as folks try to avoid the backup. san mateo bridge, high advisory issued. shaking camera, guys, be careful. >> thank you very much, a local news update in about half an hour. >> we'll see you here tomorrow. have a great tuesday. enjoy. stay dry. >> that'ri good morning. breaking news. a dangerous wildfire burning out of control in colorado. this morning one person has been found dead in the flames as thousands of people are forced out of their homes. more to the story. new controversy in the trayvon martin case as the shooter's account to police isleaked. george zimmerman says he was repeatedly punched, his head slammed into the sidewalk. will this information change public perceptions? and the x-factor, the feud still simmering four years after the bitter divorce and christie

brinkley is here for a live interview, today. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome today on this tuesday morning. i'm ann curry. >> i'm matt lauer. the fire we're talking about out in colorado is near the city of denver and more firefighters are being called in to help. >> it started on monday afternoon, and it fuelled quickly by high winds. this has the potential to get very serious. we'll get the latest from the scene straight ahead. >> also this morning, we have today's professionals in the house. one of things we'll talk about to them is this growing trend of employers asking for the facebook passwords of job applicants. is it a new rule of the digital age, an invasion of privacy?

is it even legal? we'll talk about that. and christie brinkley is here and we'll talk about her yep coming debut on broadway and her feud with her ex-husband. and let's get to natalie and the headlines of the day. >> good morning, we begin right now with the dangerous wildfires sweeping through the mountains west of denver, colorado. we have more in colorado. miguel, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the extent of the damage is still unclear. it is believed this fire was actually sparked last week and kicked out of control yesterday afternoon. we don't know how many homes have been destroyed. but we know that at least one person is dead. the plumes of billowing smoke could be seen from downtown denver, 25 miles away. the fast-moving wind-driven fire, 900 homes, thousands of people forced to evacuate. >> after i saw the fire breaking up and the trees going up on

this ridge that maybe i ought to get prepared. >> reporter: at least 4 1/2 miles charred so far. the fire moving in every direction. >> over the top range. the white smoke is basically the trees going up and the black smoke is the property. >> reporter: at least five homes were swallowed by the flames but overnight crews here couldn't fight the fire. the sheriff's department instead saying emergency workers were in defense mode. >> we have a number of homes that are potentially in the fire's way as it continues to grow at the rate it has. >> reporter: officials say the fire was sparked last week by a prescribed burn meant to protect this area from what threatens it today -- an old of control wildfire that's now deadly. in wind gusts lay down today, firefighters will try to attack this blaze from the air. if they don't gain the upper hand it is unclear how quickly and how much this fire will spread. natalie? >> thanks. president obama's landmark

healthcare reform law comes under the microscope at the supreme court today. pete williams is there with latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the constitutional gives congress the power to regulate commerce. today's question is does that mean it can require everyone to buy health insurance? 26 states and a business group say the answer is no. they say if you don't have insurance, you can't be forced to buy it. one judge said if congress can do that, it can require everyone to buy broccoli and require everyone to be healthy. but they say everyone is roughed in -- is involved in the health care system. when people show up at the emergency room, the cost is transferred to those who have insurance and that is definitely commerce. whatever the supreme court decides we'll find out in late june. comments overheard on a hot

microphone has president obama in hot water. it was a private conversation between the president and his russian counterpart. >> after the election i'll have more flexibility. >> well republicans are accusing the president of making secret deals on issues of national security. president obama says he has no hidden agenda with russia and he later made light of the incident. and forget linsanity. the newest sensation is from springfield, and he took it to a whole new level. nailing that half court shot. just beating the buzzer, good for him. his father says he practices it all the time. if the nba comes calling they need to wait until he finishes third grade. >> there you go. practice makes perfect. he nails it. fantastic.

back over to ann and matt. >> i liked his form too. >> i think the final score of that game was 25-4. i think. >> that's okay. doesn't matter. >> that's what i heard. >> seriously, that's all right. maria larosa is in while al takes some time off. >> good morning. spri chill has settled into parts of the east and we have widespread freeze warnings and if you haven't taken the plants in they might be wilted. portland is at 23. windchills into the teens. more cool weather for the weekend. more rain in it's one of those mornings, you want to give yourself plenty of time to reach your destination safely. showers on the radar, streaming onshore, take a look at that line of showers getting ready to slam the peninsula over the course of the next half hour or hour. we'll continue to watch that. future cast tells the story. showers intensify as you make

your way home from work. we'll start to get a break for the second half of wednesday, be overall, talking about more rain this weekend. hope you have a fantastic tuesday. >> ann, back to you. >> all right, maria, thank you. new accounts of what happened on the night of trayvon martin's death have now surfaced, adding to the tension surrounding this case. nbc's ron allen is in sanford, florida, with more on this. ron, good morning. >> good morning to you, ann. george zimmerman's defenders say there was a life and death struggle that night, with zimmerman bloodied and beaten and on the ground because of trayvon martin. it's a version of events that place say is, in fact, in the report that they sent on to prosecutors now looking into this case. details that police also say have been confirmed by unidentified witnesses. >> the whole world is watching sanford today. >> reporter: at an emotional city commission meeting, trayvon martin's parents made a passionate plea for george zimmerman's arrest and prosecution. >> for the sanford police department to feel as though

they were going to sweep another young black minority's death under the rug, it's an atrocity. >> reporter: one by one, civil rights activists warned sanford, the entire world is watching. >> for one man, would you risk the reputation of a whole city? zimmerman is not worth the history of this city. you need to arrest him, and redeem this city right now. >> this guy looks like he's up to no good. he looks black. >> did you see what he was wearing? >> yeah. a dark hoodie. >> reporter: this case drew national attention after 911 tapes were released from the night zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, shot and killed martin, an unarmed teenager. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> okay. we don't need you to do that. >> reporter: police say there is a one-minute gap where they're not sure what happened. a published report confirmed by police says zimmerman told investigators he was returning to his vehicle, after losing

sight of the teenager, when martin struck first, from behind. according to zimmerman, martin asked, do you have a problem? when zimmerman said no. martin said, well, you do now. and punched him in the face. breaking his nose, and then smashing zimmerman's head against the sidewalk. the public police report says zimmerman was treated for nose and head injuries. >> what's been released so far shows that it wasn't george who was the aggressor. it shows that it was trayvon who was the aggressor. >> reporter: a friend speaking out for zimmerman says zimmerman told him martin was on top when zimmerman shot him in self-defense. >> i know i cannot bring my baby back. >> reporter: martin's family insist police leaked details of zimmerm zimmerman's narrative to defend the decision not to arrest zimmerman. police officials admit the information may have been leaked, and pledge to punish anyone who released it. the family also reacted angrily

while confirming a report their son had been suspended from school for ten days, for possession of an empty marijuana bag. they dismissed it as irrelevant to the case. >> they kill my son and now they're trying to kill his reputation. >> even in death, they are still disrespecting my son >> nobody's disrespecting his son. but we sure are disrespecting george. >> reporter: frank caffey, a neighborhood watch volunteer along with zimmerman, said police did a thorough investigation. and zimmerman was only looking out for his neighbors when he followed martin. >> he's been robbed eight times in the last 15 months. george just wanted to know, what are you doing here? >> reporter: martin's family said the problem with all of that is that police accepted zimmerman's statement at the scene as fact and never gathered any more evidence that might reveal what really happened then. all this now goes before a grand

jury, while there's every indication the protests and the demand for justice will continue. matt? >> all right, ron allen on this story for us. ron, thanks very much. rachel mad dow is the host of the rachel maddow show on msnbc and the author of the new book "drift: the unmooring of american military power." let's stake on trayvon martin for a second before i get to your book and talk about how the case has become part of the public consciousness. prominent republicans criticized president obama when he made the comment, quote, if i had a son, he'd look like trayvon. they say that the president injected politics and race into the issue. i think race was injected from the very beginning. >> yes. >> but politically speaking did president obama make a mistake commenting, weighing in on it? >> i think in moments of national upset, and there is real emotional weight to this issue, i think a president's role is to say, america's institutions work, and they need to work. and our leaders are on the side of them working better. so for him to say, my son would look like trayvon, if i had a son, is him saying, this case

will not be swept under the ruling, there will be no immunity from prosecution because of the race of the vick film tim. which is the worry, the suspicion and the accusation of many people who are very concerned about this case. i think that is sticking up for american institutions kind of line. i don't think it was particularly racial. but i understand his critics are going to go after him. >> let's move over to what's happening at the supreme court today. second day of oral arguments over the president's health care reform law. if it is struck down by the supreme court, talk to me about how that affects november. and then take it the other way. if it's upheld by the supreme court. >> the most interesting thing that i have seen about this and how it's going to affect the public is that bloomberg did some polling on it and bloomberg's poll found that 75% of people think that the supreme court will decide based on their political beliefs. not on the law. so, this may, as much be a referendum on the supreme court, whether or not the roberts court is so conservatively politicized that it will make a decision to hurt the president. rather than sticking closely to precedent here. >> if they don't, if they uphold this law, what's the effect on

the president come re-election time in november? >> i don't actually think it will have that much of an effect if it is upheld. i realize that the partisans who have -- the people who have -- made this about partisan politics think that it will be the end all-be all for the election. but if what the republicans call obama care is upheld, then the president has reformed health care and republicans still hate it and we're back to where we are now. >> this open mike issue. okay. happened yesterday. the president speaking to the russian president, said on all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this can be solved but it's important for him, putin, to give me space. yeah, i understand, replied the russian president. i understand your message about space and then president obama said, this is my last election. after my election, i have more flexibility. >> yeah. >> why shouldn't people think this is a disingenuous stand on foreign policy? >> well, what they're talking about is missile defense. and what he's saying is, we're probably not going to make any further agreements or have any -- we're not going to make much progress in terms of talking about missile defense

while i am in an election year. >> but it adds to the cynicism that people have. that they say our leaders should take a stand on principle, not political vulnerability. >> but the issue with arms control and the russians is that the agreements that the president has been making with the russians, the senate will not follow. the congress will not follow. and so if you want to be realistic about it, the congress and the senate, in particular, is not going to follow him in an election year. so it's a little bit of a window into real politics and the way these guys really talk to each other. i don't think we learned anything new. it's kind of interesting to see two leaders speaking unguarded. >> from your book, you write when civilians are not asked to pay any price it's easy to be at war. not just to intervene in a foreign land in the first place, but to keep on fighting there. compare the wars in iraq and afghanistan for me, and the price people like me, and citizens of this country have been asked the price with past wars and what's been the impact. >> i think what i -- what i wrote about and what i think has happened is we made a series of political decisions over the past 30 or 40 years that essentially made war less hassle.

we gave presidents ways to go around the congress trying to block them. we gave the american public sort of some blinders to put on in terms of the cost of things. we shielded ourselves from casualties. we're not even off an howed to know when private contractors are hurt or killed. all of these ways have made it more comfortable for us. so we've ended up after all of those changes with the longest war in american history and an 8 1/2 year second war fought alongside of it. and the american people not even really much noticing when that 8 1/2 year long war in iraq ended. oh, was that still going on? we didn't have a parade here in new york. there's no real civilian effect of it and that is something -- that civilian distance from our war fighting is -- >> real quickly is that system here to stay? or are there simple ways to change it so there's more of a realization? >> there are simple ways to change it. what i found in the book and the reason i wrote it is because i think the decisions that 2k3w09 us here, that we're so insulated from the war as civilians are simple decisions made over about

30 or 40 years since vietnam. they can all be reversed. we don't need a secret military, private military and we need to have a big, robust debate when we're thinking about using force. >> it's always nice to have you here, rachel. >> thanks for having me. >> it's 15 minutes -- and you can watch rachel's show weeknights at 9:00 eastern and pacific time on msnbc. and a programming note, tomorrow on "today" we'll have an exclusive interview with house speaker john boehner. we'll talk to him about the presidential race, hayes jen today in congress, and more. that's tomorrow here on "today" 73 once again here's ann. >> matt, thanks. now to what could be a major breakthrough when it comes to the epidemic of type ii diabetes. two new studies have found that weight loss surgery can reverse, possibly even cure, the life-threatening disease. dr. nancy synderman is nbc's chief medical editor. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> millions suffer from it. many unaware. my own mother had it. what is the toll this disease is taking? >> if you look at the global toll, it's estimated by the year 2030, which is really right

around the corner, almost 10% of the global population will have type ii diabetes. it's going to cost a little over $476 billion. that means work days lost, amount of money spent treating it, and if you think about the kind of budget conversations we have in this country, or germany bailing out greece, there isn't enough money in the bank to take care of this epidemic. >> now comes two studies, reported in the "new england journal of medicine" on monday, and they describe, suggest a breakthrough saying one study in fact says that the researchers treated one-third of a group of people with type ii diabetes with medication only. >> right. >> and two-thirds with surgery. what was the findings? >> so they divided these people. one served medicine, one gastric banding which is putting a band around the stomach, and one-third a real gastric bypass operation, and what they found is, that the two groups that underwent surgery thad, in fact, a reversal of their diabetes within months. they went off their medications. the group that was treated with medicine alone could not control

the diabetes. those who underwent surgery had reversal in many cases of their diabetes, it just went away. and in some cases the insulin levels and sugar levels started changing within hours of the operation. >> even before weight loss? >> even before weight loss, change in dmi being now called weight loss surgery, not even weight loss surgery, or bariatric surgery, it's diabetes surgery. >> does this mean, then, that insurance companies might be in the future more inclined to cover this kind of surgery? >> well, i think so. because these are not inexpensive operations, $15,000 to $25,000 per operation. then you have to krounch tcrunc numbers and say okay, it costs so much more to take care of a diabetic, renal disease, heart did ease, stroke, cancer, you name it. i suspect they're going to find out it is less expensive. however, this is not a reason for people to keep eating. it is a reality, though, that we have to recognize this is an

