Watch: TODAY All Day - Feb. 1

https://www.youtube.com/embed/a8rlNfFx5C8

information as to what actually caused this and of course on everybody's mind who was might have been hurt as a result of the of this terrible terrible incident. >> And on that day could not have been prouder 2 been part of this show. >> Since President Harry Truman the today show has been holding politicians feet to the fire. The years politicians have loved to come to the today show because we do have that collegiality and it's a great audience and and politicians want to reach that audience. >> But if they come to the today show they can expect a hard question for let's talk about that 3rd person Rosner a coach is going to be up to 30 said well, I know that all right great, I want to these less contentious reporters who can convince you to stick around to finish top with what and sometimes maybe harder than they anticipated right here alive that you are sometimes slow to react are you the leader of the opposition in exile, right now the Republican Party to get how bad it looks I have the transcript of the call you think this was a perfect call to have you know that he's at he is a liar as you say well absolutely why don't you work for him.

>> Savannah slow down and when I think about what to I'm thinking about the people at home are wondering and thinking about the question that may be the politician. >> Doesn't want to answer but people at home really want to know and I think that's our role you know. I interviewed president obama at the White House.

>> If this resolution fails in Congress would you act without Congress. The answer could be yes, no I haven't decided I think it's fair to say that I haven't decided welcome Mister president thank you for being here very well stated I have to >> I did the town hall with President Trump just weeks say. before the election. So the stakes were really high. We're in the middle of a pandemic and the election is weeks away and controversial. >> That was a wreaked week people can decide. What someone's crazy uncle. Whenever that was a week to week.

The pretty little colon. >> The today show has a long history of sparking conversations about subjects people usually don't like to talk about and almost never on TV. We lost Frank, I want to thank everybody for Your Love. >> We'll tell you when I realized the possibilities of platform. A couple years ago, my my older brother was was diagnosed with colon cancer early stages, and I went to the powers being said you know.

I think we can we can do some good here profiled him and his treatment is doctor and and just colon cancer, generals decide to to shine a light on it and he ultimately. He didn't make any diet and during the course of that during the course of the cancer, not an exaggeration I heard from them whether it's email stream Trump positive saying it. I got screen because I saw her story or or I I I need my my husband, it's cool or I call my doctor because someone would write I saw your story and I started asking about family history.

>> That's when I realized Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin love details his bout with a very public panic attack I was diagnosed with J J's general anxiety disorder and mild panic very similar Kevin love was talking about there during the pieces he was describing the panic attack. I was saying to Craig Melvin my colleague I got this is happening the a million times news that lots really like to ask you about that. So we came out of peace. I first started sharing that I was have been diagnosed for JD generalized anxiety disorder and panic attacks. You feel like you're dying in fact I went to the hospital and the first thing you put it on I got leads on my chest. I like my heart's going to stop I have a heart attack and of course what happens you're perfectly fine from that moment on it's become something that I've really tried to take ownership of here at the today show and NBC News to Korea helped create that conversation on mental health and help break the stigma of talking about mental health and bringing the stats to life and you know, I'm somebody that has suffered in silence and there's so many millions of us to do.

And I'm really proud of that the part that I've no been able to just kind of share what's worked for me and my struggles and in turn its hopefully help other people share their story and that's really what's so important mental health is to get that conversation going. >> I do have something to tell you that little girl Haley joy. >> I adopted her and I think no matter what the experience is whether it's cancer or adoption or you know getting gauge later in life whatever it is as I feel like sometimes it gets. I get help from people who do things that I feel like or are difficult at the time and so I'm you know I don't know what I'm providing except for just.

Well my business. >> And then my favorite moments on the today show had me going places I never really thought I would see are not not the way I got to see them through the show I got to go visit the Holy Land. >> And when we walked through the stories we're going to see how they were going to seek over the cell hut. Calvary is where Jesus was crucified now located inside the Church of the Holy sepulcher. >> I knew I always wanted to visit to go with the today show and have access to the place and the wisdom of experts it was a phenomenal professional experience but it was also a deeply personal and spiritual experience and good morning from the opera House in Sydney, Australia.

We owe it to us. I actually I was born but I have no memory of it and all my life just value have helped this kind of. >> Mystical quality this other land and not only did I get to visit house where I lived when I was a newborn baby, we found the hospital where I was born we found the room where I was born and they even found the midwives from that era who basically delivered.

>> This is the room that you took your first. I think seeing the very place you were born is not something was just too easy to get to go back. Sister really special special basically. >> And to top it all off to be in the place where it all began for us to be in the room where it all began for us and and memory I will try not to.

>> Good morning. The United shutdown of America. >> Look the pandemic we were we were just like everybody else we were working from home. Were we were living at work. I can't figure out which one it was but we were separated from each other, and you don't realize how much you feed off of each other. >> It's a little funky looking at this 3 box, but I'm happy to be sitting in between you and what connected U.S.

West. >> That's common mission as feeling that these are serious times. People are terrified, we have the opportunity to ask the questions of the East. >> Doctors and experts and public health officials joining us now from Washington doctor Anthony Fauci doctor Fauci good morning to you Sir. Good morning. >> O Globo Ryan shot are we allowed to hog if our. >> And also when we got back together and we've got to see each other and the first time when we've got to sit next to each other for the first time we've got to hug each other. Well never take that for granted again. >> I didn't fully appreciate how much. >> We were part of people's lives during the pandemic to folks start to return to class. And you would get. Teachers nurses, especially which it cracked. Thank you for helping us get to the head. As a first for me we make the doctors who.

It was heavy, it was hard and return on the today show in the morning because we knew we'd get the information that we needed but we also we would laugh. We would smile. >> With you guys today show viewers come here every single day to propose just to wave to friends and family hold up signs to share messages to be with us. And that is a huge huge part of the recipe of success for the show for 70 years, but we can't do this without the people who come down here to the Plaza and our viewers nationwide.

>> The show really first got going it was in a window on that same side of the street on 49th Street. And and everybody would stop by it was. It was it was like we had taken the beauty and the majesty and the mystery of television because you've got to remember again back at that time people would literally stand in front of appliance stores and watch TV through the glass. Well now they could come and watch TV through the glass and the TV was watching them. >> One part of our cast. You know the public at least they were in a big blast and kind of fish bowl hey we can look out the window as you see, and they the people who are looking into that in a time. And we pay a comeback from a broken home out there. >> I play stand out there looking out the way, but the folks back home here we are ticked job interwebs that we either.

>> All that stuff, but you know what. >> People still like to be seen on TV. >> There's the beauty of in 1952 people were waving and the TV camera was panning them. >> In the 21st century people are still waving holding up signs and hoping that somebody back home sees them a great is >> The audience is the heart of the show whether they're at home, whether they're in our Class A or whether they're picking out the done is beating heart of this show. >> It's literally why we get up in the morning people have made the today show part of their mornings and part of their lives and part of their families for decades, you'll meet people who say.

>> My Grandma watch the today show my mom watch the TV show. Now I watch the today show my kids watch it with me people who watch the today show feel like they're family and guess what we feel like your family too. >> I've always felt like an audience member. Because that's what I feel I feel like I am a lot of the time like when I walk out I think I would be doing that I would be coming to 30 rock. I hold up a sign, I know my mom would she be out there with a sign so I think when you look out and you see like bright shining faces of of people who waited, you know for this magical moment. It's so I'm like him. >> Credibly satisfying and beautiful sharing it, but that's what I feel like when I walk out, I'm like oh my God, I can't wait to find out like. >> Who's here so what brings what brings you to the today show well that in this we've always wanted to do this and today show is a part of our life.

>> Watching it every day for 7 years when we met so. >> So from a boat, yes, super fast. >> I Walter the Jane Pauley is okay tease, the merit as they >> Blew the doors open and the me in Savannah just rolled >> Hey, thanks we are kicking off the year right because hoda through like. is officially the co anchor of today. You are. >> Partner and a friend and a sister and I'm so happy to be doing that. Well there's no one I'd rather be sitting next to in 2018 a woman stopped me with her child and she said thank you because now my daughter thinks this is totally normal to need the today show is the gold standard. The producers, the crew staff everyone who puts the show together.

>> Far more than the people you see on TV. They are the best of the best and they pour themselves into it every day and every night people tune in because they know what they're going to see is reliable, it's accurate. It's well produced its curated it's important we won't waste your time. And I think that's why the show continues to be relevant. It's that and then it's also that hopefully people feel a connection and feel a bond with the people on set who are sharing the news with them, I mean in a way I I feel like it's different then some. >> Anchorman voice of God telling you what's going on in the world, I feel like we're coming on together.

>> And we are informing but also processing the news with our viewers and there's a connection there and to me that has stood the test of time and is what will continue to stand the test. >> People have tuned in and the people who brought them that will it change. But the mission to find out that the world is still there and get them ready for their day.

