hands. i'm big on -- >> and height. i like height. do you? >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. lot of things i like. >> of course you do. >> of c

i'm savannah gutie alongside al roker and willie geist. matt is t in beautiful los anges this morning. >> that's right, guys. good morning to you. bund up. we'ltalk about that visit to "the voice" in a second. but i know all of us want to take a mute this morning to mention our very gd friend amy robach. she was part of the nbc family i think for nine years, a lot of that time waspent here at the "today" show she has moved on, bushe is still very much in ourearts and on monday, as ma people have hea, amy revealed she is battlingreast cancer. so we want to sender our love and pport and we're thinng of her and our family. guys, even as , you know, don't shave for the month of november to bring atntion to men's health issues, amy said it waa decision to get a mammogram at allowed her doctors to detect this disease iner. >> a amy is incredibly strong and brave. so we'reooting to her. and wishing her our best. >> yep. >> let us take a turn anget a check of the weather now >> let's first in natalie and get the top stories. >> that's a grt idea t

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i'm willie geist and this is al. natalie is off on assignment. what are we looking at for tomorrow. >> tomorrow is going to be sunny and chilly and breezy here in the northeast. a good portion of the country is going to be dry which is good. >> but today. >> today is going to be a mess. a lit bit of a mess. in fact, dylan dreyer, i believe is on i-95 right now. but we don't have her right now. i was told we had her but now not so much. >> think of the picture. >> imagine if you will -- she's not standing, she's driving. she's in a car and she's driving. >> monitoring the traffic. >> on i-95. she was in delaware. she is now in new jersey making her way toward new york city. >> a lot of break lights. >> it's fantastic but the rain dancing off the windshield. it's beautiful. >> it's artistic almost. >> of course it's the busiest holiday travel day. 43 million americans will be hitting the road or the air. so it's going to be kind of interesting. rough weather here in the northeast. we're going to get to that in a little bit. >> it's bad enough any y

firsthere's willie geist. not bad. not bad. a little patchy. let's see mattauer. coming in niceight there. matt lauer. finally, hoda and thy lee. therthey are right there. [ laughter ] aming! [ cheers and applause ] amazin one day they did that. >> steve: one day! >> jimmy: yeah. speaking of "the today show", love "the today show" andr. oz our olbuddy dr. oz, he was on the yesterday with matt lauer and they were talkinabout testles. [ light laught ] as usual, droz brought some props. take a lk. >> testicles are usual a little malined. one's bew the other. just like avacados are when they're growg. it gives tm room so they don't bangnto each other. both for the avacados and the testicles. [ laughter ] and they shoulhave this sort of a gritty feel on the outside like a testicle does. so it's actually very analogist. [ laughter and applause >> jmy: note to self, if i ever go to dr. oz's house do not try the guacamole. [ laughter andpplause ] >> steve: doot. don't. >> jimmy: what? >> steve: don't eat that guacamole. >> jim: why not? >> steve: because there's nuts in i

. >> and look, willie geist doing some extra chest hair to look like david hasselhoff. >> al roker. i didn't recognize him. savannah guthrie. laverne and shirley. kathie lee and hoda, the flintstones. they did a really good job. >> matt looked a little too good in that one piece. >> the lesson that we see is probably not a good thing. he was a good sport and the makeup artist did a good job. >> that's a lot of fun. you'll never see me in a bathe l suit on tv. i'm making that announcement right now. >> matt really went there. that was food. >> before we leave you tonight, we want to say happy halloween and take you back out live. a great night for trick-or-treating. one of the busiest and most popular hospitals in san jose. this is the temple of doom house. indiana jones. that's what we've been talking answer. it looks like great weather. >> it's clear out there. temperatures in the 60s. going to drop into the 50s through the next two hours. you might need a little bit of a light jacket. in the trick-or-treat forecast, nothing to worry about. there's all those sweet details if we hav

i'm willie geist along with al roker and natalie morales. a lot of people in town to see the parade. >> yes. >> starting to get a little worried about the weather on parade day. >> well, we have to get to parade day first. tomorrow is going to be a huge, huge travel day. we're going to detail it coming up. but the big thing i'm concerned about right now there's a huge icing area that may kick in from interior parts of new york all the way down and a quarter of an inch of ice or so. that's going to make roads rough. western new york, western pennsylvania heavy snow and along the coast we're talking about a lot of rain. so major hubs are going to be effected tomorrow. today on into tomorrow. >> a lot of people are trying to get out early. whether today or early tomorrow. storm hit new york and threatens to put a damper on the macy's thanksgiving day parade. we don't know yet but they'll decide on thursday morning. >> well, winds have to be -- sustained winds have to be 23 miles per hour or higher. wind gusts of 34 miles per hour to ground the

