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and be headed. the mexican police commander leading the investigation into the death of an american tourist is brutally murdered. is there a connection to the search for david hartley's body? we'll talk to his wife today, search for david hartley's body? we'll talk to his wife today, wednesday, october 13th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to "today," it's 7:00 a.m. on the west coast, on a wednesday. i'm matt lauer. >> and i'm meredith vieira. it's been so emotional all last night and then this morning watchi ining one miner after anr emerge from that mine, the emotions on their faces and their family's. >> 20 miners still below the surface. 13 have already been brought to

the surface. and so there is still work to be done. it's going to take a number of hours to get them all up, but with each passing hour, the situation gets better and better. >> yeah, and they're able to get them up faster -- the rescue, i guess, the effort began 11 hours ago. >> right. >> and at first it was like one person per hour, but now they've speeded that up slightly, so it's all good news. >> it really is. and you look at that scene right there and the family members rushing over to those miners, they haven't seen in 70 days. >> unbelievable! and for 17 of those days, they didn't know if they were alive. it's amazing. one of the more memorable moments came overnight as the second miner was freed. he embraced his wife and then led the crowd in a triumphant cheer. if he wasn't feeling well, he didn't show it. there he is. it's amazing to see. >> huge national accomplishment. >> and a huge international effort as well, getting to this point. >> fittingly, by the way, the makeshift village set up at the mine has been dubbed camp hope.

nbc's natalie morales is there and she joined us there live. natalie, good morning to you. >> reporter: and good morning to you, matt and meredith. i can tell you, emotions are still running so high here. 13 down, 20 more to go. number 14 on his way as well, as the rescue capsule just made its descent there down into the mine shaft. the phoenix really has become the hero here. the capsule to salvation it's being called. number 13, though, was carlos barri barrios, only 27 years old. a leader in his group, as he's been defined by many. welcomed to the surface with cheers, hugs, and what has become a very familiar scene here today. this scene being played out over and over again, today, perhaps even into tomorr.ow a miracle at the mine, after 70

days trapped underground, the first miner emerged. just after midnight local time wednesday morning, 31-year-old florencio avalos made it back to the surface. his 7-year-old son, overcome with emotion. the veteran miner and father of two reunited with his family for the first time in more than two months. in a tent not far away, flore e florencio's brother watched on tv. the raw emotion is captured by hundreds of reporters surrounding the family. it is an unbelievable scene here. it's impossible to have a dry eye. as you can see, the very first moment, the very first hugs. one of the most emotional experiences, seeing a lot of reporters here and seeing even the grown men up there, the reporters covering this story, everybody's crying. one hour later, the second miner

emerged. mario sepulveda embraced his wife. then an unexpected moment. sepulveda reached inside a bag and pulled out some rocks, handing them out to rescuers as souvenirs. then this miner known as the comedian of the bunch laughed it up with the president of chile sebastian. this all began on august 5th when the golden copper mine collapsed. 17 days later, a small drill broke through with remarkable news, the miners sent a note to the surface, scrawled in red pen. saying they were alive. rescuers sent a camera down and saw smiling faces. for more than two months, the world watched as the miners hoped and prayed for a rescue. the excitement built with each

passing hour. throughout the overnight, almost every hour, on the hour, rescue after rescue, after rescue. over and over, these brave men won the hearts of people all over the world. 33 miners, once strangers, now international heroes. and their lives forever changed, as you can imagine. they've become international celebrities. and what was really striking in seeing 13 of them come out is how physically fit they all appear to be and what great condition they appear to be in. and back here looking right now at number two, who was rescued, mario sepulveda, or as they call him here, he's been dubbed supermario, pumping his fists into the air and leading the rescuers into chants of chi chi chi, le, le, le, which has become an ongoing chant as each

one is pulled out. interesting to note that he's now saying, he doesn't want to be singled out for his enthusiastic welcome or show there, as he put on, he wants to continue with that theme of the brotherhood and the bond. he doesn't want any special attention, he says. >> all right, natalie, thank you. let's bring in nbc's kerry sanders, who is there well. kerry, good morning to you. i know that you and natalie have been up all night watching this. and correct me if i'm wrong, but it seems as if this has been pulled off without a hitch. >> reporter: it's amazing. it's working so well. they have done so much planning, more than 1,000 people involved in this. and now it's going up and down, up and down. in fact, the minister of the mines here, lawrence goldborne, just a short time ago tweeted that it's actually going faster now. the tempo is picking up. it looks like they're going to have the phoenix ii going up and down on a pace that is less than an hour, rather than more than an hour. which means that everybody will likely because of the mines here well before midnight on

thursday, which is just great news. and we were talking about supermario. supermario did step to the microphone and he said something that really got me in the gut. he said, i met god, i met the devil, god won. >> reporter: i love that. and another story about him, just an interesting note, people were noting here on local media that he went to the rescuers first and hugged everybody but his wife, but he did tell his wife, we are told, honey, don't worry, i've got my lifetime of hugs with you, but i want to give these guys the hugs they so deserve. >> this mario is a slick customer. there's no question about it. he knows how to get out of trouble in a hurry. >> reporter: he knows how to work it. >> let me ask you. we understand that the last miner who will come out of that hole is going to be the shift supervisor on that day. how was it decided? >> reporter: right. well, luis urzua was the man who

took charge in those early days. in those first 17 days, he was the man who organized the men down below. he was the man who said, we're going to limit the rations we have, because we only have food for two days. we have peaches, we have tuna. each man has two spoonfuls a day. and in those first 17 days, he was the one who not only told the men how they were going to handle these days down below, but also began to map, because he's a topographer, what they had down there. areas that they had. so like the captain of a ship, he is going to be the last one up. as you know, all the men were fighting for position, but they weren't fighting to be first, they were fighting to be last. but it is an important honor that i think that the leader quite deserves here. >> reporter: absolutely. although he's been very humble about being called the leader as well. >> reporter: as a leader might. >> you guys have done a great job there. natalie and kerry, thanks so much for your reporting throughout the night and this morning as well. we really appreciate it. nice going. >> thank you guys. >> it's an honor, it really is.

>> and like them, all these people are also staying put until that last miner is out as well. >> oh, sure, absolutely. that's when everybody can say, mission accomplished. >> let's head to the plaza where amy robak is about to find out what it feels like to be inside that rescue capsule. >> that's right. this is a capsule used back in 2002 in the rescue of nine miners in pennsylvania. and with me is bill arnold, he's the executive director of the foundation and sarah and while we talk about this illustration, we're going to demonstrate what it's like for a miner to get in the capsule. what are the dimensions of this? >> it's around 22 inches on the outside, 21 inches on the inside and just over nine feet tall. >> how does it compare to the cab suddenly they're using in chile? >> the capsule in chile is about three feet taller, but the inside dimensions on the same. >> i'm going to give it a shot

just to give it a real feel of what it's like to be in that cab suddenly. how was it used during that rescue effort in pennsylvania? >> quecreek, we couldn't get the men out through the portal because the mine was flooded so we had to drill a boor hole down from the surface and extract them from the top. >> this is actually a very rare vehicle. worldwide, how often is this used? >> it is. in all reality, it's only been used twice, here in chile and then in quecreek in 2002. the capsule was developed in 1972, specifically in response to a similar disaster. but it was fortunately not used until 2002. >> it doesn't happen to be used

very often, but it's a very safe haven for miners being rescued. >> i can feel the excitement of these rescuers, the same way we did at quecreek. it's a very successful rescue, but they're cognizant that this isn't done until they're all out safely. >> meredith, back to you. and now closer to home, we're now less than three weeks from the midterm elections, candidates in some hotly contested races have faced off in their final debates before election day. kelly o'donnell has the details. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. and today a new face heads out on the campaign trail. first lady michelle obama heads out to wisconsin. there were important races, the connecticut senate race, the california governor's race and those candidates did not hold

back. >> let me answer that if you wouldn't mind. >> reporter: defining the race is simple. republican and former ceo meg whitman. >> my business is creating jobs, your business is politics. >> reporter: veteran politician democrat jerry brown. >> she's been in the bleachers looking at what's happening in government. >> reporter: tom brokaw raised the latest controversy. >> somebody in your campaign referred to ms. whitman as a whore. >> reporter: that was caught on voicemail after brown left a message but failed to hang up. his staff's conversation was recorded. >> we have heard no outrage from you. >> reporter: brown was defense at fir ive at first and then apologized. whitman hit back. >> the fact that you're defending your campaign from a personal attack on me is not

befitting of california, it's not befitting of the office you're running for. >> reporter: whitman had her own controversy, she had employed an illegal immigrant. >> it broke my heart, but i had to fire her. >> reporter: brown added his own. >> after nine years, she didn't even get her a lawyer. >> reporter: turning to connecticut's final senate debate, a nastier grudge match, with a hissing, booing audience. >> dick blumen thal attacked linda mcmahon and to the wrestling empire that made her rich. >> my opponent has not only marketed sex and violence to children, but she actually paid hundreds of millions of dollars to lobby in washington against penalties for sex and violence marketing to children. >> reporter: mcmahon countered that the wwe provides jobs and

became more family entertainment. but also acknowledged there were problems. >> i think there were times when we pushed the envelope. >> reporter: she knocked blumenthal again for falsely claiming he fought in vietnam. >> the people of connecticut knew you, but i think what they know now is that you have great difficulty in always telling the truth. >> reporter: and there will be more debate spectacle tonight with christine o'donnell and chris coons will be facing o s . it is 7:15 and here's matt. according to a new "wall street journal" report, pay is on track to break a record high for a second consecutive year. jim cramer is host of "mad

money" on cncb. >> $144 billion. these are the people who got us into the financial mess, they're making record amounts of muffin while i lost my job, my home and my retirement savings, is it an emotional argument or is it rational? >> it's completely rational. don't forget also that these companies would not be making any money if the government had not bailed them out. >> here's what one business analyst said about this, quote, pay is the 800-pound gorilla on wall street and the gorilla does not want to go on a diet. a lot of these firms say wait a second, if we don't pay top dollar in salaries and bonuses, we lose top people and we can't compete. >> there's 10 million people who work for a quarter of what these people work for. i cannot believe how outrageous

these guys are being. >> public relations wise, you talk to these people on wall street all the time. >> i have known them for years. >> do they also realize that god forbid if a future bailout is needed, the people of this country are going to say no way. >> they're going to make so much money between now and then they don't care. >> are the same people who got us in this mess still working for these firms by and large? >> they're experienced, that're the 800-pound gorilla that demands to be fed. >> what is it they need to do? >> they're going to continue to keep rates low. i think they're creating an atmosphere and ben bernanke is doing a great job which says look, hire someone, don't worry about it, rates will stay low. good man, trying hard. >> you can catch jim on mad

money, that's week nights on cnbc. we have got amy out of the capsule and back to the news desk. we begin with a high profile resignation of washington, d.c. school chancellor michelle reid highlighted in the film "waiting for superman" she is considered by some to be the national face of education reform. rehema ellis joins us now. is this a surprise? >> not at all. in fact it was anticipated that the man who hired her for the job lost his business for re-election last month. she was brought in to make some bold changes in one of the worst school districts in the country and she did. she shut down two dozen failing schools, fired 500 teachers and negotiated a landmark teacher contract. but some people say she was like a bull in a china shop, not paying attention to politics which she said she was not mindful of and she alienated teachers, parents and voters.