Here's the thing about life. >> Okay for all of us. Every single working environment. Has those that it's bright and shiny and there's nothing better. We also have days when we're on our knees and that's the way life goes that's the way it goes. >> And you just ride the waves and I feel like that's how you have to navigate just life in general. And we navigated it work. >> Some days are the best day after and some days we wonder what the heck's going on. No matter what you would gesture sales and you go because we've got a long road. We're only 70, I mean like were babies, you know, good got a long way to go. >> I think a fair way and everyone that started this little project in black and white would be astonished and amazed, and I hope they keep it. >> Thank you by tomorrow morning. >> First of all I just want to comment that when you came racking up here with your braids I was in my head applauding because I remember the story, yes, you are at ATnT it was one of your first big jobs you had braids like what did they tell you, yes, they told me that my braids and my red shoes were unprofessional. And I mean they met and they were trying to help me that's the part that that's the irony of it all there is trying to help me and I said you have to get rid of that.

So I went home and my mom and my older sister Cassandra state up all night with me taking my breaks out as you want to fit I want to fit you've been breaking the mold for most of your life you've been someone who just makes your way through but I want to go way way back because I think we're all shaped from where little kids and when you were a little kid. You are scared. Yes. I was scared domestic violence. I was part of our program where did you put that part of your life when you're a little girl. You know we hit it, I mean people didn't know that my mom was you know victim of domestic violence, they did all my dad was doing the things he was doing and so we just hit it just like they hit. Until it just got to a point where my mom decided she wasn't going to deal with it anymore.

As a little girl, how did you feel when you couldn't protect her. And there are 6 of us me so we've get in each other's rooms are you know would sit on the couch and we hear things and it got to a point where my brother was not getting ready to graduate from high school and I was 15, I got to the point where we have to call police because it was graduation day and he just went crazy. And we called the police and they came and got us a mom says we have to go to the graduation so we still get that and then we went to kuz Saunders House and state the whole summer. And that was it did he think that you could ever become somebody. No and that was the painful part he told my youngest sister and I that summer that we would be on the street without him.

That was so painful muscle painful, but there were years where I would think about that every single day that he actually said that and that's when my and a sister cried I cried and I don't know where it came from I was 15 years old and she said is that true, I said that's not true because I guess I just again to like everything my momma taught us that we're not going to hit that on the street, I said I'm going to be the president of something Monday now this optimism miss you have I know who's on your side. Yes jobs on your side, yes, and your mom has a place that on your heart and your little girl. Yes, math look at this and Bible and is it so did you always feel protected somehow that God was going to watch out for you no matter how bad things got yes, always felt that I always felt that in my mom used to like to take all 6 of us to church and we walked to church and she walk us up cutting Boulevard in tweed ranked 3rd Street and she give a scriptures the 23rd Psalm she give a scriptures about protection.

And so I just always felt that guy was going to protect me, but I always felt that other people would protect me too it's always felt like somebody was going to show up so here you are you told your sister we're going to be somebody we're going go to college for that. So you get into we're going to go to college. >> The University of California Berkeley. Yes, yes, yes, and not because it's such a great school. >> But because it was 15 minutes away from home. Yeah, so you were at the of the first black cheerleader yes, you're the first black member of a sorority.

DG yes. Did you set out to be the first or did you just do what you did no, I just do what I did and I think if that happens a lot like you don't know you the first. >> I was a cheerleader in high school so I said OK, I'm going to be chilly during goat and I went out for the first time and did not make it. Well they haven't and high school too. >> And so I went out and I made and then of course being my sorority I went through Russian I end up being a T G and I didn't know that I was going to be that wasn't funny girl in the House, yeah until I got there it was me and a 110 of my white major brands like haha right and you know everybody film of the Afro and all that it was a great experience, a great, but you'll know your first you just do it right, I'm just doing what I was supposed to do.

Whole plan that I was going to graduate from Kyle, you know what's up with my boyfriend on hold for 4 years literally for years want to put about how them picking back up I said OK so I'll get married 2 years I want to work for 2 years. Then I'm going to have to start a family so I had kind of all mapped out I would have thought. >> That you had all the tough stuff in your life early. If if I were got I would say sent does not deserve any more tough stuff for after what she's been through but life is funny like that.

Yes, it is it doesn't give you all the goodness later the bad stuff still calms you and your husband really did want to start a family then the we did it and that was not to be really wasn't. Now for second trimester miscarriages in 10 years of trying to have kids for we never could quite figure it out. And then when we got pregnant, the 5th time, I said OK this is the 5th and final time this is it.

And we just thought there was either another miscarriage coming or full term practices we didn't know there was something in the middle where we ended up having a premature daughter who live for 6 months so she defied the odds and thought it would be 2 days. So special K it was Carol and with that came a mom's name is Karen so Karen with okay special case that doctor at her funeral he eulogized her he said Carolyn Marshall was here to teach us that we're not God. He's all the things we thought that would take her out in all that they didn't and you said she did have a purpose there was obviously a clear purpose, but children you wanted children you and your husband, yeah. So you went down a beautiful road of the road of adoption. Yes. I mean it's not mean for you think your kids were made for you. Yes, but I remember telling it was after my 4th miscarriage and I remember telling a colleague at work when he he said said we have some France were adopted and maybe should think about doing that at this point everybody is concerned.

You know, I'm going through all these surgeries and blood transfusions and near death experiences and so my friends really step in and family. So maybe you guys should adopt and I remember telling this guy Tom Villa, our members and Tom are you next and I can't even believe that told him this sort of got to confess I haven't even told us.

I said there is no way you can love kids to somebody else had asked if they were your own that is a possible. Yeah, I am going to have this kid I was really was really I was having sure I was cutting up on a staircase iMac is still see it. And he just looked at me and Isis and I'm telling you our friends still see a different I think they do and they're just not telling you that. So then later we adopted our first okay and I sent out pictures, Christmas cards and it was a picture with the judge and are no son you can see. And he's 2 years old 2 and half years old. And the caption said you know happy holidays, Anthony adopted us. And we're all just smiling so my buddy Tom calls so this is years later, he said. Coming out again he so what's that we had that word was Staton told me he said >> you can love people is key and that's about fall because >> He was right I was wrong that you said that your time obviously.

Adopted you, yes, that's what happened and he adopted this, he stole our hearts from day want nobody something literally suffering from failure to thrive have been abandoned neglected born of data a band when he was 9 months old with his 9 year-old brother taking care of him for 2 months did. Your family grew over the years and that was such a beautiful part of your life back to the business side so ATnT and we talked about this at the age to take your braids down you do exactly what they say you got promotions did you expect them some she got no and number and never in my 36 years sort of promotion.

>> Never really I was just saw him cut from the project I was just so happy to have the job that I had and make the money I was making a and things were great and I got a chance to lead and touch people which is what I'm all about and so every job I ever had loved so you are 40 years old and you get the call that any person working at it company for a long time would want a huge promotion, it's huge it's officer. Yeah, so except for the were couple strings attached. I just a few yeah okay saw walking and I'm not walking at home and saw the call came in the evening. >> And so my husband sitting there so he's here in this call and my boss tells me that the board had just approved me being an officer the business and congratulations to Mike wow and so she says, but a few things.

She says I don't want you know you have to tone it down a little bit. I don't want you to last allowed. I mean you're happy person you're you know you laugh, loud got here to the hallway, so you have to you know pull that back and I'm like oh I'm not liking this call right and she says in the end what you pictured here left the magazine on your desk. And these people or black people they're all in white some event and the Lady has short hair, so I think you look good with that and the and she said you can't because it, nobody really knows what that is so is Cynthia or Cindy and at this point I'm like OK, this get kind of crazy and then she said and you cannot use the word blessed I've heard you say that a few times you just need to say lucky.

I said you know what I think I'm lucky. I'm blessed. And so now it sounds like you're trying to fundamentally change who I am this is that you want all people in my office I had to get this done from the people. I'm like this is going too far and bottom line is I turn down the job. >> What United them, yes, and it turned out the message. I said you know what I need you to help me figure out how to say no because I want to offend anybody, I mean this is being I know it's being I want to offend anybody and I don't want to lose my job right okay, because I'm not accepting this other job so help me figure out how to say that she says you're right.

I don't think you fit the profile and they said she was and she didn't think it was sophisticated enough and so she says I'll help you so my husband is in the background. He's like. >> You can go to my Barber attack, I said why did you cut your hair you look good in white as he's here me with ideas some might start he's like take the job take the job to figure out this out later I see you know when I first started that made me take out get rid of my red shoes and take down number 8. When does this stop at some point like I have to be able to be me and now you want to change my name, I've the set my whole life. No and so then I got a call from to I got 2 calls from 2 bosses, her bosses.

