captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, mercury good morning. mercury rising. the historic heat wave responsible for dozens of deaths across the country entered its second month. four straight weeks of triple-digit temperatures in texas, a record 114 degrees in arkansas and no end in sight. on hold, casey anthony told she does not have to immediately return to orlando to serve probation for check fraud after all. this after the judge who ordered her to come back suddenly steps down. and buried alive, a 17-year-old trapped when the sand tunnel he was making collapses. it took frantic rescuers 30

minutes to find him. that teen's harrowing ordeal in an exclusive live interview today, thursday, august 4, 2011. y thursday, august 4th, y thursday, august 4th, 2007. captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> live from studio1a in rockefeller plaza. and welcome to "today on this thursday morning. i'm ann curry. >> and i'm matt lauer. let's go right to the map, although if you live in the southern half of the united states, you don't need a map to tell you how hot it is. arizona to florida, that's the area trapped in this brutal heat wave. >> excessive heat warnings are in effect for a dozen states as arkansas where wednesday's 114 degrees in little rock smashed that city's all-time high. coming up, al's going to tell us why this summer has been so brutally hot and whether we could see some relief. >> also ahead, remember the georgia mother convicted after

someone else killed her 4-year-old son in a hit-and-run accident? she was found guilty of jaywalking. at her sentencing, the judge said she could take probation or endure a new trial. well, she has now made her decision. she'll reveal it in an exclusive interview. >> very tough choice. also, the intruder breaks into the home of the wealthiest man in sydney, australia and put what he claimed was a collar bomb around the neck of that man's teenage daughter. we'll be live with more on that girl's agonizing ordeal. >> another frightening story, a survivor trapped in the car that would not slow down because he said his cruise control became stuck. a lot of this was caught on tape, ahead, what one officer had to do to stop that car. let us begin on thursday morning with the brutal heat wave gripping a large section of the country. nbc's lee cowen sweating it out in phoenix. lee, good morning to you. good morning, matt. they are pretty used to their

heat in arizona, but even here it's starting to get excessive. arizona is under an excessive heat warning as are other states as the heat wave enters its second deadly month. it's been on the football field where the heat is taking the most obvious toll of late. practicing now before summer in georgia after a teen collapsed on the field and died. >> this is serious stuff. i'm glad the coaches are taking the necessary steps to take care of the safety of the kids. >> reporter: across the country, temperatures have been hovering around triple digits for weeks putting record-breaking strains on the nation's electric power grids. in texas, wichita falls have had 43 days in a row of temps over the century mark. in dallas, 33 straight days. and there's no end in sight. >> it feels like the worst one so far. i've been here 15 years. >> in little rock, arkansas, the high hit 114 degrees, it hasn't been that hot, ever, at least not in the last 132 years of recorded history.

and at this atlanta train station the man was so exhausted from the heat, he fainted right on to the tracks only to be saved by a good samaritan. >> felt like a dizzy spell and my legs got a little jiggly. >> livestock is hurting too. the ranchers are selling them off to soften is blow. >> it's already a $9 billion disaster. crops are dieing on the fields, on the vines. there's nothing growing. >> reporter: no rain, no cool fronts. not an inch of relief. at the phoenix zoo, it's expected to be so hot today, the ostriches who normally thrive on desert temperatures are going to be hosed off again. >> just like humans. you can tell when an animal is dehydrated or suffering the effects of heat exhaustion. >> a wart hog, an orangutan or a working joe, it's time to sweat. yesterday almost 150 different

cities broke their high temperature records. it looks like it may be the same again today. we may get a bit of a cooling trend toward the beginning part of next week, but for the hardest-hit areas it will still be in the triple digit, so there doesn't look like there will be much relief. >> lee cowen, so when will relief be in sight? al roker has details on this. al? >> thanks so much, ann. we have 14 states stretching from texas all of the way to virginia under heat warnings or heat advisories. and when you look at these temperatures for today. the forecast highs. it will be 104 in little rock. 104 in austin. 103 in memphis. flirting with 100 in raleigh. add the heat and the humidity, and it feels like it will -- it will feel like 120 degrees in memphis, 114 in jacksonville. 116 in charleston. we don't see much relief. here's the pattern we've been stuck in. big area of high pressure, upper level ridge, the jet stream way to the north. it's pumping up a lot of

moisture out of the gulf. we don't see a change in this pattern until sunday. the jet stream will move south just a little bit. the ridge kind of retrogrades so that warm, moist air mass strays from the southeast to the northeast. but again, the areas that are worst affect would stay in this heat. matt? >> thank you very much. we'll get the rest of your forecast in just a moment. but right now, the president is imploring congress to return from vacation to end an impasse over funding in federal aviation administration that resulted in thousands of workers not getting paid. nbc's lisa myers is at reagan national airport. she's got the latest on this. lisa, good morning. >> good morning to you, matt. when you cut to the chase, the policy issues at the heart of this stalemate are relatively small. this really seems to be about who is going to give in to whom and tens of thousand of families are paying the price. the shutdown of 240 airport

modernization projects already is affecting real people. luca had to lay off 70 workers in brooklyn. >> looking them in the face and telling it to their families, we can't feed you today. it's a hard feeling. >> reporter: so far, 70,000 construction workers have been laid off. and 4,000 faa employees furloughed. many say the financial impact is immediate. >> the september mortgage won't get paid. >> terry says every expense is scrutinized, even a birthday party. >> 2-year-old daughter birthday is coming up right now. it added a lot of stress -- the questions that come up to me from my wife is do we need to cancel her 2-year-old birthday party. it's embarrassing to me this is the position that congress put me in. joo the president said all of this is hurting a weak economy and urges congress to stop bickering.

>> this is a lose-lose-lose situation that can be solved if congress gets pack in to up to and does its job. >> reporter: but for now, both parties seem more focused on the blame game. democrats accuse republicans of political extortion. >> it's as if someone puts a gun to your head and says give me your money. >> reporter: democrats want to fund the faa through next month. republicans demand that any temporary funding also cuts subsidies for flights to and from 13 rural airports. some in states of powerful democrats. the government has to subsidize tickets to keep service running to many small cities. >> when you can't pass one slight reform of cutting subsidies that are as high as $3,700 per ticket we're in pretty sad shape. >> reporter: earlier this week, the administration pressed senate democrats to give in to the house. they refused. now, the administration is in imploring both sides to end the impasse.

>> this is the thing that really makes the public mad. that congress can't do their job. >> the fact is that house republicans or senate democrats could end this dispute right now and put people back to work. but so far, no one seems willing to give in. marte, the administration emphasizes it does not impact flight operations or safety, but 10,000 workers could be without paychecks for five weeks. >> lisa myers at reagan national airport this morning. thank you very much. nine minutes after the hour. once again, here's ann. >> matt, thanks. president obama does have one reason to celebrate. today is his 50th birthday. chuck todd is at the white house. good morning. >> good morning, ann. starting today assuming he becomes an aarp member, the president can now get discounts at the movies, and restaurants and hotel, but unlike most people who turn 50 the birthday was combined with a lavish campaign fund-raiser in chicago.

>> hello, chicago! >> reporter: it's been a while since the president saw so many friendly faces. >> we know we've still got a lot of work to do on the economy. i hope we can avoid a self-inflicted wound like we saw s last week. >> in front of 1500 friendly dono donors, he turned the attention from the unpopular debt deal to the campaign and the economy. >> we don't have time to pay the partisan games. >> reporter: part business, part 50th birthday celebration, it featured a concert featuring headliners as herbie hancock, okay go and jennifer hudson who sang "happy birthday" to the president. ♪ happy birthday mr. president ♪ happy birthday to you >> reporter: but it's an opening for republican front-runner, mitt romney. in a new internet ad timed to

coincide with the president's birthday festivities, romney said chicago's unemployment had gone up 48% since the president took office. that attack caused the former chief of staff, now chicago mayor to swing back at romney. >> when he was governor, massachusetts was 47th out of 50 in job production. if he forgot that, i'd like to remind him of that. >> romney is taking heat from the right flank, criticism on the relative silence on the debt deal including a stab from sarah palin. >> bless his heart, i have respect for mitt romney, but i do not have respect for what he's done in the debt increase debate. he did this -- he waited until it was a done deal. >> reporter: with nobody coming out ahead, democrats are desperate to move away from the toxic debt debate. >> this is about how we go to the next step, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs. >> later this month the president will take a bus tour to take that message to the

battle ground of the midwest. >> american voters are increasingly hating washington to the extent if he can get out and get away from washington to be seen independent of washington, then it could help him. >> so the celebration continues for the president. there's a rose garden birthday party, but the white house is quick to note it is not being paid for by the government and it is being paid personally by the first family. >> chuck todd this morning, thanks. he joins the ranks of the rest of us who could sign up for aarp. >> i'm a member. i have my card. check the other stories of the morning. tamryn hall is at the desk. good morning to you. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with new numbers this morning that paint a grim economic picture. more americans relying on food stamps today than ever before, with 46 million people receiving government assistance to feed their families. this as july saw the highest number of layoffs in 16 month, the steepest jump since the worst depth of this recession. to put these shocking numbers into context let's check in with

mandy drury at the new york stock exchange. it's heartbreaking when you nied think of all these people needing food stamps. >> it is. the numbers are concerning. as much as 15% of the american population is actually using those food stamps. there's also a big sign that there's lingering damage from the recession and the fear that we're heading back to the recession or a so-called double dip is the biggest factors in the stock market lately. payrolls are expected to show 75,000 jobs were created in july. that would be an encouraging sign and it would help to offset some of those ongoing layoffs. back to you. >> thank you. in the week of a salmonella giant, cargill is recalling 36,000 pounds of ground turkey because of the illness. 76 other people have been sickened across half of this country. but officials say contaminated ground turkey is safe if cooked and handled properly. virginia tech is on alert and is warning students near

dietrich bookstore to stay indoors after seeing a man with a gun. virginia tech saw the shooting massacre back in 2007. the brooklyn man accused of the brutal murder of an 8-year-old boy will be arraigned today. prosecutors say levi aron abducted the boy as he resigned. he is now the fourth member of congress to step down this year in the wake of a sex scandal. the 56-year-old vowed to leave his post once a debt deal was completed. th is boping blug ga, that's juno. the band was there, they were playing for a wedding but decided to give a whale of an encore. he's dancing. i'm fascinated. 7:14. i think he's still dancing from

the zumba party. >> how was that bop again? >> rocking with it. rocking with it. >> go tam. >> "dancing with the stars." there's a lot of lines -- mr. roker, keeping an eye on emily and a lot of other things. >> we absolutely are. let's check it out and show you what's happening. we've got tropical storm emily right now it is moving west-northwest at about 7, 50-mile-per-hourwinds, only 100 miles south-southeast of port-au-prince haiti. a lot of models aredy verging from this. can could move into florida, into the gulf as well. the official path brings it right along the southeastern coast of florida and off to the southeastern coast of the united states through the weekend and off and into the atlantic by the time we get into tuesday but we are going to have to continue to keep an eye on this and we've also got strong weather to talk

about a little later on. heavy risk of strong storms later on in the here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning to you. if you are enjoying this weather we've got more of the same. doesn't even feel like august. 79 degrees in concord. 76 in fremont. 69 degrees in oakland. and 65 in san francisco. pretty thick fog, probably until about 12:00, maybe 2:00 p.m. in the city today. by 7:00 p.m. the 60 degrees as our giants take on the phillies catch that game on our media sponsor comcast sports net bay area. 82 by saturday. that's your latest weather. >> thank you very much. it was ten hours of terror for the daughter of a wealthy australian businessman on wednesday. a masked intruder broke into the home and strapped what he claimed was i collar bomb to the girl's neck. sara, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt.

