good morning. going to extremes. the holiday weekend kicks off a scorching heat in the east while powerful storms threaten to again batter parts of missouri and the midwest. can you believe snow -- mountains of snow in the midwest? what the wild weather means for you and your travel plans. explosive testimony inside the casey anthony trial. her father takes it stand again and this time testifies about a key piece of evidence, what he found inside her car. we'll have the very latest from the courtroom. and then cuddle up, this you've got to see. a sleeping cat, her adorable kitten, and what may be just the

cutest video ever to go viral. this is saturday, may 28, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television you can hear the ahs across the newsroom. welcome to "today" on a saturday morning. i'm lester holt. >> good morning, i'm amy rom batch. good morning on this holiday weekend. look at that. >> it's a very tender moment between a mother cat and her sleeping kitten and as you might imagine it's drawing millions of views on youtube. just too cute. >> more on that just ahead. following serious news this morning including the latest from joplin, missouri. president obama will tour the area tomorrow and his visit comes as the city continues to pick up the pieces and continue to rebuild.

we'll have a look at those missing in the tornado. >> we're at work today. most americans are spending a few days off enjoying the unofficial start of summer and 35 million people will be hitting the road this weekend. what will gas prices mean for you and your holiday travel and the summer months ahead? we'll tell you coming up. take a look at this. this is a lost relic from a true pirate of the caribbean. a huge anchor from blackbeard's ship was hauled out of the sea off of the coast of carolina. the anchor and the ship have been under the water for 300 years. it's a pretty incredible discovery. more on that in a few moments. >> a lot to get to. let's start with the extreme weather this holiday weekend. dangerous new storm threats in kansas and missouri to tell you about. chris warren is here to tell you about the latest. guo m. >> good morning to you, lester. the threat of severe weather will be with us as we head through the holiday weekend. what we're looking at here, the overall weather pattern we're expecting today through monday.

we're going to have more summerlike weather in part of the south and the '. in the west, it will be more like winter. right in the middle, we'll have the chance for the strong storms developing. right now, north of joplin, south of kansas city, we are seeing some of the strong storms developing. it looks like the biggest threat here will be through about mid morning. and with that, we could see some large hail, damaging winds, and possibility some isolated tornadoes with this. but light severe storms, possibly severe storms will be with us during the day today from eastern colorado all the way over to indiana. it won't be as bad as we head to sunday, however, monday, once again, we could see another round for the plains starting to fire up. so, lester, looks like this severe weather threat is not over. >> it's a wicked spring in that part of the country. thanks. >> now to the search for the missing in joplin, missouri a week after the tornado left the city in ruins, a list of unaccounted people stands at

1060 wi10 160 with the death toll rising to 132. good morning. >> good morning to you. the good news is that the number of missing is falling. a lot of that is because some survivors is coming forward and it continues to be something of a confusing situation. but at the same time, the number of dead is increasing. more bodies are being found. and they expect that to continue as well. we're seeing the first funeral taking place here, the first of so many that this town will have. and at the same time, we're beginning to learn more about some of the people that this town lost. they celebrated the life of adam dwayne, a joplin electrician who would have turned 28 this week. also services for ray tripp miller, 49, a sports enthusiast and long-time participant in the special olympics. not far away, residents scoured the six-mile zone of destruction going over some places for a

fifth time. >> as the days go on, it gets a little tougher. but we're holding strong and we're still hopeful. >> finding and identifying the dead has been slow, only 19 identified so far. worried families are not allowed to view the remains. one woman mistakenly identified one victim as her son. so the painstaking forensics are under way at the makeshift morgue outside of joplin. >> go through a very specific process to identify the bodies using medical records, using fingerprinting. >> i think there's some frustration and certainly we understand that. >> the mayor sees daunting problems everywhere. thousands still without power. phone service spotty, only bottled water is safe to drink. and some 4,000 jobs lost. >> as we continue to search and find more fatalities, we may be going through a second phase of shock realizing the number of folks that we lost. >> despite all of the pain, something is happening here

