good morning. lightnin good morning. lightning rods, two of the tea party's most controversial candidates release new campaign ads just one month before the midterm elections. >> i'm not a witch. i'm nothing you've heard. i'm you. >> this campaign is not about my family, it's not about divorces or affairs. >> can either of them capitalize on the anger of voters and win?

this morning, new york's republican candidate for governor, carl paladino, speaks out. and the man allegedly attacked by mexican pirates. he was shot and killed. she escaped with her life. this morning, she will open up in a live interview. and hot stuff, the daredevils who test fate yards from an active volcano. daredevils who test fate yards from an active volcano. "today," october 20, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. i'm meredith viera. >> and i'm matt lauer. how about that volcano footage? and you say this is the last known footage of this man. >> exactly. >> but this is incredible stuff, the daredevil photographer who took those images is going to join us for an interview later in the show. and the race for governor here in new york is anything but boring.

a lot of it has to do with this man, carl paladino. and he promises it's going to be nastier. so why does carl paladino think he should be governor of new york? he's right there. we'll ask him in a surprise interview. and we'll look at the results of what's the most comprehensive survey of the sex habits of americans in more than a decade. let's check the top stories. ann is on assignment so natalee morales is over at the news desk. a u.s. missile strike in pakistan has reportedly killed five german militants. the missile strike came amid a current concern over a terror plot at sites in europe. andrea mitchell has more. >> reporter: u.s. officials say today that the terror alert was issued for americans traveling in europe because of a stream of threats, many rooted in pakistan, including european

militants being trained there and may have gone underground. but officials do not want to panic u.s. tourists traveling abroad. they say this is not a terror warning to avoid europe entirely. the advice is simply to be careful in public places. and this note today. homeland security officials say there's no known connection to plots aimed at the u.s., but they should not be alarmed as they see extra security on amtrak. it is a program to beef up secureity, called rail safe. they do this every two months, most recently on september 10 and during holiday weekends. contrary to some reports, it was long planned and has absolutely nothing to do with the threats in europe. and there are no known threats against the united states. today in court, a mandatory life term for faisal shahzad who admitted he tried to set off a bomb in times square. if his bomb had gone off, it would have been devastating. jury deliberations are under way in that horrific home

invasion case in connecticut that left three members of one family dead. jeff rossen is in new haven with more. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: the big question this morning, how long will the jury take? they deliberated for two hours yesterday in the late afternoon and couldn't reach a verdict, so they're back at it today and could go for the death penalty. the lone survivor, dr. william petit, back at the courthouse. what's going through your mind right now? >> just waiting to see what the jury decides. >> reporter: he's waited three years for this moment. it was 2007 when prosecutors say two men broke into the petit home, beat william and tied him up and tied his two girls to the bedposts upstairs. "i heard the moaning and thumps upstairs." the jury saw video of jennifer petit at a local bank, withdrawing $15,000 to may the ransom.

and they heard the bank manager's chilling 911 call. >> we have a lady who's in the bank right now who says that her husband and children are being held at their house. if the police are told, they will kill the children and the husband. >> reporter: prosecutors say they sexual assaulted and  strangled jennifer petit before burning the house down. this mother and her two girls were killed. now, stephen hayes is charged with 17 crimes, six of them capital felonies. if convicted of just one, he could face execution. now william petit waits for the verdict. here's the timeline going forward. if the jury reaches a guilty verdict, especially on one of the capital felony counts, they take a day or two off, and that same jury that decided guilt or innocence will decide whether or not to put stephen hayes to death. then it starts all over with the other trial for the other defendant.

a gunman in gainesville, florida shot and killed one man monday and wounded five people before killing himself. police are now looking for a motive. overseas markets are mostly higher and cnbc melissa francis is at the new york stock exchange. >> we're a bundle of nerves down here. let's start with ben bernanke speaking in rhode island last night, saying the government shouldn't raise taxes or cut spending right now. the economy is too fragile. and the yield on the two-year treasury here in the united states hitting historic lows. natalee, back to you. and the maker of sun chips is now scrapping those new environmentally friendly packages. consumers had complained that even though the bags are biodegradable, they're just way too loud. it is now 7:06, back to meredith and matt and al. the company says they're not

getting rid of their idea of environmentally friendly packaging, they're just looking for another alternative that's not so loud. >> package them now in a jet airplane engine. >> in a landfill. >> i didn't like them because it was hard to sneak the chips. no, that's not me. really. >> what's up, mr. roker, how is the weather? >> it's pretty good, unless you're here in the east where we have got some rain to talk about and it's not going anywhere, low pressure sitting off the coast. plus, we have got an upper-level low, and an onshore flow, rainfall amounts generally light, one to two inches, picking up anywhere from a quarter of an inch to a half an inch of rain. the rest of the country has got wet weather out west. we talk about that in the next interesting with clouds around san francisco. weingly show you in terms of the radar view. you can see off to the east of the bay area, showers moving down the central valley and upper level low for now off to

the south and east, but close enough for a chance of scattered showers. mainly for the far east bay and areas south of san jose, cool temperatures and a better chance of showers for wednesday than thursday. the showers shut down and we warm up and dry out for the weekend. >> and that's your latest weather. and now to politi your latest t's weather. meredith. >> al, thank you very much. now to politics, the tea party showed its power during this year's primary season now some of its high profile candidates are attempting to remake their images with mid-term elections one month away, we talk to carl paladino, the tea party backed candidate in new york. kelly o'donnell has the latest. >> nice to see you. good morning. some of the biggest personalities and most talked about candidates are trying to deal with impressions less than flattering. some brought on by themselves and others hurdle by opponents.

that was true in connecticut's first senate debate where linda mcmahon, former ceo of wrestling has closed a gap against richard blumenthal. in connecticut, a smalldown over money and politics. the super wealthye wrestling exec and attorney general. >> the people of connecticut want an option. >> i'm funding my campaign with money i earned. >> linda mcmahon hits democrat, richard blumenthal for falsely claiming military service including time in vietnam. >> if he lied about vietnam, what else is he lying about? >> blumenthal, who has apologized before explained again. >> on a few occasion, out of hundreds, when i commented on it, i described it inaccurately. >> his ad says she would cut the minimum wage. >> she took home $46,and now

talking about lowering the minimum wage. >> that's a lie. you know that's a lie. i never said it. in delaware, republican candidate christine o'donnell is now taking on the old tapes of herself in tv. >> because i dabbled into witchcraft, i hung around people doing these things. >> i'm not a witch. i'm nothing you heard. i'm you. none of us are perfect but none of us can be happy with what we see all around us. another attempt at image makeover in new york. >> this campaign is not about my family, not about divorces or affairs. >> wealthy buffalo businessman, carl paladino is trying to change the subject and the tone in his campaign for governor after this hostile shouting match last week with a newspaper reporter. >> i'll take you out, buddy. >> you will take me out? >> how you going to do that? >> watch. >> more controversy. the tea party backed republican has acknowledged an affair and child out of wedlock.

paladino also suggested democratic candidate, andrew cuomo had cheated on his ex-wife. now, paladino is trying to refocus on the economy. >> i'm a builder. i know we can rebuild new york and get our state back on the road to a strong economy. >> paladino had said these things about cuomo without offering proof, part of the controversy as well. when asked to back down, he has not, not offered and apology. w with his considerable wealth, can spend as much as it takes to get his message out. >> thank you. >> carl paladino is the republican candidate for governor of new york. good morning. nice to have you here. seemed t the mantle of the angry candidate, is that what you think voters want right now? >> i don't think it's anger. i think it's people that are very frustrated and i'm just a reflection of that frustration. >> but they're frustrated at the status quo, what they have seen in washington and in state houses across this country for

years and years. isn't part of that status quo anger and rage? srvet it nasty campaigning between candidates that gets people know where once an official is elected? >> we have left that gutter politics. we're interested in talking about the issues. >> how can you turn a corner like that, how can you practice that gutter politics and all of a sudden say that's not me anymore. >> that's reaction, that was started by cuomo. they came out and attacked, attacked, attacked. >> you said this campaign will get nastier, that was a promise. if it's going to get nastier, are you going to participate it in or have you turned a corner? >> if that's the direction he wants to go in. we want to speak issues, we have challenged him to a debate. we're willing to debate every day from now until election day. we want to get those issues out to the people. we want him to answer to obama

care, we want him to answer for the reckless mandates that are out there right now. >> one of the things you have said mr. paladino is that you are going to take a baseball bat to albany. you said i'm going to crack heads and i'm going to change things. those candidates get elected and they go to the state house or the white house and they run into the system and all of a sudden they realize they don't need to crack heads, they need to build bridges. i don't think you're a bridge builder. >> we have been conditioned over the years to think that government in albany is the way government should be, two men in a room. that's not the representative of the republic that the constitution outlined. we have legislators that sit there and wait for shelshell -- >> inmore general terms, obviously there's a lot of democrats out there who don't

like you, it's a democratically dominated state. there are some republicans who don't like you, the state chairman of the conservative party said something, and i'm paraphrasing here that if you won the primary, it would be a dark period for the republican party. rick lazio apparently has a low opinion of you. who's your base who's going to help you get things done if you win and go to albany. >> my baseball bat is the people. the people. i have been speaking to the people for the last few months. that's why we had that huge plurality in the republican primary and that's why we're going to have this mandate coming to us from the entire electorate. it's the people and nobody wants to listen to the people. these rulers in albany who have been feeding at the public trough for so long, they don't want to change. >> you have admitted to sending a series of e-mails that people have found highly offensive, there was language and words that were very offensive.

there were character zragss, even of president obama and michelle obama that many found highly offensive. you said that showed bad judgment. you're saying that now when you're running for governor, you didn't when you pushed the send button on those e-mails. >> they want an answer as to why an debris cuomo took a bribe. >> they want to know if the person who's running for governor has good judgment. do you have good judgment? >> i have illustrated that for my entire career. we have ask andrew cuomo to explain his actions when he put his thumb on the prosecution of an debris farcus at hud. >> many think this is going to be a referendum on barack obama is that the way you see it or something else? >> new york state the people are concerned with a government

that's recklessly spending their money, that's overtaxing them, that's burdening them with all kinds of rules and regulations and for sure is not paying attention to the creation of good, fulfilling jobs. i will do that. >> carl paladino who's running for governor of new york. thank you for your time this morning. now to efforts to make cars safer. the government is rolling out a new vehicle safety rating system "toda today, one with tough new standards. tom costello has the details. >> reporter: good morning, meredith, most of us are familiar with the government's five star crash system where cars get more stars depending on how well the cars do. so many cars are doing so well t government is changing the system and demanding even better results. for 30 years the government has been crash testing cars and awarding stars. five stars are the best rated cars, one car puts a car at the bottom of the list. but getting five stars just got

tougher. the government is now adding side pole crash tests, and for the first time using female crash test dummies in it's evaluations. >> if we're raising the bar for safety and we know that there are a lot of women that are driving or passengers in cars, we owe it to them to give them the idea that when they buy a car, they're going to be as safe as males. >> reporter: in recent years many vehicles have earned five-star ratings, now cars and trucks must utilize high-tech crash avoidance systems. systems that warn you when you're departing your lane or about to collide with another vehicle. and a new total overall score ranging from one to five. of the 55 models tested, only two earned a five. 29 cars earned a four, two cars earned a three, and one car

earned a two, the nissan verse a. colorado state trooper eric winn says cars today almost cocoon people in an accident. >> the energy is disbursed through many parts of that vehicle. >> reporter: in 2009, traffic deaths fell to their lowest level since 1950. a total of 33,800 people died last year, that's nearly 10% fewer deaths than 2008 with when more than 37,000 people died and 9,000 death fewer deaths than in 2005. >> technology has played an incredible role in improving our accident fatality rate. >> reporter: and seat belts, today 85% of drivers buckle up. nissan is out with -- testing guidelines are stricter, 2011 model ratings are not comparable

to 1990 through 2010 model ratings and it will make adjustments as necessary. experts say you should look at both crash test results, the government's and the insurance institute before you buy a car. it is 7:19 and once again here's matt. just over the border in mexico, parts of that country are under siege, violence is bad and it's getting worse. now americans are getting caught in the fray. coming up we'll talk to a woman who was shot and killed when they were allegedly attacked by mexican pirates. mark potter is in laredo with more. >> reporter: here in laredo, texas right across the border from mexico which is suffering a dramatic rise in drug related violence. it's a problem plaguing many mexican cities and towns, often quite close to the united states.