it was like a scene from a hollywood movie, something you couldn't happen in this luxurious family ho in a fancy neighborhood. meantime the investigation into the first crime of this kind in australia is just beginning. after being rushed to the hospital overnight, 18-year-old madeleine pulver is on the mend according to her shaken father. >> we as parents are extraordinarily proud of maddy, waking up in pretty good spirits, a little tired and sore from holding this device in place for ten hours. >> reporter: ten agonizing hours unable to move while the bomb squad carefully worked to remove what appeared to be an i am proviced explosive device from around the teenager's neck. madeleine's parents held a terrified vigil nearby as did friends and neighbors. in the middle of the night, good news. >> moments ago, we have secured

the release of the young lady. >> reporter: the supposed bomb chained to her neck proved to be a sophisticated fake but police say the crime was real. >> our concern was that there was a letter attached to this device that did make certain demands. we are treating this as a attempted extortion. >> reporter: madeleine's father is a multimillionaire software company executive. his daughter's ordeal began wednesday afternoon sydney time. police say madeleine was home alone studying for final exams when an intruder wearing a ba la claf va placed the device around her neck. >> to me it sounded like a scene out of "saw", a who movie. >> or perhaps television. talk radio in australia abuzz with the uncanny similarities between this case and episode of hawaii 5-0 which aired in

australia. madeleine's friends and classmates say they are grateful she's okay. >> she's probably really comfortable like quality kind of girl you can know, nicest girl, smart, sporty, everything. >> reporter: madeleine's parents said their daughter wanted to thank the officers who remained by herself during the ordeal. >> maddie wanted to thank those few officers who spent many long hours sitting with her showing little regard for their own personal safety. she is incredibly grateful. >> reporter: a sydney strike force is searching for the man behind it. one question sure to be whether heas a stranger or if he knew someone in the family. matt? >> sara james in sydney on this story. thank you very much. it's 19 after the hour. here's ann. >> now to a terrifying ride for a driver in texas caught on

camera. it all started when he said he could not get the cruise control on the suv to disengage. peter good morning. >> the driver in this situation wanted to do was run a simple errand, off to buy a birthday gift for his grandma. when he set his cruise control it locked up on him and he found himself speeding through traffic at 60 miles per hour. >> stuck in cruise control, can't get it off. >> reporter: on the phone with 911 as he says his suv was barreling out of control heading straight towards downtown huntsville, texas. >> dwro want to kill anybody. >> reporter: jeter was driving along the highway when he says he couldn't get his vehicle out of cruise control. >> i went to slow down and hit the brakes and they wouldn't go in or move at all. at some point i realized something is wrong. i tried turning the key and using the gearshift, nothing worked or moved. >> reporter: emergency

dispatchers radioed poce for help answering the call officer rocky carroll wrapping up the afternoon shift. >> i jumped in the car and took off as fast as i can. >> reporter: minutes later the officer reached him in his ford expedition. >> he had his cell phone and waving frantically, never forget that look. >> reporter: this is dash cam video from officer carroll's car. he passes his suv. car roll pulled in front of him trying to stop the suv by hitting his own brakes. >> i got to get him in the front. >> reporter: that first try failed but officer car roll didn't give up. that's his white suv scene from another dash cam. watch as he speeds around the car again using the vehicle to slow the suv down as the two got dangerously close to the city center. >> he hit my car again several

times before -- >> reporter: a grinding halt just feet from the pickup parked at the red light. >> i took off my seat belt and jumped out of the car and i was shaking so bad. i approached him and grabbed my arms and threw my arms around him, thank you so much for saving my life. >> it's over, the ride is over. >> reporter: after 20 miles, the ordeal finally ended just three blocks from downtown huntsville. >> can you believe that it lasted for 20 miles? we reached out to ford motor company about the case and they told us we cannot comment on the matter as we have not had a chance to review the details. we are not aware of any safety issue with this cruise control system. he was trying too go to the store to buy his grandmother a gift. we asked that never happened? the best gift of all was the fact that he was safe. >> i bet, peter. thank you so much peter alexander. what a story. also coming up this morning, dramatic rescue of a 17-year-old trapped for 30 minutes in a sand

tunnel he was digging suddenly caved in. we'll be talking to him this morning exclusively but first this is "today" on nbc. "today" .

he>>just ahead, the judge ordered casey anthony back to florida suddenly stepped down. >> after your local news.

>> good morning. it's 7:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. a spree of thefts is a real drain on a city. police say thieves are stealing storm grates in vallejo. in fact, the city says 20 metal grates have been missing including some that weigh more than 100 pounds. the grates keep people from falling or driving through the open holes which range from three feet to 15 feet deep. plus, the district has to spend thousands just to replace those covers which cost about $300 each. time to check the forecast with christina loren. >> hopefully you're saving money on your pg&e bill.

we have beautiful weather, this august doesn't feel like august so far. this morning we're socked in with fog on the golden gate bridge. watch out for that. temperatures are mild in the upper 50s, low 60s, 61 in sunnyvale on the way to about 68 degrees at noon. then in the heat of the day, 79 degrees in places like los gatos, 79 livermore and 76 degrees in santa rosa. a lot of cloud cover in san francisco, 65 degrees as a result. should see some clearing between 12:00 and 2:00. then mostly sunny conditions. 79 tomorrow. get away friday, let's check that drive right now. already thinking about friday. >> it's looking like friday for much of the commute right now. very light. summer has that odd flow going on at the toll plaza. 880, focusing on this area at the end of the show because of a big rig blocked in lanes. it has cleared. of course if you follow me on twitter on facebook you would know that by now. we have the build-up again after

things cleared through oakland. a nice flow, heading to the pla plaza, we had an half hour break, folks are back heading to the city. >> this is how you can be in the know. for the latest check out nbc bay area morning news on facebook. mike's usually on there and you can find him there. another local update for you in about a half hour.

♪ going like this 7:30. the fourth day of august, 2011. out on the plaza. for some, under a layer of clouds. we'll go out and say hi to these people. the song you're hearing is what people are listening to now, "moves like jagger." those people stick around for another 24 hours, they will be hungry, but they will be treated so great out on the plaza. maroon 5, the grammy-winning

band at 8:30 tomorrow morning here on "today." inside studio 1-a, matt lauer alongside ann curry. the 17-year-old buried alive under six feet of sand when the tunnel he was making at the beach collapsed. rescuers dug frantically, took 30 minutes to find him. coming up, we'll talk to that rescued teen exclusively. we have an update on this difficult choice given to a georgia mother convicted in jaywalking in the hit-and-run death of her 4-year-old son. will she take probation or risk a new trial. the answer is coming up in an exclusive live interview. >> pop star shawn kingston speaks out for the first time about the jet ski accident that nearly took his life. natalie caught up with him in miami. she'll have an interview later on. but first, the report on

casey anthony and her delayed court-ordered return to florida. >> in the pack aback and forth, ruling that case si anthony report here in orlando is put on hold. so for now, she can remain in hiding. there was anticipation that casey anthony would have to resurface and report to an orange county probation officers. that had photographers keeping an eye out for anybody remotely looking like casey anthony keeping her apoint. >> not casey anthony. >> guys, what are you doing in here? >> the argument on whether anthony would have to return to orlando would begin monday when judge strickland said she must serve a year's probation related to the check fraud charges that she was guilty for long before she was tried for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter, caylee. she gave a tearful apology from her friend, amy huizenga from

whom she had stolen checks before going on a shopping spree in target and win dixie. >> but anthony's team objected to the order saying she had served her probation while in jail on the murder chargings. on wednesday after judge strike lanld strikeland removed himself from the case, the chief judge put it on hold till friday. >> we received a call saying casey anthony did not have to report. there would be a stay pending a hearing on friday. >> reporter: wednesday on "today," anthony's lawyer jose baez told matt it would be unsafe to return her to orlando. >> they had to shut down streets for us to leave orlando. i don't think that's something they want to embrace for her to come back. it's a bad situation. this thing is over and done. and for some reason, it's bei

being -- things are coming up fen for no apparent reason. >> a return now would be dangerous. don't be in orlando. give it some time. give it a year or a couple -- but not right now. >> now, the new judge on this probation issue, bell vvin perrs familiar with caseyabout antho. he's aware of her being found not guilty on the murder charges. star jones is a former prosecutor and veteran legal commentator. too many to you. >> good morning, matt. >> stan strickland saying casey, you must come back to orlando, serve out the probation period for the fraud charge. he recuses himself, he steps down. judge belvin steps in. is it natural to think that judge belvin would be carrying on the witnesses of judge strickland or -- >> he's eddie haskell like.

he'll start all of that stuff and bow out, what, me? what did i do? he had to recuse himself obviously. he showed a little biles. >> -- bias. >> some comments. >> in judicial comments during this trial. he should not have done that, calling his ability to be unbiassed in to scrutiny. i think judge perry, you know, looked under every nook and cranny to find out if casey anthony could serve any additional time. this probation issue has just popped up. i think he considered it. he's thorough judge. i don't see her going back in. i doan sn't see her coming back orlando. >> let's be blunt. if we were not faulking about caseyaboutny. >> we would not be talking. >> and we're not talking about someone with the notoriety surrounding her. would anyone else who had served three -- who had been in jail three years waiting trial and acquitted of charges, serious charges, put in the same

position? >> absolutely not. right now, judge strickland, i think, really showed not the best judgment in bringing this back. >> he singled her out. >> he did. this is an opportunity for jose baez and the defense team to say she's not being treated fairly. that's the argument that's going to be made. >> if by chance she's forced to come back, we know there are threats against her. does the state then take up the expense of trying to protect her? it's my understanding that if she has to file for probation, she has to give an address. that address becomes public information. >> the interesting part about florida is that address can be any address and a lot of people give an under the highway address, suggesting you're homeless. i really think casey anthony is put in that position. there are viable threats to her. but at some point, the public is going to have to move on to the next celebrity or infamy.

at some point, we're going to have to say the justice system works. it didn't work the way they may have wanted it to work. but it worked -- >> but the process is over. >> the process is over. the probation -- she was seen by probation while she was in jail awaiting trial. she was visited. think about it -- if there had been an infraction, if you will, they could have violated her probation. >> she got a letter from the department of corrections saying your period of supervision is over. >> at some point, double jeopardy starts to come in to play. and i think there's a viable argument that -- let it go. >> star jones? thank you very much. let's get a check of the weather now from al. all right, tuf so much, mr. lauer. got all of these nice friends hanging out. 30 -- you guys have been married 38 years? >> what's your name? >> mike and this is jan. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> and you never had a fight. >> an honest man. there you go. check your weather and see what's happening.

a risk of strong storms both in the mid mississippi river valley down in the southeast as well. see some tornadoes pop up locally heavy rainfall orco seeg some showers and thunderstorms already firing up from kansas city and wichita back down to central alabama. rainfall amounts anywhere from an inch to almost three inches of rabe in central missouri. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> well, we've got overcast conditions and fog but so thick it's generating a mist or a drizzle. you might have to use your windshield wipers. keep that in mind. probably give yourself extra time if you're waking up near the coast. you have really dense fog this morning. it will probably be out there until about 11:00 a.m. after that, though, the sun will come out. 76 degrees as a result in fremont, comfortable conditions, and we hold on to this comfortable weather throughout the weekend. 82 by saturday. and that's your latest weather. matt?

up next, a 17-year-old buried alive under a mountain of sand. long minutes.effort that save talk about the ordeal in an exclusive live interview after this.

the 17-year-old who's lucky to be alive when he was trapped underground for 30 minutes in newport beach, california. it happened wednesday when the tunnel he was digging collapsed. we'll talk to him in a moment. but first, his story. it's controlled chaos as dozen of beachgoers, life guards and fire and rescue personnel dug seriously to try to find matt mina. the 17-year-old had been digging giant tunnels in the sand at

newport beach afternoon when the sand collapsed, burying him alive. >> everybody take five steps back. >> many wonders if there was any chance he would be found alive. >> everyone was concerned for him. everybody expected a dead body. 15, 20 minutes, they're still digging. >> after 30 minutes of digging, rescuers got to matt. he was alive and the beach erupted in cheers and applause. paramedics took him to a local hospital where he was checked out, sent home lucky to be alive and telling people you have no idea how heavy six feet of sand feels. joined now by 17-year-old matt mena and skip, the man who videotaped the rescue. good morning to both of you. that's as good alace to start as any, matt. what does it feel when the walls of this tunnel collapsed. >> it's scared.

i don't know if anyone could hear me screaming for help. but i guess my cousin did, thankfully. >> were you able to get your hand in front of your face and create some kind of pocket that you could breathe? i mean, how difficult was it to breathe under all of that sand? >> actually, it's like -- i threw my head around trying to make some room because my arms were trapped down on me. so, yeah, pretty much made some wiggle room. a little pocket of air. >> and could you hear the rescue efforts going on above you? did you know people were trying to find you? >> i have no clue. once they're six feet under, you could not hear anything up top. >> skip, you -- >> i'm sorry, matt. >> you didn't see it happen. but you came upon this scene and started to videotape it. just describe what you witnessed and what was going on.

>> good morning. yeah, i'm a parent. i have a 10-year-old son. and i was kind of frantically looking to make sure my kid wasn't the one bury in the sand. a kid died about 20 something years ago out there, a little 7-year-old. and i was pretty scared. and when i found out it wasn't my son, i let the camera roll and i can't believe he lived. we thought they were going to pull up a dead body. and i'm sitting next to -- the next to a walking deadman now. >> so, matt, describe the moment when you could feel the people reaching for you. was it the first thing -- something you felt or heard to let you know they were coming for you? >> i heard people. i was fading in and out. i was unconscious beneath the sand. i was surprised. i was being pulled out. i thought i was going to die. >> and you saw the sun. >> yeah. >> and you saw the sun?

>> yeah. i -- i saw the crowd of people around me. kind of freaked me out. >> matt, i know you'd like to say something to the people who worked so hard to rescue you? >> i wanted to thank everybody in newport, fire rescue, and everybody who helped me. get out alive. >> digging days are over? >> yeah, for now. definitely. >> you're aover? >> yeah for now, definitely. >> you're a lucky young man. you really are. >> and again, we should pass along our praise to the people in fire rescue and the people at the beach who helped and skip, thank you very much for the video. we really appreciate it. >> stay safe, matt. >> yeah, it's a day to celebrate, definitely. >> all right. thanks so much. coming up next we have farrah fawcett's son redmond set to face a judge after his latest

drug arrest. we'll find out about that right after this.

>> we're back now. it's 7:49 with more legal troubles for redmond o'neal, the son of ryan o'neal and the late farrah fawcett was arrested once again on suspicion of dug possession. didi royce is back with details on this. good morning. >> good morning to you, matt. redmond o'neal is scheduled to be arraigned in court later today. it's a place he's quite familiar with. redmond o'neal has a long history of arrests as well as abuse, and he was already on probation when he was allegedly caught with drugs yet again. this is the latest mug shot of redmond o'neal. he is 26 years old, much of his young life marred by stints in rehab and run-ins with the law. the most recent arrest happened tuesday morning. police say the son of ryan o'neal and the late farrah fawcett ran a red light while driving in santa monica.