And they start off the call would set and they put emphasis on it and I said yes, and they both said they knew what had happened and they want to start all over and I'll never forget, someone telling me he said the person that we promoted to be an officer is the person who we want to walk in the door tomorrow. He says and I've been your office there in San Francisco and I see a big sign that says Lord there's nothing that can happen today that you and I can handle.

I've seen this and so he goes on to tell >> About me know what he loves about me. And that's the person. They want to be an officer who better show up to work tomorrow and he apologize that was so powerful the words of a leader apart powerful, you know, how many women struggle with this exactly what you're saying because we are always put in boxes with what to wear. >> How to be how to ask exactly and to be able to have a voice like you did it was beautiful, you were at one point and this is such a beautiful image you were ringing the bell on Wall Street.

You are you. Out Wall Street ringing the Bell and that image is powerful but what's more powerful is all your history came washing back. >> It did it did we were rushed outside so you know we had our debt with the union that morning and all that was I think the 30 year anniversary of us on Wall Street. ATnT and I'm standing on the corner and I look up and actually see its Wall Street, another Street and I just started crying and and our CFO John Stephens standing there you go sent what's wrong.

I said, you know my Daddy told us they were going to hit this industry. And I tell my mom I'm going to make money my money on Wall >> Wall Street this is crazy so he gives me as his phone and I Street. called my mom and she just are crossing guess where I am some on Wall Street and guess what I'm doing today and she just started crying its site. I'm Mike it happened. sudden you're retired, you like you know what you worked hard. You deserve. Have been some guy named Mark Cuban from the Mavericks is like look you need to help us right and you're like who are you Mark, how are you.

I mean obviously he was a he Mark and his chief of staff they were blowing up my cell phone I handed my husband, the phone. >> And said because I didn't look at it and he came back and he said this kind of meeting the men. >> You need to call him as market and I said who I'd ask because I Don said in the market and so he told me that was I so Cal call him he does not even if the economy right now I can and then I called and it was beautiful, he want to know if he could see me that afternoon want to know if I've been watching the news that he was having a crisis kind of explain what was going on with the Sports Illustrated article coming out all that and he was so genuinely disturbed, I was going this is an organization that was really troubled, I mean it was smack dab in the middle of a misogynistic kosher abuse allegations all of the worst of the worst right. I mean you you're being asked to come in there and clean up the House basically right how high how are you going to do that for some thinking I'm not going to do this yeah, okay so I go and I talked to him and so the and once I talked to him. I just thought too.

I got home and pray about this and as I told him I said oh nothing and do this. And 2 women stopped me on the way to women stopped me on the way out of his office and said are you the person who Mark Cuban says going to come in and help us and save us. And I so I don't have the power to save anybody, but I know who'd as I said I don't really know yet. And then this what can we talk to you and they talk to me they tell me their stories and I spent time with those women standing right outside of Mark's office and you want to talk to him he just kind of not it like talk to them and whatever you can get whatever you can hear in so they were just tell me about the culture and how women were being treated and a couple of things that had actually happened to them that they felt were inappropriate and they so we we need help you you have come in the stuff in the article is true.

I tell them their prayer about it at this point, I'm thinking OK maybe I am uniquely qualified to help K and so they start tell me what they need and oh my goodness I will migrate back came back the next day. And so and I was in that I was in office for 3 hours before Mark even knew I was in the building because I never made it to his office people pulled me in a conference room and just started talking to me why men and women about the workplace and it just wasn't all just miss Kyle harassment who was a lot of other stuff too like yeah, just performance issues. Favoritism I mean just but you had to go when one woman and change it had to go about it laid out a vision from day one said we was set the global standard in the NBA for diversity and inclusion because I truly believe that that's where you start and then I laid out a set of values spoke crafts character respect authenticity fairness teamwork and safety both physical and emotional safety and said these were not just be on the walls, but they would operate in the halls and everything to do every decision we make every higher we make it will be based on the set of values and let me tell you what that looks like and so went through each one of them laid out a 100 day plan.

They have 4 parts to it models 0 tolerance so meaning hotline investigation terminations of necessary and there were some arrests, they weren't they were necessary. I has limited Jen de so really an agenda to educate elevate and empower women that was missing, and then just culture transformation around diversity equity inclusion all that and then operational effectiveness just basic things like how you pay people gender pay equity all that and it's about 200 missions laid it out so let's go and so when the investigators report came out with the the 13th these they wanted us to do and we had already done just about all of them. He had a press conference and he talked about those 13 things in expectations. And I believe the press conference was really sending a message to all of the teams to the entire league here is what we are about it, here's what we're not about and it's slow it's slow progress.

How much more is there to do what you say all we're not done yet. Yeah, there's a lot of work to do you have been at the helm of the Mavericks during a time in history that kids are going to be reading about for a long long time this is a social justice reckoning is happening George Floyd all these these things are happening in your kind of at the forefront, how's it been navigating these waters. >> It's been interesting because I called the double pandemic and what I told our team is that even when when the NBA shutdown I remember sitting in a conference from the next day after we send our people home and I said we don't know how long we're not going to be playing basketball.

But we're going to be playing the game of life with people and so what does that look like who do we need to help how do we step up and I actually ended up. Cleaning a phrase common dot com because as a leader different things were important to me now having compassion for people communication have to be done very differently. Community service was at an all-time high we have an opportunity to impact that compromise and that really came out with the George Floyd situation and then compliance is like we have things that we have to do like wash your hands wear a mask keep our distance early on OK and so those are the things we really start to focus on and so as soon as we really start to focus on that because we did a lot with the Mavericks for community service me a lot we're out there everywhere trying to help us to chew on Kerr even essential workers that need to date here. Meals at the hospital, you name it we were there virtually the technology for kids all that and then here comes the George Floyd murder.

We stepped up. And we just decided you my boss was having conversations with folks I was having conversations what we call a true courageous conversations and so we decide to have a big community conversation for Dallas. We brought 200 community leaders together and I said I want people who represent the systems that undergird systemic racism in this country. And our theme was listen learn unite and so we had become a station June 9th. Last year it was beautiful and we so what are we going to unite around because we need to take action and so we develop something com apps take action and its advocacy communication training investment outreach and noise and the investments around community investment economic investment employment. And just all of that right. And so it was 50 initiatives, we said we're going to have a minimum 10,000 volunteer hours.

And 5 million dollars minimum right that we're going to put into making sure that we promote social justice we eradicate these racial disparities that exist in all of these different systems across health care, education and economics, I mean all that right and we said we want to drive sustainable change. We want it to last and so we've been doing all kind of things around that even our Reena I mean we've had you know situations where just very few people did like the stand we were taking they didn't like the fact that our players were playing on a court in the bubble, the same black lives matter at all that the beautiful thing is.

I want to talk to all these people I say anybody who leaves a somewhat talk to it. They can leave, I mean we'll get on the customer's assistant each other learn from each other probably have more in common in differences every now and then you find that's not the case but uses the case and 9 out of 10 times. The customer would not leave 9 out of 10 times that with me we need to talk because we do have some real issues in this country. Yeah, you have to respond to those really issues and I love about Rt what I love about the NBA is we have the platform, yeah we normally bring people together we bring together all the time our Reena. >> We have 41 what I call 41 part right 19,200 people if everybody and so we're bringing together and so people expect this right to unify people right so why not unify them around these critical issues right so that's what we've been doing and making progress.

I look at you and it's hard to believe that you are a cancer survivor. I don't know why I'm saying that but because you are live from inside and you don't have you know as a cancer survivor, myself sometimes I think about it sometimes I don't how bad was it for you. I thought I had months to live it was that. >> When the doctor says I got bag you sit down, I mean it's bad and significant and then he tells me I have stage 3 colon cancer, one left no way from stage 4 and so I went through brutal, he therapy for 6 months old were you and how we're kid I was I got that call. I talked to him, I got my call now is to be the day before my 51st birthday so my last day of 50.

So technically I was in compliance of get a call not to be up to 50 and so when kids my my son was a freshman in college. He was little older. The girls were still in high school middle school so it was crazy and so we have to tell that my husband didn't want to tell them, yeah, I so we have to tell them because I need Tonys I needed to be my prayer warriors and so that's right old. I said I need you to to to to being here with us and they all responded very very differently.

My daughter, Shirley to said I know you're going to die, I've seen the movie step mom you're going to die, you're not telling us and it was it was just brutal, yeah, it was brutal in fact, one time Charlie told me she goes mom you're going to die, you're going to die. >> I so what do you think that she's because you don't have your clothes on the door.

