good morning. in the hot seat. the prosecution's key witness in the john edwards trial back on the stand today to face tough new questions from the defense. this after being hammered about his motives for testifying against his former boss. we're live at the courthouse. the husband of the missing ft. bragg soldier speaks out in a live interview. what does he think happened to his wife? what does he know about the man she was with on the night she disappeared? and ready for more rosie? she created a firestorm by saying lindsay lohan needs a lot of help and is not in a place to work. lindsay firing back. >> it's fun anyhow someone you don't know at all can say something to intrusive and so annoying. >> now rosie's turn to talk about that and will join our "today's professionals"

today, thursday, april 26th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this thursday morning. i'm ann curry sitting apparently next to johnny carson. >> is it loud in here or is it just me? yeah. >> actually, i like it. >> this is kind of what would happen if johnny carson were a guest star on "mad men." that's the only thing i've got today. anyway, i'm matt lauer. this john edwards trial so far seems to be less about actual charges, more about his relationship with his former aide, andrew young. >> that's right. and young has been on the stand all week painting edwards as the mastermind in the alleged misuse of campaign funds to hide an affair. well, on wednesday young was cross-examined by the defense for the first time, and inconsistencies in his story were pointed out. we're going to get more from the court coming up straight ahead.

also ahead, we're going to talk about a controversy out of indiana. a woman is suing a school and catholic church after saying she used in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant. we'll tell you what the church is saying now about her claims. and also, it's hard to believe, but it's been almost a year now since the royal wedding of prince william and kate middleton. and later this morning, we'll actually take a look at kate's growing influence on fashion and on women and how her style has changed over the first year she's had as a royal. let's head over to the news desk. natalie's standing by with all the headlines. good morning, natalie. >> federal officials are urging vigilance in a new bulletin ahead of the one-year anniversary of osama bin laden's death. released late wednesday night, the bulletin does not cite a specific credible threat but says authorities are concerned that lone wolf terrorists might try to take advantage of the may 1st anniversary for an attack. the secret service prostitution scandal is now under the microscope on capitol hill.

nbc's capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell has the very latest. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. the homeland security secretary says although disciplinary action has already taken place, they are still investigating, looking at records, talking to former agents to see if what happened in cartagena fits a pattern or was just one big mistake. one question would not go away. >> is this the first time something like this has happened, or have you had reports of similar incidents in the past? >> there had been an argument between one of the agents and i guess a prostitute, for lack of a better word, about money, we probably would have never known about this. >> reporter: 12 secret service employees and another dozen military service members had been under investigation in the cartagena, colombia, prostitution scandal. >> we are going to get to the bottom of this. to my knowledge, there have been no similar-type incidents reported to the office of professional responsibility. >> reporter: like a page from a

spy novel, senators raised questions about the risks to national security. >> had the prostitutes had connections with colombian criminal networks or foreign intelligence services? >> reporter: and raised the more everyday risk that comes with using social media. >> one of the secret service agents has reportedly posted photos on facebook depicting himself on duty. >> to the extent there was such a posting, unprofessional and unacceptable. >> reporter: and key members of congress are upset at the pentagon, saying they're being kept in the dark, not getting answers about the investigation involving those 12 uniformed service members. they want to know more. natalie? >> kelly o'donnell on capitol hill, thank you, kelly. president obama is full steam ahead on the campaign trail. he headlines his first re-election rally back to back next week in ohio and virginia. they're his first nonfundraising campaign events of the race.

meantime with newt gingrich planning to suspend his campaign and one-time rival rick perry is now endorsing romney for president. an extradition hearing is set for joran van der sloot on may 8th. he's the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of natalie holloway. u.s. prosecutors want to try the 24-year-old dutchman for extortion after he allegedly promised the missing teen's family information on her whereabouts in exchange for cash. van der sloot is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence in peru after confessing to a murder there back in 2010. let's head to wall street. cnbc's mandy drury is at the new york stock exchange. mandy, good morning. >> good morning to you, natalie. we've got the federal reserve meeting behind us now. chairman bernanke kept the door open to the possibility of more stimulus if, indeed, the economy needs it. and that should be one thing that should help to keep a floor on the stocks going forward. elsewhere, we're watching to see whether apple shares can keep on gaining after a massive surge yesterday, and that helped the nasdaq have its biggest gain in a year.

