good morning. war zone. that's how officials describe the situation in north dakota where the souris river has crested at an all-time high. damaging 4,000 homes. authorities fear the flood danger will not recede for several days. game-changer. tea party favorite michelle bachmann formally laes her campaign for the gop's presidential nomination this morning as a new poll shows she's already a front-runner in iowa. we'll hear from the congresswoman herself. and mystery recess. the casey anthony trial expected to resume after an unexplained legal issue forced the judge to halt proceedings. so what was it? we're live at the courthouse "today," monday, june 27th, 2011.

captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this monday morning. i'm ann curry. look who's in for matt this morning, mr. willie geist. >> hello, ann. great to be back with you. >> great to have you. a lot of eyes open in the political world over the weekend seeing that poll number for michele bachmann in iowa polling right near the top with mitt romney. some people taking a second look at michele bachmann here. >> no question about that. also we have tim pawlenty also in the race in our studio this morning. we'll also ask him about that. meantime, bad news for people in north dakota with the flooding. >> good news/bad news i guess. water levels are falling, just not fast enough for homeowners stuck in the flood zone. as we mentioned, 4,000 homes already destroyed or damaged and a spokeswoman for the u.s. army

corp of engineers says they are still at full alert. >> we'll get the latest on that story straight ahead. also, there is a new wrinkle in the appeal hearing for amanda knox. >> rudy guede, also arrested, addressed the court this morning. but did he help or hurt her chances of being cleared? are they are on the they? prince harry speaks up about whether he and pippa middleton are an item. coming up, what he had to say. but first, let's begin with the devastating flooding in north dakota. nbc's john yang is in minot. >> reporter: good morning. only took a few days for this water to come surging into minot but the retreat is going to be agonizingly slow. this water isn't going anywhere anytime soon. this morning this city is holding its breath, hoping that efforts to reinforce the last lines of defense hold. >> this is our war zone here. and this is where we continue to fight. >> reporter: a key site, the city's water filtration plant. so far the levees are holding,

but officials ordered residents to boil drinking water in case the supply is contaminated. >> until there is a significant reduction in the water level, we all have to remain vigilant. >> reporter: the souris river crested in minot sunday about two feet lower than forecast, but still shattered a record set in the 1880s. the historic flooding, fueled by heavy spring rains and a melting record snow pack, have submerged 4,000 houses and businesses and forced more than 11,000 people to flee their homes. but so far, only a few hundred are in the city's temporary shelters. far more have turned to friends and neighbors. >> it is a very big house, but because there's three families there now, we have one bed. with lots of stuff but it's just like a sleepover so it's all good. >> reporter: shawn and penny edwards live outside the flood zone but helped evacuees pack up their belongings as surging waters advanced. >> everything in boxes and go. pretty much what we did.

>> reporter: while floodwaters are still nine feet deep in some areas, signs that the river has begun its slow retreat encouraged some to take down defenses so hastily built just days ago. and now we're going >> you hear so much about what it's like out here, but when you actually see your house and know it's not just your basement, it's your whole house. i'm sorry. >> reporter: the army corps of engineers remains on alert here. they're waiting to see p the water recedes more to relieve pressure on the levees. ann? >> 7:04. here's willie. now to presidential politics. minnesota congresswoman michele

bachmann formally enters the republican field this morning. she's returned to her iowa roots to skik off the campaign. nbc's klly o'donnell is in waterloo, iowa. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, willie. a couple hundred people here in front of a waterloo landmark just a few minutes away from michele bachmann kicking off her campaign. she's trying hard to get that favorite daughter status. she was born here 55 years ago, and while she has a very big personality she told me she wants voters to see her humble beginnings. >> i am going to be the president. nice to meet you. >> reporter: on the street in waterloo where her childhood began -- >> this is where we lived when i was born. >> reporter: -- michele bachmann is all about her iowa roots. >> we've been in iowa for about seven generations. >> reporter: never mind that she represents minnesota and is tea party conservative didn't start out republican. >> i have been a democrat, and i understand the sensibilities that people who are democrats and independents, but also republicans. >> reporter: redefining bachmann's public image is step one.

>> i think it's important that people know that i'm not pigeon holed in just one part of american society. >> reporter: candidate bachmann is turning down the flame thrower persona. >> i'm a business woman. as a former federal tax lawyer, i've seen the devastation of high taxes on businesses and farmers and individuals. i've seen that. i've lived it. i've practiced that in the courtroom. >> reporter: her criticism of the president remains fierce but more carefully worded. >> i'm not questioning who barack obama is or whether he's a nice guy. i think he is a nice guy. but i think his solutions are wrong for america. >> reporter: you did say that the president had anti-american views. was that a mistake? >> i don't question the president's patriotism in any way. i think is he a patriotic individual. >> reporter: popular among evangelical christians, bachmann has said god told her to marry her husband of 33 years and told her to enter politics -- through prayer. >> it's just a normal part of

life where we pray, and before we make any big decision, like many americans, we just pray and say, lord, what should i do? which direction should i go? and then try to make the decision -- best decision from that. >> reporter: a mother of five who often talks about her family taking in 23 foster children. their identities kept private. >> we have never wanted to exploit them or their families. it is a very private matter for them, and i'm sure people in the media and around the country can understand that. >> reporter: bachmann has taken heat for gaffes and errors on things like american history. have you been too careless about facts? >> well, there's times i've gotten things wrong and made misstatements, that's true. i think most people feel that they've done that. >> reporter: bachmann treads lightly when it comes to potential rival sarah palin. >> i think she's a lovely person. i don't mind the comparison at all. but i'm my own unique person. just because we're two women that are looking at a

presidential level of a race doesn't mean that we're identical. >> reporter: people are taking notice of a new poll that shows michele bachmann essentially tied with mitt romney from the "des moines register," the top of the pack. but they're also talking about a question put to her by chris wallace who said, bluntly, are you a flake? she seemed unhappy about that question, and her campaign tells me this morning they think it was an insult and they say she is a serious candidate. willie? >> that was quite a question. kelly o'donnell in iowa for us this morning, thank you so much. 7:08. here's ann. willie, thanks. another republican from minnesota is also running for president, former minnesota governor tim pawlenty. governor pawlenty, great to have you in the studio. thanks for being here. >> good morning, ann. great to be with you. >> you seem to have an unusual problem. "the des moines register" iowa poll show you have the second highest net favorability rating of all the republican candidates, but as you well know, you won just 6% of the

poll over the weekend, behind newt gingrich, behind ron paul, behind herman cain, the former ceo of godfather's ceo. you've spent 26 days in the state. disappointed? >> no. these early polls aren't very good predictors of how the race is going to come out. if they were, we'd have hillary clinton as president or someone on the republican side more popular than john mccain last time. but the fact of the matter is iowans decide late. they're people who consider the polls late. so the reality is mike huckabee at this point was at 4% in the polls. we're the 6% and he ended up winning the iowa caucuses. there's still plenty of time to do well in iowa and beyond. >> you sound like a very strong optimist. okay. your fellow minnesotan, michele bachmann, has tea party support. she won frontrunner status along with mitt romney even though she won't announce until today. she has been described as being too far outside the mainstream to be president. you know her. you're both from minnesota.

do you agree with that or disagree with that? >> well, each candidate brings something different to the table. i've got eight years of a record as an executive in minnesota moving the needle on taxes, spending, school reform, health care reform in a private market way, public employee pension reform. so each candidate has to present their own views. i think i'm the only candidate in the race who can appeal to the whole conservative movement, that's the economic conservatives, social conservatives, libertarians. i think most of the other candidates appeal primarily to one part of it but not the whole spectrum. >> it's noted that you didn't directly want to take on this question about criticizing michele bachmann and that begs this next question. because you are pretty candid in saying that america really is still getting to know you, they don't really even know your name. but you made this initial splash when you coined this phrase obamney care, linking president obama's health care plan with obviously mitt romney's plan in massachusetts. so why didn't you seize the moment at the republican debate to push that point to drive your point home?

>> well, i decided in that moment to focus on president obama, not mitt romney. i think the press was expecting more direct confrontation with governor romney. i'm happy to give them that if that's what they'd like. and i think it's appropriate. on issues, we've got some dig big differences. his health care plan in massachusetts is more like president obama's plan. that's why i called it obamney care. it is a different approach than we took in minnesota which was no mandates, no takeovers and a more private-market approach to health care reform. >> some people actually -- not just the press, but some pundits also said -- and political watchers suggested, they essentially said you wimped out, essentially saying it raised a question about whether you could go toe-to-toe in the presidential race. what is your response to that concern? >> just look at my record in minnesota. my goodness, it is easy to take on mitt romney on health care or anyone else to suggest that i don't have the ability to do that is just preposterous. i was the first governor in 150 years to shut down government. i set a record for vetoes. i used executive power to take more money out of spending than

all the other governors in minnesota combined. i've been an old hockey player so i've probably been in more fights than anyone on that stage combined. the idea that i'm not tough enough to take on mitt romney or anybody else is ridiculous. i decided in that moment to focus on president obama rather than the rest of the republican field. at that moment. but there will be plenty of time to show contrast between other republicans and me an i've got the best record in the field, by far. i've actually led in an executive position and moved the needle on conservative results. >> you mention playing hockey. some people have -- are still getting to know you. we should probably mention that you did suffer a lot of difficulty as you lost your mom when you were just 16 years old. and you're the only person in your family to go to college, and you mentioned playing hockey. do you foresee a rink in the white house when you become president? >> that would be terrific. i think with the weather in washington, d.c., we may have to bring in some refrigeration equipment but we're looking forward to a little maybe charity game with the governor of new hampshire who is a democrat in the fall, my friend

governor lynch and i may play a little hockey up in the granite state. >> i know have you a big foreign policy speech tomorrow. great to meet you. >> thanks, ann. thanks for having me in. >> thanks so much. now let's get the rest of the top stories from natalie morales who's at the news desk. >> good morning, everyone. in a new fast-moving wildfire has erupted in new mexico forcing residents in the area to evacuate and shutting down the los alamos national laboratory this morning, the nuclear facility where the first atom bomb was built. officials say all radioactive material at the lab is being safeguarded from the approaching flames. meantime, two other nuclear reactors are being threatened by water. the swollen missouri river broke through an inflatable barrier at the ft. calhoun nuclear power plant near omaha, nebraska. it inup dated pars of the reactor and continainment areas. regulators say the situation is not significantly dangerous. 80 miles down river waters are also rising around the cooper station plant. and as three nuclear facilities are now threatened today by fire and water, a new investigation of the associated press, the

