January 20th 2026

>> Good Tuesday morning, if you thought it was cold, just winged. >> Oh, yes, those brutal temperatures are about to plunge even low on. It is January 20th. This is today. [MUSIC] >> Arctic, blast, sub-zero wind chill stretching from midwest to New England this morning, millions more bracing for yet another round of snow after Whiteout conditions triggered this 100 vehicle pile-up in Michigan. [MUSIC] >> Owls, full forecast straight ahead. >> Doubleing down, President Trump traveling to Europe today set to make a new push to take control of Greenland. >> We have to have it, they have to have this done. >> This after the President's text exchange with the world leader makes headlines connecting his Greenland gold to not winning the Nobel Peace Prize. We'll have the very latest breaking overnight, urgent manhunt, a gunman. All in the loose after shooting an Indiana judge and his wife inside their home. >> Say, if there was a knock on the door, someone advised we have your dog and then a shot came through the door. >> We'll have an update on their conditions and the race to track down the shooter, breaking his silence. David and Victoria Beckham, son Brooklyn speaking out for the first time about his long rumored feud with his famous parents, just ahead, his stunning claims accusing them of trying to ruin his marriage and attacks in the press and why he has no plans to reconcile inside the heist, stunning new video of that brazen jewel theft at the Louvre as it unfolded, just now coming to life. What it reveals about the high profile robbery and where the months long search for those priceless treasures now stands, those stories, plus flipping the script, the growing push to save cursive handwriting. >> Make sure he's anchored on the line. >> Inside the lost arts big come back in the classroom and the surprising benefits that come with learning it at an early age. And who's your historian? Then Jones, Queens is way first and go diving to the end zone toughs down. >> Indiana, topples Miami to win the school's first ever college football national title, putting the finishing touches on an undefeated season. The Indiana Roosters are the kings of Palace football. Setting off of historic celebration in the states of Believington, we got all the highlights today. Tuesday, January 20th, 2026. From NBC News, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and Greg Melvin from Studio 1A in Rockefeller Plaza. >> And a very good morning to you, thank you so much for starting your Tuesday off with us. Savannah remains on the mend after vocal surgery. >> Good morning. >> Indiana, long known of course for basketball, not last night, the Hoosiers winning its first football national championship ever, they topped Miami 27, 21, stayed up, watched the game. It was a fun one. >> You put it in slow mo and it gives it that much more of an effect. Talk about a historic celebration, take a look at this, the Empire State Building here in New York City lit up in Hoosiers colors overnight. >> Everybody is celebrating our Indiana this morning, we'll get to that in just a moment. But we want to start once again with even more winter weather, hitting a huge swath of the country. >> And Michigan blinding snow triggered this massive pile up of more than 100 vehicles. In fact police estimate 30 to 40 semi-trucks were involved in the accident. Meanwhile, more than 40 million are under cold weather advisories from the Midwest right here in the Northeast, even down in central Florida. >> But despite that cold weather, Mother Nature did manage to put on quite a show overnight. Look at this, the northern lights visible across much of the northern U.S. and as far as South, as Alabama. >> I'll stand by with the details on the forecast first though, and this is Aaron McLaughlin is right here in frigid Manhattan where it's just 17 degrees right now, huh Aaron? >> Craig, good morning, that's right, it's shockingly cold out here in New York City. Temperatures dropped about another 10 degrees. And that's the case around a large part of the country, even all the way down to Florida. That extreme weather is creating chaos, both on the roads and in the air, making post-holiday travel a nightmare. >> This morning the polar plunge, punching through the heart of the country, from Minnesota to Maine, with frigid temps stretching all the way down to Florida. More than 40 million under cold weather alerts. The wicket weather wreaking havoc on the nation's roads. In Michigan, white out conditions near the Great Lakes, and 100 car pile up near Grand Rapids with numerous injuries. After multiple tractor trailers spun out, cars forced off the road and down in embankment, drivers stranded in potentially deadly temps. Folks urged to stay in their cars until school buses arrived to take them to safety. Chaos on the highways and in the skies. Thousands of delays reported at the nation's airports Monday, as folks made their way home after the holiday weekend. The travel despite temperatures plummeting across the Midwest, fueling a surge in the number of emergency calls in Milwaukee, with winchels as low as minus 24. How dangerous are these temps? >> I mean, very dangerous. When we have weather like this, really minutes count. >> You can get frostbite in a few minutes. >> In a few minutes, yeah, under 10 minutes in weather like this, when you have that blowing wind along with the cold. >> From Western New York to Ohio to New England, they're digging out and cleaning up from the weekend, as temps drop another 10 degrees. >> An expert say the key to safely getting through these really dangerous temps is to limit the amount of time you spend outside and layer up, think hands, feet, head. And remember, you saw that scary crash in Michigan. If you're out on the roads, make sure you have an emergency kit in your car with food, water, and at first aid, and to other supplies, correct? >> All right, good tips there, Air McLaughlin Force there, Erin, thank you. All right, let's bring it out, Mr. Roker, this cold will be sticking around for a while. >> Yeah, in fact, we are going to see some reinforcing amounts of cold air. Good morning, everybody. Hope the thermostat is not clicking on too much for you, but between this west coast ridge of high pressure and this Hudson Bay low, this is air that's coming straight out of the Arctic, from the Arctic ocean, all the way down, and as you heard from Orlando, all the way down to Fort Myers, we've got cold advisories. Duluth, Minnesota, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 43 million people right now. It feels like 18 below with the windshield and Detroit, minus three and beckley for LaGuardia, minus 13 Minneapolis. And the cold continues today, daytime highs, 17 in water town with a windshield of one. Chicago, it's going to feel like 11 today, only nine in Sioux Falls, 10 in New York City. And take a look as we move into tonight, a windshield of three in Boston, bitterly cold with single digits and teens for air temperatures. And then we've got reinforcing cold air coming in, Chicago by Friday, your air temperature, one degree, 16 in Cincinnati, 18 on Saturday in New York City and guys. Not only do we have this, it's contend with, but there's another major storm coming as we head on toward the end of the week, so we got a lot to talk about. All right. That cold's here for a while. Thanks, but we'll come back to you in just a few minutes. Meanwhile, also this morning, there's a new twist in President Trump's escalating push to acquire Greenland now, linking it to a perceived Nobel Peace Prize snub in a text message to Noah Ways Prime Minister. And it's leading to a new outcry from some of America's European allies, even as the president travels to the region today. NBC Senior White House correspondent Gabe Gutierrez has all the latest force, Gabe Goodmourning. Correct. Good morning. It has been an extraordinary 24 hours with world leaders publicly sharing text messages between themselves as tensions escalate between allies. Later today, as you mentioned, President Trump will leave the White House and head to Europe for the world economic forum in Davos Switzerland, where he now says he's agreed to meetings about the future of Greenland. Overnight, tensions ramping up over Greenland after President Trump attended college football's national championship game in Miami with his family. The president saying he'll tell European leaders America aims to take over the territory, which is currently controlled by Denmark. Look, we have to have it. They have to have this done. The president later posting an image of him planting a flag on the Arctic Island. But Europe's been pushing back with more Danish troops arriving in Greenland. We see this unnecessary and irresponsible. And the office of