and we've also got a flood of corporate earnings coming out today. so far this earnings season, natalie, corporate america has on the whole delivered better than expected results. back to you. >> mandy drury at the new york stock exchange, thank you. and this guy definitely isn't up for a boyfriend of the year award. the prankster decided to put his day off work to good use, scaring the life out of his girlfriend and her roommates. that's him dressing up like a burglar. check out what happened next. [ screaming ] whether or not she decides to keep him around, she may want to take that tee back that she gave him. oh, my goodness. 7:06. back over to matt, ann and al. can you believe that? >> that's a good way to get maced. >> exactly. he's pretty lucky that nothing else happened. >> if he had given her a friendship ring, i'm sure she just drew it. take it. anyway, we'll find out what the end of that story is. thanks, natalie. mr. roker is here with a

check of the weather. >> there's going to be a meeting in the conference room with roger sterling later. >> this is going to be a fun thing all morning long. >> it's a terrific jacket. i love it. >> do you have a car to sell? >> wow! >> i've heard them all. all right. >> let's see what's going on. it is a nice jacket. we'll show you what we've got for you for today. two areas of severe weather possible from chattanooga up to lexington, possibility of some damaging wind and hail. out to the west fromo mallrito garden city, you can see alreadl we're getting some showers and thunderstorms firing up. parts of tennessee under severe thunderstorm watches as well. out west, we've got another sy em stretching from seattle all the way down to san diego. more rain, anywhere from 1 to 2 inches in some afrs ya up into the pacific northwest. a little lighter as you move well, we did have a lot of shower activity earlier. at this point, showers are now

clearing the bay area. good morning, i'm christina loren. a good-looking day shaping up. breezy, on the cool side, but hey, that sun will be back out by about 3:00 p.m. 62 degrees in san jose today. up to 73 tomorrow. as we head through this weekend, temperatures climb into the 80s inland, the upper 70s by the bay. and that's your latest weather. matt? al, thank you very much. the prosecution's star witness of the john edwards trial will be back on the stand again today after he was grilled by the defense for the first time on wednesday. nbc's lisa myers is at the federal courthouse in greensboro, north carolina. lisa, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. andrew young is likely to face even tougher questions today including allegations that he pocketed much of the money supposed to be used to hide edwards' mistress. so far this trial has been less about campaign finance law than about the sordid details of john edwards' deception.

edwards' former aide and chief accuser, andrew young, arrived at the courthouse ready for a grilling. abbe lowell, edwards' defense lawyer, pummeled young with a long list of apparent inconsistencies and misstatements, some from young's tell-all book. for example, in the book, young claimed edwards didn't call his mistress, rielle hunter, the day their daughter was born. a precious living, breathing human being, his daughter, had come into the world, and he wasn't inclined to even call the woman who had given birth to her. lowell said he called ms. hunter in theg reivied, "i would have way of knowing about that." lowell cited three different accounts from young of how hunter was put on the campaign payroll. young had testified a staffer called him telling him to do it but previously said it was edwards. >> one night he called me late from a bar to have her put on payroll. >> you line up all these little inconsistencies, these inconsistent statements, and you put that in front of a jury. and what you're saying is that