>> The night before you know put him on to go to work you don't come in at night to actually T it got to the point where I literally started hanging, Michael's been door to my husband, I got to go in office. Just so surely can be OK and so one time I went in office. I stayed in there, I fell asleep, I came home late I walked in I was so sick, Shirley was on cloud 9. >> She said mom is going to live mom is going to we have to show you why you say that she is night time UK woman night time and look what you have on the calls are in the door. >> You don't realize OK here that's you don't realize these kids are energy. They're in a routine ride she needed her to act. >> And so then I had to just try to get the strength even after a bad round of chemo that have 9 bad days and 5 days right use what I try to do is go in office and do everything in our 5 days.

But I said I got to try to think my way through some of these 9 yeah, the kids lives. So fascinating movie coming out. >> Had a book about my cancer journey and finally write a >> When you look at all the things that you've overcome book about it. what was the which if you had to like put them in order what would be the most difficult thing you think you have that you had to overcome in your life of all of us.

>> These things I would say letting go of what I thought was my plan that I had this plan. >> And I was going to have a family what it was like all that and having that be truly won the first times in my life where it just didn't go. According right just like you thought to my plan I had to let it go and just realize that there was a plan operating bigger than my plan, yen I have proof that all turned out OK. >> Hello everybody it is a beautiful Tuesday. Welcome to pop star plus on the show today we're gearing up for the Winter Olympics with Team USA star Shaun White is going to answer some of the most googled questions about snowboarding and later we're celebrating 40 years in the late night. But first, here's your pop star today, first pop sagging on Sunday, the actor was honored by friends and family in a farewell concert at La famous comedy store. It was hosted by Jeff Ross John Stamos and John Mayer the show saw Bob Saget stand-up buddies, including Jim Carrey Chris rock Jon letter to the bunch of others paying tribute to their late friend stay motion mayor who both pall bearers at the funeral on the impromptu House band the sold-out evening was a benefit for the scleroderma Foundation. Of course which was a near caused the pop star's is losing a sister to that disease we're going hear a lot more on Bob's life and legacy and a special conversation with this full House co-star Candace Cameron Bure that is this Thursday right here on today next up Jennifer Lopez the singer and actress graces the cover of peoples love the issue and opening up about her own life and rekindled romance of Ben Affleck jail told a magazine, I feel sorry happy and proud to be with him.

It's a beautiful love story. We already got a second chance to run pilots you believe jail. What we did something else with a good job. Yeah, hard to believe that they have a new issue of people hits newsstands on the way to and you can't fix all that happy to have the second chance that came out of the relationship happy about it. I thought you were just emotionally touched by well, I do love to say at this site like that dot coms got a lot more work to catch up with J lo on this and her new movie Mary when she stops by our studio little Thursday to catch the water there.

Next up look what it is was so that city. He today on the Drew Barrymore show so that talks all about the upcoming Olympics give a cooking show. >> Yeah that's right right. Yeah. He gave you a cooking show its way to do on that called life hurt myself the U.S. to get in. Let's take a look at what went wrong in fact would you ever get a tattoo. >> I would and I kind of want to right now like my mother's just rolling her eyes, I get a tattoo with you yeah, anytime by yet another want to I want to get one right.

>> What you know that we are going to get a matching tattoo she's got some things she wants to do and I'm wary working it out if I did I might put something really small like I was flying, pan. Hooking jury. Yeah, the tattoo what you've been hearing. Well, you know, so yeah next a look at me like I'm saying about how what kind of letter in the NFL, the NFL has certified feel yes. >> We'll catch a little conversation with drew and actually I check your local listing for that all right Richard are Super Bowl commercial kickoff series and it's a double header this morning starting things off and got a sneak peek at telemundo's ad for this year's World Cup featuring legendary sports commentator on today's count toward in the spot, he's teaching America, the only way to truly celebrate a World Cup goal.

One kicks off on November, 21st you can catch the Spanish language broadcast be sure to tune into Telemundo or course you can check out the stream of the games on Peacock and finally Charlie puth its new Super Bowl spot. He's teaming up with Megan the stallion for Frito Lay's flaming hot Cheetos and Doritos and together they make a wild pear take a look. >> The book. But they be facing a thing but baby baby.

>> I love it, let's Charlotte, good morning. Mount spot looks great supporting everybody. Yeah, yeah, it's early so you get the call for the Super Bowl spot. Megan the stallion is going to play a bird singing push it. What were you thinking. >> I was thinking how appropriate is it would be a part of this they relay reached out to me they wanted me to just I've never done voice over work before and it was a little and I was a little nervous and they're really just be yours up just to your little box, thanks super busy. >> That super fun. You know if your collaboration is you work with so many artists. I just open up the door for maybe you and Megan get the other studio. >> And so talented yeah, I would like to hear making you more are in the leading state. It's tough yeah, I hope that you know Charlie touching we're talking you're you're very close friend, Sir, Elton John and the lockdown sessions was a great record that came out tells great story about going your house and going home studio and how you guys just really hit it off to a little bit about your relationship.

This is outlandish because I found out that next door neighbors without and John without revealing are address that would be bad to be on the today show but when cheap but he sent me the address originally to a for the pick them up just walking distance so that wasn't use each. Well, it's a pretty cool thing we're looking for the record Charlie coming out lights which you've documented everything on tiktok so we're going to be checking that out soon it will be watching for the Super Bowl ad but it thanks so much for getting out we appreciate it starla it.

>> And now the reason we call the show pop star plus a few extra headlines and first up and just like that you just can't get enough of the latest chapter in the and the city series you are in luck HBO. Max is releasing a documentary on the making of star Jessica Parker's new show on behind the scenes films going to take a look at what it was like expanding the Kass crafting the scripts of course all the fashion. >> And now for. >> Tomorrow we have the very first scenes in the show.

>> Even 23 years and I'm excited terrified and excited, it's unbelievable. It's a big deal. >> I knew Cynthia was a director because it place that >> That she knows this so well and shows acting so she stopped. >> And it's everything we're here and it's a testament to brilliantly. these 3 actresses. >> And just like that the documentary that's the start streaming on February 3rd and finally and calm though, well it seems like everybody is talking about this one from the movies hit soundtrack we don't talk about Bruno is an absolute certified hit the track to spend its 3rd week at number one on the Billboard hot 100 chart and has officially tied for all time highest charting song from the Disney animated movie we don't talk about Bruno shares that top spot with a Latin is a whole new world and it flies past frozen's let it go so could owes Lin Manuel Miranda and the amazing cast of in condo that soundtrack is on full repeat daily House and those are today's pop star plus headlines coming up Olympic legend Shaun white tells us what he's been listening to as he prepares for the Winter Games.

In just 2 days ahead of the action we were lucky enough to sit down with the most popular snowboarder on the planet three-time gold medalist Shaun White gave us some answers to the most googled questions about his sport and who he thinks are the top athletes to watch. >> I would hope I I'm one of the top stories you want to tune in to see there's a maze in Australia's that word in Scott and James you want to watch amazing Japanese the orders one. And then another one and you to and so the 4 of us will be the ones really battling it out of his next Olympics and then on the women's side, the lead to the USA the cloak and will be defending the title so really awesome writers. We know they are really amazing kid and I invited him to come sit on some of the sessions I was doing that as he got older he kind of joined the circus. We have that relationship before we is really a parents were there with an it kind of took him under our we my coach and I and it's just so amazing to see him now at that level where he's you know, speaking of big names, some point and it's going to be hopefully a side by side with him trying to help them achieve that.

Snowboarders wear backpacks because they have to have a lot of equipment like that, it's like survival and usually have a shovel. And you have a pro the probe is if somebody gets caught in an avalanche even take this Provence to cut down through the snow to see if you feel the human being and this now and then usually on us now, or something else the water probably some warmer gloves things like that. No I I have never been I've never been in a situation we have needed it definitely known people that have been very thankful that they had that from this and kind of mandatory when you go out into the uncharted areas. Kind like wearing a seatbelt in the car, you hope you never have to use it, but you got it. I think it's something where you know you're going down that route and it's hard to kind of just teeter on one edge, you can waiting for somebody to catch up for you're trying to figure out where to go next to a bicycle point up at a light you take a foot off put on the ground rather than just kind of sitting there trying to balance, but it's frustrating because it gets cold and your hands where I try to stand is, but we've got polls so we can't leave.

Obviously it because it quickly as the kids that saying no it's just different you may be seen as slightly easier just because we walk this way we'll go forward in this is backwards and I understand this in your feet parks to get this it's kind of like walking. The natural motion that used to wear snover you're a lock in and learn the edges and things like that is. But I will say that was snowboarding later on you realize that without the extra equipment of the polls and the pundits, personally I think are very uncomfortable. Food says they were in the war that comfortable well, less equipment isn't something that about like the flow of new car going down the mountain when you don't have all that stuff is the credible I can only say this because I skied actually the beginning for us until I switched over to 7 so it's kind of like what people do first as well as in the kind of like I really want to start from the beginning again and learn something brand new going to stick to what I would say that's why the Egyptians to use the cities.