French president Emmanuel Macron confirming he sent a text message to Trump, which the president also post it, Macron writing that the two are aligned on issues like Syria and Iran, but quote, "I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland." The president has framed his longstanding interest on the territory of 57,000 people around defense, saying it's a gateway to threats from Russia and China, which Denmark and others deny. Greenland is also rich in resources, including rare earth minerals that are used in electronics and high tech manufacturing, including the AI boom. All of those fields part of a growing race between the U.S. and China. Though Trump has said he's interested in security, not minerals. Other European leaders also reaching out to the President. In a remarkable disclosure, Norway's Prime Minister revealing he sent a text message to Trump asking for a phone call and saying we should all work to take this down and de-escalate. Norway says the President responded considering your country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped eight wards plus. I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace. He's very preoccupied with the Nobel Peace Prize, Norway's Prime Minister told reporters, adding the Nobel Committee selects the prize winners, not the Norwegian government. Overnight, the President firing back. "No, I don't care about the Nobel Prize. If anybody thinks that Norway doesn't control the Nobel Prize, they're just kidding." Amid the possibility of new tariffs and a reignited trade war over Greenland market futures are down sharply this morning. Also, at the World Economic Forum in Davas, the President is set to unveil his board of peace to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza. Among the world leaders invited to join the board, Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Great. Give good to us from the White House. Gabe, thank you." "Meantime, the pushback against the Trump administration's ongoing immigration rates in Minneapolis is spreading nationwide, demonstrations held yesterday in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Atlanta. The White House is now vowing consequences for Sunday's high-profile protest inside a Minnesota church. NBC's Maggie Bespa joins us with the latest Maggie Good Morning." Chanel Good Morning, a civil rights attorney who was part of that church protest telling me she has no regrets. That's despite the Department of Justice now vowing a federal investigation into that demonstration as tensions soar here in Minneapolis and nationwide. "What do we want it?" "No!" A massive show of solidarity with Minneapolis, with protesters in multiple cities marking Martin Luther King Day by taking to the streets. "If Dr. King were alive today, he'd be admonishing us across the nation to stand up and march for Renee Good." "Renee Good." "Renee Good." Meanwhile, Sunday's protest at a St. Paul Church under an intensifying spotlight. Demonstrators claiming a pastor at City's Church runs local ice operations. "What you saw there was anti-Christian, anti-law enforcement, rioters storming a church." Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, arguing protesters broke federal law. "You are not allowed to stop people from worshipping, and you're not allowed to intimidate or impede them." "The church invited us here." Civil Rights Attorney Nikima Levy Armstrong was one of the protesters. She says federal authorities have not contacted her about an investigation. "They need to be investigating Jonathan Ross for the killing of Renee Good. Not trying to weaponize their power against non-violent peaceful demonstrators." Homeland Security previously saying Ross acted in self-defense, accusing Good of weaponizing her vehicle, and the FBI says while the shooting remains under investigation, quote, "the facts do not support a civil rights investigation." With protests raging in Minneapolis, President Trump threatening to send in active duty troops to quell unrest, there are also growing calls for an investigation after a man arrested by ice officers in Minneapolis earlier this month died after being transferred to a facility in Texas. Senator Tina Smith calling it "another senseless tragedy," saying ice has an obligation to keep detainees safe. In a statement, ice says contract security found the man, Victor Manuel Diaz, unresponsive in his cell, adding Diaz was from Nicaragua and in the country illegally calling his death a presumed suicide that remains under investigation. " Diaz is death for what it's worth marking the sixth in ice custody so far this year. Meanwhile, another major headline we're following this morning, the Trump administration, saying it will appeal a judge's ruling, limiting federal officer's tactics against peaceful protesters, and that includes detaining citizens who follow or observe ice officers without interfering." Chanel, all right, Maggie, thank you. We turn now to an urgent man hunt that is underway in Indiana this morning. A gunman, open fire on a judge, and his wife, the couple's home in Lafayette. If you see Sam Brock following that investigation, Sam, good morning. "Frag Chanel, good morning, just incredibly disturbing and also the latest attack and a string of attacks against public officials. This time, the victims are a judge who served on the bench for more than a decade, along with his wife in their suburban home. Now authorities are racing to track down a suspect with the shooter still at large." This morning, an urgent man hunt in Indiana after a judge and his wife were shot inside their home. "Police found shotgun casings at the couple's home in Lafayette, Indiana, and at 9-1-1 dispatch, describing the terrifying events on Sunday." "The adviser was a knock on the door, someone advised we have your dog, and then a shot came through the door and they don't know who shot him." While authorities are investigating, the shooter is still at large. Meyer had served as a city council member and ran for office as a Democrat. He recently announced his upcoming retirement from the bench. Now the chief justice of the state, sounding the alarm, saying in a statement, "I worry about the safety of all of our judges. Any violence against a judge or a judge's family is completely unacceptable." It comes as multiple judges have been killed at their homes in recent years amid an uptick in political violence targeting public figures, including the shooting of Charlie Kirk, the fire bombing of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's home, and the assassination of Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, that alleged shooter also injuring Senator John Hoffman at his home, according to authorities. "One bullet I saw come through the door actually hit me here. This one was two millimeters from my heart." "Now calling for unity against the threats." "It's not about me, it's about what we do collectively." While back in Indiana, the community coming together, Kimberly Meyer acknowledging the outpouring of support and saying, "Everyone has been so kind and compassionate." And while authorities have yet to identify a motive or description of the shooter, the mayor says every available resource is being utilized in this case, law enforcement says resources at the local, state, and federal level are all being deployed, guys, as the search continues for the person responsible, and thankfully it does appear that the couple of the judge and his wife are recovering and doing okay. "That's good news. That's so troubling. Same thing. Thank you." So, switching gears now to a historic night in college football. The Indiana Hoosier is celebrating the school's first national title after holding off Miami to cap an undefeated season. NBC's Kaley Hartton is here with the highlights. Hey, Kaley. Hey, good morning, guys. This really is one of the greatest Cinderella stories in modern sports history. When Kirk's dignity became Indiana's head coach two years ago, he took over a program that had lost more football games than any other team in history. The Hoosier's ascent has been nothing short of spectacular, and by the looks of it, they are just getting started. A century of utilities forgotten, the Indiana Hoosiers are the kings of college football. The University of Indiana, capping off a perfect season. "And then those are Hoosiers' way first and go diving to the end zone, touchdown!" Taking down the Miami Hurricanes, 27-21, to win the program's first national championship. With NFL legend Tom Brady watching from the sidelines, Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza playing through some big hits and a bloody lip to lead IU to a hard fought victory at Miami's home stadium, just a few miles from where he grew up. On campus back in Bloomington, the Hoosier