andrew young can't be trusted. that every time he opens his mouth, a lie comes out. >> reporter: lowell asked young about an e-mail in which he said personally expletive on his head." lowell said, "you really hate him, don't you?" youngs reply, "i have mixed feelings." young has painted a highly unflattering portrait of edwards recounting his numerous lies to his wife, elizabeth, and claiming that when edwards learned hunter was pregnant he called her a crazy slut. >> the government is trying to show the jury john edwards is not a good guy and he was going to lie and deceive and manipulate every step of the way. >> reporter: young recounted his last conversation with edwards in 2008. he said edwards had told him elizabeth had taken his cell phone and keys and his life was a living hell. young testified, "i told him that i had evidence of everything that had happened and that if he wasn't going to live up to his promise to come clean, i was going to do so myself." he said edwards replied, "you

can't hurt me, andrew. you can't hurt me." how much young has been able to hurt edwards will be determined by the jury. and whether it believes young's claim that edwards knew about money used to hide his mistress and which the government contends amounted to illegal campaign contributions. >> lisa myers in greensboro for us this morning. lisa, thank you very much. savannah guthrie is "today's" legal correspondent. hampton dellinger is an nbc legal analyst following the trial in greensboro. good morning to you both. >> morning. >> andrew young has been advertised as the prosecution's star witness. that's why they put him up there right out of the box. how much damage has been done to his credibility? >> well, i think a lot. you know, abbe lowell, john edwards' defense attorney, was able to present andrew young as someone who either hadn't written or hadn't read his own book. and i think even before cross-examination, if andrew young was the star witness for the government, he wasn't that shining.

time and again, he has helped edwards' case. he made it clear that the money for the cover-up wasn't sought to have anything in return for it, that john edwards was consistent, that this arrangement was proper and that the donors were told everything was legal. >> and savannah, let me bring you in here. we've got a lot of details that are coming out now that sound like they're right out of a political thriller. there's a meeting on a back country road in a car. it's a heated exchange. there, of course, is the infidelity here. have we even gotten to the crime part yet? >> well, it's all part and parcel of it. sometimes you have salacious facts, but they're not really relevant to the legal issue. here they're all directly relevant. we're going to hear from rielle hunter. we hear from andrew young. this really boils down to this epic credibility contest between two people who have lost their credibility. john edwards and andrew young. >> and the defense is going to have to embrace that. they're going to have to say, look, we are defending a guy we know you don't think is a good guy, but that is not what this

is about. >> they've done so. in opening statements the defense lawyer has acknowledged edwards committed many sins but no crimes. prosecutors had to do the same thing. they say andrew young, their star witness, you will not like him, jurors. it's going to be a difficult task to ferret out who's telling the truth. >> hampton, there's an even bigger picture here. there's going to be a question asked as to whether the laws being used to prosecute john edwards are being applied in the correct manner. how's the defense going to tackle that? >> well, the defense would love to bring to the witness stand two former federal election commissioners who are prepared to testify that what john edwards did, even if you assume all the allegations are true, wasn't even a civil violation much less a criminal one. so if these fec commissioners can testify, they may be the star witnesses. >> he says if they testify. why isn't it a certainty they'll testify? >> it's very controversial. you're talking about two witnesses coming in and offering a conclusion to the legal issues in the case, the ultimate issue

in the case that the jury is supposed to decide. i've talked to veteran prosecutors who prosecute these kinds of cases. even they think this stretches the outer limits of how the campaign finance laws will be applied. so this is a tough case for the prosecutors to make. >> sanvanna and hampton, thanks to both of you. appreciate it. it's now 14 after the hour. here's ann. >> matt, thank you. the parents of a 6-year-old girl in arizona missing for nearly a week have talked publicly for the first time since their daughter disappeared. nbc's miguel almaguer is in tucson again this morning on the sorry. miguel, good morning. >> reporter: ann, good morning. the parents of isabel celis say they last saw their daughter sleeping here at the family home friday night. they've been working with investigators ever since she vanished. and on wednesday, for the first time, they decided it was time to speak publicly. >> we are here today to plea for a safe return of our baby girl, isabel. >> reporter: becky and sergio celis spoke briefly, reading from a prepared statement.