that's hard not to notice, american flags, all across joplin. they seem to be rising everywhere in the rubble. along with the resolve of the people. >> we will survive. we're americans, after all. we're missourians, we're joplinites. we will survive. >> state officials say they're bringing on extra staff and working around the clock trying to speed up the process of identifying the victims and notifying the families to give them some measure of peace. they identified 31 sets of remains. it's an emotional weekend around here. a memorial service plan and president obama will be here to attend that service, to pay his respects, and look at all of the devastation for himself. lester? ron allen this morning. thank you. now here's amy. >> thank you. now the politics and all eyes are on sarah palin this weekend starting a bus tour that many believe will lead to her making aed by for the race for the white house. david brody is the political

correspondent for the christian broadcasting network, good morning. >> hey, amy. >> no politician goes on a bus tour that ends in new hampshire who doesn't have her eye on the presidency. what is sarah palin hoping to get out of this? >> i think et's all about testing the waters, amy. i think that's a big part of it. she's going to go down and go to the early primary states and take a look. this is the unofficial testing the waters campaign, if you will. sarah palin is unpredictable. we never know what she's going to do. it's par for the course. we have a bus tour starting tomorrow. let me check the details for a moment. oh, wait, there aren't many. we have no idea exactly. this is part of her mchl o. she enjoys the fact that the media has to play catchup a little bit. but that's part of it. but, amy, if she wants to be considered a serious candidate, she has to do a reboot here, a 2.0 if you will. it's important you have to have substance on the trail. >> she startles off the tour

with a bit of a hiccup. she's going to start off with rolling thunder. that group is saying they want to avoid the public politics. they don't want her to speak. could it be a possible presidential run? >> she's polarizing. the problem is she has to deal with independents. part of the tour is it's going to be a bunch of, as we hear, sound full rallies across the country where folks are enjoying themselves and the liberty bell is behind them in a good photo-op. that's great and all. but she needs to add some sub stanls. how is she going to change the narrative? if this is going to be 2008 all over again, i don't think many people are interested in that. and, of course, her base is interested in that. but if she's going to move the ball forward, march it down the field, she needs to change the narrative. >> i want to take a look at the new cnn opinion research poll, it's difficult asking voters who

they would support as a nominee. rudy giuliani isn't in the race right now takes the lead. mitt romney, sarah palin, ron paul. no one candidate had an overwhelming support. there's not much enthusiasm, correct, for this group? >> it's a wait and see enthusiasm. at some point someone is going to come to the forefront. but, look, i think what that poll shows is that mitt romney is a flawed front-runner here. he's not a slam dunk by any stretch of the imagination. rudy giuliani comes along, he's been under the radar, but he's got major name recognition. that's important also. don't forget social issues not going to be as important in 2012 or 2008 or 2012 as they were in 2008. that's part of it as well. >> david brody, thanks so much. >> thanks, amy. time to get a check of some of the top news stories of the day. richard lui at the newsdesk. good morning, we begin in poland where president obama is wrapping up the five-nation

european tour. the commander in chief met with poland's president and oh leaders today. he's asking them to use the other lessons they learned to help with the fall of communism to help with the democratic movements in the middle east and north africa. the results of an uprising in egypt as they promise to improve relations with the palestinians. they took a big step in that opening reopening for the first time in four years it gaza strip, gateway to the outside world. palestinians lined up across the border to reopen permanently. israel is concerned that hamas militants will be able to move more freely. history made in space twice in one day on friday. two astronauts made the final space walk of nasa's 30-year shuttle program. they installed a 50-foot boom to stay in the international space station. friday marked the completion of the $100 billion ism. future space walks will be deployed by space astronauts.

the actor jeff conoway has died best known for "grease" and "taxi." it was a serial substance abuser and it cost him his life at the age of 60. after 300 years, an anchor of one of blackbeard's pirate ships was discovered friday off of the coast. it comes from queen anne's revenge. blackbeard's ship sank in 1718, five months after he was killed in a battle. the anchor will be on display in the marathon museum. for cat lovers and haters, little ginger slumbers. the twitches, single paw, double. dreaming along, fir jetting. mouth wide open. mom stretches and pulls baby ginger with a hug. now snuggled up to mom, the

kitten sleeps calmly. 4 million views in three days. that's 20 seconds of ah shucks for you. >> no cat haters. >> no, can't be. look at that. >> we're pretty much done. we can't top that. chris warren is back with a check of the national forecast. >> we could have weather haters in some spots as we head to the day today. still a chance for storms. possibly some severe storms today as we look in the middle part of the country. also in the northeast, a chance of storms. we have a way from the coast, and you can see we have got some clouds over the bay area this morning, a little bit of drizzle in a few spots and you can see just up the coast we'll be watching some widely scattered showers that will show up in our north bay hill tops, so once again it's another

