IT.
>> OH!
>> HERE WE GO!
HERE WE GO.
>> OKAY.
>> I LOVE IT.
THERE YOU ARE, IN YOUR SAINTS
UNIFORM.
>> OH, MY GOSH, Y'ALL.
>> SWITCH.
>> NO?
>> WE CAN'T SWITCH.
>> NO, NO, NO.
>> NO.
>> WE'VE BEEN SITTING LIKE THIS
FOREVER.
>> JBH.
>> DID YOU BREATHE?
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> DO WE NEED A DOCTOR?
>> WE MIGHT.
>> JENNA, IT'S DAY ONE FOR JENNA
BUSH HAGER.
I'M SO EXCITED, JENNA.
I CAN'T TELL YOU.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT OUR LITTLE PREGAME WAS
GOING TO BE, AND I THINK WE
FIGURED IT OUT IN THE MAKEUP
ROOM SECOND AGO.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER IT?
>> YEAH.
>> REMEMBER.
ONE, TWO, THREE.
LET GO Y'ALL.
>> LET'S DO THIS, Y'ALL.
>> LET'S TRY AGAIN.
>> WAIT, THIS COULD BE --
>> WAIT.
READY.
>> LET'S GO.
>> ONE, TWO, THREE.
LET'S GO, Y'ALL!
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> SO FAR WE'RE OFF TO AN OKAY
START.
>> OKAY.
FIRST OF ALL, PEOPLE ARE SO
EXCITED THAT YOU'RE HERE, AND I
JUST KEEP HEARING IT FROM
PEOPLE, AND THERE WAS THIS WOMAN
ON -- I THINK SHE WAS ON
TWITTER, AND I WAS LOOKING AT
HER TWITTER THING, AND SHE
WORKED REALLY HARD ENGRAVING TWO
GLASSES FOR US.
>> WHAT?
>> YES.
>> HER NAME, I WROTE IT DOWN ON
A PIECE OF PAPER.
LAURIE ZHU UR LLO FROM AMARILLO,
TEXAS.
>> AMARILLO.
>> JUST SO YOU CAN SEE.
>> THAT'S SO SWEET.
>> WE WANT TO THANK HER.
>> HOW DID SHE DO THIS?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
SHE ENGRAVED THE GLASSES.
THERE IS YOURS, JENNA.
>> THAT IS SO SWEET.
>> OH.
>> CAN YOU READ YOURS?
>> OH.
>> ANYWAY, SO NOW IT'S OFFICIAL.
>> WE'RE HERE.
>> THE WORD OFFICIAL IS --
>> IT'S WEIRD.
>> SO, WAIT, TELL ME ABOUT LAST
NIGHT.
SO YOU WENT TO BED.
>> I WENT TO BED -- WELL, I GOT
IN BED, AND I WAS CALM.
HENRY AND I WENT OUT FOR A DATE
NIGHT WHICH WE NEVER DO ON
SUNDAY NIGHTS.
IT'S ALWAYS FAMILY DINNER.
I RECOMMEND IT.
IT'S KIND OF FUN TO CATCH UP
BEFORE THE WEEK.
>> YES.
SO WHAT DID HE SAY TO YOU?
>> HE'S JUST CUTE AND HAPPY AND
PROUD OF ME, AND HE -- WE HAD A
FUN TIME AND WE GOT HOME AND WE
WERE WATCHING "60 MINUTES" AND
I'M LIKE, ALL RIGHT, HANK, LET'S
TURN THIS OFF, AND THEN I
SHOULDN'T HAVE, BUT I GOT AN
INSTAGRAM RIGHT BEFORE BED AND I
SAW OUR NEW INSTAGRAM PAGE.
>> OH.
>> WHICH YOU ALL HAVE TO FOLLOW.
>> YEAH.
>> WHAT IS IT CALLED?
>> "HODA & JENNA" TODAY.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
>> MY HEAD LOOKS HUGE AND I GOT
OVER THERE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE
LOOKING AT A PICTURE OF
YOURSELF.
DOESN'T MY HEAD LOOK HUGE AND
HENRY IS LIKE YOU ARE INSANE.
>> YOU ARE INSANE.
>> AND I SCREAMED AND I WOKE HIM
UP.
THAT TWILIGHT, "60 MINUTES"
READY FOR BED ZONE.
>> COZY.
WHAT TIME DID YOU GO TO BED?
>> THEN I GOT REALLY HYPER.
>> BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SLEEP.
BECAUSE WAS THE FIRST DAY.
>> AND HENRY SAID HE WAS ABOUT
TO TRANQUILIZE ME AND I FELL
ASLEEP.
>> EVERYBODY IS CHEERING YOU ON.