>> just please, please, to the person or persons who have isabel, tell us your demands. tell us what you want. we will do anything for her. >> reporter: the search for their 6-year-old daughter is now in day six. after following 300 leads with no major breaks, police urged the parents to go public. >> we don't want the focus to be taken off isabel by us being in front of the cameras. >> reporter: her parents reported her missing saturday morning. her father told police he last saw her in bed friday night. when detectives arrived here at the family home, they say her bedroom window was open, the screen pushed aside. the case has not been ruled a kidnapping, instead a suspicious disappearance. >> we are cooperating to the fullest extent with the investigation. we are increasing the reward. >> reporter: police have named

no suspects and say isa's parents are working with investigators. the family home is surrounded by a five-foot wall. neighbors say dogs are often in the yard or inside the home. >> so your bedroom window is right here? >> right here. hers is right there. >> reporter: alicia lives next door, her bedroom 20 feet away from isa's. at 6:30 a.m. saturday, an hour and a half before the 6-year-old was reported missing, she told police she heard male voices outside her window. >> i didn't think it was that strange. >> reporter: she believes isa was abducted by someone the little girl knew. >> there was no struggle that i could hear, you know. i didn't hear her. i didn't hear screaming. i think that it's someone that she knew. someone that she trusted. >> we're not making any assumptions based upon that. there's a huge amount of information out there. >> reporter: police have called the family home a crime scene. wednesday officers again went door to door. teams scoured miles of washes and ravines. hours of local surveillance tapes have been reviewed, but

investigators say they have no significant leads. >> we're looking for you, isa. >> reporter: now isa's parents are stepping forward, sending out not just a plea, but a message to their little girl. >> we love you. we miss you so much. and we will never give up. we will never give up looking for you. >> reporter: isa's family is offering a $30,000 reward for her return. although this home was once deemed a crime scene, her parents can now return. ann? >> it's a really heartbreaking story. miguel, thank you so much for your reporting on this. it is now 7:17. once again, here's matt. >> ann, thank you. on a much lighter note, a rare sighting has a lot of people talking. a killer whale they're calling iceberg, the only known all-white orca in the world. nbc's mike taibbi is at the aquarium of the pacific in long beach, california. mike, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. exhibit, just this big blue

whale. say the two words white whale, and who wouldn't immediately think the words moby dick. scientists have a totally different mission than did old captain ahab. they didn't get a lot of film, and they were 50 yards away, but then as an old whaleman might have said, he breaches. a killer whale, or orca, the only all-white orca known at present to exist. the bull male and a pod of a dozen relatives cruising the northwest pacific on the russian coast. >> it's just west of the aleutian islands. >> reporter: eric hoyt of the project spoke to us via skype from scotland and said the six-foot dorsal fin of the white whale they dubbed iceberg suggests a mature giant of the species. >> he's about 16 or 17 years old, and he's probably about 24 or 25 feet long. >> reporter: and weighing how much, do you think? >> could easily be five or six tons. >> reporter: a big one but not herman melville's fictional moby dick, the monster sperm whale

with its snow white wrinkled forehead and dormed lower jaw. in the 1956 film version of the classic from obsession -- >> i seek the white whale! >> reporter: -- to madness and his own doom. >> damn this whale! >> reporter: there's no obsession with iceberg, just incredible excitement. >> it's a symbol of, you know, what's, you know, wild and beautiful and extraordinary about nature. >> reporter: and so rare. other whale species appear in white, almost all belugas, many in captivity and even white whales like this one frolicking off australia's barrier reef. >> listen. >> reporter: but photos suggest iceberg could be the same white orca now grown older that was seen in 2008 and as far back as 2000, all in the remote northern pacific. >> even melville would have trouble in these waters. >> reporter: so the scotland-based researchers will look for him again to track his

movements and listen to his family conversations. and to give iceberg and his relatives the best chance to stay alive, unlike ahab's plans for his white whale. >> we're not out to kill him. it's the sort of opposite of moby dick. >> reporter: if they find iceberg, they won't try to stick him with one of those tracking devices. they'll try to learn about him and his habitat by taking photos and video and by watching, no doubt, in wonder. matt? >> it's very cool. thank you very much. just ahead, rosie o'donnell on her headline-making comments about lindsay lohan on "t "tuesday's professionals" as she gets set to join us for another live discussion.