epidemic, as a disease, and frankly, that we may have a way to intervene >> and save lives. dr. nancy synderman. thank you so much. always great to get your perspective. it is 2340u7:18 here's matt. >> all right, ann. this week we're getting our first look at what oscar winning director james cameron saw during his historic trip to the deepest part of the ocean. natalie? >> fascinating stuff. james cameron is known for thrilling audiences with his blockbuster movies but on monday he was all alone during his unprecedented voyage to the last frontier on earth. luckily cameras were rolling to capture it all. this is not behind-the-scenes footage of james cameron's latest movie. this is cameron making history. for the director who took audiences to the depths of the sea in the movie "the abyss," it was life imitating art. off the remote coast of guam, cameron ventured to the deepest part of the ocean, the mariana

trench. >> we used to say if we knew what was there, we wouldn't have to go. so we have to go because we don't know what's there. >> reporter: inside a state-of-the-art lime green subcalled the "deep sea challenger" cameron defended 500 feet per minute, down almost seven miles, that's a mile deeper than mt. everest is tall. >> the danger is extreme pressure at the bottom of the ocean. to take a fairly flimsy object that just has a little steer for james cameron is a brave and adventerous thing to do. >> reporter: after 2 1/2 hours, less than the length of his "titanic" film, cameron reached the trench, even tweeting to humanity above, hitting bottom never felt so good. national geographic 3-d cameras attached to the sub captured the first-ever images of the ocean's bottom. creating exciting alien worlds is what cameron does best. but the real-life abyss is

nothing like the movies. >> it's completely alien world. it's very lunar. very desolate place. very isolated. >> after three hours, cameron emerged. his real-life mission complete with its own plot twist. a hydraulic leak forced him to come up earlier than planned. >> welcome back, man. >> and in an ending fit for hollywood, cameron was greeted by don walsh who made history more than 50 years ago as part of a two-man team to reach the bottom of the deep sea. >> hasn't changed a bit since you were down there. >> i'm the king of the world! >> reporter: for a man known for bigger than life movies, this journey to the deep was something out of this world. >> literally, in the space of one day i've gone to another planet and come back. >> and cameron's journey is the culmination of seven years of planning. it will debut on the national geographic channel later on this year. matt, the only sign of life he saw, apparently deep sea shrimp. >> that is wild. >> wild.

can you imagine being confined in that little thing? >> better him than me. natalie, thank you very much. coming up, bitter new accusations between christie brinkley and her ex-husband peter cook. these come four years after their divorce. this morning brinkley opens up in an exclusive live interview. first this is "today" on nbc. [ female announcer ] here in california, our schools need help.

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must be at least 18 years old, bring a photo i.d. organizers are also asking searchers to address appropriately with sturdy shoes, long pants, looking for donations of water and supplies. you're going to be headed out there, grab your umbrella, as well. a lot more rain on the way. take a look at this line of showers getting ready to move onshore. about half an hour away from the peninsula. 280 will get slammed. as we continue throughout the day, we'll see the showers intensified. by 3:00 p.m., getting heavy downpours across the greater bay area. we'll lighten up for the second half of your wednesday. as we head throughout today, talking about temperatures in the 60s. 61 degrees in san jose, and 51 in san francisco, another round of rain moves in saturday into sunday, but we'll get p.m. clearing. if you're trying to make the outdoor plans for the upcoming weekend, sunday's your day to do so. we'll continue to track the showers all morning long. right now let's check your drive with mike. >> a little better news.

101 northbound at tully road in the last few minutes, both accidents reported clear. after a total of eight cars total for two accidents were involved in a couple of incidents. there's the slowing all the way off the 85 interchange and northbound 85, folks headed to monterey, as well. but 87 holding steady and we should see this sort out although we won't get a lot of relief because the build continues for the south bay. an accident clearing to the shoulder there, but it's been there for about 20 minutes, laura, causing slowing out of hayward. >> we'll check back with you, mike. and for the latest, check out nbc bay area on facebook. i'll have another local update in half an hour. see you then. whatcha lookin' for hon?

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of employers are asking applicants to hand over their passwords so that they can find out. so now some lawmakers and people behind the social networking site, are crying foul. it's causing a lot of conversation. we're going to get into that conversation coming up. >> it's one of the subjects we're going to talk about with "today's professionals." we'll talk about a few other things, as well, including the online firestorm sparked by one mother's extreme diet control for her overweight 7-year-old daughter. we'll get to that. but we'll begin this half hour with christie brinkley. opening up about her return to broadway, and her real-life drama with ex-husband peter cook. we're going to talk to her exclusively in a moment. but first, "today's" savannah guthrie has the latest. >> matt, good morning to you. christie brinkley and peter cook divorced in 2008 after twelve years of marriage. but that split has not put an end to the legal wrangling between the two. they're back at it with both sides claiming new violations of their divorce agreement. she is the stunning model and actress. he, the handsome architect.

for 12 years christie brinkley and peter cook were married with children, living a privileged life, regulars on new york's elite scene. but that would all change. in 2008, cook admitted to having an affair with his 28-year-old intern, and spending thousands of dollars a month on internet pornography. a bitter divorce battle ensued, in the court, and in the media. >> you know, it was a long day. it was really, really hard to relive all of that. >> reporter: but four years later, not much has changed in the bitter divorce between brinkley and cook. they are still fighting. and the public, it seems, still has an ap tut for the drama. >> that as a society we're always interested in what celebrities are doing. we're interested in their weddings, we're interested in their divorces, their children. seeing what celebrities go through, to sort of see them in real-life is very interesting to most people.

>> reporter: in court papers brinkley claimed her ex owed thousands of dollars in child support and that he sent her derogatory and abusive e-mails. >> the most important thing to her is that she wants to stop the bullying, stop the vitriol, and stop the persistent attempts to relive the divorce that mr. cook is constantly engaged in. >> reporter: cook responded. calling brinkley a narcissistic ego maniac. brinkley said he violated their confidentiality agreement by speaking out. in recent interviews cook said he pays more child support than the court requires. and argued that when his ex-wife was off rehearsing for "chicago" on broadway last year he was taking care of the children full-time. and shouldn't be required to pay during that period. >> when he realized it was a misconception, he simply wrote the check and paid her. >> reporter: now, it's up to the judge to determine the next step in this back and forth drama. a drama that brinkley's lawyer says should play out privately. >> my client just wants to get

on with her life. >> reporter: well, with christie brinkley set to return to the broadway stage next week, peter cook points out that he will once again have the kids full-time. matt, back to you. >> savannah, thank you very much. christie brinkley is with us now exclusively. good to see you. welcome back. >> great to see you, matt. >> this is still going on. you two have been divorced four years now, and it just doesn't seem as if you can -- you guys can get over this. >> well, you know, since the day that he realized that i wasn't coming back, there have been a real character assassination going on. i asked for and got a confidentiality agreement with the original divorce. i alone have maintained the confidentiality agreement. i had offered, you know, for a sympathetic show from oprah, jeff zucker offered me an hour in prime-time. you know, everybody asked me to come on. i did not want to do it.

>> so why are you here today? i know peter has gone on other television programs and talked about this. is turnabout fair play? some might just say turn the other cheek. >> well, i have turned the other cheek. there's not one quote from me anywhere. this is the first time i've ever been on a show, and i'm really here because next week i'm going to start promoting "chicago." and this became such a big deal. i mean, i've endured about two weeks of all kinds of, you know, lies, and stories, when actually four months prior to this -- this character, you know, assassination, media storm, i quietly filed for to protect my family from that, part of my suit, i was very clear asking the judge, please determine this on paper. >> you didn't want to go public with this. >> i am not the first woman that ever let a judge know my husband was late in paying his child support. which is very minimal and not

more than -- >> he says, by the way, he pays double what the court has asked him to pay. >> pays $600 a month per child. that's it. it's really a -- more of a -- i can't think of the word, it's too early. but it's a very minimal amount of money. and it wasn't the money. i have hesitated to do anything with the courts because he actually likes the publicity and he likes the -- >> by the way he says that about you. he says the only reason you're coming out now is because you want to promote your role on broadway. >> matt, isn't that silly? i mean, last year when i had this amazing opportunity to go on broadway, i announced it on oprah, "the tonight show," the view, good morning america, i mean, we -- we have endless opportunities to -- the show that i'm in, "chicago: the musical" is the longest-running show on broadway. they've managed pretty well without, you know, using the

peter cook press machine. i mean, it's -- it's silly to even think that. >> let me interrupt for a second. >> but i just want to stress, i just want to stress, i filed four months prior to anybody knowing anything. i filed mainly because i wanted to protect myself and my children. i have a right to peace. i just want peace. and i got, besides the confidential agreement, i also asked for, and got, an agreement that demands civility. that demands him to stop both, like berating me every opportunity that he can get. >> you say that he sends you derogatory e-mails, he has called you, as we just heard, a narcissistic ego maniac, he says you've castrated him in public. >> can i say i have never called -- i have never part in name calling. the only thing that i have ever said after my second trial, which i had to go through a

whole trial because i was three hours late in handing over my passport, at that trial, at the end of the trial, i simply said as a public service, three words, google, divorcing and narcissist. all right four words. google, divorcing, and narcissist. i'm not alone. i have gotten hundreds of letters from other women who are going through this. it's not easy. >> there are two sides to every story and unfortunately this story is playing out in the public. but what i keep thinking about is you've got kids together. and these kids are no longer young kids. they are teenagers and they're old enough to understand this, and some people look and say the parents are acting more like teenagers than the teenagers are. >> but this is my first time on tv. okay. this is my first time. i want to stress that. i have never gone on a tv show. peter went on barbara walters, he went on geraldo rivera, he went back on geraldo rivera. >> what impact is this having on your children?

>> he went on good morning america. let's ask him why is he doing that. >> but what impact is it having on the children, christie? >> well, my son doesn't want to go there anymore. so my son has been with me full-time for the past seven months. >> he's about to live with peter while you're on broadway -- >> no, he's not. >> and spend a lot of time with peter. >> you see, that's another thing. i -- for instance when i played england, it was during the summer. and i asked, i said look, why don't you take the kids the first two weeks, i'll take the kids the second two weeks. and he doesn't have to take -- the only reason i even have him take the kids is because i agreed, in my first divorce, that if i can't be there for more than two nights in a row, that they should be with their father. instead of a caregiver. >> but i'm trying to -- >> my whole life is set up to take care of my kids whether i'm here or at home. >> but i'm trying to think of this poisonous atmosphere. you as a mother handing your kids over for whether it's a day or two days or three days to your ex-husband, with all of this swirling around, and how

does it not severely impact these children? >> well, that's what i think that we need to have legislation that protects families from a spouse who has been diagnosed by the court-appointed forensic psychiatrist as a bona fide malignant or extreme narcissist. this is say personality disorder. this is something that the courts need to come to grips with. i'm not alone. i have huh dleds of letters from other women that say i'm going through this, too. only mine is more public because when i go to trial, the media comes. and you know, my first trial, by the way, he led the public to believe that i went down to supreme court and opened the court. and i did not. in new york state divorce court is always open. okay. i had my trial like every other woman going through a divorce. i never thought it would end up in court. but he was determined -- >> how can the two of you now make this better? for the sake of the children,

for the sake of your private life and peter's private life, how can you make it better? >> what the experts say is you need to have a no contact rule. and i put in place my lawyer over two years ago and i have not -- i haven't had any contact with him. but, he continues to, you know, contact me. and that's the problem. >> here's what -- >> and so i quiet i asked the judge, please, make this stop. protect my right to peace. i'm looking for peace for my family. and i also -- sorry. but i just want peace. and every time i have any joy, or any kind of success in anything, he has to try to destroy it. and the courts need to learn how to deal with this kind of situation. >> i had fully intended to ask you about "chicago." so why don't we do this, since

we have now run our course of time on this. why don't you come back at some point and we'll talk only about "chicago." >> that's what i wanted to talk about today. >> okay. christie brinkley. christie, thanks for your time. i appreciate it. 7:41. let's get a check of the weather from maria larosa. >> "today's weather" is brought to you by the seven bold flavors of bush's grillin' beans. the bolder side of bush's. >> well, we have found where winter has been hiding. and it is across the west. take a look at the satellite radar picture. a big storm pushing onshore. gale force winds, mountain snow, wind and rain. take a look at the snowfall totals over the next 24 hours. this could be a windfall for the sierra nevada. also mount shasta. how about a couple of feet of snow. across the midsection, quiet and warm continuing there. chilly in the northeast. well, we're getting a little bit more shower activity at the immeasate cot. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren. let's take it to the radar.

pretty good amount of rainfall coming down along marin county coastline also seeing that line of showers getting ready to slam the peninsula now. it's about 15, 20 minutes away from reaching 280. count on a slick drive as you make your way to work this morning. by 3:00 p.m., a really slow commute with heavy downpours over the greater bay area. finally, we'll get a little bit of a break from the rain as we head to the second half of tomorrow. more rain this weekend, hope you have a great day. >> you can get your weather 24 hours a day at the weather channel and weather.com. >> all right, maria, thank you very much. up next, is it fair or even legal for a prospective employer to ask for your facebook password? jeff rossen investigates. what's this? [ male announcer ] quaker oatmeal squares

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facebook password so they can sift through every post, every photo, every private message before hiring you. now lawmakers are asking, is this even legal? >> oh, what a cute baby. >> they're really close. are they together? >> whoa, that was a crazy party. >> reporter: they are our most personal, most embarrassing moments, meant for friends. or friends of friends. not your new boss. >> my facebook profile contains the most intimate details of my life. and now these bosses are asking to get in and take a look around. >> reporter: recently justin bassett was applying for a new job in finance. during the job interview, he says the employer dropped a bombshell. >> i was shocked when she turned and asked me for my facebook e-mail and password. >> reporter: out of nowhere, she says give me your password i want to logon to facebook as you? >> absolutely right pip was absolutely taken aback by that question. >> reporter: what did you say? >> i just told her that i was

not comfortable sharing that information at all. it was made clear that sharing that, and allowing them access to my page, was part of the interview. >> reporter: no facebook, no job? >> it wasn't explicitly stated, but, denying that request would have lost me the position. >> reporter: justin walked out. facebook says more and more companies are doing it. violating its user policy. now lawmakers are drafting legislation. even asking the department of justice to investigate the tactic. calling the companies' behavior unduly coercive. >> put food on the table, get the job, or surrender privacy. and that is what is so absolutely abhorrent about this practice. it is as much an invasion of privacy as it would be a employer asking for the keys somebody's home so he could rummage through file drawers, diaries, photos. >> reporter: but some employers say facebook,perhaps, the best background check of all. raw, real, and hey, if you don't

like it, just don't apply. >> a one-time deal, because it helps us to really paint a picture of who we're hiring. >> reporter: it's become popular with law enforcement. in madison, wisconsin, the police department is open about it. asking applicants to logon to facebook during the job interview. >> this is becoming a standard way of operating, a standard approach, not only in the policing profession, but in other professions, because it's so widely used. >> reporter: suddenly that crazy night, that risque halloween costume, could be putting your new job in jeopardy, without warning. unless you're as bold as justin and just walk out of the interview. >> i think that if people start telling interviewers that this is not okay, they'll get the message. >> reporter: legal experts say these companies are walking a fine line running the risk of lawsuits and even discrimination charges. what if you belong to a certain protective group and don't hire you because of it. facebook hates this, too, telling us they will actually consider legal action against companies who do it.

