everybody. have a great weekend. good morning. breaking news, you are looking live at george zimmerman in court right now asking for became as he awaits trial for the murder of trayvon martin. his wife, father and mother afraid for their safety, all testifying by phone. we are live there this morning. cleaning house? new resignations expected as early as today in the wake of the prostitution scandal that's rocked the secret service as the first photos emerge of a woman who some say is at the center of the investigation. and the hangover part three. a night of partying leads a group of friends to a sea world park, where they swam with dolphins and woke up with a penguin in their room. >> i can't believe i have a penguin in my apartment. >> they recorded their wild adventure, which made it easy for police to track them down.

now they're sober, and in big trouble "today," friday, april now they're sober, and in big trouble "today," friday, april 20th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie. ann will be back on monday. you are look live at that bonds hearing for george zimmerman t is going on right now inside a florida courthouse. it got under way about an hour ago. zimmerman walked into court wearing a suit, as you can see, but in shackles, just over a week after he was charged with second-degree murder in the death of trayvon martin. martin's parents are also in that courtroom. as we said you zimmerman's parents and his wife have testified in this hearing by phone on his behalf with his

wife saying her husband is not a violent person. nbc's kerry sanders is at that hearing. we are going to check in with him straight ahead. >> also ahead, there are new clues in a yearly 33-year-old mystery. the disappearance of a new york city boy named etan patz helped fuel the movement to publicize missing children cases. well, now investigators are knocking down walls and digging up a concrete basement. why? we will get the latest in a live report. and on a much lighter note, they were the women who changed an industry. the supermodels of the 1980s who made fashion sexy, very popular and very profitable. so where are they now? we'll catch up with some of those women and talk about the pressures that are now on today's young models. and then get your calendars out and start planning your trip to new york city because later this morning, we're going to give you really good reasons to come. we will reveal the lineup for our summer concert series. just you wait till you hear the names who are ready to rock our plaza. lots to get to.

let's begin with the bond hearing for george zimmerman taking place right now. nbc's kerry sanders is at the courthouse in sanford, florida. good morning. >> good morning, matt. george zimmerman, 28 years old, in the courtroom. his defense attorney, mark o'mara, arguing he should be able to be released from jail. he estimates the trial could be at least a year away and says it is unfair that his client would have to remain in jail awaiting a trial because he is not convicted of anything. of course, trayvon martin's family in the courtroom saying they oppose his release. testifying, as you said, by phone have been so far, relatives, speaking on behalf of george zimmerman. they are doing it by phone because they fear that to present their identities could cause them some sort of danger. george zimmerman, of course, has been arrested before. he has a criminal record. he was arrested for battery.on a police officer and had a restraining order against him, things that his parents and his wife testified saying he is not a threat to the community.

>> absolutely, he is not a violent person, nor a threat to the community. >> i have never known him to be violent at all unless he was provoked and then woe turn the other cheek. >> reporter: the special prosecutor, angela corey, is in the courtroom with her team. they are arguing that he should remain and should not be given bond. of course, one of the big questions that the judge is going to have to consider is if he does set a bond, how high of a bond will he set, because as we've heard from the family, there are not a whole lot of resources here to even post a bond. likely if there is one offered, they are going to have to put their home up as collateral. matt? >> kerry sanders at that courthouse in florida. thank you very much. let's turn to savannah guthrie, one of our legal experts here the "today" show. how high a standard is there here? what does the state have to prove to deny bond? >> there are three issues the judge is looking at now. first of all isthe presurge of

guilt great? is it likely this defendant committed the crime? number two is he a flight risk? number stleerks he a danger to the community? those are the arguments we are hearing some of the evidence we have heard from witnesses. a lot of talk about george zimmerman's criminal past. there was an incident in 2005 where he was arrested but the charge was later dropped, of assaulting a plain clothes police officer. a lot of talk about whether or not he is a violent person. >> and on the other side, if you're mark o'mara, you are the defense attorney in this case, you say you deny my client bond and he has to wait in jail for a year that is, in affect, pretrial punishment being impoensd man who is presumed innocent. >> we have heard this defense attorney say very often he needs the help of this defendant to prepare this defense. having him in jail is not the best opportunity for him to do that he also says, look, he is not a flight risk this is somebody who turned himself in. this is somebody who also has strong ties to the community. his family is there, his wife is there, those are some of the arguments in the defense. >> if bond is eventually

granted, what might the conditions of that bond be? i'm not talking about the amount of it, but would there be a monitoring device, things like that? >> very, very likely and i think if bond were granted this defense attorney would ask the judge additionally for zimmerman to be able to leave the area. >> for his own safety? >> for his own safety, for the community's safety. usually, you got stay local, but i think he might get special dispensation from the judge. the reason we are hearing so much in this hearing about whether or not george zimmerman has financial resources is because this judge also has a duty, if he gives a bond, to set a reasonable bond, so excessive it is tant mount to no bond at all. throws some of the legal issues they are considering. >> savannah, thanks for that you have got more. >> yeah, we have got other stories to cover. the widening investigation into that prostitution scandal involving members of the secret service. we learn more about the agents that lost their jobs. nbc's mark potter is in cartagena, colombia, this morning.

mark, good morning to you. >> reporter: and good morning, savannah. officials say investigators have finished questioning maids and other workers at the hotel behind me, where the scandal unfolded. and are now trying to find the prostitutes allegedly hired by members of the president's advance security team. facebook pictures have now been published in news reports that say she is one of the women that investigators are hoping to talk to. but because there is no official confirmation of that, nbc news is blurring her face. though information is sparse, some cartagena locals are talking. cartagena cab driver juan pena says he is, quote, pretty sure she is one of two women who were together in his car a week ago, after he was called to the hotel caribe to pick them up as they were being escorted out of the building. neighbors in the area where pena says he dropped her off confirmed the woman in the photo does live there. pena says the woman, whose name we are not revealing, told him she'd had sex for money at the hotel with a man who said he worked on president obama's security detail. then argued with him over the

price. she said she wanted $250. but the man only gave her 50 and shooed her out of his room. pena says the woman told him she pounded on the door and created a scene in the hallway, attracting hotel security and the police. a u.s. official has told nbc news the scandal exploded after a prostitute who claims she was shared by two agents got in a heated dispute over how much she should be paid. representative peter king is regularly briefed on the investigation. >> right now, they're trying to locate the 11 women. they have the names, they have the faces, they have addresses. >> reporter: two sources with knowledge of the investigation have identified two of the agents who are separating from the agency in the wake of the scandal as 48-year-old david randall chaney and greg stokes, both high-level managers based in washington. nbc news spoke with attorney lawrence berger, who confirms he is representing both men. berger said he couldn't comment on why chaney was employing counsel, but he said stokes is

going to vigorously defend himself in the administrative process that is available. berger said he still considers both men to be part of the secret service, and suggests they are leaving voluntarily, but not under good circumstances. and he pointedly said, whoever is leaking the names from inside the secret service is probably breaking the law. and speaking of facebook, it turns out that one of those agents now separating from the secret service, david chaney, actually guarded sarah palin during the 2008 presidential campaign. he posted a photo on facebook, and wrote this comment, "i was really checking her out, if you know what i mean." last night on fox news, sarah palin herself responded and said, "check this out, bodyguard, you're fired." savannah? >> mark potter in colombia this morning on the story.

let us swing over now to the news desk. natalie is standing by with a look at all the top stories. >> good morning, matt and savannah. new clues today in the 1979 disappearance of a new york city boy. investigators are now searching a basement in manhattan on the block where 6-year-old etan patz vanished nearly 33 years ago. wnbc's katherine craig is in downtown manhattan with more. good morning. >> reporter: natalie, good morning. investigators have brought in pickaxes and cameras. what they will be doing is digging up and breaking apart the concrete floor and detroit wall of a basement in a building here in the hope to find any time of the 6-year-old boy who disappeared 1979. nothing has ever turned up in this case since the child disappeared while walking just a couple of blocks from home to the bus stop. investigators recently interviewed a handyman they are calling a person of interest. his name is ac meal miller. investigators searching. he knew eton and according to talked with the child the night before he

disappeared a lot of people will argue about the most famous missing persons case in new york stained the parents of eton, his mom and dad, they still live in the area that very street, just a half block away from where investigators are searching. natalie? >> katherine craig in downtown manhattan, thank you so much. president obama has a six-point lead over presumptive republican candidate mitt romney in the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. but the poll also shows that the president's biggest weakness, the economy, is romney's strong point. officials believe all four u.s. troops on board a military helicopter in afghanistan were killed when the chopper crashed on thursday in that country's helmand province. initial reports indicate that poor weather may have caused the crash as the blackhawk raced to the site of a suicide bombing. a bird flying into a plane's right side engine shortly after takeoff forced a jetliner to make an emergency landing in new york.

this cell phone video taken by passenger grant cordone shows birds flying into the engine. the pilot managed to land the plane safely pat jfk airport. a plane circling for hours crash into the gulf of mexico on thursday. the strange flight path caused concerns and two fighter jets scrambled intercept the plane but could not see the pilot in the cox pill. the windows were iced over. the coast guard is now searching the wreck site for him. they definitely needed a bigger boat. two mexican fishermen couldn't believe what they caught in their net. that right there is a 2,000-pound great white shark. lucky for them, it was already dead when they found it. another boat towed them back to shore and it took 50 bystanders to get the shark onto the docks. the good news, the shark apparently fed the whole town. you see there, savannah and

matt, their boat looks like a dinghy next to that. >> can't get anyone past this one over here, talking about the story this guy used the cell phone to video the birds hitting the plane on takeoff? aren't you supposed to have your electronic devices turned off at that moment of the flight? >> you are. >> supposed to. >> but we are glad he got the video, but -- exactly. >> now the authorities coming after him. >> no, not suggesting he is prosecuted to the full extent of the law. no. no. >> okey-dokeky. the lawyer. right up there. he the heat is on in the bay area. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren.

today the mid-80s return. tomorrow, the 90s. 85 degrees in san jose, 85 in livermore and the upper 70s in san francisco. as we head throughout tomorrow, up to 90 degrees inland and 77 in pacifica. by sunday, temps come down just a touch, but we're still holding on to the upper 80s inland. cooler and cloudy on monday. >> and that's your latest weather. matt? all right, al, thanks very much. just over a decade ago, u.s. health officials believed that measles would be eradicated. but according to a new report from the centers for disease control, infections are back and the numbers are growing. dr. nancy snyderman is nbc's chief medical editor. nancy, good morning to you. 2011 was the worst year for infections of measles in the last 15 years. 222 cases in the united states. why do people need to take those numbers seriously? >> well, they need to take them seriously, matt, because of precisely what's behind me. i'm at heathrow where 190,000 people travel here every day,

and those people now travel all over the worldm exposed to measles. and when they comes to the united states, and they come into contact with children who have not been immunized or are partially immunized, they could easily carry measles, and that's why you're seeing the uptick in the united states. >> it's not just people coming to the united states infected with measles, it's the americans who travel abroad, as well, with their families? >> it is. and if you haven't had measles, if you're partially immunized, if you're carrying a child under the age of 6 months who hasn't had their shots, it's easy to pick up measles, even in western europe. we tend to think this only happens in underdeveloped countries. not true. and the symptoms can at first mimic just a real little cold, fever, runny nose. but then that rash that goes all over the body. what concerns people is that once you're diagnosed with measles, it's a serious illness, and children can die. we're also seeing hot pockets in the united states, oregon, washington, northern california,

vermont, where parents have feared the safetyness of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and they have not vaccinated or undervaccinated their children. so health officials are saying, look, if you have been born after 1957, get a booster as an adult, make sure your children are vaccinated. this is not an infection to take lightly. >> all right, dr. nancy snyderman at heathrow airport in london for us this morning. nancy, thank you very much. it's 16 minutes after the hour. once again, here's savannah. matt, thank you. a california woman is being held on $3 million bail this morning charged with the murder of the wife of a camp pendleton marine. it's a case riddled with loose ends and unanswered questions. nbc's mike taibbi is in santee, california, this morning. mike, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. yeah, the bail is that high because the suspect, 27-year-old jessica lopez, is considered a flight risk, and also a risk to

herself after what police tell me was a half-hearted suicide attempt just before she was arrested. in the meantime, no one can come up with a whole story about how and why brittany dawn kilgore was murdered. there were happy scenes on that july day two summers ago. a couple of missouri youngsters, barely 20, he a marine, she the marine's pretty bride, laughing and celebrating before heading off to wherever the military life would take them. marine camp pendleton was the latest home. but on april 10th, brittany kilgore filed for divorce from her husband, corey, now a lance corporal and seven months into his deployment in afghanistan, citing irreconcilable differences. three days later, she was reported missing, last seen wearing a dark purple evening gown, and heading to san diego's gaslamp district. and earlier this week, searchers found her body near lake skinner, north of camp pendleton. >> she has been declared dead, a victim of homicidal violence, and that's the only information i can provide to you with respect to details of the murder

of brittany kilgore at this time. >> reporter: which leaves so many unanswered questions, starting with her connection to her alleged killer, jessica lopez, who pled not guilty thursday to a first degree murder charge. the judge ordered the courtroom images of any suspects to be obscured. and what's the connection between either or both women to another camp pendleton marine, a married staff sergeant named louis perez, who pled not guilty to an earlier charge and illegally possessing a stolen assault weapon? his bail was set at an unusually high half-million dollars for one reason. >> it was articulated in court that he is a person of interest in an ongoing homicide investigation. >> reporter: the homicide of brittany kilgore. investigators have searched the home allegedly shared by jessica lopez and sergeant perez, not far from the kilgore home. and continue to question neighbors about reports of unsavory parties at this house. in the meantime, corey kilgore is on the way home from afghanistan to try and sort out this tragic mess.

