I made it to the Today show by 6:15 a.m., and thanks to former newspaper editor-in-chief and now NBC employee, Kate Swarbrick, I received a VIP pass and was able to get pretty close to the action. Blake Shelton did some warm-ups at about 6:45, which amused me because the crowd acted like they were live and kept waving to cameras that weren't on.

David Gregory was in for Matt Lauer, and provided much of my entertainment as he sang and danced to Shelton's music. Good Morning America featured Shelton's wife, Miranda Lambert at the same time making for an interesting morning in that family.

Donald Trump, Jr. was hanging in the crowd during the performance looking casual. Also a note about TV trickery: the Shelton performance during the third hour of Today was taped earlier and played as though it was live. Shame shame! I was back at my hotel to see myself on TV! (To be fair, when at Good Morning America once they showed a three-week old Kelly Clarkson performance like it was live... it was not).

More to come.