>> during that traffic stop a search of his vehicle was conducted and narcotics were recovered from within, tar heroin and marijuana. >> reporter: o'neal's struggle with addiction has been a long and public one. redmond o'neal has had a decade of arrests and in and out of rehab and in and out of trouble to beat st can't seemcc1: it. >> people versus redmond james o'neal. >> o'neal was behind bars during the final days of his mother's life as she battled cancer. she w he was temporarily released from jail and allowed to visit her in shackles. it aired on nbc, o'neal was seen with his mom for the last time. >> after spending time in rehab, o'neal moved into a sober living facility in may of last year.

earlier this year, o'neal's father and half-sister tatum boasted about his recovery. >> he's a wonderful boy. >> o'neal has dealt with his against the backdrop of a troubled family. >> the o'neal family has been plagued by problems of addiction. ryan, tatum, redmond. it just goes on and on and on. >> just hours after redmond's arrest on tuesday, ryan's eldest son griffin was treated and released from the hospital after a head-on traffic condition, prompting tatum to tweet, my o'neal brothers are not doing well. we'll take a prayer if you have it in you. while family issues may complicate redmond's recovery, there is hope. >> it doesn't matter how many treatments you've had, sooner or later if you decide to take responsibility for this disease, you can recover. he's only 26, and look how many years of sober life he has left. >> nbc news did reach out to

o'neal's attorney, and he says they're waiting for the charges to be filed. >> didi, thanks very much. just ahead, will she take probation or a new trial? the mother convicted of jay walking. >> she was jayct o jay walking and she'll reveal her decision coming up our broadcast right after your local news.

>> good thursday morning. it's 7:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. this morning the man convicted of kidnapping and raping jaycee dugard now says he's responsible for snatching three other northern california girls as well as dozens of date rapes. phillip garrido insists he is not responsible for the high profile abduction of 9-year-old ma kel legarrette despite his resemblance to the sketch. the district attorney says garrido made the claims in may. for now prosecutors are keeping the details under wraps. >> this morning a vacaville camp leader is behind bars accused of sex with a 14-year-old boy. police arrested katrina herrador

after his parents found messages on his phone. she met the boy at a camp and admitted to having sex with him. herrador worked for the city of vacaville's program called teen extreme. they are investigating whether she may have had inappropriate relationships with other teens at the camp. let's switch gears now. get a look at the forecast with christina loren. >> good morning to you. we're starting out with a little more cloud cover this morning as a result we're going to take a few degrees off of your temperatures from yesterday. 79 in concord. 65 degrees in san francisco. as we head throughout the weekend, not a lot of change. temperatures up to the 80s. 82 on saturday. slightly warmer and then we'll see a building breeze and 83 degrees on sunday. let's check your drive with mike inouye. >> looking nice despite the low clouds no issues regarding

visibility. 880, northbound at whipple. also someone pulled over calling say they might have caused an accident. we'll follow this. no major issues through the castro valley, 18 minutes westbound through livermore and easy flow of traffic through pleasanton and dublin. we had a tough drive yesterday. a look it the bay bridge toll plaza, major change there. a lot lighter again. off of 880 overcrossing and the metering lights orin. >> for the latest check out nbc bay area morning news on facebook. we'll have another local update in about a half hour. [ male announcer ] brace yourself for the big, bold taste of a subway® bbq pulled pork sub. tender, succulent slow-cooked pork with sweet and smoky barbecue sauce, all on freshly baked bread. subway. eat fresh®.

on a thursday 8:00 on this thursday morning, august 4, 2011 as we say hello to the smiling faces outside rockefeller plaza this morning. there's reason to be excited because maroon 5 is going to take the summer concert series stage. we're excited about that. they put on a really good show. i'm ann curry with matt lauer and al roker this morning. i want to mention as a question, what would you do if you were in

this case, a case of a georgia moth who are was convicted after someone else killed her 4-year-old son in a hit-and-run accident? the family happened to be jaywalking at the time. the judge ruled that the mother could take probation or seek a new trial. this morning, racquel nelson is in the studio and she's going to announce her decision. >> got to be a painful decision. be interested in hearing what she could come up with. are you the middle child? >> i'm the oldest. i'm the youngest. middle children get a bad wrap. they're said to be neglected or resentful. there are more advantages of being in the middle than you might think. we'll be talking about that in a couple minutes. >> earlier this year, we heard about a near tragic accident with rapper sean kingston in a personal water vehicle accident. well, now natalie morales is in miami. she's got an exclusive interview

with sean kingston coming up in a little bit. >> by the way, can we take a quick moment -- >> no, no, no -- >> to point out -- >> oh, look, look how can you say no. >> absolutely. >> yes, we can. >> adorable? >> just a little moment for our viewers this morning. >> an even better moment. take a look at the cover girl of "ladies home journal." ann curry on the cover in the same issue that gives you fall clothes that scream confidence. and you are in here. >> it's a nice article by the way. >> that's nice of you guys. that's a really good photographer. he makes me look a lot better than i really look in person. i can't believe they got me into it. anyway. >> thank you. >> and the fold-out is fantastic. we've got tamryn while natalie is on assignment in miami. tamryn? hey, matt, ann, and al, 14 three young people said they saw a man holding a gun at virginia

tech. the school told students and employees to stay indoors. virginia tech was the scene of a shooting massacre back in 2007. the white house is pressuring congress to return from vacation to end the partial faa shutdown which forced the layoffs of 70,000 airport construction workers. it's costing the government $200 million a week in ticket taxes. and a record 46 million americans are now using food stamps, which means 15% of the population now relies on that government assistance program. meantime, a new report says that following government healthy eating guidelines can cost the average person hundreds of dollars each year. an oklahoma city woman claims her uncle is the infamous hijacker of a passenger jet in 1971. 1971. he took $200,000 and parachuted out of that plane. marla cooper said she recalls her uncle planning the heist. the fbi said it was following an incredible lead on a suspect but

would not confirm it came from cooper. police investigating the death of an 11-year-old new hampshire girl have removed a silver pickup truck parked near her the body of 11-year-old selena cass was found in a river monday one week after the girl disappeared. an autopsy was inconclude sif. nfl star bubba smith passed away in his los angeles home. the 6'7" defensive end was the top overall draft pick in 1967 and helped lead the colts to super bowl victory in 1971. he went on to act in police academy films and appeared on "good times" and "charlie's angels." he was 66 years old. the earth may have had two moons 4.5 billion years ago. astronomers write the smaller moon collided with the larger one, the big splat, could explain why our moon is lopsided with one side much rockier than the other.

interesting. now a look at what's trending today. our quick round of what you are talking about online. fans are googling alex rodriguez. major league baseball is investigating a tabloid report that he took part in an illegal poker game or games. meredith vis a top google searc. she talks about good housekeeping magazine. garmin announced you can download the voices of yoda and darth vader to give you driving directions. how could you possibly get lost if you are guided by the force? come on, don't get lost. it is now 8:05. back to matt and ann out on the plaza. isn't that super cool? >> yeah. absolutely. thanks very much. let's get a check of the weather with al. he's out here somewhere in the crowd.

don't attempt, u-turn illegal. friends from joplin, missouri. how are friend there? >> good. >> our prayers and thought are with you as you rebuild. let's check your weather. we'll show you the latest on tropical storm emily, 100 5 miles south-southwest of port-au-prince. bad news because it's going to drop upwards of 20 inches of rain on haiti and that will cause massive flooding. the possible path as we take a look at the path, wow, the force, into the gulf, the national hurricane center official path brings it along shore of florida and off along the southeastern atlantic coast by early next week. we continue to monitor that. that's what's goi good morning to you. well, we are seeing our visibilities really starting to

drop up in the north bay. here in about 2 1/2 miles in santa rosa, san mateo and oakland, watch out for patches of fog this morning. more fog to contend with than this time yesterday as a result of that heavy cloud cover, we'll be cooler today. 64 degrees in san francisco, 76 for fremont and 78 degrees today in san jose. the weekend just around the corners and temperatures stay nice and comfortable through sunday. >> all right, al. thank you very much. coming up, will she take probation or risk trial? the georgia mother convicted in the hit and run death of her ion.ar-old son annoc h decision. we'll hear from her right after this. 4-year-old son announces her decision. we'll hear from her after this. [ female announcer ] nutri-grain -- one good decision... can lead to another. ♪ ♪

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georgia mother convicted after her 4-year-old son was killed by a hit-and-run driver. at her sentencing the judge gave raquel nelson a choice, probation or a new trial? in a moment she'll reveal her decision in an exclusive live interview, but first tamara hall has more on her story. >> there are few things harder for a parent than to overcome the death of a child, but for nelson's son's death has been complicated by the legal battle she's had to fight in the aftermath. >> reporter: raquel nelson was sentenced for the car accident that took her son, a.j.'s life, though she wasn't even in the car. >> found guilty by a jury of all -- >> reporter: a single mother of three, nelson and her family were trying to cross this highway in marietta, georgia, when a.j. was struck and killed by a van. the driver of the vehicle, jerry guy, had been drinking earlier in the day and taking pain medication.

already twice convicted of hit and run, in other cases guy pleaded guilty to the charge. a third time in this one. for a.j.'s death, guy was sentenced to six months in jail and five years of probation. >> the general conviction provides you -- >> reporter: in a surprising move, the d.a. also charged nelson with second-degree vehicular homicide, reckless conduct and jaywalking. she was convicted earlier this summer. the grieving mother was looking at possible 36 months in prison, six times longer than the driver who killed her son. she told her story here on "today." >> i think to come after me so much harder than they did him, it's a slap in the face. >> reporter: nelson's case opened the flood gates to online outrage. over 140,000 people petitioned for leniency in her sentencing. and she got it from the judge, who offered her an unusual choice. six months of probation and community service or a new trial?

>> just the fact that the judge was able to exercise such leniency in the situation, it gave me a hope, you know, that maybe the justice system may not fail. >> since the judge's ruling, nelson has had the last week to make the decision whether or not to proceed with a new trial or accept the sentence. ann? >> thank you so much. raquel nelson is joining us once again exclusively, along with her aunt, loretta williams. raquel's new attorney is also joining us from atlanta. good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> raquel, first -- >> good morning to you, steve. >> tough decision, choosing probation means all of this is over. behind you. choosing a new trial brings a lot of emotional risks and legal risks. what is your decision? >> well, i have decided to go along with the new trial. >> why is that?

>> first, what you said about the emotional risk and the legal risk versus just letting it be over. as i mentioned before, going through thing like this makes you a heck of a lot tougher. by all means, you know, you don't want to wake up in the morning with that hanging over your head. it's bad enough to wake up ever morning knowing you're minus one of your children and you'll never see them again. to have the conviction hanging there also, it's -- that will be, i think, a little more emotional in the long run because it has been right now and that's going to stay forever, along with the fact that he's gone. >> but to make that decision, you have to have some faith that in, in fact the, the justice system treated you last time that it won't again. >> that's a risk i'm willing to take. it's a risk i'm willing to take. just with the -- this whole

process being very lonely up until about the last three weeks when it became much more public, that's helped a tremendous amount. just to have the outpouring of support from, you know, you guys and everyone else in america and across the world. so, that's helped keep me up throughout this whole thing. >> steve, you've now come aboard to defend raquel. will you be doing anything differently in this case than the prior attorney for raquel? >> well, i expect to be doing a lot of things different. first of all, miss nelson is not criminally responsible for what took place. what took place was a tragic accident. and i think that needs to be better explained to the jury. i think the circumstances under which she was crossing the roadway, the safe way she was trying to do it. the fact her child darted out from her. all of that was not made clear

enough. and i don't think it was made known to the jury that the prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that there was a criminal act. it's not enough simply to have been an accident. i think that -- i'm looking forward to hopefully persuade them in that direction. >> loretta, you stood by your niece all throughout this entire process. what are your emotions, hearing her say that she's now going to stand up and fight? >> it's hard to have to see her go through this again. but at the same token, i know she's a strong, young lady and she'll be able to weather through this. and she really needs the opportunity to clear her name totally. and i'm hoping that that's what happens. as a family, we're going to stand behind her decision and hopefully she can get the justice that she's deserved. >> do you see yourself as standing up for yourself alone,

raquel, or are you standing up for other women who are single mothers, other women who are having the -- carrying the burden of raising children using public transportation, all of that? you talked about that in our first interview. >> this is for everyone. this is for, on a more personal level, myself, my children, single mothers, anybody who has to take public transportation. this is for anyone who has ever been in a scary situation like that. >> raquel, i'm sure we'll hear from you again. thanks so much for making the trip again to come see us. >> thank you for having me. >> loretta, pleasure. >> thank you much. >> thank you so much for joining us this morning as well. we look forward to talking to you. >> thank you for having me. >> we're back right after this. nnouncer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver

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we're back now at 8:20. today on "today's family" the secret power of middle children. most people agree your birth order has a major impact on who you are. if you're stuck in the middle, it can present unique challenges and some surprising rewards. >> really unique, our family situation, because -- >> kelly certainly has her hands full. >> i'm one of four children, 4 and under. my middles are actually twins, boy/girl twins that are 28 months. >> she's acutely aware of her children's different personality traits. >> it's crazy at how such a young age you can already see the influence on birth order. >> reporter: she's especially in tune with her middles because of her own experience growing up in the middle. >> i think my personality definitely is influenced by my birth order. >> reporter: 35-year-old kelly has one older sister, kristin, and a younger one, katie. >> we're each other's best friends and each other's therapists.