and the stew of rumors and unconfirmed reports led brittany kilgore's father to plead for compassion. >> please leave my daughter in peace. she does not deserve to be a victim of lies and innuendo any more than she deserved to be murdered. >> reporter: now, officials are being very tight-lipped about this case. homicidal violence is the closest they've come to providing even a preliminary cause of death. this isn't a military marriage that cracked under the strain of multiple deployments. but it is a murder mystery. life in the military, a connecting strand from beginning to end. >> mike taibbi, thank you. once again here's matt. all right, savannah, thanks. now a rare and revealing look inside the country of north korea. nbc's chief foreign richard, good to see you. welcome back to new york. >> thanks. it was two weeks, and this is a difficult country to report from. it's not like the north koreans just open the doors and tell people to come in. we were flanked by government minders, we had to wear these

gestapoesque arm bands identifying ourselves as journalists, but it nonetheless was a look inside this very closed country. the parade, hundreds of thousands of troops goose-stepping to show loyalty to their absole leader. but in pyongyang, reunification park we found people dancing to their own rhythm. it wasn't choreographed, just a look at something so rarely seen here. normal life. pyongyang is north korea's showcase capital. the money all goes here. there's 105-story hotel. but it was never finished. the streets are immaculately clean and wide. kim il-sung and his successor and son kim jong-il are worshipped in this, the world's last solid estate. the cult of personality was all around us during our two-week visit. this is the bookstore in the hotel where journalists are staying and if you're looking for some light reading, this

probably isn't the place to come. all of the books are either by kim jong-il or his father kim il-sung, or about the two men. they're in multiple languages, and if i have a question i can just pick this one up. answers to the questions raised by foreign journalists. volume four. oh, yeah, there's a bowling alley in the hotel, too. but it was closed. our every move in north korea was subject to government minders. they showed us the north korea the government wants the world to see. like the olympic sized pool at pyongyang's best university. where the elite play and work out. and its library, with students in suits and ties, computers for everyone. but when i asked a computer science student what he knew about social media, he was stumped. are you on facebook? after a conversation with the minder, it was clear the computer science student had never heard of facebook. perhaps most revealing of all

was this train trip we took through the countryside. many north koreans outside pyongyang are starving. it's easy to see why. the fields looked lifeless. north korea is a secretive and closed society. free thinking isn't encouraged here. but maybe north korea is opening up, or maybe it just wants the world to understand it a little better. one of the most distinct memories i have from this trip is a 16-year-old school girl, high school student, and she was in a shop buying a pair of glasses. there are very shoe shops there and i asked her how she starts her day. we've all done chores in school. this girl starts her school day, every day, by polishing a portrait of the country's founder and then sitting down in homage to the leader and that's the way it works in north korea. they call it the personality that is pervasive. >> little different than we do things here. richard engel, thanks very much.

fascinating look inside. still to come, imagine living for years with a dark secret. we'll meet a woman who said her husband admitted he was a murderer. so what finally made her turn him in? she'll share her story in a live interview. but first, this is "today" on nbc. [ male announcer ] with all your car does for you,

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let me show you the video from this scene. and we do have these cars in series that crashed after the first accident at the top of your screen involving big rigs, two of them and a fuel spill and a leak into the bay, as well. and then this happened on the other side. both sides are jammed. use the dumbarton bridge as your alternate. a slow drive on 880 south toward this scene and in through hayward. and continuing down union city towards highway 84 as a result of all of this backup. again this fuel spill is an issue, as well, for the westbound side. they're going to look at two hours for this to be an issue. avoid the san mateo bridge. laura, we'll track this and send it back to you. all right. right now we're going to check that forecast. we've got a warm-up on the way. checking in with christina. >> yeah, a significant warm-up on the way and temperatures are already climbing. we're in the upper 50s in san jose headed toward the 70s at noon today. upper 70s are already touching on that 80-degree mark. and then we'll hit the mid-80s by about 3:00 p.m. today. not even the warmest day in the

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>> very nice. >> and we're going to go direct some traffic after this. >> will you explain. >> we're so happy you're here. >> also ahead you can teach the kids about the dangers of drinking and dpriefing, same with texting, but are they really listening to you? wait until you see natalie's hidden camera report on what can happen when you're not with your kid. >> is it a case of extreme parenting? one mom's new children's book preaching a vegan diet for kids. it's causing a stir with a controversial images and messages in that book. coming up we're going to hear from the author. >> all right. also ahead, have you ever had a really wild and crazy night? >> never. >> not like the one you're about to tell us about. >> because i think i can top the story. a group of friends in big trouble with police after they broke into a sea world park during a night of heavy drinking. they swam in the dolphin tank and even stole a penguin, and of course, they were good enough to record it all on camera. we're going to show you the tape coming up. >> on a more serious topic, we begin with the woman who turned in her own husband for murder. we're going to talk to her in a

moment. but first "today" national correspondent amy robach has her story. amy, it's quite a story. >> it is, matt. good morning. it's a remarkable one of courage and survival. bernadette sugrim says she lived in fear for more than a decade, keeping her husband's deadly secret in fear of her own life and that's when something happened that changed everything. bernadette hyde was just 17, growing up in new york state, when she met brian sugrim. they became lovers and confidants, until one day he shared a disturbing secret. >> he came to me one day and said, i did something really bad. i'm such a terrible person. i killed somebody. >> reporter: but back then she thought she could save him from his past. so they married in 1997, and moved to michigan, raising two young children. >> that was a happy time for us. >> reporter: over time, that dark side of brian she had tried to ignore began to come out, as he became abusive, and one day came home with another secret.

>> he told me, i killed someone. i killed a woman. >> reporter: her name was lindsay gibson. she'd been found stabbed in an empty field. now bernadette worried she could be brian's next victim, especially after he made this threat. >> you do not tell anybody. and if you ever do, i will kill you. >> reporter: but a day of reckoning came last may. bernadette arrived home to a horrific scene. brian was beating their 11-year-old daughter skye. >> he was going to kill me. >> reporter: fearing for her life, skye escaped and had neighbors call 911. police arrested brian. >> in that moment, you know that this is the one chance you have to do something. >> reporter: so she seized the moment, and revealed brian's secret. bernadette's statement enabled prosecutors to charge him with first degree murder, and she

became the state's key witness at his trial. >> did you live with some deep, dark secrets for a long time? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: it took a jury six hours to reach a verdict in february. >> guilty of first degree premeditated murder. >> reporter: brian sugrim didn't testify at trial, but last week, before his sentencing, he did sit down with "dateline" for an exclusive interview. >> did you come here to get footage of the monster or did you actually want to get the truth? >> reporter: did you kill lindsay gibson. >> no. >> reporter: have you ever killed anyone? >> yes. >> reporter: who have you killed? >> like i'm going to sit here and tell you that. >> reporter: last week, a michigan judge sentenced brian sugrim to life in prison with no possibility of parole for the murder of lindsay gibson. the other murder he told bernadette about, that was in upstate new york. that case has been reopened but so far brian has not been charged. matt? >> all right, amy robach, thank you very much.

bernadette sugrim is with us now along with her two children, skye and christopher. good morning to all of you. nice to have you here. bernadette, you know there are people sitting at home right now going over the first part of this story. you're not yet married to this man, brian, and he comes to you and says i have a secret, i killed somebody. and people are going to say, how could you have gone through with it and married him? >> well, as i told everybody else, it's -- i was very young. very young. and i was in love. i didn't see anything else at the time. i just knew that i was in love with this person and i wanted to be with him, and he made all these promises about how good our life was going to be together. >> reporter: was life good in the very beginning of your marriage? or did the fear start almost immediately? >> no. it was very good. in the beginning of the marriage. probably after about two months is when i got the first taste of fear from him. >> and he comes back to you at a later point in your marriage and

he says, okay, i've killed someone else, it's happened again, and if you tell anyone, i will kill you. and people are wondering, were there no opportunities to pick up and grab what was dear to you and get to the police? >> absolutely there were many opportunities. but i was terrified. he told me if i ever left he would kill me. and if he didn't kill me, he would kill my family. he would find every one of them. and in fear of that, of just the people i love, i didn't say anything or go anywhere. >> you slept with a loaded gun? >> absolutely. >> under your pillow. you wrote a letter to a friend and said, look, don't open this letter, keep it in a safe place, and it was explaining that he probably would have killed you if something bad had happened to you. >> absolutely. i wrote that letter probably about six weeks before the incident with my daughter happened. >> skye, the incident with your daughter, that involves you. your dad was beating you pretty

terribly. >> yes. >> and you escaped and got to call police. was it hard to do that? >> that's kind of hard to say. i mean, i don't -- it wasn't hard to call the police or anything. it was -- it was more -- it was more after everything, like that night, and just things setting in, realizing what was going on. but like in the moment, when i ran to my neighbor's house, i ran as fast as i could, and it wasn't fast. i don't really remember a lot of it. it was really just a fast blur. >> bernadette, the idea that you witness your husband beating your daughter, that becomes the final straw for you. and you decided to go to police. you ended up testifying at trial against your husband, and although your husband said that you had suffered brain damage following a heart attack, and that you were basically lying. were you scared to death that he

was going to be acquitted, and then you were going to have to live with the fear of having him on the street? >> absolutely. i was frightened the whole time. i was, you know, in doubt what the outcome would be. terrified that we would have to pick up and move and change our whole lives, our names, and you know, have to run from him for the rest of our life. we had a very good police force. >> he's still -- he's obviously in prison right now. what's your life like today? >> it's much better. a lot less anxiety and a lot less stress. honestly, we're just living one day at a time. enjoying it. >> is there a takeaway message? something you'd like to tell other women who may be in maybe not the exact situation, but a similar situation? >> absolutely. the biggest message i want to get out to other women in the same situation is, don't let it terrorize you.

that's what it did for me for many years. and you know, i regret that i wasn't able to do something sooner. >> bernadette, skye, christopher, thanks for being here this morning. i appreciate it. you can see more of this story tonight on "dateline" at 10:00, 9:00 central, right here on nbc. let's get a check of the weather now from al. >> "today's weather" is brought to you by new move free ultra. >> wow, look at this. we've got this new high tech mike play. it's got that there. got that there. look at that video. and it's got that there. that's pretty cool. wow. i could look at this all day. oh, but let's do the weather, show you what's happening. we've got a risk of severe storms brownsville to youthen. isolated thunderstorms possible. risk of a major tornado, too, as that front pushing through we're going to be looking at rain, heavy showers and thunderstorms firing up from houston into st. louis. rain fall 1 to 2 inches from

corpus christi on up into little rock. good morning to you. got a great-looking forecast shaping up for today. it's going to be a little bit on the warm side later on with temperatures climbing into the upper 80s in fairfield, mid-80s in santa rosa. and the south bay, plenty of mid-80s to go around. tomorrow, we're talking about the 90s. and then sunday, we'll get a lit bit of a cooldown. onshore flow, beach weather sustained, though, at 87 degrees. 76 degrees by monday. and then a little bit of rain toward the middle and end of next week. >> and we've got the daughter of the weather guy at 11 atlanta. what's your name? >> claire. >> what's your dad? >> chris. >> is that mom back there? >> it is. >> say hi, dad. >> hi, dad. >> all right. matt? all right al, thank you very much. up next, do you think your teenager would ever get into a car with a driver who appears to be drunk? or text behind the wheel?

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well, we gave some parents the opportunity to watch their kids in action. and when the rubber met the road, some were stunned by what they saw. with the help of a special camera, called a driver cam, we've been following this teen, mitch, to see what he's been up to behind the wheel. in this case, he knows the camera is there, and will record any risky driving maneuvers. like these scary scenes collected by drive cam. here a teen, busy texting, swerves off the road and takes out a mailbox. or like this girl, so dangerously distracted by her phone, that she runs off the road. luckily, no one was seriously hurt. so how did mitch do? four months ago he told us he doesn't use his phone while driving. >> if i feel my phone vibrate in my pocket i just wait.

>> reporter: he told his dad the same thing. do you think he's answering his phone, maybe texting? >> we believe that he's not doing that because he's telling us he's not doing that. >> reporter: let's find out. a few times it's not his phone that's the distraction. it's his female passenger. watch here as mitch goes into a turn. his passengers are not only not wearing shirts, no one is wearing seat belts. >> [ bleep ] you guys. >> reporter: but does he ever pull out his cell phone? here it is. pressed against his ear, and does a one-handed u-turn across double yellow lines. >> this is probably illegal. >> oh! >> reporter: but the most disturbing event comes at 3:00 in the afternoon. he falls asleep behind the wheel. >> that could have been a head-on, it could have been the

end of our kid. >> reporter: and the testing continues, this time to see if the kids will get in a car with someone they think is drunk. joe is just acting the part. >> you're drunk like actually? >> oh, my god. >> reporter: johnny, jordan and christina have just been told they'll be getting a ride from him. their parents, who have all predicted their kids won't go with him, stare at the monitors. they all get up, but christina and jordan are reluctant to go. >> i don't think -- >> i don't think he should be driving. >> reporter: with hearts racing, their parents wait to see what will happen next. >> he's getting in the car. oh, boy. >> yikes. >> reporter: we tell the group to come back to the school, where their parents are waiting to greet them. >> why did you get in that car? >> buddy, don't ever do that again. >> i won't. >> it's okay. it's okay. next time. >> it was eye-opening for these parents.

they thought they'd done enough to teach their kids how to be safe but what they didn't factor in was the power of peer pressure. and we have lots of parenting advice and we test many more teens in our report. and sometimes, savannah, you'll be happy to know the parents are pleasantly surprised by the results. >> but it's so emotional when it goes the other way. what is the take away for parents? >> the biggest thing that we got out of doing this series is parents have to be great role models. if you yourself are texting or driving or answering phone calls while you're driving or if you're drinking and getting in a car and your kids see that, they see your behavior as acceptable behavior. also if you tell your kids, call me, if you get in a situation, you need to be picked up, no questions asked, i'll come get you, then make sure you live by that rule. otherwise your kids aren't going to trust you. >> parents would much rather get that call. >> absolutely. >> natalie, thank you so much. you can see more on this special "dateline" sunday at 7:00, 6:00 central time right here on nbc. still ahead the real life hangover. friends wake up with a penguin in their hotel room and no memory of the night before.