i'm willie geist with al and natalie. good news america, we've got oprah's list of favorite things. >> some of your favorite things too. >> it's here. she revealed the big list of favorite things. we picked four of the quirkiest items. let's start with the sweater mug. >> what is it? it's not even a real sweater on the mug. >> it looks like a knit sweater to keep your coffee warm or something. >> it's part of the mug. >> it's porcelain. >> it's a pretty mug i guess. >> it's lovely. >> how about these custom illustrated pillows. you send in a photo of your pet and get a hand drawn illustration on the throw pillow. >> before i got pepper, before we adopted her i really would not -- but i'm in on this. >> the funny thing is -- >> they took sort of like our dogs. >> these are $395, though. >> wow. >> pricey. >> i'll just give my son a magic marker and a pillow. >> but that said, they just sent these randomly to us. that dog kind of looks like pepper and this dog looks just like my zara. that's complete consequence. >> are you

i'm willie geist along with natalie. friendly reminder, today is election day. go out there and vote where ever you live. there's a new app out there called -- it stops what we call box set cheating among couples. >> what's that? >> you're supposed to watch shows together. you plan to watch shows together and your spouse watches without you. >> right. >> and now you're behind. >> do you watch shows with kristina together? >> we watch homeland together but now it's wednesday and the show is on sunday so i'll just watch it. but we talk about the cheating before the cheating happens. i'm going to go and cheat and she is okay with it. >> okay. >> but the app is called romio. it's picks up and have playful custom threats. for example, one of them is -- let's say you put on the voice. and a message will come up if you watch the voice without me i won't turn my chair around ever. that would be coming from joe, your husband. or if you watch mad men without me i'll drink all your scotch. that pops up. >> that's smart. >> what are your shows? >> homeland. all schedules ar

willie. >> he's joshing. >> where is the politico desk with willie geist. >> with us now chief white house correspondent for politico mike allen. >> good morning. >> another senate republican is criticizing chris christie, oklahoma jim inhofe said i have a hard time supporting chris christie. i'm of the school that you've got to show a distinction between democrats and republicans. and in toward have the base energized. you've got to show that the party stand for something. before we go any further we should send our condolences to senator inhofe. some tragic news about his son yesterday as well. >> yes. sunday dr. perry inhofe who is 52 died in a plane crash back home. this interview was right before that tragedy. we're seeing the challenge for chris christie, that there is among a lot of conservatives, old time conservatives, senator inhofe will be 79 this month. but also, willie, and this is the most important part among big republican donors, there's residual unhappiness about the way that chris christie embraced president obama right at the end of the romney campaign. but so muc

i'm willie geist ang withl ker and natalie morales. is a scial day as we honor veterans and we launched a n series here this morning called spired by where over the cose of this weekll of us, each of us will point to and highlighsomebody that inspired us. i was lucky today. i got to lead off with a good iend of mine. he was the first patient andhe spokesperson for an organization called operation mend. it heals our most severely woundedveterans. a lot of these guys have been disfigured in iraq and afghanisn. he is special guy. >> he certain is. >> he essentially hadis face taken from himhen his armed vehicle rolled over an ied and over the course of 60 t 65 surgeries he has gotten his identity bk and he has spoken a little bit about that this rning. i wep in the icu and there was mirror in my room that ignored for weeks. when i finally got the courage, i tried for the longest time. there's so much in life you can't control. your power resides in the fact that you can choose how you respond to at. theeauty is whoou are, it's not the way

i'm willie geist along with natalie morales. we have an important nbc news correction. the rob ford tie cannot be from the 1980s. if you look closely, it is from the 1990s. why do you ask? the jacksonville jaguars logo and carolina panthers. >> okay. >> so it's the 90s. >> the oilers left in 98. so it is a 1990s tie. nbc regrets the error. >> thank goodness for that correction. >> thank you, twitter. let's talk a little business. google, did you hear about this? launching a new service this week lets consumers pay for live video chats. instead of just going willing the thing you're wondering about, you speak to a human being. features about 1,000 experts and fashion fitness, computers, cooking, marriage counseling even. they're available for live one-on-one video consultation. the price of a video session varies depending on the length of your conversation. so you're googling anyway. >> i can see where it will be helpful if you really wanted to talk to somebody about something and if they're really an expert. the question is are they really an expert? of all the poor pe

willie geist not here because he actually had a wax appointment this morning. he is getting waxed. that's right. he is getting a full brazilian. wow. >> that chest hair is going to take awhile as well. >> speaking of waxing, you guys are giving up the razor blades for no shave november. now this is a great cause. you've heard of movember. well, here today, all of the guys including the crew and maybe some of the ladies in solidarity. i may not shave my armpits or legs. we could go back to the 1970s around here. we're doing this for a great cause. it's to raise awareness for men's health issues. >> two causes during november. prostate and testicular cancer awareness. >> one in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. it's one of the most highly curable cancers if it's caught early. so good reason for us to get involved in the cause and remember, we kind of started this whole thing with willie not shaving for a weekend. >> yeah. take a look. >> of the stubble. >> two days. >> this is two days and it just looks like he has a dirty face. didn't wash his face. >> but al, now, you