>> reporter: both sisters agree that kelly's role greatly shapes her personality. >> she knows what she wants and she goes after it, but she's also extremely nurturing and loving. >> she's really a product of being the middle child. >> reporter: for kelly, it's sometimes confusing. >> the beginning and end is always the best part. the middle is just lost somewhere in between. >> reporter: and it can be challenging. >> there was a certain amount of feeling like you had something to prove or you needed to set yourself apart from just being like your sister. >> reporter: but in the end, it's a role kelly's grateful for. >> i love being in the middle. i think it's the best of both worlds. i have my older sister to look up to and i follow her lead and then i have my younger sister that i could be a nurturer to. i'm hoping my kids will have that same feeling. >> katherine and katrin are authors of "the secret power of middle children." good morning. where were you? >> i'm the baby. >> second born. >> okay.

stereotype is that these middle children, they feel left out. they weren't special because they're not the oldest, they're not special because they weren't the youngest. how does it impact their lives, generally speaking? >> there are a variety of different ways in which it impacts their lives. obviously, it does in the sense that other people perceive them, based on stereotypes that other people hold about birth order. so, for example, people often think of middle children as envious, resentless and not having a positive outlook on life. one thing we wanted to highlight with the book, this isn't the case. even though middle borns -- may be neglected and overlooked because they are middle children and they don't have that unique role, they turn out to be bold, adventurous, positive people. >> there's also -- you flip a coin on its side and you look at something in an interesting way. we talk about self-esteem. perhaps, they don't have the same level of self-esteem as an older or younger child but you don't necessarily think that's a

bad thing. >> well, that's quite right. self-esteem really has to be earned to be worth something. and there are a lot of people who have great self-esteem but really it's an ego issue. it's not that they necessarily deserve to feel that confident. with middle children, they tend to -- as they mature and they their re successes incc1: lives, their confidence and self-esteem is -- >> it's more realistic. let me give you a couple of traits and characteristics and you tell me how middles do with these. conflict, dealing with conflict. how do middles deal with that? >> they deal with it in two different ways.cc ways is very positive. they don't like a lot of conflict so they develop really good peace-making skills and negotiating skills which they use to get along better with people and help people resolve their conflicts. the downside is because they don't like too much conflict, sometimes they let things slide and they can get resentful. >> how about leadership, are middle children good in leadership roles? >> it's surprising how many middles are great leaders. we can talk about 52% of

presidents actually are middle children. it's erroneously thought most presidents are first-borns. that's not correct. bill gates is a middle child. he's a forward-thinker, trail blazer so middles have that capacity to be leaders. >> people like the dali lambmy, nelson mandela, princess diana, philanthropy, carrying for others, a big trait? >> very big trait. many middle borns score high in things we call ul truism, carrying for others, really good friendship specialists so they are highly invested in the welfare of others and because they themselves may are perceived the sleights and disadvantage they might are had with other children, competition with siblings. they care about the disadvantages they see other people having. >> 20 second left. one piece of advice you could give to the parent of a middle child, what would you give that parnlt? >> i would say don't overthink

and stress too much about the attention issue because middle children really end up very independent, being able to think outside the box and think on their own two feet. so, you can mellow out about that relax a little bit, right? >> thank you very much. appreciate it. we're back right after your ca hendr. her. good morning everyone. 8:26 right now. i'm i'm laura garcia-cannon. caltrans says the tunnel along highway 1 will now open in late 2012. the project to build twin 42-00 foot tunnels started five years ago. it was only supposed to take a few months. but there were a number of construction delays. as a result, the $314 million project will cost more and those costs will eventually be passed along to taxpayers.

a san mateo assembly man plans to investigate. 8:26 right now. weather and traffic after this. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] because you never stop improving your recipe... we never stop improving ours. we've added a touch of philly cream cheese to kraft natural shredded cheese, which adds a touch of creamy to any dish. kraft touch of philly shredded cheese. we're not just making great cheese. we're taking it further.

♪ garcia-cannon. good morning to you. well, we have some really thick fog this morning. we're down to about 2.5 miles visibility up in santa rosa. mostly confined to the coast, but we do have that marine push way inland from livermore to san jose. the sun will come out and warm up to about 74 degrees in san jose later today. 65 in san francisco and 75 in

napa. staying nice and mild for the weekend. check the drive right now. >> south bait northbound direction, a nice drive heading mateo with no slowing there. it's 8:30. we typically see slowing -- 8:29 technically. nicely, as well. your volume past the coliseum. the metering lights still on. >> for the latest traffic and updates check out nbc morning news on facebook. i'll have another update for you in half an hr. have a great morning.cc1: ccha1:: :

we're back now, 8:30 on a thursday morning, the 4th day of 2011.t, cc1: right now you folks at home and the crowd on the plaza, in the background listening to the music of maroon 5. hit "wake up theircc1: call." as you wake up with us tomorrowc orning, friday, here on1:

"today," you'll get to see maroon 5 live on the plaza in our 8:30 half hour. part of our summer concert series. while we're on the subject of music, country fans, next friday zac brown band performs live on our plaza. show as cc1:e a good well. so f you're in the area, come on down. out on the plaza this morning, i'm matt lauer along with ann curry, al roker and tamron hall. natalie is on assign mamenassig. she caught up with shaun king stone. >> the dramatic details of the accident he endured and she was there when, for the first time, he met the man credited with saving his life. so, natalie's interview is coming up from miami in a little bit. plus on a lighter note, even it feels like 1: i feel fall 1: --cc in the air but it's not -- >> compared to texas. >> yes, compared to texas.

but it's not too late wherever you are to take an exotic cruise. we'll reveal some deals you can take advantage of. a break before the kids go back to school or you get back into your usual routine. it felt like fall. >> wouldn't that be great? one thing that will get everybody in a great mood, the incredible tenor of andrea bocelli will be here just before he gives a free concert in central park. >> that's going to be huge. >> i was there when pavarotti concert.t free cc1: it's probably going to rival that. >> in the middle of september. one we'll put on the calendars right now. ooet he's going to perform for us. meanwhile, we have a check of the weather. >> we do. would you help me with it? no. let's see what's happening today risk of strong storms through the gulf coast and up into the mid-mississippi river valley.cc1: >> brr, 109 in texas. >> 72 where we're standing. >> then for tomorrow, slight through thecc1: gulf

coast, the southeast. also up through the central plains we're looking at a slight risk of strong storms. beautiful weather in the no good morning to you. taking a live look over san francisco. what you can make out here. we are starting to notice the clouds clearing a little bit. but we'll probably see mostly cloudy conditions till about 12:00 is, maybe 2:00 p.m.cc1: after that, our temperatures warm up very, very nicely. we're looking towards a gorgeous day. 78 degrees inland and san jose versus 65 in san francisco. 70 degrees in santa cruz. through the next few days, temperatures don't fluctuate that much. they'll come up to 82 degrees on saturday, just 83 on sunday. snowman! what's going on? >> we have the challenge this weekend to fight cancer research at dana farber cancer institute. >> thanks for coming down. let's head back over to ann. no, no, i'm sorry, let's go to willie.: hello, uncle willie?

remember the simple things as a kid, running through the sprinkler in your underwear and catching lightning bugs? happy birthday, how sweet it is. if you'll take a look, you'll birthday it is.1: guess what. its frances katz, melville, new york, 105 years old. accomplished violinist. loved by her friends. ecret to longevity is having a: positive outlook. almost everybody says that so maybe we ought to all try that. burlingame, g of cc1:cc1: california. 100 years old. proud world war ii veteran. riwriting in his books with ka gig rafy. he can write with both hands an: both feet. i've never seen that. good for him. and helen skinner. happy birthday to you. of st. john's, michigan, 105 cc:

years old. enjoys playing bridge. bakes the most delicious buys and cookies. i love both, at the same time. good old john koczy of lake wisconsin, 100 years old. proudly served in world war ii and was a prison of war. bless his heart. and he's very fluent in three different languages. hazel, remember that show? that was a good show. nbc, years ago. hazel wilson, piketon, ohio, 102 years old. loves tole travel and socializing. have you to do that if you travel, you know that. and rashie kennedy of beautiful beulaville, north carolina. 100 years old today. humble baptist minister for 70 years. i love the baptism, good people, good people. you ought to study up on them.

a lot of things you'd learn. that's all. back to you. >> willard, we love you. thanks so much. coming up next, pop star shaun kingston talks about his near-death accident in an exclusive interview with natalie. first, this is "today" on nbc.

♪ somebody call 911 shorty fire burning on the dance floor ♪ >> we're back at 8:38 with shawn kingston's road to recovery. he suffered serious injuries in may when he crashed his jet ski to a bridge in miami. natalie morales caught up with kingston at his home. she's down in miami with details on that. natalie, good morning. >> good morning to you, matt. it was not far from here where shawn kingston had that near fatal jet ski crash. he's feeling good now. he looks good now. he's lost nearly 70 pound. but ultimately, it's what he could have lost that's helped

him gain a new perspective. ♪ beautiful girls >> reporter: with hits like "beautiful girls" and "fire burning," shawn kingston had been riding high. >> right now, i'm on my myspace. >> reporter: his charmed career discovered on ascc1: myspace at the annual of ge of . the concert on the "today" show in 2007 was the debut. but it all came crashing to an end. it was memorial day, shawn moved into his house and was having a party when hed decided to go fo a care-free ride. he decided to go on hi jet ski like this one outside of his home. >> we weren't riding earlier. we took a break and wanted to go back out again. >> shawn hit the waves with a female friend. he says he was going about 40 miles per hour when he approached a bridge. >> i tried to go under it. when i found out that the tide

got high and i couldn't make it, i tried to hit the brakes and it was too late. >> that's when tragedy struck. shawn's jet ski slammed into the bridge, catapulting he and hi passenger in to the water. >> do you remember that moment of impact. >> i hit the bridge, i was out. dcc1: >> unconscious. >> reporter: many people helped save his life from the moment of impact. >> my face was in the water. it crushed my lungs. i was getting in so much water. >> you could tell something was not right. >> reporter: jonathan rivera, an offduty coast guard officer who happened to be on his own boat heard the cries for help. >> just put the boat in neutral, hopped off, and got his head above water. >> what's up? doing? 1:e >> glad to see you. >> glad to see you too. >> reporter: shawn met his lifesaver for the first time wednesday. >> thank you, man. >> no problem. >> love you, man. >> love you too. >> shawn's friend wasn't badly hurt, but he was in critical condition in the icu.

and after 11 days, he seem s se be turning the corner. he was off the ventilator and was about to go home when he felt a stabbing pain in the chest. >> the doctors came in and they: did some other tests find that : it was like a blood around the heart and a torn aorta. >> in fact, did you know that you code? they had to bring in the paddles back?et your heart cc1: >> a team of surgeons performed emergency open heart surgery to repair his torn aorta and release the fluid in his heart. your doctor said when it comes to that kind of a tear to the aorta and all of that trauma to the heart, 90% of people don't make it. >> a lot of -- for the most part, i visit my surgeon, he yo, you had a guardian angel that day. >> reporter: overcoming the odds yet again, shawn was released

from the hospital a month after the accident. and although every day shawn works on his rehabilitation, he's ready to make new music. he took to the stage recredibility lip at a nicky minogue/britney spears concert. and this past weekend, shawn a ridecc1: in his rolls royce with justin beiber. >> we took the ride out to ocean drive. >> in your rolls royce. >> he dropped the top and i thought it was a bad idea. i thought, okay, you can barely see over the steering wheel. no, he can -- he's -- >> oh, he's not going to like that. >> he's gotten taller. but first of all, you look very young driving this big car. you know? people ch you know, justin bieber, a phenomenal -- >> and you're shawn kingston. >> i'm going to cause so much attention on these little

streets, there's always traffic. there's pandemonium. it was. >> the police had to escort them through the shocked fans, a mere memory after his experience. now out on a doctor mandated walk, he knows it was more than luck that helped to save his life it's not far from here where you had your accident. how does it feel to stay alive? >> it's a blessing. god is great. i'm blessed to overcome the tragic situation. for me to be here, it's only god's word. ♪ she don't know >> it happened and you nearly died twice. why do you think you lived? >> i think my work is not done. i think it feels like, you know, i need more time here. >> fans will be glad to know that work he's planning to get back to. he's getting fook tback to the

next week and he hopes to have a full concert soon. he'll have the first concert right there on the plaza at the "today" show, matt? >> good booking. way to go, natalie. terrific. >> yeah. yeah. >> thank you very much. up next, last-minute summer cruises for less than $100 a night. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

♪ won't you let me take you >> back at 8:46 this thursday morning. the best deals. the national association more than 14 million passengers took to the open seas last year alone. the featured edit director for "travel & leisure" is here to give us some bargains that you want to take advantage of. you say right now is a good time. why? >> it's an amazing time. we're seeing unprecedented deals when it comes to cruises, whether it's affordable cruiselines or luxury

cruiselines, never seen prices that are this low. >> for families, there are some deals in which the children get bookings for free? >> not only do they get to travel for free, for example, on msc cruises, seven-day cruise that leaves from new england goes all the way to canada, they get all of their entertainment for free as well. they're doing mini olympics, treasure hunts, whether you're going to go on shor excursions and they're being taken care of freer free baby sitting, and the parents are paying $86 a night. >> all of the great foliage. >> five, six kids? >> no limit. >> if you're not bringing the kids, you might want to consider going to the mediterranean, which sounds expensive. >> a lot of people this summer felt like between the air fares and the cost, they couldn't make it to the mediterranean, a great alternative is taking a cruise. i love this deal. seven days, crossing the mediterranean for $71 a day. now, these are some of the best

places in the mediterranean. you start in venice, croatia, slovenia, up and coming. you scoot down to sicily, to naples, have some pizza, land in rome. again, $71 a day. >> you make that sound so good. >> how could you -- how could you not. >> but to have that opportunity, do you have to like book three months in advance or something? >> these are trips that are available now for the fall. >> really? you can book them today. you get them in a couple of weeks. >> in a month. >> in a month? >> no, you want them to be good for september 4, i have something in alaska. alaska is super popular. all of the natural beauty is something you can't see unless you're on a cruise ship. why not take a week-long alaska cruise for $86 a day. you'll see glalsie glaciers, ic whales, and bald eagles. your meals are included. once you get on the ship, there's not a lot of money you have to spend. >> lots of cruiselines.