report finds that while the u.s. population is booming in areas surrounding nuclear power plants, there is no standard for evacuations in case of an accident. 15 children and eight adults are recovering from their injuries today after a school bus carrying kids to summer camp flipped over in pennsylvania sunday. authorities say the crash was caused by an elderly driver who swerved into the path of the bus while trying to avoid oncoming traffic. and federal investigators are questioning the safety record of a company that operated the truck that crashed into an amtrak train in the nevada desert friday killing six people. the trucking company had multiple citations for crashes unsafe driving and poorly maintained vehicles. the budget battle resumes as president obama meets at the white house with senate leaders from both sides of the aisle today. the president's trying to hammer out a deal to cut government spending and raise the debt limit after negotiations stalled last week. now let's head to wall street. cnbc's amanda drury is at the new york stock exchange for us. mandy, good news at the pump

today? >> yeah, that's right. especially if you're going on a road trip this coming weekend, natalie. as you mentioned, the price of gasoline continues to head down. in fact, the average price has gone down by 11 cents a gallon over the past week to $3.63 a gallon. it's getting better by the day. that is not the case however for food prices. you probably feel like you're paying more for everything from beef to avocados and tomato. well chipotle mexican grill is and as a result they're raising prices in the southwest and northeast with changes on their menus elsewhere to follow as a result of those higher prices. it is affecting all of us. back to you. >> mandy drury at the new york stock exchange, thank you. gay pride parades around the country turned into victory laps especially right here in new york city on sunday where revelers celebrated new york for becoming the sixth and largest state to legalize same-sex marriage. gay and lesbian couples spoke about finally realizing their decades-long dream of walking

down the aisle. new york governor andrew cuomo was cheered at the celebration and called for nationwide marriage equality. from studio 1a to the auction block, it is a "thriller." after appearing here on the "today" show last friday, michael jackson's calf skin jacket from the video sold at auction for $1.8 million. the sale took place sunday on the second anniversary of jackson's death. a texas tycoon had the winning bid and says he plans to use the jacket to help raise money for children's charities. all going back to a great cause. it is autographed as well. 7:16 right now. back over to ann, willie and al. >> it's amazing. who knew? i don't think it was supposed to go that high at all. >> and your green dress got $30,000. that was amazing. >> all i have to say to that is ribbit. natalie was just back from vacation. i was remiss in not welcoming you back from vacation. >> well, were you busy.

thank you. meantime, the al roker is here. >> "the" al roker. >> the only one. >> luckily that's true. let's see what's happening. we got a risk of strong storms from green bay out to joplin, missouri, where they do not need any bad weather. knoxville, tennessee, could see an isolated tornado. mostly lookingngt rost winds and damaging hail. we've got a severe thunderstorm watch from wichita, all the way to decatur, illinois, this morning. heavy showers an thunderstorms, one to three inches of rain from duluth down to st. louis. that's w >> good morning to you. still kind after foggy start along the peninsula and in the city of san francisco. but we're going to see a lot of sunshine today before the rain moves in tomorrow. 65 degrees that's it for you in san francisco. 79 in santa rosa. 75 in san rafael. as we head through tomorrow rain arrives tomorrow afternoon, and it stays with us all the way throughout the day. i think in fact all the way through early wednesday we're going to see pretty heavy showers in the bay area.

then our temperatures climb into the 90s toward the end of the week. the seven-day in moments. weather. willie? all right, thanks. the appeal hearing of american college student amanda knox is back under way as the man convicted of killing her roommate took the stand. nbc's martin fletcher has details. martin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, willie. amanda knox and her family were hoping for a big break this morning, but it didn't work out that way. looking very nervous, more than three years in jail after 23 more to go, amanda knox entered the courtroom today hoping that last week's surprise testimony from a child killer could help set her free. but it didn't. today speaking in knox's appeal for the first time, rudy guede, convicted with knox for the murder of her english roommate, meredith kercher, provided no help. last week another prisoner testified in court that guede told her amanda was not present at the killing.

light at the end of the tunnel for amanda's family. >> it's huge. it would be the single biggest thing in the case. >> but today guede said it wasn't true, that he didn't tell alessi anything, that alessi had lied. but why would he lie? guede's lawyer put it down to simple prison gossip. >> in prison there is many, many, many, many, many people that know the mystery of every case. >> reporter: it may not be that simple. two other prison inmates also testified that guede told them amanda knox was not present at the murder. so who's lying? mario alessi or rudy guede? another critical question that could help determine the fate of amanda knox. the biggest question of all, though, is is the dna. >> i'm assuming that these people are professionals and that they're going to do a good job of relooking at this, and we know that amanda's innocent and so we can only hope and assume that it is going to be a good report. >> reporter: amanda was convicted partly on the evidence of her dna on the murder weapon,

a knife. but now that dna is being reexamined amid reports there wasn't enough of it to be accurate. independent experts examining the critical dna evidence and will report to the court in three days. it will take another four weeks before that will be officially made public. that's the key moment in the amanda knox appeal that could decide if she walks free or serves another 23 years in prison. willie? >> martin fletcher in perugia, italy, thank you. princess catherine wows at a military ceremony as her brother-in-law prince harry opens up about pippa. we'll have details. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ [ male announcer ] who's your car's best friend? gasoline that cleans. chevron with techron. care for your cro.

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>> good morning. it's 7:26. i'm marla tellezment today marks one month since nursing student michelle le disappeared. her family has since hired a private investigator to help them find her. le disappeared may 27 after she left during a class break at a kaiser hospital in hayward but she never returned to class. police investigators have classified her case as a homicide but they have not made any arrests and no suspects identified. >> a nice start to the work week. we're going to check in with

christina loren. >> yes, this might be the best day of the week. we have rain on the way for tomorrow and a few thunderstorms as well. then this weekend temperatures climb toward the century mark again. it's going to be a hot weekend all the way into the fourth of july. 78 for today in san jose. 80 in gilroy. 79 in concord as we head through tomorrow showers arrive for the second half of the day. we'll see the front at about 1:00 p.m. lasting through early wednesday. by thursday a warm-up, 90s back on the map saturday into sunday. on sunday, i think we'll see triple digits in the warmest spots across the bay. let's check your drive. >> we have a slow drive on the upper and lower east shore freeway, the backup past west grand avenue. a look at oakland 880, the effects after they cleared the truck, the accident at fifth and embarcadero, slow from about about the coliseum up into downtown. speeds closer to 50 than to 30 as they were before.

we'll look at livermore, very slow, a half hour out of the altamont pass tor dublin interchange. slow the entire way to the 580/680 interchange. slow through sunol. and debris cleared from the area. south, look at the northbound 101 slow past the airport. we're seeing 87 and 280 slow as well. >> thank you, mike. for the latest check out nbc bay area morning news on facebook.

♪ i'm on the top of the world >> that brings a smile to your face. 7:30 on this monday morning, the 27th of june, 2011. you really could not ask for a better start to the work week here in the northeast as we check out the view of the top of the rock, sunny, warm, not a cloud in the sky, and down below, we've got people on the plaza. they're cheering. inside studio 1a, i'm ann curry, alongside willie geist who's in for matt this morning. really glad to have you here. >> good to be here with now. just ahead, is there any truth -- this is a very compelling question -- any truth to the rumor that prince harry and pippa middleton are dating? well, the prince himself has now

spoken out about that. we'll get details to you coming up. willie? also ahead, whitey bulger reportedly opening up to the fbi about his 16 years on the run and apparently the man on the fbi's top ten list had no problem going in and out of the country on a regular basis. the latest on that. >> pretty dramatic story. also, when you go out to eat, do you pick the grilled entree? i often do. do you sometimes? >> not always. >> because you think it is going to be the healthier option. well, it may not be. just ahead, the dinner that's equal to eating five huge slices of pizza and some lower-calorie, lower-priced options you can make at home. >> five slices of feet pizza. >> we don't want that. let's begin with a serious story this half-hour in florida where the casey anthony murder trial has taken yet another surprising detour. nbc's kerry sanders is at the courthouse in orlando with more on this. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. on saturday testimony was

surprisingly called off, and now we know why. the issue of casey anthony's competency. so the judge decided to order three evaluations and their conclusion from the psychological experts is that she is competent. so the trial has resumed after what was a weekend of mystery. before the jury even set foot in the courtroom on saturday morning, defense attorney jose baez -- >> he doesn't even know if this is new or not. >> reporter: -- and prosecutor jeff ashton were at it again, this time openly sparring over an expert witness' testimony and surprise powerpoint. >> the powerpoint has specific chloroform amounts for specific items from the trunk. that's just the one i found quickly, sir. >> reporter: accused murderer casey anthony stared emotionless as the prosecutor ranted that the defense again broke florida's court rules, attempting to bring in last-minute testimony. >> i've just been handed slides. where apparently he's now

planning to point out specific items and claim, i assume, they're the source of the odor. >> reporter: that odor in question came from casey anthony's car. prosecutors argue it was the unmistakable stench of death that resulted from stowing 2-year-old caylee's lifeless body in the trunk for several days during that hot summer three years ago. but now what had this defense expert uncovered, if anything at all? and is it true that the state has no idea what he concluded about that smell? >> i guess the more times you make this argument, i guess it becomes real. >> you would think that this would have grown old by now, but i guess some things never change. >> reporter: and with that, the judge announced he would review the defense expert's report on the odor, but then -- 40 minutes after court began, the judge mysteriously announced the saturday proceedings were over. this morning the judge explained why -- casey's competency was in question. three independent doctors reviewed her psychological

status this weekend, and the judge says found no issues. >> the court will find that the defendant is competent to continue to proceed. >> reporter: among the last testimony the jury heard came friday from casey's brother, who said he was excluded from celebrating caylee's birth. >> i was just angry at everyone in general that they department want to include me. >> reporter: and there was cindy anthony's vivid testimony with pictures showing her granddaughter caylee opening the sliding glass door to the backyard all by herself. and then photos of the backyard pool where the defense argues caylee accidentally drowned. >> how many times have you advised law enforcement that you thought caylee had drowned in the pool? >> reporter: that question went unanswered because the prosecution objected. but the jury heard it, and for the defense it's all about raising reasonable doubt. willie?