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good morning to you. it is 7:56 right now, i'm laura garcia-cannon. two people are recovering from stab wounds after being attacked near the occupy sf camp. just before mid nigh, fire crews responded to 101 market street where a man had been stabbed in the neck right in front of the federal reserve bank. the victim received stitches at the hospital but returned to the camp early this morning. just 24 hours earlier, a 28-year-old man was critically injured when he was stabbed at the same encampment. police have not said if those two stabbings are related. let's get a look at that forecast right now. rain coming down over the bay area. let's check in with christina loren. >> and it's windy out there, as well. it's a good idea to give yourself plenty of time this morning. as you can see, we've got moderate rain on the way to san jose. 56 minutes away now, about an

hour away from steady rain. and take a look at what just developed over the city by the bay. san francisco seeing pretty significant rainfall right now through the sunset district also headed toward the bay view district. you can see by 3:00 p.m., it's only going to get worse. finally getting a little bit of break in the rain tonight and we'll get a little break thursday into friday. temperatures warming as a result. saturday, another round of rain, a cold storm moves in. let's check your drive, see how that wind and rain is impacting that. >> it's going to make you slow the speeds because of the conditions as the conditions allow. that's the basic speed law, guys. we're looking at 101 where the traditional slowing here has kicked in. the extra slowing we had because of two earlier accidents looks like it sorted itself out. a little extra heavier traffic flow there. the rest of the northbound and routes moving smoothly, though, for your south bay commute and continuing out the peninsula, 101 through southbound -- san mateo slow there, north of 92, and 92 itself has that wind advisory. there's the north bay with the

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you know, the crowd out on the plaza this tuesday morning, the 27th of march. they're listening to lionel richie. we love lionel richie. he's one of our big favorites. he's actually going to be in our studio coming up this morning. and so we're excited about that. >> interesting thing about his performance today, simply music. going back to his roots, so to speak. we're going to be talking about that with him. also ahead, "today's professionals" are in the house. they're going to be talking about a lot of subjects, including what happens when a

guy walks in front of the camera right before the segment? also, going to be talking about the controversial article that appeared in "vogue" magazine, a mother writing about her daughter's weight problem. including some extreme tips that she takes like withholding dinner from her daughter, if the daughter breaks her diet. so we'll talk about that. plus tim tebow's welcome to new york. >> lots to talk about with "today's professionals." also this morning we're going to learn how to get food on the table. she's going to tell us how she does it in her house. some tips to make our lives more easy thanks to giada. >> great. before we get to that. let's go inside. natalie is standing by at the news desk with a check of the morning headlines. >> good morning again. pakistan reportedly rejected u.s. concessions earlier this year, designed to save the cia's controversial drone campaign against targets within pakistan. officials say the u.s. had offered to give advanced notice of drone strikes and to limit

the types of targets. this morning, president obama acknowledged recent strains while meeting with pakistan's prime minister in seoul. gilani said both countries should work together for a stable pakistan and afghanistan. meantime defense secretary leon panetta reacted to monday's killing of three nato troops, including one american, by afghans. he said such incidents should not derail cooperation between the two countries. the parents of trayvon martin say police are trying to smear their son's reputation by leaking new information about the unarmed 17-year-old whose fatal shooting has sparked nationwide outrage. on monday the family confirmed that trayvon was suspended from school for allegedly having marijuana residue in his book bag. he was serving that school suspension when he was shot to death last month by neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman. but his family said the allegedly leaked information is irrelevant to the case. local police say they did not authorize a release of the new information but do acknowledge a possible leak. meantime police say that

zimmerman told investigators martin struck first. now let's head to wall street. cnbc's mary thompson is at the new york stock exchange for us. >> good morning, natalie. some good news for prospective home buyers. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke throwing cold water on speculation that the central bank might raise interest rates in the near future. despite signs the economy is improving. bernanke citing the still weak labor market as a reason for keeping rates steady. and stocks are moving steadily higher with four days to go, they're on track to post their best quarter in 14 years. >> mary thompson at the new york stock exchange. the weinstein company plans to release its documentary "bully: unrated" which means some theaters may choose not to show it. the film was given an "r" rating for language which the filmmaker refused to edit out saying it's what victims of bullying face on most days. our quick roundup of what has you talking online, a dui arrest monday made whitney houston's ex-husband, bobby

brown, the top search term on google and yahoo! the california highway patrol says brown was pulled over for talking on his cell phone, then failed a field sobriety test. he was booked and later relea released. your relationship status could help track romantic trends in the facebook universe. two of facebook's data scientists analyzed status changes and found significantly more new romances starting up around christmas and valentine's day. and not surprisingly, most breakups seem to get posted on facebook just in time for the weekend. and the 1960s french pop hit is hot again online after it was featured on sunday's season premiere of "mad men." megan draper sang to serenade new hubby don at his 40th birthday party. it's a big hit. ♪

>> the racy little number is so popular apparently it's now available for download at the itunes store and it will be given a limited vinyl release through amc's "mad men" website. 8:05 right now. let's go back outside to maria for a check of your weather. >> lisa is here from chicago. you borrowed hand warmers. excellent choice this morning in the northeast. hartford, connecticut, sunny, breezy, 25 today. right nowhen t teens and 20s. we could see some severe weather in the mid-mississippi valley. otherwise a big storm we're tracking is sa cross the west, bringing wind and rain from seattle down to san francisco, the sierra nevada could pick up as much as one to two feet of snow. meanwhile the southeast may be the place to be. 74 in atlanta this afternoon. well, we just had moderate

rain sweep through san francisco binh thai now crossing the bay bridge on the w t to west oakland the next five to ten minutes binh thai get ready for slick conditions there binh thai overall, we're seeing conditions ramp up binh thai rainfall getting more intense and more on the way binh thai heading through 3:00 p.m., we could get upwards of three inches of rain in the north bay binh thai on the valley floor, an inch and a quarter in santa rose a and napa binh thai tomorrow, a break in the second half of the day binh thai ann, back over to you. >> all right, maria, thank you so much. coming up next, "today's professionals" are champing at the bit to get to a lot of hot topics, including the outrage over how one mom is shanding her ht7-.e with igweht.

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child,and i think our kids increasingly are more color blind, you do talk about the fact that you make snap judgments of each other. and in that snap judgment you can go one way or the other. but when you're carrying a gun, that snap judgment can set off a decision that may, frankly, put you on the wrong path. >> before i go to you star and tonny. let me tell you what toure writes in "time" magazine, it's unlikely -- this is from black young men. it's unlikely but possible that you could get killed today or any day. i'm sorry, but that's the truth. black maleness is a potentially fatal condition. i tell you that not to scare you, but because knowing that could save your life. strong words. >> profound. >> i can tell you, i found it very difficult to get through it. and i said to the producer, i'm worried emotionally this would impact. i have a 17-year-old nephew. he wants to be the next steve jobs. he wants to be an engineer. but i worry that when he walks out the door, they don't see that. they see trayvon martin, they see black man in a hoodie.

we don't all wear jump suits that are orange and someone needs to tell their story. >> here's what concerns me. first of all, i have an 8-year-old and 4-year-old daughter at home. i won't broach the issue because they're too young. they are color blind. my 8-year-old has an african-american friend, she doesn't know the distinction. this is say white man talking, i'm not walking as a black man are we elevating prot be lem? just hear me out. are we making the lines sharper. >> yes, we are. >> but in some ways, are we fanning the fire? are there a lot of black men that are not walking around like that today, thank god, and now you're forcing that issue? >> the vigilanteism, and there is a component of that right now, is part of the ongoing controversy. >> it's a fair question to ask. but i'll go back to your 8-year-old daughter. she doesn't see color. she doesn't have to. the 8-year-old girlfriend of hers, she will see color because society will make her. trayvon martin may not have seen color either. but somebody else put their

prejudices on his young shoulders. >> let me just say and i'm wr57ing this up because i want to move on, in that same discussion that we have about race with our children based on this story, we should also have the discussion about due process and not jumping to conclusions and that people are innocent until proven guilty. >> yes. >> and the fact that a crime scene was destroyed. the other day, about no forensics is very important. that's part of due process, also. >> let us move on, okay. you go to apply for a job these days, we talked about it here and on this show, you should assume that the potential employer might be going to your facebook page to learn things about you that they will find useful. but there's a new step to that. some employers are saying, if i go to your facebook page, you're applying for a job at my company, and i find it locked, the privacy settings are there, they'll ask the job applicant for their password. >> okay. >> is it fair? >> of course it's not. but here's the good news. first of all i say to young people all the time, everything you put out there, understand it could be seen by anybody. having said that, any employer that does this is going to be out of business.

because part of what your company is, you want to make your company attractive to young people. and if you have this as a price of entry, you're going out of business. you don't even have to worry about legislature. >> do you know how many people want jobs these days that they might do things that are against their principles. >> my point is you're not going to attract the right young people. the free market will solve this. i promise you. if somebody ran a company, this is the stupidest thing for a company to do. >> legally on its face it doesn't seem that you violated the law. but when you go beneath the surface -- >> because you can say no. >> but beneath the surface, if you give someone access to your private settings, they see who you affiliate with. and then those may be the violations of the constitution. >> and what's next, my e-mail password? >> how about your medical files, the front key tour house, pulling back the sheets to someone who wants to crawl in bed. you name it. privacy is over. >> trust me they follow the dollars. no company of any stature is going to do this. >> the law hasn't caught up yet. >> let us talk about a story, a

mother wrote an article in vogue magazine describing her young daughter's battle with childhood obesity. daughter is 7 years old, 4'4", weighs 93 pounds. her pediatrician suggested diet. the mother writes about some tough techniques she uses with her daughter. if she's exceeded her calories for the day she denies her dinner. this the right approach? >> well, it's the right idea, wrong approach. because when you deny someone a meal you're basically telling the body now you're starving them so the body, part of the survival mechanism craves all the foods you don't want, fat, carbs, sugar, et cetera. the mom also struggled with eating problems, and i think there's some veiled idea that through her daughter she's going to start looking at herself. i know she means well but i think she's off the line. >> using the picture of her daughter in the article. >> that's what bothers me the most. you could do the same article, you could be anonymous, but then you don't get to be in vogue and wear the pretty little clothes

and that's my problem with it. >> and the irony is they're doing a fashion spread. >> there you go. >> the very thing that she's trying to fight against as far as, you know, looks and how important they are and then she has her daughter not only in the article, but posing, and as i said as a parent -- >> anorexia and bulimia and body loathing, these girls, women and such a young age. >> the mother writes and i'm pair are phrasing here that being overweight is not a private struggle, everyone can see and kids will comment to her daughter about it. >> by the way, this is "vogue" magazine she's doing this for her friends. and once again, being overweight, obviously, you know enough about this, the struggle can be private. >> and obviously the child is not anymore because that's a delightful photo of the young girl. >> tim tebow introduced to the new york press yesterday as the new backup quarterback for the new york jets. it was a spectacle press conference. is this a fit? this is new york city. the city that never sleeps. this is joe namath town, that he owned as a swinging bap lore. it's the city of a-rod and

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a new cookbook, "weeknights with giada: quick and simple recipes to revamp dinner." recently she gave us a peek into her home life and how she gets dinner on her table for her family after a jam-packed day. >> before the sun rises, the most peaceful part of my day begins. yoga. this is a biggie. it help please to kind of relax, and feel really strong. breakfast is quick. coffee and oatmeal. i like to top my oatmeal with a little bit of extra virgin olive oil. and a little bit of salt. delicious. my 7:00 my focus turns to jade. who steadfastly refuses to share her banana. please? pretty please? it's a bit of a show and tell. and negotiations continue. all right!