for the last few years the worst of the violence has been in northern mexico, along the u.s. border with 47 people killed this past weekend alone. in a particularly dangerous attack, a hand grenade exploded in a busy town square in guadalupe, a suburb of monterrey, one of mexico's biggest and richest cities. more than a dozen people including six children were injured in what authorities believe was an attack by drug traffickers. earlier three explosives blew up elsewhere in monterrey. one near a u.s. consulate. this woman says we don't feel safe being out on the streets anymore. since late 2006, when mexican president felipe caldron began confronting the powerful drug cartels, nearly 30,000 people have been killed in a vicious war. and the traffickers lash out at the authorities and at rival georgia gangsgangs -- rival ganr

control of smuggling routes to the united states. in the resort down of acapulco, authorities are still looking for 20 mexican tourists who were kidnapped by gunmen last week and in towns and villages tro s throughout the country, residents are besieged by attacker who is outgun and outrun the authorities. >> intimidation through threats or through violence itself. >> reporter: so far this year, 11 mention c1 11 mexican mayors have been killed. americans aren't immune either, a couple expecting a child gunned down in juarez after a birthday party, a texas teen found dead on the side of a mexican road. mexican officials have arrested and killed hundreds of traffickers reecht s recently, violence here shows no signs of letting up. now for the american couple reportedly chased by gunmen

while on jet skis on the mexican side of a reservoir where we stand now, police say they have not yet found the body of the husband who was shot and killed during that attack. >> mark potter for us in texas this morning. >> and just ahead, we will talk to tiffany hartley about that ordeal, but first it is "today" on nbc. [ female announcer ] jerry brown and oakland's schools. what were the facts? fact: march 7, 2000. brown asks voters for new mayoral power to appoint school board members. he gets it, and promises better schools. but the drop out rate increases...50%. the school budget goes into a 100 million dollar deficit. the schools become so bad...the state has to take them over. it was "largely a bust," he admitted. jerry brown. failure as governor. failure as mayor. failure we can't afford now.

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off to the east. it will wobble closer to the bay area. late today, better tomorrow. 60s to low 70s inland and a chance of showers through oud for w for the weekend.lear 7:27. more news after the break.

meet the real meg whitman: serving on the board of goldman sachs, whitman was caught reaping millions from insider stock deals. after ebay shareholders sued and a judge cited the obvious conflict of interest she was forced to pay the money back. what kind of person would be involved in deals a fellow republican congressman called corrupt? and in her last year at ebay, whitman paid herself $120 million right before the company laid off 10% of it's workers. we're choosing a governor, shouldn't character matter? >>. >> we are working on developing news. new information on an amber alert for a little girl. the police chief in fresno said officers have a man in custody,

but don't think he has anything to did with the kidnapping. alyssa car denas. she was last seen in a burnle winnie the pooh sweatshirt. police are continuing to electric for her. they say the suspect is possible low a 25-year-old caw sagz or light-skinned hispanic male. it is a 1990 ford pick up single cab with a white hor zondal pin stripe on the side. call 911 with sightings. the "today" show returns in less than a minute. [ male announcer ] barbara boxer. she fought to get our veterans the first full combat care center in california. her after school law is keeping a million kids off the street and out of gangs. and she's fighting every day to create new jobs. i'm working to make california the leader in clean energy. to jump-start our small businesses with tax credits and loans

to create thousands more california jobs. i'm barbara boxer, and i approve this message... because i want to see the words made in america again. 7:30 now on a tuesday morning, it's the fifth day of october, 2010. we love that, high above your plaza, the top of the rock in midtown manhattan and down below some soaked people on our plaza. it's been raining for a couple of days here in the northeast, hopefully it clears out for the weekend. just ahead, the hottest video on the internet, no pun intended. daredevils descend into an

active volcano, how did they pull this off? coming up, we're going to meet the man behind it when he joins us exclusively. also ahead more incredible images, never before discovered creatures. plus the new survey that's revealing the startling truth about the sex lives of americans. do we want to know? we'll tell you about it coming up. but we begin this half hour with the latest on the american couple who were allegedly attacked by mexican pirates as they jet skied on a mexican border lake. >> reporter: they knew each other since high school and had a passion for adventure. but 29-year-old tiffany hartley and her 30-year-old husband david could never have imagined how a sightseeing trip would change their lives forever. last thursday, the couple ventured out into the falcon lake reservoir in south texas, trying to photograph an old

partially submerged church in a mexican ghost town. >> they were over the border. >> did you see anybody? >> there are three boats. >> three boats? >> three boats and they came back looking at me. >> three boats and a barrage of bullets. david was shot in the back of the head. and then the ultimate agony, as the ambush continued, tiffany was forced to abandon her dying husband in a desperate bid to state of her own life. she finally reached shore, describing sheer terror in her call to 911. >> are you sure that your husband got shot? >> yes. in the head. >> was he thrown out of the jet see and that he's in the water or something? >> he was thrown off the jet ski and i couldn't pick him up to get him on mine. >> we're close to getting here landing on the water, but she was not hit. >> the falcon lake reservoir is a unique body of water.

the u.s. mexico border runs right through the middle of it. tiffany admits they were on the mexican side. with gun toting pirates becoming more brazen in their attacks. texas authorities don't have jurisdiction on mexican side of the lake. >> we would like to try to retrieve the body. the way things are on the border, we would need to be very well armed to protect ourselves. >> for a couple married a yeaei years, it seems sadly ironic. that their goal was to live without fear. >> tiffany hartley is here with us along with david's parents. good morning to all of you and please accept my condolences, i'm so sorry for your loss. >> good morning. >> tiffany, if i could start with you, could you take us back to last week when you went jet skiing with your husband david.

why did you guys decide to go out there? >> my husband had been doing some research on that old church in mexico, and he loved history and he wanted to go see it before we headed back to colorado the following week. >> in may i know that the texas department of public safety had reported several incidents of gunmen robbing boaters. nay had worned americans about the lake, if you're going to go out there, whatever you do, don't cross over into the mexican side. i understand you and david had even talked about the risks. why did you ignore the danger involved there? >> we hadn't heard anything for quite a while. my husband, being a manager of his -- the company down in

mexico, he had to take care of them and make sure they were safe and make sure i was safe and i know he would never ever put me in a position of danger and we hadn't heard anything of anything going on over there. we had heard about the pirates, but we didn't know, you know, we just hadn't heard anything recently. >> so at what point did you realize that you were both in terrible danger? >> once we started seeing that the three boats were coming towards us and then they started chasing us, and then we just started hearing the fires, the gun fire. >> and then your husband was shot and you were faced with an agonizing decision, you either went back and tried to save him or saved your own life or attempted to save your own life. can you tell us about that moment for you? >> when i looked back after i had seen some bullets hit the

water next to me, i looked back to check on david and i saw him fly over the jet ski and he had been hit. i quickly turned around and went to him and jumped off my jet ski and i had to turn him over because he was facedown in the water and turned him over and he was shot in the head. and that's when a boat came up, one of the boats came up to me. and had a gun pointed at me trying to -- and that's when they left and that's when i tried saving david and getting him on my jet ski but i couldn't get him up and i kept hearing god tell me you have to go, you have to go. so i had to leave him. so i could get to safety. >> and i know that -- they have

not recovered your husband's body or your son's body, dennis and pam, how are you coping? >> well, we're hacking in there. we have had a lot of support from friends here and everywhere. david's friends in colorado are planning a rally to bring david home. that is this friday in denver, colorado at the mexican consulate at 1:00 p.m. >> do you feel the mexican authorities are doing all they can to find david's body? >> no. >> no. >> no. . >> we need to desperate by get on the mexican side of the lake so we can search for him and bring him home. it's like please, everybody, call your congress, call anybody that you can to have them get us over there. he has to come home. president obama, help us,

president of mexico, help us, please. >> this is not something that there's a textbook on to know what we're supposed to do, we have been doing what we have been directed to do by everybody and i don't feel we have been provided the right information to make stuff work and that's why we're pleaing to everybody now, anybody that can help to let us know and to support us and to rally together to get him back home so we can have peace and closure on this and so that never happens to anybody else. >> and now tiffany, the mexican authorities are speaking with a south texas newspaper and questioning your story, they say they found no evidence of this attack or your husband's remains, saying we're not certain that this incident happened the way they are telling us. i want to give you a chance to respond to that.

>> well, i would have to say that, you know, when they -- they know the pirates are out there, we knew that, we knew that there was a possibility of them being there. i believe in my heart that they went back and took him and they're hiding our jet ski, they're hiding him. and we just plea to that we get him back. and when you're looking at the end of the barrel of a gun and wondering if they're just going to shoot you too and wonder if your families are just going to never know where you are, and his mom knew we were there, but it's not anything for david not to call her for a few days. but they're not doing what they need to do to get in that water and find him. they're not getting in the water, they don't have people on the ground, they don't have people looking for him.

and that's why we're pleading that. please. bring him back. >> they can't prove it if they don't look. >> tiffany, dennis, pam and nicky hartley, thank you so much, our thoughts and prayers are with all of you. >> thank you. >> now we're going to make a tough turn and get a check of the weather from al. >> yesterday out west, in the phoenix area, they had some strong storms and some gusty winds, strong thunderstorms forcing officials at the sky harbor airport diverting over 30 flights away with localized flooding, they had dust storms, they've got more bad weather coming in there "todatoday, tak look at the maps, they have a risk of severe strong storms in the southwest again. let's show you on the map, there you go, thunderstorms over arizona bring damaging wind, hail and locally heavy rains and

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this name of the youtube video says it all. most incredible volcano footage ever. a daredevil descends into an active volcano and calmly walks around as red hot molten lava bubbles all around. the man behind this is volcanologist mr. mackley. i want to start out by saying i have seen this video and i know others have seen it and some people react this way, they say it's too incredible to be real, this had to be done with some kind of special effect or commuter. how do you respond to that? >> well, i take that as actually

the ultimate complement. i mean just in the last few days, the views and comments in that video have gone completely insane, beyond what i would ever imagine. there was 700 e-mail this morning that i woke up to and about half of them went to the point of saying that it's a complete fake and one guy even suggested that i also fake the moon landings. so i take it with a grain of salt. >> talk to me about where exactly this volcano is and how difficult it was to get you and your team there. >> well, probably until today most people in the united states probably never heard of marum, we spent a lot of money on a helicopter. or you walk for eight hours. then you might encounter some of

the worst weather on the planet. this volcano pumps out so much greenhouse gas that it creates it's own weather in effect. so it's not a very nice place. >> you have said that nothing can compare to the mind-blowing rush of being so close to a spectacle like this. i think some people might be watching thinking those would be appropriate words on a tombstone if something went wrong. >> a lot of people might think that i'm crazy, but i have actually been doing this for a long time and i'm still alive so that probably says something. but the biggest danger is of falling rocks, on your rope, knocking a rock loose that's going to hit you at 100 miles an hour. that's the biggest danger. of course the volcano could erupt more violently and all the expectedly and you could also be hit by lightning in the strait. >> i have been near volcanos or

lava fields before, the heat is intense. and i was nowhere as close to that kind of a pool of lava as you were. describe the heat and the feeling for me. >> it's very hard to describe the heat, but perhaps anyone who's been close to a major fire or you know a burning factory or something, kwoyou can feel this incredible ray of heat. any firefighter will know exactly, there's a thing called radiant heat and it comes out from the lava and it's incredibly intense and you have to have the suit and the breathing apparatus. and that suit was made by someone in the fire service. >> for someone who may be watch these images and the footage saying that sounds like a good way to spend my next vacation, what advice would you give them? >> well, i have been thinking about this for a while and i mean, i have been on things like

tornado tours and things like that and i have -- i'm seriously considering trying to make this an extreme tourist venture. i'm sure people would flock to this place to do that. >> well, good luck to you, the video as i said, the images are amazing and we appreciate you spending some time with us this morning. >> no problem, thank you very much. >> jeff mackley and we're back with much more of "today" on a tuesday morning right after this.