>> kerry sanders, thanks very much. savannah guthrie is "today's" legal correspondent. a van na, good morning. >> good morning. >> this new development, three psychologists evaluate casey anthony. what is a competency hearing? >> this is to determine whether the defendant, casey anthony, understands the proceedings happening against her and whether she's able to assist in her defense. normally, this is kind of see you see at the outset of the case. it's pretty unusual to see it in the middle of the case. sounds like it's the defense that asked for this. perhaps something had been going on behind closed doors with casey anthony that led the defense to think, boy, we better ask the judge and ascertain whether or not she's able to go forward with these proceedings. the judge ordered an evaluation from not one, not two, but three different psychologists, all of whom concluded she's able to understand these proceedings against her. note, though, this issue of competency is not about whether she's upset. it's not about whether or not she's got some mental issues. it's a very narrow issue of

whether she's able to understand the proceedings and help with her defense. >> would this be borne out of general concern for anthony, or is this part of a defense strategy? >> it's probably a little bit of both. certainly, they're concerned about their clients' mepal health, but also they cannot be in a position of going forward with a death penalty trial if there's any question at all about whether or not she's able to be present emotionally for this and really understand what's going on. and the judge, having had this issue raised before him, isn't going to take any chances either. he's not going to stand there and say, oh, well, she looks fine, it's probably okay. in an abundance of caution, he ordered these evaluations, and now there is a record that he looked into this issue and resolved it to his satisfaction. >> so the judge did the right thing here. what remains p for the defense? they were planning on closing arguments toward the end of this week. does that change that? where do they go from here? >> obviously, we've had a delay. we lost a whole day on saturday, so it may push the schedule back

a bit. the defense had some moment toum with some of the key testimony from kay' anthony's mother that she's the one who performed the searches for chloroform, which a lot of people think show there was premeditation on the part of casey if she did the searches. but we still haven't heard from the defense any evidence of their blockbuster theory that this is a child who drowned in the swimming pool. there's been no substantial evidence that casey anthony was molested by her father and brother, another bombshell allegation in the opening. so if the defense plans to put that into the case, they better get to it. >> savannah guthrie, thank you so much. now let's get a check of the weather from al. >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by california tourism. golden state today. california. find yourself here. and good morning. got all our friends who have come on in. you've got kids' pictures on a stick. what's that? >> these are my kids from minnesota.

>> all right! kids on a stick. here you go! get your kids on a stick! let's see what we've got happening for you today. sizzling temperatures, tucson. 109. 114 in phoenix, arizona. tulsa, oklahoma, over 100. the heat is going to build north and east as we head into the week. as you can see for today, we've got a risk of strong storms from the great lakes down into central mississippi and ohio river valleys. more rain moves into the pacific northwest later this afternoon. up and down the east coast we've got gorgeous weather an even warm weather in southern california, 86 in l.a. twins' birthday today. what's your names? >> i'm sara. >> i'm >> good back to work monday to you. mostly cloudy along the peninsula, we have sunshine already in the south bay and parts of the east bay. by this afternoon, we're going

to see some of the clouds roll in, and then a few thunderstorms and rain tomorrow afternoon. i think by about 1:00 p.m. we'll see a good amount of rain over the bay area. by this weekend temperatures climb so a little bit of everything. today best day of the week. 78 in fremont, 78 san jose and 80 in gilroy. weather channel on cable or weather.com online. ann? >> all right, al. thank you so much. there are new details this morning tied to the capture of one of the most wanted men in this country after 16 years on the run, reputed mob boss whitey bulger is reportedly now talking to the fbi. nbc's jeff rossen is in boston with the latest. >> reporter: good morning to you. this is where it all went down on the mean streets of south boston. back in the day, whitey bulger owned these streets and he also ran this liquor store behind me where locals say he ran the mob out of the basement and did a

couple other things down there, too. this morning he's behind bars and according to publish reports out today, he is spilling about his life on the run. inside the plymouth county jail, whitey bulger is hold up in the notorious g-unit, the most feared man in boston today looks more like a grandpa than a reputed mob boss, accused in the murders of at least 19 people. now he's reportedly opening up, telling authorities about his secret life hiding from the fbi, living in this modest apartment in santa monica, california, sometimes in plain sight. neighbors say he and his girlfriend, also under arrest, walked the bustling promenade nearby. >> they are very charming. >> reporter: according to the "boston globe," bulger claims he often drove to the u.s.-mexico border and walked into tijuana to buy heart medication. >> the most wanted man in america was able to easily access and walk between mexico and the united states with no problem.

>> reporter: bulger's been on the run for 16 years, about when authorities arrested him, he reportedly invited them inside his apartment without a search warrant. they found $800,000 in cash an dozens of weapons hidden in a fake wall. bulger's ex-girlfriend thought he'd never get caught. >> to me, he had always been adamant about the idea that he was not going back to jail. >> reporter: but now that they have him, investigators want to know how he hid for so long. records show bulger's niece lived on the same street in santa monica, just two miles away in the early '90s. >> the most benign explanation is, boy, is that coincidental. the other explanation is that perhaps he knew about this area because, hey, his niece lived out there. >> reporter: thing is, bulger and the people chasing him, the fbi, go way back, as he was allegedly ordering hits, the fbi was working with bulger as an informant. >> he's a guy who knows where the skeletons are buried, human and otherwise, and his

information could well get a lot of people in trouble, even to the reaches of law enforcement. >> reporter: because many believe bulger had help inside the fbi. will he now rat on the agents who may have helped him? >> whitey bulger ain't getting out. he's going to die in prison. but the question is how many other people is he going to take to prison with him. >> reporter: we also have new details this morning about his life behind bars. his life in jail right now. he's apparently in solitary confinement kept in his cell for 23 hours a day, only allowed out for one hour a day for recreation in the yard where there are basketball courts and such. i spoke with his lawyer late last night who said no comment to most of my questions but did tell me that whitey bulger plans to plead not guilty in court and when an arraignment date is set, there are more hearings scheduled here in boston later this week. >> jeff rossen this morning, thanks. up next, eat this, not that. the restaurant steak dish with more calories than a six-pack of beer. o wma hereahi choices right aferter this. ♪

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restaurant is the way to go. but instead, you may be packing on the pounds. that's what the author of "cook this, not that" is saying. great to see you. we should probably mention with all these restaurants, we've contacted them and they told us they do offer low-calorie options on their menus. which is not what we're talking about today. because we're talking about what is not a low-calorie option. number one, at on the border, fish tacos. now i would order something grilled, a fish taco sounds really good. >> this is like dos chins. the problem is this is over 2,100 calories. okay? it's like "finding nemo." like you have to go find the fish in there. it's got all this breading on this, then it's got cheese, then it's got a creamy sauce. it ends up being the equivalent of these 300 shrimp. okay? 307 shrimp. that's the same equivalent. you've got a full day's worth of calories in that one dish.

okay? two days worth of sodium. what we're say something grill at home, make yourself thin, save money, in this case you can get some mahi-mahi, throw it on the grill, throw a little homemade salsa on it and the next thing you know, you have saved a whopping like 1,800 calories. >> you mentioned mahi-mahi. that's probably not the fish we're finding in the fish tacos. it's probably not as high quality. >> it doesn't even matter because when you hit it with that much fat, that much oil, you can barely taste it. >> all right. steak. this is the steak, rib eye, from ruby tuesday. >> right. >> it's large. what else is wrong with it? >> well, here at ruby tuesday, it is inevitably followed by regrettable chubby wednesday. rib eye is a very fatty cut. the problem is this is 822 calories. it is 63 grams of fat, a day's worth of sodium. it would be the calorie equivalent of 5 1/2 pints of beer. okay? so what we're saying is you can cook at home on the grill, throw

a party, lose weight, and by going basically with some sliced skirt steak and your own topping, you're going to be saving, again, 550 calories and $15. >> we're going to keep moving. we're starting to run out of time. i want to get to all of these. this is chicken at the outback steakhouse alice springs chicken. it is basically this cut -- >> this is a chicken that's struggling for lift-off because it's over 1,300 calories, it's 92 grams of fat. more than two days' worth of saturated fat. >> it's got bacon on top of it. >> it's got bacon, cheese, mushrooms, all of it, some sauce on the side. it is the calorie equivalent of almost the whole brooklyn-style domino's pizza. five or six slices. so again you can go with chicken under a brick. you're coming in at 280 calories. basically you are saving 700,

800 calories, at least, and a ton of fat. >> this one sounds especially good, the burger at chili's. it's called the southern smokehouse burger with ancho chili barbecue. >> it's so good. the problem is, ann, it's 1,900 calories. okay? an entire day's worth of calories. >> what's in it? >> well, it's cheese, it's bacon, it's got creamy sauce, it's got the barbecue sauce on the side, fried onions, the works. it's the calorie equivalent of 30 delved eggs. so you go and you make the green chili cheeseburger on your own in ten minutes, 320 calories. you save a half-pound of pure fat. these are the kinds of smart food swaps you should be make. >> save your money, save your waistline. just do a little work at home. you're a good example of that. thanks, david. for full recipes for all of david's healthier alternatives, go to today.com. we're back after this.

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we've just heard that the two will also be in the royal box watching wimbledon this morning which i understand is going to be around 10:00 this morning. >> right here on nbc. and the big news, we've been chasing it all morning -- here it is, ladies. is prince harry single? >> that's right. that's been the big question. there's been people talking about what he saw -- well, who didn't see something in pippa, my goodness, what a beautiful girl, and whether there was a little something going on here. but then this morning zblsh we've learned over the weekend a quote from prince harry himself. pippa -- ha. no, i am not seeing anyone at the moment and the shrieks go out in the plaza. the world's most eligible bachelor remains so. >> ladies, what about davy here? every man i know who's seen those pictures of pippa would say that they're happy, too, even though they may be married -- anyway. just ahead -- >> social media's impact on adoption. the search for a long ld could be just two clicks away.