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7:56 right now. good morning to you, i'm laura garcia-cannon. and we do continue to follow the major crash and backup on the san mateo bridge this morning. crews say it will be another one to two hours before they can get things cleared. mike is following the situation with an update for us. >> we'll take two seconds to show folks this map. 880 is jammed past the san mateo bridge. your alternate, now let me show you what it's leak out there. we have shots from a toll plaza starting to crawl now after being stopped for a few minutes. completely stopped westbound at the toll gaites. normally on friday, a clear shot westbound, and this just starting to move, crawl, as you see a tow truck now over on the shoulder making its way to the high-rise where they're still cleaning up. video taken just minutes ago on that high-rise shows us the scene. there's still a lot of fuel there. one of the cars at the top of your screen involved in the westbound accident. we had two there. two lanes blocked and only one

in the westbound direction. eastbound, secondary accident after emergency vehicles arrived on scene, the bottom of your screen, one looks like a chp vehicle into a fire truck and then more as the secondary accident happened. there's the backup coming up the incline barely crawling. that's why we're suggesting use the dumbarton bridge as your alternate. it's slow getting there anywhere north of fremont. and a live shot, as well. another situation going on. this is interstate 80 through west sacramento. it's completely cleared. that is totally unusual because there is police activity now closing both directions of interstate 80 between west sacramento and davis. so if you're heading toward the sierra, this is a problem for you, as well. we are following this in the newsroom. but so far for traffic note that you cannot get to the sierra on interstate 80 through sacramento. back to you, laura. all right. we'll continue to follow both of those breaking news stories this morning as they affect your commute and especially getting out of the bay area. we'll have another update at 8:25 or so. have a great morning, you can also check facebook for the

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8:00 now on a friday morning. it is the 20 it'sth 8:00 on friday morni. it is the 20th day of april, 2012. it is a picture perfect morning in new york city. we have bright sunny skies and the temperature is 53 degrees. a little nicer today. these people are obviously visiting new york. we are happy they are spending time with us. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie. ann is taking one more day vacation. coming up, we will unveil our blockbuster line up for the summer concert series. >> we will find out together. i don't know who is coming. >> big, big news. ahead, they were the idea of

beauty in the 1980s. the first supermodels. we will catch up with three women who changed the industry and the fashion of beauty has changed over the years. i know you had pictures hanging in your dorm room back in the day. >> we had lots of posters back in the day. >> let's move along. a new children's book causes controversy encouraging veganism in kids. topics like animal testing. is this the right message to send to kids? is this too restrictive? we will get into that coming up. first, let's go inside. natalie is standing by at the news desk. >> good morning, matt and savannah. a bail hearing is under way in sanford, florida for george zimmerman who is charged with murdering trayvon martin.

a judge will decide if he will stay behind bars before the trial. we are following breaking news from pakistan. officials there issay a commercl airliner crashed near islamabad. the boeing 737 flown in from karachi just before attempting to land. rescue teams have been placed on alert. new resignations are expected in the secret service. investigators are trying to find the women hired by the advanced security team in colombia. facebook pictures have surfaced that show one woman involved. nbc news is blurring her face because there is no official confirmati confirmation. in a posting from 2009, one said

he was posted to protect sarah palin said he was "really checking her out." reports of a fishing vessel in distress ignored by crew members never made it to the captain or officer on duty. the third was found a and now for a look at what is trending today, our quick roundup of what has you talking online. the band, and its drummer and vocalist levon helm are both top google searches. helm died thursday from throat cancer at the age of 71. died a. the song "the weight" is the most popular. sheryl crow tweeted she is saddened by the death. and dropping the beetlejuice.

they were encouraged to stop using the dye of the bugs in their drinks. and gone viral for the video of hot problems. it is compared to "friday." widely ridiculed as one of the worst music videos of all time. ♪ hot girls ♪ have problems, too ♪ except we're hot >> it has been 1.5 million youtube hits. i guess it's working for them. 8:04. let's go back to al with the check of the weather. thank you so much. natalie, a bunch of friends hanging out and waiting to hear. who do you think will be in the concert series? who would you like to see? >> justin bieber. >> well, you stick around. we may make your happy. let's see what we have for you as far as your forecast. las vegas, nevada. nbc news 3. sunny and hot and 89 degrees.

as we look around the country, not as hot in the northeast. 50s and 60s in the new england. 80s down through the gulf. 80s and 90s in the southwest with 50s in the upper midwest. morning showers there. look for rain in the pacific northwest. slight risk of storms in southern texas. wet weather in the mississippi and ohio river valley. we have hit-or-miss showers. th if that's what you've been weighting for. we have the mid-80s in the forecast today, 90s tomorrow. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren. you can go straight to the short sleeves with temperatures in the low 60s across the bay. as we head through saturday and sunday, staying very close to the 90 degree mark inland. we'll talk about the low 80s in places like the bay and half moon bay as we head through the next couple days. if you want the heat relief, hit

the beach. monday, cooling down, adding more clouds. rain thursday. >> all right. >> thank y thank you, al, for the weather. summer is around the corner. >> that means it is time for the return of the summer concert series. take a look at the impressive line up. >> three words. >> summer. >> music. >> the toyota summer concert series is back. it all begins may 18th with ush usher, live. >> i can't wait to heat up the plaza. >> then. >> get ready. >> yeah, pitbull. plus, the band perry. >> this is the special invitation to the party. >> chris brown. >> this summer is the hottest yet. >> and justin bieber. >> join the party. we have a few friends stopping by. >> friends like kenny chesney. then maroon 5.

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beautiful and iconic. from glossy magazine covers to high fashion runways, these familiar faces of the '80s were quite simply the original supermodels. they defined an era. many were known by one name, and one name only. brooke, cheryl, christy, carol, kelly. >> beauty times 100. everything is amplified about these girls. they were tall. they were voluptuous. they were larger than life. >> reporter: in the age before gloss their pictures were slashed across magazines. sports illustrated launched many a career with the groundbreaking swimsuit issue. but it evolved that's famous faces became brand names and ended up selling more than clothes. supermodels like kathy ireland

leveraged their brand. and of course, there were the commercials. and music videos. with each camera click,he tir popularity grew. rivalling even some of the biggest names in hollywood. >> people wanted to know everything about them. who they were dating. where they came from. >> reporter: all the attention irivered big paychecks and sometimes even bigger egos. who could forget linda evangelista's infamous quote, we don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day. it all paved the way for the cover models of today, just l, barbara, miranda kerr, and brooklyn decker. a new generation on a runway of fame made possible by the supermodels of the '80s. so where are these famous faces now? it may not be the cover of vogue but most are still in the spotlight whether it be running their own business, on television, and many are involved in charitable causes.

>> three of those supermodels of the '80s are with us now. we've got alana davis, kelly enberg and kim alexis. good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> needless to say you are still beautiful. let's take a look back. i mean when we hear that term supermodel, i wonder, do we even have supermodels anymore? is that an extinct term? what do you think, kelly? >> well, i think there are more actresses that are doing the fashion, the beauty ads and stuff like that. you see them on the covers of all the magazines now. so i don't know. i mean, there's not that many models now. i mean, there's a few. but you know, in our day we were on all the covers. >> i think to be a supermodel you first had to be a model. and i think people are jumping and missing that stage. so you had to be a model and you had to be multifaceted. and there's not a lot of ways for a model to be multifaceted because the actresses took the covers. >> right. and i think, though, the difference between the people who -- the girls who have achieved that supermodel status now have branded themselves. and i think that's something very different that wasn't done

in the '80s. like now they're actual brands and they have businesses and enterprises and that's different. >> what was it like back then, we loved the report from linda evangelista, we don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day. was it really like that? >> well, we dnt didn't say that. >> not for us. >> way worked really hard, too. we did covers and cover girl or whatever, but we also did all kinds of catalogs. >> and lest people think it's just about your beauty, which you obviously have in abundance, what makes a good model? >> i think somebody who is really good at business administration. i mean, you know, you can't -- you're beautiful, it's a product though. you have to be able to follow up on your agents, and be on time for jobs, and you know, establish yourself as a reputation of being, you know, on time professional, and you know, like any other business. >> a lot has changed in this business. kelly one thing you said, really interested me. you said there's so much retouching now that that ideal of beauty is even more

unattainable. >> absolutely. i think with digital cameras and stuff. we just got hand retouched the covers and they didn't really retouch the editorial. today i think they retouch everything. >> and that puts pressure on you more? >> that puts pressure on women in general who watch us who think that we're perfect and they're not and they're never going to be that way. we don't want people to feel that way. rereally, you know, the body image and worrying about being perfect. nobody's perfect. we don't feel we're perfect. >> you're all in your 40s and 50s now. >> grandmother. >> and you're a grandmother. you make it look so good. what are your secrets to staying so healthy and so fit and looking so good? >> for me, i think it's really just having a very full life. you know, i work, i have a foundation that delivers bottled water to the american homeless. i am waters foundation. and i have a family. and it's full and it's balanced, and you know, and then of course, exercise and not too many cookies. >> you all have kids, too. would you want your kids to go

into this industry? >> i have a son who is looking into it now, bobby. he's 22. and i had my older son when he was 19, he went down to miami and tried and said it's not for me. >> my daughter ruby did a little modeling. she's a singer. >> looking back what do we think now about the '80s fashions? >> oh, the shoulder pads -- >> they're going to come back in then, you know. >> i like it. >> those shoulder pads -- >> big linebackers. >> we were all in it together. thank you so much. good to see you. >> thank you. >> coming up next, the new children's book promoting veganism that has some parents crying foul. we'll hear from the author right after this. hush little bunny don't say a word. we used to be enemies, but that's absurd. a nibble on your ear used to keep me up all night. now our relationship can be nice and bright. yes, my chocolate friend, our struggle's thru. when i bite your head off, i'll still love you. now i have truvia and i've been set free.

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on that. amy, good morning. >> matt, good morning to you. a soon-to-be released children's book on raising your child a vegan is making waves. the book entitled "vegan is love" has some pretty graphic images and some say its content is not for kids. with its cute pictures and lovable characters, "vegan is love" certainly looks like your typical children's book. but its core message of raising children on a strictly vegan diet is sparking controversy. >> my goal is not to scare any child. in my experience, i never have. >> reporter: 29-year-old ruby ross is an author. an activist. and step mommy to 7-year-old akira who she's raising a vegan. simply put, no animal products, no milk, no cheese, no eggs, no meat, no fish, no kidding. >> my favorite food is kale. >> reporter: so while akira's

classmates snack on sweet sweets at school events, she always has to ask first. >> she's brought a lollipop before and asked if it was vegan. i said i don't know, but it's up to you if you want to eat it. and she gave it away. >> reporter: the book covers what some consider to be adult topics. like animal testing and mistreatment. but it's the strongly written take on veganism that has some screaming foul. she writes all animals raised for meat and dairy are captured and killed in the end. their deaths are violent and sad. as vegans we do not bring the pain and suffering of any animal into our happy, health bodies. >> if it's too scary to talk about, the reality of where those pieces of meat come from, then it's certainly too scary to eat. >> reporter: according to the academy of nutrition and dietetics, well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all

stages of the life cycle. but some experts urge caution, saying it's easier for vegan kids to miss out on essential nutrients. >> it's critical to be responsible there and make sure that the child is getting a variety of vegetables, sources of protein, and a variety of fruits and vegetables. >> reporter: this trend comes on the heels of strange feeding techniques practiced by some hollywood moms. actress and well-known vegan alicia silverstone recently posted this video of her son, bear blue, sucking prechewed food out of her mouth. and former blossom star and big bang theory actress mayim raised some eyebrows when she revealed she still breast-feeds her 3 1/2-year-old son. the book hits shelves on april 24th. the meat industry and parents might take issue with some of her views. >> thank you very much. heidi is a nutritionle, jennifer hart steen is a child psychologist.

ladies good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> let's start with you. what's your take on this? >> from a nutritional standpoint it is true that at any stage of life you can be a healthy vegan. you have to be careful with b-12. you might have to supplement with that. there are certain nutrients, essential fatty acids. iron getting enough protein. yes. you can do it. you have to be very conscientious, however. my objection with this is the scare tactic, is age appropriate. usually, if that's your belief system you can share that within your home and you can model it by the foods you serve. but teaching kids to fear food is not typically a very healthy way to approach it. >> that takes us from nutrition into the child psychologies asecretary. do you agree with heidi? >> i absolutely agree with heidi. the fact that there's so much fear presented in the book and if you would just give it to a child as a children's book they don't understand it. so now they're just going to be afraid. they may choose to eat this way and actually become malnourished as a result. and fear doesn't really teach

the appropriate intervention. you can lead your child in this lifestyle and give the information in an age appropriate way over time so that they really can understand it and decide if they want to continue to embrace that. >> one illustration addresses the idea of animal testing and shows a graphic picture of wounded animals. so that you think, kids have enough to worry about, is that what you're saying, without making them worry about where they're getting their food? >> absolutely. i think why do we have to scare them, which could create eating disordered behavior. >> i think guilt and fear is not a good place to come especially with such a peaceful message. so i see and this is where our fields are so interlocked. although i'm here to talk about the nutritional adequacy i also see kids who are very anxious and very fearful and adults about making the right and wrong decision around food. >> back to you for a second. this idea -- the book is called "vegan is love." are we to then conclude or children conclude that if you're not a vegan, it's about hate? or you're not someone who loves? >> or you don't get to feel

love. or you're clearly creating hate or bad feelings amongst everybody else, if you're not that. and i do think that it's a very strong and powerful title that kids can interpret in their, not fully developed way, which is going to be problematic. >> i don't think -- >> go ahead. >> i don't think it's just kids. i think it's parents who are very successful and doing the right thing for their kids. there are people who truly believe in this and it's a lifestyle. >> it's a life saving lifestyle for a lot of people. bill clinton is one of the most famous vegans or vegan converts right now. a man who suffered from heart disease. >> but it's not coming from a spiritual place. now the reality is, you can go that way or you can be a flexitarian where you are plant based but include minimal amounts of animal product that really advance your nutritional status. >> all right. thank you both. appreciate it. we'll be back with cooking in our kitchen after your local news.