if there's more work to be done in this school district, it will have to be done by a new chancellor. a plane crashed into a mountain outside kabul, eight people were on board and it appears none survivesurvived. a man was swept more than a mile after his safely line got unhooked. the obama administration has lifted a ban on deepwater oil drilling, drilling firm also have to meet new safely regulations. george clooney met tuesday with president obama asking that the u.s. work to prevent violence ahead of sudan's january election. clooney said if there's any way to get ahead of this and stop this before it happens, we

better. president obama is related to sarah paip and rush limbaugh. they say both of them are the president's tenth cousins. and in a scene that could be out of the tv show "glee," a high school boy born with cerebral palsy, was allowed to live his dream of a football player, not only getting in the game, but also scoring a touchdown. it is now 7:20, back to matt, meredith and al. good for him. mr. roker, how are you? >> i'm pretty good. we're keeping an eye on a nev nor'easter, possibly. i don't think it will be all that bad. we have got low pressure in the ohio river valley, also down in the southeast, they're going to merge later tomorrow along the northeast coast, deepening area,

lots of rain, strong winds developing from washington, d.c. to boston. the heaviest rain looks like it will be boston to the north. and this one could produce winds at 50 to 60-mile-per-hour. and rainfall amounts we're talking about anywhere from two to fight inches of rain west of new york city up to b here's a sunny view of the golden gate bridge which i think by the evening commute may start to see low clouds trying to spill back into the bay. empty meantime another hot day. also a spare the air day for unhealthy air quality for sensitive groups out toward the east bay valleys. you can see highs mainly in the 90s inland. a bit cooler on the coast and around the tip of the peninsula today. much cooler the next few days. and that's your latest weather. al, thank you very much. still ahead, much more from

chile where the rescue of these trapped miners is going on right now. more from that emotional scene.

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♪ the new 2011 cts coupe from cadillac. the new standard of the world. 7:30 now on this wednesday morning, october 13, 2010. that is the latest miner to be brought to the surface in chile, as one by one, the rescues of those trapped workers unfolds. a lot of cheers and happy tears. inside studio 1-a, i'm meredith vieira with matt lauer. still ahead, are your tweets and status updates on facebook giving criminals an open invitation to rob you. coming up on "today" investigates just how dangerous your words can be when you don's your words can be when you don't know who can see them. and david arquette opens up

about his separation from courteney cox in a surprisingly candid interview. we're going to hear what he had to say. we'll begin this half hour with a disturbing new development tied to the murder of an american tourist allegedly by mexican pirates. the mexican police commander investigating that shooting has now been murdered. janet shanlian is in mccowan, texas, with more. >> reporter: this story has taken a very dark turn. the lead investigator in the case has been decapitated and his severed head delivered in a suitcase to the mexican military. what started as one couple's fun day on the water turned into an international incident, shines a bright light on the ex-ka lating violence in mexico.

investigation into the murder of david hartley grinds on for two weeks now, grim news tuesday, a local mexican police commander, the lead investigator on the case was found dead, decapitated. >> this officer was an innocent victim of the ongoing drug wars in mexico. >> reporter: and the escalating war has hampered the search for david's body. at time officials say they had to suspend the of investigation of falcon lake. david's wife tiffany is concerned about mexico's handling of the search for david. >> until we get some more footage and video or pictures that say this is what they're doing, you know, we're just kind of hoping and praying they're doing what they say they're doing. >> reporter: over the weekends reports from mexican police, two brothers, zeta drug cartel members were suspects in david's murder. a texas tv station says it received documents providing background on the murder suspects. and the documents reportedly came from the same mexican official that was savagely killed. >> again, directly involved with the supposed identification of

the suspect. i believe the death of this investigator is very much linked to the death of david hartley. >> reporter: for david's grieving family, it's just another horrible loss. >> it's just a terrible, terrible, another terrible tragedy. someone else will be going through what we're going through. >> reporter: david and tiffany's outing two weeks ago was supposed to be their last adventure in texas before heading to colorado. the couple seen here eight years ago at their wedding, happy moments captured on video, now all tiffany has left. mexican officials vow to continue the search, but the family's hopes are fading that david's body will ever be found. >> i think he will not be found. falcon lake will more than likely be his headstone. >> reporter: the murdered investigator is the one who had named two suspects in the case. high ranking mexican officials said there were no suspects at all and today those same

officials are saying this murder is in no way related to the jet ski murders. >> janet shamlian, thank you very much. david hartley's wife tiffany and his mother pam are with us right now. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> tiffany, if i can start with you, this has to be devastating news, first to lose your husband and then to find out the lead investigator in this case has been be headed. what was your reaction when you first heard the news? >> my heart broke. i can't even explain. i mean i'm grieving him, too, the loss of him because i mean i met him, i was sitting next to him through a translator talking to him and you know describing where david was at and i just grieve for his family and my heart just aches for his family because they're now having to go through what we're going through. and just like everybody says to me, there just aren't any words

to explain how sorry i am and how much i hurt for his family. >> does this man's name rolando flores villegas, what are your impressions of him? >> he seemed very sincere, very compassionate. he seemed like he wanted to help. i believe he was helping us. you could just tell that he wanted to be able to serve his country. and he was doing a job that isn't easy over there. especially in the field that he was in. but he seemed very sincere and compassionate. >> are you worried now tiffany that this will have a chilling effect an the investigation, perhaps the mexican authorities will be worried about continuing with it? >> i don't know. i don't know. but we do still, are under the impression that they are going

to continue their search and that, you know, they're going to keep doing what they have been doing so as far as you know, interrupting the investigation, i don't think that's going to happen, but i can't really speak for them. i don't know. >> pam, by the same token -- >> i hope it doesn't. >> absolutely, but by the same token, you have to be concerned that someone else could get hurt in the course of this search for your son? >> yes. i mean, david, you know, wouldn't want anybody to get hurt for him. but it's ---it has to continue that they find people that have been -- that are missing and if they need to -- they need to get control of that area. and it's like i don't want anybody to get hurt and my heart breaks for their family.

>> david's dad has said that he does not believe that his son's body will ever be found. pam, do you remain hopeful that they will find david? >> yes. i stand strong that god will make this happen. it was -- david will come home. >> i think we're all in agreement with that here. we're still standing in our belief and standing in faith that, you know, he will be brought home and we can honor him the way he would want to be. >> tiffany, mexican authorities have said that they would like you to go to mexico to file a formal report in order to have more details about this case. is that something that you are considering? will you go to mexico? >> no. no, i will not go to mexico. they -- we have filled out the paperwork that they told us that we had to fill out.

we spent 4 1/2 hours at their office and we were assured that they were going to get the paper work to mexico city to the authorities there and they were going to be taking them to ranosa that same day. but no, i will not go to mexico. >> can you tell me why you would not? are you worried for your own safety if you were to go to mexico? >> yeah, we're all under agreement that that is not a wise decision. that who knows what would happen if i do go over there? >> all right, tiffany and pam hartley, thank you very much. we really appreciate you being with us this morning. >> thank you. >> thank you. and let's turn to nbc news analyst clint van zandt who's a former fbi profiler. good morning to you. >> hi, meredith. >> the mexican government says there is no connection between the death of this lead serrateder and the investigation into the whereabouts and possible death or probable death of david hartley. what do you make of that?

>> i don't know. we know that this man was the lead investigator, we know that these two cartel members that were identified, this was work by men working for him, investigators working for him. meredith, life is so challenged down there. for example, over 50 americans have been killed just the first six months of this year along the u.s.-mexican border. this is a total that may well surpass last year's total of 80 and this terrible method and way he was murdered, decapitation, meredith, this is taking a page out of al qaeda's playbook that these drug cartels have been doing for about the last three or four years now trying to come up with the most grotesque form of murder they can to intimidate authorities and to intimidate the citizens of mexico. >> so is it possible authorities are saying that because they are feeling intimidated? >> yeah, and i think they are. we saw just last week on the "today" show when the sheriff was interviewed, the u.s.

sheriff saying that he didn't want to send people into those waters, they might get into a gun battle. now you have potentially u.s. forces, sheriff intimidated. the message has been sent to the mexican authorities torques the police, if you investigate -- i believe if you investigate this case, you're going to die. you know, few of the homicides of americans this year or any year, for that matter, are really solved. so the chances of this case being solved with these two alleged members of a drug cartel, remember, these are two main mexican cartels that are fighting each other for control of the drugs that flow into the united states, and any american that gets in the way, i'm afraid could meet a similar fate. >> do you think that tiffany is wise not to go to mexico? that she would be in possible danger if she were to go, even though they're asking her to go? >> i think she's making a personal choice right now, but with the murder, with the killing of that lead mexican police official, i think she's

probably making a prudent choice. she's done everything she can, we all want to see this crime solved and her husband brought home again, but again i think the chances are pretty slim since the mexicans took a week before they really mounted an investigation to begin with. >> clint van zandt, appreciate your perspective this morning. thank you very much. now let's get another check of the weather with mr. roker. >> in the rockies, they picked up some snow yesterday, two to three inches of snow. silver thorn, colorado, just north of denver. it's all melted since then, but it's a reminder it's coming. we still have a hurricane to talk about. hurricane paula right now, 100-mile-per-hour winds, a category 2 storm. moving north with 100-mile-per-hour winds. 60 miles east/northeast of cozumel. and by friday, it's skirting right along the northern cuba coast, but the path has been moving north each run. so this may move a little even

further north than we think. we're already seeing rain from paula make its way into southern florida, key west, key largo looking at rain, we're talking about anywhere from one to three inches of rain across southern there's a sunny view of san jose. off to a pretty warm start. we'll see temperatures around lunchtime probably upper 80s, eventually low 90s again across the santa clara valley. san francisco and the coast should see a little cooling today. we've got fog moving back up the san mateo coastline, eventually getting as far north at bodega bay. you'll see cooling inland tomorrow around inner bay and all areas as we head towards the weekend. >> and that's your latest >> and that's your latest weather.we and up next, criminals who target you because of what you reveal in your online post. "today" investigates the dangers

of social networking sites right after this.