>> there. >> time to think about work. my bathroom becomes a beauty salon. taking a lot of eye liner for a 12-hour shoot day. today we're filming an episode giada at home at a place called rock-creation. my director harnesses securely, camera set, and showtime. up the wall is no problem. okay, now what do i do? down is another story. oh, my gosh! . whoa! that's a wrap. thank you. while the crew is on break, i head to the grocery store to shop for dinner. i'm thinking pasta and salad. basic ingredients are well-stocked in my pantry and freezer. it's just the fresh stuff i need. four items, that's all i need. i'm done. off to a new location. this time at my friend's home. jade joins me to deliver a pie. surprise!

turns out jade isn't into the apple and cheddar pie but that doesn't stop her from feeding me. i keep dinner simple. tonight is wagon wheel pasta with peas and a green salad. delegating is essential. jade continues to help, adding key ingredients. finishing touches and it's good to go. >> yeah. i love it. >> reporter: bone appetiteo. >> gee aud today good morning. that was fun. it was neat to see how your day goes. >> it was a long day. >> i know, exactly. you know what? one of the things you want to do this morning is help people make something easy for their family. you want to bring this to our lives and you're making a great pasta involving snap peas and also a lot of other wonderful things, including mint. but first of all, you make this pasta ahead, is that right? >> so this is the deal. i try to make these recipes in this book are simple, simple, simple. the idea is here that you have the right things in your kitchen. so the top five things that i like to have is a variety of

pastas. different shapes. whole wheat, whole grain, brown rice pasta, whatever, to change it up. i like a little bit of extra virgin olive oil. and i would, you know, i really think frozen veggies are key. we have frozen peas and frozen edamame. and something a little extra special italian pancetta and just replace with bacon. >> you don't need very much of it. >> you chop it into chunks. you brown it like you do bacon. >> in olive oil? >> you don't need any oil. this already has a little bit of oil in it. from what we just did. but you just render that down like you do bacon and you take the pancetta out, which is right there. >> it looks like this when it comes out. >> yeah, it's nice and crispy. >> chopped a little bit smaller. >> and once you render it down you take it out. then you cook the shallots in the fat of the pancetta for a few minutes. that only takes like two minutes. then you add the snap peas.

so this is the idea with the snap peas. this is pretty much the only -- this and the mint. >> this is the time consuming part. >> a little bit. >> you take that and they're so good and then you split them in half. you cook those with a little bit of chicken broth for two minutes until they're soft and then you add the edamame and the peas in there. you can add all of that with a little broth. so it absorbs it. >> but this is -- >> hello! >> you made this ahead. >> so i know that this is something that a lot of people are going to sort of frown at. i make the -- i cook the pasta ahead of time. when a child is 4 and they're hungry, they don't want to wait the ten minutes it takes to boil the water and boil the pasta. >> you've done that ahead? >> i take a bunch of pastas. cook them all separate. don't put anything on them. no dressing, no sauce. and will last you four offer five days in a fridge. put on what you need, heat it up in a skillet. that and a salad and you're done. >> what a great tip. >> yummy, yummy >> and you're only one woman. how do you do it? >> that's another segment

altogether. >> and again we want to tell everyone the book is called "weeknights with giada." she'll be answering your questions on "today."com beginning at 9:00 a.m. easter n. aic i'm laura garcia-cannon. family members will hold a funeral in gilroy for a brother, sister and mother that dried in a tragic murder suicide. investigators say he killed his 52-year-old mother and 11-year-old sister before committing suicide. martha's body was found in hollister yesterday. the 27-year-old was an iraq war veteran that family member say showed signs of post traumatic stress disorder. the funeral at saint mary's catholic church in gilroy

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♪ all night long all night ♪ >> we're back now at 8:30 on a tuesday morning. the 27th dave march, 2012. the chilly temperatures are making a bit of a comeback in the northeast. doesn't seem to bother these people, even though it's 30 degrees out on rockefeller plaza. we've now that winter temperatures in spring. we had spring temperatures in winter. and to warm the people up, though, we're listening to some

music by grammy winner lionel richie at the center of the stage there. and he's going to do a live performance for us inside with some friends in just a couple of minutes. >> love his new country album. >> duets. some great stuff there. i'm matt lauer along with ann curry and natalie morales. also ahead we have got frank and della in the studio today. he's written a memoir. it's a fascinating book. instead of concentrating solely on himself he tells stories of his encounters with a lot of famous people, including elizabeth taylor, marilyn monroe, the kennedys and others. and we're going to talk about frank about that. >> also we're going to be talking about our hiring our heroes initiative, across all the platforms of nbc news. we're telling americans to consider, companies to consider hiring our veterans not just as an act of charity, but rather as an opportunity, because these guys are coming back with so many great skills. these guys and gals coming back

with great skills that can bring grit to our country's -- businesses. anyway this morning we're going to meet some of these veterans in a piece this morning. >> and broadcasting from the "intrepid" partly tomorrow. >> it's going to be a massive job fair not just from the intrepid but also from fort hood and ramstein. we're going to be connecting online so that people can find jobs and on our website. >> on a different note, jill martin is back with steals and deals this morning. deep discounts, 85% off on everything from silk scarves to sunglasses. you name it. she's got it. >> all right. great. let's get a check of the weather right now. al is off today. maria larosa has got the forecast. maria. >> hello, everybody. happy birthday to the girl scouts who've had representatives from denver, right? >> yep. >> and they brought cookies. can't be that. take a look at the forecast for today. we're going to see a chance for some strong thunderstorms in through the mid-mississippi

valley as a cold front seeps through. it is chilly in the northeast. on the book end, west coast heavy rain and wind and mountain snow. that continues on into tomorrow, including rec we have light to moderate showers through the bathe morning. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren. action will intensify through the day today. what we're getting now is the beginning of a frontal system. we're still on the warm side. that's why it is so mild. the frontal passage takes place over the course of the afternoon. by 4:00 p.m., getting rain just about everywhere. a break as we kickoff wednesday. second half of tomorrow is sunny. 68 by thursday, sunny by friday, staying warm. >> guys, back to you. >> all right, maria, thank you very much. let us take a look at the latest singer to be voted off "american idol." nice to see you. >> thank you. >> surprising, because you had rave reviews. everybody was saying all these nice things.

randy jackson said you're one of the best singers in the competition. what happened? >> you know what? i think it was one of those things that, i have a lot of fans at home, and i know they were all rallying behind me. but a lot of them maybe voted 10 or 20 times, you know. and i know the teenage girls especially love to sit there and vote like 2,000 times in two hours. everything's subjective, you know. so -- i'm just happy to be where i. >> well where are you? here's the thing about it is that you obviously have a huge and beautiful voice. you obviously are with us this morning. you've got a great personality. so what i'm wondering is what are you going to do with it now? what is this going to launch you to? >> i'm so excited. obviously i get to go on tour with idols live this summer so that's going to be awesome. after that i'm just going to focus on recording my first album and you know, just turning the hustle on. so ready to work. >> meanwhile tommy hilfiger, the image consultant for the show gave you a whole new look.

do you think that it was the right choice for you to change your image right before a big contest? >> you know what? i've been wrestling with this in my head back and forth. i don't know. but at the same time, it's what i felt like doing. i had thought about doing something, you know, to my hair for a long time. so you know, tommy hilfiger was just sort of that extra motivation to get it done. so i'm happy. i like it. >> i like it, too. >> edgy. >> the folks back in rhode island and massachusetts? >> that's it. back to new england. >> great to see you. thank you very much. franklin is going to talk about his encounters with people like the kennedys, marilyn monroe and others.

we're back now. with oscar nominated actor frank langella. he's been entertaining people for 150 years, meeting a long list of celebrities along the

way. now he's sharing stories of some of those encounters good and bad in his new book called "drop names, famous men and women as i knew them." good morning, welcome back. >> thanks, matt. >> interestingly, you don't take center stage in some of these stories. it's your memoir and yet you seem like a supporting character in some of the stories. why did you tackle it that way? >> i wanted to go against my nature. i wanted to do it because i got to this ripe old age thinking there were so many fascinating people that i'd known and worked with and spent a lot of time with. when i tried to write my own biography i got very bored with my story. when a fascinating person came on the set or into my life i couldn't stop writing about them. >> you tell people right off the bat that some of this might be revisionist, even exaggerated here and there and they're not all glowing stories. you say these are not spoon fed or sugar spread. let me get to a couple. paul newman. he was a great audience, a true lover of acting and actors and wanted i believe to be thought of as a great actor. he wasn't. but he gave everything he had to

every role as his movie star days faded and he turned to mostly stage and television projects his limitations became more apparent. you don't pull punches there. >> no. he was a great, great movie star. and a great, great guy. but he was not a great actor. you know, there's a limited amount of people who are, like george c. scott, marlon brando. i think paul knew that. and i think i say in the piece that he was aware of his limitations. >> charlton heston. he was very well billed but he possessed as much sex appeal as a railroad tie, and was about as humorless as a c.a.t. scan. charlton heston no longer with us, and he played god. he might be watching. i don't know. >> out of the 66 you picked two. >> no, there are others. exactly. >> there are a lot of affectionate and loving ones, as well. >> you tell an interesting story about an encounter with the kennedys. i think you were in your 20s. >> 23. >> give me the anecdote. >> i was seeing a young lady in

cape cod. she said mummy and daddy are having a lunch party, would you like to come. i didn't know who mummy and daddy were. i drove out there and mummy and daddy were paul and buddy mellon and their guests were jack kennedy, jackie kennedy, noel coward, and i was in -- >> came in in a helicopter. >> they came in in a helicopter. >> what do you do as a 23-year-old at that moment, here come the kennedys? >> you don't know what it is until much later. you don't realize it until that night you're suddenly realizing at 23 years old you sat at a table with noel coward and the president and watched noel coward become more and more vulgar with each story he told. and watched the president literally bending over in laughter, and then dancing on the coffee table. it's a miraculous thing. and it was the beginning for me, of those sorts of adventures in people. >> elizabeth taylor is someone i think you met her, she was a more mature woman. >> 12 years ago. >> okay. had a few dates. is that accurate? am i portraying this correctly?

did it ever develop into a serious relationship? >> no. >> you describe her as not the bejeweled person that a lot of us now remember. you talk to her more about her being more fragile and lonely. >> yes. it's actually one of the -- there's no theme in the book but one of the things i did figure out when writing it was how difficult it is to overcome all of the toys that people had in life. the fame, the money, the success. ultimately the fundamental things become so essential to you as you get older, and if you haven't paid attention to those things, the very basics of life and the toys become your weapon, so to speak, against self, you find yourself isolated and becoming lonely, becoming distant from the world. >> you know, i started this by saying that you aren't the lead actor in some of the stories you tell. you're more of a supporting character. but i would imagine by going back and recounting the stories as you were writing the book, you had to learn something about yourself. what did you learn?

>> well, i learned to get over myself. in a big way. i learned how arrogance and imperiousness and distance and self-defense, which kind of came out of my childhood, which comes out of most actor's childhood, need to be gotten over, they need to get past them. and i learned how important parenting is, and how few of us get parented in the right way. so what happens is, you go down paths that your parents set up for you that may not always be the best ones. the unlucky ones. and that results in a series of fascinating, original, provocative, dangerous, maddening people. because they're fighting so hard against whatever the original little computer in their head told them. >> i think in reading the book we get to know you a little bit but we also get to take a nice walk down memory lane, frank. it's great. always good to see you. come back. >> i like your tie.

>> again the book is called "dropped names." still a live performance from lionel richie. first this is "today" on nbc. ♪ [ camera shutters clicking ] ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] announcing southwest airlines nationwide sale, with flights all over the country starting at only 69 dollars one-way. hurry and book now, only at southwest.com. ♪

back now at 8:45, with hiring our heroes today. our initiative to help military veterans find work when they leave active duty. the pentagon estimates 300,000 service men and women will retire this year alone, and kerry sanders explains, many of those about to hit the job market say the one thing they want is to work for a company they can believe in. >> reporter: 58 paratroopers climb on board a u.s. air force c-130. this night, at 800 feet, army captain heather ann bozeman is a jump master. responsible for each of their

safety. life and death situations have been an everyday assignment since she joined the military at 19. with nine overseas deployments, including three tours in war-torn iraq, heather ann is retiring. i know that you bleed red, white and blue, so after 20 years, why retire? >> mainly because i'm a mom. that's the main reason. i don't want to deploy and leave my daughter. i really don't want to -- i don't want to be a country away from noelle. ever. >> reporter: this 42-year-old single mother, who adopted her daughter noelle from russia, is now about to begin a new life as a civilian. any trepidation? >> absolutely. i mean, thank you for the kind words. i'm scared. it's a fearful time in america. i see it on the news all the time. job rates. job rates. job rates. >> reporter: but defining what a member of the military had done, and how it fits into the private sector, can be a challenge. how do you translate your

ability to field strip weapons in iraq to the civilian world? >> i'm trainable. i can adapt and overcome. it's kind of cliche in the military, but it truly is what we bring to the table. >> take your seats, please. >> reporter: 55-year-old marine corps colonel roy morton also set to retire after living that can-do spirit for three decades. >> there's going to be enemy, there's going to be friendly. >> reporter: i was embedded with the battalion in those early days of the iraq war. what are you thinking about? >> ready to go north. >> reporter: i know what you can do on the battlefield. and i saw no fear at all. is there any sense of trepidation leaving the military and going into the private sector? >> i'd be lying to you if i said that there wasn't some. >> reporter: even from a senior level officer, who today is the director of the marine command college in quantico, virginia, the private sector means uncertainty. >> got any other leads?

>> not really. >> reporter: another challenge transitioning service members face, selling themselves. >> we've gone through our lives as marines or as service members. we get orders, you go here, you go there. you go to a job and try to do it to the best of your ability. >> reporter: in afghanistan, army staff sergeant gregory meltz son his fourth and last tour. >> the multiple -- >> reporter: an expert at high tech communication, after 20 years, it's a compounding trend. >> we're all a little bit older. some corporations are looking for young men and women. so i think it might be a little bit of a disadvantage. >> reporter: but no one we spoke to believes america now needs to pay them their due. does the private sector now owe you something coming out like a job? >> no. that just kind of really hit my heart. i want to do it because it's fair, because it's good, because it's the right reasons. not just there's any other, you know, pity or obligation. i don't want that. i don't think any veteran wants

that. >> reporter: an emotional time for those retiring. who now take on a different battle. trying to find a job. for "today," kelly sanders, nbc news, ft. bragg, north carolina. >> and we here at the "today" show will be holding job fairs across the country tomorrow, in partnership with the u.s. chamber of commerce, including one aboard the "uss intrepid" here in new york city. if you are a veteran or an employer who would like to get involved please go to today.com/veterans. coming up next, lionel richie shows off his country side. live in concert. but first, this is "today" on nbc. [ female announcer ] here in california, our schools need help.