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to fifteen thousand employees and made small business dreams come true. to change california let's send meg whitman up the road... about a hundred and thirty miles. 8:00 now on this tuesday morning, october 10, 2010. we have made our way outside on a rather brisk morning here, it's right around 55 degrees. i'm meredith viera with matt lauer and al roker. the reviews for both books are out "today." >> what happens in the household if one sells much more than the other. >> they each say they want the other one's book to do better

than theirs. such liars. >> speaking of liars, a new survey on sex is out. the results are interesting, do men and women feel the same when it comes to sex? that seems like a ridiculous question and who is and who is not getting the message when it comes to safe sex? we'll tell you about those results in a minute. we have talked about education and education nation, the white house is now shining a spotlight on higher education. we're going to be talking with the wife of vice president dr. jill biden, and melinda gates, the wife of bill gates about that. >> and we're going to get a check of the headlines and natalee is on assignment. >> good morning, everyone. anti-terror police in france is -- u.s. officials say they know of no new threats on american soil. meantime, germany's foreign

ministry is investigating reports that a u.s. missile strike in pakistan killed five german militants including four of turkish descent. police say 24-year-old clifford miller targeted specific people all men as he drove through his neighborhood near the university of florida. he eventually took his own life. police did not reveal a motive. president obama is highlighting the role of community colleges as you heard a little while ago at a white house summit. he said schools are developing an educationed specialized workforce. he says he wants the u.s. to be the world's top producer of college graduates. christine o'donnell declear -- declares i am not a witch. she said in a talk show appearance that she had dabbled in witchcraft as a teenager.

meanwhile candidates for a senate seat tussled in their first debate. and richard blumenthal said his false claims of having served in vietnam are old news. italian officials have called off their search for two american balloonists. they were complete in a balloon race over europe when organizers say they likely hit the water at 50 miles an hour. and 33 miners trapped under ground could be freed by the middle of this month. original estimates had them coming out by christmas, but most likely it will be sometime next week. 8:03 right now, let's go back outside to matt and meredith. >> it's been a long haul, let's keep our fingers crossed here.

it's raining here. >> raining on mr. roker. >> and this cutie here. what this one's name? >> barrett. >> let's sign him up as an anchor. he sounds good. >> thanks a lot for coming down, let's check your weather. pick city today, evansville, indiana. we have g an areae of disturbed there in the caribbean, 50% chance of a tropical cyclone forming. this one could come right up the coast, but it could get caught up in a trough and move up the east coast. beautiful weather in the pacific northwest, and from the great lakes to the gulf coast, we have still got more sunshine.

>> and that's your latest weather. when we come back, lisa rinna and harry hamlin talk about their new reality show and lleir driueingllk b aoondir the .veirfa get a room, guys, we're back right after this.

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place." now they're teaming up together on a new reality show. lisa has a novel named "scarlet." and he's got one "full frontal nudity." . >> the books are making news again. >> they are, aren't they? >> you were honest on your last book, you said i did have an injection in my upper lip in the 1980s. it was an experience you had with a friend of yours and you received a lot of criticism after that. and now we read in "people" magazine that you in august actually had your lip size reduced. >> i did. >> was it because of the way people reacted to your coming out? >> it was really about the journey of our tv land show "harry loves lisa." i really never thought you could do anything about it. you have silicone put in, it's permanent. so during the show, we go down

this path. we go on this journey and i find out there's something you can do and after a lot of things going on i do it. and i do it for me. i do it because i no longer wanted my lips to be what defined me. >> your lips don't define you, trust me about that. but millions of people got tattoos over the last 20, 30 years and finally when they discovered a way to get rid of them, millions of people went in and got rid of those tattoos th they got at the spur of the moment. >> i had no way you could reduce it. >> were you shocked at how nasty people became when you came out and said yes, i did something to my lips? >> i did because i think naive today is bliss. i always had these lips and i never paid attention. i never said it was true. and when i came out to say it, it just opened the floodgates.

>> i fell in love with those lips, i kissed those lips for 18 years and there's nothing wrong with those lips. >> and these books are not going to break apart your love affair, are they? because you're not competing? >> i don't call it a memoir, it's sort of a romp up to the age of 25. >> it's so good. it's so good. >> let's talk about yours first, give you a little bit of love here. the catalyst of this book was when you tried to cross the canadian border, was it last year? and you were stopped. >> i was going to do a job in vancouver and i was stopped at the border because it took 40 years for an arrest that happened in berkeley to get into the computer there. after 9/11, they're all kind of a antsy. >> it was an arrest for things we used to do back in those days in berkeley, but it was a felony arrest, but it didn't end up to

be a felony, it ended up being a little misdemeanor. but it never got into the computer, so they hod to assume that i was a hard core felon and i had to go through criminal rehab and all of this in canada. but it inspired me to go back and think about what happened in that time of my life. and i had to challenge my history of becoming a hard core criminal from age 3 up to 55. and lisa's book is a novel. >> and your book is about hollywood and sex and drugs and good guys and bad guys. >> it's about my coming to hollywood and really about all the people i came across, the good ones, the bad ones and i put them all together. and what's fun about it is you can make them how you want. if you like them, you can make them crazy and nasty and if you love them, you can make them wonderful and vulnerable. >> would you say the main character is you?

>> i had to write from what i know and not really being a fictional writer, i started with what i know. it is me in a sense, but it's me on steroids. >> we took the soup that we created with all the books and our stores and you mix it all up for this tv show that we made for tv land. >> why did you decide to do that, a reality show? >> it's a good question, everybody asks this question. >> we wanted to do something together, creatively, it just so happens that in my life, every time i have ever done a tv show, my wife has been on the same time on a different channel. >> but those are different lives. >> except for when i was -- when you were on "melrose place." >> it was the recession, we're actors, we have to wait for the phone to ring. we're actors and i said let's create a show. we get to be at home with our

families. >> you have two daughter zbhs we wish they could be in it all the time. >> they would like to be in the title. >> we have done this thing, we created it ourselves, we sold it ourselves, but it was a journey, a great journey. >> and it's on tv land, and tv land is the best network for this show to be on right now, bar none. we lucked out with tv land. because they have this huge hit out there with "hot in cleveland" now. >> very quickly, 15 years of marriage, obviously successful, what is the secret? >> i know what my answer is. >> really? >> let's hear it. >> i dig him so much and i think you have to be so attracted to somebody in the beginning because you can so easily deval somebody and live gets so hard. i just dig him. >> no deval situatiuation. and i dig her. and i love those lips. >> he said the right thing.

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17 of those years at a community college. yet, you calm community colleges america's best kept secret. why are they such a good secret? >> they're a great secret, matt, and i'm so excited about the summit today because people are going to learn about community colleges. you know, we partnered with businesses, and that means we bring in companies who offer green technology or health care related fields andç so what th means is there will be jobs for americans, and, also, if you want to go to a four-year college, you can come to us for two years and then you can go right into the four-year college. >> do you think, dr. biden, that community colleges have an image problem? i remember back when i was in high school, and you correct me if this is changed, people tended look down at community colleges and say they were for people who couldn't get into college, didn't want to go to college, or something else? is it still a stigma? >> well, i think that's why we're having this summit. we're trying to say to america,

hey, we've changed. look what we have to offer. we have a great education, so come and take a look at us. i think things are changing. >> mrs. gates, let's talk about this grant money that is -- your foundation is dedicating some $35 million over five years to community colleges in states which have a high proportion of low income families. what are your goals? >> well, that's right, matt. so many students -- we have today over eight million students in community colleges, and these are students that you don't think of. nontraditional students. they're working students. they often hold down two jobs. they have a young child. they're attending community colleges, and the idea is to not have just 25% of them today complete with some sort of certificate or degree, but to get so many more of them through the system, make it easier for them to complete community college to go on and get a job in the economy. >> let me ask you both for a quick take on this next one. mark zuck errberg, the founder and ceo of facebook recently

pledged $100 million to the newark school system. is this the wave of the future in both of your opinions? are troubled school systems across the country going to have to go out and solicit for guardian angels? >> no, i don't think that's the way of the future. i think what he has done is absolutely fantastic because i think he can set new jersey on a path, but i think we have money in the system that can be reused both at the high school level and at the community college level. today we spend $2 billion remediating kids to go back and learn what they need to learn in high school and community college. that money can be repurposed at the community college level. you can do lots of things to stimulate the system. >> i have about a minute left, and melinda, i want to stick with you for a second. your family has done amazing things in terms of philanthropy. talk to that person out there who has just been through the recession, maybe they lost their job, their home, their retirement savings, and although they mae be starting to pick up the pieces and build their

finances again, how do you convince that average person to donate to charity when they see their own situation being so unstable? >> i think we're a generous economy, and i think while there are many people hurting who need jobs or need more work than they've got, we also see people amongst us in our community that need our time and our help, and i think it's important that we give our time, our energy, our money, in any way to lift our own communities up, and i think community colleges are one way to do that, and there's ways to do it in your own community as well. >> melinda gates, dr. biden, thanks for your work with community colleges. ewe done an awful lot to raise the profile of these institutions over the last many years. >> today will be great. >> thanks to both of you. meredith. now to the first-ever global census of sea life. it took ten years to complete and uncovered thousands of exotic new species. here's nbc's peter alexander.ç

>> reporter: places less explored than anywhere else on earth. as much art as science. these wonderous species are exotic like the squid worm and odd like this underwater creature with tentacles and a string of stomachs. this fir of its kind of census of marine life is a product of a decade-long exploration. 2,700 scientists, nearly a quarter million species, one amazing find after the next. scientists are loving it just like we are. just the diversity of life, the richness of it, the connectedness of it. they're finding life in places in the deep ocean where they didn't think new species would exist, and, still, they're find it. >> reporter: this long-haired craft so unusual it required a new family designation. the darth vader jellyfish found in the arctic more than a half mile below, and the vampire squid native to california's monterey bay. for scientists, this is just a

starting point. >> it's just the beginning. it's not the end. scientists are going to use the tools they developed for this exploration and carry on the work for future decades, but based on this census, it's going to be intriguing. >> reporter: one expert says this census is like exploring a dark house with a flashlight. just wait until we turn on the lights. for "today" peter alexander, nbc news, new york. >> beautiful. very gorgeous. >> just ahead, the new survey that is revealing the truth about sex in america. >> and what they're seeing is the more responsible people are the younger people. very interesting. >> back after your local news and weather.