faithful, roaring with excitement. Both defenses bringing the heat in South Florida, Indiana finally found the end zone in the second quarter. The Keynes, scoreless at the half, started rolling. Their star running back, racing 57 yards to get Miami on the board, receiving a stamp of approval from his mom in the stands. Needing a big play to retake control, the Hoosiers dialed one up. But Miami quarterback Carson Beck led his team right back down the field. Then under the watchful eye of head coach Kirk Signetti, it was his Heisman winner's turn. A championship run for the ages. Let me tell you, we won the national championship at Indiana University. It can be done. They did it. And right after the trophy presentation for Nando Mendoza, he rushed to find his family in the crowd. And with this, both of his parents went to the University of Miami. But they are, of course, their son's biggest fans. You see his mom Elsa there in a wheelchair. Bernando says watching his mom battle multiple sclerosis and win that fight every day. has instilled in him the never-ending optimism to never give up. >> That's beautiful. >> I watched that post-cument of you last night with Mendoza, class act, everything, everything about it. And Signati told me today that coach the JMU for years, and just to see those guys pull it off. And a perfect season at that. >> That's great, an incredible story. >> Thank you so much. >> I'm glad you thought out from Chicago. >> Me too. >> Would you say you had eight battery powers? >> Eight batteries powering the clone of our clothes. >> Good night. >> Exactly. >> Can you hear the hard time was at that Chicago beer? >> Yes. >> Oh, yeah. >> We were watching. >> God's help. >> But now what we're watching is some really rough weather. Snowfall from Indiana all the way to upstate New York. These feeder bands could be bringing upwards of four feet of snow, four feet of snow for the Tug Hill Plateau. But the rest of the area we're going to be looking at two to four in the Erie. Chicago, you may see another two inches market Michigan about two, but you ain't seen nothing yet when we come back in the next half hour. We got a major storm to talk about. But we're going to get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. [MUSIC] >> [APPLAUSE] >> [APPLAUSE] >> [MUSIC] >> [APPLAUSE] >> [MUSIC] >> [APPLAUSE] >> [MUSIC] >> [MUSIC] >> [APPLAUSE] >> [MUSIC] >> [MUSIC] >> [APPLAUSE] >> [MUSIC] >> [MUSIC] >> [MUSIC] >> We're back, 730, back to the little little magic mic. >> [MUSIC] I'm gonna crack it in the back left here. - Well, far from it. I'm gonna keep it in the front. So we're showing this to you because the store that hit franchise, Mr. Channing Tatum himself, stopping by the applause in the next hour. He's gonna stop by with some exciting news. Something by with some exciting news. Check it out, Carson. - Look at it. - When Channing arrives, he's gonna be greeted by that massive crash. Because a lot of them are nurses, future nurses. - Oh, that's great. - They're braving the coal to celebrate CR in a week. Always a big deal here. - Absolutely. - Of them, huh? - Appreciate that. I was gonna let's get to this half hour. Starting with a high profile family rift, Laid Bear. - David and Victoria Beckham's eldest son, Brooklyn, taking to social media of sharing a lengthy post about his relationship with his parents and saying that he's standing up for himself for the first time. NBC's Molly Hunter is in London with those details. Molly, good morning. - Guys, good morning. A lot of details this morning. So the rumors of conflict between Brooklyn Beckham and his iconic parents, David and Victoria, have reached new levels, and David Beckham is actually at Davos this week and was asked about it this morning. Take a look. - This morning, a bitter family feud is brewing after explosive claims from within one of Britain's most famous families. Brooklyn Beckham speaking out about the alleged clash with his superstar parents, soccer legend David Beckham and former Spice Girl turn fashion designer, Victoria Beckham. In a series of six Instagram stories shared Monday, Brooklyn wrote in part, "I do not want to reconcile with my family, adding, I have been silent for years and made every effort to keep these matters private." The majority of the 26-year-old statement focused on his marriage to actress Nicola Peltz Beckham, who sometimes appears in his social media clips as a budding culinary content creator. - I have my C chef. - Brooklyn alleging his parents have been trying endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding, and it hasn't stopped. Now he claims his mother derailed some of their wedding plans. While writing, she canceled making Nicola's dress in the 11th hour, despite how excited she was to wear her design, and even hijacked my first dance with my wife. The former Spice Girl joined today just months after Brooklyn's wedding in 2022. - It was a beautiful wedding, and as a mother, to see my son so happy, means so much. - Nearly two years later, Nicola discussed joining the Beckham family. - And Brooklyn grew up so close with his family, so now for us to all be able to spend so much time together, I feel so lucky. - In 2024, Brooklyn opened up here on today about the connection between his wife and family. - My mom and dad love her. You know, everyone gets language I'm so happy about. - Now he writes, his wife is consistently disrespected by his family. On New Year's Eve, David posting these throwback images with Brooklyn, and the rest of his family with the caption, "You are my life." And this morning in Davos, David Beckham, ignoring questions by our partners at Sky News. - David, do you have a message for Brooklyn this morning? David, you disappointed family businesses being aired in public. - Now, no comment from Sir David right there walking by Sky News' cameras. Blit Brooklyn, also posted on social media, that his parents tried to bribe him to sign away the rights to his name, also saying, quote, "Brand Beckham comes first, and BC News has reached out to a rep for Brooklyn, but has not heard back." Guys, all right, Molly, thank you. Senator Khan, last year's stunning Joel Heist at the Louvre, back at the headlines this morning, we're gonna show you what some never-before-seen video of that crime, as it unfolded, what it's now revealing. But first, Emily, Kat is looking into growing push in schools to save cursive handwriting. - Guys, if your penmanship was put to the test, how would your cursive hold up? While we're using cursive less and less, there is this growing push from schools to bring it back to the classrooms coming up, we are diving in to this return and come back of cursive, stay with us. - We are back at 738 with in-depth today, this morning, the growing push to save cursive handwriting. - With a bigger emphasis on computers and other tech in the classroom, the art of long-hand has been slowly fading, but now a number of states are flipping the script, actually requiring students to put pen to paper. - And BC's Emily Aketta is here with that story. Hey, yeah. - Hey, guys, good morning to you. A bit of a change up here, consider, when was the last time you read something in cursive outside of a signature, maybe a postcard from grandma or a historical document in a museum, it's no secret the practice of cursive has faded, yet more states are bringing back requirements to teach it as a new generation of students goes old school. - In the age of typing, scrolling, and voice to text, putting a pen to paper has become more uncommon. - Make sure he's anchored on a line. - But a growing number of states are making sure students don't write off the practice of cursive, considered a law star by some. - I always do those little circles, I don't know why. - And brain buster by others. - Those are these. - They look like ours to me. - This week, New Jersey's governor signing a new law requiring school districts to incorporate instruction on cursive handwriting into third through fifth grade. Other states, including Georgia, Kentucky, and California, recently enacted similar requirements, in that perhaps surprising comeback of cursive seen across half the country. - Do you think other states will follow suit? - I do. - Language arts experts like Leslie Zeroyah say the move is backed by science, with cursive writing shown to improve reading memory and find motor skills in children. - It shows how students can make those connections between letters to form words, and then be able to read that in phrasing, in chunks, advocates say it also serves a practical purpose, like signing your name, and reading important historical documents, an increasingly rare skill. - To win to men joyfully worth the hit. - That study show has been in decline for years with advancing technology. - They