Do you but I play it through my phone speakers and I just put my father, my chest pocket. I know, ton of people that listen to music on headphones but the oldies and things and then newer bands like rock stuff I like, but he's and tame Impala. >> You know it's kind of like what song you can hear but not not focused much on and then and then you need something kind of like. >> Got some push to it and that that the tarp player like a rock rock and the Suns it's good to have a song because usually you know you're kind of like the horse in the start gate, you hear the pistol go you hear that song and it clicks back into this situation or something that you would work out to this great. I know this when I got to put in the hard work where this is going to set the stage for what I'm about to kids so I think it's a really powerful they use it, especially to the soundtrack your life for what is.

This week the moments, this is nervousness, I feel inside or that song excited. Oh wow, we know that that those nerves turned to like me, he's like they just a moment, but my my song is played by Eddie it's pretty it's pretty gray. >> Of course we'll be rooting for Sean and all of the rest of team. USA coming up next we're diving into 40 years of late night. Well, it's hard to believe. It's been 40 years since David Letterman host, the very first late night right here on NBC and one of the show's big fans and a former guests on a have you know, Harry Smith has a look back at what made that show so special.

>> Can't believe it but 40 years ago today, a little show called late night with David Letterman premiered right here on NBC, its original 11 year run late night racked up 5 Emmys a Peabody at UF and um that embrace the weird sarcastic and crazy comedy that fraud. >> Letterman to one of those fans also happens to be a guest on that show our very own. >> So fans of the show will recognize the idea of someone hanging out a window say a second story window may be leaving a little higher on the top of the building and holding something and the like a watermelon or a cake. So we've. We hope sufficiently jog her memory kuz something really special is coming up, but in the meantime a little trips down memory lane with David Letterman.

>> We fans never knew that was a show called late night. >> Welcome to our show late night. 40 years ago we knew it as and called it the letter and the number one shocking revelation about Jagger what's left with Robert Redford for free. And we talked about it constantly. Did you see Letterman last night. >> To these new put this thing I've ever witnessed network money spent on.

And and frankly, I'm proud to be a part of >> as a talk show it was conventional only in that it had a desk and a host. >> It was a wet. Offensive, sometimes sudden we didn't really plan today show. >> But that doesn't mean it still can't be fun. This is the General Electric building and you know have a little gift and we thought what the heck, let's just we drop in on those sales team on its own show you when you offer a station to drop.

The drop off a free pass. Fun to work with these people >> Steve o'donnell was Letterman's head writer for 10 years so bringing to the day-to-day you become head writer of the show. It's Monday morning. You're in the writers room, what's it like in there. >> The experience of putting on a late night comedy show was like simultaneously putting out a small town newspaper and organizing every single day a small-town parade because >> and while David Letterman didn't exactly invent irony he and his writers conspired to make it a kind of comedy we couldn't get enough. I was like to us. >> There was a little freedom to experiment in one way the pressure was on to do an interesting show. But there was also a man going is watching so we could do the most serious or video things we could. >> Until Letterman, the laws of late night consisted of a model host laughing at guess stories and maybe a song it was not this.

For this. >> With very little I can do from this position. And there was Larry Bud Melman yeah, everybody fish nor fowl. >> I want to control with more of the befuddled foil fight. One comment non sequitur I wouldn't hurt your classes played by the late, however, the forest. The Letterman regulars will often within reach. Bob Costas Marv Albert. And yes, our what's this. I think you ought to think about having that biopsy the Letterman owes some debt to TV pioneer Steve Allen and Ernie Kovacs Letterman boldly discarded the norms this March, the bean counters and glorified in the done.

>> Opal Opal for the whole goal. >> But he's gentle man police say hello to Harry Smith, Eric. >> This reporter here not the end of the world. >> I think oh no we did we make funny right to your nice to her and you realize that that's how that works and tonight will make fun of her and be nice to you. And sometimes there was an uncomfortable Dave guest. >> Dynamic. I thought they would never want to do the show with you I was moved because you thought I was >> David Letterman did not break the mold emailed it to fit his vision and a big part of watching the show was watching gave enjoy what he had rock have a good night.

Thank you. >> Yeah so we have the cake and just in case you don't remember just a little roll. This tape roll this tape take a look at this for a second, you know probably yeah, lots of cakes lots of stuff. >> I yeah, just kuz all right, yeah. >> Level okay, so here we go kids Bob you want to zoom in on this and says happy 40th anniversary late night and end of the things that I've done on live television over 40 years or so in the words of David Letterman, this may be about the most Lane. How are you ready. Yeah going to try this here we go. Nice to contribute to a cure. Frequent guest on let's do what we can. >> Some good. Look backs their classic Letterman moments want to mention David Letterman himself is tonight's special guest on late night with Seth Meyers looking forward to that one coming up here on pop star plus a throw back with the lovely Blythe Danner heading into the vault got a moment from 1990 where she brought up her daughter and of course friend of today when a truck.

>> Life that I won the Tony Award for her Raptors Broadway performance and butterflies are free she's been acclaimed again and again for up to trails and television dramas and she achieved the kind of Motion picture and mortality as the wife of Robert Duvall, and the mother of Michael o'keefe in the great Santini with this unforgettable scenes of a family in crisis. Opening in the coming months by diner in 3 big movies that people are sure to be talking about here a very busy young woman. >> Ign young woman thank you, yeah. Haha yes, I've been dancing all over the country this year. >> You've been in 3 big movies. That are not out yet what Mister and missus bridge with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward coming to an end. >> It's a wonderful, it's adapted from 2 novels that were combined to one Mister bridge misses Bridget by Evan can now which I guess is that considered a cult classic seal LT he's so wonderful writer and I have known about it before this movie, but it's it really is sort of about the social mores of the 1940's in the Midwest. It's a very interesting story in a fast Country Club set people, yeah, it's better you said it better than I did it was shot some of the Kansas City one it was all shot and at least though the part I was is in Kansas City are you and I mentioned this movie but that's an interesting person who who actually is the only prisoner really season all kind of clearly sees this life and tries to escape and she does, but I want to tell you how okay and from there you would obviously to New York because Woody Allen directed and he doesn't use the travel far field doesn't like the year and a new untitled what he has an title that I don't know how long will remain an title but it sometimes I pay me a sister if I resisted arrest me if I was just too that was that was fun, I just sort of danced in and out of these other nice small parts good parts but small parts and not me to be home lot which is good too.

Then you are in the Carolinas doing a movie with Barbra Streisand has very dear to my heart because you know it's another pet com right now and having done the great Santini and going back to that place Beaufort South Carolina, which is the love of my life I ever retire, that's where I'm going and all my friends down they, you know one of the smartest So I was able to go I was dying for that part because I wanted people. to go back and see everybody and it was also very has to be in the movie is K. Bar was fantastic, you know that you might be a prima Donna that he is anything but she's directing to producing she's starring in it. I think she must get about 5 hours sleep a night.

I think is a good director she directed get my section, wonderful. Yeah, also the fact that she's an actor makes it very. She knows what it what actors go through in all their insecurities and frailties means sanity so she's very understanding and very good about that she would not use very very direct so good. >> I mean they just set the record straight about her for this moment at any rate because people do have a very weird impression of Barbra Streisand is some kind of a which tyrant who comes out of center and a broom or something I think he's a wonderful person. >> I think you know because she's so direct she's a woman she's direct she's tough and that she knows exactly what she wants and she works very hard but that's what it's about knowing that you want to work hard. What is Nick Nolte is rolling them know to pays the football coach who drives the film really who is I'm married to melting and he's an affair with Barbra Streisand a is I just sister can you share with the McCain.

>> I'm not going to tell you. >> Would you stay in real life with Nick Nolte I don't know if I might you have a very busy family not under us successful. Actress you have 2 wonderful children, Jake, and Gwyneth and you have a very successful husband group Bruce Paltrow who created produced say that's where yes, he's the executive producer. He was the creator. Now he works primary and Hollywood and you're making movies in New York in Kansas City and Beaufort South Carolina, you have 2 children in their early teens now how do you become a mother an actress and do all >> I don't ask me, I'm has only if only I and just tell me I that.

Knew you just do it you go day to day and you're trying to do the best you can you know so I I sound like I never stopped, but I I do honestly. >> Has anybody who doesn't know the work of life down or we'll have plenty of chance to see her in many many roles in the coming months that's clear thank you very much your terrific Lady. >> Thanks Jeanne, and as you have.