8:26. we are following breaking news. major delays due to crashes and a fuel spill on the san mateo bridge. mike inouye is following it all. >> laura, over my shoulder, looks like a still picture, it is a live shot at the toll plaza westbound for the san mateo bridge over hayward. we are live there, not a lot to show. the toll plaza, same situation. live shot trying to travel west across the flat section. avoid the san mateo bridge. still cleaning up looks like a sweeper truck may be arriving at the fuel spill where they spilled absorbent all over to clear the remaining two lanes. right now, all lanes are blocked

at the high-rise temporarily. slow eastbound as well. both sides have two lanes blocked. all lanes westbound are blocked. folks jammed on 880. alternate is dumbarton bridge. slow through the bay bridge. that's the north alternate to the bridges. meter lights are slow out of oakland into san francisco. laura, back to you. >> a tough one. thanks for covering it, mike. for the latest traffic and news updates, check nbc bay area on facebook. another local update in a half hour or so. have a great friday morning!

8:30 now on a friday morning. april 20th 2012. we could not ask for a nicer start to the day. we've got a great crowd just starting their weekend with us here in new york city. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie here while ann is taking one more day off. al roker is here, as well, as is natalie morales, and in just a couple of minutes i'm going to go sprinting into the studio, three words. dame judi dench.

i love her. she's fantastic. she's got a brand-new comedy movie coming out. and also she's in the midst of shooting i think it's her seventh time as playing "m" in one of the bond movies. we'll talk to dame judi dench. >> she's the best. really is. also, ahead, dinner made easy with the help of top chef padma lakshmi. coming up, she's going to tell us how to make three different dishes. and we're going to introduce you to our bow to wow dogs all in the need of loving homes. maybe there's one there for you. >> and we'll have big shows next week. starting off, we got on monday, a major announcement from bill and giuliana rancic. they have an announcement that i think is going to put a smile on a lot of people's faces. i'm just going to leave it at that. and also -- >> then on tuesday rosie

o'donnell is going to be here live. she will take part in "today's professionals." we know she's going to spice things up. be sure to watch that. and al, let's get a check of the weather. >> let's see what we've got for you. starting with today. i should say saturday for the weekend. heavy rain begins making its way up the eastern seaboard. a real soaker, sizzling to warm weather for the western third of the country. showers in the upper mississippi river valley. sunday, look for more heavy rain from the mid-atlantic into the northeast of new england, where we're going to be looking at anywhere from three to four inches of rain locally. could be as much as seven inches, the western half of the country, mild to sizzling, with plenty of sunshine. and that spring sunshine expected just about all day here in the bay area. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren. as a result, temperatures will soar from yesterday's highs by about 8 degrees. 78 in the valley, about 85 today in san jose. one of the negative

repercussions of the weather, we have a high pollen count, not just today, all week. next week, cooler, on shore flow resumes, rain wednesday into thursday. have a fantastic weekend. stay cool out there. >> that's your latest weather. don't forget you can always check your weather on the weather channel or weather.com. matt? >> all right, al, thank you very much. we've heard about businesses outsourcing jobs but what about outsourcing your own retirement? the new movie "the best exotic marigold hotel" follows a group of british retirees who decide to spend their golden years in india. it stars dame judi dench. it's great to have you back. good morning. nice to see you. >> love to be here. >> i love the premise of this. not only are the reviews great, and i've read a lot of them, but i do think it's a funny premise especially since most people don't know a lot of india. >> i know. i said to my local cinemaeers in the country that if i stood outside with a form saying sign up for india now,

after seeing the film, quite a lot of people would have signed up to go. >> your character is evelyn. >> yes. >> and she's recently widowed and as the movie begins she is on one of those phone lines to one of those technical support lines in india, trying to get some stuff working with her wireless system. does she handle it any better than i have handled it in the past? >> she handled it a great deal better than i would, i must say. >> she decides to pick up and move to india. what draws her there? >> well, they just said come and spend the autumn of your years in this hotel in india and she and maggie smith and bill nye and i and tom wilkinson and i all go off, unknown to each other, to find out what this life might be. >> and you shoot much of this movie in india. it would be very hard to do it in london or here in the states, and you've said about the experience of being there that it is not very hard to act when you're there. what was it like? >> we were there for 9 1/2 weeks.

and within about a day and a half i was bewitched by the country. and the people. we, of course, were very -- we were very kept in wonderful hotel. things like that. >> but you got to see some of the other parts of the country. >> yes, we did. but the charm of the people, the beauty of the people, and their country, of course, was something i had never really imagined properly. and i'd never particularly wanted to go to india but i can't wait to get back. >> i mention that it's getting very good reviews. this one from the daily mail. we're used to depressing news stories about old people being treated with disrespect so it's a treat to see a feel-good movie in which elderly heroes triumph over adversity and their own pessimistic expectations. it has the added attraction of a superb british cast headed by the incomparable judi dench and i thought this line from one of the reviews was funny. ever want to see your favorite

british actors with a tan? well, now you can. it is a great cast, too, isn't it? >> it is. and i've worked with everybody before. i haven't worked with tina, but i worked with all british actors. we'd all worked together. so it was like a traveling theater company. >> you're so busy. i know that you're also in the process of shooting the new bond movie, "sky fall". >> i've just finished. >> so can we get a couple of rumors and either lay them to rest or give them more credibility. one is that this movie is going to deal a lot more with your character of "m." she's going to have a more prominent role. >> i can say yes to that. >> yeah? any hints as to why it's more prominent? >> no. >> no. >> okay -- >> otherwise i'm fired from mi-6 straight away. >> it's interesting you'd say you'd be fired from mi-6, because the other rumor is that this will be your last bond movie. >> right. >> right is not the appropriate answer there.

>> that's all i can possibly say. >> no? >> not allowed to say anything else. >> i would hate to see that if it's your last one. you know you're one of the reasons i love those movies. you really are. is it a blast to shoot them? >> yes, it is. and you learn. i mean you learn wonderful new things all the time. and i was mostly in pine wood and one day in scotland which was glorious but brief and so i have got out with a couple of them. i did get to panama, and nassau at one time. but not with this one. but we had a glorious time doing it. >> well, i have a glorious time watching them. i love you in them and i can't wait to see new this new comedy. it's a pleasure. >> thank you. >> always good to have you here. >> thank you. >> "the best exotic marigold hotel" opens on may 4th. check it out. up next, top chef padma lakshmi turns one set of ingredients into three great dishes. we'll get to that. but first, this is "today" on nbc. . but first, this is "today" on nbc.

we're back now at 8:39. this morning on "today's kitchen," what's on the menu, one set of ingredients makes three great meals. padma lakshmi is the host of bravo's top chef. you're on hiatus and you want to be in the kitchen? >> i love being in the kitchen. you know, i have plenty to do. i have a culinary company, so we make spices. >> and a little girl? >> yeah. >> you're busy. >> and i'm very busy. >> the ingredients that we're going to use for these three dishes, very simple and also very healthy. >> very healthy. i'm using four ingredients. cucumber, english cucumber, nonfat plain yogurt, some sea salt, and some fresh mint. >> okay. >> and basically you're going to make a chilled cucumber soup. >> great for summer. >> great for summer, and great if you're trying to get ready for summer and lean out. this is a handful of fresh mint leaves.

a little bit of salt. some cue couple brer and some yogurt. >> okay. >> and all you do is whiz that. >> gotta kind of shake that around a little bit. >> and when it's done it's going to look like this. >> do you serve it very cold or room temperature? >> i serve it chilled. you know what i also do? i keep a pitcher of that in my fridge so that before i go out to a fancy dinner i drink a cup of it, so i'm less -- >> you eat less? >> i eat less. that's pure protein. no fat. >> how long does that last? >> four or five days. so you take the same stuff, you don't do it in a blender, you shred the cucumber and then you mix it all up, and you chop the mint, and then you put it -- you strain it through this cheese cloth? >> why the cheese cloth? >> because it gets rid of all the water. cucumber has a lot of water. nonfat yogurt can have water, too. so you just strain it. you can also use a really fine

mesh sieve. and once you do that you're going to coach some salmon. >> what's in the coaching? >> two parts water, one part white wine, lemon slices, fresh dill, peppercorns and salt. >> could you use other kinds of fish? >> you could use other kinds of fish. you want a thicker fillet so that it holds up in the water. and you want to do that also, you can do it with tarragon, rosemary, whatever herbs you have, just throw them in the water and coach them. you want the water to come halfway up. and you close this. that's poaching. it's going to finish poaching in like five, six minutes. when it coaches it looks like that. you just plate it. you take that sauce that we strained from over there, and you just do it like that. it's very healthy. now i made -- >> delicious. >> i made it very simple. but you can add other things like serrano chilies or crushed red dry chili flakes. you can add chives or scallions.

this is a middle eastern powder made out of thyme, sum ack -- >> do you taste it plain or something you can mix in? >> it's yummy. you can add italian seasoning, herbs deprovence. something to intensify the flavor. you're going to use that a third way as a dip for chips. >> there goes the healthy side. >> there you go. >> but you could also use carrots and other cruditeses. or baked thins or something. >> let's go back to one thing. you mentioned these are english cucumbers. any difference? >> you can use a regular cucumbers. here's why i like english, it has less seeds and less moisture. so if you're making it ooze a sauce it's better. if you use the regular cucumber just make sure you take the seeds out. >> okay. >> just cut it lengthwise and remove the seeds with your knife. >> could not be more simple. thank you very much. >> it's so simple and so easy.

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meow to wow in the mix. this is baby biscuit. he's only 4 months old. >> here's a yorkshire terrier mix. >> oh, he's so sweet. >> very sweet. still a puppy. he's got a lot to learn. >> but extremely mellow and gentle considering he is a puppy. >> scooter is an armful. he is a big beagle. a year and a half old. darling dogs. very curious. a lot of energy, but feel good in our arms. would be a great couch potato. >> very playful. very energetic. >> you've got the moves. ♪ i've got the moves >> this is a first. a very rare briere, irish wolf hound? hi, mookie. >> mookie is 2 1/2 years old. somebody abandoned him. >> and that explains why he's a little thin. but irish wolf hounds, they can

really chow down. give him time. he'll gain the weight. he's a good boy. yes, he's a good boy. >> and we're here with richard from animal care. let's get to our first pooch. this is one lucky dog. literally. >> royal treatment. let's take a look at biscuit. tell us about biscuit. >> well, biscuit, 4 months old. he just loves to be held in your arms. but when he walks down he's the happiest dog, his tail is wagging, his butt is going. he's a super happy dog. he's going to be eepsly trained. >> and dame judi said she wants to take all of them home. >> what do you think? >> he's great. biscuit is great. >> how big will biscuit get? >> not much bigger than that. >> oh, i don't know. >> he's adorable. >> biscuit has found a friend. thank you so much. >> what an honor.