don't need to bring cursive back in schools. It's obsolete. The same way Morse code is obsolete. - This emotional scene. - You're not a Johnny. - Over a letter from Conrad's mom and the summer I turned pretty, prompting the show's creator to post a printed version on social media writing, 'cause I know some of y'all can't read cursive. - I'm gonna make a Gen X impression plead to bring back cursive. - But handwriting isn't consigned to the history books yet, as more kids are learning the loops once again. - The National Archives even calls cursive a super power and has actually been recruiting people who can help read it to help transcribe Revolutionary War era documents ahead of America's 250th birthday. So the question is, are you up for the challenge? - This is my so hard friendship, is beautiful. - I'm like spending your during my, as my spots airing, okay, slowly. Did you learn, hitmanship and pull? - For sure, for sure. - Yeah, what about you guys? - Yeah, oh yeah. - Because we're kind of all the same age, but the kids now aren't learning it. - Well, now Morse dates are, they're bringing it back. It makes sense, right? As you're connecting each letter, helping understand each word. - Or you just learn it just to read the old stuff. Even if you don't use it. - That's for sure. - You gotta learn it so you can read historical documents. - But, just to play doubles advocate, if you're a teacher and you've got, you know, certain hours in the day and you have to, you know, science, math, you've got these other subjects that require a fair amount of time on task. - What do you prioritize? - I read, I don't know. - Yes, tough. - Fair point. - I think about the cards I've got Christmas, I've written my kids, thoughtful meanings, they've never talked to each other. - When did you go to like print, like the black, like a hive of hybrids, it's kind of messy up. - Yeah. - Yeah. - First of all, print guy. - I do both. - Did you though? - Yeah. - And this is like the digital clock and an analog clock. - Yeah. - You have a cool pen. - I do, actually. I do. I dip it in a little ink well. It's fantastic. - And a pocket watch. - And we thank you so much for keeping us in the loop. - Yeah, but I'll vote. - Pete Brain gave me that one, so we're down in the control room. - Hey, okay, so here, take a look. What could be coming at us this week? Friday, big snow storm, developing over the Rockies and the Plains, wintery mix of ice, threatening the Southern Plains, Oklahoma City, Dallas, ice, this storm on Saturday moves. We're talking about from the mid-Atlantic states all the way to Texas, maybe an ice storm. We're talking about snow to the north, rain down to the Gulf, and then we move into Sunday, snow threatening parts of the Northeast, heavy precipitation of frozen and liquid, in the north, but it's a great experience for us to see in these versions. Storm impacts were looking at snow from Amarillo, Texas all the way into the northeast ice from Raleigh to San Angelo and Houston and heavy rain down through the Gulf. Snowfall wise, we are talking about the potential for heavy snow from Roswell, New Mexico, Oklahoma City, Memphis, Chattanooga, Norfolk. A lighter snow as you move to the north, but this could be a very impactful system right through the weekend, which will be available next time for your favorite 4 letters. P. S. P. yesterday, of course, was Dolly Parton's big 80th birthday of the Queen of Country celebrating in style with this special surprise from you too, and Bono. [MUSIC] >> Wow, this is from Bono. It's so good. >> I did it. >> Are you coming over? >> No. >> No way. >> No. >> But I'm all pretty good. >> Yeah. >> How many of you have 40th birthday, Jenna? >> It does. One of the best days of my life. It sure does. >> What happened to your birthday? >> I know. I'm like, I thought you had clips. Bono surprised me with -- I was with him, and he surprised me with the marches. >> Oh, this is -- >> That's right. >> That's how I remember it. >> Since apart. >> Since apart. >> It's kind of amazing. >> I can't believe it. >> It was COVID times, but it was one of the best surprises. >> It was a boost. >> All right. And we have another boost on the way. And a Guinness. Can you believe it? All right. We have an exciting one this morning featuring a special surprise from Savannah right after this. [MUSIC] >> Back a little no doubt, don't speak to set up a Guinness more boost. >> Wait. >> You got a special. >> I'm not -- you're not saying I shouldn't speak. >> Never. >> No. >> I've got an extra special one this morning since we're missing Savannah so much. Well, she recovers from vocal surgery. We figured it'd be fun to give her another call. We need to check in. She is still on vocal rest, but she's looking for kids. >> Hi. >> And you have your white board? >> Oh, good. >> Okay. Savannah, we miss you. How are you feeling? >> Okay. >> Love you. >> We love you too. >> You know what? I think it'd be easier for me to just talk. >> [APPLAUSE] >> You're very tough. >> Careful. What's happening? >> So I am still on vocal rest, but I'm allowed to talk for a minute. >> I'm waiting. >> Let her talk for ten minutes every hour. This is my new voice. >> It's beautiful. >> It sounds different. >> My new voice. >> No, it sounds beautiful. >> It sounds like this is my new voice. >> It's beautiful. >> It sounds good. >> Yeah, I think the good news is that, you know, it worked. So, and Chanel knows, she went through this and had this surgery. And it's just, it's kind of slow recovery. Like, you're allowed to talk. And then you start, if you talk too much, it's just a real risk for me. You start to, you feel it. So you just have to really take it easy. >> Have you given a good test drive yet and yelled at the kids? >> Actually, yes. The long weekend will bring that out, you know. So, my cat had to travel. It was like, it finally got there. Yeah. >> You sound great. >> You sound amazing. >> When do you get to come back? We miss you. >> Well, I'm, so I'm going to come back to the show, I think next Monday. But Friday, I'm going to come and we're going to do a little story about just what this whole thing has been like and the surgery and hopefully, you know, I'm surprised. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> And this is, it's very common. I knew that because of Chanel. But people that talk a lot like teachers, you know, for example. A lot of people have told me they've had this exact same thing. >> Well, it's a teachable moment too. Because we kind of take our voices for granted until they don't work. >> Oh, she. >> You sound fantastic. >> And you look great. >> That's right. >> It's rough. >> Well, I miss you. >> We miss you. >> By the way, this one's, I have a boost for you. So people have been sending me funny gifts. >> This one's for you. I don't even understand it. Jenna, but here. >> Don't make me use my maja voice. >> I understand it. And I understand your maja voice. Very well. I miss you. We miss me maja voice. >> Well, she sounds great. Okay. So I'm going to ask you guys. >> By the way. >> She's a Friday. >> She gets 10 minutes of talk time a day and she just gave us like a fifth out of it. >> I'm giving. >> I know. >> Still, how do you look into check out the sphere and post that we're going to say about the new big plans to build a brand new sphere right here on the east coast. >> Wow. >> So tell you what we know all about that after a quick check your local news and weather. >> Love you guys too. >> I should stop talking. [MUSIC] >> I say the clock on today coming up bitter blast this morning. Millions waking up to freeze in temperatures all across the country while snowy conditions wreak havoc on the nation's roads. >> I went off the edge. >> Ow. >> It's got everything you need to know. You need to know what you need to know what you need to know. >> Then exhibit a look inside the Louvre Heights for the very first time what's stunning new surveillance video now reveals as the search for those precious jewels enters its fourth month. >> And going off. New year. New costs as the price of prescription drugs continues to rise. Luckily, Vicki Witton has found some clever ways to bring them down. >> The town's straight ahead. >> All that plus Spotify now flowing it back to 2016. >> Is it feeling at a state starry? >> This fear lands a new location. [MUSIC] >> The real thing. >> The real thing. >> Sir, remember catching up with Louvre Heights. >> Sandy don't like country music music. >> I love you. >> I love you. >> Girl's trip to the today show celebrating the year. >> From rockers to university. >> All of the trip to the university. >> And all of the university. >> Visiting from Indianapolis in the United. >> And referring back to Virginia. >> Good morning to our friends and family in. >> Back to Louisiana. >> From DC to NYC. >> Today, Dad turns 80. >> [APPLAUSE] >> Man, that does it. >> Wow. >> Nice. >> Happy birthday, sir. And welcome back to today on this Tuesday morning. So glad you're with us. >> It's time. >> So glad all of us took you out in the closet, braiding, cold. >> Use crowd today and it is freezing outside. >> We'll head out and visit them in just a bit. >> Yeah, let's start with your news at 8. And that is your news at 8 o'clock. We're going to start with those bitter cold temperatures. Stretching from the Midwest to right here in the New England area, even down the Florida. 