how do we pick them? >> the key is reading "travel & leisure." the first step. >> shameless self-promotion. >> you can't lose. if you go on any cruiseline website, you're going to find great deals. now, the queen mary ii, when it was built in 2004 cost $1 billion to build. this is -- at the time it was the largest ship sailing. and the queen mary ii is beautiful. it's the old-fashioned luxury. you have a steward for your state room. you have 24-hour complimentary in-room meals. really, the kind of pampering that you kind of expect on the queen mary, $99 a day. >> one more thing, i think. the deal that's crazy. this is basically a 12-day caribbean cruise that normally would cost $9,000 per person, but has reduced to $3,000 per person. obviously a lot of people. but what do you get for that kind of money? >> when you break it down. cruiseline that "travel &

leisure" has voted 16 years as the number one cruise line in the world discounted to the 16-day cruise to the caribbean. you get all of the acome daguk m acommendations, food, entertainment. you get money to use at the spa, to the boutiques, you do the math, $250 a day and $500 credit. it's unbelievable deal. you'll be in aruba, riding horses, you'll be in the caym cayman's playing with stingrays. >> thank you. >> coming up next, a live performance from italian tenor anew♪arefreghway, let lip aw♪

andre bocelli has the world record of holding the one, two, and three spots on classical album charts all at the same time. he's hoping to fit new records with a free concert in central park in september. he'll perform selections from his latest album, "incanto" along with the philharmonic. good morning. this is a big deal, this concert, tell me about it. >> yes, of course, it was -- it was -- i can say that it feels a dream of my father. my father had two dreams for me. to sing in america and especially to sing in new york. so, for me it's important also

for this. >> it's free but people need tickets. how do they get the tickets? >> yes, they have to -- to go on the website. the website is www.bocellicentralpark.com. >> they're going to love it. going to signing for us now. ladies and gentlemen, andrea bocelli. [ singing in foreign language ] ♪

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15. thank you very much. we're back. but first, your local news and weather. good morning to you. it's 8:56 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. first a warning and now a massive recall. a salmonella outbreak is prompting the recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey.

the tainted meat came from the cargill plant in arkansas linked to one death in sacramento and 76 illnesses nationwide, including one person in san francisco county. while inspectors do have the source of the outbreak, they say they still don't have enough information to tallpefic brands. we're going to take a quick break. we'll be right back with a look at the forecast.

good morning to you. we still have a lot of fog hanging out over the city of san francisco. oakland, as well. but we do have some light at the end of this very cloudy sky. the sun's breaking through. already noticing that in the south bay and east bay. it's going to take awhile longer in san francisco, possibly between 12:00 and 2:00 before you see the sunshine through. mostly sunny later on today. 78 in san jose and 79 degrees in

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back now with more of "today" on thursday morning, fourth day of august, 2011. for the first time in a long time, we is say it's a cool, moderate day here in the northeast. we're in the mid 70s now going up to 82, which is really niles now. whilere enjoying the more moderate weather, we cannot say the same for a lot of people in the southern half of the country, arizona all the way over to florida. record heat wave in texas. we've had four weeks straight of temperatures over 100. and it's not showing signs of letting up any time soon.

>> not really. at least to the beginning of next week. temperatures in the triple digits, 114 in little rock. >> and a lot of times we complain about the heat. but there's nothing to take lightly about this. deaths related to this heat wave. that's right. so more coming up on that in a little while. >> on a lighter note. we can all get ready to sing happy birthday to our president. president obama turning the big 5-0. looking pretty good for his age. applause from our crowd. >> what does that mean? we're all older than 50. >> coming up next, is 50 the new 40? i feel 60 is the new 40. for today's professionals are back to talk about that and other hot topics like a new study defines that women are getting more plastic surgery after giving birth. >> okay. all right. >> why some women are embarrassed to admit their shoe size we're going to be taking this on. this is --

>> this goes all over the place. >> star jones, donny deutsch, and nancy schneiderman taking on a different group of topics. >> also this morning, we're talking about the gift cards. you get the gift cards and you get them from a place you don't want to spend them or you don't know if you can use them? you can swap them out or cash them in. tell you about it coming up. >> okay. tamryn hall is standing by at the newsdesk. while natalie is on assignment. good morning. good morning, everyone. another day of searing heat today in much of the united states. 14 states from arizona to florida. it will feel like triple digits with the heat index in some places up to 120 degrees, parts of texas will have triple digit temperatures every day for more than a month. president obama wants congress to settle a funding dispute that's partially shut down the faa for almost two weeks now. the dispute has halted paychecks for 4,000 federal employees and tens of thousands of private workers. republicans, and democrats blame each other.

an important food recall, one of the biggest, in fact, ever. meat giant cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey that the government said is linked to a salmonella outbreak that's killed one person and sickened more than 70 others. the company said it's suspending production in the plant in springdale, arkansas. an order for casey anthony to report a florida probation office is on hold this morning. hearing on her probation is set for tomorrow. she will not have to be there for it. >> the muscular dystrophy association said jerry lewis is no longer the chairman and will not appear in the national telethon. earlier he said it would be the last. the mda said while it's grateful for lewis, he will not be part of the telethon it hosted for 45 years. moments in newport beach, california when the teenager was

buried when six feet of sand he was digging tunnels out collapsed. today he thanked the rescuers and said the digging days are over for now. quite a shock this week for visitors at a connecticut aquarium. and for a deer that -- a deer that jumped into the seal tank. that's a deer. the zoo employees tried to corral the deer with a net. they put a ramp into the water. the deer made it out and ran off to safety. it is four minutes past the hour. there he is right there. now to al with a check of the weather. hey, al, quite a sight. >> deer park, yeah. thank you so much. let's check out your weather and show you what's happening. days over 100, wichita, 38, 50 in austin, 40 in dallas, 68 in san angelo. 44 days of 100-plus readings in austin, in mid lanld, texas.

new orleans, all the way back up to raleigh, tulsa. we've got heat watches, warnings, and advisories in effect. afternoon temperatures well over 100 to austin. almost to raleigh, north carolina. and we're looking for when you put that humidity in, the heat index, it will feel like 120 degrees in memphis. 105 in austin. 106 in raleigh. and the jet stream is not changing much. we're going to see the heat continuing, warm, moist air pumping up. we don't look until sunday when we see a change in the jet stream. and unfortunately for our friends in texas, oklahoma, arkansas, and mississippi, they're going to stay in boy, it almost makes you feel guilty. we've had such nice weather. that continues into the weekend. a live look at the san mateo bridge this morning. you can see all the way across span. dense patchy fog this morning. mostly towards the coast. 65 degrees later on today. cooler than it was yesterday in

san francisco. 76 in fremont and 78 degrees in san jose. temperatures stay nice and comfortable as we head through the weekend. low 80s. really nice weekend on tap. time now for "today's consumers." gift cards, you've given them or gotten them. 90% of gift cards go unused. how do you get the most bang for your buck? the author of "the real cost of living." carmen, good to see you. >> good morning. >> a lot of people put these in a drawer, put them somewhere in a closet. then they don't use them. that's a huge mistake. >> guilty -- once -- once guilty. you go to the drawers and you see the cards that you get from birthdays, the holidays, you're not using them because you're like, i don't like this retailer, i don't shop there. it's too small. it's cash -- that's cash in your drawer that you can use and you can use to save money on so many different things. >> basically, when we're talking about it, talking about cards

from retailers, two different kinds of cards, correct? >> exactly. a couple of different cards. not the gift cards that you get from credit card companies. those are like cash. you can use it. the market for gift card swapping, selling, buying, all of that is about merchants and vendors and retailers, the restaurants, where you buy clothes, all of that. >> a couple of options, strategies. if it's a car you don't like that retailer, you don't go there. you could sell the card. >> you could, especially if you need the cash. turn them in to cash. now, of course, you're not going to get the full face value. because the middleman is going to make a little money on this. go to a comparison shopping site, giftcardadvocate.org. you can see the going rate. you have a $100 card, you can get at least $75 to $90 in cash back for that card. >> from that -- >> and turn it in to cash. >> exactly. you're selling it on the open mark. list it on ebay.

you'll pay, of course, to list it. you never get the full amount. it will be cash. >> swap the cards? >> you can swap the cards. a big market for this. a half a dozen sites you can go and exchange the card. you don't like the retailer, you don't shop there. you look to back-to-school shopping, you can go there and swap it. here's the thing, when you swap for another card, you don't lose as much money. you're closer to getting $85, $90 on another card. >> a strategy i find interesting -- again, i'm guilty of doing this, buying the card for yourself. >> isn't it great? you cannot call yourself an extreme couponer if you don't do this -- buying gift cards at a discount. you're taking a flight. american airlines, for example, what's the going rate for an american airlines card? 9% off. that's good savings if you're talking about a couple hundred bucks. for example, taking kids to the movies, we talked about this. expensive it is taking the movie. you're buying the gift card and

additional gift card that you can use the gift card to make your purchase. >> savings on top of savi >> the retailer probably -- the small discount. >> big target shopper. only 3% discount. not enough for me. if you're going to the movies, theater, kohl's, all of the other retailers, that's 10% off. that could add up. >> new rules about that. >> the card act that went into effect in august 2010, do not buy your swap gift cards that were issued before august of 2010. with the new rule, cards must retain the value for five years. they have no fees at all for the first year. those are the cards you want. cards older than that, they lose value and they don't make financial sense. >> make sure it has free shipping as well. >> free shipping too. >> thanks. great advice. still ahead, today's professionals take on the biggest stories and surveys that you are talking about. and later, how can one small change makek? huge di we'll haff yooo lvek? we'll have the details. but first, these messages.

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professionals." star jones, donny deutsch, the chairman of a multibillion dollar advertising agency. and nancy schneiderman is here as the chief editor. >> try not to screw this up here. don't screw it up. >> i know things about you. they will come out in the segment. >> let's start off with casey anthony. i call it the mess that won't go away. it surfaced at this point, she was supposed to return to florida. she's not. the judge has recused himself. what do you make of this? >> it is a philadelphia you know what. a combination of media hits law hits pop culture. at some point, the public is going to have to move on. and they're slow ily turning people to casey anthony sympathizers. >> she's not being treated fairly. >> at this point, legally, she'

ser s served her time. she was found not guilty. the public has to move on. the court coming back with an extra probation, it was a little bit of a monkey wrench. >> you're not sick of this story? >> not about me being sick -- this is not a legal story, this is an immediamedia story. it's the debt ceiling. six months from now, the public will be more interested when casey anthony has a boyfriend, pregnant, or shopping versus 20% unemployment. we're talking about today. the media has a way -- this is a five-year story. i'm not saying i want to listen to it. what's on the front page? casey anthony pregnant or 17% unemployment. media story that would not die. it start in the summer. >> i was about to say -- >> the first -- >> well, she's a sociopath. >> our psychology we want to -- donny says it's the media. but listen -- e-mails, facebook,

everybody is still talking about it. what's in our head here? >> we can't quite get it. there are a lot of people believe that the jury did not get this right. this is a woman with no support system. the attorneys will move on and try to make some kind of star position for themselves. she gets left in the dust. unmarried, sociopath. not great coping skills. family that said no to her. friends who probably aren't going to be good for her. >> the next disaster in her life is around the corner. >> let's move on to something lighter. ♪ happy birthday mr. president he's 50. you're over 50, i thought you were 26. but you're not. do men have the same feeling about age? the president made a joke last night about aarp? >> first thing about the president, it's a good thing. he needs a little gray hair. there's been a little shock to him. the testosterone, it's a good thing. and the man -- i loved turning 50? >> why. >> i feel great about my life.

i was in great shape. there's a lot in front of me. you carry gravitas with you. women -- people i talk to, when do you want to use 50 as the new 30 -- we as the society, at 50 you can be doing anything. i love 50 better than 40 or 20 or 30 because -- >> much better than 30. for women, you get a voice. you're not afraid of what people think of you. you establish certain things in your life. you're very -- you understand that the runway going forward may not be as long for some projects. it's a very comfortable place to be. >> but that sounds nice your body doesn't move like it used to. >> my body moves better. >> really, what are you taking? >> for the majority of my adult life, remember, i was obese and unhealthy. then for me, it's the best i've ever felt. the best health i've been in, the best i've ever looked. i am happy. i turn 50 in march. i can't wait. if this is what 50 feels and

looks like, i could sign me up and sign everybody else up. >> donny, you're the marketing guru here, there's the "just for men" ad and he's going in and getting a job and competing against a younger guy. he dyes his hair to look more virile. >> really -- a guy who ran a company, hired thousands of people. i'm not hiring based on the color of their hair. it's on what's in their eyes. that's what you need to do to look and feel young. it's not the answer. >> looking at pictures 20, 30 years ago. 50-year-olds didn't look like this. >> we're the generation that thinks death is perhaps a possibility -- negotiating skill here. but you go, huh, well maybe i can't negotiate myself out of the departure. so i want to make the best of the next 50 yearlings. i think we're looking at living to be 100. >> amen. >> then -- >> let someone put my lashes on for me when i'm 90 years old.