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>> good morning. it is 7:56. i'm marla tellez. we are following breaking news, the supreme court this morning rules california cannot ban the rental or sale of violent video games to children. the high court agreed with the federal court's decision to throw out california's ban on the sale or rental of violent video games to kids. the court in sacramento had said the law violated children's rights, retailers who violated the act would have been fined up to $1,000. the court voted 7-2 that the law is unconstitutional. >> now we're going to turn to christina loren for a look at the forecast. >> we have a beautiful day on tap. probably the best day of the week.

things change tomorrow with rain on the way, a few thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon lasting through early wednesday. and then a big time weekend warm-up, in mid-90s. enjoy today. 80 degrees, lots of sunshine in livermore, 65 san francisco, and 76 degrees today in redwood city. here it is, your extended outlook. good for today, then temperatures fall tomorrow down to 69 degrees, periods of rain between tuesday afternoon and wednesday morning. by thursday the system clearing out, 77 degrees, and then our temperatures jump under high pressure, 94 saturday, 95 sunday. a couple of triple digits possible across the bay. >> 60s through the 90s. what an outstanding mix. about the same mix actually. looking for the south bay some of the 30s and 40s up to the 60s so the south bay starting to build, that commute southbound 101 at 84 as you come into east palo alto an accident clearing

and slow through san mateo. let's stick with the maps into the maze and the approach to the bay bridge. slow across and down the east shore freeway. a 25-minute drive off of the carquinez bridge. concord, walnut creek and antioch we got hit hard and slow through pittsburg as we're watching. we'll end with a live shot, the golden gate bridge. this is behind you but i want folks to see without being distracted by your stunning beauty, a nice drive from the north bay, watch the effects of the fog. you can't make out the south tower so reduced visibility. back to you. >> you scored some points. thank you, mike. for the latest check out nbc bay area morning news on facebook. whoa!! the really big chicken sandwich combo is back!

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8:00 now on a monday morning, june 27th, 2011. you're looking at a live picture of william and kate in the royal box at wimbledon. wimbledon is about to start. >> every time we see a couple sighting, everybody wants to take a look, especially what she's got to wear. and she looks beautiful again this morning. >> stepping out over the weekend at a military event. now here this morning at wimbledon. >> there's billy jean king. >> there they are, looking very handsome and beautiful. meantime we're happy to be surrounded this morning by some

friendly faces in rockefeller plaza kicking off their week with us. as we just heard, i'm ann curry along with willie geist and al roker. matt is going to be back tomorrow. coming up this morning, we'll be talking about adoption and the internet. social media sites can help find children. what about contacts when they're contacted on facebook and in some cases do not even know they were adopted. that's going to be one of the issues we're talking about. mr. roker, who is cooler than the fonz? henry winkler starred on "happy days" after he moved on to other projects. >> one of the nicest guys ever. >> just an accomplished author.

just a great guy. by the way, we've got the final four -- down to the final four on the hit series "the competition." we are going to meet the finalists just ahead. but first, let's get a check of the morning's top stories. we've got natalie morales at the news desk. good morning, everyone. record floodwaters have started to recede in minot, north dakota. the souris river crested sunday at a level not seen in a century. officials say 4,000 homes are under water. while 11,000 evacuated residents wait for permission to return home, others are being told to boil their drinking water in case of contamination. libyan leader moammar gadhafi is now a wanted man. this morning the international criminal court issued arrest warrants for gadhafi along with one of his sons and his intelligence chief. they're accused of crimes against humanity. ahead of the fourth of july holiday weekend, some good news as gas prices are continuing their downward trend. the nationwide average for a gallon of regular is now $3.63,

that's down 11 cents since the middle of the month. a ban on the sale or manufacture of drop-side cribs in the u.s. takes effect tomorrow. federal officials said the cribs played a role in dozens of infant deaths over the past decade. hotels, motels and daycare centers can use the cribs until december of 2012. the countdown to same-sex weddings is now under way in new york state where the law signed friday goes into effect next month. nb >> reporter: at new york city's annual gay pride parade, a huge welcome for governor andrew cuomo. just days after signing a same-sex marriage bill into law, a huge political victory for the governor making new york the sixth state to legalize gay marriage. >> i was so proud and honored to be the governor of this state signing this law into effect. >> reporter: this year's parade isn't just a celebration of pride, but for the first time,

equality. >> we've never been able to enjoy the rights that are afforded to married people. >> reporter: but long after the initial jubilation ends, new york's business owners will still be celebrating. new york is already one of the world's most popular tourist destinations. the city estimates the new law will bring more than $180 million to the state in the next three years. 41 states have specifically banned same-sex marriage. but national polls show support is steadily increasing and for the first time ever, opposition has fallen below 50%. a new reason to celebrate, turning an annual march into a wedding party. nbc news, new york. now for a look at what's trending on "today," a quick round-up of what you're talking about online. michael jackson's red and black "thriller" jacket is a hit on twitter after appearing here on the "today" show friday, a texas tycoon bought the jacket at

auction sunday for $1.8 million. he plans to use it as a fund-raising tool for children's charities. take a look, this jumping shark in florida has foolstirree people searching yahoo! and google. good thing this is a harmless shark, not a man-eater. and bow wow -- whoa. dog lovers are googling, then bracing themselves for pictures of yoda. it won this year's ugliest dog contest. yoda's owner said at first stop she thought this traffic stopper was a rat. kind of looks like one. it is now 8:05. let's get a check of the weather from al. >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by bush's grilling beans. discover the bolder side of bush's. >> good morning, everybody. good nice bunch of -- what's he's my sister.

>> we're on a bike tour, biking from daytona beach, florida to maine to raise awareness for victims of sexual violence. >> thank you for doing that. let's check your weather, shall we? pick city of the day. i thought we were going to do the pick city of the day, but i guess we're not. okay. as you can see, we've got som heavy showers and thunderstorms making their way to the midsection of the country. with those storms that we've got -- in fact severe thunderstorm watches through the midsection of the u.s. until later this afternoon. east coast looks fabulous, plenty of sunshine, temperatures fairly moderate. but we are looking at the heat to continue now for the gulf coast, southwest into texas and some afternoon showers and thunderstorms moving into the pacific northwest. this young lady here, 94 years old? how -- what's your name, ma'am? >> ann. >> ann. very nice! good to see you. thanks so much. you're a lot sharper than i am,

believe me. we've got a cutie over here. he's sharper than i am, good morning to you. our neck of the woods starting to clear out a little bit. we still have fog lingering on the peninsula up in san francisco this morning. but we're looking all right. better and better the the rain moves in tomorrow. rain in the north bay. could pick up to an inch as we head through late tuesday into wednesday. then the temperatures really warm up. the seven day tells the story. beautiful weather. 78 degrees in free month. 90s into the weekend. >> hey, guess what? let's do the pick city of the day! what a great idea. today's pick city today is los angeles. as we mentioned, it is one of the cities prince william and kate will visit next month. did you know the original name for los angeles -- oit's much

easier to say los angeles. willie? >> al, thank you. you nailed that pick city. appreciate it. coming up next, birth parents using facebook to track down the children they gave up for ad.adoponti fa .e onmily shares their story right after this. [ male announcer ] using frontline plus shows your pet you care by unleashing a complete killing force against fleas and ticks.

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back now at 8:11 with yet another example of how social media has forever changed the way we live. nbc's savannah guthrie's here to explain. savannah, good morning once again. >> hi, ann. well it used to take months, even years for birth parents to track down a child given up for adoption and visa versa. but now the internet can provide immediate answers. one family recently found each other on facebook. linda and ben always told their daughter jesse that their adoption was the greatest gift they had ever received. but as jesse grew older she wanted to know more.

she and her mom searched the internet for her biological mother a whom who they only knew was named sharon. >> i got frustrated because i just wanted to know where she was and what she looked like. >> reporter: then one day linda found a familiar face on facebook. >> i look at this picture and i say, i'm not even sure if this is sharon or not, but this looks like my child 20 years from now. there were things that were strikingly similar. >> reporter: they reached out to sharon online who had spent years of her own searching for the daughter she had given up 19 years ago. >> i figured she'd have to be on facebook. has to be on myspace so i just started looking through at all the jessicas. i looked for jesse. jessica. new jersey. and just so many people came up. >> reporter: sharon had become pregnant with jesse at 24. she had three other children and had broken up with jesse's

biological father, dave. they have since married. >> i didn't want to do it in my heart, but the way everyone presented to me, give this one a fighting chance, that let me accept i was doing something good. >> reporter: sharon and jesse got to know each other quickly. they e-mailed, then video chatted. then a month later jesse agreed to meet her birth parents and their family for the first time. >> oh, it was nerve-racking. i said i'm not going to cry, i'm not going to cry. as soon as i walked in, i was balling. >> nobody knew what to say. i just went over to her and i hugged her and i was like, hi. and then i saw summer and nick and geo. i hugged them all and dave and i was like, i can't believe i'm finally meeting you. >> reporter: jesse found the answers to her questions about her adoption. those answers led to a whole new set of questions about another family and how to include them in her future.

>> guess i'll have two pairs of parents. the one that raised me, the one that gave birth to me. i want to keep contact with them. i don't know if it will happen, if we'll grow apart one day. but i want to keep in touch with my siblings, definitely. sharon, yeah, and dave, i'll keep talking to them. we'll just see where the relationship goes. >> well, jesse says she was glad she got the chance to meet her birth mother and find out the reasons why she gave her up for adoption. she says she understands why she made deet significance and that she would have done the same thing herself. both families are looking forward to being a part of each other's lives in some way in the future. ann is. >> all right, savannah guthrie, thank you. adam hurtman is the executive director of the evan b. donaldson adoption institute and also the author of "adoption nation." and lisa bilk in en is a "new y times" columnist. welcome to both of you. that story ended well. and it begs the question, how

prevalent is this change? because the internet really makes it difficult to have secrets anymore. >> and especially difficult to keep secrets from people who don't want secrets kept. it is prevalent, it is growing, it can't be stopped. some people like it, some won't like it. but we have to deal with it, we have to understand that this is the future in adoption and we have to set policies and practices accordingly. >> let's talk about when it doesn't work. there are some negatives to this. i mean there are kids who don't know that they'veeen adopted. is there a danger here, lisa, that you found in your reporting? >> yes. well, in the story there are happy endings and there are surprises. and there are people who just got e-mails out of the blue and said "i'm mom." and the lesson though i think is not shut down the internet. the lesson is that adoptive parents need to understand there aren't any secrets anymore. you can't keep secrets from someone who wants to know. you can't keep a secret from a 13-year-old or a 17-year-old.