WE DO HAVE JUST A SPECIAL
MESSAGE THAT I THINK YOU'RE
GOING TO LIKE.
>> OH.
>> A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WANTED TO
WISH YOU SOME GOOD LUCK THIS
MORNING.
>> HEY, JENNA, YOUR OLD DAD HERE
ON FILM TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH I
LOVE YOU AND HOW PROUD I AM OF
YOU.
I KNOW YOU'LL DO A FABULOUS JOB.
>> JENNA, YOUR MOTHER AND
MOTHER-IN-LAW ARE CALLING TO SAY
WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, JENNA.
WE LOVE YOU.
>> THIS IS -- IS THIS WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN?
I'M JUST GOING TO CRY ALL THE
TIME?
DO THEY STILL HAVE THE
KLEENEXES.
>> JERRY!
>> IS JERRY OFF TODAY?
>> JERRY, JERRY, JERRY!
>> DID JERRY TAKE THE DAY OFF?
>> JERRY IS GONE.
IT'S OVER.
THE CLEANUS BOX IS THERE.
>> I THINK THE KLEENEX BOX
STOPPED WORKING.
>> WHAT DID YOUR DAY SAY.
>> THANK YOU, JERRY, YOU'RE BACK
TO WORK.
>> THANK YOU, JERRY.
>> THANK YOU, BABE.
>> MY DAD TEXTED ME THIS
MORNING, AND HE WAS LIKE YOU --
HE'S A MAN OF VERY FEW WORDS VIA
TEXT.
>> YEAH.
>> LIKE PROBABLY A LOT OF
PEOPLE'S DADS.
>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
>> HE JUST SAID YOU GO GIRL.
I'M A VERY PROUD DAD SO IT'S
VERY SWEET.
>> WE'RE SO HAPPY.
OH, MY GOD, BUT HERE'S THE
THING.
I'M GETTING STOPPED AT CVS.
EVERYONE IS LIKE OH, MY GOD.
JENNA STARTS TOMORROW AND THEN
YOU HUNG OUT WITH A PRETTY BIG
STAR WHO WAS ALSO EXCITED YOU
WERE STARTING, SO -- STARTING
UP, SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT
ONE.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON
YOUR FIRST WEEK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AT THE "TODAY" SHOW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OFFICIALLY ON YOUR NEW HOME.
>> BRAVO.
>> GOOD-BYE, SWEET.
>> Y>> GOOD-BYE, SLEEP.
THANK YOU MY GOSH ONE OF MY
FIRST INTERVIEWS IN THE NEW
ROLE.
Y'ALL WERE PRETTY GREAT.
>> WHAT'S HAPPENING.
>> YOU KNOW WHEN PEOPLE CATCH
YOU OFF GUARD.
HUGH JACKMAN IS THE MOST LOVELY
SO I WAS ALWAYS KIND OF TAKEN
ABACK.
HE'S GREAT.
BUT ANYWAY, THEN WHEN HE DID
THAT AT THE END OF THE INTERVIEW
I CONGRATULATED THEM ON THE
FILM, AND HE SAID THAT.
I WAS SHOCKED, AND I TURNED
REALLY RED, AND THEN I STARTED
SWEATING ON MY UPPER LIP WHICH
YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IN FRONT OF
HUGH JACKMAN.
>> HUGH AND ZOE SELDANO.
>> AND WAS THAT SZAK
GALIFIANAKIS.
>> IT WAS FOR "THE MISSING LINK"
AND NONE OF THEM HAVE EVER MET
POINT, AND I FELT LIKE THIS IS
IT IT.
I FELT LIKE I WAS ON A BLIND
DATE WITH THREE PEOPLE THAT HAD
NEVER MET, AND IT WAS VERY FUN.
WE HAD A BLAST.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> SO WILD.
>> I MEAN, IS THIS HAPPENING?
>> IN THE MOMENT I'M LOOKING AT
YOU AND OVER YOUR SHOULDER IT
SAYS HODA & JENNA THERE.
IT'S EVERYWHERE.
GUYS, HERE'S THE THING.
IF YOU DVR THE SHOW.
>> AND WE HOPE YOU DO.
>> WHY NOT.
>> YES.
>> IT'S SOMETHING TO DO.
THE PROBLEM IS IF THEY ARE
DVRing IT IT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE
NOT WATCHING SO TELL YOUR
FRIENDS.
>> IF YOU DV'd KATHIE LEE AND
OUR SHOW IT KICKS IT OUT OF YOUR
SHOW SO YOU HAVE TO REPROGRAM
IT.
>> LOOK FOR "TODAY."
>> WITH HODA & JENNA.
>> THAT'S ON THE THING.
>> THAT'S ON THE DVR.
>> BY THE WAY, THIS IS WHAT'S
COOL TODAY.