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good morning, everybody, the time now is 7:26. i'm jon kelley. investigators busting a major pot operation in the east bay. seizing more than 1,000 marijuana plants inside a warehouse in east oakland. they also found guns, dogs, and sophisticated growing equipment. a total of 11 people have been arrested. oakland police say they've been investigating the operation for about two months now. the dea also involved, and police say this was a major operation that is far above street level. they also say it's probably the biggest operation they had ever seen. well, east bay parents on high alert after a student was approached by a suspicious man on her way to school. police say an eighth grade girl was near campus when a man approached her asking for

directions. he then asked for the girl's name, address, and whether or not she had a boyfriend. police say she was very wise and she simply walked away. well, meteorologist christina loren is not chasing waterfalls, she's chasing microclimates and lots of rain to go with it. >> that's exactly right. and these are the waterfalls you want to chase. this afternoon, we've got a really good-looking forecast. the clouds will clear out as the winds continue to pick up. winds will gust and you could get caught by a strong gust from time to time over open-water bridges. you want to keep that in mind. just about all day long as that system of the low pressure pulls out and heads into southern california. you can see we still have lingering showers over the south bay, but the greater bay area nice and dry. it's going to be a cool day, kind of cloudy from time to time, 62 degrees in san jose, 73 tomorrow. let's check your drive with mike. >> hey, folks, we have east shore freeway actually a car fire. not an accident, marked it just there. pickup on the shoulder smoking

and the hood is up slowing past the scene because of the distraction. the south bay also slowing, northbound, 280 really jamming up. the live look we'll show you what it's like at the 880 interchange. and someone's hood blew up across the windshield there as you're crossing the san mateo bridge. eastbound likely to have slowing as this gets addressed on a high-rise. >> windy and wet, mike, thanks very much. check out nbc bay area on facebook. back in half an hour with more local updates. [ girl ] my mom always tells me:

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think she needs a lot of help. they needs a lot of time away. >> is it a good idea to cast her in this movie? >> no, because she's had a lot of trouble doing every single movie including "snl." >> that was rosie o'donnell here earlier this week talking about lindsay lohan. her comments got a lot of attention both online and from lindsay herself. we'll get rosie's reaction as she prepares to rejoin star and donny this morning. 7:30 on a thursday morning, april 26th, 2012. inside studio 1a, i'm matt lauer alongside ann curry. >> hey you. also, a big controversy in indiana, matt, because a catholic schoolteacher there says that she was fired for trying to have a baby with the help of in vitro fertilization, so now she's suing. we'll talk to her. and also coming up a little later, kate middleton's impact on fashion and young women all around the world. she's had one year almost as a royal, and she's made a splash,

as we all know. we'll get to that. let's begin this half hour with the search for clues in the nearly two-week-old disappearance in the disappearance of a ft. bragg soldier, kelli bordeaux. first, the latest in the case. >> we want her back. >> reporter: as the mystery into the disappearance of kelli bordeaux deepens each day, her family is growing more worried. >> she wouldn't disappear from her family like this. she wouldn't just leave us. >> reporter: police say the 23-year-old was last seen at this bar singing karaoke in the early morning hours of april 14th, reportedly drinking with nicholas holbert, a registered sex offender who told a local abc station he simply offered her a ride home. >> i had nothing to do with it. i picked her up and took her home that night, that's it. >> reporter: he's being held in jail on unrelated charges. a military official tells nbc news bordeaux used her cell phone after leaving the bar but gave no indication she was in trouble. police say they have no