nowadays if they have a small piece of information, they have everything. >> okay. so if that's the case then, you're not talking about -- or are you talking about -- any changes in policies or rules that would allow for some protections? >> well, what we need to do is figure it out how this works. first of all. it's happening because it can. we have the technology so it occurs. at the adoption institute that i head we're doing research now to develop best practices, what should parents know, what should kids know, what are the protections that need to be put into place. >> you don't know yet. >> we don't know yet. what we do know is that it's real, we can't pretend it's not happening. as to the secrets, any parent that's not telling their kid she's adopted is taking a huge risk that the kid will find out she's being lied to every day. so the positive part for real is it is going to force us to be honest. that has to be a positive. now we have to get all those other pieces in place. >> there were 135,000 adoptions

every year in this country. we're talking about a lot of people being impacted. >> you're dealing also with an in-between generation. the kids coming of age right now who have the social media tools were adopted in relatively closed adoptions. and are now trying to find their parents in a very open era. and so it's shifting. the sands are shifting as we speak. you say more protection. actually, i don't think the answer is more protection. i think the answer is more openness. >> but i do worry about the child who is not ready to meet his or her adopted parent. i worry about the family that may have some sort of nuances that make it really difficult or the adoptive mother who is not going to be kind who -- >> i don't think we're talking about protections, we're talking about education. we're talking about knowledge. we have to empower our kids to know when the right thing is to do, when the wrong thing is to do, to be sensitive to people's

needs. we have to learn all of that. but i don't know that you can literally protect people in this realm any more than we do in any other realm and the internet. >> the reality is all the potential worries, this is as you point out, the truth of today. >> as lynn katold me in the original story, if you think your adopted child can't find u'ir birth mo, threyoer g kiinyolfseddur. henry winkler opens up about his true passion right after this. imagine living your life with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a non-narcotic treatment that's fda-approved to manage chronic kemuscpaulosl tain. one pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these

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met an idiot on the river." henry winkler, great to see you this morning. >> i'm so happy to meet you. >> it is a thrill to meet you. >> thank you. >> what is it about fly fishing because i have friends that go out on water and they talk about it in almost exist engs terms. what is it about fly fishing? >> for me, it is like a washing money for yobe -- washing machi for your brain. if you're standing in the river as you're walking to the river, it is overwhelming. you're in a beautiful place. the trout are magnificent fish. you have to be in tune with the fish so you cannot concentrate on anything else. and then you take a beautiful photograph hopefully. >> and you're a guy from new york city. >> yes, i am. >> spent most of your working life in los angeles. now you're this big sky outdoors man. how did this happen. >> my daughter, who is a master fly fisher person, took stacy

and i for the first time on the smith river in montana. no pun intended, we were hooked. and i'm going august 13th to montana where i hope to catch -- i caught my biggest fish last year. >> you mentioned your wife stacy. i want to read something from the book. you talk about this great serenity, being on the water. i'm not sure that's quite the way it happens. stacy says are you a good-natured man, a mild-natured man but the rules of etiquette do not apply on the river. are you a bit of a madman when you go out there? she says she won't even go in the same boat as you. >> who said that? >> your wife, stacy! you need to read the introduction. >> you know what? i skipped that part -- no. see, the thing is that when you fish with somebody else in the boat, there's an etiquette. there is -- you have all the fish up and to the guide and they have all the fish from the guide to wherever they're sitting in the back. i sometimes feel that there is

fishing water where her fly should be and i cannot stop myself. so, we take separate boats and we now meet for lunch on the bank. >> do you have tantrums out on the river, henry? because that's what's implied. >> i might have had a tantrum, but now they are -- and i am calm now on the river. >> okay. we're going to ask your wife if that's actually true. >> you can call her. i promise you. and our oldest son was 40 yesterday. he is my only hope. the other two children don't like to fly fish that much. >> and you take photographs. a lot of them in the book. >> i do. >> to sort of preserve this. they're absolutely gorgeous. >> oh, thank you. this is a puddle after a rain storm in montana. you know what? i bought a photograph at a gallery and i said, can i buy a -- can i take a photograph? i don't have to pay somebody else. that i can hang up on my wall and be proud. and so there are two cows

talking to each other. >> and you actually put a caption in the book. >> i did. "hi, bob." what are you doing? "well, i'm looking at you." >> henry, i was interested to read that you said fly fishing has improved your acting. you mention some of the work you're doing on "royal pains." >> interesting you should bring up "royal pains," it starts on the 29th of this month. >> yeah? but how does the fly fishing -- >> the fly fishing. >> you got in your plug in. >> the fly fishing, yes. i tell you what, you have to learn to concentrate. you have to learn not to force the issue so that as an actor sometimes i would push. you cannot push on the river because the fish will break your line. you cannot force yourself in a scene, you have to find the rhythm with your fellow actors. >> had he beenry winkler, thank you so much. things are going great for you.

good morning. it's 8:26. i'm marla in for laura garcia-cannon. in the north bay, crews are looking for a man who may have fallen out of a small aluminum boat. someone reported that a man fell overboard around 3:30 afternoon but he was not reported to be wearing a life jacket. crews searched the beach and his boat was later found washed a look at your forecast and the morning commute right after this.

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then clearing on thursday and 90s on saturday. >> wow. we're looking here at a slow drive. hopefully it's lighter tomorrow. slow through livermore. really jammed up speeds, below 20 for most of the stretch. slow towards the maze and walnut creek interchange and the approach, a live look out there. oakland still slow. past the coliseum. >> all right. thank you, mike and christina. for the latest news updates, check out facebook. another local news update at 8:56.

8:30 now on this monday morning, june 27, 2011. lots of sun here in new york to start the work week. we've got plenty of smiles here in rockefeller plaza. we're so glad they've all come to spend their morning with us. it is a pretty day. temperatures really just perfect. coming up, the question, who

will be named "the voice." >> it is down to four. this week one of them will walk away with $100,000 and a recording contract. we will meet the finalists just ahead. >> all right, sounds good. also coming up, imagine not cleaning your house for 17 years. >> whoa! >> that's right. well coming up, we're going to take you inside the messiest home in the country and talk to the family that lives there. >> wow. and on a much different note, it smells fantastic out here on our plaza. chef curtis stone may be from the land down under, but he's got some great ideas for your barbie on the fourth of july. but first, let's say hello to the very funny, i think als adorable he's coming out with a

new cd called "zookeeper." you're the co-writer, producer and also the star in the film. you have big names playing animals like cher and sylvester stallone. adam sandler is voicing a monkey. >> nick nolte. >> how do you ask celebrities to be a gorilla? >> for nick, it was easy. by the way. he was in right away. but you know what? we had fun writing script and they enjoyed the script and they thought it was going to be a great thing so they all jumped on and i'm excited. >> you always say be careful working with kids and animals. you jumped right in here. >> i did. they were great. the animals were great. some of the actors smell worse than the animals. but it was fun. it was a lot of fun. >> kevin, your parents are getting dating advice, i understand, from the animals. how does that go? >> yeah. it goes okay and then not so great. i got to be honest, not too fantastic. but we have a lot of fun.

they try to help me out, they try to help me become a better person. >> there's a little monkey that steals the scene -- actually the monkey was also in "hangover 2." >> this monkey is a little tr l trollup. look at her. >> you had a couple of divas on the set, too, two special cameos in your movie. your wife and adam sandler's wife. >> yes. we brought them around. we wanted to bring them and the kids around, we had fun and made it a whole family thing. it was just great to have them. >> it opens in theers caters on 8th. >> kevin james, thank you. now let's get a check of the weather from al. >> let's find out what's going on for your week ahead. early part of the week, above norm temperatures in the east,

down to the gulf coast. up into the plains. wet weather along the pacific northwest coast. midweek, warm in the midsection of the country, cooler out west. normal conditions here in the east. then the latter part of the week warms up again here in the east. out west as well with some showers in the northern plai good monday morning to you. it's still a little chilly out there but not too bad. a little cold in the city of san francisco and foggy as well. but by 11:30, noon, we'll see the sunshine warming your city up to about 65 degrees. lovely in san francisco today. 76 in redwood city and for us in los gatos, 79 degrees. as we head throughout the afternoon, temperatures stay really, really comfortable. tomorrow we're going to fall. 69. that's it. and then the rain continues all the way through early wednesday. don't forget, check your weather any time of the day or night. go to weather channel on cable or weather channel.com online.

oh, willard! >> jams and jellies and toppings for dessert, they all come from smucker's and they're all delicious. happy birthday. take a look at bill stephens, bridgeville, pennsylvania. 104. he enjoys watching baseball and he shook hands with jackie robinson and babe ruth. how about that? eden raradi, montauk, new york. 101 years old. goes to town to see the broadway musical. we have june smith, venice, florida. she's 104. always has her television tuned to -- guess what? you got it. the "today" show. she likes her smucker's. irma deutscher, bowman, north

dakota. 104 years old. loves to cook and bake. everyone loves to eat what she cooks and bakes. we wish her a very happy birthday. and martha ames, tampa, florida. 102 years old. loves to dine at different restaurants. and she walks a mile a day. keeps her healthy and happy. gertrude stoltz of st. paul, minnesota. 108 years old. still writes poetry. people love to read her poems. she is just one fine lady. very talented and sharp as a tack. and that's it. that's all we have for this day. now back to new york. >> all right, willard. thank you so much. as i take a walk, we can show more people here. coming up next, we'll meet the finalist of nbc's "the voice" as they prepare for this week's final. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

we are down to the final four on nbc's smash hit "the voice." it's up to you to decide who gets the $100,000 prize. but more importantly, a recording contract. four finalistsno -- beverly was going to join thus morning but was caught up in a late night session so vickie, javier, good morning. vickie, i want to start with you. you've become something of a fan favorite. talking so much about the influence of your father who passed away five years ago. what must he be thinking as all this is happening right now? >> well, i feel like, you know, i definitely am doing him justice and representing myself well but at the same time, you know, just having fun with it just like he would have done. hopefully that's coming across.