I INTERVIEWED MICHELLE PFEIFFER
EARLIER AND I WAS CHATTING WITH
HER AND SHE SAID, OH, MY GOSH,
JENNA, IT'S YOUR FIRST DAY AND
MY FIRST DAY.
>> YES.
>> SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT
WAS LIKE.
IT WAS HER FIRST DAY.
LAUNCHING A NEW FRAGRANCE LINE.
FELT LIKE SHE WAS AN
ENTREPRENEUR FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> WE ALL GO THROUGH THESE
CHANGES.
>> YEAH.
>> WHEN I WAS LITTLE, MY PARENTS
WERE LIKE YOU'RE A HOMEBODY AND
WORRIED ABOUT CHANGE AND WORRIED
ABOUT NEW THINGS, AND NOW IT'S
LIKE THE OLDER I GET, TO HAVE
FRESHNESS AND NEWNESS IN YOUR
LIFE.
>> YES.
>> IT'S JUST THE COOLEST, AND WE
ALL -- WHATEVER IT IS YOU'RE
GOING THROUGH LIKE A NEW JOB OR
NEW RELATIONSHIP.
TRY IT.
>> I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
I THINK IT'S EASY TO BE SAFE,
AND WE'VE ALL BEEN SAFE IN
RELATIONSHIPS OR JOBS AND
THOUGHT, WELL, THIS IS GOOD
ENOUGH.
>> MM-HMM.
>> BUT WHY NOT JUST LIKE SWING
FOR IT?
>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
DO.
>> OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
SO LAST NIGHT, DID YOU GET TO
SEE ANY OF THE ACMs?
>> THEY CAME ON RIGHT WHEN I WAS
HAVING MY INSTAGRAM PANIC.
DID YOU WATCH?
>> I WATCHED JUST CLIPS AGAIN
BECAUSE -- OH, MY GOD.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU THE CUTEST
THING THAT WE DID.
>> YES.
>> JOEL MADE DINNER LAST NIGHT
AND COOKED SALMON AND THE STUFF
HE ALWAYS DOES, AND YOU KNOW
THAT VAN MORRISON SONG "SOMEONE
LIKE YOU?"
>> YES.
>> SO HE WAS IN THE KITCHEN, AND
HALEY WAS ASLEEP AND WE HAD
COCKTAILS GOING, AND ON SONOS WE
HAVE THREE SPEAKERS.
>> THREE SPEAKERS.
>> LIKE A LOT.
I HIT THAT BUTTON AND HE LOOKED
AT ME AND WE HAD THE BEST DANCE,
AND, YOU KNOW WHAT I JUST
THOUGHT.
>> NOW YOU'RE MAKING ME CRY.
>> IT WAS LITERALLY THREE
MINUTES OF LIFE, AND THE NEXT
MORNING JOEL GOT UP AND HE SAID,
YOU KNOW WHAT MY FAVORITE MOMENT
WAS ABOUT LAST NIGHT, AND I SAID
WHAT?
AND HE SAID OUR DANCE, AND I WAS
THINKING TO MYSELF.
THAT TOOK LIKE -- IT'S SOMETHING
THAT WE CAN ALL DO AND SOMETIMES
WE FORGET, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I
COULD HAVE KEPT STIRRING MY
DRINK AND SAID WHAT'S THE SCORE
OF THE GAME NOW WHICH WAS ALSO
ON?
>> I FEEL LIKE I'M JOEL.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S SO TRUE ABOUT
THAT IS THAT ALSO FOR OUR KIDS.
>> YES.
>> LIKE HALEY WAS ASLEEP BUT FOR
HER TO SEE Y'ALL DANCING AND
TAKING THAT MOMENT INSTEAD OF
BEING STRESSED ABOUT SOMETHING.
>> SHE'S SEEN US DO THAT BEFORE,
AND SHE JUST STARTS LIKE
GIGGLING.
SHE CAN'T BELIEVE HOW HILARIOUS
SHE THIN
>>> WELL, YOU'VE GOT IT, YOU
GUYS.
IT'S OUR VERY FIRST OFFICIAL DAY
WITH JENNA BUSH HAGER AS MY
CO-HOST.
>> OH.
>> JENNA'S BEEN CRYING.
WHAT DID THE MAKEUP ARTIST TELL
YOU TO DO SO YOU WOULDN'T CRY?
>> IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN
TAKE TO MAKE YOU STOP CRYING AND
SHE SAID YOU CAN GO LIKE THIS,
AND IT DID WORK.
>> MAYBE TWITTER HAS
SUGGESTIONS.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS?
>> SOMETIMES WHEN YOU CAN'T
STOP, I USED TO GO LIKE THIS,
LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, PAUSE THAT
WORKS AND YOU SEEM CRAZY AND
THEN YOU STOP.