67 million people under cold weather alerts this morning. The harsh weather also we can have on the nation's roads as well. Check this out. We're going to start with it. We're going to start with the cold weather alert. Now for the first time, we are seeing how those four minutes played out. out in detail. This morning, for the first time, we're seeing the Louvre Joule Heist up close. Surveillance video aired by French broadcaster TF1 shows two thieves using circular saws and then their fists to smash display cases inside the famed Paris Museum's Apollo gallery. And then, snatching 102 million dollars worth of France's crown jewels, before climbing back down this ladder truck and escaping on mopeds into the rush hour traffic. Three months since October's brazen daylight robbery, French prosecutors say four men are in custody, including the pair seen on CCTV. One man's girlfriend has also been charged as an accomplice. But there's still no sign of the missing treasures, including this necklace Napoleon Bonaparte gave to his second wife, with every passing day fears grow that they may be lost forever. Alexander Portier, a French lawmaker leading a parliamentary investigation into the Heist, told us last year, I fear that these jewels have already been cut to pieces. The Louvre, the world's most popular museum, raised ticket prices last week for Americans and other non-European visitors. It now cost $37 per adult, as the museum tries to fund upgrades to its infrastructure, including the security systems that failed so badly during the Heist. We didn't cause the robberies or some of the issues that have happened, but were the ones that are going to pay the consequences. And unless the stolen jewels are recovered, French authorities say there will always be a hole in the heart of the Grant Museum. And the French prosecutor, leading the case, says she has not given up hope that the jewels may still be recovered, but she is acknowledging that those four men in custody are not cooperating. And so for now, this sprawling investigation continues. Greg. All right, Ralph Sanchez for us. Ralph, thank you. Now to a big shake up in the NFL, the Buffalo Bill's yesterday firing their longtime head coach, Sean McDermott. It comes after Buffalo's heartbreaking playoff lost to Denver last weekend. McDermott coached the bills for nine seasons, taking the team to the playoffs eight times. Sean McDermott will not be out of a job. No, not at all. How about for the Raiders? We'll take him. We'll take him. The bar in Las Vegas is way down here. If you can get us to 500, they'd be like, wait, we're going to see the bull. Guys coming up on pop start, an interesting new take from Matt Damon revealing how the world is streaming and watching movies, knowing our phones, is really changing Hollywood. All right, first, the wiki win is here to help us cope with a common complaint these days, especially. We're talking about the rising cost of prescription drugs, haven't we? Hey, good morning, Craig and Chanel. New year, new prescription drug costs because your deductibles have reset. Or maybe you don't have health insurance at all. Either way, I will have tips to help you save on your medicine. That's next, right here on today. Back at 8.14 this morning on today's consumer, we are helping you manage the soaring cost of prescription drugs. Yeah, top of mind for a lot of folks right now, the list price on hundreds of medications is increasing this year with a typical hike of about 4%. The good news though, there are some strategies to help lower those costs. Whether you have insurance or you pay out of pocket. And it's good news. So here to show us how is NBC's Chief Consumer Investigative correspondent, Vicki Wang, good morning to you. Hi, good morning, guys. All right, so let's dig in here. Let's start with how people can save. If you have insurance plans, how to sift through all of that and find the best deals on their medication. Yeah, this is the perfect time to look at it because your deductible has reset. Or maybe you're starting a new insurance plan so you need to know which other pharmacies that are in your network, okay? Check your insurance company's website. You can call that number on the back of the 800 number on the back of your card. Also, I want you to call your local pharmacies because although it doesn't make sense, sometimes it is cheaper to pay for your medicines out of pocket, even when you have insurance, you need to have that conversation and ask. Okay. And also go to the website of the drug maker. Usually there are some coupons, especially if you're starting a new medicine that can help offset some of the costs. Okay. Because I've found that the pharmacy that they'll give you a coupon too. Yes. Always ask. Yeah, the pharmacist is good too. That's a good tip. What do you, what if you don't have insurance, Vic? A lot of folks out there watching listening, they don't, they just can't afford insurance. 27 million people do not have insurance in this country and that's probably a low estimate according to the most recent census data. That number is likely to go up this year because of the Affordable Care Act and the subsidies that have expired. And so what you do need to do is at the very beginning when your doctor is prescribing you a new medicine or you call your doctor now or you go to the pharmacist and you say is there an alternative that is as effective? Is there a generic? Is there something that is more cost effective for me? Don't be afraid to ask about that because just like everything else, you have to negotiate the prices of your medicine and you can shop around and you can find deals. It takes some work but it's doable. Also, check out this website, GoodRx. That is a site that has a lot of coupons. It also allows you to compare the price of your medicine across CVS Walgreens if you're a member of Costco. You should definitely check with them because some of their medicine prices are low. Mark Cuban has this website. He's had it for years now, cost plus drugs. It doesn't have all of the drugs out there but if you can find your medicine there, the cost will be much, much lower. And then if you go to your drug maker, a lot of them have a direct to consumer cash price. For example, you know, Abby, Lily, Pfizer, so you need to find out who makes your medicine and check their website. That's good advice. And you know, there's so much, I guess in the news lately about health care policy, can you sip through it for us? You know, like maybe what consumers really need to know. Chanel, let's start with the good news, right? If you are on Medicare, you have seen the prices of 10 popular drugs go down 40 to 80% thanks to the inflation reduction act, things like eloquist, which is a blood thinner, guardians, a very common diabetes medicine. So for seniors, that is reducing their out of pocket costs. Now, under the Trump administration, the president has announced his Trump RX website and he's already negotiated some deals for those popular GLP one drugs like Wagovi and Zepount to lower prices if you are paying cash. The website is supposed to launch sometime in early this year. We don't have a lot of specifics. We don't have a full list of the medicines that will be available. We talked with health experts who say, look, if you have insurance, probably not going to make a huge difference for you, but for someone who is uninsured or wants to pay cash out of pocket, you could see dramatically lower prices. I mean, the reality is, Vic, like millions of Americans, simply can't afford their prescription drugs right now. If you can't afford a drug and you need the drug, what can you do? What are your, what's your recourse? >> Please don't ration those drugs, Craig. There are resources. So check with the local and state programs in your area. You do have to be proactive. You have to ask questions. You have to be an advocate for yourself. But there are also nonprofits and charitable organizations that will help fund those medicines that you need. Start at needymeds.org or go to funddefinder.org. Those are search tools that can help you figure out which organizations are available in your area. If you are in the