>> oh, so wonderful. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> we want to bring out our next little dancing beagle, we have scooter the beagle still talking about his big dance party with jill rappaport. he's escorted by supermodel alana davis. >> scooter just loves to go up to people and say hello and be held by them. and just craves, craves, craves the affection and the attention. >> all right you're coming home with me. >> how old is scooter? >> he's a year -- 2 years old. >> he likes his tummy to be rubbed. >> he loves it. >> he's got the movies. >> whoa! >> okay, next we have mooki who is an irish wolf hound. >> irish wolf hound mix. >> now kim alexis is good enough to manage this dog. >> he's a big dog. he's a strong dog. he's going to need time to exercise and to play. he gets along well with other dogs. he's been around teenagers so he's really been an all-around

great dog. >> he's okay with little kids? >> little kids but not too small just because of his size he might bump into them inadvertently. so just, if there are small kids make sure they're supervised around him. but he's so gentle. >> he's really loving. >> two rescue cats? >> a chocolate lab. >> thank you so much. >> and lastly we have a me yo to wow today. this little kitty cat. >> oh, tell us about portia. >> portia is, i tell you considering everything taet going on, has just been so mellow, so sweet. on the other hand he's very playful. very curious. typical kitten. but he's been absolutely great out here with all that's going on. >> how much training to you have to do? >> not a lot of training. the litter box they'll pick up pretty quickly. >> the kitty sat situation is more dire than even the dogs. >> one more time, we've got scooter, we've got biscuit,

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>> it was on to the penguin exhibit. >> the penguins. >> that's where dirk got snatched. the next morning, his abductors admit they weren't quite sure how he ended up inside their hotel room. >> i'm still a bit fuzzy about the whole thing >> sound familiar? >> there were nights the four of us will never forget. >> fans of the hangover movies know that a wild animal in your room is a comedy staple of the morning after. but this real-life hangover part three almost had a very unhappy ending when its kidnappers realized there was a manhunt for the purloined penguin they panicked and ended up dumping dirk in shark infested waters. a couple walking nearby heard slashing and spotted zirk skroombleing out of the water. he ended up getting chased by a dog before he was rescued. >> as i said we're more concerned about getting dirk back than anything else at the time. >> reporter: the three men gave the video of their exploits to an australian tv station, which then turned it over to the

police. the guys face a court hearing next month. >> seaworld, searching for dirk. >> reporter: as for dirk he's been reunited with his life partner peaches the penguin at sea world. no word if she's upset about dirk's night out on the town or his tattoo. seaworld officials say these guys are lucky they ended up in the dolphin tank. the park's almost home to one of the most impressive shark tanks in the world. >> who would do that? >> three idiots. >> three drunk idiots. >> it's crazy. >> and they filmed everything and gave it to an australian tv station. something tells me, maybe they had a little publicity stunt in mind. >> yeah, yeah. >> i'm sure they'll enjoy time in jail. >> that was a dramatic retelling you gave us. >> thank you very much. >> the voiceovers were really quite moving. >> we were on the edge of our seat here. we were like, what happens next? >> the guy who announces the film. coming soon. >> that's right. this time, it's personal. >> i can't believe i lost a

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across the span. this is westbound where we had a fuel spill as a result of the first accident involving two big rig trucks. more accidents on the eastbound side. now traffic drags both directions. map shows a slow drive. 880 slammed out of oakland down to dumbarton as an alternate. bay bridge is also slammed as another alternate. we return to "today" show in a moment. ♪

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woo-hoo! >> we're back today with more of today on a friday morning. a stunning april 20th day of 2012. breezy conditions, 57 degrees. hopefully this is going to last till at leas tomorrow. a little rain. >> a lot of rain but we need it. >> you say a lot but a little. >> i'm matt lauer with savannah guthrie. ann has one more day off. she'll be back on monday. al roker is here and tamron hall joins us as well. coming up this half hour, we'll talk more about the prostitution scandal involving members of the u.s. secret service. there could be more resignation tied to this today. >> we're also learning more

details about the service members who are implicated in the scandal and the first photos emerging of a woman at the center of this investigation. their ear trying to track down and question all the colombian women who are involved. we will get the very latest on all of this in a live report coming up. and then we are going to sit down with barbara corcoran. it's that time of the week. we find out what you can get, do a little house hunting for you, from a 5,000-square-foot massachusetts stunner to a seattle property with all the modern touches. she's scoured both coasts and everywhere in between looking for great homes and even better deals. >> then practicing safe sunning. who wouldn't want to spend the day at the park or the beach on a day like today? but i don't want to be debbie downer. i have to tell you the news. there's an increase in skin cancer, savannah, especially among women. we'll look at why that's happening to so many women these days and what you can do to prevent the problem. >> do you know something i don't? >> she looks a little closer to

the sun. >> how i'm pressed. >> like a jimmy dean commercial. >> natalee has a check of the headlines. natalie? >> good morning to you guys. a florida judge ruled this morning that neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman can be released on bail while he awaits trial for the murder of unarmed teenager tray svon martin. zimmer himself took the stand and apologized to martin's parents for the loss of their son. new resignations are expected in the secret service over the prostitution scandal. nbc's mark potter is in cartage cartagena, colombia. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. officials say investigators have finished questioning maids and other workers at the hotel behind me where the scandal unfolded and are now trying to find the prostitutes allegedly hired by members of the president's advance security team. facebook pictures have now been published in news reports that say she is one of the women that

investigators are hoping to talk to. but because there is no official confirmation of that, nbc news is blurring her face. though information is sparse, some cartagena locals are talking. cartagena cab driver juan pena says he is, quote, pretty sure she is one of two women who were together in his car a week ago, after he was called to the hotel caribe to pick them up as they were being escorted out of the building. neighbors in the area where pena says he dropped her off confirm the woman in the photo does live there. pena says the woman, whose name we are not revealing, told him she'd had sex for money at the hotel with a man who said he worked on president obama's security detail, then argued with him over the price. she said she wanted $250. but the man only gave her $50 and shooed her out of his room. pena says the woman told him she pounded on the door and created a scene in the hallway, attracting hotel security and the police. a u.s. official has told nbc

news the scandal exploded after a prostitute who claims she was shared by two agents got in a heated dispute over how much she should be paid. representative peter king is regularly briefed on the investigation. >> right now they're trying to locate the 11 women. they have the names, they have faces, they have addresses. >> reporter: two sources with knowledge of the investigation have identified two of the agents who are separating from the agency in the wake of the scandal as 48-year-old david randall chaney and greg stokes, both high-level managers based in washington. nbc news spoke with attorney lawrence berger, who confirms he is representing both men. berger said he couldn't comment on why chaney was employing counsel, but he said stokes is going to vigorously defend himself in the administrative process that is available. berger said he still considers both men to be part of the secret service and suggests they are leaving voluntarily but not under good circumstances. and he pointedly said, whoever is leaking the names from inside the secret service is probably breaking the law.

and speaking of facebook, it turns out that one of those agents now separating from the secret service, david chaney, actually guarded sarah palin during the 2008 presidential campaign. he posted a photo on facebook and wrote this comment, "i was really checking her out, if you know what i mean." last night on fox news, sarah palin herself responded and saying, "check this out, bodyguard -- you're fired." >> mark potter in colombia this morning on the story. president obama has a six-point lead over presumptive republican candidate mitt romney in the latest nbc news/washington journal poll. that poll also shows the president's biggest weakness, the economy, is romney's strong point. a tempting discovery put an airport screener to the test. don williams found 95 $100 bills in an envelope at a dallas-ft. worth airport. he was able to contact the passenger who lost the money and returned it because he says you

can't live with yourself unless you do the right thing. and we think this kangaroo has been hitting the gym a little bit too much. take a look. the wild marsupial was hanging out bay hospital in australia when two people found him. even though it looked like he just wanted a bite of the snack, really looks like it wants to bench press him. wow. is that real? crazy. six minutes past the hour. al has a check of the weather. >> wow. >> almost seemed like it was a fake suit, right? >> kangaroo version of the situation. i like that. >> right. if there is such a thing. >> there's a line there, but i'm not going to go there. a big storm coming up the east coast, moves to the gulf, brings rain there, and then as we move on to saturday and sunday, heavy, soaking rains up the east coast and in the interior sections of pennsylvania and upstate new york. could see some snow out of this thing. the big story will be the rain. anywhere from 3 to 4 inches of rain locally from miami all the way up to new york city.

we could be talking about 7 inches of rain in some spots in the upper elevations. well, we are going to get a summer like afternoon. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren. it is warm in concord and fairfield, upper 60s, mid-60s in the south bay. everyone headed to the 70s by noon. we round out the day with mid-80s. santa rosa, 85, san jose, 85, and san francisco cooling off as you head back to the city after you get off work. sunday, 87 degrees, cooling down a touch. rain thursday. time now for "today's real estate." what can you get for under $500,000. our own brick house "today" real estate contributor barbara corcoran has some fantastic ideas. >> i do. >> this is really a great crop of houses. >> oh, it sure is.

>> let's start off new bedford, mass, a six bedroom home priced at $419,000. >> new bedford was the whaling capital of the world. that's their claim to fame. this home reflects the wealth of this state. it has -- first of all built in 1896 on a granite foundation. with a domed window out front and a widow's walk that was used. the whole town has widow's walked used to watch the men come back in from the sea. it's an unbelievable 5,000 square feet. inside has been beautifully restored to preserve the original details like the columns, the crown molding, the wide baseboards in the entry. that is a stunning stair. been around for over 100 years. thank god nobody pulled that thing out. claiming hardwood floors throughout. the living room has wainscoting and a working fireplace. the dining room has leaded windows and a built in china cabinet and the kitchen has a granite tile island and even a chandeli chandelier.

what a lovely house. you wouldn't know it's 100 years old. >> all right we're going to head over and get a four bedroom home, this one is in jacksonville, north carolina. on the market for $459,900. >> jacksonville is a town that people down south just love. this one is only 30 minutes from some of the carolina's most beautiful beaches. it's a classic brick home, cedar siding, plantation shutters and 3,000 square feet. the family room has a vaulted ceiling, stone fireplace, a wall of pretty arched windows and the dining room has a trayed ceiling with wood floors and chair rail. don't know what they're thinking putting that plant on the ceiling but each to their own. the kitchen has white cabinets, granite countertop and opens to a big breakfast area. the whole house sits on a big, grassy lot with mature trees, and very pretty house in every way. nothing wrong with this one. >> let's head out to the pacific northwest, seattle, washington, six bedroom home priced at

$459,950. >> what's wonderful about seattle is the people who are there love living there. there is no real estate bubble. there's tons of jobs if you're smart to get them. a lot of technology jobs. this is an unconventional modern home with three stories. the living room has corner windows and a glossy wood floor. the dining room has a painted ceiling with sliding back doors to the back deck. the kitchen has maple cabinets, granite counters and a tile floor. the upstairs family room has windows on all sides and feels like you're nesting in the tree tops. that's a room i'm sure that family never leaves. and there's a huge pool out back which i'm sure is putting a lot of pressure on the poor kids to be olympian swimmers. what a pretty house. remember it's only $459,000. >> very nice. now let's head to illinois. this is glen ellyn. a home priced at $459,995.

>> people see right through it. you don't fall for that baloney. this is settled around like ellyn which is a pristine lake. it's 3,000 square feet. it's a brand spanking new house. here's what you get. you get an open family room with a stone fireplace and recessed lighting. the dining room has decorative molding on the ceiling and the beautiful tall wainscoting. the kitchen is up to the minute in every way with wood cabinets and floors, granite counters, stainless steel appliances and a snazzy up to the moment tile back splash. and take a look at this master bedroom. it's elegant. trayed ceilings, wainscoting. it's huge. >> when you say trayed ceiling that's that cutout thing at the top? >> the cutout, the indentation in the ceiling. the same trayed ceiling the other lady ruined by putting all those plants on top. >> last home in maine, a four bedroom home listed at $485,000. >> if you're looking for a quiet life, north yarmouth is for you.

there are no major businesses. they have a carriage museum, four parks and three cemeteries. perfect place, convenient to retire in. this pretty colonial has a large, welcoming front porch and sits on 1 1/2 acres. the open living room has a fireplace. oversized windows and gleaming wood floors. the dining room looks like the sunniest room in the house. i love the yellow with extra wide base boards and crown moldings. the kitchen is downright huge with cherry cabinets and granitg countertops. there's a nice deck out back along with a brick patio and walkways. the bonus of owning this place is it's on conservation land. the beautiful woods you're looking at, you get to use all by yourself. >> maybe it's just me when you're talking retirement, i don't think you play up the four cemeterie cemeteries. >> al, that was just for you. >> barbara corcoran. have a great weekend. >> my pleasure. >> still ahead protecting your skin while you're having fun in the sun. what you need to know as you head into summer. later on, can you afford to go

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"today's daily dose" is brought to you by yoplait, it's so good. this morning on "today's daily dose," protecting your skin during summer. a study released earlier this month by the mayo clinic found women age 18 to 39 are eight times more likely to develop melanoma than they were 40 years ago. how do you minimize your risk? that's the big question. kate white is the editor in chief of cosmopolitan which took a look at this issue and dr. deborah wattenberg is a dermatologist. deborah i'll start off with you. these results are incredible, but this dramatic increase from what we would have seen 40 years ago, in a nutshell, what's the problem here? >> women in this age group tend to engage in behaviors that are considered risky. they want to be tan. they go to the beach and don't

wear sunscreen or try to lay out way too much. and they're also going to suntanning salons. and the rise in suntanning salons has been thought to be one of the reasons the incidence of melanoma is rising. what's interesting is while the incidence is rising the mortality rate is decreasing. and that's thought to be due to education and awareness. >> how much more dangerous are the indoor tanning beds than the natural sun? >> so a tan, however you get it is bad for your skin. there's no such thing as a healthy tan. suntanning salons are very dangerous and our organization has actually put uv light on to the list of cancer causing carcinogens. these rays are very concentrated and increase the risk of burning. they cause skin cancer, sun damage, brown spots and wrinkling. and people are just unaware of the effects of this. >> it's interesting. you think that people, women because we're talking specifically about women, are just unaware or do they just get intoxicated by this notion of a glowing tan? >> i think it's both. i think a lot of women know now

that sun burning is bad. but they think tanning is okay. also, tanning salons we found in our investigation that they lie to women and tell them these are safe rays. but at the same time, women sometimes override what they know because it feels good to be in the sun. they feel thinner when they're fan. all those factors. >> even though these women say it feels good one of the intriguing things in your study is that it can be addictive like cigarettes and other things that people fight to wean themselves off of. >> right. in some people the endorphin rush that you get from a tan is addictive and so when you're not tanning you may feel irritable, jittery. >> pulling you back in. >> right. you have to go cold turkey and just get out of the sun. >> obviously, you're a doctor, when you're talking about something that could be something that's an addiction for people, what's the best advice? >> you have to actually admit to yourself that tanning is bad. that's the first step to stopping the process. because if you think that it's okay then you will continue to

do id. >> flat-out bad completely. >> you have to be protected from the sun regardless of what your skin color is. it doesn't really matter. and you need to apply sunscreen regularly. if you engage in this behavior and continually lie out you're going to put yourself at risk. if you decide to make the change and decide you want to get rid of the sun damage there are so many different things that you can do that include topical agents like moisture aers and sunscreens and laser procedures and retinoids and products like that. >> it's interesting beyond the tanning booth or obvious exposure at the beach, even flying on a plane? >> right. very intense rays there. driving a car, studies show that cancer, skin cancer is more prove length on the left side of the body. even sitting outside under an umbrella, rays can bounce up from the sand, or the sidewalk, if you're in a sidewalk cafe. you just have to be wearing protection. when you're outdoors. >> because even if they're not in direct sunlight, deborah, so

many women wearing cosmetics, we've got spf 15 at a minimum in foundation even. >> yeah so the light that comes through the windows is dangerous. and people need to work on their skin all the time. people often get misled by the fact that they're putting on a moisturizer that has an spf in it or a makeup, because it's not necessarily enough. and you need to apply large quantities in order to get the -- >> slather it on. this is one thing we should overindulge in. and there are foods, as well, that can protect us. >> that's true. well tomatoes and chocolate, they have antioxidants, and that seem to lessen the absorption of the rays. but that doesn't make up for wearing protection. >> absolutely. start with protection and eat chocolate all the time. bad medical advice. >> the combination. >> it's an intriguing article certainly and no matter how dark or fair your skin is, advice you can always use. >> sunscreen for everyone. thank you kate, thank you deborah. coming up, stay stylish while going green. but up next, we may lock eyes,