good morning, everybody. i want to check your morning commute with mike inouye. i guess we don't have that right now. we have new details on breaking news. there we go. developing news out of fresno. police have caught the man they say kid in and 8-year-old girl. fresno police say the little girl is alive and okay, but we don't have any word on her condition a man in a pickup truck abducted her yesterday evening from outside a fresno apartment complex. her mother tried to chase the truck but lost track of t a state-wide amber alert was issued for the girl.

police were going door to door and searching isolated areas. officers are not releasing information about where they found her, only that she is safe this morning, so that's good news.

we want do check in with mike, he's got an oil spill to tell us about. >> 101 slowing out of milbrae.

southbound side look at that. northbound side now jamming. rob has a look at your forecast. >> so far this morning, not much in the way of wind, but another cool day around the bay area. 60s and 70s lurking off to the east and south as we go toward the afternoon. tomorrow, continued cool. we clear out thursday and then warm up as we move into the weekend, inland high, finally hitting the 80s. >> more local news had half an hour. "today" show returns in less than a minute. [ male announcer ] carly fiorina. as ceo, she laid off 30,000 workers and shipped jobs to china. china. india. russia. poland. i know precisely why those jobs go. [ male announcer ] because fiorina shipped them there. to shanghai instead of san jose. bangalore instead of burbank. proudly stamping her products "made in china." 30,000 workers gone while fiorina took $100 million for herself.

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been waiting for. what americans do in the bedroom. >> a comprehensive national survey of our sexual activities. you'll be surprised by some of these results, actually. 6,000 people participated from the ages of 14 to 94. >> okay. >> okay. also ahead, when you think of your bills, think about saving for retirement, the car payment. do you just get overwhelm snd a lot of people i think right now in this economy, especially overwhelming. well, coming up an expert is going to teach us how to improve your relationship with your money and psych yourself rich. >> and if you get tired of grilling the same old burger, we have got a burger for you. this one is a vietnamese-inspired burger, and you know a burger has to be good when the chef's name is spike. >> oh, yeah. >> yeah. >> that just says burger. >> he wins all kinds of burger competitions. >> he is the easy odds-on favorite to win the burger bash. >> in vegas, you mean? >> here in new york.

>> vegas. >> all right. before we go any further, let's say hi to ali. she lost a nail-biting challenge on the biggest loser with the first contestant this year voted off. sorry about that, ali. nice to see you. good morning. let's talk about it. you started out at 322 pounds and lost 17 pounds on theç ran, and now you're home. how are you doing? >> so far i have lost 85 pounds. >> fantastic. >> i'm taking it day by day. >> after losing a competition, it was you, the youngest contestant, versus teen yashg the oldest contestant. you were voted off. why do you think they got rid of you? >> um -- >> truthfully? >> i think it was a game play move. >> they were more worried about you in terms of being competitive. >> she had an injury. i was the biggest threat. >> you got home, and this happens to a lot of folks who have lost weight. whether consciously or subconsciously, your family members can sabotage you. your mom left a chocolate bar on

the counter. she knows that's your weakness. what did you say? >> i didn't say too much, but, you know, i just think at the time she wasn't ready, but have i talked to her since, and -- >> ready for what? >> ready to help me, to be my support system, but, you know, we've talked and we know that it's going to be a working relationship. >> it's gotten better? >> yeah. >> you are now living with your trainer. >> yeah. >> who is helping you. >> i'm working with amanda roush, and she's been amazing. it's been a blessing. >> it's important to surround yourself with people who have the same goals. >> exactly. exactly. >> you had major health issues. your doctor said -- >> i was going to have a stroke in three years. >> your mom had a stroke. >> this march. that's what scared me. >> you really worked hard because at 14 you had a gastric bypass. lost a lot of weight. then -- what's your motivation

now? >> i just -- i don't want to have a stroke. i saw how hard it was for my mom, and it just terrifies me. it terrifies me. >> i would think every morning you look in the mirror, you must be so proud of the results and eager to keep going. >> yes. >> well, do keep going. >> you look gorgeous. >> thank you for coming this morning, ali. can you catch the biggest loser tonight on nbc. 8:00, 7:00 central time right here on nbc. >> all right, al. how about a check of the weather? >> all righty. we'll show you what's going on. as far as today is concerned, we've got wet weather in the northeast. risk of strong storms in the southwest. sunny skies in the gulf coast. nice and mild up into the great lakes. tomorrow the rain continues here in the northeast. more wet weather in the southwest. mild in the pacific northwest. nice and mild through the central plains, and plenty of sunshine through the gulf. that's what's going on well, our cool week continues. we have temperatures in the morning, 40s and 50s, not warming up a whole lot today.

close to to 7 in in oakland. now san jose, livermore south or concord off to the east. a chance of showers drifting in from the east, an area of low pressure tracking to the south. wednesday, more showers possible. then the weekend looks good. high pressure building n 70s and 80s inland, getting started on saturday. >> and don't forget your check your weather any time of the day arre or night, the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. we're going to talk about a survey about the sex lives of america. but first this is "today" on nbc. hi! welcome to progressive.com. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today.

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sexual behavior and habits conducted since 1994. nancy snyderman chief medical editor. >> this is quite a survey, ages 14 to 94 were ask about their sexual habits and i guess the big headlines is about condom use and teenagers seem to be more responsible than older adults when it comes to using condoms. >> i think it's one of the big headlines and the other one is this study is one of the biggest where we have looked at sex and sexual activity really takes conventional wisdom and turns it upside down. in the united states we always assume that people are having sex, that they're older and that teenagers must be having sex all the time. finally we have some numbers to go with it. and what you talked about, condom use is one of the interesting things and that is people who are having sexual relations over the age of 40 are not using condoms as regularly and as responsibly as teenagers.

and if you break it down by race, african-americans and latinos are more responsible than white people. and that's a real heads up for people over the age of 40 who think they can't get a sexually transmitted disease. >> exactly, 70% to 80% of teens used a condom the last time they had it. so they are definitely getting the message. >> condoms have now become part of their sexual education and we start of destigmatized it somewhat. but what does an average 45 or 55-year-old woman think about when she's entering a new sexual relationship, whether or not she can get pregnant. but we forget that sexually transmitted diseases can be just as important and hiv has had little spikes in various communities around the country in the post 60-year-old age group in women. so a real reminder unless you're in a monogamous relationship and unless you really know your partner and you have unprotected sex, you are taking a risk. >> another important finding is that we tend to think that teens only have sex on their minds,

that's all they want to do. but in fact the study showed that among 17-year-olds, 40% of boys and 31% of girls said they have had sexual intercourse, which is lower than you would have thought. >> lower than you would have thought which i think goes into the experimentation of that. many haven't had sex for the last 09 days so. it really goes to the rom"romeod juliet" yet aspect. when a 17-year-old starts to experiment. there's a natural mature ration process. and by 80, 90 and even 94-year-olds were talking about sexual pleasure in this study. so i think we have to take the blinders off and start to look at sexual health as health and part of the sort of animal experimentation that goes along with living. >> and it's an interesting finding when it comes to a communication break down.

85% of men said their partners climaxed the last time they had sex, 64% of women reported that they actually did and some of these women even reported having pain and i think this is one of the turn it upside down things. so whether or not women say they're satisfied because they don't want to disappoint a partner, whether women fake an orga orgasm, which means they don't want to disappoint a partner. or whether men always think they are better than they really are, you can make your own assumptions, that really says that women and men may be having sex but they aren't necessarily talking about what makes it good for either one of them. >> thank you so much. >> you bet, meredith. >> and up next, how do improve your relationship with money and psych yourself rich. this is "today" on nbc.

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turn here. >> we rabach at 8:43, and this morning your relationship with money, people's feelings towards the economy and their personal finances are deterioratindeteri. here's what some people we talked to had to say. >> emotionally money makes me feel crazy. >> yeah, there's no security in it. it's fluid, it comes and goes. one day you might have it, one day you might not. >> my relationship with money is scary and just trying to provide and make that mortgage payment and make that car payment and putting food on the table. >> i feel secure with my financial relationship with money because i never live outside of my means. >> we have a frenemy kind of relationship, obviously i need money to survive but i want to kind of pretend that i don't need it. >> my relationship with money is

complicated, now because i have so little and i have so little because i could have done a little bit better in prior years. >> how co-you develop a healthier relationship toward money. the author of a new book called psych yourself rich, get the mindset you need to build your financial life. i always think you think finances, you think numbers on a spreadsheet or a monthly checking out statement. this is an emotional issue. people, you know, scarey, complicated, insecure. is that a bad thing. >> it's a huge problem. i interviewed behavioral expe s expertsers economists, when we harbor negative feelings with money and about money, what that ultimately does is create a mind trap in your head so that we are unable to make healthy rational decisions. >> and the guy at the end there said that his relationship with money is influenced by the fact that he just lost a lot. but for most people it goes much further back, doesn't it? >> it's rooted in how we were

raised. mom and dad played a huge role in our money relationship. i think it's how they fought over money or how they didn't talk about money, how they delayed their gratification our just showered you be gifts. >> and every major life adds a chapter to that money book, and we have just been through what for some people have been a terribly destructive chapter with this recession. >> absolutely, so money's an emotional mess, so whether we're in a ecession or not, we would still be having this conversation. the risk is if you go into a down economy -- people who go through life, their defense mechanism when they're not happy in their relationship is to ignore it. they don't open up their bills, they don't check their 401(k) statements. >> and the results of that? >> you wake up one day and your house is in foreclosure, you don't have a job and you don't have a plan b. >> one of the things you suggest

to people is if you want to improve your relationship with money and make it healthier, take a trip down money lane, what do you want me to do? >> look at the good -- when you did save up to buy that house, what did that process feel like, what did you do? learn from that, ekt extract from that. a gentleman in the clip that said he lived beyond his means and now because of the job market he's forced to take better steps going forward. >> if you lose a lot of money in a recession you are bound to have some fear. most people find that fear, those money zombies you talked about paralyzing, but you talked in the book about using that fear as a motivational force? how do you do that? it sounds easy but it's not. >> you have to understand where is that fear coming from, and visualize that fear? what is your worst-case scenario

fear? that you're going to lose your house? that you're not going to be able to make that mortgage this month. kind of visualize it and then use fear as a mobilizer and a motivational tool. >> there are a lot of people that just cut way back after very hard financial times and you say it's possible to probably do more cutting expenses? where do you start. >> you start with the basics, where you're living and what you're driving, do you have to sell your car? do you have to get a second job? >> by any means possible? >> you have to -- in every relationship there are compromises. >> this book you're not saying is necessarily going to make people rich financially, rich in a different way? >> rich in terms of financial security, it's not sexy million dollar ferraris and mansions.

if you loses your job tomorrow, you can make that mortgage payment and then some. it's not sexy, but it's security. >> the book is called "psych yourself rich." friday we're going to look at how the recession is forcing people to retire early. so if you've got a question, you can go to our website and file it there. up next the classic burger, but first, this is "today" on nbc. [ male announcer ] sacramento and silicon valley

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this morning on "today's" kitchen, we're going back to basics. he won the judge's prize at the 2009 new york city wine and food festival's burger bash. he's going to try to repeat friday at this year's events. good morning to you. >> good morning, how is it going? >> it's going really well. you won last time with the obama burger. >> exactly. >> i'm going to be doing another burger from the cookbook, it's a vietnamese burger, it's got pickled vegetables and fresh herbs in it. >> before we get to that, this event is for charity? >> i look forward to this event every year. a bunch of chefs get tonight to celebrate. all the proceeds go to food

banks in new york and stuff. >> what do you call this burger again. >> this is the blazing barn. so we're going to do some pickled vegetables. so we just have a little bit of sugar and some water and some vinegar in here. >> you slice these with a mandolin, right? >> if you don't have a mandolin, find somebody that does. >> you can do knife cuts if you want. they don't have to be perfect. they're going to be pickled. what i like to do is pour the pickling liquid while it's hot. >> why do you want it while it's hot? >> this is best if you hold in the fridge overnight. there we go. >> this is the vietnamese influence here? >> this is the vietnamese

influence? this burger is kind of like the vietnamese sandwich. it's got the vegetables and the spice in it. all you do is cook your burger medium rare, with salt and pepper. >> so no special spices in the burlingtoner. >> >> just a little salt and pepper. really simple. >> you're putting it on a potato roll. >> i love the texture of potato rolls. it's just kind of delicious, it's my preference. you can use a regular roll. just let it steep for about 20 minutes, but usually overnight you're going to get better results. and we have this delicious mayonnai mayonnaise, with a little bit of condensed milk.