hospital, for example, ask for someone called the patient financial navigator. That is a person. Just be straight with them. I need help covering these medicines that I'm going to need when I leave the hospital. What can I do? And then finally, if you go to the manufacturer and you are uninsured or uninsured, they will also have programs that can discount or provide that medicine to you for free. >> But I think you said something that-- >> But you have to qualify. It's just repeating, don't go without your drugs. >> Don't go without your medicine. >> Really quickly. The last question, can you get a better deal at one pharmacy versus another? >> 100%. It should be this way. Drug pricing is so not transparent. >> I feel like it's cancer, but it is not standard in any way, shape, or form. So it behooves you to ask to negotiate and to sometimes ask about the different prices and shop around. Let's get it back. Thank you. >> All right, Mr. Roker, what are we looking at over there? Good sir. >> Well, as we told you, lots of cold air. We've got lake effects. No, the leeward side of the great lake is going to be a mess. Fire risk continuing in the central Rockies. And we've got sunshine to cloudy conditions along the west coast. That's what's going on around the country. Here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> Don't forget, check us out today's show, Radio Series XM, channel one, away, but right now, best time in the morning. >> All right, guys, let's get to it. We're going to start Pops Art off with Spotify. What's old is new, again, in case you haven't all heard. All things 2016 are indeed back, including the music. And according to Spotify, there's been nearly an 800% increase in user-generated 2016 playlist since January 1st. Those top tracks include Let Me Love You. It was by DJ Snake and Bieber, lean on me by major laser. Lush Life is a Zara Larson song that's back now. Another Bieber song called Sorry and One Dance. >> Oh, that was a panger. >> What was the top song on Billboard's chart back a decade ago? >> Here it is. >> 16. [MUSIC] >> A little plus and throwback. Love yourself. 2016 seems to be a big year for Justin Bieber, apparently. Right, ranked number one, just a decade ago. Speaking of the plus and throwbacks, up next is Hillary Duff. You know, there's some moments in today's show, concert history that just live on forever. Thanks to the internet, there's furgies, flips. Maybe we had Ricky Martin, that massive crowd. That's one of the biggest ones we've ever had. And now there's this Hillary Duff dance. >> Okay. [MUSIC] >> All right. So, Hillary just performed her very first headlining show. She's been nearly 20 years and during her concert in London, the crowd went crazy when she invited a few fans on stage. to do the iconic with love dance with her the summer line Hillary's next stop on her sold out to her is headed to Toronto before she makes her way state side next week. Oh, cool, cool, lovely stuff. Next up, Sphere, they just send you. Only opened up a few years ago, but it's quickly becoming a musty attraction thanks to its immersive show where shows like the reimagining of the Wizard of Oz. Well, it looks like those monkeys might be flying all across the country. Sphere entertainment working on a new structure set to open Washington DC in the metro area, the plans for a bit smaller scale design of Sphere would be around 6,000 seats inside the venue compared to that one in Vegas that holds 18,000. Three years, the DMV is going to have this fear. They're going to have that amazing Washington commander Stadia. Oh, yeah, that's cool. That's all going to fit into a department of motor vehicles. I know you realize we say DMV, we're thinking of you in Virginia to see if you know, if you know you know, next up Matt knows Matt's been making the rounds with his buddy Ben Affleck. They were here too. Of course, they're putting their Netflix movie the rip in a recent conversation on Joe Rogan's podcast Matt revealing how writing scripts for streaming is an entirely different ballgame than for the theater. The standard way to make an action movie that we learned was, you know, you usually have like three set pieces, one in the first act, one in the second, one in the third, and you know, you kind of ramp up in the big one with all the explosions and you spend most of your money on that one in the third act. That's your kind of finale. And now they're, you know, they're like, can we get a big one in the first five minutes to get some, but you know, we want people to stay. Yeah, and you know, it wouldn't be terrible if you reiterated the plot three or four times in the dialogue because people are on their phones while they're. You know what I mean? That's crazy, right? And that's like the change is the way you philosophically produce the movie. Although you remember the old James Bond movies, those always started out with those most incredible actions. Yeah, the double of seven, we have no attention span. Finally Luke Combs, our buddy Willie hosted another Sunday sit down live last night. This time a Nashville country music superstar Luke. He was his guest at the time, CMA entertainer of the year opening up about the growing popularity of country music. You know, I remember growing up as a kid, you would ask somebody what kind of music do you like? Like, well, I like anything but country was like to answer people would say that I always blew my mind a little bit or I'm like, man, maybe like saying you don't like country music, it's like saying you like bread. Right? There's so many kinds of bread. Like, what are you talking about? Like even if you don't like this kind, you might like that kind. Have you tried the cheese kind? It's really good. Yeah, that's good point. It is. Yeah, lots of different types of country music now. Luke went on to surprise the audience there. The first ever live performance of sleepless in a hotel room. That's the latest single off his upcoming album. A great evening at city winery. Again, it was a Nashville, the venue sponsor, Luke's new album, the way I am drops March 20th. And we'll lose interviews. Heirs next Sunday, February 1st, be sure and check that. What's your take on it? I mean, do we have to become more popular? Do you think for sure? It's like arguably the most popular. If you even look back into the 70s, you look on the American top 40 country music was part of it. And when you're more like in Texas or Kansas, South Carolina, it's been around. I think the definition of country has definitely expanded. You asked there's purists out there like everybody Blake who might have an opinion on what country music should be. And then there's other people are saying it's evolved like all of us. That was the analysis that I wanted. Yeah, good time. We'll get more during the break. I'll tell you what I really think. Maybe you can explain this DMV thing. Still have the weather outside, maybe frightful, but your skin doesn't have to be Dr. Michelle Henry is here with the best ways to winterize our bodies. Head to toe, but first your local news. We are back at 8 30 on a Tuesday morning. It is a cold one today. But we have a huge crowd filled with smiling faces out here on the plaza. A lot of nurses and future nurses. I'm on our ground. Come on. Let's hear from the nurses. Happy CR&A week. Man and sisters here. We see what girls. By the way, look at that son of there says girls trip being out of their group chat. That's well done. Well done. Just ahead of you are looking to give your home and New Year's makeover Becky Straum is ready to help us. Becky's going to walk us through the top interior design trends that the experts say are going to divine 2026. All right, fair enough. Also coming up focused on a key tool on today food from seasoning to cleaning. Have you wondered if you're taking proper care of your cast iron skillet? Are you doing it the right way? Well, we've got Eric Kim here from the New York Times here to answer all your questions. Love his column in the times ahead on the third hour. We got the crown star Claire Foy. She's going to be live sharing her moving new film and her remarkable co star. A hawk. Wow. I knew it was coming. Yeah, some sort of bird sound. You guys, we have a very special guest out here who's responsible for a lot of the cheers you may hear. Good morning. It's so cold, but you have some news that might heat us up a little. I'm hoping I'm very, very hoping so. Yeah, I'm so excited. Get to be one back here in New York where everything started for me. We are we've been working on this project for about 10 years now. We've gone all over the world. And we're finally getting to bring Magic Mike live to New York City. What is it about New York City that you love? I mean, look, I mean, it's got the, I mean, I came here to