weekend where we'll see cool temperatures. and don't be surprised by an isolated shower or two, next two days, look out for some sierra snow as well at 6,000 feet through the weekend. ry s mr. speaker crash of air france flight 447 may finally been solved this week with the release of the detailed report on the tragedy. the findings reveal the terrifying last 3 1/2 minutes for that jet. nbc's tom costello joins us with more now. amy, good morning. what emerges from the black box of flight 447 is a portrait of chaos inside the cockpit. trouble struck four hours in to the flight from rio to paris. the two co-pilots at the controls a the time were 32 and 37 while the veteran captain was on a rest break. it was a cockpit voice and flight data recorders discovered amid the wreckage in 13,000 feet

of water that have now given the investigators the best clues over what caused the disaster. the air bus a-330 was flying in turbulence over the atlantic when the air speed sensors iced over and failed. without those sensors, the autopilot and autothrust systems disengaged. amid the chaos with the captain on a routine rest break, they reacted by pitching the nose up, beginning a dramatic climb from 35,000 feet to 38,000 feet. soon, the plane lost lift and went into an aerodynamic stall. >> it's a lot of confusion. the airplane wasn't doing what it was doing seconds ago. it's not doing what you expect it to do, why not. >> the plane rolling fro gsds fighting the stall, the pilots may have been spatially disoriented, not knowing up from

down, right from left. the captain raced back, but apparently never took control of the plane. >> you have the airplane pitching up and down dramatically but left and right dramatically. it became a high level of confusion for them. >> in the next 3 1/2 minutes, the plane plunged from 38,000 feet to the water below, slamming into the ocean's surface, belly first. it's possible the passengers never knew how serious the trouble was. even before the crash, air france knew those particular air speed sensors were defective. it has since replaced the sensors on a all of the planes. this is not the final report. that may not come out for another year or so. but the investigators report the plane's engines were working until the moment of the crash, indicating that had the plane not gone into a stall, it was most likely flyable. amy? tom costello, thank you. still to come, sky high gas prices or not, find out if this

summer will bring relief at the pump. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

we have good news at the gas pump this week. don't adjust the volume. we had good news for gas. prices fell. one in new jersey changed the sign with a new lower price per gallon. with 31 million americans traveling by car this weekend, will the relief last through summer. the finance correspondent joins us with more. good morning. >> good morning, lester. >> irregardless of what happens over the spring, normally this is when prices start to go up. >> it's unusual to see prices fall going to the memorial day weekend and fall further the days after memorial day weekend. but that's what we're likely to see here. we're seeing prices that spiked in the beginning of the month. we had refinery issues that were really a concern for a lot of refiners. that helped to drive up prices. now we're seeing relief there.

>> it's still expensive. gas is $3.80 a gallon. it's not cheap. could there be more relief or are we going to the typical summer pattern where it stays high? >> we're more $1 an average a year ago. this is not what i want to be paying. we're likely to see more weeks coming because demand is starting to taper off. the high prices we had under $4 a gallon for the national average, that did start to hit people. and they did cut back on their driving. if they continue to see demand fall, we can likely see prices continue to drop as well. >> the volatility, you mentioned the flooding in the mississippi river. hurricane season is about on us. a lot of variables here, right? >> a lot of variables. people need to realize. not so much the price of oil as much as it is as the wholesale gasoline that determines what you pay at the pump. that has to do with the refineries. if we have a hurricane that hits refineries along the gulf coast, that could cause gas prices to spike. because we see these flood fears

abate a bit, that causes the prices to come down. >> demand dropping. are we beginning to see long-term impacts of high gas prices? are we changing fundamentally of how we live? >> we've seen demand fall 2% versus what we saw the same time a year ago. this is a trend going on for the last two months. so it does seem that $3.80 a gallon or so might say, hey, this is too much for me to handle right now and they start to taper back some of the driving habits and demand starts to come down. if we continue to see that happen, we continue to see prices fall. t here. >> my pleasure. >> back in a moment. but first these message ms. took some wild risks when i was young. but i was still taking a risk with my cholesterol. anyone with high cholesterol may be at increased risk of heart attack. diet and exercise weren't enough for me. i stopped kidding myself. i've been eating healthier, exercising more, and now i'm also taking lipitor. if you've been kidding yourself about high cholesterol, stop. along with diet, lipitor has been shown to lower bad cholesterol 39 to 60 percent.