>> you guys can only eat if you're going to vote for me at burger bash. throw some fresh herbs on there. >> that looks great. >> and now for your fries you have used sweet potato. >> yes, sweet potato. >> hard work around the "today" show. you work up an appetite. >> i just roast a little bit of brown sugar a little bit of fresh herbs. let them do their thing. >> take a couple of bites there. >> this is your version of a milk snake. >> we usually serve it with wings. >> condensed milks, right? >> you know do a vietnamese milk shake, we have the custard in there, we're going to add a little bit of milk. >> the that whole milk?

>> just whole milk. a little simple serum made out of coffee and stuff. i always add a little bit of condensed milk. >> why? >> just to tone it out a little bit. you can always use a little bit of yogurt or sour cream. >> how's the burger? >> oh! >> that's already actually in the syrup. and we're going to use that garnish. but i like the way you're paying attention here. >> you left something out. >> mix that up. perfect. >> we're running out of time. >> good luck on friday, by that way. [ male announcer ] carly fiorina.

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have a great morning. we'll see you back here in a bit. parents are their children's first teachers in life. in our latest editorial, we stated that with our school system severely challenged, parents have to be even more diligent about the role they play in their kids' education, but some of you disagreed. this is the same old song and dance that we see from teachers and their unions whenever we start to question performance. another took this stand -- of course parents should nurture the intellectual growth of their kids, but to that end, we must rid our schools of drug, uninspiring teachers and bureaucrat-driven curriculum. and lisa shared at a very young age, children should be enand

their curiosity awake and so they can grow up loving to learn and associate learning with pleasure not something forced down their throat. to join our debate, logon to nb orit.cedlsia.om we're back with more of "today" on this fifth day of october 2010. we are promising an improvement in the weather later. >> by friday. >> okay, inside studio 1a, i'm matt lauer, along with natalee morales and al roker. a couple went out for a day of jet skiing, they were attacked in a hail of bullets, the

husband is believed to have been killed and his wife escaped. the wife is telling her side of the story. we're going to have more on that in just a couple of minutes. we're going to give you some help with your diet. there's a lot of confusion today about how much vitamin d you immediate and the real benefits of green tea. and then paying for college, bad news for parents out there, there's more steep rises in college students. how can a family already on a stressed budget pay for college. we're going to tell you what steps you can take in just a minute. >> i know you've got news headlines, but that was a great burger zbchlt i liked the shake. >> natalee' got a check of all the headlines. new this morning, police in france arrested 12 men linked to islamic extremists.

a missile strike came amid concerns about a terror plot. a terror cell said to be behind that plot is believed to be hiding in pakistan and u.s. officials say they know of no threats aimed at this country. today in court a mandatory life term for faisal shahzad. a gunman in gainesville, florida shot and killed five men before shooting and killing himself. the republican that was royaling the new york governor's race told matt this morning that he was just voicing the frustration of voters when he said he would take a baseball bat to the state capitol. carl paladino threatened -- meanwhile in the delaware senate race, christine o'donnell declares in her new ad that she is not a witch, the reference to

a talk show appearance where she admitted dabbling in witchcraft as a teen. today president obama is hosting a summit on community colleges on what works and what does. he wants the u.s. to become the world's top producer of college graduates by 2010. prince william at co-pilot in his first rescue as royal search and rescue pilot. william and his teammates picked up a man who was seriously ill from a gas production platform. they flew him to a site where an ambulance was waiting. i think al roker went outside. >> i believe so. >> no, i'm upstairs. i actually came upstairs to get some more burgers. l, tay'setake a look and show you what's going on as far as your weather is concerned, for "today," we have's got a pesky w pressure center combining for some showers in the northeast, cool weather as well.

and we have got a risk of strong storms down to the southwest, rain extending all the way to the california-nevada board if. plenty of sunshine from the rockies down to texas and back into the southeast where temperatures are going to be chillier than usual. well, not only is the weather cool, it's going to get a little weird over the next couple of days wayne upper level low to the south and east, this will back toward the central valley which means in addition to the cooler temperature, 60s to near 70s degree temperatures for highs, areas in the south bay and east bay will see a chance of a few scattered showers. into wednesday and maybe early thursday, then we clear out and warm up for the weekend. now to the american couple who allegedly were attacked by pirates on the mexican border.

first here's nbc's janet shanlian. >> reporter: they knew each other since high school and had a passion for adventure. but 29-year-old tiffany hartley and her 30-year-old husband david could never have imagined how a sightseeing trip on jet skis could change their lives forever. last thursday the couple ventured out on to the falcon lake reservoir in south texas. >> we were about five minutes away from that place, coming back towards the united states and they were accosted by mexican pirates. >> did you see anybody? >> there were three boats, and they cam back looking at me. >> three boats and a barrage of bullets, david was shot in the back of the head. and then the ultimate agony, as the ambush continues, tiffany was forced to abandon her dying husband in a bid to save her own life. >> are you sure that your

husband got shot? >> yes, in his head. >> okay, was he thrown out of the gee ski that he's in the water or something? >> he was thrown off the jet ski and i couldn't pick him up to get him on mine. >> leaving the man she called the love of her life. >> she came close to getting her, she saw bullets landing on the water, but she was not hit. >> the u.s. mexico border runs right through the middle of fall c falcon reservoir. texas authorities don't have jurisdiction on the mexican side of the lake. >> we would like to go out there and try to retrieve that body. obviously the way things are now on the border, we could need to be armed to protect ourselves. >> for a couple married a year, it seems sadly ironic, tiffany says her goal was to live life

to the fullest and to live without fear. janet shanlian, nbc news, houston. >> viemeredith viera spoke to t family earlier and spoke to tiffany about that fateful day and why they decided to go to the lake. >> my husband had been doing some research on that old church in mexico, and he loved history and he wanted to go see it before we headed back to colorado the following week. >> in may i know that the texas department of public safety reported several incidents involving pirates robbing boaters at gunpoint, in fact there was a pirate sighting as recently as august 31st, i believe and they had warned americans about the lake. if you're going to go out there, whatever you do, don't cross over into the mexican side. i understand you and david had even talked about the risk. so why did you ignore the danger involved there?

>> we haven't heard anything for quite a while. my husband being a manager of the company down in mexico he had to take care of them and make sure they were safe and make sure i was safe and i know he would never, ever put me in a position of danger and we hadn't heard anything of anything going on over there, we had heard about the pirates, but we didn't know, we just hadn't heard anything recently. >> at what point did you realize that you were in terrible danger? >> once we started seeing that the three boats were coming towards us and then they started chasing us and then we just started hearing the fire, the gun fire. >> and then your husband was shot and you were faced with ank

and tried to save him or attempt to save your own life. can you tell us about that moment for you. >> when i looked back after i had seen some bullets hit the water next to me, i looked back to check on david and i saw him fly over the jet ski, he had been hit. i quickly turned around and went to him and jumped off my jet ski and i had to turn him over because he was facedown in the water and turned him over and he was shot in the head. and that's when a boat came up, one of the boats came up to me and had a gun pointed at me, trying to decide what to do with me and then they left and that's when i tried saving david and getting him on to my jet ski. but i just -- i couldn't get him up and i just kept hearing god tell me, you have to go, you have to go. so i had to ollie him. -- so i had to leave him.

so i could get to safety. >> and i know this is hard for you now because they have not recovered your husband's body or your son's body, dennis and pam, how are you coping? >> we'll, we're hanging in there, we have had a lot of support. from friends here and everywhere. david's friends in colorado are planning a rally to bring home. that is this friday in denver, colorado at the mexican consulate at 1:00 p.m. >> do you feel the mexican authorities are doing all they can to find david's body? >> no. >> no. >> no. >> no. we need to desperately get on the mexican side of the lake so we can search for him and bring him home. >> and now tiffany, did the mexican authorities speaking with the south texas newspaper

and questioning your story, they say they found no evidence of this attack or your husband's remains, saying we're not certain this incident happened the way they are telling us. i want to give you a chance to respond to that. >> well, i would have to say that, you know, when they -- they know the pirates are out there, we knew that, we knew that there was a possibility of them being there. i believe in my heart that they went back and took him and they're hiding our jet ski, they're hiding him. and we just pray that we get him back. >> that was tiffany hartley and family with meredith viera and we'll be back with more of "today" right after these messages. [ mel ] we're the lunds, and our family has owned five camrys. i drove the '92 camry. i drive a 2007 camry.