suspects, but they're very concerned for bordeaux's safety. officials have searched woods and a nearby pond but turned up nothing. >> my wife went missing last weekend. >> reporter: her husband, mike, has been out with family members posting flyers and aiding in the search. kelli and mike have been married two years. he was in florida visiting family when his wife vanished. with bordeaux missing now for almost two weeks, her family is adamant she would not abandon them or the army job she loved so much. >> i understand there's people that go awol, but you don't go awol from your family. >> kelli's husband, mike, is with us along with her brother, matt henson. good morning to both of you. i know it's a very difficult time for your family, so i appreciate you joining me. >> thank you for having us. >> thank you for having us. >> mike, it's not good news to hear from the police that they have no real leads in this case, no major evidence. are they telling you any more than they're telling the press?

>> no. i mean, i'm still -- same information i have. everything else is, you know, no newly leads or anything like that. >> mike, as you well know, anytime there is a missing person case, the police must spend a certain amount of time concentrating on the people closest to the person who's missing. in this case, that would be you because you are her husband. what kind of direct conversations have you had with the police? what kind of blunt and direct questions have they asked you about any possible involvement in her disappearance? >> well, they asked exactly where i was and when i got the phone call saying she was missing. you know, i was in florida visiting my parents at this time. and i got the phone call she was missing around on monday. and i didn't think it was right because she always goes to work.

i mean, she's a very responsible person. she would not just call in and say she's not coming into work or anything like that. she would definitely go to work. so i didn't -- i didn't like the whole situation. >> let me just -- >> something was fishy. >> let me just ask a blunt question. there had been some early information that you and kelli were estranged at the time she disappeared. was there marital trouble between the two of you at that time? >> no, no, not at all. we were very happy. we weren't getting a divorce, nothing like that. i was just visiting my parents for that. i was not -- no. nothing was wrong with our marriage. >> according to police, the last person she was seen with was this gentleman, nicholas holbert, who is a registered sex offender, 25 years old. do you know if kelli knew nicholas holbert before that night? >> i -- i don't know. i mean, i wasn't here, but me and her, we never went there. like we never went to that bar.

i never went to that bar. i don't even know this guy. but, i mean, to tell you the truth, i don't trust anything he says. i don't believe a word he says. >> so when he says he dropped her off at home that night, and there are text messages apparently sent from kelli's cell phone where she says, "i am home," you don't buy any of that. you're suspicious about those texts as well? >> yes, very, because if she was dropped off in front of that complex, she would definitely have made it home. i know my wife. she would have made it home. there's no way. >> i'm sorry, mike. matt, volunteers can sign up today to join in the search for your sister, and a lot of people are apparently interested in doing that. are you surprised by the outpouring of support you've received from this community? >> i'm very happy that everyone like the fayetteville police, the detectives, the military, all the volunteers, you know, even neighbors, i'm so happy that these people are trying to

help find my wife. i want her to come home safe and sound. >> and matt, what do you want us to know about your sister? >> just that, you know, we expect to find her and, you know, that's really all there is. we're going to find her, you know, safe and sound. i don't have any doubt in my mind. >> matt henson and mike bordeaux, again, guys, i know it's not an easy time for you, and i thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. let's get a check of the weather now from al. >> "today's weather" is brought to you by caltrate, helps women keep moving because women move the world. >> reporter: good morning, all. as we show you what we've got going on today, a little bit on the dry side through the southeast and southern texas,tr. a little bit less here in the east since we got all that rain. but there's still a good portion of the country looking a little on the dry side. afternoon temperatures, we're

going to be looking at records again. yesterday, 185 records were set or tied. six all-time april highs. 40s and 50s throughout parts of the plains states on into the great lakes, new england. as far as our southwest, we're looking at, again, temperatures in the 90s, the 100s, risk of strong storms texas on into parts of nebraska. we've also got strong storms in the southeastern and well, it's a breezy start to this thursday morning. i'm meteorologist christina loren. showers on the radar earlier. for the most part, showers have cleared the greater bay area. still a steady drizzle generated by thick, low clouds. we'll see gradual clearing, cool, breezy conditions, a much warmer weekend ahead if you've been craving that sunshine. today, staying on the cool side. 62 in san jose, and 60 degrees in san francisco. tomorrow, back in the 70s. and the 80s return, beach weather as we head into this weekend. and that's your latest