>> i hope i can wear high heels. >> the divorce law. so disturbing. a pennsylvania man has this blo and he's gone on a tear against his ex-wife. i won't say the name of the blog. >> he said vile things. >> the judge said this needs to go down. they've got children involve in this. >> personal stuff on the internet. >> they're saying he should be forced to take it down. >> it is free speech, unless the judge issues a gag order which they could do in the best interest of children. courts do that in custody cases all the time. but the court has not issued a gag order yet. in essence, he can say what he wants to but it may cost him more in terms of the custody of his children. >> i don't see how you can't make this a free speech issue. he can say all of the vile things he wants to. never hate your exmore than you love your children. the collateral damage here for

his kids are so great. if he thinks they're not listening to it. the neighbors are reading it, the kids are talking about it. this is a stupid parental move. >> do guys do this morning? i'm more around women than men -- >> this is just a jerky guy. and nancy's point -- when you get divorced, i got a divorce. it's about the children. shame on you, no different than if he's staying it to his kids. what happens is, in thank you zi -- studies, the one that goes after the pous spouse is the ont loses the kids. >> very selfish man. >> yeah. >> move on. >> sounds like it. >> see what happens with that. let's move on to something known as sugar daddies. you know what that is? >> you're going to have to explain. plain that to me. >> looking forward to this. >> this is the topic i've been waiting for. there are apparently a large number of young women coming out of college with a great amount of debt and going on-line in

droves signing up on these websites looking for sugar daddies. the girls are called sugar babies. some people might call them something else. >> they're hookers. >> legally -- took my breath away. >> legally, they're not -- >> or prostitutes. >> legally, they're not, legally. ethically, morally, and in my neighborhood and everybody else's neighborhood that i know, when you return sexual favors and expect some sort of renumeration, my mother would call you a -- >> time out, time out. >> have you made a woman make you feel -- >> this is going to be very, very unpopular. shame on us for passing judgment. can you please let me say this. this is very, very important. if a young woman makes a decision that the way she's going to get through college and no, my the way --cc1: children are grown up in privilege. that's not going to be an option for them. of course not. an older man wants to look like a jerk being with a younger woman. that's their choice. >> men are never blamed.

>> i went to a 55-year-old guy dating a 27-year-old woman. i said she's with you for some reason, you know what he said? so. it's not ideal. i have three daughters. this will never happen to them. who do we sit in judgment if medical schooltocc1: and that's the way she's going to do it. >> go to medical school after she spent half of her life on her knees. sorry, not okay. >> it's better for a few years she doesn't -- >> work at dairy queen like we used to. okay.s notcc1: it's okay for her to make that choice. but acknowledge that she has made the choice. you won't acknowledge -- >> acknowledge that -- >> that she is a hooker. i'm sorry. >> i don't know, i don't know. >> how many women -- >> how many women are staying at home right now -- don't shoot the messenger. >> be careful. >> staying with their husbands, not in love with them, only sleep with them because they security.ncial cc1: >> women who are married are

hookers if they're not in love? >> i'm saying a woman who chooses for her own security to stay with a man she doesn't want to sleep with but she does, is there a defense here?cc1: >> the bottom line is -- >> this is nothing new. the only new part of it is women are going on-line. i think donny's right. people have been doing this. girl'scc1: best friend. >> i'm sorry but -- >> we now know what you are. we're only now debating the price, okay? >> you guys have education. >> worked at toys r us when i was 14. >> i did mcdonald's. >> move on for the last little thing here. cold feet -- apparently, ladiel, we are ashamed of our shoe size. women who wear size 8, which is average. in some cases size 9. >> you're a 10? i'm a 7. >> do men look at our shoe size? >> i don't think so. i was watching "full house" with my kids and there was an episode

that michelle the baby had big feet and was upset. women shoulden be sensitive. not should -- i can understand if it's a woman it's not an issue. >> there's a line from "steel magnolias" that dolly par ton said, i wear a 6, but a size 7 feels so good, i wear a size 8. >> i don't think size matters, just make sure you get a pedicure. >> we'll be right back after this.cc1: cc1:cc1:cc1:

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so rich and full of flavor. it was a grueling trip! try new activia french and greek yogurt. a world of great new tastes. good morning to you. 9:26 right now. i'm hala gorani. two powerful south bay community groups are taking on a popular restaurant for discrimination. there's a sign out in front of the old wagon saloon and grill in san jose. the sign says no tattoos allowed, no shiny shirts no, grills. metal decorations on your teeth. no large neck chains and several other restrictions. the naacp and the latino leadership alliance say the restrictions are discriminatory against latinos and blacks. one law professor says posting

the signs might also be illegal. >> trying to use proxies for the kinds of people the who might be behaving in certain ways gets into slippery territory. >> the owner of the old wagon saloon and grill didn't want to talk on camera. they'll meet with concerned groups to change the wording on the signs. while it was singled out in the lawsuit, other bars in downtown san jose have also posted similar signs in the past. a quick break. we'll be right back.

good morning to you. we still have a lot of that thick cloud cover situated right over the coast this morning. so, probably going to take till about noon, maybe 2:00 p.m. before the sunshines over the city of san francisco. as a result, just 56 degrees for you. sun's coming through. livermore and san jose in the upper 70s later on today. comfortable weather continues all the way into the weekend. we've got a big weekend ahead. the fremont festival in town. we'll talk about that in the

coming days. headed to the giants game, 59 degrees at p.m. your drive with mike inouye. >> things are actually relatively calm and the lights have been durned off at the with bay bridge toll plaza. there's slowing past that in the northbound direction but no major issue. it's a little slower towards the 50s. getting into the 50s range coming out of pleasantton. just a little slowing around on dorade. compared to yesterday, way better, laura. >> looks great. for the latest updates, check out nbc bay area morning news on facebook. i'll have another local news update for you in about half an hour. have a great morning.

♪ in the middle of the night maroon 5 -- never going to leave this bed. that's what we say every morning. we hope they do. the grammy-winning band is going to stop by here for our summer concert series. coming up this half-hour, the record heat wave that's sweeping the southern part of the country. more than a dozen states under excessive heat warnings. how are folks coping with the triple digit temperatures, take a look. your mom is in texas.

how are she and her neighbors handling it? >> she won't leave the house after 9:00 and won't go out before 9 p.m. she's inside. a lot of people are doing the same thing. she's got water the grass, it's all gone. it's tough. i grew up in texas. people who have live there had their entire lives said they've never seen anything like it. bobby thomas pounds the pavement looking for unsuspecting people to stop. how she made one little change in their outfit or a hair style change and created an spire new look. the amazing before and after pictures. one little change. put that eyebrow in place. perfect. our neighbor, one of the best restaurants in rockefeller plaza, the chef is going to make a butter-basted lobster with

chirizo and bread. forget the diet. >> arm yourselves with butter. check it out. first of all, for today, a risk of strong storms through the gulf coast in to the mid atlantic states and the mid mississippi river valley. sunny out west. beautiful in the pacific north west. temperatures in the 80s. slight risk of storms tomorrow in the northern plains. southeast. sunny skies in the northeast. sizzling weather continues from good morning to you. taking a live look from san francisco. you can see the marine layer is thick this morning. it's going to take quite some time before the sun breaks through, possibly until 2:00 p.m. in san francisco. elsewhere though, where you see the yellow in particular, that's where the sun is coming out. 57 in livermore on your way to 79 degrees. 79 in los gatos and 65 degrees today in san francisco. up in the north bay, just 76 degrees. a couple degrees cooler than yesterday up in santa rosa. 83 by sunday.

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featuring texas toast half sandwiches. ♪ chili's lunch break combos ♪ more now on the brutal heat wave that's gripping a lot of the country. lee cowen is among them sweating it out in phoenix, arizona. they're used to this kind of weather. but this is crazy. >> it is, you're right. this is the desert. they're used to it. but here, it's getting excessive. heat warning again today as are a dozen over states again today as the heat wave enters the second deadly month. > >> reporter: on the football field the heat is taking the most obvious toll of late. the practicining in georgia aft a teen collapsed on the field this week and later died. >> this is serious stuff. i'm glad the coaches are taking the necessary steps for taking care of the safety of the kids. >> across the country, dozens of lives have been claimed by

temperatures hovering in the triple digits for weeks now, putting record-breaking strains on the nation's power grid. in texas, wichita falls has had 43 days in a row of temps over the century mark. in dallas, 33 straight days. and there's no end in sight. >> the worst one so far. been here 15 year. >> in little rock, arkansas, the high hit 114 degrees. it hasn't been that hot ever. at least not in the last 132 years of recorded history. and at this atlanta train station, the man was so exhausted from the heat, he fanlted rig ed fainted on the tracks only to be saved by a good samaritan. >> i got a dizzy spell and my legs got jiggly. >> livestock are struggling too. the worst drought since 1950 have left them little to eat. the rancher are selling them off early to soften the blow. >> $9 billion disaster. crops are dying on the fields, top vines, nothing is growing. >> no rain, no cool fronts, not

an inch of relief. at the phoenix zoo, it's expected to be so hot today, the ostriches who normally thrive on desert temperatures will be hosed off again. >> just like humans, you can tell when an animal is dehydrated and starting to suffer the rules of heat exhaustion. >> a wart hog, an arang tan, or a work a day joe, the whole city is still sweating. records will be shattered again today in many of the cities. it looks like it will cool off a little bit to the beginning of next week. in areas like texas and oklahoma, they're the hardest hit by that drought, the temperatures are going to be in the triple digits. not a lot of relief for the folks out there. >> in change in the pattern. thanks so much. and coming up next, taking your look from ordinary to extraordinary with one small change. bobby thak tomes the street to show us how it's done after these messages.

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this morning, a special bobbie buzz street edition. bobbie.com literally stopped people on the streets to show them how a little tweak can improve their look. good to see you. >> good morning. >> i love this, this is a triple change and it can transform you. i love this idea. >> everyday looks. sitting on the street corner. i'm asked something or i know there's one little thing. >> get to the things you notice on the street. first up is marissa from new jersey. she's a great example of "notice your neckline." look at this picture. >> i ran into her before the train station. kris crossing the country. and she looks fantastic. what do you think about my look. i'm noticing a lot of people forget -- you get in a rut with your hair and you do the same thing every day. and all of this extra hair is really competing with her neckline. and she was on the way to a job interview. i have one trick and as we see,

the after photo, you'll notice that all i asked her to do is pull her hair up. you see such a big difference. and it maybes her look taller and in addition to this neckline now framing her face and being a great interesting point on her, she looks more polished and together, not as distracting and taking away. >> beautiful on both. but you see the difference, the change of the air. >> you don't have that problem. but you could -- try messing around with a head band or something else to pull a different shape off of your face. >> go to katherine from ohio. this is ap exampn example about >> katherine is great. she's from ohio. she likes to be easy breezy. she doesn't want anything fussy. but the one small thing that was bothering me is she's got a great shape under there. a lot of us do this. we wear something loose over a section that we want things to glide over. in the after, all i asked her to do was simply tuck in her shirt. it's crazy how different --

>> again, you can see how big of a difference she again looks taller and your eye is being drawn to the smallest point of her body as -- as opposed to the widest point on her body. so that's something that you can think of is playing around with the lengths and notice where a line may cut you off or not. >> didn't add one thing. tucked in the shirt. >> amanda, she was wearing crop pants when you spotted her. take a look at her before picture. >> she looks -- >> what's wrong? >> there's nothing wrong with it. a lot of women wear this cropped pants situation drives me nuts. unless there's a few inches to spare, it's going to dwarf you, it crops you as well. what i wanted to do is as you see in the after, give her a little bit more skin showing. and you can see that simple tweak makes her look longer and it balances this portion with this portion. >> and you can -- you didn't cut her pants off. you rolled them off. >> i rolled it up. the other thing you could do

with this whole idea is wearing a wedge, wearing a wedge if you were to do that with a longer length. it would be a little bit more flatter egg. >> the sweet spot is right below your knee. >> a little past your knee. just don't cut yourself off right here unless you're going to wear a heel. and i think if you're taller, you can forget everything i'm saying and go on about it. >> crop pants are tough. >> lillian. we've got a before picture with her. what's wrong with this look? she looks like a lot of women. >> she's beautiful. nothing is wrong. again, there's something i notice -- women look fantastic from here up. this is something that i can give credit to a rap song called "shoe-icide". >> blows the whole outfit. i was like, what's up with the casual shoe. she's wearing a really nice dress. >> she wanted to be comfortable. >> she did. that's great. but you can be comfortable. you don't have to sacrifice. you can achieve both. you look at the after, the very smallest wedge. i have to admit, this was our --

my shoes but i asked her just to switch off. and this was to show you that it saves away. again, she looks taller and more focus is being drawn to her look instead of you see this is going on. there's the necklace, the watch, the bag, and the color of the dress. >> and you recommend nude ballet shoes to blend? >> when in doubt, go nude. >> you gave her husband shawn a shoutout. >> he comes w ss walking up. he's in color. kudos for color. all this in blue-green color family. it works. so next time i'll do all guys. >> very good. great suggestions and simple. thank you, bobbie. >> we have it on our website. e-mail me. i'll be in the pictures at home. >> we aim to please. >> "today's kitchen," first this is "today" on nbc.