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>> was it a tough transition? >> you know, i think the hard part for us at first was she wasn't trained at all, so it was dealing with the house accidents every now and again. and she also -- i don't think she had any idea what grass was. she seemed to have been a shelter dog for a long time so we had to indoctrineate her. >> or what two boys were like. >> they love her so much. we have a little web extra on our website and encourage you all if you want to see more of the story and see how zara is doing. >> did you get a trainer? >> we got a great trainer, laura garber. if you have any doggy issues or puppy issues at home. go to the link on our website, today.com and she's willing to answer your questions as well. >> i think it's fitting that you got a dog with the name as a designer. >> a store that i love so much. >> she's wearing the dress right now. >> our kids love her. still to come, jill martin

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good morning, it is 9:26. we are following breaking news in the bay area, also in sacramento. right now, interstate 80 is shut down both directions between davis and west sacramento as police search for a suspect wanted in connection with a shooting and carjacking. the suspect abandoning his white pickup on the freeway and has taken off into the surrounding marsh. you want to stay away from interstate 880 this morning. we have our own traffic nightmare in the bay area. mike inouye has the latest on the san mateo bridge accident. any better news? >> we have better news, marla. look at this shot from the toll plaza, still at a stand still, one lane open at the high-rise.

we hear maybe 30 more minutes before it is cleaned up. look at the traffic flowing here. we show you the cleanup on the west side, the east lane reopened after two accidents there had lanes blocked a couple of hours this morning. this cleanup after the original accident causing the mess will continue at least 30. we will track that. there's the jam. stay away from san mateo bridge. 880 slammed out of oakland south continuing to dumbarton bridge, a southern alternate. also jammed 880 and 580 through oakland blending in with east shore traffic. that's the north alternate. big backup for what's normally friday light, certainly not the case in the east bay close to the water. marl bacto k you. >> rough morning on the roads. mike, thanks. a look at the forecast after the break. bpbpbpbpbpbp

it is 9:28. 69 degrees in fairfield and sunnyvale. meanwhile, holding on to mid-60s just about everywhere else. expecting 70s and low 80s as of

1:00 today. we round out the day, warmest point about 3:00 p.m. 85 in san jose, 85 for fremont, and touching on the upper 70s in san francisco. by tomorrow, the 90s return. warmest weather we've had in almost six months, marla. hope you're ready for that. that means, though, we can hit the beach. back to you. >> you're driving! we'll be back with the next news and weather update at 9:56. stay away from san mateo bridge and interstate 880 shut down between west sacramento and davis this morning. see you again in 30.

♪ there goes my baby oh, girl ♪ ♪ you don't know how good it feels to call you my girl ♪ >> you know summer's just around the corner when we announce our blockbuster summer concert series. kicking it all off, usher. stopping by the plaza. justin bieber. maroon 5. chris brown. and the list goes on and on. yeah. so get out your calendars. go over to today.com. for the full list. and then mark your calendars and come on down. >> i feel like a concert right now. i'm liking that. meanwhile just ahead greening your style doesn't have to be expensive from organic baby

clothes to the perfect string bikini, running shoes made out of recycled material. jill martin is on that great bike. environmentally friendly. she's going to tell us more about what she has in store for us. >> environmentally friendly bikini. >> string bikini. >> all you need is string. >> and inspired dishes will change up your daily routine. but first lester holt and amy robach. lester in a string bikini is here to preview what's coming up. >> coming up, well, trayvon martin shooter in the florida courtroom this morning. we're going to have the latest on george zimmerman's bond hearing. and we loved her as mary poppins and maria von trapp. now julie andrews is back as an author. she'll talk about the latest installment of the very fairy princess. >> plus ghost the musical. the 1990s hit starring patrick swayze and demi moore has been

retooled for the stage. and jenna is live in philadelphia with hundreds of volunteers for comcast cares day from those famous cheesesteaks. she is enjoying that. to re-enacting scenes from rocky. there she goes. put the arms up. she's on a mission to find out why philly is known as the city of brotherly love. we'll have that and more when we see you on this weekend. >> she actually tried to fill in the crack with plastic. >> not going to work. >> thank you guys. >> now a check of the friday forecast. >> as far as our weekend is concerned for tomorrow the rain starts making its way from florida, where it's going to be heavy to showery -- and a few thunderstorms up into the mid-atlantic states. sunny and mild through the west. showers in the upper mississippi river valley. sunday, more heavy rain new england into the mid-atlantic states. we're talking before it's all over, three to four inches. in some areas even more. sunny and hot from the pacific northwest. into the southwest of texas. a few more showers lingering in the mid and upper mississippi river valley. that's what's going on around the country.

well, you made it to friday. we have a warm and sunny weekend ahead. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren. temperatures today, about 5 to 8 degrees warmer than where we ended up yesterday, that means the mid-80s in san jose, fremont, upper 70s in places like san francisco. hey, i think we're going to hit 80 in oakland. tomorrow, 90 degrees. cooling down a touch sunday. if you're looking for the rain, we have that wednesday and thursday next week. >> an that's your latest weather. >> thank you, al. before we go any further we do want to well camp jaleel white best known as urkel on the hit sitcom "family matters." >> he's now all grown up and the host of a new sci-fi reality show called total blackout. good to see you. >> how you doing? >> explain the concept of this thing. >> the show is great. the show is people basically confronting their fears in total

darkness. we film the show in night vision so the people who figure out, you know, identify objects in the fastest amount of time. they move on to the next round. and it's just hysterical. >> they're afraid of bras? what is that? >> they don't know what it is. so, in the first tank might be tarantulas, in the second tank might be a woman's bra. >> that's the worst nightmare. >> has anybody said i don't want to be a part of this? >> you know, what's really funny, it's not as fear factorish as people think. your imagination becomes your own worst enemy in the show. that's why you see people freaking out over a bra. >> and we've got to congratulate you. you have been just burning it up on "dancing with the stars." won the first duel. what's that been like for you? >> that duel was crazy. i felt like gladiator, really just yelling to the crowd, are you not entertained? i can't believe i survived it. it's like --

>> that's like -- >> it's like no feeling i ever had. i took two hours to learn that dance with kim. >> there was some tension? >> she's fine. that's the tabloids. that's the tabloids having too much fun with that show. and it's unfortunate they put a damper on what my early experience was with the show. i survived the dance duel. >> you look like you're having fun on your show. >> hey i'm doing the best i can. kim pushes me hard. she's here with me this week. i've been doing my whole training out here in new york, too. >> good luck. so great to see you. total blackout premieres wednesday, on our sister network syfy. up next jill's eco-friendly finds. i'm here with carol, flo, and karen for a girls night out talking about activia. i tried it and my body felt so right, for a change. and then there's you... why should i try it? my system gets out of sorts but that comes with age, right?

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this morning on "today" goes green a special eco-friendly edition of jill's fun finds. jill martin has some green goodies for every style and budget. good morning. >> good morning. >> becoming much more easy to go green these days. you can find stuff everywhere. >> first the face wash. >> let's start with the shower. this is great. this is kissmyface.com. $2.99 and up. 100% natural ingredients and biodegradable. that's a great way to start the day. and it may smell go, too. >> panties that are actually good for your skin? >> panties with a purpose. we love that. this is lazy grabber.com.

water based ink and also made in the usa. that's a great way to get products made in the u.s. >> excellent. these bangles are great. you're also wearing them. tell me about them. >> i love these. mango tree bangles dotcom, $1. these are from 100% natural organic mango trees in thailand. when they stop yielding truth fruit they cut down the trees and make these bangles. >> they are gorgeous. >> and $18. >> that's great. >> more jewelry over here. also with a green message. tell us about these. >> comes in this pouch and this card. this is also a beautiful gift to give someone or yourself. you get a number and then you're added to this global list to help save the planet. and then, a portion of the proceeds also goes to charity. $18 jfgreenline.com. >> the symbols, this one is a globe. cool. >> okay. >> look how adorable.

organic clothing is. because a lot of parents are thinking about dressing their kids in a more organic way. >> organic cotton is also so soft. >> you can feel it. >> and i just went, i don't have kids but when you saw it. >> it's adorable. >> little aesop kids $20 and up. 100% organic cotton. >> and pajamas here. >> this is all wearing the t-shirt, the pajamas, they have the ipad cases. this is a lot to save doltcom and the bikinis, of course. made from post consumer plastic bottles. one t-shirt. >> same string bikini with a plastic bottle. >> a very small bottle. >> one t-shirt will save 60 bottles interesting into a landfill. what a beautiful way. >> and how soft. >> very cool. >> so they have everything. >> now i love this. >> these are great. >> tell me about these. >> 75% post consumer recycled materials. so like cds, old tires.

$90. >> super lightweight. >> and you love this. >> yes. >> and okay tom's has branched out as well. they're doing an organic line. >> the baby tom's. huge vegan friendly, no animal products, $29 and up if and for the whole family. >> fantastic. >> and what's this line here? >> this is a french company which is dedicated to raising awareness about global warming and about pollution. so it's around $100. but the stylish way to go green, and also give back. >> okay. are these leather? >> no, not leather. >> the whole idea -- >> not leather. >> okay over here. >> the pop phone. another version, and this actually reduces cell phone radiation by 99%. >> oh. >> keeping users from natural emissi emissions. >> you have to carry this big thing around. >> i know a lot of people that actually walk around with these and they're cute. >> it's kind of nice to have a real handle to hold onto. wattle bottles made actually glass but they're covered in plastic. >> this is the biggest thing in

hollywood, jessica alba, reese witherspoon. of course they're glass, so recycle them. $28. comes in all the styles and obviously great for your kids because they're covered and can't break. >> excellent. you're also encouraging everyone to get on their bikes. >> this is the obvious one to everyone, not only to be healthy but to be eco-friendly. this is a great new bicycle brooklyncruiser.com. tamron hall almost like literally rode this out of the studio with a little basket in back. i just encourage you, i think this whole week, to be healthier when we do earth week and just to be more ecoconscious. >> all right, jill martin as always. great fun finds for us. thanks so much. for more on her green fun finds, be sure to pick up this week's issue of "us weekly." still to come this morning, not your ordinary chicken dinner. we're going to get a taste in today's kitchen. ell rings ] ♪ ♪

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nervous than handing over the car keys to their teens. no matter how much you warn and lecture you're never quite sure if your kids are going to follow the rules. >> our series my kid would never do that parents get a rear peek at what their kids are up to. >> you have to ask yourself is your teen texting and driving? would your kid get in a car with a driver who seemed drunk? we gave some parents the opportunity to watch their kids in action, and when the rubber met the road, some were stunned by what they saw. with the help of a special camera, called the drive cam, we've been following this teen, mitch, to see what he's been up to behind the wheel. in this case, he knows the camera is there. and will record any risky driving maneuvers. like these scary scenes collected by drive cam. here a teen, busy texting, swerves off the road and takes out a mailbox. or like this girl, so

dangerously distracted by her phone, that she runs off the road. luckily, no one was seriously hurt. so how did mitch do? four months ago, he told us he doesn't use his phone while driving. >> if i feel my phone vibrate in my pocket i just wait. >> he told his dad the same thing. do you think he's answering his phone, maybe texting? >> we believe that he's not doing that, because he's telling us he's not doing that. >> let's find out. a few times it's not his phone that's a distraction. it's his female passenger. >> whoa! >> yeah. >> watch here as mitch speeds into a turn, his passengers are not only wearing shirts, no one is wearing seat belts. >> [ bleep ] for you guys. >> reporter: but does he ever pull out his cell phone? here it is, pressed against his ear, and does a one-handed

u-turn across double yellow lines. >> this is probably illegal. >> oh. >> reporter: but the most disturbing event comes at 3:00 in the afternoon. he falls asleep behind the wheel. >> that shocks me. that could have been head-on. it could have been the end of our kid. >> reporter: and the testing continues. this time to see if the kids will get in a car with someone they think is drunk. joe is just acting the part. >> are you drunk, like actually? >> johnny, jordan and christina have just been told they'll be getting a ride from him. their parents, who have all predicted their kids won't go with him stare at the monitors. they all get up, but christina and jordan are reluctant to go. >> i don't think -- >> yeah, i don't think he should be driving. so -- >> with hearts racing their parents wait to see what will happen next. >> he's getting in the car. oh, boy. >> yikes.