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it's the only initiative that can say all that. check out our online calculator and find out how your school would benefit. visit ourchildrenourfuture2012.com today. ♪ >> the "toyota concert series on today" brought to you by toyota. >> with the help of hits like "hello," "all night long" and many others, lionel richie has sold more than 100 million albums. he's out with a new oned called "tuskegee." it may surprise people to hear it's a country duet album. >> i don't know how you look like this in the morning. >> i don't know how you look like this. >> i'm working hard -- >> you are doing it. country music duets. why? >> let me tell you something, it's not a far stretch. i must tell you. i was born and raised in tuskegee, alabama, and all of my

songs spewed country. so when i thought about how do you kind of go off in the country vein. i'm not going country now, the song has already gone country. conway twitty did three times a lady, kenny roger dislady. >> this is natural? >> this is like a natural transition. >> let me mention some of the names, kenny chesney, shania twain, rascal flats, tim mcgraw, darius rucker. it's like your wish list. >> it's the wish list of life. when you have them with you, the good news here is that they all love these songs and i let them pick their songs. >> wait a second jimmy buffett sings all night long on this album with you. what if willie nelson said no, no, i want to do all night long. >> by the way, i was praying that was not going to be true. if you know uncle willie when he gets his mind set on something he wants to do that. >> he's going to do it. >> you know what made me so excited about this? was everyone came in, and i said would you like a lyric shoot and

they said, we know the song already. >> that's a great compliment. when you do something like this you have to stop and think i have a favorite song. i know you've been asked. is there one here? >> well i mean, let me say the one, i believe we're going to sing it for you, but the other one, darius rucker, just let me say when willie nelson comes in, he comes in and it sounds like he's been there for a hundred years. >> all right. you've got some members of little big town with you now. you're going to sing a song for us now. ladies and gentlemen, mr. lionel richie. >> go for it, guys. ♪ ♪ deep river lord i'm coming home to you ♪

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♪ lord i'm coming home to you ♪ ♪ deep river woman lord i know she's waiting just anticipating all my love ♪ ♪ all my love we are following a story downtown san jose. they're dealing with a hazmat situation near the courthouse at first and st. john's. people there are falling ill. right now, there's a perimeter set up impacting st. james,

second street and st. john. not clear what the source of the problem is but it is next to the post office. a crew is enroute. streets are closed. let's check with mike how it is impacting traffic. >> streets are closed, you can't drive there. you have to be rerouted on rail lines near market and 4th. that will effect the downtown japan town station as well as st. james. back to "today" show.

i'm suzanne shaw. legislation has been introduced to kill all plans for high speed rail. nbc area thinks it is premature to pull the plug. the new high speed rail leadership has just forged new partnerships with regional rail lines. caltrain, for example, would get a share of bullet train funds to upgrade and electrify their existing rails. this would serve all of us in the bay area much sooner than the original plans. in 20 years, california's population is expected to reach almost 50 million. we have to improve our transportation network to support a 21st century economy. we agree with governor brown. given a choice between building more freeways and more airport

runways, high speed rail is the better alternative. constructive criticism will continue to force important revisions, but let's keep planning. tell us what you think at nbceditorials.com. we're back now with more of "today" on a tuesday morning. 27th of march, 2012. we mention it a beautiful day here in the northeast. also a little chilly, colder than we've had over the past couple of weeks. 30 degrees and a great crowd of people gathered on our plaza. i'm matt lauer along with ann curry and savannah guthrie. al is sof today. coming up, christie brinkley is back in the headlines. first of all, she's coming back to broadway. back in the role of roxy hart in "chicago" the musical. but she's also making headlines for the ongoing and very bitter dispute she's in with her

ex-husband peter cook. this morning in an exclusive interview christie opens up, an emotional interview talking about her side of that story. >> that's right, matt. and also coming up this morning on a very different note. we're going to talk about your diet questions. we all have diet questions, don't we? we're going to be addressing this morning a question about nutrition bars. some are loaded with calories and fat and shug after. so which ones are the good ones? which ones are not the good ones? we're going to also tell you what to look for in terms of what to eat before you go to bed and also your questions about breast-feeding. >> we have a lot to talk about. also bargains are out there. eco-friendly sunglasses. we've got to see these. also kitchen knives. a little something for everybody. >> go inside, natalie is standing by at the news desk with all the headlines.

hi, natalie. >> hello again, matt, ann and savannah. the parents of slain unarmed teenager trayvon martin are slamming police for leaking information that their son had been suspended from school after traces of marijuana were found in his back pack. his parents called the leak a smear campaign aimed at demonizing their 17-year-old son who was shot and killed back in february. local police say they did not authorize the release of the new information but do acknowledge a possible leak. president obama's landmark health care reform law is going under the microscope at the supreme court today. the justices are hearing arguments that k458 edge whether or not the government can force people to carry insurance or face a penalty. the law would extend health care coverage to nearly every american, providing insurance to nearly 30 million people. 26 states oppose the law and the issue has become subject to intense partisan debate. dangerous wildfires are sweeping through the mountains west of denver, colorado. at least one person has been

found dead in the area. some 25 structures have been destroyed and more than 4 1/2 square miles are ablaze. hundreds of firefighters arrive to battle the flames. comments overheard on a hot microphone have president obama on the defensive. an open mike picked up what would have been a private conversation between the president and his russian counterpart dmitry medvedev. >> my last election. after my election i have more flexibility. >> republicans are pouncing on the remark, accusing the president of making secret deals on issues of national security. president obama, meanwhile, says he has no hidden agenda with russia, and later even made light of the incident. two new studies found that weight loss surgery may work better than medication for some people with type ii diabetes. the studies published in monday's "new england journal of medicine" found that weight loss surgery can reverse and possibly

even cure the life-threatening disease. researchers caution, though, that more study is needed. cases of die beat invest tripled in the u.s. in the past 30 years. and what better way to celebrate the miracle of life than welcome a new baby into the world than with a parody of lmfao's hit, sexy and i know it. ♪ this is what i see. i got a baby on the way ♪ ♪ and i ain't afraid to show it show it show it show it ♪ ♪ i'm pregnant and i know it >> the video was made by angela and tommy. it has racked up more than half a million views on youtube since it was posted last week. don't expect the sequel pregnancy dance video. angela is due any day now and the proud parents say it's a girl. good luck to her. four minutes past the hour right now. let's go back outside to maria

the weather. >> good morning, natalie. how long have you girls been out here? >> all morning. >> thank you so much for hanging in there. as far as the weather goes across the country, a chance of strong thunderstorms here in through parts of missouri, illinois and into indiana and the possibility of hail and damaging wind. a tornado is possible, as well, especially central illinois. meanwhile, it is cold and breezy in the northeast. lovely and sunshine in the southeast. if you're looking for the wintry wet and windy weather, that is along the pacific northwest. we still have light scattered showers streaming on shore. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren. the bulk of the moisture is on the way later today. in fact, you can see the only moderate cells are over the east bay from san ramon to danville. 3:00 p.m., start to go get heavy rain over the greater bay area. that will continue overnight, finally getting a little break by 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. another round of rain on the way

saturday into sunday, but a nice, dry break for second half of your sunday for outdoor plans. >> matt, back inside to you. >> all right, maria, thank you very much. model andability res christie brinkley is soaping up about her real-life drama with ex-husband peter cook. it's been nearly four years since they divorced but the split has no legal end in sight. because a feud continues with both sides claiming violations of their divorce agreement. earlier i sat down with christie and began by asking her why this split remains so nasty. >> since the day that he realized that i wasn't coming back, there have been a real character assassination going on. i asked for and got a confidentiality agreement with the original divorce. i alone have maintained the confidentiality agreement. i had offered, you know, for a sympathetic show from oprah, jeff zucker offered me an hour

in prime-time. you know, everybody asked me to come on. i did not want to do it. >> so why are you here today? i know peter has gone on other television programs and talked about this. is turnabout fair play? some might just say turn the other cheek. >> well, i have turned the other cheek. there's not one quote from me anywhere. this is the first time i've ever been on a show, and i'm really here because next week i'm going to start promoting "chicago." and this became such a big deal. i mean, i've endured about two weeks of all kinds of, you know, lies, and stories, when actually four months prior to this -- this character, you know, assassination, media storm, i quietly filed for to protect my family from that, part of my suit, i was very clear asking the judge, please determine this on paper. >> you didn't want to go public with this. >> i am not the first woman that

ever let a judge know my husband was late in paying his child support. >> he has called you a narcissistic ego maniac, he said you cast rated him in public. >> can i just say i have neverc part in name calling. >> unfortunately this story is playing out in the public. but what i keep thinking about is you've got kids together. and these kids are no longer young kids. thigh are teenagers, and they're old enough to understand this and some people look and say the parents are acting more like teenagers than the teenagers are. >> this is my first time on tv, okay? this is my first time. i want to stress that. >> what impact is this having on the children, christie? >> well, my son doesn't want to go there anymore. so my son has been with me full-time for the past seven months. >> he's about to live with peter while you're on broadway. >> no, he's not. >> spend a lot of time with peter. >> you see, that's another thing. i for instant when i played england it was during the summer. and i asked, i said look, why don't you take the kids the first two weeks, i'll take the kids the second two weeks.

and he doesn't have to take -- the only reason i even have him take the kids is because i agreed, in my first divorce, that if i can't be there for more than two nights in a row, that they should be with their father. instead of a caregiver. >> but i'm trying to -- >> my home is set up to take care of my kids whether i'm here or at home. >> but i'm trying to think of this poisonous atmosphere. you as a mother handing your kids over for whether it's a day or two days or three days to your ex-husband, with all of this swirling around, and how does it not severely impact these children? >> well, that's what i think that we need to have legislation that protects families from a spouse who has been diagnosed by the court-appointed forensic psychiatrist as a bona fide malignant or extreme narcissist. this is say personality disorder.

this is something that the courts need to come to grips with. i'm not alone. i have hundreds of letters from other women that say i'm going through this, too. only mine is more public because when i go to trial, the media comes. >> how can the two of you now make this better? for the sake of the children, for the sake of your private life and peter's private life. >> what the experts say is you need to have a no contact rule. and i put in place my lawyer over two years ago, and i have not -- i haven't had any contact with him. but, he continues to, you know, contact me. and that's the problem. >> here's what -- >> so i quietly asked the judge please, make this stop. protect my right to peace. i -- i want peace for my family. and i also -- sorry. but i just want peace. and every time i have any joy,

or any kind of success in anything, he has to try to destroy it. and the courts need to learn how to deal with this kind of situation. >> conversation with christie brinkley a little earlier. still to come, test prep anxiety. what you and your high schoolers need to know about which standardized tests to take and when. up next, "steals and deals." discounts of up to 86% on some great items. some mornings, getting the family together for breakfast might seem... ♪ ...impossible. no, no... well how about the purp? ew! ♪ yeah. wow. unless you have eggo® waffles. they're quick and easy to make, and there's something about them... that just makes people move. [ male announcer ] golden crispy outside, warm and fluffy inside. who says breakfast together can't be done? [ male announcer ] eggo® waffles. simply delicious.

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>> my goal weight is 150. >> that's amazing. >> and you told us you're at 151. so you're within one pound. >> yes. >> so you're there. you're striking distance. how does it feel? >> it feels great. and most importantly, i'm no longer a type ii diabetic. and that's huge. that's a life changer for me. that means that i'm going to be around a lot longer to spend time with my family. i'm no longer hypertensive. the high blood pressure is gone. the pain in my feet from being overweight, that's gone. >> good for you. >> i just feel like a whole new woman. >> amazing. >> you're seeing some of the scenes of the last episode in hawaii. i guess the idea was, can you continue to lose weight on vacation. which is such a stumbling block for so many people. was it hard? >> it was a little difficult. we had a very intense shooting schedule. so you know, we didn't have a vacation. not a real vacation. but we were in a different environment. so we didn't have access to the foods that we were used to. and it was difficult.

but we still all lost weight. >> you really sacrificed for your daughter megan who is still there on the ranch. >> yes, i did. >> what do you think of her chances? >> i hope that she does well. i hope she continues to work towards her weight loss goals. and i wish her the best of luck. we'll see what happens. >> all right. >> you're a registered nurse, right? and you're also doing therapeutic work with horses >> yes, i've started volunteering at a therapeutic horsemanship clinic. it's the perfect blend for me to mix my passion for horses with my love of helping other people. >> oh, that's great. such a great message. great spirit. >> good for you. >> you're an inspiration. kim stone, you are at your goal weight. you look fantastic. >> thank you so much. >> "the biggest loser" airs tonight at 8:00, 7:00 central right here on nbc. >> still 20 come this morning, preparing your teens for the s.a.t.s and a.c.t.s. should they take both? we're going to have the answers. (bell rings)

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this is a breaking news update from nbc bay area. 9:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. following breaking news in downtown san jose. a hazmat situation has several blocks closed off. three postal workers have fallen ill after discovering a white powder substance in a package. they became violently ill. all have been removed and decontaminated. the entire building has been evacuated. more than 60 workers. responders in full hazmat suits are checking the inside of the building. four square block area is impacted close to the post office. we are told the courthouse is

open and operating. it is causing some major problems for traffic and light rail in the area. let's chick in with mike inouye for details. >> you can't make the tracks move. so they have a bus bridge in place going past that section of downtown. around 105, north first. main post office down there, st. james park. you'll find disruptions through the area. you will be able to use market and fort from what i understand. the bus bridge will take you in place, effect japan town stations and center station. a disabled vehicle causing slowing for the south, only major issue for 880 off the transition swells out of san jose to mountain view, some slowing there. 880 pasz the coliseum, the rest of the bay area, great, windy, at times wet wetommu cte. more comteg up.in

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welcome back. a live look at san rafael. we are getting a break from the steady rain. quite a bit swept through the area. a nice break. more on the way for the second half of the day. the east bay got slick from san ramon to danville. take it easy. 3:00 p.m., the bulk comes through. a break for the second half of wednesday, but watching for local flooding through the day. travel cautiously. back to you. thank you very much. we continue to follow breaking news in downtown san jose, a hazmat at first and st. john. follow us on nbcbayarea.com for the latest.