fall dreams. And I mean, that's what this place is for me. I just love New York. You can find anything in the world here. And I don't know, it's just like the heart of hearts for me. You can find like three or four of everything in a week. Something you weren't looking for. Yeah, you've got some great news for folks here on the plaza tour as well, right? Everybody here at the plaza gets a pair of tickets. Oh, look at that. Oh, you guys. Oh, look at that. Who brought the ticket? Wow. That's great. I can't wait. Magic Mike live. I hear their acrobatics. It's an amazing show. In fact, he's sticking around. He's going to tell us more about the show. We might even get a little bit of it. We're going to get a little performance of it coming up. He's actually announcing that Craig Carson and I are going to be in magic. Let's go. Let's go. I'll get you right up there. All right. All right. Let's go. Oh, unfortunately, the name jelly rolls already been taken. Anyway, let's show you what we got going. I'm sorry. You're welcome, America for that image. Today we're going to be looking at blustery conditions across the great lakes out west nice and warm cool down south. It's where the end of the week lake effect machine cranking up plenty of sun out west. But then by the end of the week, we got that west coast storm developing. And it's going to head south and it could be a real problem. Here's what's happening to your neck of the woods. That's your latest. I think I pulled some. Up next is the cold of winter. Have your skin looking less than its best. Have no fear. Dr. Henry is here with simple solutions that will have you glowing in no time. But first this is today on NBC. We are back at eight thirty seven with your health winter weather like this week's brutal cold doesn't just dry you out. It can cause real damage from head to toe. So thankfully we have Dr. Michelle Henry at today contributor and New York based dermatologist here with expert tips to renterize your skin. Good morning. Good morning. Let's dig right in. So first of all, you have sunscreen here. I have to be honest. I don't think about it in the winter. No, I know. I know. I know. So what do you recommend? So unfortunately, you know, the sun's rays don't go on winter vacation. So it can actually worse in the winter. Really? I think you just associate it with frankly heat. No, no, no. When it snows, days like today, you're actually reflecting the lights. You're actually getting even more. You're double dipping when it's snowing. Okay. When you're skiing the higher up you are. That definitely makes it. Exactly. Okay. 10% more. So we really want to pack on our sunscreen. So we have some favorites here. Okay. I love this one by La Roche Waise. It's 100% mineral. It's intended. It works for everyone. This is one of my favorites. I wear every single one. This one. This is LTMD. Okay. Has a little lactic acid in it. So if you're prone to breaking out, which a lot of people don't use sunscreen because they're afraid they're going to break out. Absolutely favorite. And this one is so yummy. This is by Chisato. It's a stick. It's a glamorous. It's glamorous. Most delicious texture. One of my absolute favorites. What's the minimum SPF that you recommend? SPF 30 for daily use. SPF 50 if you're outside for more than an hour. Always we apply every two hours. Okay. And I read in the notes you talk about layering and how that's important. So layering is so important. The same way that we layer our clothes to have optimal warmth during the winter. Okay. You know the winter air is essentially a moisture vampire. So we need to layer to have optimal moisturization. So we start out with something like a humectant serum. So all of these. So as you wash your face you start with the serum. first thing you do. And leave it a little damp, like dry it, but a little bit damp. So this has hyaluronic acid. It's going to just infuse your skin with moisture. The next step, you want to bury your cream. So all of these bury creams have a little bit of ceramides, some fatty acids. So like this rock one that I absolutely love, they're going to fill in all those cracks. Do they work together? I find myself sometimes using a serum and then like trying to wait for a second. I'm like, does it need a sink in before I do the next thing? The best one's absorbed quickly. All of these absorb quickly so you can get your layer on, right? So these are going to fill in those cracks between your skin. So it functions optimally, fortify and strengthen it. And then last but not least, when you're really dry, slap on some Vaseline. We're doing all in school, really? Old school. That old school is slugging, it's perfect. It helps to really lock everything in. So you hold them with your-- What about for people who worry about breaking out with all those layers? Yeah, so you have to use the right product. So actually Vaseline is not comedogenic, meaning it does not clog your pores. Now, if you have something clogged your pores underneath it, it's going to go worse. That's its own thing, but it's not clogged your pores. All right, let's talk about what's next here. You say it's not just your face that needs a little TLC. Yes, our hands. So I see a lot of hand eczema. And winter is like hand eczema. Hand eczema. And it's like the perfect storm. Cold air, hot water, alcohol sanitizers. And our hands don't have enough oil blend. So what I love, I love these hand creams. They're tiny, one in your pocket, one in your purse, one at your desk, and then my favorite is the overnight glove tip. So I love to put a nice cream moisturizer on my hands. I put on a nice glove. You just leave them on at night? Leave them on at night. And they're nice and soft. I did it last night, as you can see here. And if you feel my hands, they're much softer than they were yesterday. Now it's good, and I've seen little things you can buy in the store that have the kits with them. Yeah, I love these. I love the gel line ones. It's a super nice to lock it in. Talk to me about skincare packaging and what we should be looking for. Yes. So during the winter, you want to embrace the jar. So if we look in here, a jar is meant to hold a very thick cream. This is not going to come out of a pump, right? A cream. So you want a thick cream. Just scoop that up, layer it all over your body. It's going to give you that additional moisture. So embrace the jar. It has less water and more oil. So that's critical. And then if you can't read those hard to reach places or can't reach them, a nice back applicator is critical. And you use one of those? Yeah. So a lot of my patients come in. Their wife is traveling. No one to put their moisturizer on their back. They now have as much back as they want to back. Exactly. There you go. A lot of time, but a humidifier was the last-- So get that credit on fire and we'll be good to go. Exactly. So, Dr. Henry, thank you. As always, Craig. All right. Thank you coming up. Even more bright ideas. Becky, Strom is here. Becky is about to guide us through the years new. And someone unexpected trends when it comes to home decor. But first, this is today on NBC. And welcome back. If you're wondering what home decor is going to look like in 2026, we've got to cover this morning from lighting, colors, textures to the details that make a house feel like a home. Becky, Strom, from mansion global here to break down the years, hottest trends. Becky, good morning. Welcome to the Today Show. This first one might be my favorite. It's something called analog joy. Yes. Explain that. So this is really about unplugging and slowing down. It's about carving out a space in our home. Maybe it's the den or family room where you remove the screens. It's novel, but you remove the screens and you replace it with things to connect with family. So every household, it will look different. Some people will be putting a round table in chairs for board games, gravel. Maybe it's setting up a puzzle for the family. Others are going to line a wall with bookshelves and create a beautiful seating area to sit and read together. And still, others maybe want a more energetic layout and they want a ping pong table to fill yours. I like that. Yeah. Statement stones and bold materials on the thing for 2026. The minimalist kitchen, if you can believe it, is out. Oh. Sounds like we have to do our kitchen. Yeah. So we're thinking about olives, stone that is purple plum. Maybe the vaning is really dramatic and busy. And that is a practical purpose as well because that beautiful career marble is lovely, but it chips easily and it stains easily and it's a handful to take care of. So having something a little more forgiving is good for all of us. Next trend is all about classical design and something called heritage design. Heritage design. This is all