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are, like a vacation or a night on the town, you are also letting people know where you are not and that could be an open invitation to thieves. >> it was a horrible feeling, seeing our video just intensifies it. >> reporter: the burglar is seen here on home security video, stealing two lap tops a plasma tv and other valuables worth thousands of dollars. >> just having your house broken into and things being taken is the fact that someone was in your house. >> reporter: what was even more upsetting, one of the burglars was someone kerry actually knew. >> he lived right across the street from me for 15 years. >> reporter: in fact shaun south was one of her so-called friends. at least on facebook, and though they hadn't communicate in person for many years, kerry says he knew exactly where she

was that night. >> my fiance and i were going out to see a band and we had posted on facebook where we were going and what we were doing so friends could come along with us. >> reporter: thanks to that facebook post, the thief realized her home was empty and pounced. >> you can't trust who is on your facebook apparently. >> reporter: the two men have been arrested and have entered pleas. national new hampshire police recently busted a criminal ring. >> these individual who is committed these offenses obtain this information through social net working. >> reporter: police say the group of thieves broke into at least 18 homes here because figuring out when nobody was home was very easy. >> visibilities of these particular burglaries were posting accounts of what they were doing. >> reporter: experts warn you and your children should be very careful about letting your online friends know your location. >> i think a social net working

site is a great idea, but using it wisely takes a lot of thought and a lot of time. >> reporter: a new concern is rising over checking in, the latest online trend where savvy cell phone users let their online friends know in real time what stores and restaurants they're visiting. >> checking in, the whole notion is to let people know where you are, connecting with your friends, but a bigger thing is that people will know where you are and are not. >> you've got to be careful what you tell the world. >> reporter: the check in trend alarmed boyd van austell who started please rob me.com. his please rob me site was designed to name and embarrass people who were haphazardly letting the online world know they were away from home. >> if you would say you're checking in somewhere at a restaurant, you're saying your

house is not being guarded at this home so people can get your stuff. >> reporter: the website no longer shares people's check ins, the point's been made. >> the warning we were trying to give out, it's easy, it's use common sense. >> reporter: that's something kerry mcmillan had to learn the hard way. >> i think people should see this as a lesson learned. i do not post where my fiance and i are going or what we're doing until after we do it. >> the average facebook user has 130 friends. experts say when using any social net working site you should always consider your audience and be sure to adjust your settings if you haven't already so that you only share information with people you actually trust and know. matt? coming up, david arquette opens up about his separation from courteney cox and his encounter with another woman. we'll hear from him but first these messages. we went around the country asking women to speak frankly about something no one wants to talk about.

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this is "today in the bay." good morning, everybody. the time now 7:56. checking in with mike taking us to the south bay. >> the lawrence expressway had a sig alert because of an accident blocking a couple of lanes. all lanes have cleared but the freeway is slow coming up from the 85 split. 280 big backups off of southbound 680 all the way past 880 and in towards mountain view and cupertino. 85 also very slow. all of those compensating for some folks avoiding 101 and that slowdown. southbound 880, another accident reported here as you're approaching that split and the construction zone heading over towards the san mateo bridge. typical slowing but additional because of the accident. southbound 680 actually looking a little better than it has the last half hour. sat knoll -- the sunol grade

showing some slowing. breezy and dry. high fire danger around the hills due to hot temperatures again today. low to mid-90s inland. 87 around san francisco. the coast today we'll watch the fog move from south to north along the seashore. eventually that will start to spill in as we head towards tomorrow so another hot day today around the bay area, some cooling tomorrow and noticeable cooling for the weekend. look at those highs, 60s and 70s saturday and sunday. the temore newtes af7:57. more news after the break. wearing shirts ♪ ♪ which caused a trend alert

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in a few hours a man charged with killing a teenage girl as he tried to outrun police will enter his plea in court. bernardino cuevas is charged with causing a deadly crash after leading chp officers on a chase through downtown san jose in july. this is cell phone video shortly after that accident. officers say they tried to pull cuevas over for a traffic stop but he sped off. he led police on a short chase before crashing into a family's minivan, killing the 15-year-old girl. more local news coming up in half an hour. the "today" show returns in less than a minute. have a great morning. we'll see you back in a little bit.

we're back now with more of "today" at 8:00 on a wednesday morning. it's the 13th day of october, 2010. we have got 49 degrees out on the plaza. it's windy, there's a bit of -- out on the plaza, i'm matt lauer along the meredith viera and al roker. >> we know david arquette and courteney cox announced their

trial separation on monday. he talked about the separation, for lack of a better term, sexual exploits since the separation. why he went public, i don't know. >> didn't he say he hopes they get back together? >> that was part of the agreement with the separation, they could see other people. also ahead, what is it like to live with extreme eating habits or eating disorders. there's a new television show that takes people inside that often misunderstood show. we're going to talk to two of the women who were actually featured on that program. plus we have a revealing new interview with the first lady michelle obama and she opens up about why she is so passionate about the arts. >> all right, lots to get to. ann is off, amy robach is at the news decks. joy and relief are growing

greater by the hour this morning in copiapo, chile as those miners are brought to the surface one by one. natalee morales is in the middle in the of that jubilation, a lot of emotion there. >> reporter: a lot of emotion, and a lot of exhaustion on everyone's part. this morning the tenth miner to be brought out, 31-year-old alex vega rescued to cheers and big hugs as you can imagine a scene playing out over and over again here. on day 70, the rescue operation well under way, it had gone without a hitch so far, they have been able to rescue one miner about every hour or so, everything has been functioning perfectly. the first rescue took place around midnight local time. florencio avalos was greeted by his son and then he was led to

the triage area. and mario sup peepulveduepulves practically jumped out of the cab suddenly. after 70 days under ground, these men are proving to the world that faith has carried them through to this very moment as this rescue is well underway. >> natalee morales, thanks for the latest from chile. the afghan army says there were no survivors after a cargo plane crashed. and the search for a 10-year-old girl in north carolina has taken an ominous turn. police now believe zahra clare baker is dead. her mother is charged with trying to deceive investigators.

>> reporter: little zahra baker who uses two hearing aides was reported missing on saturday. but on sunday police arrested alisa baker. police now say baker admits she wrote the ransom note after her 10-year-old stepdaughter disappeared. in the note, police say alisa baker wrote to her husband, we have your daughter and your pot smoking redhead son is next unless you do what is ask. police say this is no longer a missing person's case, it's a homicide investigation. >> outside the immediate family, we cannot confirm that anyone has seen zahra in the last month. >> reporter: a search warrant obtained by nbc news reveals police dogs detected the smell of human remains on cars belonging to the bakers. >> it had a bad smell to it and

there was this red goo all in it. >> reporter: like blood? >> that's what it looks like. >> homeschooled and rarely seen in public, investigators describe zahra's life as miserable. locked in her room for days at a time. an adorable little girl who struggled with cancer and her hearing is now believed to be dead. >> and now here's brian williams with what's coming up on nbc "nightly news." >> coming up when we see you tonight on nightly news, the first lady is hitting the road for the democrats. when you think about it, she's got an approval rating almost 20 points higher than her husband. she's being put to work where she's needed across the country. we'll have that story and more tonight on nightly news. amy, for mnow, back to you. it is 8:05, for another

check of the weather, here's al. >> here's a cutie. how much did he baghdad? >> 1 pound, 14 ounces. >> how long ago? >> it's been ten months? >> how much does he weigh now? >> 20 pounds. >> congratulations, what a great story. all right, ashton, nicely done. let's check your weather and see what's going on, wyff, greenville, south carolina, temperatures will be in the mid 80s. and we got a lot of warmth out west, surface high pressure bringing offshore winds, warm weather for coastal california. san francisco 91 degrees. fresno 92. hotter in los angeles, i should say in san francisco than it is in l.a. rest of the country, chilly here in the north in the 50s and 60s, 80s through the gulf coast, 60s through the plains, on into the rockies. and we have got these ladies. i need this job, ladies.

here is a look at san francisco. fog free. if you look closely, the giants' flag blowing offshore to onshore at times. you will see a shift bringing in cooler air today. easily climbing into the 80s again today, with an excessive heat warning in the bay area. notice the cooling effects of the sea breeze as we head towards the weekend. latest weather, matt? all right, al, thank you very much. when we come back, david arquette talks rather candidly about his separation from courtney cox. we'll talk about that right after this. the grand canyon twice as fast. uhoh. we get double miles every time we use our card. i'll take these. no matter what we're buying. plus the damages.