i'm willie geist with al roker and natalie morales. we were just talking about the weather. it's going to be a nightmare for a lot of people this week. >> this storm started off in the west coast and it dumped some two feet of snow in some places. there's been several deaths. this guy ended up okay but it's been rough. 13 people have been killed in this thing and right now icing conditions from central texas and into oklahoma and as it makes it's way east, we're going to be looking at a lot of wet weather along the east coast. >> yeah, and wind. >> wind as well. >> and then inland sections from upstate new york, western p.a., some areas picking up to a foot or more of snow. >> it's going to be hard to get around. call your airport ahead of time and make sure you check in on your flight. >> it's a nightmare as it normally is on a wednesday before thanksgiving. >> yeah. >> but add this to the mix and it makes it more dicey. >> 43 million people will be traveling on thanksgiving. that's a lot of people. please be careful. check the weather ahead of time. >>> there was controver

i'm willie geist along with al d natalie. we have video to sho you. >> this is reay ol. >> one couple's credible rsion of a iconic dance scene from dirty dancing burningp the web this morning. is is ta and drake. tied the knot in augt and what theyid during the reception has goneiral. ♪ it could be love ♪ because i've had the time of my life ♪ ♪ and i never felt this way before ♪ >> that's imprsive. >> nice hold. >> soell done. they did the who dance routine and, in fact, they even showed you before t actual wedding david owe they went to rehearsals and the prep and all of that. ally cute. adorable. >> they're bot in such horrible shap >> wow, they look good too. they look the part. >> the bri said she w such a faof dir dancing, i broke e vhs tape because i wated it so much. >> noby puts baby in the corner. >> nobody puts baby i that corner. this calls to mind another famous -- >> dirty dancing. >> al roker, ryan gossling. >> i was so upset i wasot here th day. >> she wted the lift >> iould have been up for a little

i'm natalie morales along with willie geist. great throwback thursday song. nice choice for thanksgiving. >> "i thank you." good on any day. this is maybe my favorite day in new york city. to be out here with all these people on this special day, this is awesome. >> it is heartwarming. it's cold out here, but the fans are warming us up. by the way, our crowd getting into the thanksgiving spirit. they have all written down why i am thankful, hash tag. we're asking you to participate as well. go on twitter. freedom and family, family and friends. >> how about hot cocoa? >> i'm with you on that. san diego weather, sorry, you won't get that today. but we'll keep you warm out here. >> very cool. looks like we have a reason to be thankful when it comes to the macy's thanksgiving day parade, al tells us the balloon, don't want to jinx this, will be flying. >> yeah. yeah, guys, right now winds are kind of calm, and, in fact, if you look up here, there's the wind sock. that's one of the monitoring stations that they're going to be checking. they're going to make that

geist. you do have work, i do like working here, walmart is a good company, i enjoy working as an associate but i'm not earning enough money. >> i think his point is, i mean it's the same point whether you're walmart or unionized grocery store. not everyone is going to be able to make 25 or $30,000 a year when you have customer demand for low prices and a service intense business model. that's not all that's asked for. they are asking for guarantees of full time work. when you're 18 retail store and you have 30 or 40 people on the floor, and no one in the store, that's a problem. that's kind of a crisis. so it's kind of rich getting management advice. these are the people 20 or 30 years ago would have been telling us 500 pages of work rule was a good way to run an auto company. >> we got to go to break. i want to give you 15 seconds to have your last word. >> what i want to say is first there was a store in canton, ohio the stores release where they had food bins for the workers to donate ca

willie geist has more on why so many questions still remain. >> if you were around 50 years ago, you remember the exact moment you heard the news. >> all the students stood in the hall. a lot of us were crying. >> i remember my mother picking me up in school weeping over the steering wheel. >> for many americans, the jury is still out on who killed our 35th president. >> i don't know if i will ever know the real story. >> the official story said lee harvey oswald, a former marine turned com sympathizer acted alone. that was the finding of the warren commission. seven men including a future president, a former cia director and a chief justice of the supreme court tasked by lyndon johnson with uncovering the truth. the discussion didn't end with that report. not by a long shot. >> they had crucial facts with held and any reasonable person would say you can't trust the verdict. >> theorists say the investigation was shy. how could oswald have fired three shots with a bold action rifle in five seconds. what about the so-called magic bullet. the second shot that wounded kennedy and ended