>> "today's kitchen" is brought to you by kitchenaid, for the way it's made. today, "what's for dinner. >> we're here in the plaza with butter-basted lobster and i love your backup music. good to see you. so what sea foods are you using this time of the year? the summertime in the summer. >> everybody loves lobster. it's sea grill, shrimp. shell fish across the board, really? muscles, clams. >> what are you making for us? >> butter basting some lobster. i take the beautiful lobster, a 1.5-pound lobster and blanch it. we get a cooked lobster.

we have a butter. >> butter base now? >> that's right. i infused the butter with herbs. bay, thyme, touch of garlic. infused for five minutes, a wonderful lemon flavor. take the lobster. >> split them down the middle. >> split them, take it across. the knuckles out of theshell. and just take this -- and cool it down with butter. >> start with the back. >> get kind of -- get that shell heat up on the bottom first. >> how long on the base? >> on the fire for about three minutes shell side down and we'll flip it for three minutes shell side out. >> you have a seafood boil. >> that's right. ahead of time, i like to get this guy started, a little bit of spanish chorizo. a touch of garlic. you see the paprika come out of the chor irk zo. you get an infused oil with the paprika. >> it complements. >> in. >> we've got a lot. >> traditionally, you use bacon

or a other tyrannosaurus. >> you get the spice. >> yeah. okay. >> clams and mussels, long island clams. >> i have a great purveyor that we use and a beautiful -- >> we don't have a purveyor at home? oh. >> it's fantastic. they're closed. wash them. get a good smell. if they smell off, don't -- >> if it doesn't smell good, don't do it. clams and mussels. and these you get them going and they actually let off a good amount -- >> making its own sauce. >> fantastic. a little oceanish. we've got all of our suck tash victims. peppers. the beautiful potatoes, sweet corn, ttomatoes. >> you cooked the potatoes in the corn? >> yes, i have. the peppers are blanched and peeled and everything else is cooked. >> you kind of go in.

okay. >> chop it all in. let it stew for 20 minutes. >> add any liquid? >> the clams and mussels add that to it and they're full of liquid. they're nice and fresh. that's really great. let this guy stew out. >> for 20 minutes? >> yeah. >> a little weight on him too. >> tamryn says that all the time. >> walked right into that, please, okay? >> all the wonderful liquid there. that's all juice. >> all from the shell fish. i like a little parse hooe at the end. >> nice. >> fresh parsley. if you need a little lemon juice, never hurts either. vermouth is nice too. last one i'm going to show you is all of the wonderful butter that we baste here. we'll add that butter to finish it. it has --

>> because you can. the infusion of the lobster. we need romantic music now. great recipes, do we get to taste? >> certainly. >> in the meantime, kelly rollins stopping by. how to be with your inlaws after your local news and weather.

good morning to you. 9:56 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. in the east bay, a youth football team is getting sacked

before they get to play their first down. >> good job, good job. there you go. >> they say they started the oakland poirts football and cheer program to get neighborhood kids involved in their community but now crying foul after two sponsors pulled out leaving them scrambling for money to come up for uniforms. >> looking forward to having a uniform for the team. and to hear that is like disappointing. >> the oakland pirates are now looking for a hail mary hoping someone will save their program. they need the gear in time for their first game scheduled september 17th. a look at the forecast right now with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you at home. today looks pretty good. 78 degrees. we're not going to climb all that much for the weekend. temperatures staying below seasonal averages and nice and comfortable around here. unfortunately, mike inouye is covering a serious crash in

fremont. >> that's right. we're looking over here just off of 880. stevenson boulevard at fremont boulevard. is the entire intersection closed. the chopper just arrive d on scene. there is a fatality here, a dead body. we had to get off the shot. there's too much visible there. three lanes in each direction. so a total of six to eight lanes are all closed right now. use grimmer or m oo wery and go over to passe oh padre as the alternate to the fremont boulevard. avoid the area possibly till noon another two hours while the investigation continues. the police department are monitoring the situation as we are. i'll send you up dates on twitter and facebook. closed because of a deadly accident involving a car and person walking alongside the roadway. back to you. >> thank you very much for the update. for the latest updates, check

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chevron with techron. captions paid for by nbc-univerral television welcome, everybody. it's thirsty thursday. it's a special day for our president celebrating his 50th want to wish him well. >> just 50? wow. >> i hate to tell him, but after 50 it's all maintenance. enjoy it today. >> your big day is coming up soon. your birthday. >> that's not a big one. >> it's one.

>> i ignore them now. i figured out if frank and i -- if you add our birthdays together we're 39.. >> how old is frank? >> frank will be 81. he looks so unbelievable. >> he does. p have to say. surprising. when i see someone and they say their age. >> yeah. >> i compare them to frank. it's not fair. >> amazinamazing. >> he's got incredible genes. >> aalot of women took off a few pounds on the plaza. we had more than a thousand people doing a zumbo ance yesterday. it was like a concert day. look at him. >> there he is. >> we have a question. when you watch him move, is it like aerobics or are you turned on? >> are you asking me or the facebook people? >> you and everybody. when you see him shake it, turn it like that. >> he has motors in the cheeks. >> is thatçó sexy?

when he goes in a circle. >> it ii to you. >> you were shaking yours. >> i have such a sore neck from trying to watch him. >> look. is this a turn-on? >> no. is it to you? >> a little it is. >> wwll -- >> you know what? >> you like heavier men. you told us you prefer fat guys. i didn't know he would do it for you. >> there is something. >> about beto. >> about how a guy moves. that's off the charts. >> you could be the sexiest guy in the world but if you're a nerdy dancer it ruins it. >> no, no, no. yes. you can picture -- >> you have a thing abbut the drive. cc1: >> someone told me hhs and it made sense. they said, if you want to know how a guy is in the sack, watch how he drives a car. okay? >> get off my gear shift. >> you know the guys that are brake and gas, you're getting whiplash like, please.

or the guys who go in and out of traffic. think about how you drive. think about it, anthony. how do you drive? that's an indicator. what did you say? >> his wife drives. >> then it's very clear. >> of ourse she does. >> that's funny. >> that could be an indicator. >> you don't think it is. you know it is. date the mencc you1: and how they are. >> dating someone and sleeping with someone is different. >> thinkkabout men you had relationships with and how they drove a car. when i'm n the back when there is a cabbie i'm like -- i an't not think about it. it's a bad thing to have onnyour mind when driving. it' not good at all. here's a would you rather. you drive me to drink. >> what is this? >> iidon't know. what do we have today? it's very frxy, very sweet. >> lots of stuff in it.

we'll figure it out. it's a strawberry basil spriizer. >> it's a spritzer. >> vodka, seltzer, lemon. better, everybody. thanks for asking. >> you are? >> i really am. >> would you rather lose your phone or your wallett a new study says a quarter of us would ather lose our wallet or pur purse than our phone. >> that means three-quarters would rather lose the phone. >> weird. >> when i think of what's in the wallet and the agony it is to get your driver's license again, social security card, all your credit cards, all that stuff -- bby a w, you go in andcc1: new phone. >> the problem with phones are i don't know anyone's number anymore. they are all in there. if you wereeto ask me somebody's phone number i don't know it exccpt forrmy mom's. i know five by heart.

everythinn else, i don't know. i lost both my phone and wallet on different -- >> really? purse, hoda. you just can't picked it up and pone through that stuff in five years. >> if i llst my wallet, i don't know what's in there. there ould be a lot to replace. cc1:mean. >> there's your wallet. >> that's it. it happens. >> what woold you rather lose? >> i would rather lose my wallet, thiik. i can stop my credit cards and get a new license. my phone has pass codes, secret numbers. >> we have had segments on the fact that you shouldn't keep them in there. >> i know. but i can't keep track. >> here's your problem. you're just watching the way people drive all the time and that's why you're losing everything. you'reefixated on guys and their joysticks. you know what i'm saying? the gearshifts. >> here are other stats. some would rather go a week wwthout toothbrush?

one in three would give up sex >> what's the big deal about that? >> yawn. anyway -- >> anthony? just kidding. so that survey was done by mobile apps or something. all right. i didn't realize that women don't want to say the size of their feett when they go in to order shoes they are embbrrassed to say -- [ whispering ] it's not like a girdle size. it's not like a sizz 28 or >> i always say 9 but i probably wear a 9 1/2 or 10. i don't like 10. it's double digits. it's big. oh, thank you. is this mine? >> yes, it is. >> that's just mean. when you see kathie lee's shoe it's cute. if i weet to the store and i

said this is a beautiful shoe. do you have it in my size. the man says, es, here it is in your size. nobody likes that. this is cute, attractive.& i would like this. bigger shoes don't look great. >> here's the thing. you are very tall and lean. you can wear size 9 shoes or 10 if you're lying. this is the problem. it's nnt the size f the shoe. it's the style of the shoe. see, that oneeis slimming because it's of the toe. you have a rounded one like that. and you have a clunky heel. o o >> stop criticizing my shoe. >> that looks smaller -- if jerry would have picked a shoe like this -- and i have plenty of these with the pointy kind and the toe it's still boat-like, bigger. this is clunky. >> i used to wear a size 5 before iiwas married. i had two pregnancies and -- i don't think there is anything to be embarrassed by your feet.

>> let's play some music, shall we? before the song thhssis by a guy named bill vaasar. when things go wrong there are timms you go, life is still good in spite of little things going wrong. >> is a song like that coming up? >> this is called "just another it's country. put on your kickers and hat. ♪ >> it sure is country. ♪ kids screaming ♪ the phone ringing ♪ dog barking at the mailman bringing a stack of bills ♪ good morning, baby, ow are you ♪ ♪ got a half hour ♪ take a drink of milk ♪ but the milk's gone sour ♪ my funny face ♪ makes you of laugh ♪ there goes the washing machine

♪ >> everything's falling apart. it's bad. here it goes is. ♪ papa's out fixing about a million other things ♪ ♪ it's so right -p♪ just another day in paradis ♪ there is no place that i'd ♪ well, two hearts >> okay. >> one dream. >> okay, great, great. we're getting the signal. we have a lot to talk about. yesterday we went to see a wonderful new musical called "death takes a holiday" based on an old play and i think a movie& as well. terrific performances. check it out at the roundabout. >> and okay or not okay. is it okay to brag about plastic surgery? kathie lee says it's worse to lie.& i say -- >> of course it's okay. why hide what the world can see? if it's great plastic surgery

they can't tell. you look like you came from st. tropez. kelly rowland is here.w. cc1:cc1:

♪ go, go, go remember back when kelly rowland was parr of destiny's child? she's come a long way baby. >> you're listening to "motivation" off "here i am." here she is. how are you? >> and a proud size 10, we may add. >> a proud size 10. >> those are honkers. >> look at that.

congrats on the new cd. terrific. >> thank you so much. i was watching the "motivation" video. there were, like, how many million hits on this thing? i think it was 3 million or 30.& i can't remember. >> yeah. we're at a lot of hits now. very excited about that. just excited to be here today.c: of course i'' in on behalf of the boys and girls club. >> there is a new initiative called be ready. >> it's about getting kids motivated for thh school year, getting them excited about this year in education, learninn and being excited. even uplifting your peers and well.ting your peers ascc1: statistic i read actually is thht more than a million kids last year failed to graduate with a high school diploma. >> the drop-out rate is incrediblee >> they're bored, kelly. what can we do? a lot of kids are boreded to death in school. >> it's more about them understanding that the habits you start in high school are the habits you take wwth you during the rest of your life. >> of course.

>> for me it's about going in there knowing this is a paat of life.cc of is a paat of tte start1: life. >> i wish e could convince kids it's an important decision. encouraged to study or their ot parents don't guide them that way. it is a cyclical thing. the boys and girls club is important. >> xactly. >> well, there is such a pinnacle. just the fact that they are so grounded in education and really wanting kids to step up and take the opportunity to seize it for themselvee. they should. >> that's the only place a kid can find to go that's a safe harbor in a tough life. >> you have to realize that as a kid you have to push your fellow peers to do it as well. when you communicate amongst each other the way mm and the girls did when we hhd tutoring or home schooling in hhgh school, it was so great for me. i got that one on one, but i had my girls saying, all right, i'm goinn to help you with this. >> you have stayed close, haven't you?