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we are back at 8:11. just after announces their trial separation, david arquette opened up with surprising detail about his split with courtney cox. >> she may be a cougar now, but to most of us, she'll always be that neurotic friend. >> i have been waiting my whole life to be engaged and unlike some people, i only plan on

doing this once. >> reporter: courtney cox's real life relationship with david arquette was one of those hollywood marathons, 11 years and counting after they first met on the set of "scream." >> do you mind if i join you? >> not at all. >> reporter: arquette to the airwaves with this. >> we had not had sex at that time a month or so. >> reporter: just a day after the couple announced that they were separating to better understand themselves, arquette called into howard stern's radio show to air some of their pillow talk. he was shockingly candid and he says the couple was on a break of sorts. >> i had sex with a girl once. >> so she's not your girlfriend? >> under the terms of the

separation, i was allowed to meet other people. >> reporter: the other person is reported to be jasmine waltz. she was act necused of punching lindsay lohan at one point. >> it wasn't a big surprise to people in hollywood that he might have been hooking up with this girl. >> reporter: will it matter in a possible divorce? most agree probably not. >> it very well could, but from a legal perspective, it has no play. >> reporter: courtney is allowed to play the field too? >> so she's free to see people too, that's what she wanted? >> the star said she wants to be just friends with her spouse. so there is a "friends" curse? the stars on that show only have about a 50/50 chance of living in wedded bliss.

lisa and david just revealed he just got hitched to his long-time girlfriend months ago. as for courteney cox and david arquette both insist they're still friends. whether their break becomes permanent, still up in the air. lee cowan, nbc news, san francisco. >> indicate -- good morning to you both. so let me start with you, on monday they announce the trial separation, they ask the media to show them some respect. the next day david arquette is on the radio talking in very explicit detail about his life, sex life or lack thereof. were you surprised at how quickly he went public with this? >> very surprised, generally when you hear of a celebrity split, what you're expecting is the standard, please respect our privacy as we go through this difficult time. and there's usually quite a long

period of silence before one or the other is willing to talk about what went wrong. and when they do talk about what went wrong, it's usually couched in very vague terms. for him to talk so soon and be so candid is unusual. talking about his other conquests, how it made him feel manly? >> what was his motivation for that? >> if you listen to the many, many thing he said during the stern broadcast. buried in there is he wanted to make it clear that he wasn't cheating. he seemed to want to explain this whole trial separation and he was free to see other people so he wants it known that he's not someone who cheated on his wife. that appears to be the impetus, but of course he wandered into many other topics. >> at one point when he's talking to howard stern, he says she initiated the breakup right after the anniversary of the 11

years of marriage and said that she didn't want to be his mother anymore. >> a lot of couples go through that, everything is going well, and it comes out that there was some rift around the parent and the child and the child happens to be the partner. and after a while, 11 years they have been together, she may have flipped the script and decided she just didn't want to play that role anymore. and that happens in a lot of cases. and quite frankly, if he'll c l calling howward stern and he's airing this on radio-- >> they had talked openly about getting married, counseling when they needed it, talked about their infertility problems prior to having their daughter cocoa, the fact that they have gone public in this way, does this damage any hope they night have had? >> they're talking about a trial separation, and trial separations can work, but they

need to work on it. they've got to get the help they need and they have got to get down to the business of working through whatever the problems were so they can get to the are root of it. quite frankly with hollywood and all of this supposition swirling around them, it probably won't work. >> thank you very much for your perspective this morning. up next, the often misunderstood world of eating disorders after these messages.

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back at 8:20 now with a look inside the world of extreme eating habits. a new six-part documentary on eating called "what's eating you" follows people who have eating compulsions. >> i can't go through every day thinking of food, body, calories, wanting things and not lets myself have them. >> i will eat out of the trash if i see something that somebody's thrown away that i'm like oh, my god, i want that. i take it. >> jennifer who you see in that clip, is it hard to watch that, you know, when you're practicing those behaviors on television? >> it is. it's embarrassing. there's a lot of shame that goes

with this teach of disorder. >> we touched on the basis of what you're doing and this has been going on for more than 20 years, you binge, you personal, you have been known to take food out of the trash. is there an emotional trigger that you have been able to identify? >> with me, it's kind of no rhyme or reason, it's very random and i think that's why it's very difficult for me to try and deal with this. you know, a lot of this is accidental. >> i was reading about your particular story and i was thinking, well, this is something her family must have been so worried about and then i was surprised that you really kept this from so many people for so long. how did you do that? >> i think a lot of people with eating disorders are very good at that, at being secretive. i think my family newsom, b but

don't think they knew the extent. >> is there something in your childhood that you think is perhaps the root cause of all of this? >> i was teased a lot and i suffered some sexual abuse and later i had verbal and emotional abuse from my grandmother and i think people don't know the trauma that can go along with teasing and bullying, as evidenced by the recent -- >> we have been talking about it so much as of late. mona, you were also a binge eater, you had a lap band back in 2007. i want to show your story and talk about your situation. >> i want to start with creamy chicken soup. anything that would slide through the bands is called slider foods and that's what i live on. round two, mashed potatoes and gravy. this is round two for tonight. >> i continued to eat after my

food pouch was full. >> the lap band procedure is a major procedure, and if you're going to go through that, it would shock a lot of people that you would circumvent it by eating those so-called slider foods. >> unfortunately, i got the lap band that doesn't stop binge eating, because that need is still there to binge eat. that's why i lost 150 pounds and gained the weight back because i was eating just because of emotional reasons. >> that's what really makes mona a bulimic, she was an overeater, and she was a binge eater, because of the lap band surgery without connecting to her emotions. >> i thought to myself, am i just naivnaive, or does this ha more often than people realize.

>> 10 million people and 1 million males out there have classic an anorexia/bulimia. >> you have both gone through treatment and therapy. was the goal of going on the show to be cured? >> i just kind of want to get a handle on this and i don't want my dirty laundry aired for the world, but i have never received help, and "what's eating you" was a great opportunity. "what's eating you" changed my life because i didn't even realize i needed therapy until i started it. when i first started it, i thought it probably is not going to work. and then probably in the first few weeks, my eyes were just open. i realized that i am just eating myself to death. and this has helped me so much. >> and if someone else is watching and thinking, wait a minute, this sounds familiar, this might be me, the advice is?

>> o >> if you feel that you have an eating disorder, you should seek treatment. good morning. the time is 8:26. a fuel spill to tell you about in the morning commute. >> right around the millbrae avenue on-ramp on the 101, reports of a fuel spill. be careful because they may have to send out a hazmat team. and 101 operating pretty smoothly so far, but then around the san mateo brigitte jams up. and then i took a live look and things are looking nicely across san mateo bridge. and a street, the earlier accident is cleared to the side.

as we head towards the afternoon, we will see 90s inland but today for san francisco and the coast we have fog rolling up the seashore for the afternoon, and still 80s and 90s inland for today, but the cooling we will start to see on the coast and the tip of the peninsula starts to push further inland tomorrow. we cool off, and 60s and 70s for the weekend after a hot day around the bay today. more after the break.

dalai lama is in the bay area and will be talking with students. he will meet with about 500 students, and they will get their chance to ask the dalai lama questions this morning. more local news coming up in half an hour. the "today" show returning in a minute. see you back here in a bit.

8:30 on this wednesday morning the 13th of october, 2010, and a nice crowd assembled here in rockefeller plaza. and we are always glad they have decided to spend some time with us. and straight ahead in this half hour, what it is like to be actor russell brand? >> do we really want to know

that? >> it is a dangerous question. >> we will find out because the actor has a follow-up to the best selling memoir. >> very clever. >> and also ahead, we will head into the kitchen with our friend mark bitman who is back with what he promises is the best recipe for vegetable soup ever. >> ever? >> ever. >> ever. >> wow. >> and plus we will hear about first lady michelle obama's love of art and she opens up about that in an article in "harper's baz czar." >> and it is inevitable that you spill anything from red wine to sal sa asa and then you are nev invited back. we will show you how to get the stains out once and for all. >> and we go back to copiapo, chili, whe chile, where there is raw emotion on display all morning

long. we will have the latest in a little bit. let us get a check of the weather, mr. rocher. i love the look on those people's faces. >> it is a great story. well, let's look at what is happening as far as weather is concerned. we see the showers down in the united states, and sunshine out west today and tomorrow. it is going to be hot. we are looking at rain in the pacific northwest and heavy rain moves into the northeast tomorrow with showers around the great lakes, but from the plains to texas, we have plenty here is a view of san jose. lots of sunshine. we should be on the way to the 90s. we do have a spare the air today and we will lose some of the wind. it will be another hot day inland. the fog will start to move up

the coastline and you will see the temperatures dropping off more especially tomorrow, and then 60s and 70s for the weekend. and we got some nice newlyweds here. what is your name? >> hal and deanna larman. >> where are you from? >> houston. >> wish you all of the best. >> thank you. >> and of course, you can -- it is a great wedding tradition to check your weather everyday on the weather channel or weather.com online. did you know that? >> i knew that. >> and another great tradition, and you hang on for a while, willard scott will announce your birthday, but not now, because you are a ways away from the smu smucker's jar. >> we had a dear friend and a lot of people go to sanibal, florida, and one of our giants passed away down there and we send our love to his family. it is our pleasure and not many

people left who can remember when i was in december. ed of gloucester, massachusetts. and 111. unbelievable. contributes longevity to eating a bag of chips everyday and always staying positive. and we have francis gannon, from galway, new york, 103 and third time we tried to get her, and glad we got her. can't say no. and eat corn on the cob and you should eat all you want in is summertime, a couple of weeks when it is really good. >> and tom waters, a world war ii vet and works still as a barber. he has battled cancer and still with us. and ann stratton is a proud breast cancer survivor, and god bless her. and we have lula craig from

elbow, north carolina, a teacher of many years, and the oldest known living alum of appalachian. and walter hanlon claims a pickle will clean out your system. have a vlassic. eat all of the pickles in the world. >> thank you. russell brand gets personal in his new memoirs. we will talk to him. first, this is "today" on nbc. [ bell rings ]