willie geist, the comcast commerce tree is actually perched -- it's comcastic, willie. >> moths to a flame, the shoppers come. >> the shoppers will come to that and start spending lots of money. i think that's what baby jesus wanted 2,000 years ago. >> wow. >> you know, seriously. >> would you like to do a hallmark story? do you want to start with that? >> do you like the ge commerce tree or comcast? >> comcast. >> richard haass is still with us. joining the table, the editor of "the weekly standard" bill kristol. hello. >> hi, mika. >> don't let me down, bill. >> hayden says one thing over the weekend. he comes here and decides he wants to go to cfr buffet. >> richard is back on the set. they want to be invited back to the council on foreign relations. they don't want to tell the truth. they've got to be diplomatic. >> nbc news chief white house correspondent and political director and host of "the daily rundown," chuck todd. hello, chuck. >> hey, chuck. >> also, we have middle east policy expert from the wilson center, robin wright joining us. >> damn, another person coming in to b

m willie geist with roker and natalie morales. here in new york yesterday, what did it get to? 68 or somethinlike that? >> yeah it was fantastic. by this weekend we'll ben the 30s. >>oday it's really coming in. >> very manly man. both of you. >> ginger. >> it is 's a ginger beard. just over thweekend it turned d. >> a like a ginger beer. >> oh, my dad has rehair and i have never gotten this far in the beard. i'm starting to see my dad's facial hair. >> do yolike it? >>robably in two weeks or whenevere have to shave these off i'm gointo be ready to accept it. maybe i won't shave it off. >> oh. >> i'm just throwing that out there. >> all right. #orange room, at thend of the two weeks, should willie shave the beard? >>es. >> we nt to check in in the end of the half hour. shouldillie geist shave hi beard. >> #orangeroom >> we' decide a week from friday on the last day of november. >> all right. cool. >> let's talk abt the explosive interview. the gift that keeps on giving. just when you ought it couldn't get better or worse it gets better and worse. >> we need an animation agn. thi

. >> willie geist has more, good morning to you. >> good morning to you. it's not the walkoff. a. rod is known for, it certainly was just as dramatic. in this case, he left the hearing and went straight to a studio and unloaded against the mlb and his commissioner bud selig. >> i lost my mind. >> reporter: a. rod outraged speaking on a new york radio show what for him was the third strike against the grievance process. >> i banged the table and kicked a briefcase and slammed out of the room. what we saw today was just, it was disgusting. >> reporter: rodriguez was angry because the arbitrator refused to order commissioner selig to testify. in august, he handed a-rod a 211 game suspension for alleged doping. a penalty that could cost the yankee slugger $35 million in salary. the league says there's no precedent for selig to testify and "today's antics are an obvious attempt to justify mr. rodriguez's continuing refusal to testify under oath." >> it was disgusting and the fact that the man from milwaukee that put the suspension on me with not one bit of evidence, something i didn't

lo >> announcer: from nbc news, this is today's take with al roker, natalie morales, and willie geist. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to today on a friday morning, november 22nd, 2013. a dreary day here in new york city. but that doesn't keep the crowd away from the plaza. >> we appreciate them sticking around for us. >> the first two hours is up there but back here, we moved out so you can see people have now come down. hey, john, john. come get these folks over here in the window. they just kind of hang -- >> right along 49th street. >> i like that we're giving them orange room ponchos on a rainy day. >> standout side all morning, you get a poncho. we appreciate our fans. >>> 50 years ago today, we're all talking about it this morning. november 22nd, 1963, president john f. kennedy shot and killed in dallas. we thought to look back at the way nbc covered it. >> in downtown dallas, president kennedy was shot today just as his motorcade left downtown dallas. mrs. kennedy jumped up and grabbed mr. kennedy. she cried oh, no. the motorcade sped on. a photographer

. >>> from nbc news, this is today's ke with al roker, natalie morales, and willie geist, lee from studio 1an rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today"n thi thursday morning, november 14, 2013 natalie, you challenged us yesterday. i did. the challee was 12,000 steps, rit? >> you said we shou have 12,000 steps yesterday. >> right. ho did we do? checked in around 2:00 p.m. all of us. >> it wn't pretty fore at least. >>t 2:00 p.m. i was at -- almost 10,000 steps. 9,995. al, you were at -- >> 800. i was at 1,500 because immediately after work i went to my office, and sat there. i was writing a magazine piece until 3:00 in the afternn. no, no, . i want you to see how i caught up. that's at 2:00. 3:00 so i'm leaving the office. i'll wk to the subway. i' go one more op. i walked all the way home. >> all right. >> which is abo 60 ocks. something like that. >> about three mis, right? >> yeah. abou three miles. then last -- so y would s theoal for us at 12,000. i was jus under . as we were walking out of dinner with the kids i turned to >>> going back on a promise offer repeated tt if you like your

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