>> we tell the group to come back to the school, where their parents are waiting to greet them. >> why did you get in that car? >> buddy, don't ever do that again. >> it's okay. it's okay. next time. >> it was really eye-opening for these parents. they thought they'd done enough to teach their kids how to be safe but they didn't factor in the power of peer pressure. we have lots of great parenting advice and we test many more teens in our report and you'll be happy to know sometimes the parents are pleasantly surprised in a couple of occasions. >> just so scary. more of natalie's report on my kid would never do that sunday night at 7:00, 6:00 central on nbc. >> up next, dinner.

this morning in "today's kitchen," what's for dinner? how about the flavors of israel. the owner of the hot restaurant in philadelphia, michael, good

to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> i love the mediterranean flavors. >> we're going to do something really, really simple. we're taking dark meat chicken thighs and marinate them in a mango pickle. you ever had it before? >> i never had it. >> it's really, really amazing. pretty strong. >> oh, wow. >> it's like super, super pungent. really, really easy. we're going to chop up a little bit of chicken thighs. >>nd you take the skin off. >> skin off. bone off. you just kind of throw them into a lowell. and hop over here. we've got some unnuns. a little bit of vegetable oil. a little bit of the amba >> how much? >> how much do you want to stink? that's really -- >> sting it up. >> the ranch, too. these you definitely don't find in israel but we have them all over in pennsylvania for the next six weeks. a little bit of salt. throw that on there. there you go. what kind of consistency do we

want? >> we're going to go kind of mete. we almost want it to look like a milk shaky with be really surprising. and we're going to throw it on the chicken and then you end up with this. i like to marinate for at least 24 hours. can you do six hours, that's fine. >> in the fridge. >> exactly. now the chicken is going to break down a little bit from the onion as well as the sugar. >> does that help to cook a little quicker? >> exactly. it tenderizes and makes it absolutely gorgeous. we're going to put this on like this. >> you're using metal skewers. can you use wood? >> you just want to be careful. because they incinerate. >> soak them in water first. >> we cook over open chore cole. we got stopped by security for bringing in a bag of charcoal. we're going to flip those guys over and let them cook. really nice and aromatic. >> back here we've got some great stuff. >> yeah, we do. now we've got cauliflower and a

little bit of lavnee sauce. a strained middle eastern yogurt. right on top. this actually makes a great like faux caesar salad. believe it or not. >> you've got some great hummus. >> this is like the -- when you get sal ass in israel you get a bunch of little salads. you don't get a giant romaine salad. beets, cucumber, pickles, fennel, okra, carrots, some of our bread. and then we wash it down with date and hazel nut stuffed cookies. >> rugalach. >> rugalach. >> thank you so much. >> nice. >> wonderful. >> still to come this morning the real housewives of new jersey. >> and maxi dresses for every age. >> have a great weekend everybody.

it is 9:56. good morning, i'm marla tellez. suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi is in court right now, trying to have allegations of official misconduct thrown out. it is a last ditch effort before monday's ethics commission

meeting which will consider the mayor's recommendation that mirkarimi be permanently removed from office after pleading guilty to charges related to a domestic violence case involving his wife. well, somber nee better new the san mateo bridge. >> good morning. the bright sunshine, looking better eastbound. all lanes are cleared, slowing has cleared as well. westbound close to a stand still. maps show you the slow drive westbound. 880 jammed through the area as well. keep in mind now two lanes instead of one are open. expecting the remaining lanes to open in 20 minutes. dumbarton also slow. 880 closed between west sacramento and davis because of police difficulty. if you are heading to the sierra, go to i-5 to the sacramento. christin christina, different for the weather. i have a lot of people will

want to escape to the sierra. there's a completely clear sky. sunshine warming us into the 70s, mid 70s in sunnyvale. 72 in san jose, 72 in livermore. through the afternoon, the allergy count, pollen levels very high. keep that in mind, that goes all weekend long. 85 degrees in fremont today, 90 inland tomorrow. 87 sunday. next week looking cooler. we'll have a little rain from wednesday into thursday. great beach weather this weekend, marla. back to you. for the latest traffic and news updates, check us out on facebook. all you need to do is search nbc bay area. we will be back with the next news and weather update in 30. see you at 10:26. [ male announcer ] with all your car does for you, he really wants to hear those three little words: chevron with techron. care for your car.

captions paid for byn. nbc-universal television woo-hoo! it's dry day, frid. it is april 20th. you made it to the weekend, though it is going to be a little damp around here. >> hi. >> oh, by the way -- you said going out? >> no, don't. >> there's a new video. remember the one we did of the world's biggest zit? we never -- they have one now about earwax. you got to go see it. i haven't go seen it yet but i can't wait. >> i'm going to throw up.

you're obsessed with weirdo gross video. i've never seen the world's biggest zit thing pop. i don't want to because i'll have nightmares. >> peter, our photographer, showed me another one yesterday. >> stop! >> oh, my gosh! she says it makes you think of rech redi whip in a new way. >> she said that, not me. if have you a scientific interest in such things, check it out. all right. so memorable movie yoets. this is one of those things that there's actually a science behind why a movie quote sticks with you for a long time. >> as a writer myself i'm always looking for a line people will remember. they're not as easy as would you think to come up with. >> cornell university looks at how they breaks those down. it comes down to two factors. use of an uncommon word like bond, james bond. it makes you like think about how he put those words together. >> it was sean connery. remember? >> you do know who says those.

they also say they try to use general words like using an a or an. like in a gallery far away, as far as the gallery far away. >> once upon a time always worked for me as a child. we have some clips of our favorite -- >> should we show some of the favorites -- not ours, but others? >> yeah, yeah. >> we don't have others. let's not look at others. >> yeah, let's look at ours. that's all we care about really. there's a movie that a lot of younger people have seen called "chariots of fire." one of the greatest movies ever made. the lead, i think his name is eric, his sister is questioning why he wants to be a runner because they're very devout spirit all people and he says this. >> i believe that god made me for a purpose. for china. but he also made me fast. and when i run, i feel his

pleasure. >> i love that. when i run, i feel his pleasure. >> that's beautiful. >> the other one is on the other end of the spectrum, it is about sex. in kwlt f in" funny girl," barbara streisand's character see nicky for the first time, "hello, gorgeous." >> one that's really close to my mart. when you see a movie and it sticks with you forever. every now and then you think of that quote, you think this is so applicable in my life. right now, here's that quote. >> oh, right now. >> jesus, megan. >> i want to apologize. i'm not even confident of which end that came out of. that's not my real one. that's really not my real one. my real one is -- isn't that nasty? that is some kind of nasty. i'm not even confident what end

that came out of. >> and you won't look at an earwax video? hoda woman! >> all right. no, but really -- >> you don't know hoda, people. i'm just telling you. >> but this is if you're in love with love, this may be one of your favorite quotes. >> you had me at hello. >> i gave you that one yesterday. >> i already knew it before you gave it to me. so here are a list of things the three of you who are watching our show. these are things guys should never, ever, ever tell their girlfriends. "you look like my ex." "your sister is a --" "we" should go on a diet. that one, that's terrible. and they actually think they're being sensitive. >> for some guys, that's very sensitive.

"my mom thinks you should change this." "my mother," hey, my mom thinks that you should maybe, maybe if you -- it came from -- >> my mom thinks you should marry me. that ain't so bad. that's like you're the best thing in the world. >> i still don't want his mother advising him. no, i don't. >> no, i understand what you're saying. but it's better than the others. >> how about this? this one bugs me. you're getting too emotional. you're overreacting. don't ever say that. >> i can't stand it when cody says "calm down." >> ooh, ooh, ooh. >> you want to ring my chimes -- >> how about this? you look really different in the mornings. that is awful. >> now we're going to let them redeem themselves with the best compliments. this is for men and women. survey says -- number five, compliments their clothing. i love your dress, i love your -- number four, your hair looks great. >> i like that one a lot.

>> does jay say that on weekends? >> i went to go get my hair blown out and the lady couldn't take me for whatever reason. i came back and jay's like your hair looks great. i go i didn't do it, he goes oh, okay. so the next day i really did it. he walks into the apartment, he's like hey, like he's looking to know whether or not he should go in with the compliment or not and he didn't. i was like i just did it. no one can tell. you can't win on that one. >> has he ever seen -- >> the crazy hair? not for long. >> has he ever seen this? >> no. you know what? i'm glad he doesn't watch the show. >> i like how they just have it right there. here's one everybody looks -- you smell nice. you have a nice smile. my favorite of all time -- you look like you've lost weight. >> that's a great one. >> here's the worst one. everyone says it, not just men.

friends say it, your mother says it. "you like tired." i know. it's the worst. but the survey was done by a dental care-plus intake so keep that in mind. and your teeth are white. what do you use? i'm sure that's one of the other ones they like a lot. do i month we we needed a survey for this. you could have asked anywoman. the a new survey says women who feel ignored seek out expensive retail therapy. no kidding. >> i don't go shopping when i feel ignored. but they also want labels. they want to buy stuff with big labels on it. that's the other thing. they want recognizable logos. maybe if you feel ignored you want people to see that you're wearing -- yeah. like gucci or prada. >> it just means you've been over to bobbie thomas' apartment and picked out something nice. >> exactly. >> what else, hoda? >> i like this one. a lot of times people leave

their dogs at home during the part of the day. >> but they're alone and lonely. >> sometimes people leave the radio or tv on. now there is a great solution. it's even better than all those things, it is called dog tv. it is a channel for dogs. it is $5 a month, $4.99. it offers eight hours. the dog just looks at his own eye level and looks out. he thinks he's playing. >> i think it is so adorable. oh, look. swimming. this is actually kind of mean. the dog's watching what he's not doing. >> that's what most human beings are when they're watching tv or movies. >> look! they put it at the dog eye level. >> people laugh at this. cassidy has never been real crazy about bambino. i don't know why. i can't imagine why anybody's not madly in love with bambino. but, a couple weeks ago frank

and i were gone and i said cass, baby-sit bambino. she says -- ugh! they watched "best in show" together. and bambino is so excited when he sees her now and she's bonded with him over "best in show." that movie is one of the funniest movies i've ever seen. >> i think there's something to that. >> i think we feel like laughing. it might be time for kathie lee's friday funny. >> this one is short. >> good. >> and i can't believe -- i can't believe this actually got past practice and standards. sent in from kerry from ohio. if you have a problem, you find her on facebook. when i got out of bed this morning. i had chest pains. looked down and realized i was stepping on my nipple. >> that is good! that rocked. >> i had one last week that was so funny and they would not let

me use it because it had a word that starts with scr and ends with a "m" for a man's part of his -- >> area. >> and in the middle there's an "ot" and i was not allowed to say that. i could say missile up the wazoo but i'm not allowed to say that. >> i don't know why. they have a standards persons that goes through all that? >> i have obviously never met that person. jo ann says don't talk about that. it's time for "bobbie's buzz." >> hi, ladies. >> you look like you've lost weight. >> i actually love that dress. the color is so pretty. >> you never say you like what i'm wearing. you always want to put me in something different. >> it's earth day this weekend so i was inspired to find some equo friendly things that are very stylish. these of course, if you have any platforms like these laying around you could reclaim them

and up cycle them. giddy spinster is the seller but she takes old shoes and re-invests them. i actually really like this. this is a great gift to maybe give a girlfriend. >> i love this. what i love so much is you so desperately wanted to lift that up and show us what -- they've nailed it down because nobody is allowed to take anything. >> this other one is really, really cool. these are pens that last for seven years. from seltzer goods. they're adorable. did you know 100 million pens are discarded every day? >> why would we know that? >> but i was kind of impressed when i was told that so these are the seven-year pens. they'll write 1.7 something every day. >> these are eco cans from

uncommon goods that you can pop and use out of the bottle to minimize the cans which is really cool. you pour the soft drink in there. it feels like a can, but then you can -- >> cool, bobbie. thank you, honey. you never know what's going to happen when "the real housewives of jersey" get together. >> they here? nobody warned me. >> well they're in the back and coming out right after this. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition?

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they're back. if you just can't get enough of the "real housewives," you're in luck. season four of the new jersey edition of bravo's hit show premiers this sunday. >> it promises to bring all the glitz, glam and drama of seasons past. here to tell us about seasons past, caroline, melissa and kathy. good to see you ladies. i can't believe it is season four. where did the time go? >> time flies when you're having

fun, girls. >> you've been there since the beginning. >> the other two ladies -- this is your second season. >> yes. caroline, it's old hat for you now, right? it's just like your dna. you're used to the cameras -- >> they're there. it's part of my day. that's pretty much it. >> i know, have you gotten adjusted to the attention? >> i think now. first season it was a little more difficult but now we are gating used to it. it comes with the territory. it is part of our life now really. >> it kind of feels like one continuous season. >> when one is airing you're making the next one. >> exactly. >> did you get -- not abuse but some problems with any member of your families when you all decided -- because once it came on the air, people realized what it was like. were there people in either one of your families that said i don't want you to do o that or be a part of it? >> yeah. i had a couple people say are you sure you want to do that? or do you think that's the right road to go down? it is a little bit of a gamble,

and it is a little bit do you want to put your life out there, should you take the opportunity. but you know, i guess. >> you're the voice of reason. you always have been from the beginning. have you noticed how people treat you on the streets? because i know people walk up to you -- i've been at events -- people are constantly coming up, they feel like they know you, they want to speak with you. >> i feel badly sometimes because i'm bad with names but i always remember a face. with me, they come up and grab me and hug and kiss me and cry. i'm like do i know you? you're very familiar. they introduce themselves to me and say because of you -- >> you've had an impact on their life. >> yeah. so it took a while for me to understand that. andy cohen is the one that explains that. you're in their lives every day, they feel like they're in it with you. >> there's another side that people have opinions and they do not mind sharing their opinions with you. >> and we're not allowed to have it back.