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levels and encouraged me to eat more dairy food and take a supment. i thought am i supposed to be taking my vitamin d supplement with some sort of fat like 2% milk? help, there's so much conflicting information. >> you're absolutely right, vitamin d is a fat soluble vitamin, and what that means is that it's a vitamin that dissolves in fat. but vitamin d also can be bound or be bound to protein and the protein in a fat free skim milk will do the trick. it will act as a carrier and it will facilitate absorption in the intestines. when it comes to fat free yogurt, not all brands are fortified with vitd minute d.c. so check out out to make sure.

the supplements should be taken with the largest meal of the day, either with or after. because the largest meal of the day is going to offer up the most fat. and fat increases or optimizes the absorption of those vitamin d supplements. >> big meal, take the supplement, heather. >> okay, next question comes from marcie and she's also on the phone with us from great valley, new york. good morning to you, marcie. >> caller: good morning, my question is i have a 4-month-old and she gets up still one or two times a night and i was wondering every once in a while i still get a little bit hungry in the morning when she is' awake, and is it okay to have a little snack or should i not? >> and you're breast feeding, that's why you're getting up in the middle of night with her? >> caller: yes. >> it's perfectly fine to have a

snack and it makes sense that you' eeare hungry, and when you sleep deprived, because you're up around the clock with your baby, your hormones that regulate younger tend to get a little bit messed up so that makes you feel hungry as well. if you eat at 2:00 in the monk, or 4:00 in the morning, those calories not automatically going to turn to fat and increase your weight. but that being said, you do want to be strategic with what you snacking on. first you want to pick something that's low in calories if you're still trying to knock off some of the baby weight, i would say 150 calories or less. and you want to make sure that the quality of your snack is nutrient dense and that's because you're nursing and you want your baby to have quality food. something like a piece of fruit, a rice cake or a smear of peanut butter will do the trick. in the middle of the night when you're really tired stay away

from the cookies and the chips and dry serial and the crackers out of the box or out of the bag because it's amazing how much you can eat when you're half asleep. >> when you're breast feeding, is it only like 500 calories a day extra that you need? >> that's exactly right. you need about 500 additional calories beyond what you normally need when you're nursing, you really are hungrier because you still want to watch what you're eating because most women when they're nursing want to knock off some of that baby weight as well. >> next is a viewer e-mail. lois writes, do bottled cold diet green teas have the same nutritional value as hot green teas. >> unfortunately, no. and there was this great report this year and what it showed is that commercial bottled green teas have significantly less polly fine nolls, and those are

those compounds that give green tea all the health promoting benefits and that's because most companies will typically deliberately remove or lessen the polyppolyphenoles so your b bet is to freshly brew your own green tea. freshly brewed is the keyword here. and that's going to give you all the benefits and if you don't like it hot, you want to steep it in six ounces of hot or boiling water and then pour it over a glass filled with ice. no more than one or two teaspoons of sugar or drink it straight up. >> bottled green teas generally are nilled with sugar. >> and they are expensive and you can save a lot of cash when you make it yourself. and you get all the health promoting benefits. coming up next in our next

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an update on a developing story out of press know. the state-wide amber alert has been called off after the girl was found safe. she was playing with her friends, when a man drove up and lured her into his pickup. the little girl's mother jump sbd a consider, chased the truck but lost t the police did find her and arrested the man. the girl has been checked by a doctor and is not injured. she is being interviewed by

detectives. police think the man exposed himself to two girls earlier in the day. california still doesn't have a state budget. law makers said they had a deal mapped out, but so far, no word on a possible vote. that's bad news bought state controller now says he may soon have to issue ious instead of bay paiing bills. it would be the second year in a row that the state is forced toious ious instead of payment. more local news had a half an hour. "today" show returns in less than a minute. have a great morning. we'll see you back here in a bit.

i'm talking about the cam pain to host "saturday night liv live", i didn't know what facebook was, and now they do know what it is, i have to say it sounds like a huge waste of time. >> hotter than ever star betty white, she has been so busy over the last year or so but she found time recently to let us in on a day in the life of a hollywood megastar. we're going to have that for you on tomorrow on "today." she is such a cool lady.

>> and coming out, there's a new study out saying that families just can't save up enough money for their kids college. what you and your kids can do to make college affordable. do you know putting on too much moisturizer could be doing more harm than good. we're going to go over a list of eight beauty sins to avoid. >> when you're putting in your contact lenses, don't do this. because you're going to get wrinkles. you need to go like this. who doesn't like a little piece of candy? just in time for halloween, the candy queen, i like to call her the candy princess. >> don't do that, either, that's another beauty don't. they're get stuck to your eyes. she's going to s show you how

candy can be the main event. for "today," we have got beautiful weather down the gulf into the mid plains, wet weather risk in the southern plains. that rain continues tomorrow in the northeast and we have got a slight risk of some strong storms continuing in the southwest. well, our cool week continues. we have temperatures in the mornin morning, 40s and 50s. 72 san jose. san jose, livermore, south, conned cord off to the east, we'll see a chance of showers drifting in from the east, area of low pressure track by to the south. wednesday, a few more scattered showers are possible. thursday, we clear out and weekend looks good. high pressure building in. 70s and 80s inland, betting started on saturday. >> by the way, the thing that

natalee was doing, you should never do it in slow motion. >> it's really scary. definitely a beauty sin. and we're going to tell you more about your beauty sins. also is it ever too late to save how to pay for college. we're going to get some financial advice right after this. [ male announcer ] a little bit of this, a touch of that... yup, there's a new head chef in the kitchen. introducing new quaker mix up creations.

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wondering just that. according to a survey done 65% of parents admitted the recession has changed how they're planning to pay for college. there's more information in "today's" "usa today." a college admissions expert and ceo of apply wise.com and a personal finance expert. so you conducted this survey and there were some surprising results including parents now saying they're looking at selecting a school more by weather they can afford to pay for it, cost and finance as opposed to the school's reputation. >> that's exactly right. so reputation is less important, though academics are still number one, tuition fees and availability of financial aid are the big keys. and it's really important for families when they're putting together their college list for them to be balanced for them to

have a financial and academic safety school on their list. >> and as high school seniors get ready now to start doing the application process, what should they and their parents now be doing to manage their kids' expectations especially in these tough economic times. >> first of all they should have a franke chat with their kids and we're finding with the survey they are doing that, parents are sitting down and talking about what they can afford to pay towards that college education and they should have that conversation early before those acceptance letters come out in april. >> i get into the college i want to, but we can't afford it. >> and have some of those safe schools on the list, as a backup school. >> a lot of americans, while they believe in the high value of education, 22% of parents polled a mitted to not having put any money aside for college. that would be a huge problem. >> it's tremendously difficult to do that when one of the

spouses have lost a job. the first thing you have to do is pay the bills that are most important "today" like keeping a roof over your head. go to fasfa, it's free, but you apply for federal government aid. more and more folks need that financial aid and it's very, very important to do that and also to know where you're going to put your money. sallie mae also came out "today" and showed that more than half of parents are not putting their money in 529s where the money can grow tax free, instead the majority of it is going to tax and savings account. so find out more information on 529s can be a little bit intimidating because there's a lot of factor to factor in. . >> i know from talking to you and listening to what you said on "today's" money 911, people think oh, maybe i'll tap into my

retirement fund. and you say that's a big no. >> it's putting your oxygen mask on first, you've got to take care of yourself first, ask your child, do you want to be taking care of me down the road? if you don't pay attention to your own retirement, whether it's pulling equity out of your home or pulling money out of your retirement fund, your child's going to have to take care of you. but also think about for them, their young adults going into school and coming out, they have many, many more years to pay off the loans than you do. so make sure to take care of yourself first. and when you take out loans, take it out in their name. >> when you're looking at the cost of college, a lot of folks look at the cost of room and board, but there are a lot of other costs as well, right? >> many families are not thinking about budgeting for the cost of applying to college. and at a applywise we're finding that parents are spending $3,000

just on applying to college. it's really important to start saving early. >> are there other areas that they might not be looking at as far as hidden costs? >> almost over $3,000 you have already spent, so you've got to make sure you to sit down and talk with your child about their expectations, what are you going to pay for? what are they going to pay for? and credit cards. credit is not evil in and of itself. it's a great time to build your credit. but you have to co-sign or open a card joint with your parents. don't use your parents card, be responsible with your on card. >> it looks like the average senior comes out of college with $4,000 worth of credit card debt. >> especially when starting salaries are below $30,000. try to avoid a ton of debt, but if you get into it, use it responsibly and have a good credit score. >> how are the ways to cut the

cost of college? >> there are so many ways and families are looking at sending their kids to a community college for two years and then transferring into a four-year college. students can also take a gap year and work for a year and put that money towards your tuition. you can save at least 25% on tuition, room and board. and you can take ap classes and ap exams and taking online college courses that can transfer to credits. you should also look at scholarship money, there's over $3 billion in scholarship money out there. >> there's more information on this on our website. and coming up, rinsing your face in hot water is a skin care no no. we're going to tell you why and fill you in on some of the other sins you may be committing in your daily beauty routine right after these messages. yes!

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going to not allow your skin to breathe and clog your pours, so you really want to make sure you wash your face at night. if you're really sleepy and can't drag yourself to the sink, leave cleansing cloths next to your bed. >> let your skin breathe. speaking of hitting the pillow, one of the other big beauty sins is always sleeping on the same side of your face? why is that such a bad thing. >> just like muscle memory, there is wrinkle memory. ever time you lay on one side of your face, you're going to cause a wrinkle to form. obviously you want to change it up. use a fluffy pillow or a u shaped pillow to support your face and keep your neck up. >> is there a tip to switching? just make sure you kind of fluff the pillow up? >> you want a fluffy pillow instead of a firm one.

>> next cleansing with water that is too hot. that is not a good thing to do? >> too hot can cause capillaries to burst and cause redness and it's really not great for your skin. what you want to use instead is lukewarm water, which usually runs between 72, 75 degrees, so much better for your skin. >> rubbing your eyes, doing this, all of that, putting your contact lenses. >> that's really bad for your skin around your eyes. it's very sensitive this area. >> the skin around your eyes is the most delicate skin on your entire body. the more you stretch and pull, the more that skin is going to sag. so when putting in your contacts, you want to use your fourth digit because that -- use an eye cream every day and night before bedtime. >> next on the list is washing your face before your hair? why does the order really matter there?

>> it's something you wouldn't think about, but when you're in the shower, start at the top, work your way down, when you wash your hair, oils from your hair seep down into your face. start with your hair, then wash your face. >> okay. and another one that we i think tend to do a little bit too much, is maybe wearing a little bit too much facial moisture'ser. we have been told to moisturize but there is too much of a good thing. >> all you need is a dime-sized amount. you want enough to coat your entire face. if you use anything more, you're just not going to penetrate deep enough into your tissues and it's going to clog your pores. >> another thing we hear a lot that you should do, and actually it's not a good thing. is drinking through a straw. we thought it was good for your teeth. >> great for not getting stains or your teeth, but terrible for getting fine lines around your

mouth. i love drinking through a straw but i'm going to look old before my time because of the the puckering. >> wearing your pony tail too tight. >> when you pull your pony tail too tight it's going to loosen the hairline. pull back your hair loose by and never tightly. >> you won't have that tension headache. >> pony tails shouldn't hurt, it should sweep the hair off your face. >> it's not a magic facelift. >> exactly. >> some great information for us. thank you. coming up next, candy is the centerpiece of the party. how to have some fun with candy at halloween and all year long.

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treat anymore. now you can satisfy your sweet tooth while your decorate and entertain. the founder and ceo of dylan's candy bar, it's called dylan's candy bar, unwrap your sweet life. we have got halloween coming up of course. and that's of course a big candy night. and you can have some fun not only having the candy but also decorating and creating a theme. >> halloween is the most fun, because the stuff is so disgusting. this is gus and gummy eyeballs, all edible. this is blood and fingers. >> this is like jelly, right? >> could be. and gummy teeth, and gummy eyeballs which are kind of fun. and it actually gets even more disgusting when you get into gummy bugs and gummy make snakes and gum write bats.

this is fun because you can dip them in mud or chocolate. >> it's really chocolate? >> and it's great for adult parties. a lot of adults of having halloween parties. >> i don't like the consistency of the gummy. you can put them in your teeth and create fake teeth. >> candy is great, there's so many varieties. and these candy corns come in so many different flavors and colors, gum balls for birthdays or christmas parties. >> and it's a conversation piece. >> and people love candy, that's why it's so much fun. >> birthday for every different age. they all love the color. these are gum balls, a

centerpiece, a great way to serve people. mimicking the round shape of the place mats, the colors and shapes and swirls of things. >> the napkins and the place mats basically kind of mimics what's in here? >> it's a color festival. even candy dots, the button paper make great napkin place holders. >> there are a lot of candies that are coming back, retro candy is very hot right now. >> people, especially after september 11 really love nostalgia and really felt comforted by the american classics. adults love that because they want to really get close to their childhood and that's why candy is fun, it really brings out the child in everyone. >> bono loves turkey. >> and then you take it and you

slam it on the table. >> you can have it for a special occasion. you could have a bad hair day or a baby shower. candy is gate for that. >> a chocolate ducky. so it's the perfect candy treat. and you have blue jelly beans for water or for a shower. another favor for everybody. if you don't know if somebody's having a boy or a girl. you can mix it. you can do m&m's or other kinds of candy. >> this could be a bridle daal shower? >> people have proposed with candy in our store, so this is a bunch or hershey kisses that's sort of mimicking -- and white items, white and cleanliness and purity are very popular at weddings. and actually there's bitterness and the sugarcoating is the sweetness and light.