>> javier, you said this was your last shot at making it in the music business. this has been your dream for a long time. you've been at it since you were a kid. when or not coming up this week? will you stay in the music industry now just based on all the attention you've got and the fact that so many people have seen your gifts now on national television? >> i mean i hope so. obviously it's going to depend on the people here in america that will decide if they support me and come to my shows and buy cds and stuff. i really hope so. but i guess only time will tell. >> for those of us who watch the show we don't get to see a lot of interaction between you and the coaches. how much do you speak with your coach blake shelton and what kind of advice does he give you behind the scenes? >> i hang out with blake a lot. i think he is amazing and an

amazing person. he's given me a lot of great advice but i think the best time i ever had with him was when he took us to a show in ohio and i was kind of watching him perform that i learned so much from him and watching how he interacted with his fans and everybody and that's what taught me the most. >> vicki, what about you and c lo? what's it like to work with him? >> he's a riot. you never know what you're going to get from him as far as performances go. you never know what he's going to do and that's him, you know, in real life all the time. >> javier, it's been fun to watch the way this show has just blown up. all of you guys have had singles in the itunes top 100 over the run of this show. could you have ever imagined entering this show when you stood in line to wait to get in, that it would have turned into what its become? >> no. you know, you go into something like this and you realize how

the odds are stacked against you. i mean you're one of thousands of people that are trying to get to this point and to be able to have made it this far, to be if the final four with these amazing women that are next to me, is an honor. >> dia, real quick before we go, if not you, who would you like to see win this competition? >> oh, my gosh. i love everybody next to me and beverly. i'd be happy for any of them. they're great people. >> very diplomatic. very diplomatic answer. >> it's so true though. >> it's so true! we love each other. >> we really do. i think we all would say the same. that we really just genuinely love each other and would be happy for whoever wins and i think we've all won at this point to have come this far. >> well, it's been really fun to watch you guys blossom sheer. good luck to all of you. vicki martinez, javier colon and

dia frampton, good luck to you all. tomorrow 9:00, 8:00 central time right here on nbc. "the voice." still ahead, america's messiest home. we'll meet a family who did not clean their house for 17 years. sure, pulling the mold, mildew, and grime from

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back now at 8:45. this morning on "leonard's look," one couple's dream of a perfect life that led to an unsuspected and booming business. here's mike leonard. >> reporter: well, you know what they say about a dirty job. somebody's got to do it. somebody has to stick their nose in. somebody has to make a stand. and that "somebody". >> may as el be you.

>> reporter: by default. after all, in the age of newsworthy twitter feeds, what relevant reporter would opt to follow a southern indiana ael fall that feed way out in the land beyond kardashian where reality shows, it is not an illusion to see present day kids still being kids, still doing chores, still playing games powered only by imagination. say hello to jim and p.j. jonas. the eight jonas children -- >> coulter. brett.. and the family's ever expanding herd of goats. in the interest of time, let's skip the rest of the goat names to focus on something of greater importance. goat milk. first collected for family consumption as a nutritional drink, and then recrafted in 2008 for the general public as a moisturizing skin healing soap. >> i knew that we had a

wonderful product when i put it in the shower, my husband's fingers stopped cracking and splitting. >> reporter: a flourishing home business called goat milk stuff was born. staffed by their home schooled children and housed behind their house in a no-frill structure designed to keep the family structure happily intact. in just two years' time, their reach has expanded from a regional customer base to a national network of home-based distributors to an expanding global internet market. >> we actually are on all seven continents. >> reporter: to keep up with the demand, two non-family employees have been added and a product line bolstered with more soaps and more fragrances for more skin conditions. in addition to lotions, laundry products, insect repellants, lip balms, shaving accessories, and on and on. as university of virginia alums, neither jim with his bachelor's in economics or masters in education where nor p.j. with

her schooling diploma ever envisioned this for a living. >> what do you want to do when you grow up? i want to be a goat soap maker. >> reporter: what they dreamed of instead was some kind of life's work that afforded them the luxury of this kind of life with the children literally under foot to observe and absorb the lessons that come from personal responsibility, cooperative behavior, creative play, and of course, hard work. >> and just kids being kids, are they sometimes oh, i don't want to do this today? >> oh, no, not our kids -- never! yeah, we get a lot of that. but that's -- they're kids and that's part of the learning process, too, is that some things need to be done even when you don't want to do them. >> reporter: an exercise in character building, that some of us wish that we had learned when we were young. for "today," mike leonard, nbc news, charlestown, indiana. >> what was mike exactly doing

there? >> i'm not sure if the goat enjoyed that so much. >> i was thinking the same thing, put the kids to work. my kids aren't working enough. >> have more kids. >> he's making me put together another puzzle! >> faster! faster! >> okay. well coming up next, you guys, we'll have something great to eat. chef curtis stone is here cooking up a tasty plate for the fourth of july bash. yep. with a smile. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

we are back doing a little cooking with curtis. fourth of july is just one week away. curtis stone wants to help you get ready for the big party. this morning it's all about the marinade. curtis, great to see you. we need to congratulate you -- expecting a baby. >> well, i'm not. my girlfriend is. >> congratulations! that's so exciting. the baby's going to eat really, really well. you're making this morning a flank steak. is that right? >> i'm going to start down here. what i'm doing, i'm doing three different types of sliders. because i figure fourth of july, you're going to invite all your friends around and you want to grill out. okay? so the first thing we're going

to do is flank steak which i've got marinated here. i'm going to show you how to make a sauce which is a marinade. i'm going to do that for pork, beef and chicken. >> a flank steak sometimes needs a lot of marination. >> it does. onion, garlic, chili peppers, lemon zest and green tomatoes. this is going to be the barbecue sauce and the marinade. it is a bit of a laundry list of stuff for a good barbecue sauce but all this stuff goes in -- lemon juice. molasses. just pour all this stuff in. >> tomato? ketchup? >> some apple cider vinegar, mustard powder, a little bit of salt. then you just basically stir all this together and let it cook right down. that's it, ann. i like putting you to work. >> what kind of molasses is that, curtis? >> this molasses actually brings all the sweetness into it. you can use corn syrup as well.

it comes out looking like this once you put it in the blender. the flank steak looks just like this. then you give a little drizzle of olive oil on to your barbecue or your grill. you pick up the whole flank and you stick that on. >> wow! look at that. >> what's the rule for flank steak? how long are we cooking that? >> about six minutes on each side so we've got to turn it every couple of minutes. next let's do pork. over here you get your blender out. i'll drop again a bunch of ingredients from cilantro, onions, a little bit of garlic and a little bit of lime zest. that's soy sauce. bit of brown sugar. lemon juice and a little bit of chi chili. stick it in to your blender. you blend it up and it comes out as this beautiful marinade which again is your sauce. that then goes over your pork.

you let that marinate. >> this again overnight? >> you can or you can just give this one a couple of hours. the pork goes straight on your grill. make sure your grill's nice and hot. you can cook this on a grill outdoors. you can use a grill pan if you haven't got a grill. see how that works. that's the sauce. you don't combine all of it with the pork. for the chicken, i've got some yogurt. yogurt's a beautiful marinade for meat actually. cumin, curry, salt, throw that all in with some fresh mint. >> yum! yum! >> you mix all this up. >> i'm salivating! this is amazing. i'm dripping. oh! >> yogurt with a marinade. >> okay. >> it's a beautiful marinade, also a great sauce. it looks just like that, and it comes out like this. what i've made, a coleslaw.

you can see all these different sliders an buns. you basically toast your buns, watch your flank steak comes off, you just want to slice through this and you want it to be nice and pink. i put her to work and she's doing a stand-up job. you slice through that -- >> wow! >> beautiful. curtis, thank you. >> out to your local news.

it is 8:56. good morning. gas prices are actually going down leading up to the fourth of july holiday weekend. the national average for a dollar fell 11 cents over the past two weeks. the average price in the u.s. is

now $3.32. in the bay area, prices are quite a bit higher. in oakland, the gallon of regular runs an average of $3.82 compared to $4.06 a month ago. a year ago, a gallon cost $3.15 in oakland. gas prices are expected to drop up to 10 more cents by the middle of next month. christine is going to have a look at your monday forecast right after the break.

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rain arrives tomorrow afternoon, and then our temperatures climb into the 90s, mar la. more hot weather on the way. >> thank you, christina. we'll be back at 9:26 with another news update. see you then. this here dozens of state parks, historic sites and beaches will start closing. i'm suzanne shaw. from the salty sea in the south to six redwood parks in the north, a quarter of california state parks could be off limits next year. what can we do? take your family. hike, camp, fish. visit them while you still can. there are 70 parks closing. nbc bay area urges you to tell your legislatures you support two bills, sb 580 to preserve

state parks from sale and development and ab 42, allowing parks to be run by public and private partnerships to keep some parks opened. find out how you can help. go online to nbceditorials.com. back now with more of back now with more on this monday morning the 27th day of june 2011, the beginnings of a beautiful summer day here in rockefeller plaza. we have a beautiful summer crowd soaking up the rays with us. i'm ann curryalong with willie geist. matt will be back tomorrow. coming up in this half hour after a cheer, we're going to talk about a trial with no shortage of surprises. >> we're talking about the casey anthony murder trial. over the weekend a mystery recess had everybody talking, and the judge abruptly stopped

the proceedings on saturday. everyone is back in court today. what happened, we'll get a live report. >> and a little bit later on fighting over finances with your family. it's great when the whole family can get together until your cousin or one of your siblings corners you and hits you up for a loan or maybe even worse. according to "money" magazine, it's one of the biggest causes of family friction. >> an important topic, especially given the tenor of our times. a lot of families are facing this. >> that's true. do you guys consider yourself to be neat or a mess around the house? >> it depends. >> neat. >> we have you beat. a family that did not clean the house for more than 17 years. they live in virginia, they're getting much needed help. we're going to show you what happens when the clean house team -- >> probably just after a while it got overwhelming. you didn't know where to start. >> that's right.