♪ ♪ i dreamed a dream >> well, susan boyle's incredible story from humble childhood to instant super stardom beginning with her stunning performance on "britain's got talent" might sound like something out of a fairy tale. now it's turned into a musical and we'll give you a preview tomorrow on "today." >> wow. >> going to star in it. she's got the voice. >> certainly does. >> also coming up in this half hour, joy bauer keeps your weight in check by telling you the right amount of calories to look for when it comes to those

power bars. also pasta. and she has some advice on what to eat to get a better night's rest. and also if you're a nursing mother to keep baby calm. >> all important. and let the cramming begin. many high school students are getting ready to take the standardized tests for college. but should your child take the s.a.t. or the a.c.t. or both? and are there colleges that don't need a standardized test? we'll get some straight talk from a woman who has done her homework. just saying s.a.t., a.c.t., makes me break out in hivs. then a lesson in some light spring cooking from one of new york's hottest chefs. >> all right. first let's get a check of the weather. maria larosa is here with al this week. >> good morning, ladies. after a chilly start in the northeast, plenty of sunshine, still unseasonably cool from the afternoon from the great lakes to the northeast. severe weather potential for the mid-mississippi valley. otherwise the southeast is quiet. you're looking for the wet, stormy weather. that is the pacific northwest. not just today but tomorrow, heavy rain and mountain snow could see one to two feet by tomorrow morning in the sierra

ne snow in the sierra means rain in the bay area. we are getting a break from steady showers this morning. more is on the way as we progress through the afternoon. the bulk arrives between 3:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. we are expecting over an inch of rain in places like santa rosa and napa. turning showery by tomorrow. conditions warming to the upper 60s inland. saturday and sunday, another colder storm comes in producing light showers. >> savannah, natalie, back to you. >> all right. thank you, maria. joining us now, some new members of the nbc family from the reality competition "fashion star" where aspiring designers try to make it in the real world. three of the featured buyers are here. nicole christy, karen shaffer from sacs, and patrice from macy's. good morning to all of you. >> you guys are top customers. when you look at these fashions that walk down the runway on

"fashion star" what makes you want to say i'm going to put in a buy? >> well you know, at h&m we're a design company. we have over 140 designers in sweden and we're looking for the latest design. we're looking quality, designers that are creative and offer something new to complement our collection. >> what doesn't work? on the runway, to retail when you take it retail. >> gimmicks. you know, we've seen a couple of designers who sent gimmicks down the runway. sometimes they work. sometimes they don't. >> and it's also different, patrice you have obviously a different clientele than nicole does and karen does. do you ever find yourself fighting over the same fashion? >> absolutely. i think what makes the show so unique is really the fact that we all are focused on the same thing which is finding the next, hottest fashion designer. we all are very focused on fashion trends. and making sure we're registering that trend and giving our customer that opportunity. so when something comes down the

runway, it doesn't surprise me at all that one of my two colleagues here will have the same interest, and then it just comes down to maybe -- >> you're competitive with each other? >> absolutely. >> nicole richie all have very successful fashion brands of their own. is that what you're looking for is the next big fashion brand here? and you're talking about a $6 million collection that they'll be able to create, right? the stakes are pretty high. >> it is. it's a huge prize. a capital collection for each of our stores, that's the grand prize and we are looking for the next great designer. what's so unique about this show is every week a designer can win and sell their designs in any one of our stores. that's never been done in any design competition. >> and the grand prize could really launch somebody. thank you so much. and we should mention "fashion star" airs tonight, 9:30, 8:30 central right here on nbc. thanks, guys. coming up next, from what you eat when you're on the go to what to eat when you're nursing. os. bauer has answers in h

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more than 2 grams of saturated fat and no more than 14 grams of sugar. three of my favorite picks, i like the kind bars, the fruit and nut bars. they have clean ingredients. they travel well. i also like the two-pack hard granola bard from cliff klums and also nature valley. and there's a variety of flavors, and they're delicious. i think. so check them out. >> all right. beverly, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> a lot of those snack bars are kind of like candy bars. you've got to be careful. our next question is on the phone, adrienne in grain valley, missouri. adrienne, good morning. what's your question? >> good morning. i was calling because i'm just a bit confused looking at nutrition facts for foods, such as brown rice and whole wheat pasta. does it reflect uncooked or cooked? >> it is confusing. when it comes to pasta, almost always the serving size is going to be based on a two-ounce dry portion. so you just need to know that that equates to one cup cooked

and it's about 200 calories. so whether it's white, or whole grain pasta, two ounce dry equals one cup cooked. 200 calories. when it comes to rice it's a little bit more tricky. sometimes it's based on a dry portion, sometimes it's based on a cooked portion. i think the easiest thing to know is just like pasta. one cup cooked rice, whether white, wild or brown is just about 200 calories. >> adrienne, thank you so much. our next one is say viewer e-mail from katie in andover, mass. and katie writes i sometimes get home late from work and don't get a chance to eat dinner. i am hungry but don't want to have a heavy meal that will sit in my stomach all night right before i go to sleep. order some healthy and satisfying foods i can eat before bed? >> this is a typical scenario and it's a reality for so many people. you're hungry at night. you deserve to eat dinner no matter what time you get home. i'm going to say go for anything that's under 500 calories. because that's enough to make

yourself something substantial and satisfying but it's not too much that you're going to gain weight from it or be left feeling uncomfortable and disrupt your sleep. there's so many options. you could have a bowl of whole grain cereal with skim milk. you could make an egg white omelette, turkey burger. you could even heat up a can of lentil soup or black bean soup or toss in the microwave one of the frozen entrees. you could have a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich. >> you're making me hungry. keep it under 500 calories and you're cool? >> that's right. >> last one, we've got another katie from syracuse, new york, i am breast-feeding and it seems like whenever i eat healthy foods my baby gets extremely fussy. what can i eat that will help my baby feel less gassy. >> first know that babies are fussy and they're gassy and particularly up until six months because their digestive systems aren't mature. there's no one set of rules of what makes a baby feel more comfortable. but these are some things you might want to try to avoid that have been reported by other

nursing women. avoid raw foods such as -- raw vegetables, specifically broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, tomatoes, garlic and onion. believe it or not artichokes and salad seem to be problematic. >> raw. >> raw. she can have small portions cooked. she wants to limit lentils, soy foods, and high fiber cereals and bars. and lay off the dairy for a couple of days and see if the baby improves. because some babies are sensitive to lactose. >> but as the baby gets older? >> all these healthy foods back in their diet. >> good. joy bauer, thank you so much. >> thank you, savannah. >> coming up next, the pressure is on for millions of high school kids preparing to take those s.a.t.s. but is that the only test they'll need? we'll tell you right after thisc

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>> psat is a practice for the saths and colleges won't see these scores. if you score high enough as a junior you may qualify for a national merit scholarship. the s.a.t. is the most widely used college entrance exam. 2 million kids took it last year. it's now scored out of 2400 points. and students generally take it spring of their junior year. the a.c.t. is also a college entrance exam. 39% of high school grads last year in 2011 took this test. it differs from the s.a.t., there's science section on it and it's scored out of 36 points. finally you have s.a.t. subject tests. which back in the day, probably in our day, achievement tests, and they are one hour long subject tests in high school level subjects like languages, sciences, math, history, scored out of 800 points. some colleges will recommend or require those. >> a lot of students may be grappling with now do i take the s.a.t. or the a.c.t. or is the a.c.t. now pretty much

universally accepted as well? >> it is universally accepted now. the a.c.t. gained in popularity, and since 2007, all four-year colleges that accept the s.a.t. also accept the a.c.t. >> but do you do one over the other? because some students, because there is more of a math and science focus with the a.c.t. may score better on the a.c.t., and not as well on the s.a.t. so should you strategically plan which test to take? >> well, we recommend that students actually take a practice s.a.t. and a practice a.c.t. time yourself. under real conditions. score them, and see which you do better on. you can do this at the end of sophomore year or the beginning of junior year and you only want to prep and take the test that's better for you. there are two different tests, different strategies. so don't waste your time on both. >> and don't take both. now it is recommended that as you mention the students practice. there are a lot of ways to practice now including a lot of options online. are those online options as good as the old book that you used to get or even taking some of those standardized test prep courses

that you could take, as well? >> the good news is they're test prep for any budget. you could do one-on-one tutoring, an online course, you could buy a book. the key is you need to practice. we advise students to take eight to ten practice tests before going in to the real test. and just like you wouldn't, you know, not study for your history final you don't want to cram for an s.a.t. it's a marathon and not a sprint. >> do it with real timing, right? >> yes, yes. we tell students to get up early on saturday morning and do it then. >> eat your breakfast first. some students aren't natural test takers. so a test like the s.a.t. or the a.c.t., how much emphasis do colleges really place on that when it comes to getting accepted into a good stool? >> they're just one piece of the college admissions process and puzzle. and colleges are much more interested in how students performed day in and day out in the classroom over four years. >> right. >> than how they score on one test on a saturday morning. also a perfect s.a.t. or a.c.t. won't guarantee admission. so sometimes families place too much emphasis on an s.a.t. or

a.c.t., which could lead to cheating, and it could even lead to overpreparation. when students could be using that time to do more interesting and engaging activities. >> there are schools that also don't look at the s.a.t.s or the a.c.t.s, right? >> absolutely. if you are not a great test taker you should know about the 88 '04-year colleges that are test optional. you can find a list of those schools at fairtest.org. also students should focus on their grades. this is the most important thing in the college admissions process and also find a few extracurricular activities that you want to engage in wholeheartedly over your whole time in high school, that really reflect your core interests. >> right. >> and finally we tell students take the time to tailor each college application to each individual college. do your research. because that's going to help you get in. >> that's right. colleges still want the well-rounded student. cat cohen as always, thank you so much. coming up next, enjoying the flavors of spring from the coast of sardinia.

this morning in "today's kitchen," what's on the menu? a light, spring dinner. david coleman is executive chef at the parks here in new york city. >> thanks for having me. >> we're making a grilled derad. >> it's a dish from the mediterranean, it's -- >> a white fish obviously. what do we do to prepare? >> basically we open the fish up. >> all right. >> a little lemon zest. a few leaves of parsley. >> yeah. >> oregano. lots of pepper. >> a little salt? >> and a pinch of salt. >> great. >> close it. >> yeah. >> you salt and pepper on the

outside? >> just one side. and before we cook it we'll season it again. >> what kind of pan do you have over there? >> a grill pan. >> the spaced side down. >> yes. >> how long are you going leave it there? >> seven minutes then we'll flip it. >> all right. and when we flip it we'll season it. >> exactly. >> this is called pregala? >> it's sardinian pasta. it's dried and toasted almost like italian couscous. >> it does look like a little couscous. how are you preparing it? >> in the pan we have onions and garlic we're going to caramelize. we're going to add thyme and bay leaf. then the pregula. we're going to toast it a little bit more in the pan. >> how long? >> when you hear a little sizzle like crackling then it's ready to go. >> all right. so when it's done how do you -- you taste it or what? you hear the crackle and you know? >> when you hear the sizzle then you know it's toasting.

we're going to add the chicken stock. >> ah. >> let this cook for about 15 minutes. >> do you cover it? >> no, we just let it simmer. >> okay. >> almost like sis oato, a little bit of stock at a time. >> all right now we've got some spinach fregola. >> now we're going to add parsley, oregano. alfonso olives. these are olives cured in red wine and red wine vinegar. >> can you find those anymore? >> anymore. >> they have kind of a purple color to them. >> because they're cured in wine. >> that sounds good to me. and you've got a little butter. >> a little butter. add a little stock to bring it together. >> you're not worried that continuing to do this is going to overcook it or anything? >> no, not at all. this is to make it creamy. >> got it. you're getting a little bit of a sauce going there. >> yes. >> a little bit of premium risotto. we're going to finish it with a

little pepper. >> okay and how are you plating it up? we have about a minute left. want to make sure we get to the fried item i see over here. okay. so this is how your fish are going to look. >> when they're finished. >> come over this side. >> doesn't it look good? >> oh, wow. >> what's the fried fennel? >> marinated butter milk, fennel, and fried. >> beautiful. lovely. >> and then you place them right on there. >> look, he finished -- >> exactly. >> you've got a beautiful dessert. tell us about this. >> it's named after the belly dancer. >> beautiful. >> you can find that at "today."com. >> coming up hoda and kathie lee ♪

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a suspicious white substance sent three workers from the post office to the hospital. let's get to stephanie chuang with the latest. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: good morning. behind me is that post office where hazmat crews are trying to figure out what this white powdery substance is. you can see crews on scene. police are bringing in the bomb squad some minutes ago, that's protocol when there's a suspicious package involved. moving farther along is some ambulances where you've got the three postal workers waiting to be sent to the hospital. they have been decontaminated. they were exposed to the substance, complained of headaches, began to cough up fluids, didn't vomit. right now, the fire department is waiting for an update from the hazmat crews, hoping for more word on what the substance is before they send the patients to the hospital. they don't want to risk hospital staff safety. so that's the latest, very fluid situation.

we'll bring you the latest here on nbc bay area. live in downtown san jose, stephanie chuang, today in the bay. >> stephanie, thank you very much. we will update you in a half hour and at 11:00. all of this is impacting traffic in downtown san jose. let's toss it to mike inouye for the latest. >> that's right. you saw the emergency vehicles there, and there are more than we saw in the background for stephanie's shot. that effects light rail service. there's no light rail in downtown san jose area. a bus bridge is set up from japan town to convention center. the bridge is running down market, you can drive down market as well. bus routes downtown have been effected for 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 22, and 23. that will of course effect local streets around the post office and st. james park. market street is open. the rest of the freeways moving smoothly through the south bay, clearing for the peninsula. san mateo bridge, a stall reported westbound direction. don't see any problem but the camera is shaking. a good deal of wind and rain is

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singing with little big town. great band. take a listen real quick. ♪ lord i'm comin' home to you ♪ >> the thing about lionel is that everyone of his songs is a great song so you're not only happy to hear that song again because you've got great memories, then he brings all these terrific people off this duet album and does it with them and they're all people you love, too. >> this is all great country stars who sing with him. he said he was handing some of the lyrics out to some of the country music stars and they said we don't need the lyrics. every single person knew the lyrics to his songs. he's got a terrific album, called "tuskegee." every single song's a winner. there are lots of things going on today. only here on four hours of the "today" show can you go from that sort of thing that you go to an interview matt had with christie brinkley.