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>> this is dixon landing road. i told you about an accident, showed you slowing a half an hour ago. but look how bad is it coming out of newark. it takes you almost 50 minutes now getting down through milpitas and towards highway 87. you see the slowing on the map. you see the live look at sunol. it's express for the lane but still very slow from bernal to the split. we have an issue. pg&e on scene because it sounds like a live wire across the roadway, so that will be closed at paradise drive. here's a look at your forecast. >> a cool week continues. temperatures in the morning, 50s and 50s, close to 70 in oakland. know san jose, livermore south or concord off to the east, we'll see a chance of showers, drifting in from the east, an area of low pressure tracking by just to our south.

wednesday, a few more scattered showers are possible. thursday, we clear out and the weekend looks good. high pressure building n 70s and 80s. inland, fwegt started on saturday. >> thanks, rob. thousands of south bay students are enjoying another play day today. furloughs mean a week off school. teachers and staff voted to take five days off without pay to avoid layoffs an save $5 million. but that forced parents to scramble to find day care or send their kids to furlough camps. roosevelt community center is one of several in san jose that opened its doors to vacationing kids. >> we just got word that they had a furlough this week, we wanted to offer something for parents and kids for the kids to have a place to come for the week. >> now, camp costs $100 and takes care of the kids between 8:00 in the morning and 3:00 in the afternoon, the teachers will then to cram a woke's worth of work into the remainder of the school year. "today" show returns be in a

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from nbc news, this is "today," with kathie lee gifford and ha kotb. live from studio 1 a. rockefeller plaza. >> hi, it's booze day. >> people are getting a hang of these names. >> see what you started? >> we started it. >> yeah, we blame her for everything. >> i want to thank everybody for coming out last night to see, it was called, born for broadway.

and it benefitted the christopher and dana reed foundation. find a cure for paralysis. not find a sure but find care for people who suffer from paralysis until there say cure. this is the thing, these broadway stars, they work six days a week, eight shows a week. it's brutal, brutal schedule. monday is pretty much their only day off. and every monday, all around new york city, there are benefits. and almost every broadway star is performing at them. it's just unbelievable. >> you were out late, by the way, missy. >> 12:30. that's late. >> very late. >> the people responsible know who they are. >> exactly. now, you guys are going to like this story. >> okay. why are we wearing white after labor day. inappropriate? >> no, no, no. remember what they said. about breakle rules. >> no, they said if you break the rules, be prepared to pay

the consequences. >> no, they said there are no rules. you can wear white after labor day? >> who are they? >> so, this is great. i know you guys have been on the airlines, and every time you get up there, you see the flight attendant tell you the exits are on the right, left, put your mask on and everybody hands them or reads your paper, whatever. >> you do. >> there's an airline that have changed things a little bit. they do theirs to lady gaga's musi music. >> and breathe normally. emergency exits are marked alongside each cabin exits. >> where are they? ♪ this aircraft is equipped with an escape system. in case of emergency evacuation,

lights will illuminate leading you to the exits. >> heaven forbid. if something goes wrong, they can be sued. >> here's what happens. they do the real demdemo. >> no. i want to be left alone. you know what i'm saying? i already sat there. i'm like you, politely watching. i feel so bad for the stewardess and flight attendants. >> because they're telling you, this is how you buckle your seatbelt. i'm thinking, move of us know how to do that, we ride in cars. click, click. >> i've flown. >> i paid close attention, but when they tell you here's how you open the seatbelt -- >> that is why i look at them like, i know. because it just -- >> you know how hard that is for them to do, day after day after day. >> but i do look for the exits. >> here they are. >> but it was to tictoc.

>> what do people think? >> come on. so much better than the other way. >> all right. you know what? you lost yet another poll. >> yes. yes, you did. >> 60 minutes and "vanity fair" did a poll, on who the single most eligible woman -- the single woman most eligible in the entire world. i would have thought you'd be right up there at the top. but you're not. >> i love this show. >> okay. so the most eligible single woman on the globe is jennifer aniston. >> she got 41%. >> 29%. >> okay. now, next is halle berry, she got 21%. and then elin nordigren, tiger woods' -- >> yeah, she's -- >> 15%. >> rounding it out, we've got betty white with 11%, and lady

gaga. lady gaga is 6% less desirable than betty white. >> why did they sandwich you right in between betty white and lady gaga. >> after betty white? >> she's 80. >> all right. i go after betty white. >> no, but she's better known, you know. >> that's mean. okay. that's just not kind. >> i don't think people realize how truly eligible you are. >> stop saying stuff like that. sounds desperate. >> but you are. >> talk about this for a second -- >> speaking of. >> this is interesting, a brand-new sex survey. it was huge, gotten tons and tons and tons of press. these are conclusions that we've come to from the sex survey. 85% of men said their last sex partner had an orgasm. >> you can stop heating our cheerios. it's a fact of life.

they still talk about these things. 80% said their last partner had an org gas many. 64% of women reported having an orgasm. >> so somebody is lying. >> people are faking it. if you do the math. 11% of faking it. >> wheat the point in faking it? >> because -- to make them feel better, you know. >> i do that for stewards, and flight attendants, but i -- >> not at home, baby. oh, yes. all righty, then. okay. here's another one. there was an article in the times, that one of our producers found that said, when you are driving in a car, people feel that they can cut you off -- >> they feel invincible. >> yes, they do. sometimes there's an exit, you're waiting in the back of the line going slow. and you see this car, rushing up along the side, watching him, watching him. and he turns and gets in front.

>> cuts the line. >> and this woman who wrote the article said, why don't you do the same thing if you're in line at the bank. why don't you go ahead an cut right up to the front like that. >> yeah. >> what do you think about all of that? >> i think that people feel there's a whole bunch of steel around them. not going to be held accountable. they fake their exit. not held accountable. >> first of all, i told you i did that one time accidently, because i was going to miss my exit. . that's a different thing. >> then i wave to the guy like sorry, with the face. he rolls down the window and dropped the "f" bomb. ripped me a new one. i felt terrible. i'm not good. if i miss my exit, i'm going to egypt. like there's no way back. i need to turn. >> you're fond of each other. >> i am. >> but i couldn't believe, i still have post traumatic. >> this is several years ago. >> i don't like when people yell at me. i don't, i don't. i feel really terrible.

>> you feel demeaned and degraded. you want to say, i'm so sorry -- yeah. you think you're inching, inching, inching like that to make sure i didn't get in. but anyway -- >> i wonder if he is one of those guys that was polled, you know what i'm saying? >> probably. >> yeah. >> have you ever cut in line? >> let me ask you a question. long, long, long, long line. you have a question. you don't have to buy -- you're not buying anything, you're not returning, you have a question. do you go to the front -- >> yeah, i say, i'm sorry, i still have a question. >> people don't like that, because you're taking up there time. >> most people are nice as well. i hate when i do it. i don't like to do it. i don't choose to do it. you know you're at the airport, standing in line at security. sometimes people recognize you and come and get you and take you to the front of the line. >> do you do that? >> no, no, no, security. i know, i'm standing in line for

security. sometime us feel -- then you're apologizing to everybody along the line, that, you know -- it's not flight. everybody should stand in line, wait your turn. but i love it when that -- >> okay. what else is going on? >> so it's time to tell you again, we need your video. this is such a big cool thing. one lucky choir group is going to get here in studio 1 a. we need you to spend in your videos of established choir group. 20 people or viewer, we don't have that much money. at least 13 years old, right? and only need ten more days to get this into us. >> we need a nice current video. not an old video you shot a long time ago or something like that. >> do we have anybody coming to get us? >> they are glamouring. >> we have one. >> the singamajigs.

>> we talked about cutting in line. rebecca said i do cut in line at school. why don't these moms pull all of the way up? what's up with that? >> how gorgeous does your hair look today? >> oh, forget the line. >> that's what i was thinking. i don't know. that -- you don't have anonymity there. people know you, you know your car and know your kid. >> that can get tricky. some of those lines. we've all been in places, there were five registers, and a mob of people. every time someone put their hand up, it was a free person. i like order. >> except in your own home. which is completely disordered. >> exactly. you have to have your achilles heel somewhere. okay? >> all right. coming up next -- >> white looks nice on you. >> wait, do you remember last hw e what she was doing? the woman has to flash something every time she's here.

at least she's with her own husband this time.

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in the 1980s, harry hamlin had women swooning with his lit, l.a. law. and a decade later, mrs. hamlin, better known as lisa rinna, had the hit show "melrose place." both lisa and harry have something new to write home about. they've each authored a book, lisa's is a memoir called "starlittl"sta "starlit" and harry's is about him his youth. >> our clothing store is being robbed as we speak. i'm getting the call right now, which is going to tell me what's going on. adt is useless -- >> no, no, no. let's talk about our show while he's talking about that --

>> oh, lord. let's talk about "harry loves lisa" tomorrow on tvland. >> the store is being robbed? >> it is seriously being robbed? >> it's 7:15 in l.a. >> did they take much? >> what did they take? >> seven years. >> they took piles from the first two racks. by the way -- it's nothing, nothing. okay. >> we'll deal with this. this is our life. this is what our show is about. >> i'll call you back. >> was anybody hurt? >> it was closed, right? the story was closed. >> lisa is with me now. >> thank you very much. sorry, girl, i had to do that. >> why weren't the cameras for "harry loves lisa" running then. >> what about a company that's supposed to come and protect you. >> sherman oaks.

>> beautiful part of town. >> beautiful store, we have beautiful stuff. >> you still do. it was just stuff. >> it was just clothes. we're fine. the kids good. >> but, i mean, that's what this whole show is about. you know, it's life. >> reality shows about all of this stuff that happened all of the time. >> sounds like it's trauma. >> really? >> no, we do have fun. >> do you keep the cameras out of certain parts of your life? >> we do. we created this show. and it's ours, so we keep the camera out of the bedroom, out of the bathroom. >> doesn't matter if the camera is not in your bedroom anymore. last book told us about everything we know is going on. we know everything. >> we want to talk about these two books, we are running out of time. let's talk about full frontal for a second. it's about your life up to 25. >> up to 25. >> you admit that's only because the lines and words the publisher wanted.