we'll talk to her live in the studio. now let's check in on the top stories. >> a new fast moving wildfire has erupted in new mexico forcing residents in the area to evacuate and shutting down the los alamos nuclear facility. all radioactive material from the lab is being safe guarded from the approaching flames. two other nuclear reactors are being threatened by water, the swollen missouri river broke through an inflatable barrier near omaha, nebraska inundating parts of the reactor and containment areas. regulators say the situation is not significantly dangerous. 80 miles down river, waters also rising around the cooper station plant and as three nuclear facilities are threatened today by fire and water, a new investigation from the associated press, the report finds while the u.s. population is booming in areas surrounding

nuclear power plants there, is no standard for evacuations in case of an accident. now to florida, where the casey anthony trial took another unexpected turn this weekend. kerry sanders joins us from orlando, florida. good morning. >> reporter: natalie, on saturday testimony was surprisingly called off and now we know why. there's a question of casey anthony's competency. the george ordered three independent psychological evaluations, all concluded. she is competent to stand trial. so the trial now has resumed after a weekend mystery. before the jury even set foot in the courtroom on saturday morning, defense attorney jose baez and prosecutor jeff ashton were at it again. this time openly sparring over an expert witness's testimony and surprise power point. >> the power point has specific

chloroform amounts or specific items from the trunk. that's just the one i found quickly, sir. >> reporter: accused murderer casey anthony stared emotionless. the defense again broke florida court rules attempting to bring in last minute testimony. the judge mysteriously announced the saturday proceedings were over. this morning the judge explained why. casey's competency was in question. three doctors reviewed her psychological status this weekend and the judge says -- >> court will find that the defendant is competent to continue to proceed. >> reporter: among the last testimony the jury heard came friday from casey's brother who said he was excluded from celebrating caylee's birth. and there was cindy anthony's vivid testimony with pictures showing her granddaughter caylee opening the sliding glass door to the backyard all by herself. and photos of the backyard pool

where the defense argues caylee accidentally drowned. >> how many times have you advised law enforcement that you thought caylee had drowned in the pool? >> reporter: that question went unanswered, the prosecution objected. the jury heard the question, and for the defense, that's what they hope, to plant the seed of reasonable doubt. natalie? >> kerry sanders in orlando for us. thanks. a new study in "the journal of pediatrics" advises parents to turn off the tv if their preschoolers are having problems getting to sleep. sleep problems are more common in toddlers who watch tv after 7:00 p.m. new zealand's wayward penguin has a fighting chance after doctors performed an endoscopy today and removed six pounds of sand and sticks from

its stomach. he was found 2,000 miles from his antarctic food. he had been eating sand, mistaking it for snow. if was a speedy weekend at the box for "cars 2." it took in $68 million at the box office. "bad teacher" second at 31 million and "green lantern" came in third. the duke and duchess of cambridge attended the world famous tennis tournament. they're watching from the royal box. it's 6:00 men thes past the hour, let's turn it over to al roker for the weather. a> we check your weather, show you what's going on for today, we have a risk of strong storms, can you see them firing up already in missouri, indiana. look for some wet weather moving

into the pacific northwest later this afternoon. temperatures well above 100 degrees, east coast looking good with plenty of sunshine, and good monday morning to you. we're looking pretty good today. 57 degrees in livermore and 59 in san jose and 54 in santa cruz. as we head throughout the afternoon, upper 70s, low 80s. and then the rain moves in as we head through the second half of tomorrow. an inch of rain in places like the north bay. after that, a nice dry break on thursday through friday. then the 90s pop back up. poply triple digit weather on saturday. >> this morning on "today's money," financial family pressure. "money" magazine says nearly two-thirds of readers admit to having money problems with their loved ones. how do you overcome those problems and keep the peace? good to see you both.

>> good morning. >> amanda, you polled over 1,500 readers and 30% of them said the family member they had the most financial friction with is their spouse. >> absolutely. the finger pointing went to the husband and wife, your partner, your co-ceo, so to speak. that's not all that surprising. in theory, you are supposed to make all of your financial decisions with this other person. >> so robi, how do you start working on smoothing over this kind of friction or solving it and then working on it? >> i think the key is not to be overly reactive. that's what can happen when there's finger pointing and blaming and to really think about what your intention is. what is the goal for you as a couple to financially get on the same page. then figure out a way to do that. >> we found three questions we think are fairly representative. we want to see how you guys help us with these. first comes from lakewood, colorado -- my husband spends money on toys he never uses, $350 on a ski pass or top of the

line golf clubs he's played with twice. if he used the things he buys, i'd be okay with it, but he doesn't. how can i get him to stop? so some of this is fantasy driven, you say. >> right. right. so sometimes people buy because they want to live a certain kind of life or they're trying to re-invent or recreate themselves, and during that moment when you're buying, it's almost like you're telling yourself, i can be anyone i want to be, i can have whatever i want to have, and there are no restrictions. the problem is, if you're spending on lots of things that you never use? then you're wasting money and the key is you want to stop the impulse so take a moment, ask yourself a couple of questions. will i really use this? do i need this? do i have a space in my life for this? and then if there's some kind of spending addiction, you want to ask -- what's my feeling state? and if you find that you're depressed or you're not going to use it or you have no space for it, they be that sometimes can help you to not buy in that moment. >> amanda, what does a spouse

do? >> exactly as robi said. you really want to rein in that impulse spending without making him feel deprived. so one financial planner -- a couple that i spoke with, a husband and wife who are both financial planners came up with a concept of fun money which fan stands for "for unanswered needs." >> there's no guilt. >> we've got this one about siblings asking for money. "how should i handle frequent requests for sibling for small loans knowing the loan will never be repaid?" i always look at these as loans. figure you're never going to get the money back. >> you're exactly right. any time you do loan money, think of it as a gift. do not loan money that you can not afford to give away. but really oftentimes people will feel compelled to help a sibling in need. if you are going to do it, we would just recommend set ground

rules up front. state exactly how much money you are going to loan and state what your intentions are for further assistance down the road. >> you may not be doing somebody a favor if they -- you might be enabling them. you have to remember in the unconscious, a loan feels like a gift. and some people are better able to make that distinction than others. >> this last one from j.d. in michigan -- all of our children is adults. one is always asking for financial help. others manage on their own. can we take this extra help into account when we divide our estate. >> absolutely, yes! yes. because really, children can fight indefinitely if they feel a parent is giving more money to one person over the other. so it is fair for a parent to say, listen, i'm giving you this money now, and then later i might not have as much for you because there's a limited amount we have to split up. >> robi rudd wiludwig, amanda g thank you. amanda knox back in a

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're all guilty of it once in a while -- dirty dishes left in the sink or a pile of clothes left on the floor. but imagine what would happen if you didn't clean your house for 17 years. that's what one family did, and this is what their house looked like. >> i did try to clean. i was always cleaning. >> i'm 18 years old and i never remember the house being clean. >> raising three girls alone took its toll on me. >> you just gave up. >> it was miserable. >> a new special on the style

network, "clean house, messiest home in the country," lillian evans and her daughters erin and missy say they are a messy reality. they're hear with mickey to help transform this home and this life. welcome to all of you. lillian, i saw you kind of shake your head when you saw those images. people at home are probably wondering, 17 years! how did you let it go that long and get to that point? >> well, it was a process. and a painful one, too. i knew when it was starting and i just -- it's painful to see it even now and it was painful to walk in. >> i'm sure it didn't happen overnight. >> it did not happen overnight and it was not how i used to be or grew up and that was the -- but it was the shutting down

type of mode that i went into. >> missy, you still live in this house. you lived in this house your whole life. what was it like to be in that mess and did you really even realize how bad it had gotten? >> i kind of tuned it out a lot. i got used to it but i was always frustrated with it. >> but i understand it from reading about the story, you didn't necessarily help with the cleaning up either. >> i didn't do my part like i should have. >> erin, you said you had to move out it got so frustrating. >> yeah, i moved out six years ago. >> is it hard to look at those pictures? >> it is. i can't believe -- i can't believe my family ever got to that point. >> why do you think this happened? >> it happened over the years i saw as people left the house when my dad moved out, it got worse and then i moved out and i

saw it get worse. >> vickie, you obviously had your work cut out for you when you and the team got there. first of all, just kind of describe what you found when you came to this home. >> well, i wasn't prepared. i had never been in a home like that. so when i first saw it, it just smelled so bad. it smelled like actually meat that had been left on the counter for days. that's that rancid smell. i thought they just dumped a bunch of garbage in the middle of the home. every single room was nonwalkable. >> what did you do? the good news here is that you helped the family clean up the house. what did you do? >> well, actually lillian and i connected for the first time and i just tried to get to understand what happened to her and why this got to this place. i mean i feel like if one thing's on the floor, you pick it up, you don't let another go on top of it and on top of it. we actually took lillian out of the home a few days, transformed the home. we went and did a resume for her. really taught her that there was

life outside of this home of just debacle. it was just non-functioning at all. >> and the good news is the home is clean now but obviously there are underlying issues. do you feel like you're able to address them or you're on a better path now? >> i had been addressing them for a very long time. i had gone -- i had talked about it, i went for counseling, i said -- this is happening and it didn't -- >> lillian didn't see all this mess. >> oh, i actually did. i actually did. >> now we're showing you the before and after. it is clear as day. just ask the girls in the few seconds we have left, do you think your mom's going to be able to keep the house clean or are you worried it will get back to the old way? >> yeah. it can't change overnight but i've seen some problems with wanting to replace all the things she lost and then -- but she's already returned some things so the shopping has improved already. >> good. well let's leave on a good note.

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there was a car accident at a san jose nursing home. the accident happened at the amber woods gardens nursing home. a 90-year-old woman mixed up the gad pedal and the brake and crashed into the activity room. 88-year-old ester and 100-year-old suzanne were killed in this accident. injured.rs werered. 9:26 now. christina and michael join us after the break.

good morning. we still have fog lingering and the peninsula. south bay, east bay, nice clearing taking place. you're headed to 79 degrees. 75 in san rafael and 71 in santa cruz. big time changes for tomorrow. rain. that's right. rain on the way for the last week of june. 69 degrees. that's it. it's going to be cool and windy.

73 degrees. rain subsides on late wednesday. finally, a little bit of a break and sunshine. 90s this weekend. >> it's crazy. you have a variety of things clearing out. still slow in the south bay. 101 is jammed because an accident at shoreline boulevard. still, we have to recover from the airport all the way up into 85 and 101 meet there. still slowing spots along the peninsula. san may ta ohio bridge shows clearing. >> okay. thank you. for the latest traffic and news updates, check out nbc bay area morning news on facebook. we'll be back at 9:56.