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marshall jshsz. he's out with a new memoir, "this time it's personal." this book was pretty personal and raw. >> yeah. >> you talked about everything, your heroin use, prostitutes, a lot of stuff. >> this time it's personal is a joke because of the highly intimate nature of the first book. >> oh, i get it. well, the first book was about sort of your rise from rags to riches, what is this book about? >> i think it's a love story about how for falling in love and romance, you can conquer seemingly insurmountable addictions and appetites, carnal appetites. >> and you're being serious when you say this, you fell in love with katie perry? >> it did happen, i remember it happening. >> you're very personal and private about that. you're going to get married

pretty soon. >> we're going to get married. >> and the arctic is the place you're going to get married to india. >> the arctic, india, on a pyramid, on the earth's core. i try to spread different rumors so on the day we can sneak off. >> how has it changed you? >> it's changed me. i've got a lot more energy when i'm on tour, primarily. and i stay out of mischief a lot more. it's really good. it's been quite a devotional for me and lovely. >> do you remember when you met her. >> she threw a bottle at me. it struck me in the head. i received a heeither a head injury or true love in a moment. it's really a true things that happened to me. it may not have happened to you and your partner. >> a couple of months ago you defended her when she was

paparazzi were getting a little too close to her at the l.a. airport and you got arrested. do you regret that? >> so you did what you thought you had to do? >> what have you learned about celebrity, i mean now that you have made it? >> what i think, it's good if you're like me, but when i was a kid, i thought it would solve all my problems. but primely i realized that you have to really love the thing that you do because all those stupid fishy things that come around celebrity don't always satisfy you. >> your mom raised you, your dad left when you were just a little guy and you mentioned in an interview that she never read your first book, maybe it was too personal for her? >> she had cancer three times.

when i was little i had to stay with relatives and i think she didn't read it because it was a bit sad. >> and you talked about some of the awful things that you went through. would she be glad to read this one? >> this is one is a roller-coaster ride, she'll love it. >> what are you up to these days? >> nick nolte, he's a man with a certain amount of pheromonal or aggression. he was using my foot to hoist me, he useded this area of my body as a fulcrum. >> really? >> i was on a high ledge, i expected to assist me by the foot. not by the groin. i mean obviously it would be more than an appealing idea.

but nick nolte has really rough hands. it was a wonderful experience and a very, very exciting movie. but i think it may delay children for a couple of years. >> and the other extreme is the tempest we have you're doing. >> it was an amazing experience. it was an awesome experience. and i got to wear a dress. no one is judge me for that. >> you're getting married, can we expect children pretty soon? >> i've got a job, katie's got a job. >> i have a job, i had kids. >> how many? >> three. >> well done. >> i was out there. >> you certainly were. the book is "bookie wook 2." this is "today" on nbc. [ male announcer ] everyone is hurting.

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we're back at 8:44. we're talking about comfort soups. mark fittman is the author of the "food matters" cook cook. these are soups that are a whole meal? >> these are soups that are so filled with flavor and great vegetables that you really can make a meal out of them. >> the two such s >> the two suchoups we're going show is bacon for flavor. >> i'm kind of trying to get to the point where meat is the star. >> this is a recipe that you stole from an old woman in tuscany. >> well, the idea is that you

cook, just pretty much ordinary vegetables in batches, a little bit at a time. >> why batches? >> carrots, celery, onions and then you get varying textures so the first batch becomes very, very soft andç the second retas a little bit more bite. >> okay and when you're talking about vegetables here, you're using the last gas -- gasp of summer and a little bit of fall. >> this is a little bit of cabbage and some tom mate toe paste. >> this is parsley, which in here is just wonderful. you're driving the water out of the vegetables and just leaving their flavor behind. >> when we get to the beans, what kind of beans are these? >> they're white beans, they're catalini. varying textures, at of

different flavors, beautiful colors. you're almost done, really, another ten minutes. >> you put the beans in now in? >> i want them to end, but for appearances sake, we can put them in there. >> this is healthy, it's got all the incredible nutrients for flavor. >> this one doesn't have bacon. this one year eating for breakfast, everybody's raging, the best vegetable soup ever. >> move on to the second one. what are we making? >> the second best vegetable suit. it's butter nut squash cut into chunks with apples. >> and how do you like that combination of flavors? >> you get the two different kinds of sweet and the two textures, and onions, and once you roast them, they're also sweet. these are not so secret ingredients. >> but it's bacon. >> enough for flavor. and then a lot of garlic. and some olive oil here too.

>> we're going to roast at pretty high heat for 20 or 30 minutes until stuff has really, really softened. saltpepper, of course. and when you're done -- >> so you're going to add some stock to this. >> take it back out of the oven, a little white wine and sort of stir that up. >> what would you use there? >> i would use anything dry, so pine -- just trying to get everything up off the bottom. and you see things break up by themselves. and then you put a little bit of stock, and a little bit of sage also. >> what kind of stock. >> chicken stock, but any time you use butter nut squash in a soup, you need to use water. butter nut squash and bacon, what could go wrong? >> some people make it in a puree. but this is not the consistency,

you're looking for a broth and vegetable soup. >> you can also put bread in here, but i'm looking for something that's kind of a whole meal. >> from start to finish, how long would it take to cook this one? >> 30, 45 minutes. >> if you wanted to serve this as a meal and you wanted wine to go with them, a lot of people would say white mine, because you put white wine in there. >> but a fruity red i think is just gorgeous. on a cool evening, this soup with a little bit of wine, just perfect. >> the best vegetable soup ever. coming up next, first lady michelle obama, shining the spotlight on america's most promising young performers, but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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we're back now with more of "today" on a wednesday morning. it's the 13th day of october, 2010. it's a brisk morning here in the northeast, blue sky and some very handsome, beautiful people out on the plaza this morning as always. i'm matt lauer along with al roker and tamron hall is joining us as well. a lot of nice people are here, a lot of the eyes of the world on what's happening in copiapo, chile, where the scene is just remarkable, those 33 miners who

have been trapped under ground for 70 days now, are being brought to the surface one at a time. just an incredible reunion with their family members. and it's wednesday, that's the day we always like to help folks with their financial emergencies, with our "today's" money 911, today we'll be telling you how to put away a little bit of money even if you're living paycheck to paycheck. we'll be answering oppressive money questions "today." >> how do you plan a holiday celebration? sharing tips on how to get stains out of your dress or jacket if you party too much. tips on how to get stains out fast and easy. also earlier we talked about hollywood couple courteney cox and david arquette who talked about it on a very candid radio interview about their

relationship. >> that's crazy. >> it you want to get back together it might be crazy. >> that trial could become permanent. let's go inside, amy robach standing at the news desk. we have got a check of the headlines. >> good morning, matt, good morning, everyone. 33 miracles at the mine after being trapped half a mile under ground for more than two months. 33 miners in chile are being hoisted to freedom. "today" national correspondent natal natalee morales is in copiapo, chile. >> the rescuers are now continuing ahead of schedule, the 11th miner jorge diaz, the hugs and the tears and the emotional scene that continues to play out over and over again here "today."

a miracle at the mine after 70 days, trapped under ground, the first miner emerged. just after midnight local time wednesday morning, 31-year-old florencio avalos made to it the surface. his 7-year-old son made it to the surface. the family reunited for the first time in more than two months. in a tent not far away, florencio's brother watched on tv. it's an unbelievable scene here, it's impossible to have a dry eye, as you can see, the very first moments, the very first hugs, one of the most emotional experiences, seeing the grown men out there, the reporters covering this story, everybody's crying.

one hour later, the second miner emerged. mario sepulveda embraced his wife. then an unexpected moment, sepulveda reached inside a bag and pulled out some rocks, handing them out to rescuers as souvenirs, and this miner known as the comedian as the bus laughed it up with the president of the chile. every hour on the hour, rescue after rescue, after rescue. over and over these brave men won the hearts of people all over the world. 33 miners, once strangers, now international heroes. and the mine minister now says he tweeted just a short while

ago that they have been able to increase the speed of the rescue operation, one miner every about 45 minutes or so. meanwhile an interesting point here is that chile's children, the school children have actually been given the day off from school, amy, so they are celebrating this almost as a national holiday. >> as it should be. natalee morales in chile, thank you. nato says six service members were killed today by three separate attacks in afghanistan and in a separate report, eight crewmembers died when a plane crashed outside kabul. and just back from sudan, george clooney met with president obama asking that he do all he can to stop the violence. clooney said in his words, if there is some way to get ahead of this and stop it before it happens, we better. a georgia woman was stunned when she received an electric bill for more than $1 billion.

a company official laughed at the mistake and then quickly fixed it. it is now five minutes past the hour and here's al with another check of the weather. >> did s doidhis dhen he did hi it? let's check your weather and see what's happening, we have got a lot of rain down in southern florida, you can see hurricane paula down there just -- we have got a lot of sunshine, beautiful weather in the pacific northwest. the heat continues out west. 91 in san francisco. warmer in san francisco than it is in l.a. 98 for phoenix. we're looking at sunshine here is a view of san francisco overlooking from oakland this morning where it's already 72 degrees. you can see warm offshore winds blowing into the east bay and lower end of the bay, good enough to give us another

excessive heat warning as temperatures will get close to the low to mid-90s this afternoon. a bit closer on the coastline today. we will watch the fog move up the coastline during the afternoon, and spill in and cool us off tomorrow and noticeably so by friday. great music for "today's" money 911. whether you're living paycheck to paycheck or saving for retirement. our team of experts is here to help. we have got jean chatzky, author of "money 911." and the author of "start over finish rich." let's get started. we have got an e-mail, our first question is from kelly, she asks, i have $50,000 in student loans a 15,000 car loan and $8,000 in credit card debt, my

husband and i do contribute to our 401(k) plans at work. how can i save more for the future when i'm living paycheck to paycheck. should i stop contributing to my 4 1 k and focus that money towards bringing down my credit card debt? >> see if you can qualify for some sort of income based repayment program that could lower your payment. bottom line is i don't want you to stop contributing to your 401(k). you may have to make a more difficult choice. look at the rent that you're pay foggi ing for that apartment in the city. maybe you can look a little further outside the city or another borough. >> you don't want to dip into that savings to pay for your credit cards. make sure you have some emergency savings too. >> let's head out to the west coast via skype, let's say hello

to annie who's joining us. what is your question? >> my husband and i were married for 17 years and he just passed away. >> i'm sorry to hear that. >> thank you. we kept our finances separate including our house and in going through his finances, it looks like he was very far in debt. >> how much credit card debt are we talking about? >> six figures. >> and you did not co-sign for any of these credit cards? >> that is correct. >> that's the good news, and i'm really sorry about your husband's loss. first of all, when someone passes away, the estate basically has to be settled. so typically what will happen is the estate is settled and debts are paid off first and anything that's left over is paid out to the beneficiary. in your case, if the estate has