>> she came on and talked to matt -- apparently she'd been asked to speak at a lot of different places and she said she didn't want to -- >> speak out about her recurring and continuing marital problems. >> exactly. she decided to come and and talk with matt. it was interesting. she's actually going to star in the broadway musical "chicago." >> which she's been doing for about a year now. >> anyway, just watch this chunk of the interview and see what you think. >> what i keep thinking about is you've got kids together and these kids are no longer young kids. they are teenagers and they're old enough to understand this. and some people look and say, the parents are acting more like teenagers than the teenagers. >> this is my first time on tv. okay? this is my first time. i want to stress that. i have never gone on a tv show. peter went on barbara walters, he went on geraldo rivera, he went back on geraldo rivera, he went on "good morning america." let's ask him why is he doing

that. >> how can you two of you now make this better for the sake of the children, for the sake of your private life and peter's private life. >> what the experts say is you need to have a no-contact rule. and i put in place my lawyer over two years ago and i have not -- i haven't had any contact with him. but he continues to, you know, contact me and that's the problem. and so i quietly asked the judge, please, make this stop, protect my right to peace. i just want peace for my family. and i also -- sorry -- but i just want peace. >> yeah. i mean it was very emotional. i don't know how everybody feels about this. most marriages go through tough times and it's how you deal with your tough time and she's -- i think this is -- she's been

married quite a few times. >> a handful of times. >> a handful of times. it never gets easier. that's the craziness about marriage. it never gets easier. one thing i do know, i've been through this a little bit personally myself. a lot of people have. when it comes to the children, you give up certain rights when you are a parent. because you don't really matter anymore. you have to postpone your pain for a while and deal with the children because little people do not deserve big people problems. what i wish she had done is come on and just said, listen -- i'm not discussing my private life and i'm going to tell you what's going on with -- and just refuse to do it. you can't blame matt or any other journalist for doing it. here's what frank and i did when we were going through a tough thing. she wants the courts to fix things. no, she's the adult, he's the adult. they have to fund a way to fix things. when you're in the bubble like that, you think that's all

anybody's talking about, anybody's reading about. you walk into a restaurant, oh, my gosh, did you see -- you know what? they're not. people have a lot of problems and they might be even, oh, i heard they're back in court. it's not as huge as you think it is. the best thing you can ever do is not get what she called a court thing, a do-not-can't. you don't contact. you turn off your television. you turn off the radio. you -- >> don't read the rags. >> you don't read the rags. you don't take your children to places where they'll read the rags. as much as possible you don't let that input into you. then you feel like you're compelled, you have to speak about it. >> the thing you do say a lot, this i agree with, too, whatever you put into your system comes out. that's such a true statement. if you read nothing but rags day and night, there's something you become. if you watch nothing but porn day and night -- some people do -- >> you are what you eat. that's exactly right. no. i feel for her because i remember what that's like. you just feel like, oh, my gosh,

that's all anybody can talk about. no, no. and we wouldn't be talking about it now if she hadn't come on the show. i pray the best for them as a family but for goodness's sakes, the best thing you can do is keep your mouth shut and be there for your children and create an environment for them that is not toxic. >> right. you're right. absolutely right. all right, guys, last night -- there was a little bit of fun last night. giada delaurentiis have 20 -- >> but she never eats. >> first, point out this picture. it's significant. matt, jay, giada and me and in the corner there's debbie. she's saying i'm not in the picture. people on the other side of debbie that work with us at the "today" show, that's who was really there. just so you know, mark was also there and jenny thompson, her producer was there. it was a nice group of people who came on to cheer on giada. she's going to cook with us with

little jade. >> i thought i was going to go see "hunger games," so i'm going at 4:00 today. everyone was wondering what we thought. you know when you get back from a trip and there's just so much stuff you got to take care of that you just weren't planning on. >> should we take care of a big piece of business on our today show family? >> only on the four hours of the "today" show will you experience this as well. we just talked about a marriage that's falling apart and now we have marriage that's just beginning. our girl, bobbie thomas! >> oh, my gosh. i was nervous before. >> we love you! >> congrats. >> tell us about it. >> his name is michael. we know that. >> yes. and i am so nervous right now. >> the crew is heartbroken. they're devastated. >> there is mashing of teeth. it's tough. >> he's already threatened to beat them up for me. >> they don't like the fact you have not brought him around around they have not been able

to pass muster with him. they want to judge him. >> i think i want to throw up right now. i'm just -- it's always been sort of a little nice secret to have, as you both now, outside of the show. and so michael, you're amazing. i love you very much. i'm so nervous. i don't know why i'm talking about this. >> she's got a gorgeous ring. >> he put it on chica, my dog's collar. he ran up into the bed, it was 12:30 at night. i was thinking, no, this is not happening right now. he finally said -- we've been having a conversation like this for five minutes and -- yeah. >> you've been going together how long so everybody knows out there? >> gosh. i mean we were dating for a while but i didn't realize how amazing he was until the last like 2 1/2, 3 years. i don't even know. >> he's been working you down slowly and surely, hasn't he? >> yes. >> now that you've made the decision, you just seem so at peace about it until you had to come on and talk about it. no, but we're so happy for you. we love you. >> he's a wonderful guy!

just take good care of each other, sweetheart. okay? >> yes, we will. thank you, everyone. >> she's going to go throw up now. i think this is a perfect segue into our next story, the woman who's pregnant and she knows it -- i'm kidding, this isn't about bobbie thomas but, guys, this is a great piece of video. you know the song "i'm sexy and i know it"? this woman's pregnant and she and her husband decided to put on a really great little video that we haven't seen. let's watch it. ♪ just look at my belly ♪ just look at my belly ♪ pig out i got a baby on the way and i ain't afraid to show it show it show it -- i'm pregnant and i know it ♪ ♪ yo ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ i'm pregnant and i know it >> now she's due any day now and the idea i guess came -- she was walking down the hall going, waddle waddle waddle. it sounded like wiggle wiggle wiggle to him. we wish them all a happy baby. we got to talk about "the voice" from last night. >> this cat freaks me out. i get the creepos with the cat. look at those eyes. >> he's freaky. this is the cat on "the voice" cee lo is always petting. >> ooh, ooh, ooh, weird. we're going to go through the

battle rounds. okay? i want to see who you pick. gross! stop stroking it. >> go ahead, i'm ready. >> oh, i get to watch. >> this is christina, moses, stone versus the line. ♪ i can't get no ♪ i can't get no ♪ i can't get no ♪ i can't get no ♪ satisfaction ♪ i can't get no satisfaction ♪ because i try and i try and i try and i try oh and i try ♪ >> that was the line versus moses. >> i think i would go with the duet only because i didn't love the way he was phrasing -- and

he was coming in too soon on a measure and -- i do anything to be soulful, it is another thing to just take it -- >> i completely agree we but christina chose the guy who sang by himself. >> okay. >> here's another one, nicole versus mattai. this was a tough one. ♪ head under water and they tell me to breathe easy for a while ♪ ♪ the breathing is harder even i know that ♪ ♪ maybe it's too soon for me to see if i'm happy in your hands ♪ ♪ i'm usually hard to hold on to ♪ >> those two, who do you like? >> i didn't like either one of them that much. no, i think the first young girl was very pretty but she had some pitch problems and the second

one has that that i'm not crazy about. you have to have your own distinctive sound and that sounds like a lot of other people. i probably would have gone with the blonde girl first. >> the other girl one. >> yeah. >> here's the last one. we got to see this one. so this is justin hopkins versus tony benson. this was the most difficult. ♪ wheels go round and round throughout my mind ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ restless hearts sleep alone tonight ♪ ♪ sending all my love along the wire ♪ >> did you like the bald guy or the other guy? >> the other guy. >> the bald guy won. >> yeah, see? >> i know, everyone picked every single one wrong. >> according to you. >> according to me.

weird. >> i was trying to hear but you were munching popcorn through the whole thing. >> i get nervous. let me tell you why. i get nervous like i'm actually watching "the voice." >> but it's okay now to eat your popcorn, everybody. we need to let you know that. they're saying it has all kinds of health benefits without all the oil and salt. chocolate's good. >> this drink is great. rachel maddow is with us and she made a specific request for a drink that she loves. it's called -- french 75. >> gin, lemon juice, sugar and champagne. how does that woman do her show? we're going to talk to her later. she's got a terrific new book called "adrift, the unmooring of american military power." we have a bunch of questions yesterday about our favorite thing. this lipstick wanted to know what the color was. the shade of it is called supremely confident. yeah. okay? it's by mac, $14.50.

>> remember how you were curious about the hair concealer that covers up your roots? >> i forgot to shake it. that's why it came out dark. you spray it right in the root line and it gives you a week and then you don't -- until you shampoo it again. so it gives you more time. otherwise you're constantly -- >> you only shampoo once a week? >> no. twice a week. i do twice a week. i have dry hair. if i shampooed every day, you'd be like what's going on. >> i have to tease you, hoda woman. coming up next -- a great, great story. >> the art of forgiveness. i wish so much christie could have stayed with us to have a t.d. jakes song. he's going to share his words of wisdom right of after these messages. or

"time" magazine named bishop t.j. jakes america's best preacher. after 35 years of religious counseling around the world, he's discovered one common thread that's at the root of many failed relationships. >> "the new york times" best-selling author is here to share his message of hope through his new book called "let it go." forgive so you can be forgiven. >> we're so happy that you're here with us. >> it is great to be back with you. >> people don't realize they're doing the most damage to themselves by not forgiving. >> i think that's really so true. they think it is some sort of defense or an attack against the perpetrator in their life when in reality it's forgiveness is the gift that you give yourself. it helps you to get on with your life and to pronounce a b

benediction of your past and move forward. >> it's hard, i think, for some people, when you've been through a lot of pain -- say in a divorce -- you have such anger and the idea of forgiving i thing feels like you're letting him win, in a way. >> it is natural to have anger and it is not really a message about not having anger. the problem is keeping anger. when anger sits in us and becomes cancerous to our emotions, our soul, our kree e e creativi creativity, it is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. >> yeah. >> right. right. obviously this has been a theme. you've seen this so much. do you see it that people want someone to ask for forgiveness first before they give it? is that like a -- >> sometimes it's asked. sometimes it can be asking for forgiveness, it can be pay me my money back. it can be sisters reconciling. so many issues across the board, even in the workplace, where unforgiveness is detrimental, it

stops productivity and creativity and most of all it takes energy to keep it going. you have to remind yourself of what happened and what they did and live it over and over again. it is unhealthy for you. >> no, it isn't healthy. what would you say to something like christie and her ex-husband still battling it out and publicly after four years of being divorced. what would your guidance as a pastor be to them? >> first, i understood so well what you said earlier. first i think it is important that you have privacy because you have personal pain. it would be natural to go through a divorce and be healed immediately -- it wouldn't be natural. while you are healing you need privacy. ultimately over time you want to be able to go on with your life and let it go. because when you let it go you announce to yourself that you have a future. when you keep living in your past, you're letting your history destroy your destiny. >> and define you today. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> i know some people who have been through terrible abuse. i have friends who have been through that. that's one of those things that they say, like if it's their father, a horrible guy, whomever, they say i just can't bring myself to let him off the

hook. and in some cases the person passes away and there's not even the physical person to forgive. >> absolutely. the reality is unforgiveness is not holding him on the hook. it's holding you on the hook. that's the thing you have to remember. this is about you. it's not about the perpetrator. as long as you put that energy into that area of your life, you're hurting yourself. >> if you can't give forgiveness, you're really don't have the right to ask for it either, do you? >> that's what really gets me. you can't really conceive that you can be forgiven because you don't forgive yourself. there was a line in the lord's prayer that really started it all for me. forgive of our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. i always had trouble saying that, because i thought i don't know if i want god forgiving me the way i treat other people. maybe i need to work on forgiving other people. >> isn't it fascinating when you decide i'm going to love that neighbor, that person, all of a sudden it almost molecularly you change because love can't live where hate does. >> that's absolutely right. you have to be a strong person

to do it. forgiveness is not for weak people. it is a high idea where you see the bigger ideal, the longer ideal of where you want to go ultimately.giveness says i beli the future and i have a higher principle. >> congratulations on "time" magazine picking you as the best preacher. >> then you were wonderful at whitney's going-home service. god bless her family. >> thank you. >> you come and see us every time, would you? >> yes. >> hallelujah! everybody say it. still ahead, living single and loving it. but first, these messages.