>> i can't imagine you don't have it back. >> whenever they give their opinion, it is never face to face. it is always behind a computer. >> nobody comes up to you and says something that's really abusive and rude? >> i've never had that happen. >> wow! >> you're into music. >> i am. >> are we going to see a lot of you singing? >> you are. i'm going to write two songs, one ballad that i write to my husband and another fun party song. i fly chris judd in who's worked with amazing musicians to come in and do some choreography for a huge performance i do. he's not easy on me. he's tough on me. >> what kind of music do you like to sing? >> pop. pop with a little bit of r&b. >> like who? can you do a little something? >> no. >> really? >> i'm like into rihanna, j lo.

>> you enbaking -- >> i joan baking, cooking. that's been the hub of the house and like caroline said that, before, too, it is the heart of our household. >> do you any of you feel a sense or obligation somehow to up the ante from the season before? because once you do certain things on the air that have been shocking, or surprising, people tune in to see what's next and there is the potential for being -- like, oh, it's boring now, they don't turn over the table. >> i'm sorry to admit that that is all real. i'm like what just happened. it's real. it's not prefabricated. i haven't seen it yet with these ladies, but at least in my world. i wake up and when the cameras are on, my reaction is my visceral reaction. i don't -- there's no -- you ask me a question, i answer it. cameras don't lie. they're going to get you if you do. >> i think people do think it is scripted. it's really not. >> i don't think they think it's

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spend a lot of time yakking. >> you do it so well. next up, abby from boston has a question actually just for hoda. >> well, at school we're doing a project on celebrities and earth day and i chose you, hoda, and i was wondering what events you did as like a kid, like charity events. >> i was in the girl scouts. is that a charity event? no. we didn't have charities when i was a kid. is there hoda is not a charitable person and you should have picked me. >> no! listen. sara will tell you all about me. >> so many things. we may be running out of time. >> oh, sadly, we're out of time. >> i just dashed her whole dream. look at her. i feel terrible! still ahead, dress your best with the hottest trends in the maxi dresses. >> think of what you've done for the girl scouts, hoda. plus, ecofriendly products.

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sacramento. police are searching for a carjacking suspect they say has been firing shots and waving a gun at motorists. this has been on-going more than four hours. we are getting word the suspect may have car jacked a second vehicle and is again on the run. we will have more in 30 minutes during the 11:00 news cast. if you're headed this direction, you can get around it. mike inouye, there's hope if headed to the sierra. >> that's right. a lot of folks take 880 to sacramento. i-5 will take you to sacramento past the closure. now, the update for san mateo, a huge issue for the local commute. westbound moving. lanes reopened, all westbound lanes reopened 15 minutes ago. we're just now seeing this shot at the toll plaza start to move. the map shows you it is slow across the bridge from 880 across the span to foster city. that means a lot of traffic going to 101.

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welcome back. take a look at all of these people on the golden gate bridge enjoying this beautiful day. it is gorgeous in the bay. temperatures in the upper 70s. right now, we're already in the upper 70s in some inland cities. 74 degrees. fairfield, 77 now in sunnyvale,

on the way to 86 degrees later today. 90 tomorrow. .roching on some temperature , suayndwe drop off just a little built, still staying warm. hope you have a great weekend! we're back on this try day friday with "today's style" and ways to wear those maxi dresses. you've probably been looking at them for a couple of seasons thinking -- can i wear that? >> the answer is yes. it crosses all generations and heights. amy is the author of "wear this toss that!" >> you're going to prove it to us today. >> yeah. >> it's got that high-low thing. >> we've really seen an evolution. they were boring in 1968 when they coined the term maxi dress. >> they were granny dresses before that. remember? >> they were all ankle length. the high-low is one of the hot trends you'll see. i think anyone can wear this trend, no matter what your age as long as you wear it in an appropriate fashion for your age. >> start with a girl in her 20s, katy. she's sporting this maxi.

>> i adore that. >> so cute. >> it is quintessentially beachy. right? from baby fat, cut-out, zigzag chevron -- >> when you're in your 20s you can show off a little skin. i saw halle berry wearing a cut-out dress. that's $39.99. the hat from burlington coat factory -- $9.99. it is a great coral, beachy inspired jewelry. all my models are wearing jewelry from stella and dot today. >> next up, sidney is in her 30s. she is petite. if you're under 5'5", what should you look for in a maxi? >> all of the women who are shorter in height, i want to say you can wear the maxi dress. here's the key -- either one solid block of color head to toe or a print that's evenly

dispersed throughout dress. we talk that head to toe, that one long lean line of color. a split on the side for a little bit of sexiness. she'll pop out a little angelina. this is a wonderful ruffle dress from nordstrom. >> very pretty. >> 40 and fabulous. ready for an evening out. >> tell us about that. >> this is how you wear the maxi dress for evening. i think this color, so beautifully frames her silhouette. she's well undowed so i think the support under the bust that gives her a lot of support and go for a slightly thicker strap. this dress is by macy's. the clutch is the "it" bag. obviously this is for evening but it is from dress barn for $30. >> it looks much more expensive than that. is there we talked about high-low, that's what erin is

wearing. tell us the body type this works well on. >> erin is very tall. she can wear the high-low look. the high is too high, if it is, don't go there. also you got to have a little bit of height to you to pull this look off and you got to love your legs. those are the general rules are wearing the high-low trend. it is also color blocked. this dress from xoxo. wherever the lighter color is is the highlighting color. we're really showing off her legs and for good reason. her shoes are by rue la la. the dress is $68. all the shoes on my models are at ruelala.com. a wedge has more fabric involved and most of the dresses are a-line cut. >> the new shoe. last up, bonita is our 60s model. >> we skipped a decade.

we skipped over the 50s because i think bonita was in her 50s. she is so beautiful. the rules apply for both decades. i is a go for bright hues. this gorgeous print, all of her clothes actually are from sh shopit-tome.com. those sensitive about their arms, you can see through her sweater just a little bit because it is knitted. it is like a tease of the skin. if you get -- i'm going to ask her to throw it off because -- >> she looks amazing. >> when you are in your 60s and have you amazing arms like this -- >> show them, baby. >> let's have all our models come out. up next, what to keep and what to trash after filing your taxes. >> haven't we do that? >> no. october. right after this. laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag.

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before you file your financial records into your stash of things you are afraid to trash file, we have a better idea for you. >> editors at kip linger's magazine have compiled a list of what to keep and what to toss for the post-tax clean-up. and for those who haven't actually paid their taxes -- yet. kim langford is the contributing editor. thanks for being here. >> this is one of those things you worry about. you are afraid to throw anything away because inevitably someone will need to see that special piece of paper. >> to buy a house. >> i think people keep way more than they need to because they're just afraid. there is real specific advice about what to keep and what to toss. >> but for years it was five years you keep your taxes. the last five years. this year i thought -- they say keep three. now you're saying keep those no matter what. >> keep just the returns. that's just those few pieces of paper, the 1040 and those things that go along with it. don't need to keep all those receipts beyond three years but just the form.

can be clues for some things in the future. for example, if you are applying for a mortgage, sometimes they ask for several years back. if you are applying for disability insurance or going out on claim. or a lot of times when you finally sell an investment, you have to figure out what you purchased them for and these can give you some clues so you don't have to pay more taxes later. >> in this digital age, so much is on line. even i know that, hoda. right? >> which is shocking. >> it is in cyberspace for if you need it. >> the key is to keep those returns. i say go back to all your tax records that you kept for the last few years and put them online. >> then do a back-up so they're there. >> exactly. >> what other things should we hang on to? you say your home's purchase price and major home improvements. what are you saving there? >> most people these days aren't having to pay taxes on their home sale gains. there is a big exclues if you lived in the house for 2 out of 5 of the past years.

but if you move before then you may have to pay taxes on your home sale and if you get a big gain on your home sale you may have to pay taxes. if you've added an extension, a deck, all of that can lower that tax bill and make a big difference. >> you also say keep records of stock and mutual fund purchases in taxable accounts. let's say -- talk about what we can throw away. we have so much junk in our houses. we can get rid of things. first you say get rid of tack documents. like what? >> all those supporting documents. all that stuff like -- >> how about just money market documents? >> anything like that. your investment documents. investment documents you can toss after three years. all of those receipts and canceled checks that you have. the key thing is -- >> the canceled checks. >> keep them for three years because that's what you'll need because the irs has up to three years to -- >> to get you! >> what about your utility bill? >> you can toss them! after you get the next bill, the next month and you see that

you've gotten credited the right amount, unless you're using it for home office deduction -- unless it is tax related, you keep it for three years. otherwise, toss it out. >> what about your credit card receipt that comes once a month? >> that at the end of the year when you get that year-end statement, can you get rid of all those. all those accumulate throughout the month, after they match up at the end of the month -- >> you should shred them and not throw them away for others to find. what about your prescription -- when you buy magazines? >> as long as it is all working out, you can get rid of that. >> paychecks. is that yours? >> no, this is savings. don't read it? >> it's nameless. >> other bank statements, savings -- >> you usually get a year-end

report from your brokerage firm, from your bank, your w-2 for your pay at the end of the year. keep that with your tax documents for three years. all those pay stubs, as long as it matches up at the end of the year, it is redundancy. >> as long as you on the next month's statement there's nothing weird missing or anything like that, you can get rid of those, too. >> i'm sure you check to see if there's anything weird. >> i do not print. up next, our ecofriendly products with a sense of style right after this. food,

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and now on "today goes green," ecofriendly and fashionable finds. >> there's no reason ecoproducts have to look anything but stylish. >> samantha yanks, editor in chief of "gotham" magazine.

>> happy birthday. >> thank you. >> so talk to us about all these ecofriendly products. >> ecofriendly and really fabulous looking. these are scotch nail polishes, non-toxic. void of any chemicals, safe for pregnant women, women with health issues. they launched a kid's line called hop scotch. >> these id bracelets are nice. >> the best way to go ecofriendly is to go the recycling end. these are vintage tags that this company called spin sinsters engraves. these have these little leather band, or just a metal cuff. all recycled. >> look at these clutches! >> this is a company called rebags. they're made in the philippines out of recycled paper that they print on and then they find leather from shoe factories that are remnant pieces and make the handles. these are like super ecofriendly. >> very cute. are they pricey? >> no. really affordable.

$45. this is a line that i have heard that you two are really big fans of. >> yes. >> it is called by tutti. all lip products, all ecofriendly, made of shea butter, cranberries, acai berries. >> we love tom's. >> he does so much good for the planet. >> this is buy and give back. you always hear about it because it's the most amazing line. every pair that you buy they give a pair of shoes to children in underdeveloped countries. >> can you imagine what the world would be like if every company cared as much as tom does? yea for you, tom. and you're darn sexy, too. >> so this is h & m. this is their ecofriendly line. it is out this month for ecofriendly month. this already has an amazing

celebrity fan base. kristin davis wore this piece the other day. it is all organic cotton, hemp and recycled polyester. >> okay. all good. >> stella mccartney who has been long known for her ecofriendly line now is becoming more known for her kid's line. stellamccartney kl d.com. >> look at these little underwear -- stop it! >> these are called krb bottles. they are handmade glass. they're covered in silicone. it is all recyclable, completely shaped and each season they change the silicone colors and these are the colors. >> this is the color for spring. tangerine! >> one last thing to go. >> two more things.

botanical paperwork. if someone sends you a notecard, you then toss your notecard in your soil, give a little sun and each one of these pieces of paper sprouts wildflowers or herbs. >> what! stop it! >> how school is thcool is that. these are so cute. sustainable wood kid's growth charts in the shape of surfboards from a company called ten fingers four paws. >> happy birthday, katie. we'll be right back. but first this is "today" on nbc. cheeseburger macaroni?

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and now in "today's kitchen," what's cooken. the fatty crab right here in new

york city. >> he's known for his asian inspired soul food. he has a new cookbook called "eat with your hands." which is all my daughter does. >> i've learned from my son. shove it in. today we're going to make chili crab which is a traditional ma dlayan recipe. we have shallots, crab case -- it's got crab and a whole bunch of delicious things. soybean oil. >> that keeps? >> that keeps for -- yeah. comes in a jar. keeps beautifully. this is a little chili sauce i whipped up earlier, shrimp paste, chilies and salt. it makes a delicious, delicious paste. you can see you've got it going right over here. this you muddle. you smash this up until it looks like this. if you move over here, i'll show you this. >> what's up with the crab? what are you using? >> this is dungeness crab.

i'll turn the burner down. it comes from oregon, the coast of oregon. and the stone crab we have here comes from florida. >> which is sweeter? >> the dungeness is sweeter. i used to serve the maryland blue at the restaurant but people had a hard time picking out the meat. >> they are work. >> people don't like to work anymore. have you noticed that? >> lazy eaters. you got to eat this with your hands in particular. so this now has a little liquid. it's got oyster sauce, soy sauce, a little bit of ketchup actually to sweeten it. we added the paste and that and we butter it up. we add this butter here. >> this probably is going to scare some people at home who don't feel like they can go to an asian market and order -- is it easier? >> this is very easy. it is all outlined in my book "eat with your hand." >> plug your book.

>> thank for helping me do that. you have this beautiful looking sauce here. it is bubbling now. it is really gorgeous. now this has the butter in it. last thing you do just to thicken it a bit, you add some egg. the egg sort of binds it and gives it a nice roundness. >> we just have about a minute. you stick the crabs in? >> throw the crab in. >> after it's been steamed? >> after it's been steamed. toss it around a little bit. and we throw it right in the bowl. just like that. >> really? >> yeah. >> then you eat with your hands. >> tho goes in the bowl. then we do the muscles. muscles, we've got shallots, garlic, black pepper, chinese rice wine and yuzu juice. we throw the muscles into this. >> i love muscles.

>> iowa we're going to try thate we say good-bye. great restaurant in new york city, fatty crab. next week jack black, hugh grant and musical group little big town. bye, everybody. have a great weekend. [ male announcer ] for some reason

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