more debt, quite clearly what will happen is that you more than likely will not pay those credit card debts. depending on the state, every state has a different law. you're in a different state right now. if you get yourself an attorney and you fight this, you're going to come out and you're going to win, because you didn't co-sign for the loan, your husband patched passed away, you had no knowledge of his credit card dead, and you can show that you didn't use anything that he bought. so i would get an attorney before you pay any of those debts off. >> thank you and again, we're sorry for your loss. now let's go to janice from cherry hill, new jersey. janice, how are you? >> i am fine, thank you and good morning to all of you. >> what's your question for the panel. >> my husband is here as well and we both want to thank you all for taking our call. we are retired and we have been

advised to put our retirement funds into a variable annuity. could you please explain what variable annuities are and if you think they're a wise investment for retire retirees. >> janice and joel are very smart to be looking into what these are because i'm not a huge fan of them. they can be very confusing and very expensive. but basically here's what a variable annuity is, you're going to take a chun of course your retirement fund and put it in this investment insurance hybrid and you can select from the ones that they make available to you and then you're going to get a regular payout, like a paycheck, it's going to go pannup and down based on the market's variations. why i'm not a big fan is sometimes you can take a big chunk of that payout to go to those fees and that can be very

expensive. and there are a lot of different types of annuities that you can choose from, you want to make sure that the person that's trying to sell it to you doesn't have a financial incentive to try and get you to get this product. if you're getting social security, you're getting a guaranteed income stream there. and if you have any kind of a pension plan, you might not need to borrow, you might look at all the options that you v. >> a variable annuity is an investment account and you're paying for insurance inside a variable annuity to have tax deferral. you don't need a variable annuity inside a tax deferred account. >> janice and joel, i hope that helped you out. thanks so much. for those of you on the east coast, sharon epperson is going to be sticking around in the next hour to answer your urgent financial questions. don't let a stain ruin your

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it's happened to most of us at one point or another, you're at a party, someone bumped into your glass of wine. rosemary ellis is editor-in-chief of good ho housekeeping magazine. let's get to the red wine, your top or whatever is ruined. >> the unavoidable red wine stain, someone is always backhanding at a dinner party. but there's an easy fix. i'm going to make a mess here. so this is what happens. what you want to do right away is get a towel or a paper towel and blot up the excess. >> a lot of people think club soda or water. >> water is fine and you can use club soda too. but first of all you want to get the main amount of liquid out

and then you do want to sponge it with cold water, and there's a really easy trick that you can do, so you can take, you want to dilute the stain and then put a paper towel underneath and a paper towel above. this is very well secured here. and then you can just take a serving dish, and put it on top and let it sit and while you're finishing your dinner party, the paper towels under the weight of the serving dish will help absorb the wine. the salt is a great trick. you just take the salt shaker and you put a little mountain of the salt right on top. cover the stain completely, just keep going and you leave it alone until the next day, and the stain will dry up into the salt, wait until it's totally dry and it will not be there at all.

>> people end up with a lipstick smear on your collar. >> this is what you get. it's a tough stain to get out, but there's a very easy fix. just get one of the premoistened makeup remover towel lets, you want to squeeze it until you see the liquid. >> makeup remover won't hurt what you're trying to remove? >> you turn it upside down, and you want to dry this out, not rub it in. and you squeeze it until you can see it come out and then you transfer it. and then you tamp it and sort of rub it. you only have to do this for a few minutes. it's very nice, it makes a transfer and then you're done. >> let's get to the salsa. >> salsa is tough, because tomatoes really stain so what you do, is when you've got salsa on, again, the first thing you want to do is you take off the extra, you turn it upside down, you rinse it with water.

okay, so i'm just going to dip it here too. okay, and then what you want to do is, you treat it with -- you turn it over, you treat it with a little stain remover treater and you let that sit for a few minutes. >> what if the item is dry-clean only. >> this works on table -- most table cloth and napkins are not dry-clean only. what i would do is i would blot it immediately. the sooner you treat a stacin, the easier it comes out. you take white vinegar, a little vinegar will actually negate the licopene and that takes the color out. >> and gravy. >> you don't even have to get up from the table. what you want to do is you take the end of the spoon or a knife

and you scrape the excess off. and here's a great trick. get a piece of bread. put it down. cover it up. this will absorb the stain. >> you're great with stain removal. >> this is an oil based stain so water won't work on this. >> rosemary ellis, thank you very much, i think people will find this valuable information. up next, they heated up our plaza on monday, 51 sexie 1 hot bachelors in the country. enjoy things again. to [ woman #3 ] i feel these aches and pains. [ woman #4 ] the guilt. [ man ] my sleep just isn't right. [ woman #5 ] i'm so anxious. [ man #2 ] i need to focus. [ female announcer ] depression hurts.

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friendship with david arquette was a hollywood marathon, after they first met on the set of "scream." but she may have screamed a bit tuesday when arquette took to the airwaves with this. >> we have not had sex in quite a -- at that time, a month or so. >> reporter: just a day after the couple announced that they were separating to better understand themselves arquette calls into howard stern's radio show to air some of their pillow talk. >> she said i don't want to be your mother anymore. i got it. >> reporter: he wanted to fend off rumors of infidelity and he says the couple was on a break of sorts. >> i had sex with a girlfriend once. >> so she's not your girlfriend. >> under the terms of our separation, i was allowed to meet other people. >> the other person is reported to be jasmine waltz, well known

in celebrity circles. she was even accused of punching lindsay lohan at one point. but she had no comment tuesday on any relationship with arquette. >> when her name came up, it was ant big surprise to people in hollywood that he might have been hooking one this girl. >> reporter: will it matter in a possible divorce? most agree, probably not. >> it could, but from a legal perspective, it has no play. >> courtney is free to see other people too. >> maybe. >> she wanted to be just friends with her spouse, so is there a "friends" curse. it seems that they only have about a 50/50 chance of living in wedded police. matthew perry, still single. the exceptions, lisa coup droe and david sch-- as for courtene

cox and david arquette, both say they're just friends. >> great vacation ideas to that get away with the kids right after this.

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to show us some great places to go with the kids. i think all parents are looking for that, and for them to have some structured activities. do most places offer directed activities? >> they're tried and true. some places do have things included, some places don't. we have two clear signs we're going to be talking about. on a cruise ship, everything's included. so you know you don't have to worry at all. >> we're getting into that peak travel time so are there still some good deals to be had out there? >> if you're still thinking about your thanksgiving and christmas plans, we're talking about look widely and good prices attached. >> let's start with the inn at

palmetto bluff. >> this is the property that nabs number one in all the u.s. and canada. it's beautiful, it's plantation style. there are no cars allowed. so you can really enjoy nature up close and personal. >> next we have the water color inn in florida. and they actually have a kid's camp there? >> they have a kids camp and a teens camp because the older kids don't like to hang out with the younger kids and they don't even like to be called kids. they actually have a great program. they are number one in florida. and actually i love, which is a friday night kids night which

basically to me means that basically that means that the parents -- >> free baby sitting. >> parents night out, whether you want to go to the spa or to a great restaurant. 600 acres of powdery white beach. >> the homestead in. if you are looking for lots of activities, the homestead inn is the place to go. it dates back to 1902, so this is a place with a lot of historic southern charm. and everybody loves a little southern hospitality. if you want to go fly fishing, trail riding, they have an arcade, they have a bowling allie. there's nothing you can't do. $185 a night, starting rate. >> it seems like that would be so expensive. >> it has almost 500 rooms so you're likely to find availability there which is very important. >> let's talk about those cruise offers. the first one you're going to

tell us about is a larger cruise ship, we know that disney knows how to do kids really well. >> disney knows how to do kids and a lot of people don't realize that disney knows how to do cruising. so you're going to get the welcome from mickey mouse. the kids are going to be able to play with snow white or send darrell la. there's also adult entertainment away from kids because they're going to be so busy they won't even miss you. >> we keep talking about alone time, adult time. but that's really what it's all about. >> a vacation isn't just for your kids, it's for you so you need a little r and r. >> let's also talk about another cruise ship, this is a smaller one for families. it's affiliated with national geographic. does this mean it's going to be

a little bit more adventurous? >> you know exactly what you're talking about. whether you're going to the gal lgal -- you're going to get, their staff to guest ratio is 1 to 16. that means there's not a lot of guests there. it is expensive, but these trips of a lifetime. these trips to the galapagos, you're not going to get the same experience if you're there with people who are not trained. they have underwater moving vehicles like a submarine almost that people can use. and microscopes that are video microscopes so when you pick up something from the ocean, you can examine it. >> trips of a lifetime. >> exactly. >> coming up next, "today's" kitchen.

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♪ brendan haywo here with recipes from his new cookbook, 1,000 ways to cook southern. this is one big book and it's got a lot of recipes. you start with a cast iron skillet. this is one of the most versatile pieces of equipment you can have in the kitchen. >> what you can do now is you can pick them up at your local grocery store. but the one that you get from your mother or your grandmother, they can be a little bit rusted so i'm going to show you how to season it. take some vegetable shortening

and i go ahead and rub it well into the cast iron skillet. just rub it, and once this is done, you stick it into a 350-degree oven for about an hour, upside down with a little sheet of aluminum foil to catch the oil. that's it. >> so you've got a chicken cornbread casserole? >> we can actually flip it out. and whenever i flip, i always make sure that the plate is substantially larger than my actual pan. so we flip it over. >> and the flower's in there. >> and we can get a little wedge to this and it makes the best cornbread and the pan is just so versatile. >> you don't want to buy cornbread, you want to make this? >> you can use a mix if you

want. i'll not hold it against you. i'm going to show you another versatile way that you can use a cast iron skillet. we're actually going to make a casserole. this is our chicken and cornbread casserole, it's kind of like a cornbread sandwich. i want you to stir together the cornbread. and once you do that, we just layer half of that into the bottom. just half. and i'm going to finish sauteing this with a little bit of oil. so what we're going to do is we're going to add the rotisserie chicken here, you can pick that up at your local store. we're going to add that into this. then i want you to dump in the eggs right there, and the mushrooms and the seasoning, that's red pepper and a little bit of sour cream. go ahead and mix that up. >> that's all good.

and we're going to layer it right in here. there you go. and then we pop it with the remaining cornbread mixture that we have. now we're done, all we have to do is let this rest for a second. slide it into a 350-degree oven for about five minutes, then we're going to put some cheese on top. there's one more thing you can do with cast iron. breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert. what we have is our pineapple upside down cake. i want you to put the cherries in there. >> maraschino, cherries. i. >> i actually used a cake mix. we're all about making it easy. >> the judges took some points off. >> but what you can do to make

cake batter taste better, we added a little bit of the pineapp pineapple juice. >> so you put that on. >> i came to help you. >> we put this in a 325-degree oven for about 30 minutes or so. try that. >> and then this is our fen initiated cornbread chicken casserole. . >> 1001 ways to cook.