After I'm done. >> And happy early birthday to you life, thanks for watching everybody that is pop star plus we'll see you right back here tomorrow have a great day. >> All the love leaving today all day land happy to say you're happy you are with us today. They find us this. You guys today and 30 we give you a mix of everything you love about the show in 30 minutes, we got a lot to get to we do and once again our top stories. The weather. Another big winter storm in the works already this one stretches from the Rockies all the way up to New England for going to be up to date with the very latest and then Craig has the story celebrating Black History Month, he'll introduce us to a remarkable pastor was working to erase the troubling past of a once segregated movie theater when it used to go to by transforming it a really profound by you do not want to miss that man then out I had a great story in the 3rd hour.

It's all about a Brotherhood of man leaning on each other and healing. We have the power of the and one of our 4th our favorites joined us from the shell to tell. Okay, she's super funny but she's also hitting the big screen with none other than J lo. Last let's get the show on the road, not must day it's time for today and 30. >> Let's get right to his forecast, hey out good morning, hey guys good morning. So now we're talking about 82 million of us dealing with winter weather look at this. We've got winter weather storm watches stretching from New Mexico down through Texas Oklahoma all the way into the Northeast winter storm warnings to the north of that this is going to be a multi-day event so tomorrow evening we're going to be looking at this cold front or attack should say this evening, this cold front's going to join more moisture in from the gulf bring cold air from the north and that's going to stretch snow from Texas on into Michigan, then tomorrow morning that storm will really blow up blossom with heavy snow, significant ice difficult travel very dangerous slippery conditions is what we're looking for tomorrow tonight into tomorrow, significant ice from Texas all the way into Missouri and on to the north. We're looking also at moderate snow from Denver to our real up to Wichita Oklahoma City now we move on into Wednesday into Thursday morning this slow-moving storm is going to gradually move eastward.

Rain will change to ice and snow from Arkansas all the way into an Ohio, the Northeast. Wednesday to Thursday look for power outages major disruptions in transportation from roads to airports and then we're looking at drain dangerous travel conditions with significant snow from Springfield all the way to Detroit and back into Western New York and then we move into Friday morning, the front finally moves off the Eastern seaboard but we're looking for a wintry mix for parts of the I 95 corridor we could be looking at icing conditions stretching from interior Pennsylvania, upstate New York into New England and even here in the Northeast. The snow should be more significant up to the north we're not going to put accumulations out there yet because this is still Friday, we're still watching it but we're going to be tracking this very closely guys because it is a changeable situation but it's going to be affecting a huge swath of the country right on into Friday, wow all right Al thank you.

>> First day of February the start of American heart month and we've got an exclusive first look this morning at a new Cleveland clinic survey and it reveals the pandemic's impact on our heart health and has a big impact. Yes, some of the results are really shocking say they are 41% of Americans have experienced at least one part related issue 77% say they're more likely to sit through the day compared to before the pandemic 34% with a family history of heart disease feel there is nothing they can do to limit their own risk. >> Joining us now with more NBC medical correspondent doctor Jon Torres so doctor John let's start with that first graphic we just put up there. Nearly half of Americans saying they had some sort of heart-related issue since March of 2020, what does that tell you. >> And Craig wood tells mainly as though the pandemic right now is taking a bigger toll than just the covid itself and I think most people realize covid's a respiratory infection.

It's also infection that could affect your cardiovascular system are heart system and what people are experiencing are having things like shortness of breath, chest pain, rapid heart rates, those types of things and so it's not only just taken a toll respiratory why the physically on your heart, also on your health, a new mental health which can add stress to heart as well and people tend to be putting off their doctor visits and that could be an issue to because they are having heart related issues they need to get those checked into especially if they continue on long-term. >> Yeah, huge issue doctor Torres it makes sense with the Craig. pandemic so many people were at home working from home sitting on zoom's all day and I emphasize, sitting 77% of Americans are more likely to spend the entire day sitting now then before compared to the that before the pandemic and that has a huge issue on your heart.

>> It does have a very significant issue because our bodies are made to get up and move around that's the one thing we do one thing were made to do. And when we said to be think about our legs or glute muscles essentially get inactivated you not moving around at all and those are the bigger muscles in your body that help with the metabolism so that doesn't happen if you're not moving around, you sit down more you end up gaining more weight you increase stress on your body increase blood sugar levels and one statistic I thought the survey which is pretty interesting millennials and Gen X'ers were more than twice as likely to sit for 14 hours a day on the average than boomers and 14 hours a day if you think about it that is most of the day sitting that is not good loughner. >> Her are you know what I thought that was interesting you said a 3rd of people who have a family history of heart disease think there's nothing they can do. I was born this way is that the case. >> That is the case and for Hispanics Latinos.

It's even more so as 41% and so you know the thinking is in that group that my family has a history of heart disease, my mom or dad might have died from a heart related issue, there's nothing I can do about it. But there are things you can do and our interventions main one being diet Mediterranean plant based diet, we know those are extremely important to get your cholesterol under control to get your heart healthy medications if you have high blood pressure if you have diabetes you want to do that quit smoking if you're a smoker that is by far one of the biggest things you can do all these can help there is not any kind of intervention that won't really help get your heart healthy again and so you just need to start doing those things including that moving we're talking about during the day to.

>> Stick around because there's much more coming up on today and 30. >> Back now with Carson and our special series together we rise celebrating black history and so it morning guys Craig you in a small town pastor who's committed to rewriting the narrative of racism by turning a theater with a troubled history into a beacon of hope and understanding. Yeah, thanks thanks is a honor to meet reverend David Kennedy. >> Robert Kennedy was growing up and he went to his local movie theater and what he was doing that he had to set up in the segregated section will now he owns that theater along with this church and they have plans for a groundbreaking makeover. We should know to properly tell the story we need to use images that you may find disturbing. Just outside the town square in Lawrence South Carolina. A brand new marquee sits above the echo theater but inside it's got it the seats in stage had been ripped down only a dirt floor remains in fact the only remnant of the theater sordid past is a painting of a giant swastika feeding on the wall.

>> After seeing this it might surprise you to learn that the owners of the theater are reverend David Kennedy and his church. Reverend Kennedy. As I understand it used to come here when you're a little more to see movies use to come come up. >> To do that way that was there that was the segregated back engines for the for the blacks. >> It started as a segregated theater from there the theater's history is as compelling as any movie it became a Ku Klux headquarters and an international meeting space for hate groups. It was also home to a store called the redneck shop which sold all kinds of white-supremacist memorabilia when the redneck shop opened in 1996. Wesley Kennedy started protest. This space where we're sitting right now. What did it used to be. >> UK mean they had all kind of race is a plan that you had a wooden dolls with the group's Amanda Nunes. >> But a change of heart changed everything Michael Berg who own the theater decided to leave the and was ostracized. The reverend found him and his family living in a truck guided by faith and forgiveness who decided he had to help.

>> I had to have happened when the mandate of me is that you can't be reluctant. And taking care of human beings. >> An unlikely friendship was born and burden decided to sell the building to reverend candidate their story inspiring a book and movie and after winning a years long court battle, the reverend is ready to reinvent the theater what you want the space to beat. >> I can find some. I wanted to be a place where we focus all races I want to be a place where diversity. It's not we talked about. But isn't the EU and celebrate. >> Well, I didn't know he was alive to help realize his vision. The reverend enlisted Reagan Freeman, the 25 year-old grew up nearby and had plans to go to law school until he learned the history of lynching in Lawrence County that history includes the reference great uncle Richard Puckett lynched in 1913 from a railway trestle. What is the occult.

>> It probably is about reckoning with a dark past confirming a directly and trying to make some good come out it's about getting justice is about finding peace. >> The bast lives all over the town of Lawrence. The place where reverend Kennedy's uncle was lynched is overgrown, but not forgotten. The statue of a Confederate soldier keeps watch the town square. But around the corner from the dirt floor of the echo theater reverend Kennedy hopes to build a space for healing understanding and forgiveness in this world. >> We have to be for you something to that night. So things have to come back for it. >> Saying that by the way the echo project has gotten some major support a leading architect as volunteer his services and the design team behind the National Memorial for peace and understanding in Birmingham, Alabama. They've got involved as well, I grew up an hour from that place had no idea no idea of the storm to somebody about his ability to forgive us like raise incredible and he's lived this understanding that for you. Well they do with that space you are sitting in will stay the it that way with their their vision right now is for part of this space too to be a future and the other part is going to be an area where as the reverend said there were folks can gather and tall can heal and celebrate diversity.

>> And they're living it, he's living the diversity is living the forgiveness that's kind of struck living with his family and you had a choice in that moment to kill the guy at the other way that incredible lesson that was awesome Craig drilling came out. >> We are back with the unexpected brother created by 2 guys who is seeking a way to stay social and relieve stress the end up creating whole movement that's all about community and a little flexibility. >> The power of relationships is one of the greatest currencies that any of us can have and the relationships that have been born out of this organization have been unmatched. >> For 36 year-old triston Lewis and Andrew Smith, 32 the lockdown during the summer of 2020 was both too quiet. And to live. >> The stay at home advisory is meant to slow coronavirus headlines only grow more worries. As the unfolding nationwide protest created a vacuum of stress and anxiety.