>> AND YOU ARE LIKE WHAT ARE YOU
DOING?
IT MADE ME STOP BECAUSE I
LAUGHED.
YEAH, IF YOU HAVE IDEAS HELP US
BECAUSE I'M CRYING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK BACK
AT SOME OF YOUR OTHER FIRSTS.
WE THOUGHT WHAT OTHER FIRSTS
HAVE THERE BEEN?
HOW ABOUT YOUR VERY, VERY FIRST
HALLOWEEN.
>> THAT'S MILA HAGER'S FIRST
HALLOWEEN.
>> OH.
>> SHE WAS A BABY ASTRONAUT
KNOWN AS A BASTRONAUT, I MADE IT
UP.
>> OH.
>> WE TOOK HER TO DALLAS TO GO
TRICK-OR-TREATING.
>> OKAY.
HOW ABOUT -- OKAY.
>> YOUR FIRST WAY -- IS THIS --
>> THIS IS MY FIRST DAY -- MY
FIRST FRIEND.
>> WHO IS THAT?
>> THAT'S BARBARA, MY SISTER.
>> OH.
>> WHO WAS MY WOMBMATE, MY VERY
FIRST FRIEND AND EVERY PICTURE
WE PUT OUR HEAD AS CLOSE
TOGETHER AS WE POSSIBLY COULD.
>> SINCE YOU WERE ALL BEST
FRIENDS AND YOU KNOW HOW YOU GET
OTHER FRIENDS, WAS THAT AWKWARD?
>> YEAH.
>> I WAS WONDERING, WE'RE BEST
FRIENDS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I
HAVE ANOTHER FRIEND.
>> I FEEL LIKE SISTERHOOD IS A
LEVEL ABOVE.
IT WAS LIKE YOU CAN BE HER BEV
FRIEND BUT I'M HER SISTER.
>> ON HER YOUR WAY TO FIRST
GRADE.
>> THIS WAS FIRST GRADE.
>> OH, LOOK AT YOUR LITTLE
BANGS.
>> LOOK AT MY CHUBBY LITTLE
FACE.
>> YOU WERE SO CUTE, COME ON.
>> LOOK AT YOUR MOM.
>> I KNOW.
SHE'S SO CUTE.
>> WHERE DID YOU GO TO FIRST
GRADE?
>> PRESTON HOLLOW ELEMENTARY IN
DALLAS, TEXAS.
>> ISN'T THAT FUNNY HOW YOU
REMEMBER?
YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR SAME HOME
PHONE NUMBER WHEN WERE YOU A
KID?
>> WHO YOU DER.
>> YEAH?
>> WHAT WAS IT.
>> 214-675-
>> OH, DON'T CALL.
>> SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT HAVE IT.
>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
>> ISN'T THAT WEIRD?
>> I REMEMBER MINE.
>> MORGANTOWN WEST VIRGINIA,
599-0036 WHATEVER THE AREA CODE
WAS, BUT I REMEMBER IT'S SO
FUNNY WHAT WE REMEMBER FROM BACK
THEN.
WE'RE GOING TO SHARE MORE
FIRSTS, BUT WE DO WANT TO LET
OUR VIEWERS KNOW, LOTS OF
SURPRISES COMING TODAY, BUT WE
DO WANT TO LET YOU IN ON THINGS
YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT JENNA.
YOU'RE GOING TO SHARE A FEW
SURPRISING THINGS.
WE'LL DO ONE EVERY DAY THIS
WEEK.
THE FIRST SURPRISING THING IS.
>> THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
FACT.
>> I KNOW ALL OF THE STATES IN
ALPHABET CALL ORDER BECAUSE OF A
SONG THAT MISS JOHNSSON AT
PRESTON HOLLOW ELEMENTARY TAUGHT
ME IN THIRD GRADE, ALABAMA,
ALASKA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS,
CONNECTICUT, DEN WEAR, DELAWARE,
FLORIDA, GEORGIA, IDAHO,
ILLINOIS, INDIANA, INDIANA,
IOWA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY,
LOUISIANA, MARYLAND,
MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN,
MINNESOTA.
ISN'T IT MINNESOTA, MONTANA,
NANA, NA, NA.
NEBRASKA, NEVADA.
NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW
MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH
CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, OHIO,
AND THE END GETS A LITTLE -- DID
YOU EVER LEARN 50 NIFTY?
>> I KIND OF REPORT BEGINNING
PART, BUT I DON'T THINK I KNOW
THE WHOLE THING.
>> I KNOW THE END.
I SHOULD HAVE REHEARSED IT.
>> IT WAS AWESOME.
>> COMING UP.