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the morning commute is getting clearer. >> the 101 is still jammed from about hellier to downtown. and right around the expressway, it's starting to clear up, moving much better to the bay bridge toll plaza. fast track moving smoothly. and the wind moving in the same direction as the cars approaching the toll plaza. later today we will see the see breeze pick up, and maybe cooling off san francisco a little today. but lots of 90s inland. still the excessive heat warning around the bay today, and so we start to cool off tomorrow and then a lot more for the weekend. the ntsb is getting ready to issue its first report on the

san bruno pipeline explosion disaster. the utility says they will replace existing manually involves with automatic shutoffs. it says it will not set up a nonprofit to deal with the cost so far, but the share holders will have to pay to fund it. a new study shows household incomes in san jose and san francisco remain the highest in the nation over last year, and that's partially due to the study demand for government and high-tech work, by comparison, many people in the fast-growing areas during the housing boom like colorado and nevada are taking big hits. we'll have another local update for you in about half an hour. "today" show returns in less than a minute.

captions paid for by nbc-universal television in nbc news, in the "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody. it's a winless wday on this 13th day of october. we're going to get there. >> i love the dress. >> thank you. >> you were in -- i forget. >> i do, too. >> it is buceautiful. >> you're running on fumes, hoda. how you doing? >> we taped martha stewart

yesterday, and we were live with joy behar last night. she's a trip. we're running from place to place doing stuff for the book. >> pace yourself. >> it's been fun. >> tell everybody where you're going to be. >> the nbc experience store is here in new york. if you're wandering in, wander in. why not wander in? >> come over and say hello. guess what? your book is number 67 already on amazon on the best seller's list. condoleezza is number 52. you're 67? plook at justin bieber. >> we should at least beat justin bieber. >> it ain't over. it's a marathon. can his fans read yet? how old are they? hillary duff, we had so many authors on yesterday. >> a lot of books out. >> you're doing great.

you're going to be in atlanta. >> yes. i'm going to be a busy bee with that book. >> you're going to be exhausted, but you're going to get out there in america and realize how many people love their hoda. they love you. >> whatever your name is. >> you know what the whole world is falling in love with? these miners. everyone has a story. >> when you watch those images and those miners coming out one by one and they're bringing one out out every hour, now every 45 minutes. it fills you up. think about your day. they're filled with a lot of angst and issued, you turn on the tv and the politicians are spanking each other, everything is all blah-blah. then for a minute you look at the screen and you say, oh, my gosh. this makes you feel great about the globe, the planet really. >> this is what it's all about. the camaraderie and one said,

the ones that had faith who got through and the ones who didn't now have it. >> i bet you they'll be like those guys who went to afghanistan together and iraq in those battalions, because you get so close. there's nothing like a reunion, but when that little boy ran over to greet his dad. >> he didn't want to let him go. >> and the ladies getting ready. they have to smell like trolls out of there. the wives are still getting all beautiful for them. nails, hair, makeup. i mean, i can watch this video -- >> they say it's number x, y, it it doesn't matter. you can watch it all day long. they've been without incident. when you think about it, the number of miners who came out and are fine, it's so fulfilling to know that it's working with every single one. >> has git cothe guy with the we and mistress come up yet?

i want to see that. there was a nice thing in the "daily news" about you and your party as donny deutsch's apartment the other night. that's the museum of modern art. >> i saw him on morning joe. donny gets around. >> no kidding, and then some. and people are hearing about a lot of breakups. >> this one was jarring to me. it's not jarring in terms of will this couple stay together or not. it's how it unfolded. courteney cox and david arquette has been married for 11 years and have a child named coco. yesterday on the howard stern radio show he called up and started talk about how he has basically a sexless marriage and said he hadn't had sex with his wife in a month and before that it was four months.

why don't you listen to what he said on the radio show and you decide. >> we have not had sex -- in a month or so. she said i to be your mother anymore. i don't have a girlfriend. part of the terms of our separation was that allowed to meet other people. >> she's free to see other people, that's what she wanted? >> maybe. >> what was that? >> here's the thing. >> he sounded out of it, didn't he? >> even approximate if they stay we haven't had sex -- there's a huge difference between having sex and making love. that says everything about -- we haven't made love, meaning there's problems in our relationship and there are other way s to make love. people that have accidents. i asked jimmy gram how his wife was doing because she was quite ill. he said she can't get around

much and can't do this and that, and he looks at me so we continue our romance with our eyes. >> i love that. >> it broke my heart, because there's true love there. people now are getting divorced like their changing their clothes, they're changing their partners. >> he sounded out of it to me. >> that's david. we've had him on before, and we found him charming. >> let's pretend. he said we haven't had sex in a month, i bet you there are a lot of couples watching we're busy, too, and sometimes it gets like that. >> it depends on what the person -- they're on location sometimes more than a month away from one another. >> he's got to regret -- i can't imagine giving that interview and then the day after knowing you have a daughter and seeing it now splashed in all the new york papers. that has to be one of those things you do and say, why the heck did i do this? >> he says he wants to get back with her, and now he does that. the thing i find interesting, i don't want to be your mother

enanymore. he's acting like a spoiled little boy. grown men do not go on radio shows and discuss intimate details of their personal life. you just don't do that. >> boy, this one's going to blow up, i think. >> well, anyway, speaking of children. >> if you were watching "dancing with the stars" we said bye-bye to one person. we were curious it would be bristol palin or mike "the situation." it came down to those two, and it wound up at the end of the day -- let's listen. "the situation" got voted off. now i think we have a sound bite, because this is interesting. what is "the situation" going to see when he gets voted off? let's listen. >> backstage when brooke asked you if you thought it was fair that the judges gave you 4s and

you went, ha, ha, ha. can you put words to that that we can keep on the air? >> i mean, i really hoped they really weren't 4s, but like i said, it is what it is. i tried my best. at the end of the day, somebody has to go home. it's fourth round, and if i made it to the fourth round, that was my best, i guess. >> he looked like a man. he's one of the smart ones. you don't see snooki bras. we have the situation t-shirts. look what it does with the abs? >> what do you think? would you buy this, wear in? >> definitely, definitely. sure. all day. >> you are sexy. >> how much do you work out? >> hold on. let me see him. bring him over here.

come here. >> donny, you're one of the few that can wear it that way. >> even i draw the line. this is not coming out. these are fake, by the way. i had to put on an extra chain. >> all right, guys. i love it. >> thank you for the awesome party the other day. >> my career is officially over. >> all righty. >> let's see what's cooking over there. >> i totally agree with you on that phone call. i thought he sounded funny. >> he sounded off. >> david always sounds off. >> people think they should get back together because he mentioned he wants to after all that, and lynn lsd i was so shocked to hear. this he really crossed the line with his interview. that is so disrespectful. other people said they should get back together. yaenl time you can save a marriage both parties want, of course. >> it's hard town ri unring tha

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is opening door this week in a new zip code, "90210." >> this is going to be something. that's beverly hills in case it's been a while. they have the mansions, cars and diamonds that go with the territory. >> we went all out for this trip. the jets and limo. we were whisked off to a beautiful restaurant. >> this is exactly right. >> it's so elegant. >> cover your -- oh, my god. cover your what. >> taylor armstrong, lisa vander pop, ki la richards, kim richards, camille grammer and adrian maloof. look at the new group of housewives. >> we have to get to know them. it's just going to be premiering, but tonight's the night, right? >> tomorrow.

>> i know you. she owns a fabulous restaurant in beverly hills and some others one too. camille we met before. camille was married to the fabulous kelsey grammer. >> we're going to get to know all of you. you are sisters. let me ask you the tone of the whole thing. every housewives show seems to have their own tone. some are a little rougher like jersey is a little rough, new york has its own. how would you describe the tone of yours, taylor? >> we live in the most glamorous zip code in the united states, 90210. you'll see a lot of glamour, sophistication, style. look at these beautiful women, and a lot of drama. these are six women used to getting their way. >> did you know each other before? are these legitimate, authentic relationshi relationships? >> camille, you sure? you're thinking about it i can see. >> i new adrian, adrian and i were friends. key la's husband and i worked together, he's our realtor.

>> you bought a lot of houses while -- >> well, we made some money. >> so sisters, one would think you two would be like glue, close, tight, together. is that the case with the sisters? >> at times. we are sisters, and we're definitely different so we do classic at times. >> kim, is that the case with the two? >> i think in this situation it's probably the most fun i've had with my sister and yet the biggest conflict yet. >> how many of you are married? raise your hand. >> camille, the divorce final or sn not? >> it's not final yet. >> what's it been like? everyone has a different take when the cameras follow you around. what's it like for you? >> the first week it was intimidating, and then you have to let it go. then they follow you a lot. i found sometimes i said things i wish i hadn't.

that's just nature of the beast. once it's out there, you just can't take it back, unfortunately. >> adrian, when you watch the -- you obviously have seen the episode. was it true to what happened? did it feel like you were depicted in the right way? >> yes. it's very real, and i think all the girls come off as being themselves and very genuine. >> you guys are glamorous and have lots of money. everyone is going through a tough economic time. do you think they'll look at it and say, oh, god. >> everyone has to cut back no matter what you have. >> right. when you're wealthy and have to cut back, it doesn't hurt, right? >> absolutely. >> starting new businesses and things like that. >> we have mothers and we have companies. >> will we see plastic surgery? >> my husband is a plastic

surgeon, so you'll see some on the show. >> we're seeing it now. >> oh, really. >> you did it on the air? >> yeah. >> botox or -- >> that's filler, and paul, adrian's husband, did that procedure. >> one of you said in the notes, listen, this is beverly hills. there is not a woman over 20 that hasn't had something done to herself in beverly hills. zool absolutely. >> i'm thele only one with skrou's feet. >> we know it will be a fiery one. good luck with your new series. >> thank you. >> you can see the premiere tomorrow at 10:00/9:00 central on our sister station bravo. up next, gather your girlfriends, we have great get-aways that will have you packing after this. [ man ] each bottle of clorox 2 stain fighter & color booster

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>> we took a little girls trip. >> i read that chris feign na aguilera came back from a girls get-away from sabo san lucas and her marriage broke up. after she went off with her girl fren friends, she came back and told her husband good-bye. it said that in the newspaper today. knowing that, we'll -- >> florida is a spot you're thinking of. >> girls want to have fun. we recommend the first destination is st. pete's beach in south florida. >> people don't realize how beautiful little ths. >> it's a 1950st surf lodge, horseshoe throwing, $139 a night. plenty of money to spend in other ways. you get a complimentary bottle of wine upon arrival. very beautiful. >> are you right on the beach? >> you are. it's beautiful. >> good surfing there in the wintertime. >> from the east coast let's

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across the golden gate bridge. sunshine around the bay area. five in oakland and 73 in san francisco. at least for the moment, we still have an offshore breeze east at 9 through oakland. later today we will see low clouds creeping up on the coast and trying to push through south of the golden gate bridge. upper 90s around san francisco, and then we cool off for the weekend. the time is 10:27, and more news after the break. [ male announcer ] taxes.