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roommate's murder took the stand. we'll get the latest. we all know we're supposed to dress our age but what about age appropriate hair? from your 30s to your 50s, al roker's very concerned about this. some of the hottest hair trends might not look right at every stage of your life. how to find the right look. >> my hair is age appropriate for a guy about 80. in "today's kitchen," we're doing some indoor grilling for your next summer barbecue, we'll show you quick and easy recipes and you don't need a backyard. a check of the weather for us. >> we'll show you what's looking ahead for the week. we've got rain along the west coast where it is a little cooler. below normal temperatures in the upper mississippi river valley. warm in the rest of the country. by midweek the heat continues into the plains and in the gulf. cooler out west with showers in the pacific northwest.

heats up again in the eastern half of the country. showers in the plains with plenty of sunshine i good morning to you. our neck of the woods is clearing out nicely. we're well on our way to the 70s. 78 in fremont and 79 degrees up in santa rosa and then take about 10 to 15 degrees off from these numbers. that's where we'll end up tomorrow with rain on the way and wind. as we head throughout the remainder of the week, temperatures really staying in the 70s. 77 degrees on thursday and finally climbing back to the 90s on friday and saturday. >> and that's your latest weather. >> well, since you see him here, let's bring in the host of the new nbc show. darren, this is a reality show but it is sort of a "survivor" meets "the bachelor." is it a dating game?

>> it is a dating show. we start ten single men and ten single men into the middle of the costa rican jungle, a bit like romancing the stone. the idea is hopefully they fall in love but even if they don't and can't stand each other, that also makes great television. >> were there any love connections made? >> yeah. we were actually genuinely surprised at the amount of love connections that were made. a lot of them are now on facebook or twitter. i talk to them and they're meeting up in private but they don't want to ruin the show. >> it mimics the actual relationship that kind of tests whether you're meant for each other? >> guys, if you want to test your girlfriend's love for you, throw her into a river full of crocodiles and if she takes a bite for you, she's the one! >> and if things aren't working out, it's no big loss either. >> absolutely! it is a win-win situation there.

>> i understand you came up against some fun stuff while in costa rica. >> yeah. i came head-to-head with a local drug barroon. he had a machete and handgun just in case one of those dangerous items wasn't enough. >> good times in costa rica. >> i just can't deal with the semi-automatic weapons. a machete, i can give a shot. if you're on twitter or -- i'll be loading up videos from behind the scenes and things that are too hot an steamy for nbc prime time. at darren mcmullen. coming up next, switching gears here, convicted american

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♪ feed your fiesta. the appeal hearing for american college student amanda knox is back under way today in italy with the man convicted of killing her roommate taking the stand. nbc's martin fletcher is in perug perugia, italy, this morning with details. martin, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. amanda knox and her family were

hoping for a big break this morning that didn't turn out that way. looking very nervous, more than three years in jail after 23 more to go, amanda knox entered the courtroom today hoping that last week's surprise testimony from a child killer could help set her free. but it didn't. today speaking in knox's appeal for the first time, rudy guede convicted with knox for the roommate of her american roommate provided no help. last week another prisoner mario alessi testified in court guede told him amanda was not present at the time of the killing. light at the end of the tunnel for amanda's family. >> it's huge. it would be the single biggest thing in the case. >> reporter: but today rudy guede said it wasn't true, that he didn't tell alessi anything, that alessi had lied. but why would he lie? da

guede's lawyer put it down today to simple gossip. >> there is many, many, many people that know the mystery of every case. >> reporter: it may not be that simple. two other prison inmates also testified that guede told them amanda knox was not present at the murder, so who's lying? mario alessi or rudy guede. another critical question that could help determine the fate of amanda knox. the biggest question of although is the dna. >> i am assuming that these people are professionals and that they're going to do a good job of relooking at this and we know that amanda's innocent and so we can only hope and assume that it is going to be a good report. >> reporter: amanda was convicted partly on the evidence of her dna on the murder weapon, a knife. but now that dna is being reexamined amid reports there wasn't enough. to be accurate. independent experts examining the critical dna evidence will report to the court in three days. in four weeks the results will be made public.

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this morning on "today's beauty," how to wear your hair at any age. should you go short and sassy or long and layered? here with great looks from your 30s to your 50s, stylist to the stars, louis licari. wimbledon is on today. but i had to do you the honors since hoda and kathie lee are preempted for wimbledon. we talk a lot about wearing appropriate fashions for your age. >> but hair is your number one fashion accessory. if you have your hair right can you wear a t-shirt from the gap and blue jeans and you look a-okay. >> let's get to some of our looks. start off first with amy. 33 years old. this was her look beforehand. she's got lots of hair. >> lots of hair. this is a common thing, left over from her 20s. hair all one length.

old highlights looking a little bit ashy. by the time you're in your 30s are you ready for a little bit of style. >> okay. so what -- how do you style her? >> let's look at amy after. here she is. number one. >> wow. >> we still left her hair long because she's 30. she wants long hair. >> yeah. but layers. >> long layers around the face. that's the biggest trend for women of this age group. another trend just of course, warm up the hair color. >> i love the color. yeah. >> if you notice, this is a warm color, it is borderline red but it is natural looking. it looks like it comes from her head, not like from a bot it will of color. >> it looks like a perfect match for her skin tone. >> notice as it goes toward the ends, it is a little bit belonger. she's ready for anything. your 30s is a very busy time in life. think about it. your career, you're totally into it. most likely -- or often you have

a family and children. >> you want low maintenance. >> low maintenance. this is easy. >> but keeps her youthful still. you look great. nicely done here. thank you. let's take a look at our second lady, we've got jill here. jill is, as you see there, she's got washed out hair color. >> jill has a really -- has a real common problem where when you start to go a little bit gray, that often people think the answer is to go very light. the tip is make your hair golder, warmer and just a little bit lighter than your natural color. this will enhance your skin color. >> look at her today. >> 20 years younger! >> it all work. this is also bobs are great for this period of time. it is not your traditional boring bob. we have piecy ends, movement, and a little edge. swept bang which really works

for a couple of reasons. number one, it looks very fashionable, gives her style. i mean 40! you're young, fabulous, you're 40. and what it does if you start to have any sort of like the slightest wrinkle, it will cover it up. >> how do you know if your hair color is washed out or getting washed out? >> if you have to wear more makeup to make your new hair color work you're using the wrong color. when her hair was very pale, she kept it blonde because she thought you had to go lighter with age, which she had to put on more makeup to make it work. by putting color in your hair -- >> you look great. >> you put color in your complexion. >> jill, you look amazing. let's talk about our third lady, evelyn. she's 55 years old. you kind of let her natural gray grow out. a lot of people do. >> if you choose to, it's great. i would suggest that you shape it up and trim it. but windchill what hair color can do. can we see jill after? here she is.

now this is great. this is, again, we returned jill -- i mean evelyn. i'm so sorry. evelyn not to her natural color. it is a little lighter than it was. but remember, hair color, layers and bangs are your best friend and the biggest trend in -- when you're in your 50s. this gives you fullness but even more important it gives you movement. helmet hair is gone. this is what looks young. this is what looks vital. forget young. you want to look vital, you want to look fresh. movement an layers are the way to go. >> you're glowing. it really gave you a glow as well. >> keep your hair full. >> you end up going short with a lot of people. >> in some cases but obviously with being she has the youngest face. this haircut can be longe you know? you can wear it any length. i'm not so caught up with your hair has to be certain length at a certain age. just as long as it is shaped well around the face. you never want your hair to drag

you down. you know? so the tip here, again, the trend here, i should say, layers, movement, fullness. >> they look wonderful as always. ladies, thank you so much. great job. coming up next, next summer barbecuing indoors. we'll have some easy recipes for you. but first, this is "today" on nbc. [ coach ] in albuquerque, citi pre-approved my mortgage.

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this morning on "today's kitchen," ez asy as 1-2-3. the executive chef of miami sugar cane raw bar and grill. chef, thank you. a lot of folks feel intimidated, they don't is a backyard or

grill. >> all you need is a great grill pan and virtually that's it. >> what are we starting with? >> we're going to do a nice asian style korean barbecued short rib. it is really easy. we have some beautiful thick cut short ribs here. we'll marinate it 24 hours overnight. >> you have to have your butcher cut these special? >> ask them to cut it against the bone. bone adds for a lot of flavor and when you are grilling, it is really nice characteristic. start with the marinade. that's basically onions, ginger, garlic, orange, asian pear an green onion. we put that in a blender with a little bit of soy sauce, some salt, a little bit of asian sesame oil, 57and a little bit sugar. pulse that just like a very simple marinade. >> how long will you keep the meat in that marinade? >> we do it about 24 hours. 36 hours is great, but as short as 12 hours.

in the fridge. ginger and pear, there's enzymes in there and it breaks it down and it makes the meat very, very soft. >> tenderizes the meat. >> exactly. that's what we have here. we've marinated this now for about 24 hours. it's really broken down. have you this really nice extra. the flavor's permeated the meat. it's just lending for a really great terrific summer barbecue. >> smell terrific. how long on each side? >> we do about three minutes on each side. we have some here we've done already. you see the beautiful caramelization there with the soy. to go with that, we like to do mushrooms. i have some beautiful mushrooms here from washington. many different varieties but you can get them at any local high-end grocery store. king oyster, shiitake. i've cut them all up. we like to just build upon flavor upon flavor. we put them in a bowl.

add a little bit of a sauce, basically a little bit of mirren, soy, a little bit of ginger, right on the grill. can't get any easier than that. even at your grocery store now they sell the mushrooms already mixed together. it is just super easy, really fast. the grill pad at home, any night of the week. back here what we're doing is a little bit of chicken. everyone loves chicken on the barbecue. >> hi, natalie! >> we love dark meat at the restaurant. it's a lot of flavor. you have the fats and everything. little salt, pepper, little bit of oil right there on the grill. once again we hit it with more sauce. all about building flavor on flavor and making food taste great. >> i notice you've got an interesting sauce here. >> this is paired with

cauliflower. we have all these different kinds of cauliflower. cook the cauliflower on the grill for four minutes. we made this butter sauce while the cauliflower is grilling. garlic, shallot, fresh herbs, fresh flavor, you can't go wrong. >> thank you for nbc sports coverage of the championships at wimbledon. we are so excited. >> have a great day, everybody. we'll see you back here tomorrow!

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let's check your drive right now with mike. >> temperatures drop ten degrees. that sounds like a roller coaster ride like the commute. 101 north of highway 37, temperatures in the 20s. most of the area is better. it gets congested right there. rest of the south bay is looking nice right now. moving further north to the east bay, sunol southbound 880 still approaching the bridge. 21-minute drive coming out of the altamont pass towards 680 and through sunol. we look at the bay bridge toll plaza, no problems. mild backup and golden gate bridge is just dealing with fog. back to you. >> thank you. check us at nbc bay area morning

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