still ahead -- single in america. we'll tell you why it is a growing trend. also, msnbc's rachel maddow talks about her provocative new book. and bobbie thomas newly engaged gives us a leg up on printed pants that make a statement. plus giada's going to cook for us dndarling h little darli girl jade agoing to be in the kitchen. our favorite dishes show's going to come. e

good morning, everyone. the time is 10:26. i'm jon kelley. we updated a developing story in san jose.

post office at north 1st and st. john was evacuated much of the morning by a hazmat situation. three postal workers said they became ill after handling a package with a white powdery substance leaking from it. the building was evacuated, about 60 workers had to leave. we learned the substance was not dangerous, apparently was some sort of herbal medication. the area has been severely impacted byll of the emergency vehicles which should soon be clearing out. let's check in on the traffic situation with mike inouye. >> good morning, jon. we know that situation is changing but no confirmation as to what they're doing as far as the flow. still considered delays through downtown area. japan station effected. use market for surface street traffic and buses. south bay is clear, we will go to oakland area where we are looking at 880 past the coliseum. camera shakes because of the

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searching for sierra. volunteers start to comb through fields looking for any sign of the missing teen. and changing her tune, a mountain view woman says she has issues with a winningte etck w.ry l wil fill you in how that went down. see you at 11:00 with more. we're back with more of "today" talking about a trend you might not be aware of. according to a 2011 census data, there are nearly 33 million americans living alone. that's about 1 in every 4 of all u.s. households. >> according to some researchers, many singles are loving it. but does living alone mean that you're lonely sm jeffrey kluger is "time" magazine's senior editor and dale atkins is a psychologist. >> this is surprising a lot of people. first, the economy has been very tough so people tend to stay at home with their parents and not go out on their own, or get a roommate to share the bills. so this is doubly surprising, i

think. >> right. that's one of the striking details that living alone, particularly given the comparisons you made, is the most expensive way to do it, and yet people want to do it. and the trend seems to be about people learning a certain sense of self-containment, beginning to realize that alone is not the same as lonely. it is all about the quality of living. >> i live by myself and i rarely feel lonely. i know, dale, you've been married but you spent a big chunk of your life living by yourself. >> i did. >> did you feel lonely when you were on that path. >> i really didn't. i think as jeffrey was saying, it is really about the quality of the interactions that you have. it is not how many, it is the depth of the experiences you have with friends, it is what you do on your own, it's how you really utilize your time. and how you get to know yourself, which sometimes you don't have that opportunity to do when you're living with other people. >> to play devil's advocate for just a moment here, are we dealing with though a new basic

selfishness which is, it's my life, it's my world, i don't want to do what somebody else wants to do, i don't want to share what i have. is it part of what we hear about the "me" generation that we've just come through as well? >> well, it certainly isn't completely disconnected from it. remember, particularly with social media, we are immersed now in narcissism. we tweet about ourselves. we post about ourselves. we talk about ourselves. every picture we ever take goes up somewhere. right? and yet this trend preceded the explosion of social media. it's really been on the rise since as long ago as 1950 and it's been creeping, creeping, creeping up. >> a lot of people are married in situations and feel incredibly lonely. i have friends in that situation. it is not just about that. >> absolutely. >> you can absolutely be lonely with another person. it is very different when you are living with someone and not feeling heard and not feeling connected. and when you are living on your own, and then you choose sometimes people say they value

their social relationships, even more, because they make a mindful choice about who it is they want to spend time with, how they want to spend their time. as far and the selfish part, what's important i think to understand, if you really do spend time knowing who you are and what you want to do, you are so much there and present so people you then want to be with. one could argue that you are even more socially connected after you are feeling comfortable within yourself. and i think that sometimes we have a sense of, well, i have to be with people in order to keep myself stimulated. we don't necessarily have to be with people to keep ourselves stimulated. there are lots of things we do that are inner oriented that really keep us whole. >> is there a breakdown in the 1 of 4? is it mainly women? >> yes. and the age group, interestingly, in which this is the most common way of living is 35 to 64. you would think it would be 18

to 34. >> yeah. what is that all about? >> maybe it is divorces and stuff. >> disappointment in relationships? >> remember, in the 35, even 45 age group is lot of it is people who have never married and it is disproportionately female. >> i also wonder if it is your choice. if you live alone if you choose to or if someone leaves you, it must be a whole different dynamic. >> it is a very individual story. >> you do have to consider the experience. and also, after taking care of so many people for so long, there are many women who are older who are just so happy and content to be able to look after their own needs. >> thanks to you both. coming up next db our girl, newly engaged, bobbie thomas. >> would you like to put a little ring on it?

today on "tuesday's trend," it is all about printed pants, that's right, you heard us. >> while your basic black pair may be a basic this season, it is all about the slacks. >> newly engaged bobbie thomas is here to show us how -- first of all, we have to say have you set a date yet? >> my gosh, no. no. next year i think. >> why not wait until your 50. what the heck. >> i'm waiting for hoda to do it with me. we'll throw a double wedding. i think next year.

he laughed. i said i want to try to throw the whole wedding for under $500. >> really? >> justice of the peace i see in the future. floral pants. they are really in, huh? >> prints have been everywhere. you're wearing florals right now. that's a big trend unto itself. but on the runway you'll see olivia, a celebrity, has printed jeans on. floral printed jeans can be so intimidating. you always hear about trying to wear black on the bottom. but try them on. because here you'll see on chastity, it is all about placement and position of the pattern. the dark background and having the floirs swirl down in a really flattering way can elongate your figure. sometimes you may think not to add the blazer that matches but this keeps your eye line moving up and down and gives you a longer line. i actually think this is such a fun way to wear this.

this is aso's curve. i love this collection. maggie's wearing this really hot celebrity trend, the denim with the floral. if you get something that's more muted or a little faded in the pattern, it is not as bold or overwhelming. just wear it -- you can do a white t-shirt, pair colors and the print. it's fun. >> very cute. thanks, ladies. tribal prints are the other thing that's coming around. >> yeah. there were lots of sort of tribal inspired prints on the runway. what i like about this is it is age appropriate. anyone can wear this, whether you are a teenager or well into retirement. >> look who we have here. >> cool. >> the colors are very organic. nancy has this great palazzo pair of pants. >> we can see her naked leg in there. >> there's a great shorts line flg there so it gives a little bit more of an airy feel with the print which makes it more wearable and not so heavy. on irene, if you just a little, the leggings from top shop. classic black and white, wear

with a little tunic or dress. those leggings come in maternity and petite an every possible size so there's something for everyone. >> i like the solid tops. >> thank you, ladies. >> keep it simple. >> we've got graphic prints. those are popular, too. >> graphic prints when you think of diane von furstenberg or this runway shop from millie, really bold prints but the work appropriate question always wear up, can you wear bold prints to work. obviously most florals can be worn. but graphic prints are great for the office because they're clean, they're sort of preppie chic, repetitive. they look smart. >> that is the hot new color for spring, the tangerine. >> thank you, beautiful ladies. >> congrats, bobbie thomas. >> we'll hear more about it on thursday -- friday. i'm so confused. coming up next, msnbc's rachel maddow is here. she will have a drink in hand shortly. we know what you drink, rachel. we'll talk about her new book right after this.

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she discusses serious issues of the day every night on her msnbc show "the rachel mad doe show." >> today she's here to talk about our troops and the sacrifices they've made after fighting a decade of two wars. all in her terrific new book called "drift the unmooring of the american military power." >> we're so happy that you're here. you've never been with us before. that's just not right. >> i've been lurking hoping to be invited inside. >> i tweeted this morning and i said i wonder what drink rachel maddow likes in the morning. and everyone -- all your fans were tweeting us but we got to the solution of this. what is it? >> it's a french 75. >> which sounded like a sex act. you know? it just sort of did. >> that's actually the greek 75. >> i'm back on 42. wow, rachel, there you go. >> what's in your favorite drink? >> french 75 is -- well, let's see. >> there's a morning version.

>> it is a classic drink. the reason it's relevant is because it is named after a french artillery piece. talking about the military. the book's about the military. it is gin, lemon juice, a little bit of sugar and champagne. that's more the morning version. then in the evening version you substitute cognac for the gin. >> what do you have at lunch? >> we would all get along very well. >> very, very well. we're having some fun but this is a very serious book and you make some pretty profound statements in there about the cost of war and how the general public basically never pays much of a cost for it, do we? >> or pays enough attention. >> either one. >> the point of the book is that it's changed over time, when we used to go to war, used to be the country's going to war. when the war would end, there would be a ticker tape parade and we'd all feel like the world was changing because our war was ending. >> we fought it together. >> now it is like the military fights the war and we don't much notice. military families experienced the last ten years since 9/11 has been so different than civilian families' experience. that's because of a few

really -- it didn't just happen gradually on its own. a few really specific political decisions happened over the last 30 or 40 years that made war less of a hassle for civilians. just made it have less friction for all of us. >> even though we see more of it on the nightly news and cable television 24 hours a day? >> it's been downplayed it seems, don't you think? >> think about it. a few weeks before 9/11 we got a multi-trillion ontax cut. then we decided we were attacked, and decided we'd invade afghanistan. kept the tax cuts. then we decided couple years later we're going to start a second simultaneous war in iraq. we gave ourselves another round of tax cuts before we did that. whatever you fink about tax policy, that's not what you do if you're a country that thinks of yourself at war. you don't give your civilians -- >> we're supposed to before we send troops according to the constitution. >> i've heard of that. >> you know what's great about this book? when you go to page one,

sometimes you aren't quite sure what you've got. you start off bringing it into small town, then you move it right -- >> then make it personal. >> you move it to where you were sort of boots on the ground yourself in afghanistan showing people observations of how the money was spent which i found appalling in the first several -- >> wasted several millions. >> for example, like my little town where i live in western massachusetts, i live in dirt road rural massachusetts. i live in what we call the kentucky part of massachusetts with cars on blocks and the whole thing. i love it there. we have in my little town, roughly seven houses that are on the town water system. we got homeland security money to protect our water pump from al qaeda? i mean like maybe al qaeda does want to gh after our seven houses. maybe. but maybe that wasn't the best use of resources. there is a lot of stuff like that. the popcorn museum and condi festival being protected like homeland security money after 9/11. >> i think that's some of the reason why people do tune out, rachel. they say there's nothing i can personally do about all of this waste. it makes me crazy to think about the toilet seats the pentagon

buys. people just say, huh-uh. i got to deal with my own life. >> that's what the book is about. that national security stuff is totally out of control. it does its own thing. it is this huge amount of money. we can't even look under the hood. the pentagon hasn't been audited in 30 years. it the thing we spend more money on than anything. we let it go because we can't handle it. >> by the way, you have great endorsements on your book, including roger ales who gives it two thumbs up. it is really interesting. >> the thing i appreciate about you, you are a devout liberal. you make no bones about that. but what i appreciate about you, you try very hard to be very fair and get your facts correct, which a lot of people don't. it is just name throwing on both sides and a lot of mud. but let's know what we're talking about. >> this is one of those issues -- i'm happy roger ales decided to do it. it just gets the attention, not about democrats being right and republicans being wrong. we're all a little unsettled

that american families have had such different lives and it's fixable. >> cheers, rachel. >> i'll come by and make you the night version. >> a "new york times" best seller. >> catch the rachel mad doe somehow weeknights at 9:00 p.m. eastern on nbc. up next, giada's here to cook with her daughter, jade. here to make our favorite dishes. >> but first, this is "today" on nbc.

now "cooking with giada," our dear friend giada delaurentiis has a new cookbook out called "weeknights with giada." >> giada is not here alone, she brought along her cute little daughter -- jade.

>> jade is here! hey! >> she's used to it. >> isn't she? >> what number cookbook is this for you? >> this is my sixth baby. >> sixth baby. >> great. >> number six. >> people have already been making some things from it and they say not only is it just delicious but it is so easy. >> it's probably the simplest of all my books. i think a lot of it has to do with this one right here. i've run out of time. quite frankly. and also, i think kids get tired of regular weeknight meals. so i had to become more creative. >> don't put oil on her hair, mom. >> she's used to being drenched in oil and touching hot pans. it's part of her nature. >> what we're doing today is we took one of each of your favorite ingredients -- >> mom, look at. >> do it over there. >> there's the camera. >> do it. >> oh, yeah. >> it's in her dna. >> your favorite goodie is crab. >> yes, i see that.

you're going to help me in one second. jade keeps asking when am i going to help. we'll made a whole wheat linguini with bacon, basil and crab. this is not diet food but a little bit goes a long way. i browned a little bit of bacon. take it out after it's rendered. >> rendered. excuse us. >> after it's crispy. >> hold the pan. dump the tomatoes. >> you dump those and i'll dump this. >> she's got it. she's all right. >> do pasta after the basil. perfect! >> excellent! >> good girl. >> let me do it. >> so then you cook that together for about ten minutes. it comes like this. we're going to add clam juice and a little bit of cream there. >> giada, you're killing us. >> i know. but like i said, a little bit goes a long way.

clam juice. >> the stove was thirsty, too. >> you cook that down. >> little salt, little pepper. >> look, crab. look. take a piece. >> love it, love it, love it. >> toss that all together, toss it with whole wheat spaghetti or linguini and it looks just like that. >> come in the back, jade! >> i'm not leaving this crab unattended. >> you take care of the crab, we'll take care of hoda's favorite ingredient. peanut butter. >> yes. >> we're making some peanut butter blackberry jam cookies. is sort of my pb and j. >> mommy. mommy. mommy. look. >> you're doing well. >> yes. vanilla, flour -- everything goes if there. >> this is the dough, jade's right. this is the chocolate peanut butter dough. >> can i go eat the linguini -- somebody has to taste these things. that's the whole point.

>> i'm going to try one right now. >> looks amazing, honey. >> when is your birthday, jade. >> when is your birthday, jade. >> thursday. >> thursday! is it okay for