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close friends. you had a ball writing this together, didn't you? >> i swear, we were just picking the tape recorder out. >> it's been a year. >> it has been a full year. >> so we're going to find out everything about hoda from this book or just the juicy stuff? >> you know hoda. she's very open about her life. we did pick and choose what we wanted to tell, because things are meant to be private in some ways. >> some things need to be sacred. let's go over there, hoda. >> i can hear what you're saying. i'm totally plugged in. >> take it away, sweetie. >> where are you from? >> michigan. >> your name. where was this hoda born? >> cairo. >> cairo, egypt.

>> jane, we knew that was going to happen, didn't we? >> that was a sneaky one. >> what is the real answer? >> norman, oklahoma. >> her parents are from cairo. >> they are, and her dad was a petroleum engineer and came to norman because they had oil field there is and he was going to do field study and go to college there as well. one of the things i love that we did that we never would have done as friends even though we've known each other for 20 years, we thought what should we write about your life, your family. she popped in a home video, old films of her mom and dad over in norman, oklahoma. i loved seeing her dad, because i was never able to meet him. >> she's an american as apple pie in that sense. >> dan and christa. it's their 25th anniversary. we're so closure here. >> from missouri. >> how many different television jobs did hoda interview at before landing her first tv job.

3, 16, 27, or 100 job interview scien is? how many rejections before goit my first job? >> three. >> another loser. yes, i love it when they lose. >> 27 tv stations. she wore out her mom's car and a green suit and drove around. persistence paid off for her. >> one of my favorite stories in the book. go ahead, sweetie. >> where are you from? >> pennsylvania. >> which of the following items do i have two of? stli lipsticks, ipods, phones, or daily planners? >> ipods. >> wait, i want to point out she's mart broken because all she gets is $100. >> that's all right. she can buy a hoda book.

>> take the next one, baby. >> here we go. i'm going to cozy up. tell me your name. >> jim from allentown, pennsylvania. >> get it wrong for you. what do hoda and kathie lee do every week together? a, go for a run in central park, b go see a broadway show, c go to a nice dinner, or d get manicures. >> when in doubt pick charlie, c. >> another loser. my book is so good today. >> what do you do, jane. >> we go to a broadway show and champagne lunch. >> we have lunch and a broad way shoe every week, except for this week because she's on a book tour. >> these are the jugs. where are you from? >> chesapeake, virginia. >> they all have jugs t-shirts. i didn't ask where it was, and i don't care. are you ready? in what city was i work before

landing a job as a "dateline" correspondent, new orleans, atlanta, chicago, or cairo? >> atlanta. >> there you go. can i say something? this is the best day ever! you got the book. >> new orleans, and that's really where hoda cut her teeth learning to drink on the air. >> it's baby jesus you're supposed to -- how long does it take? >> janie, janie, i can hear you. >> no, you didn't. >> tell your name and where you're from? >> sarah from tennessee. >> what sorority was a member of at virginia snek tech. a, b, c, or d? >> c. >> she got it right. >> congratulations. >> hoda, we have time for one more, sweetheart. >> all right. >> one more. >> all right. okay. here's a question.

what's your name? >> carrie. >> carrie. what does a man need to get about me if he wants a successful relationship with me? a my nails, b feet, c hair, or d height? >> your feet. >> another loser! >> they obviously need in book. >> tell us about this. >> we know it's her hair, and he better have a weather app on his phone, because when the humidity starts, he has to get that umbrella out. >> again, i'm here. i'm here. >> you're here, and we love you. come on over. jane, thank you smooch. y so much. >> she's one in a million. all the proof is in print now. up next the boots made fashionable for the season. you know what i'm saying.

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she's the style editor for "glamour" magazine. >> these are hot. these are those high boots that go above your knees. >> yes. this is a big, big trend right now. it's something that's probably not going to be around forever, so don't make a huge investment. don't spend more than $100. >> it looks impossible, but it's a little zipper on the side. that's a lot of detail for under 100. >> these are from bakers at 99 bucks. >> what is going on with these right sneer. >> this is our faux fur boot this season. every look at chanel was faux fur. isabel toledo for payless. a lot of people remember her as a designer that michelle obama loves. these are only $60. >> not everybody can wear neez? >> leggings and a great tune in this case. this is casual and probably a

little younger. these are fun. don't take yourself too seriously whethn you wear them. >> wedges. >> they probably make sense, comfortable. >> these are comfortable and practical, and you get 2 1/2, 3 inches of height. these are from chinese laundry. the blue is great. whether it's unexpected, a red dress, a pink top, you don't have to be all matchy matchy. >> you do wear ankle boots with dresses and skirts? >> absolutely. one of the comments we get is how can we wear ankle boots, and we suggest with a dress and skirt. it adds edge to a feminine look. >> you have to be extremely tall and long-legged to pull it off. >> or an extreme amount of confidence. >> is she on your nerves? >> all right. it's hungover since last week. >> combat boots. >> this is for target. this is a brand a lot of celebrities love. it usually retails around 3

hundred or 400. the target version is $35. you don't have to undo all of these, and you get that combat boot look. they're kind of feminine. >> that's cute. >> i'm glad i won you over. >> these i hate with all my heart. >> these are from charleston rous. animal print are huge this season. a lot of people don't want to wear a leopard dress. if you want to get in on the trend without going overboard, wear the ankle boot. it's on your foot. >> they're kind of cute. you don't like? >> no. >> i think these are pretty. >> i love this. michael antonio makes some of the best, affordable sures on the planet. these are $78 at piper, and they're by -- >> are they suede? >> they are like a suede with this stud detail, which is

absolutely adorable. kind of punky looking. >> the riding boots, look at these. >> what i love about this boot, this is from kenzi girl and they're $99. you can fold them down or keep this folded up and they go over your knee and they're flat and comfortable. >> again, a zipper in the back. >> you don't have to struggle to get into them. >> these i'm crazy about. >> these your everyday boot. these are from kohl's. >> you get the height on them. that's classic. >> this you can wear with a dress or jeans, anything in your closet. you never take these off. >> this one i thought was -- hello. >> it isn't. it looks like it. >> these are $98, and it's actually a bad weather boot. you can wear them in rain and snow. they're cute enough you can wear nem on a sunny day, too. >> how much are those? >> $98. >> this is from esprit and

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centerpiece. you can gather up all of your wineglasses. i like gathering things in trays. you can grab a towel. i grabbed a towel out of my garage, and you can go ahead and do a nice cheese platter and use chalk and you white what type of cheese it is and it's easy. my new favorite thing is this tape. it's a japanese masking tape. we made a runner. we'll see that project later. >> we're making a tray? >> this is easy and fun stuff. i happen to love this corkboard. it has adhesive on the back. we have stencils we cut out to look like leaves. y you cut out the stencil in a leaf pattern. you stick it. you can do one yourselves. you do your own, i'll do mine. >> don't do mine.

i'll do my own thing. >> you can make these as gifts. >> that's a nice thing. >> these are inexpensive, right? >> yes. you can stick this cork stuff anyplace, really. >> the thing about these trays is they're very affordable at worldmarket.com. they don't cost a lot and they're beautiful. it's a quick, easy and inexpensive gift or something great for your table. >> it looks good. >> okay. here's the finished table. you do a wine tasting with your friends, and my point here is if you use things you have in your garage, you use things that aren't very expensive. these can be out of your pantry. take all the cookies and cereals or whatever, use them as an alternative serving vessel which is fantastic. it's about gathering your friends and drinking wine. these wines are good and not very expensive. >> this one is a classico. the white wine is a pinot and

this is a dessert wine you can serve with truffles or chocolate. >> describe what you did with the centerpiece. we take the crate and take the trash bag and take oasis, the soak it and put it in. the bottles go next to the oasis. >> the roses are just right there. >> pull one out so you can see what it is, so you can make it at home. it's the oasis you stick it into. >> so there's nothing waters it? >> there is because the oasis holds the water. >> i see what she's saying. you can put twine around your empty wine bottles and put candles in and light it. >> i think we should taste wine. >> i think we should, do. >> what would you like to toast to? >> i would like to toast hoda's book and much success.

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what's everybody saying about miss hoda. venus wrote donny deutsch is unbelievably hot. christine wrote, hoda and doany, there's chemistry there. >> can you believe he showed up with -- >> he should have shown his own abs. >> i mean, i've heard. i don't know. >> let the rumors continue. >> go ahead, sweetie. >> rose wrote in donny d. is so hot. we had sweet posts about people reading your book. mary said she just finished chapter 17. sit my arm in six hours to pick it up and complete it. >> that's so nice.

that's the nicest thing. >> that's because they love hoda woman. >> actress christina ricci is back on broadway. halloween costumes for the whole family. halloween costumes for the whole family. bye-bye. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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