>> So guys, I'm curious of how did you both get him to go to that story really starts at the crux of 2020, the death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant to shock waves through the sports world and beyond we experienced the loss of NBA legend Kobe Bryant or months later, we experienced a global pandemic and then also the civil unrest. That was happening across the country and when George Floyd Spence >> We're going through a lot of different stuff is tristen said a lot of different traumas and just ahead, the idea that we needed to do something that was going because for my our body and our so. >> The 2 friends asking a yoga teacher to conduct a class in Chicago as a one-time event on a Sunday were quickly spreading and students immediately asking for more. >> After the session, multiple guys came up in tone and you and I this is something that I didn't realize I needed so we we realize that we tapped into something in that moment.

>> When the black eyes are going to get together usually it's something something very physical and it involved from trash talk some smack so were you surprised at how much you needed this. >> I was incredibly surprised one of the things that I needed most was community. I needed to be around my brother and one of the things that we have noticed is that there's a lack of black man we're teaching yoga you know when you enter into a room as a black man just stand in the right real quickly can see it is there that looks like you.

>> Right wrist in Andrew say they noticed the classes were creating friendships based on openness and honesty. >> And with this being a mental health practice, it opened up door for us to talk about the issues they were going through it opened up the door for us to be transparent and to be vulnerable. So those things just fixed founded a the practice as a whole and brought more brothers into the fold. >> Before they knew it a class to begin with 20 guys quickly grew into a new nonprofit the Healy a space dedicated to helping black men become their best selves. >> Generationally he's been a lot of stigmas and stereotypes when it pertains to black men being vulnerable or even just what a black man is supposed to be so I think there is something encouraging when a guy can show up and lower his shame and the open and honest about exactly where he is in flight I think normalizing that behavior has definitely had an impact on the guys in our community.

>> Trystan Andrew saying they've also made counselors and therapists available to the community has it occurred to you that if this pandemic hadn't happened if we were put into this position. This program probably would have never happened. >> 100%, you know I think what the pandemic Walker was a sense of stillness that I don't think we would have had if the pandemic could shut things down. >> While running the healing keeps them busy, Kristen works in it and Andrew a financial advisor, but both intending to practice what they preach. >> What are stand currently that you're both now inspired you're getting certified yoga instructor. >> That's correct. Sir, yes, Sir, you know just really grateful that we're able to steward what it is that we have right now. >> Now the average age is 25 to 30 a guy say they're expanding their programs with black businesses and organizations and they want to start to expand their philanthropic outreach to the city of Chicago itself which started with a holiday toy drive.

>> Last Christmas. Me I would let its are absolutely absolutely good for your mind to it changes your whole day all right. >> Our friend, Michelle Buteau is having a moment not only is netflix basing a comedy series on her book of essays. She's also hold on. We've got to get the shot, let's see that book she said. >> In a movie with J lo Michelle's in the new ROM com Mary may you know who also Senate hold a about a music star played by J lo who finds out her fiance was cheating on her so she decides to marry a random stranger.

A teacher played by Owen Wilson, instead and Michelle is right there in the middle of it of it Joe de los assistant Melissa take a look. >> It is show is ago at 10 on Tuesday. They want to Charlie Charlie in studio and can promote from London. To me once again hasn't taken it at everything. >> She's like a real person on out with broken into these all we can get some good e-mails and check my e-mail so how do you schedule your life if you don't agree now easy, I can't do anything between 8, 3, Monday through Friday and I have math club after school in 3 days a week, I have my kid beyond that pretty much available.

So sorry. Melissa Melissa you're going to have to move the today >> What excuse me we don't move today show we move for the show. today show. how are you. >> Who who knows the gun show. Say of course you are. >> Here we love you can you sent your way in our fashion choices to my weighing in on our Tuesday outfits that they selected for us to do something. >> I did you know, I love comfort haha he, I love the sweater, they're dressed moments, okay haha don't say oh we're really getting into the comfort. Love yeah, it's not a boy from Baja window shopping and getting coffee, I don't know who that is I want to see it >> Haha I love you so much shock about the movie I mean though. look at that one scene there we've got and Wilson gets a low Sarah Silverman who put you to steal the scene usual. Are you still going like how did this happen. >> Yes, all the time even watching that tease alike, cool that she's funny haha it's it's a really light out of body experience.

That was me pretending not to know James birthday is the same as my own well, I love you. You know when we're in the scene it's so fun, we're all fighting were improperly we're hitting our marks doing their thing, I'm like oh this is so fun to work with really great people and then we sit down and have look a little Kiki in between set ups, you know the next set of the movie and then realizing.

Oh I'm sitting with legends like yeah, it's Garry Marshall thing in in the Super Bowl thing I had turkey for >> this movie is kind of a wild West right J lo, which gets left at the altar gets cheated on so she finds a random dude AMERI we heard that your love story with your husband was also equally as while to follow him to Europe or something is that true. >> Yeah, as you maybe saw like a stalk of Baja who I know what I want in life and I knew we had a connection. >> You know, and I thought I don't know how to say his name but I have to see him again. And when I went to Holland to go see him, hey couldn't find a picture with the site. >> Everybody to love what can I say. >> What I brought one of my best guy friends with me to Holland to go. I you know come out to let me know, and my boy crazy or is he the one. And my friend rushing Milam so much he was like this guy's a great guy and I'm like let's go figure out a seasoning.

>> He's got 2 kids how old your kids. They are 3 major is I have 3 year-old toddlers Hazel does get call on Halloween theme. Haha. >> What the wife. So you know we want to have a birthday party obviously covid hits a big party and got the whole balloon arch they're great. They are smart. They know how to open things now play them straight to you know have a client and I'm like let's get you an acting coach, you are doing their great. I'm just going to keep saying it was like okay, yeah. >> Him we also just tell you congratulations your memoir is being made into a show let's baby haha yes, yes. >> Incredible life. Plus times this season, the small-minded well. While on paperback today since the first day of Black History Month calling it a paper black mold haha I didn't get to do a public event or book to I saw him having a little fun tonight. It's a funny space West Side of New York City you want to come do it all new at the top but they're both going back. And you know when netflix decides option this book.

>> And say let's see what we can do. I was I was more say about that then went on to haha and I it's so much more than just being funny and sincere right. It is making people feel scene is about being positive body positive and I'm also digs earners. >> So many times when we see shows in New York City light with support. With Asian neighborhood. >> Yeah so we're going to get into all that this is a true love letter to New York and I'm in my life and I name the character actor my Grandma was because she was my signing like and kind of made me cry. These are fake lashes.

>> A shower love what we're talking about you all that I think we can love you anymore, but. >> It happened again, Michelle love congratulate. Give a shout out to my friend, Jess the cat. >> She turns 40 today, her husband is working she's taking care of her kids hide in the meeting woman. She's in the book in fact she was one of the friends who was like you know I was trying to get milk for my plans are certainly think orange and she was like I'm still feeding she brought over milk the 6 months and I mean what I'm talking about chosen family people in your village just the past.

>> Jessica Jessica and Michelle is the start of the season. Marry me it's in theaters and streaming on Peacock February 11. >> One to 10 how much how hard to make you laugh. I team, 20 and I love right now and you're also in Maryville are obviously she is a huge role in marry me and there are some secrets behind. Have to tune in to. >> Now we do say this every day but you really do want to be with us tomorrow on today, Craig has a big exclusive live in Washington.

He will reveal for the first time ever the new name for the Washington for FOX can't wait to find out what that is we'll have a great >> Take this into account and nice and flat. What you're yeah. >> Welcome and Dylan dishes cooking with Cal today, I'm dishing up this sneaky secrets I used to remake to classic chicken recipes, we've got chicken noodle soup and chicken parm I mean what's the point of sharing recipes if we don't dish on our secrets right chicken is obviously one of the most versatile proteins out there and it's something everyone in my family loves frankly so I'm always thinking of different ways to use it so it really depends on what making but I'm a big fan of using rotisserie chicken wherever I can especially in something like a chicken soup. I do tend to keep some frozen chicken on hand because you never know when you you need a last minute meal.