about putting the focus of our interiors on the little architectural embellishments instead of the fast fashion of furniture. So this means adding things like wanescoting, like crown molding, like built in bookshelves. Maybe a lovely bench under a window or a niche at the end of the hallway for a design moment. It's about layering these things that make a home feel polished and a little bit nostalgic for the past. Personal art and storytelling. This sounds like another one. This is my favorite. I think the best way to do this is to just take a piece of artwork from your kid and put it in an absolutely beautiful frame and it adds so much whimsy to a room. But this is all about what I like to call anti-AI design. Yes. And it's anything human made. So quilts are an amazing example of this. Nothing makes a room feel warmer than a quilt that someone has spent so much time and energy on. The things that hang on our wall should mean something. They should absolutely mean something. Last but not least, lighting. Lighting by design, what do you mean by that? So this is honestly a wellness trend as much as it is a design trend. People are learning that that harsh blue light messes up our sleep. It messes up our circadian rhythm. So it's about removing those harsh overhead can lighting and instead layering lamps, floor lamps, gauntses, table lamps to keep it all below eye level, especially in rooms before we wind down for the evening. So the family room, the living room, the bedroom, especially we want that lighting to be below our eyes, which signals to us that it's time to rest. Oh, so do away with the harsh overheads. Yes, do away, get them out of your house and replace with this layered lighting that is soft and it makes us feel better, which is what we want in 2026. Becky, thank you. You're welcome. And this is your first time on the show, you crushed it. Yeah, thank you. Thank you. Mr. Daley, great job, Becky. We've got Eric Kim here, our buddy food expert from New York Times. He's going to answer your searing questions about a very valuable tool in any kitchen. That's the great cast iron skillet. We are back with today food this morning. We're focusing on cast iron skillets in the best way to use and care for them, New York Times, food columnist Eric Kim is here to tell us all of his sizzling secrets and a delicious skillet pork chop to come. I can say happy new to you, Eric. I haven't seen you. I think you're here in October making some pasta for us. Good to have you back, thank you. Thank you. Well, let's just start with the skillet. What's so special about it, and you can do everything from sear meat to make bread in it. Yes, I love the skillet because it's just such a versatile pan. The cast iron skillet is one piece of metal. And I think everyone should have it sort of a nice pan that grows with you as you cook through your life. All skillets aren't created equal. How do you know to find a good one? Are they super? This is, this is large. This is a good company. This is a great company, but there's lots of different ones out there. Yeah, I have to say that with cast iron, you don't have to go too expensive because it's really just a piece of metal. And I think cooking is not as difficult as people make it out to be. I think they've, in the past, people have been cooking with cast iron for generations. Yeah, this goes way back to the real campfire and making all the original one pot. Yes, what are you making for us today? So we're going to make a pork chop that gets seared in the cast iron. One tip I really love to tell people to make the cast iron non-stick. You want to heat it first and then you add the oil. That's a good question. There's a lot of seasoning going on with these things. What do you have to do anything before you start cooking with your cast iron? Do you pull it out and you're suggesting some oil? You can start cooking with it right away. I think the one thing is you could season it, which is wiping the pan with oil and then putting it in the oven in like a 350 degree oven until it starts to smoke like this. And what that's doing is it's the fat in the metal are like combining and forming a thin layer. And that thin layer is what makes things non-stick. This is the best application for the skillet art. What you're about to do is searing meat. Especially a fatty meat like pork. Do you cook with cast iron? I do, but it's intimidating because of the whole cleaning factor. Oh, I know. I don't really know what to do with it when it's done. So people shouldn't worry about the cleaning. All you really need to do is take some salt. I like using martin coarse kosher salt. And when it's done, when it's in the dishwasher. So no, it's open water. No, it's open water. But you can use open water. People really are afraid about that. But just some salt and like take a scrub and scrub it down and rinse it. The most important thing is cast iron rusts. So you really when it hits moisture. So what you want to do is after you wash it and dry it off, take a paper towel with some oil. And just really wipe the inside with it. But if it is rusted, you can bring it back. You can bring it back. Yeah, just wash it with a soap and water again. And so it's really the oil wiping it down and making sure you're kind of like lubricating it. Kind of like when you put more shrines around your face on the morning. So you do it a little porch up here. You're just going to sear it for three minutes. Just going to sear it. Well, you cook with cast iron? Oh, yeah. You cook it right on your grill. I have my mother's cast iron. Oh, lovely. See? That's a nice piece of hand down. Yeah, it's beautiful. Yeah, it's a piece of cast iron that's been seasoned over the generations. Yeah, we can flip that if you'd like. That's been seasoned over the generations means that it's going to stay nonstick, like a really old cast iron's shiny and beautiful. So with this porch up, I really love making a pan sauce. It's kind of like my little-- Oh, like can you use it? Oh, yeah, go ahead. I like it meat press because it makes sure that the surface area of the meat really hits the flat surface of the cast iron. OK, it's sauce. the song. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, let's go in. I'm glad you like the sauce. - Let's go in. - So Shichimi Togorashi. This is a seven-spice Japanese blend. It has chili, it has a little citrus zest. And I also like to use maple syrup and soy. Maple syrup at sweetness and body. Soy sauce at savouriness, thank you, Carson. - You got it. - And then when you're done with the pork chops, you take them out and you just add that liquid mixture into the hands. And it bubbles up immediately. - 'Cause it is that sauce with like chicken. - Yeah, you can use it with anything. And I think what's lovely about this is you have this gorgeous sauce. It emulsifies with the butter. This is sort of my like trick. I love having a buttery pan sauce like this. And then you pour it over the pork chop. - Oh, yeah. - What do you like about pork? - I like that. - 'Cause that a trick since the '70s and '80s. I think the other white odd plus my mother, but the pork chop were just hydrated. - Oh, yeah. - I can't in onion soup. - Yeah, gray, yeah. - And they were gray. But now you can cook pork to what? - Your final temperature can be a little bit less. - Yeah. - And it can be like a steak. - It can be like a steak. I really just love the fat cap of a pork chop, right? I love chewing on that. I like when pork tastes like pork. That sounds weird, but a little salt and pepper in this pan sauce really brings out the flavors of the dish. Would you like to try some? - I would love to. - What is the interest point here? You had a little bit of snare now you're gonna carry it over. - So I like to do a little lime zest. And what this does is it echoes the citrus zest that's in the Chichimito Garashi. We're getting a little smoky. That's the joy of this. I highly recommend-- - What it's like when you were snoop. (all laughing) - I highly recommend looking for Chichimito Garashi in your grocery store because it's this tiny little bottle, red bottle, and it adds like the spectrum of flavors. - That's a really good one. - It's like a traditional grocery store. - That's got to be in the Asian section. - Eric's the best. Thank you so much. This recipe and more on the website today.com/food. - And we're back with the third and fourth hours of today after a quick section of your local news weather and these messages. - Well done. - Thanks, Eric. - Thank you. - And this is awesome. - Come, is it like that? (upbeat music) - Hey, thanks for watching. And don't forget, you can catch the Today Show every morning on NBC or take today when you're on the go. Just follow the today podcast on Apple Podcasts. Spotify or wherever you listen.