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showers there moving in towards ukiah and yreka. that's going to toss snow over the weekend into the sierra. we'll see temperatures today only in the upper 60s and those are the warm spots inland. another thing to watch would be the cooler air, and that may trigger an isolated shower, especially around the hill tops of the north bay. the unofficial start to summer feels more like winter for the weekend. snow at 6,000 feet, memorial day monday though, temperature also climb into the upper 70s. >> and that's when we want to barbecue. >> a little bit on the school side. well here's a look at a couple of stories we're following today. 34 cases no longer headed for the court docket. the san francisco district attorney dismissed those cases now connected to a growing police misconduct scandal. the public defender reached a new video and yet another

controversial new drug arrest case. this surveillance shows an alleged drug deal in the tenderloin in april of last year. the individual wearing a white shirt spit cocaine from his mouth and sold it to an officer. >> this opens up a whole new pandora's box because we are talking about bibus operations on the street, involving our narcotics officers where reports are clearly and unequivocally being fasified. >> the fbi is now looking into all the charges of misconduct. we'll be back with the newscast.

we're back on this saturday morning, may 28, 2011. it's the unofficial start of summer, memorial day weekend. it feels like summer out here on the plaza. but i'm not complaining. a group hug on this holiday weekend here with us. we want to thank them for spending part of their morning with us. out on the plaza, i'm amy robach along with lester holt. it's day five of the casey anthony murder trial. the jury sequestered today as well. >> a witness for the prosecution who may in fact have helped the

defense case. coming up, the testimony, why it may have backfired for the prosecution and what we expect to hear in court today. >> all right, with all of this summerlike weather outside, many of us have been outside fixing up our yards, planting, weeding, maximizing the home's curb appeal. before and after curb appeals and how you can achieve the same look before the summer months. >> after the hot day in the yard, how about ice cream sandwiches. we've got the segment on which ice cream sandwiches fared best in a taste test. of course, we've got to taste for ourselves to confirm the findings. >> it's going to be a really tough job, lester. a lot to get to this half-hour. but first, another check of the weather from the weather channel's chris lawrence. >> good morning, chris. >> good morning to both of you. we're having a warm day here on the east coast and the south. it's a happy day for some people here. we have a couple of happy birthdays here. and what are we doing to

celebrate? >> i'm going to be going to a mets game later on today. >> good luck, have fun. as far as the weather goes, we're going to have some spots where we are going to see strong thunderstorms today and tomorrow. see the areas of red in the upper plains and throughout the great lakes? that's a good chance of storms. it's going to be warm. not hot on the east coast and and here's a look at today's high temperatures if you want to call them high temperatures at all. upper 50s to mid 60s for most of the bay area, and we're also going to have to see a slight chance of some showers, especially in the north bay hill tops. which will give us snow in the sierras near 6,000 feet. so look out for that if you're heading into the high country today or tomorrow. and tomorrow warmer and drier as temperatures get into the 70s in our warmer inland valleys. chris, you.

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now to the murder trial of casey anthony. a florida mom accused of killing her young daughter, caylee. the jury will hear more testimony in that case today. it follows a week full of surprises from the courtroom. kerry sanders is in orlando with the latest. kerry, good morning. well, good morning. today is day five of what's expected to be a two-month-long trial. it's only just beginning. but testimony on friday was explosive. casey anthony stands accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, caylee. prosecutors say the single mother killed her daughter so she could enjoy the carefree life of a party girl. but on friday, the testimony from one prosecution witness backfired in gripping fashion. >> casey and caylee had a very -- a very special bond. >> mallory parker, casey's brother's fiancee said the only thing she saw in casey was a doting, loving mother.