>> the publisher wanted a certain amount of words. and i got to those. >> it's so emotional. we read our books on the plane. we sat on the plane, reading, reading, reading. so moving, so emotional. he's a brilliant writer. >> so juicy. >> so lisa. >> i saw you went to jail. >> jail? >> i went to yale, and i also went to jail. >> yale and jail. >> you've had a full life, haven't you? any regrets? >> no. i recommended jail for everyone. >> i have not been to jail. nor do i have a mug shot. maybe the only one here. >> stop. you guys stop. >> we don't think so. tell us this book real quick. this is a novel. this is a romantic classic. it's fiction but based on everything about me and my life. i base it on people that you and i all know. >> chris jenner is in there. >> chris jenner is absolutely in there. >> good to see you, good luck

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housewives, are here to fill us in, in case you missed the big debut last night. how did it go? >> it was exciting. >> yes. >> you look good, you look good. >> i have to say, the atlanta housewives always brought a lot of viewers. i think you brought more than anyone. what makes your kind of housewife show unique? you guys are tough on each other. >> well -- i think someone can relate -- someone out there can relate to each and every one of us. and it's real. >> you are all friends. you're fighting, friends, not friends. what's happening? what are you now? >> okay. so who do you dislike on the show? who can't we stand? >> i don't feel that way. like i can't stand anybody. >> you know who you like. >> seriously. >> come on. you never hold back. >> whatever. >> but there's stuff going on in your life right now. is that making you a little more

tenderized towards stuff because you're hurting yourself? no, no, no, i do have things going on in my personal life. women will be able to relate to me a little more. i'm having issues with my husband. remember, i was call aid cheater on all of my blog, i was called a treater. >> were you? >> i would never cheat. i would never cheat on my husband. those who know me, know i would never do something like that. i think you see the truth come out on the show. >> it's taking its toll on your marriage. >> not calling me a cheat. my husband never believed that. >> how about everything on the surface for everybody to see, dissect and condemn. you get a lot of condemnation. that's got to be enormous pressure on any relationship. >> me personally losing my privacy is pressure for me. >> you chose it. you chose it. >> i didn't know that. >> not to that extreme, no. you have to understand, we never did a reality show, before.

you're thinking -- you're not thinking, my business, first of all, we didn't know we had a hit show. >> you didn't? >> no. >> you don't get the news down there? >> we didn't know -- we just started -- we didn't know it will be imkt paed. >> this has really changed, mainly in the design world. you create clothes, jewelry and things like that. how has it changed your life? >> that's my passion. it's been really good as far as the fashion world. i showed the fashion. but i had a change of heart. you want to be an action res no now? >> so when you started taking excellence -- >> do you guys watch the other -- do you watch the other housewives, jersey? we know you do. what do you think when you watch

the other housewives? >> i didn't watch d.c. i enjoy them. we're all very different. >> do you guys regret? we talk about this. your business is out. you said you didn't know. now you do know. do you regret the choice so mary smith can judge your life? >> i was being judged before i was on tv. it's not that. >> i regret losing all of my privacy, like to this level. i didn't know that. >> you can honestly couldn't get that. >> she's already been a figure on your show in the public eye. even if she left the show -- >> calm down. we could get on television. i know. good luck. all of the best to you. >> thank you so much. they're on mondays, 9:00, 8:00 central. >> all right. we have a lot coming up. really? sure. you're made with fiber, just like me. but best of all, you're the perfect size for smaller kids. [ female announcer ] give your little ones

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the other, we have turkey bacon. same amount. two ounces. one of them have ten grams of fat, one has five. which is lower? >> turkey bacon. >> no, canadian bacon. don't always think turkey is the lower fat choice. >> you get that point. >> i would say turkey too. but i'll take it. >> next is sushi, we know this. low fat, but what about the sides, think about the soy sauce, this is reduced sodium soy sauce, two tablespoons. does this contain 15%, 30%, or 15% for the whole day. >> i am going to finish -- i'm saying it has the most. >> 50%. that is right. good for you. >> sodium still has a lot. >> all i know, is i want it. it looks so good. >> anyway, here's a main dish

salad. vegetarian. think about that. tofu, vinegar on the side. if you match this up caloriewise, which has the same calories. lettu lettuce, tomato and mahy may mayonnaise. >> when you get this salad, know that you're having a substantial meal. >> that's a good answer. >> all right. it's 2-1. wheat the prize? >> okay. onion soup. always a good go-to unless you' date. does this bowl, six ounces with croutons and cheese, does this have more or less than 350 calories. >> more. >> more. >> i'm not letting her get the question out. >> because i'm anticipating.

>> that's totally fine. >> it's 400 calories. think about this next time you get a clear soup. let's get to cocktails. this may be a tiebreaker. all of these four things, mimosa, bloody mary. a light beer and large glass of white wine. one of these has more than 135 calories. >> kathie lee. >> the bloody mary. i don't think so. >> i'm going with the memos be >> must be the white whine. almost 200 calories. >> think about that. >> well, i got to be honest. >> we're not using fish bowls, that's what we use. >> turkey is not the popular item still. >> two more quick questions. we'll see the tiebreaker.

these are two different burgers, turkey burger, lean beef burger, do these have the same, or does the ground turkey burger have more or the same or less fat than lean ground beef. >> lean ground beef. >> i'm going to say the turkey because i think it has less. >> no. >> i think it's the same. >> it's the same, you're right. ground turkey is about the same. >> it's a tiebreaker. >> maybe it will be a tie. >> which of these has the most two calorie, pink lemonade, 12 ounces, apple juice, 100% 'ple juice -- >> what's bubbling? >> i'm sorry, ginger ale and this is apple juice. >> i'm going for it. about to tie the game. ready? lemonade.

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if you've got a four-legged friend at home, you're going to want to sit for this one. dog behavior, extraordinaire, caesar milan is here with training tips. best part you can have caesar handy. guess what, he just released a brand-new book on cesar's rules. he also has a program on the travel channel. >> this is about rehabilitation, about dog training. i'm showing people options they have to train a dog. >> we have different problems, as you can tell along here. >> you're going to fix these

dogs, so we have one by one in front of us. >> they've been fixed, if you know what i mean. >> let's train more. >> what's the problem? >> mark has satchel, he ament doed this dog, and what's the problem with your dog? >> our main problem is he doesn't come when he's called. we've been trying to train them to do that. he does it about 30% of the time. and we'd love him to be a little more -- you know, a little more obedient. we're trying to figure out -- do you consider this a problem right now, or -- >> this is a bit of a problem. it's unusual for him. it's unusual. >> i think you got more than one problem. >> i think so too. most people focus on what they want or what the dog really needs at that time. the harness is not made for controlling purpose. only thing we have to do is change to the other leash, just ask the dog to redirect the attention to us. >> okay. >> see what i'm saying?

>> okay. so we just stop him from -- there you go. this is the beginning of it. >> what happened? >> the problem is mark. >> the problem is obviously mark. >> if you study the body language -- he's pulling the leash back. he said stop it, stop it. >> he wants attention. >> let's see if mark can do it. >> satchel -- oh! >> a little too much. good boy, good boy. >> that's all right. >> it's gentle touch. >> all right. all right. >> let's -- we'll move down the wall. all right. that was cruel. >> come here, buddy. next we have laura, our boss' assistant. tell us what the issue with rocco. >> basically, he's a very friendly, playful, social dog. except when we want to go out. he lives on the terrace, he's anxious to go out. he'll go out and look at

anything to bark at. somebody that's going in the back of the park. and he just gets very, very upset about it. and it's not a regular bark. it's like -- it's like a beast bark he gets all upset over it. he does it constantly. we can't take him out. >> i was observing when she took him down stairs in the green room. rocco sit, rocco sit. rocco, rocco. >> rocco. >> high five. >> the point is, is how people express themself to us, rocco, rocco, rocco. so if you're trying to calm the dog down because he gets excited. what you're saying, my dog gets excited for everything. what they don't realize, they make them excited inside the house. >> so you shouldn't yell at them?

>> no, no, rocco, sit, rocco, sit. rock so rocco is like, what do you mean? >> no wonder their eyes like that. >> what should rocco do? once. >> now rocco's sitting. he's calming himself down. >> that tongue, that is hysterical. >> he calms down a lot. his eyes were pretty up there. >> there's two down. you did it on two. we're going down to caitlyn, her chihuahua bentley, aggressive? tell us about your dog. >> he's super loveable. at my boyfriend's house, they have a papillon. he will attack that dog. all of a sudden i well viciously try and bite him. >> wow. >> when you enter into the house, is he entering first or behind? >> he's usually first, walking in with me. >> so we have to change that. we have to talk about that.

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style and how to find the right to fight your wardrobe. >> p tos, are fun and funky until you try to wear one of these. here is tracy. glamour magazine's style an editor. hello, ladies. >> when are we going to get this right? >> i've been here two an a half years, we've had 15,000 bra segments. >> we need them. >> they're always inge chaing, right? >> quickest way to ruin a fabulous outfit is with the wrong bra. you have to get foundations right. >> every shows your bra straps now. >> they're fun and decorative. you can do that. even showing your bra. we'll show you today. >> we're having sets of twins coming out. the first is wearing the outfit and the second one is showing the proper bra to go with the outfit. first is anna, i'm sorry, wearing a new dress from h&m. she is here with her twin steer,

gigi. >> nude is major, major. seeing it all over the runways, nude is different for every woman. you need match your skin tone as best you can. if you have coffee color complexion you wear coffey color or if you wear peaches and cream, wear a peaches and cream kind of dress. problem is what you wear underit. >> we have push-up bra. you can see a lace overlay is fantastic, this is a push-up draw. it's getting her maximum definition of her bust line for that pretty frilly top. it's fun to wear something that's attractive and sexy. >> i love that brand of bra. >> it has memory foam that hugs a breast and gets good uplift. >> ain't enough memory for me. >> we have charice, she's petite and her twin sister, charicia.

tell us about the dress. >> this dress is never going out of style. it's the classic diane von ferstenberg wrap dress. it flatters so many different figure, and shows a lot of cleavage, the way to do it with the right bra. >> you have the right color, how did you do that? >> it's if unto fine a fashion bra. every woman needs a plunging bra for wrap top, v-neck tops. for sweaters. >> if you can't afford all kind of color, get it in the white or nude. >> or black. black is a great classic. you'll be surprised. something fashionable. wear under anything mid tone or darker. there's a lot of times you wear a fashion bra like this, most people would not think you could. you can wear a red bra una white shirt. >> stop it, susy. >> you can. >> did you flip a coin to see who was going to wear the bra or

who was going to wear the dress? >> we had a last minute switch. >> you lost your courage. >> i would too. >> sheer is a big trend this fall too. we have danielle and her sister courtney both out today. >> hi, guys. >> there's a time your father would never let you out of the house looking like that. wasn't too far in the distant past. >> this is a risque kind of look. if you wear this, you'll get a lot of attention. nine times out of ten it's a glamour don't to show your bra. nine times out of ten you go for it. sheer is popular and you have to make your bra pop. >> this is not that different than wearing a bathing suit. it's no t-shirt bra. fun part, it's in beautiful purple. you can see it really shines through and looks really stunning underneath. and of course, having nice high heels and going out, you can look very fashionable. >> i stopped my daughter -- i would. most america would sit there

going, darn right you would. >> thanks, guys. >> not that you don't look lovely. >> if you look like that, you have to plunge it. >> tomicia is coming out. and her sister camicia. tell us about it. >> the one shoulder dress is strapless. a lot of curvier women couldn't wear it because they couldn't keep it up. it's one shoulder. this bra has the support. >> one shoulder is great alternative. you have a bra with one shoulder strap. you still get the look. >> this is as classic example when getting fit is so important. because the strapless bra is the mostle challenging bra you can wear. this graw comes in "g" cup. we can fit the girls and uplifted. >> very beautiful. even the stripe across this dress, you can see he's really up there. this bra also converts to a

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all right it's time to check in with miss sarah. >> we all love mark and newly adopted satchel. fans laughed on the fall. that made me laugh outloud. when he pulled the dog. i know he didn't mean to pull that hare. the look on kathie lee's face is priceless. >> he loves that dog. >> great new movie. see you. >> great new movie. see you. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com