Al Roker Jokes He's Buying 18-Month-Old Granddaughter Sky a Car After She Said 'Pop Pop' for the First Time

Al Roker and his granddaughter Sky.Photo:ouichefroker/Instagram ouichefroker/Instagram Al Rokeris spoiling his granddaughter! On Monday, Jan. 6, the news anchor, 70, joked on the3rd Hour of Todaythat he would be buying his 18-month-oldgranddaughter Skyan expensive gift after she called him “pop-pop” for the first time. Speaking with co-hostsCraig MelvinandDylan Dreyerabout the winter holiday season, he said that hisdaughter Courtney Roker Laga, her husband Wesley and their daughter visited for a “pre-Christmas celebration.

Al Roker's 3 Kids: All About Courtney, Leila and Nick

Photo: Leila Roker Instagram ForAl Roker, family is everything. “I tend to put my dad a bit on a pedestal. He had his faults and all of his issues, but one of the things I always remember, and I try to do, is thathe really was my greatest advocate,” Roker told PEOPLE. With his kids all grown up, Roker has plenty to be proud of: Courtney welcomed a daughter in 2023; Nick began his college career in 2022; and his second daughter, Leila, is carving out a media career of her own.

Al Trautwig, Famed Sportscaster and Voice of the MSG Network, Dies at 68

Al Trautwig at Madison Square Garden in December 2013.Photo:Bruce Bennett/Getty Bruce Bennett/Getty Al Trautwig, the famed sportscaster and voice of the MSG Network, is dead. He was 68. His son Alex told theAssociated Pressthat he died on Sunday, Feb. 23, at his home in Long Island due to complications from cancer. While the type of cancer was not disclosed, Trautwig toldNewsdayin February 2024 he had undergone cancer treatment and had since been “cleared, and now it is just a matter of getting better.

Ala. Inmate Executed by Nitrogen Gas For Raping, Killing Woman in 1991

Demetrius Frazier.Photo:Alabama Department of Corrections via AP Alabama Department of Corrections via AP Before the execution, Frazier, 52, spoke his final words: “First of all, I want to apologize to the friends and family of Pauline Brown, what happened to her should never have happened,” Frazier said, according to theAssociated Press. Frazier also expressed an apology to the Black community and addressed Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after he petitioned her to return him to the state to serve his life sentence for separate crimes.

Ala. Woman Relives Moment She Unexpectedly Gave Birth in a Krispy Kreme Parking Lot: 'Felt Like I Was in a Movie'

In an interview withUSA TODAY, published Tuesday, Jan. 28, Sha’nya Bennett relived the moment she gave birth to her son Dallas in aKrispy Kreme parking lotin Dothan, Alabama, on Jan. 22 during a winter storm. Bennett, 23, made headlines earlier this month when she and her partner were forced to pull into the parking lot of the one of the doughnut chains' stores while they were on their way to the hospital due to her contractions,