>> did she ever appear neglected to you? >> no. >> did you ever see casey strike orator chur or punish caylee in any harmful way? >> no, sir. >> and the best way that you can describe their relationship would be amazing? >> amazing. >> that testimony of a mother's love for her daughter was in sharp contrast to video after video after video in all 11 recordings of casey on the day and in the days following her daughter's death, seemingly living life as if nothing was wrong. on a shopping spree at places like target, ikea, and winn dixie. casey's lawyers have accepted the tapes for what they are. >> the parties have agreed to the fact. it should be considered as true. >> what remains at issue is casey's car, illegally parked and take on the the tow yard.

the tow yard operator said when he approached the car, it had the odor of a decomposing body. >> the instant flash is like, whew, i know what that sounds like. >> later casey anthony's father george approached the car. >> that particular smell when you smell it is something you never forget. >> a former law enforcement officer, george had come to claim the vehicle. now having not seen his daughter for 23 days or grand daughter for 31 days, he said he feared what he was about to discover. >> i don't know if i said it in a high whisper or a low tone of voice, i said, please, god, don't let this be casey or caylee. >> there was no body. the only thing that was in the trunk was a bag of garbage. now, this was all important to the state's murder case because they need to connect the dead body in casey's car, because then that connects casey to the allegations of murder. amy?

all right, kerry sanders, thank you. one weekend, it's clear two very different pictures of casey anthony are emerging to the jury. one is a loving devoted mother and the other is a young woman more interested in partying than being a parent. beth karas is a former prosecutor. good morning. >> good morning. >> we know that the week began with testimony about casey's character. but as we saw in terry's piece, it ended with the prosecution trying to focus on the smell of death in her car. did the prosecution in your opinion state effectively, or at least connect the fact that there was a dead body in casey's car? >> they are beginning to make the connection. there will be scientific evidence that will support that there were human remains in that car for some period of time. but this just the beginning. it was good compelling evidence -- the odor of decomposition because it's so distinct. the defense, however, does not agree.

that odor was not decomposition. they will try to dismandl the scientific evidence that will come in the next few weeks. >> the murder weapon in this case is the duct tape found in little caylee's body. on her mouth and nose. that's how she died. what, then, are they laying out to be the motive in this case? >> well, that's a good question. prosecutors don't have to prove motive. but if you can give the jury a motive, that's helpful. and they are suggesting that the single mother who had a child at 19 was now 22 years old, really just wanted to live life and not be burdened by her child. that's the only motive they can suggest. however, the evidence right now seems to suggest otherwise, that she really was a doting mother. but susan smith years ago was a good mother and she drowned her two boys in the car to be with a new boyfriend. so, it doesn't necessarily mean that she's a good mother she's not also a murderer. >> beth, the defense is saying that caylee's death was the

result of an accidental drowning. but how then do they plan to explain the fact that casey waited 30 days to report her daughter missing and also the fact that she was out partying during that time even if it was an accidental death, how could she be out and how could we be seeing her in the pictures that are there in evidence? >> well, the defense started to deal with that in opening statements. granted, openings aren't evidence. they will present evidence later. but they conceded that there's dysfunction in this house hold and that casey has a problem and she is a big liar, she has hidden this big secret for years. the jury heard about this big secret in the opening statements and in the selection, sexual abuse at the hands of her father from the time she was small. they're not denying she was partying. she lived a life of deception. that's what she did for years as a child adolescent and a young dull. that's what she continued to do

after her daughter died. she feared her father. they said the father found the baby dead. she said look what you 'done, what's your mother going to do. she conspired with her father to hide the accidental death. i don't know how far they can go without putting a lot of the details, they can't without putting casey on the stand. you have to testify about the scenario at the pool finding your daughter dead. i don't see any other way that that can come in. but it remains to be seen what they'll do with the odor and decomposition with the other evidence in the trunk. how did the body end up in the woods. what did george anthony do with the body? those questions are out there lingering. they're not offering that explanation yet. >> we heard the father deny all of the claims as well. that's a lot to get to. appreciate that. >> pleasure. >> first, these messages.

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catcher. projects that go a long way, mark cartuzo. >> i always do that. >> mike, good to have you. you've been on before to talk about landscaping before. how that increases the value and the attractiveness of your home. but talk about lighting first off. bring it up a notch. >> landscape lighting is great. it will do so much. it can make such a dramatic change to the way the house looks. if you've never seen the outside of your house, there's a lot of things you can do. put lightings up in trees to catch a moonlit ambiance down in the yard. >> free examples. >> all of the things you can do. and there's so many options and so many different lights you can get. we've added some pathway lights because lights does a couple of things for you. they have practical purposes. it helps with safety and security because there's no better deterrent than light. safety on the path way to see where you're walking. >> the idea of wiring is daunting which these are not