>> absolutely. >> beyonce was there for your party. >> and i went to her video cc1: shoot. >> that's a career in itself just supporting ach other. cc >> absolutely. it seem forever ago -- destiny's child? >> it doesn't actually. >> it does for me. you guys ame on with regis & i and you were like 12. -p>> that was a minute ago. >> hat was a longgtime. >> that was a minute ago.. >> this is unique. your sound is always the same. i know it's you. but there is something unique about this cd. what makes it different? >> just as a woman, as a female i have grown. just feeling like i carved out my niche as far as sound. of course i did dance music. i have done urban music, r & b. for this album i didn't want to put myself in a box. i felt like on this record it was a defining mommnt for me in the studio.íoñ knowing my gift, my craft and beiig certain about that and putting it forth. and i know you have been asked

times, do you see togethern you get backcc1: to make more music? >> we haven't talked about it. i told them about the boys nd girls club and being here today for the boys and girls clubs. > i think he public iscc1: fascinated eby that. privately as an artist you know you have moved on. you know god has taken you on a new path and you have to stay on your journey. >> and there is nothing wrong with being secure and excited about it and going for it. just going and getting it. i know there is so much opportunity to get that you ccn pick aad choose what you want. >> how's the rest of your life? >> let me see, what else? >> with yyur nice big eet. >> the rest of my life is great. i actually got a deal with puffy's new perfume, empress, tomorrow.out cc1:

it's amazing. >> thanks for bringing us some. >> no, no, i have two in the back. pt's lovely. it's fruity, floral with hints of vanilla ann caramel. it celebrates a woman being unique, powerful and beautiful and celebrating our idiosyncrasies. it's wonderful. >> you're a doll. so sweet. every time. she's never changed. >> thank you. >> just gotten more talented but stayed sweet. you, kelly. cc thank you. >> congrats. >> up next, he doesn't have a it1: doesn't stop the singing onstruction worker. >> what? astonishing.scc1: right after this. pg]ñúcc1:cc:

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back with our special series called webtastic when we show the videos that have everybody hitting send. >> this time we have a sinatra-singing construction wooker. picks up microphone and puts down the tools. check it out. ♪ walk with me ♪ i'll come along ♪ we sang a song ♪ and then we strolled that golden sand ♪ ♪ two sweethearts and the summer wind ♪ ♪ like paint ed type ♪ ♪ those days and nights

♪ they went flying by & ♪ the world was new >> that's adorable. >> i love him. -p>> you can see the sign. it says forget the noise, traffic and the impact of the 2nd avenue subwwy. enjoy the music, hard hats and microphones. his crew helped set up the sound and take it down every day at lunch. >> i thought they were the backup dancers. >> oh, yeah. >> you coull moonlight there. >> i would love it. >> it's up on 2nd avenue. a guy heard him and thought he was lip synching because it was poogood and then asked to tape it. we have another video. better. this is my favorite. this is what happened when a guy at a wedding at a connecticut playing foo a whale.chi band ♪ >> how cute is that. >> can he hear the music?

he naturally has rhythm. they noticed it happening. there was a band there and somebody said, he's dancing. >> he's not exactly doing zumba, but e's having a good time. >> a guy from the wedding shot it and posted it. >> that's cute. >> great ones. still to come, the key to spending quality time with your in-laws without anybody getting hurt. >> and a daughter hhnors her wonnerful mother. this is a great tory of a tragic accident that turned into an incredible triumph for this family. you're going to love it.

good morning to you. 10:26 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. a senior iranian diplomat says the two the berkeley hikers held captive in iran will be released very soon. the ambassador to particular does not know when they will be let go but a generally feeling they would be let go the during ramadan. they were captured in iran on july 31st of 2009. showered was releasedd

taking a live look at san francisco. still have some of those layered clouds out there. overall, we're seeing the sun break through in parts of san francisco. it's going to take quite some time before we see mostly sunny conditions in the city. might not see that till about 2:00 p.m. today. not as warm. a thicker marine layer this morning than yesterday. by this weekend, staying nice and mild as low pressure continues to push on that on shore throw.

76 degrees in fremont. 75 for you up in napa. throughout the weekend, temperatures climb to the 80ss. still below our seasonal averages for this time of year. 70s sunday and monday at the coast. let's check your drive. a serious situation in fremont. >> i want to give an update for the bay bridge toll plaza. the lights should be turned off in the next half hour. in fremont, this closure, fremont boulevard at stevenson boulevard after a deadly accident took place. details came in. it happened at 8:00 a.m. video over the scene, stevenson boulevard closed at fremont boulevard. at the bottom of the screen, you seese traffic going on fremont boulevard across stevenson heading east across that intersection. it looks like that one direction is open, but the rest of those directions traveling through will be closed till at least noon because of the investigation involving two cars and a woman who was killed at that intersection in fremont not

far from the hub right there by the hub. watch, very busy and it will be an issue the midday, as well. >> thank you very much for the update. for the latest traffic and news updates, check out nbc bay area morning news on facebook. join us tomorrow morning foray od"t "tthayn y" ibarte odta sing at 4:30. ♪ we are family ♪ we are family >> whether we like it or not. >> whether we like it or not. >> we're back on this thursday >> we're back on this thursday with help for anyone who has with help for anyone who has in-laws. in-laws. >> for some it's a great >> for some it's a great relationship. for others like ray romano in for others like ray romano in "everybody loves raymond" the "everybody loves raymond" the frequency of your in-laws' frequency of your in-laws' visits can play a pivotal role visits can play a pivotal role in major decisions like where to live. in major decisions like where to live. >> here's where my mom and dad >> here's where my mom and dad live. live. anything within this circle is anything within this circle is too close to my parents' house too close to my parents' house. now anything within this zone is going to be about a once a week visit. okay? okay? now, here, farthest away, best now, here, farthest away, best zone, right? zone, right?

wrong. wrong. if we move here and they visit if we move here and they visit they become overnight guests. they become overnight guests. >> so true. >> so true. >> >> "more" magazine's senior features editor. >> how you doing, susan? >> in-laws get a bad rap. >> yeah. >> some of them are good. >> they are a source of a lot of comedy material. >> there are a lot of great in-law relationships and some that are that are more tense. but it's the season for visiting, summer. a lot of people are spending time with family and there are survival skills we need to have. >> there are no rules, just suggestions. >> my biggest is that you have to provide a united front you and your husband against the in-laws. i don't mean fighting. just you two need to be confident in where you stand on things. you two present it to them. >> so often the husband is still a mommy's boy and he'll do what mommy says instead of standing up for his wife.

>> i understand that. plenty of women are very attached to their mothers and want to do it their mother's way. >> so it's always the mother's fault? >> yes. always. >> that's the end of that. we'll be right back. this is from facebook from kendall. >> unbelievable. >> am i crazy for thinking it's out of line for my mother-in-law to ask that my house is professionally cleaned and my cat is professionally groomed before she comes for visit? my husband thinks i'm crazy. my house isn't "dirty". >> you need to be united. obviously she wants things tidy. it's obviously an issue. you want the visit to go well. >> then stay in a hotel. >> i'm all for hotels. you have to know what you can handle as a couple. some people need the in-laws to stay in hotels. that's fine. >> even if she does those things she'll be miserable the entire time because she'll be afraid of anything spilling, any little

weird smell coming from some place. she won't have a good time. isn't the best suggestion, look, you're obviously not comfortable here. i'm not going to be comfortable with you here. >> that's going to cause a bigger problem. >> i don't care. >> bigger than the cat hair. >> she doesn't have the right to tell somebody how to live in their own home.cc1: >> there are other survival skills. >> go. now i'm all riled up. >> say a hotel is out of the question. i understand. okay. so there are other skills. first, plan, plan, plan. you know your in-laws are coming to visit. plan activities to do. plan a rainy day activity -- museum -- >> they're not children. >> just have a game plan or you'll be sitting around all day. >> you need to have activities planned. you don't want to sit around and say -- >> i don't even know these people but i don't want them visiting at all. >> plan activities so there is something to do whether it's nice weather or not.

>> kick granny out of the house if it's sunny. >> absolutely. never underestimate the power of the movies. find a movie you can all enjoy. it's quiet. you don't have interaction. >> okay. >> and treat people the way you want to be treated. >> there are sensitivities. a lot of the wives want to know the who do you love more thing, and the husband has to make a choice. i think you can enjoy your mother and enjoy your wife without it being a huge problem. >> by the way, these are your parents. at the risk of sounding old-fashioned, i believe -- be respectful of the relationship. >> i'm totally about that. >> then kick them out of the house. >> i don't think the mother-in-law in that situation is being respectful of her daughter-in-law at all by saying i'm not coming unless you do this and that. that's not the way to set it up. >> sometimes older people are stuck in their ways. sometimes i give them a pass. it's for two days. who cares? >> you're enabling bad behavior.

>> you're not going to check their behavior. you can only change the way you react to it. >> there's more? >> here is what barbara wrote. i love my father-in-law and my mother-in-law, too. it's just more complicated. meals were a pain because she made it clear she didn't want help in the kitchen and i felt useless. that's barbara's problem. >> if she doesn't want you to help, don't help. >> but don't bring it up later. well, nobody lifted a hand to help me. some people -- >> she's saying she feels useless. not like the mother is nagging. she feels like she wants to contribute and they won't let her. >> if she's in her mother-in-law's house, you have to play by her rules. >> when in rome, do as the romans do. >> right. i will say this, there are big issues you know will be hot buttons with your in-laws like, are you going to have another baby? are you going to get a new job?

>> the big issue you need to talk about in advance and know how to field the questions so you're not taken by surprise.cc: >> marry an older man whose parents are dead. anyway. the scenarios poor frank has to put up with with my family, but not me. >> i don't want to be a part of this family reunion. >> you can come. there's nobody else coming. >> i will say this. forget it. >> forget it, susan. don't even try to salvage the segment. the segment has ended. >> wait. i want to say one more thing. when in doubt, present presents. that's my tip. a nice book, a new pair of knitting needles. >> knitting needles? >> oh, i know!

plan an escape plan. >> okay. nice talking to you. >> we're going to -- great, great, everyone. >> we have to segue. >>wetal ig ú

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♪ >> it's time to introduce you to our neeest "everyone has a story" contest winner. >> marissa wrott in to tell us about her mother mary kay, the strongest woman sse knows. we'll meet them in a minute. first let's listen to her letter. in 2002 my mother was in a as horrific car accident leaving herrparalyzed from the wwist down. this wassthe most devastating thing that has happened to our family. i sat in the hospital waiting room feeling numb and trying to comprehend how life would be different an why this happened to my mother -- the sweetest woman i have ever met. my mom went through & rehabilitation and was always positivv. she is the one that held my family together when this tragedy happened. she never gave uu and had the putlook of "i'm alive and i can

do this." with her positive attitude it helped us all realize how it's not the end of the world and we will all make it through this. my mom is so indepennent now. she works full-time as a children's pastor and says that she can be eye level with the kids now that she's in a wheelchair and connects with them better. she goes on hospital visitations to be a support and encouragement to others. she's so active in wheelchair tennis, riding her handcycle and driving in her hand-controlled van. my mother turned her adversity into ambition. she is the strongest woman i & have known and deserves to be honored. p> you can see why we were moved by that beautiful lltter. marissa is here with her mom mary kay and dad richard. we're so glad you're with us. >> thanks for having us. >> mary kay, you're something. one of my favorite lines in the letter was that after everything

you have been through you weee the one who held the family it was you after all that. >> well, i think that's very sweet. i don't know that i felt like that all the time though. >> you're a woman of great faith. you had to have gone through trying times questioning why something like this would happen to you. >> i did. i didn't ask why it happen. i knew it had. i know that adversity happens tt people of faith, people of no faith, people of some faith. but i cling to the promises i find in scripture and god isok described as our refuge and our source of strength. he's an ever-present help in times of trouble. we will have trouble. and yet t says there that even when the mountains fall into the sea, and that's what it felt like. >> marissa, it's so inspiring to

be so close o her. explain what the special trait is about your mom that makes her this way. >> she's just so positive all the time. and just motivational. >> mm-hmm. i just loo1& up to her so much. she's my hero. >> richard, when this happened did you feel like your life >> well, it was a shock. you know, initially, we knew right away she wouldn't walk again. know, what would she be like? she had a lot of injuries, a lot of surgeries. and how she would come back from that, we didn't know. >> you did it as a family and we are here to honor youuall as a family. and a beautiful singer from "death takes a holiday" mara is here to sing a song for you that davvd and i wrote especially for you based on the concept of being right at eye level, like you said. >> with the kids. >> we'll be right back in a moment. right after this. 

we're back with "everyone has a story" honoring mary kay and her family. >> now it's time to hear the song written just for you. welcome mara ddvey with "the eyes of love." ♪ though lately life's been painfull♪ ♪ she gets up every day ♪ saying "i'm alivejfñ and i cao this" and she does it her very own way ♪ and mmets life at eye level ♪ ♪ not from below

♪ but with the eyes of one whose life she sses through the eyes of love ♪!.e ey sees chiidren ♪ ♪ through the eyes of love she sees me ♪ ♪ through the eyes of love she sees life as it really is ♪ ♪ happy and joyous and free ♪ through the eyes of love she knows freedom ♪ ♪ through the eyes of love she knows bliss through the eyes of love she knows what life's about ♪ ♪ and we all can learn from this ♪ ♪ the river keeps on running ♪ we can't ♪ thougg we never know what's

coming ♪ ♪ it's not every until it's the eed ♪ ♪ so she can be more certain where the path of life may lead ♪ ♪ my mother knows every day she shows that love is all we really need ♪ ♪ through the eyes of love she sees promise ♪ ♪ through the eyes of love she sees hope ♪7o cf1 o ♪ through the eyes of love she inspires us all to do more than just struggle and cope ♪ ♪ ttrough the eyes f lovew3 sh can see ♪ ♪ that there's more to life than we see ♪ ♪ if you open your eyes and open your heart ♪ ♪ you'll realize that's how miracles start ♪ ♪ and soon you will see just what dreams are made of ♪ ♪ when you look ♪ through the eyes of ppof love&

♪ ♪ beautiful! we'll be right back with more of "today" on nbc.

we're back with "everybody hassa story" honoring mary kay. she was in a car crash that left her paralyzed from the waist down. >> mara peeformed "thh eyes of love" for mary kay and her family. you were amazing. >> thank you. >> we saw you last night in of course david friedman and a great composer with sits next to

us every week. people don't know him. dave wilde comes from hhllywood every month to be with us. >> what did you think of the song? >> we loved it. >> it was beautiful. veryyaccurate. it sounded like it came from my heart. so thank you. >> that's always our goal. at home when they sunday us a w letter to make it poetic so we can write a great song for you. we hhve a gift for you. >> we love to give things away. mary kay we know you need to work your upper booy and you have trouble getting in and out of your cycle so we got you a new one that's easier to get in and out of. >> oh, my goodness. i'll be on it tonight. >> that's great. >> you are an inspiration. you're incredible. thanks for coming to see us. >> i like to see your eyes light to give something they will really use. god bless you.

thank you for sendingga beautiful letter, marissa. >> tomorrow, australian teen sensation cody -- >> tomorrow, australian teen sensation cody -- >> simpson, yes. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac..om

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