But my trick is when you start to thaw the chicken I like to begin to cut it before it's totally thought I find it's a lot easier to cut through when it's almost half frozen. And if it is totally thought my other trick is to see kitchen says chairs just you straight up scissors to cut the chicken up into little bits of if that's what you're doing because sometimes trying to cut fresh chicken is just so difficult for staff chicken noodle soup with my secret ingredient take a look. >> That starts characters. >> where you literally feel bad about it. You want to cut this. Cal you going to stay in. >> It's to the chickens. Instead of taking the time to fly level check and I just try to cook chicken, and for r e okay perfect. Here's a secret. So I was in Korea and the lows. A chicken noodle soup every single day and the noodles they use for those it was the best super ever had to try to recreate that.

Further cut. It's up to you if you want to use this face pack asked sometimes is a little bit of sun a little something that sometimes you just need it. And look this summer 210. >> All right cutting onions has been the biggest obstacle that Calvin and I encounter when we are cooking together. >> Have no fear because you guys have written so many wonderful suggestions and I'm going give them a try. Here's the thing though the reason I never cry when Calvin is like you know ball in his eyes out over these ions I work on tax so I think that kind of protects my eyes from whatever juices are floating around from these onions so chances are you're not going to see me cry because it wasn't my contacts, but these make sense to me the first one is you want to keep a bowl of water near you when you're chopping an onion and I think that is because when you cut the onion the acids are released into the air and the water actually attracts those passes so when you're cutting instead of them, you know being drawn to the water in your eye there being drawn to the water in the bowl itself.

So that makes sense to me I will certainly try that one. Another one which I think is along the same lines as you take a paper towel and soak it in water and then you chop the onion right on to the paper towel, which also makes sense because if the acids are attracted to the water than the water in the paper towel with drought.

The acids however, I feel like if you ever really sharp knife and cut a little bit of pain to tell. I'd rather tear up a little bit then have paper talent, my food, but that's just me. Another one we've actually tried because someone sent as a pair of these unmanned goggles I think it must work the same way as it does have my contacts, you know, so you put on the onion goggles it's got a nice like you know nice little seal around it so again these acids whatever juices are floating around after private cut into an onion are not getting into your eye and how cold it was. They need to make kids version of and goggles because the Congo's Africa are too big for space. Not only was he trying to cut the onion but then he's touching his base with a knee injury is not as being ers so it didn't necessarily work as well. He just needs glass that fit better. Can the last one is huge piece of gum whether you want to wait until right before you start cutting because you'll notice when you put it is a governor Mount naturally dark talking and breathing, you know where your mouth as opposed to breathe in through your nose, so none of these and injure says are getting into your nasal company is not making upset and although this is going to make my mother very upset that I'm talking with a mouthful of them sound.

Thank you guys so much for sending in all these temps I love to actually get a chance to set up my science experiments and try what you recommend I really do read through everything you suggest and we're certainly going to try this in the kitchen, I think the bowl of water might be our our first try coming up next my take on an Italian classic chicken parm and this one also has a secret ingredient stay tuned, I'll tell you what it is. Welcome back to Dylan dishes cooking with Cal up next is my chicken parm with a secret ingredient. It may seem a little unconventional but instead of bread crumbs I actually use all team crackers I know it sounds crazy, but I promise it works in addition to the crackers for this recipe on the chicken of course Parmesan cheese garlic powder Italian seasoning salt pepper eggs, flour and deli mozzarella cheese. >> The chicken OK I need you to do is take this and how nice and flat. So let's make our reading here's the secret for these.

So to ease the report but the crackers in the food processor I use a little bit of Parmesan cheese when the readings. As I put it in all right, I know these in that. It's frankly Carla power. A little bit of that high and seasoning is a little a cane seasonings and just saw that we don't you love salt because the assault teams. What do you think you can taste in. Face again tell me all the flavors This helps the red stick on.

Last month. >> We're going to France our chicken cutlets come here. >> I for one. It says. We're working really disease. >> And this year. We're going to add Delhi, mozzarella cheese not freshman Sir, Alex, it ends up being too watery it's now a pop of some of the broiler. Verify. >> Of that move. >> All right, let's take a couple questions from social media Jenny ask do you serve it with basil leaves or is that fresh spinach that's a good question I never really explain that part of the dish so another secret, I have I like to take my dish I put fresh spinach in the bottom of the dish and then I drizzle with some olive oil some salt and fresh cracked pepper then I take the pasta right out of the water and let it rip just a little bit that I put the warm POS on top of the spinach so it starts to kind of wilt a little bit so it's it's cooked but not really cooked and it still has that nice crunch and that fresh flavor and all that is kind of the bed for the regular chicken parm another question we got from instagram do you feed the camera man that's a very good question.

Why do you think I'm a chicken parm so my camera man is actually my husband, Brian I'm the scenes. >> A cow I D on the shoot, sitting right behind me that's what we have to bribe him. Food. >> What he shoots and edits all of these these cooking with cows for me so it's truly a family affair by Bryant's favorite meal is chicken parm so this this know is all for him. And Caroline asks where do we find all these recipes very good question for all these recipes go to today dot com slash still in dishes I fell again, this is kids in the kitchen.

I mean is Isabella and I'm in second grade and 7 years old when I first states Cook I was 4 years old and the first thing I ever made. I scrambled all and mom. We had a cut. From my favorite to include issues. I signed law isn't if I'm making that Staton and my mom like that absolutely love a small khalfan such a great great Grandma had a restaurant in Jeremy fact, everyone in my family loves to cook so that's why I think the cooked through. In my family. I have my own money for us and I called Saint Tammany and things I do are playing well blocked with my friends plan a sign that read have a sister well anything to get out to have high rally. I'm also graphic out and I love to ride my bike. >> Today and so excited because today it will be making my ups am I have to pay and they send kind of money and most about it is it's not too sugary and also put Apple's OS effect and for people who are seeking this is what you need to get started some cooking spray.

Some coconut oil brown sugar kind of slices and there she now very thing last year Terry says the money. you're going to need a 9 inch pan summit. It's going to. cooking spray. What you're going to want to do is you want to get your coconut The prime but make sure it is now tipped coconut oil. The kids come out East and you're going to get around a pinch and sprinkle the coconut oil and sugar it's going make a nice can at least when it's done you can use the all thing.

Released today and not something really so today no more mention a little. Now you're going to want to grab pineapple in the same car. I'm going to make a flower design. And then now in print another pineapple right there. An apple right there. Right there One cherry cherry. The cherry. For Kerry. 5 Jerry sharing some cherries more heat. >> The reason why we have a shared on the bonnet is because the bottom is Tom when you flip it. It looked like a king cake and now they're going to batter Now we're going to keep having to what degree now I can. Yeah, make sure all that you're hiding from I actually how rest so that's better.

Be sure to coconut it's time for our shot. okay first we're going to hear from coconut oil. It might look very weird. I promise you it's going to look better when it's on Sure it's one to go for. Now, yeah, just go to our surprise how kind like from now. Now it's time for the pineapple the U.S. oh my goodness is very tempting coconut milk. Last but not least Apple cider vinegar. >> Mix well combined coconut oil and Apple sauce you can make the cake knife and was. Now it's time to make the way for a handsome guy what's grab our handy dandy whiskey with an 8. This is very well. But the cake batter to the pan. I'm kind of having said why we have to put it in the oven and after all of my mom got me.

So the cake it's in the thing is I think our so while how about when they see to me can I mean. This cake goes great with my I think you make then sunshine, let me let me go grab the ingredients. I want to show you how to make it Lenin's. So what you're going to need is lending. Fresh direct question your area. Sugar and glasses and wanted to some last starts when I keep food to move through and enjoy some time really easy law. You can look and see your hands, sometimes you might want Let's start to include gender new the also the ground to work and you're like using press, thanks for that because it's a better flavor not just life Eve, the for hire for me so this next piece and you've done.

Okay, thanks Nauman at someone or to the teacher to my implant to a Now it's couldn't up to 11 want to be really careful. Make sure you don't leave because our kids are not good nothing there Sunday. Okay we're going to get for renting rooms or dying young. Reduced to pay to have real cold too so. >> Move it from the town. >> Okay now that at centers in the last and London. I think all of it all and come together so first, let's start with some sugar I don't want to splash the U.S.. So make life more easy. You see how fast I can. Now it's time for them that. So sticky. I tried it. It's a lot like, like I'd like to have the lending news. We're going to let it cool front.

Great on top of there. Is my most favorite one made ever it looks like just. Monday, This right here comes the sun. In a Mike Kate I think it's fit for having a lot of mess of my life. Oh my goodness that's exactly what we want and now. O one. It looks so good case I would 1, 1, Now that may keep an eye on a ready, I'm so excited to share this with my favorite for things like that. I know. >> Thank you. >> Thanks for hanging out when I left to die being a hopefully make to the people too.

>> On alert. Another massive winter storm set to race across the country nearly 80 million people it stretching 2000 miles from Colorado all the way to Vermont bringing ice snow and.

african instruments

https://howtoplaythedjembedrums.com/watch-today-all-day-feb-1/