wired. these are solar. >> these are virtually maintenance free. there's no wiring. but there's a photo cell so they turn themselves on at night. turn themselves off in the morning. you don't even have to turn them on. and, again, virtually maintenance free. >> drive them in the ground. >> drive them in the ground. >> talk about path ways. >> flowers. >> we want to talk about flowers. to add that punch of color to the front of your house, obviously looks great. it can help set your house apart from the houses that are in the neighborhood. but a well maintained flower bed indicates you have a well maintained home. so it's a nice addition to your house. so mulch. we talked about mulch before. lots of moisture, prevents weeds. >> talk about the walk waives. you have the big cement sidewalks. >> sidewalks, cement is fine. but you want to dress up, do something like this. big pavers from pave stones. the process is relatively

simple. it's not that complicated. clear a space, level it. add paver, a base, crushed gravel for drainage. add the pavers, these comes in all kinds of sizes and colors you. can do all kinds of patterns. fill the cracks with sand to lock them in place. there's weight involved. depending on the complexity of the pattern. they come in all kinds of different styles and shapes. these are stones that are really nice in the ground. another option is these, these look like stones but they're rubber. >> easy to work with. >> a lot lighter, easier to work with and they're made from 100% recycled tires to keep all of the tires from going to the land fill. comes in all different kinds of styles and colors. wonderful. >> paint is a no-brainer. paint in the door itself. >> a lot of studies talk about the return on the investment. a lot of things you can do at

home. but some things you invest on the money. two of the things on the list are front doors, entry doors, and garage doors because they play such a part in how your house looks. if your doors are in really good shape and you don't want to necessarily change them, you can paint them. so to add that nice punch of color, you have a blah door that blends to the house, this is going to stand out. you can do the same thing to the garage door. use the pressure washer to clean the door off. >> make your house eye catching. >> behr ultra is the paint we suggest because it saves you can step of putting the primer on first and you don't have to buy it so it saves you time and money. >> anything to make it easier. i'll take it. just to have you here, the cream of the crop, which ice cream bar is the best? the taste test coming up. but first, these messages.

in morning on today's "taste test," ice cream bars. when it comes to frozen treats, nothing can top them. >> the most popular brands are the vanilla ice cream with the milk chocolate coating. we have doc willow by with cook's ice cream and america's kitchen. good morning. >> good morning. >> this is a tough job. we've been upset. >> nice. >> horrible, horrible. >> you can do it. >> tell us about your winner. >> the winner is dove chocolate bars. two things about an ice cream bar, the ice cream and the chocolate. we found that the tasters, in a blind taste test, chocolate is the most important. this is the deepest, richest chocolate flavor. >> so good. >> we're going to be tasting all of these, but there can be no losers. >> this is true. >> what are your tasters looking for? >> what they were mostly looking for, two things. most important thing is rich,

deep chocolate flavor. they wanted a thick chocolate not only for the taste but the spin you bite into it and it cracks up and falls off. looking for the thickest. the best -- >> pocket jobs what did you like about this one? >> the other thing, of course, is a good ice cream. they like the chocolate. >> going to get there, right? >> yeah. >> so this is the only ice cream of any of these bars that has no stabilizers or gums. it's what you have if you made them at home. the richest ice cream flavor. >> haven't found a loser yet. >> this might be a one that's messy to eat. i'll try. this one from blue bunny. >> that's right. they're thick, rich. people like them, but they felt the chocolate flavor was a little not strong enough. it was a little weak. >> it is. >> part of that is because all of them use coconut oil to keep the chocolate from turning gray

when you freeze it and they use more than other people. >> oh. >> oh, there you go. >> the next bar is the kind you say you might find in the ice cream shop? >> good humor bars. the ice cream is not as rich and the chocolate is very sweet. but the people who really like these are the people who grew up with them. >> it does remind me of childhood. the ice cream truck. >> the next one -- collondike. >> people who like chocolate that's more complex that has more flavors and toffee flavors really like the klondike. the chocolate they said wasn't quite pure enough. >> i have to say, when you start out with the best, it does have a different effect. >> you didn't taste a chocolate. >> really? i'm on a roll here. >> i'm going to take my bar back. >> really. >> thanks so much. we appreciate it. >> and we'll be right back.

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