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claims she was fired for using fertility treatments to try to get pregnant. we'll talk to her exclusive in just a moment. first, nbc's katy tur has her story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, arn. she says she just wanted to have a baby but that she was fired from her catholic school teaching job for getting infertility treatments. and now she's suing both the school and the diocese. 32-year-old emily hurks was medically diagnosed with infertility after the birth of her first child. but wanting more children, she and her husband turned to in vitro fertilization. at the time, she was a teacher here in fort wayne. she says she told the school she was going to get ivf. for a year, she tried to get pregnant but didn't. when she asked for more time off to undergo a second round of ivf treatments, she was told her contract wouldn't be renewed. she says she met with the parish pastor, asking him to

reconsider. but according to her recently filed lawsuit, he told her no, that she was a "grave, immoral sinner." several months later, she appealed to the bishop kevin rhodes. but according to her lawsuit, the bishop also refused, saying in vitro fertilization is an intrinsic evil which means that no circumstances can justify it. maryann case is a university of chicago law professor. she says a suit like this is far from cut and dry. >> no parts here that are just ordinary legal business. there are people with very strong stakes, personal, ideologic ideological, religious. >> reporter: emily claims she's a victim of discrimination. the school refused to comment, but in a statement to the diocese of fort wayne, south bend, denies there was discrimination. rather, that it has clear policies requiring that teachers in its schools must, as a condition of employment, have a

knowledge of and respect for the catholic faith and abide by the tenets of the catholic church. the diocese says that it supports infertility treatments for its employees but not in vitro fertilization which violates the church's right-to-life stance. adding, "the diocese views the core issue raised in this lawsuit as a challenge to the diocese's right, as a religious employer, to make religious-based decisions consistent with its religious standards on an impartial basis." in her lawsuit, she says that no embryos were destroyed during the ivf. now, she not only wants her job back, but she's also asking for compensation for what she's calling mental anguish and emotional distress. ann? >> katy tur this morning, thank you. emily and brian are now joining us exclusively along with their attorney, cath lynn katherine d. ivf treatments are tough enough, but you've been at it for all

this time, seven years, this has got to be emotional for you. >> it's been a very emotional time for both of us and actually my whole family. we struggled trying to wrap our minds around what's happened here. just because i was such a devoted teacher, and i loved my job so much. and just trying to expand our family to have this happen was just -- it was awful. >> did you have any inkling that getting an in vitro fertilization treatment would cost you -- could cost you your job? >> no, i didn't because for the past -- or for two years, my supervisor had known about it and said she was praying for us. so there was no warning. there was nothing. so in my heart, i had support and i was being honest about it. >> the diocese says that it supports fertility treatments but not those that go against church doctrine. and that includes ivf because it says, quote, that these frequently involve the deliberate destruction and

freezing of embryos. can you see -- can you respect why the church has taken that position? >> i think that's a question that is more for the legal analysis, ann, and we're not arguing with the church about what its doctrines are. the claim is based on the fact that employers need to respect anti-discrimination laws. >> but, however, i want to ask you about this, kathleen, because the church is denying any discrimination in this case. and since the lawsuit is a challenge of the church's right, quote, as a religious employer to make religious-based decisions consistent with its religious standards on an impartial basis. and as you know earlier this year, the supreme court ruled that anti-discrimination laws allow ministerial exception for religious workers. so is not emily a religious worker? >> the ministerial exception has not been completely defined by the united states supreme court yet. and this case will help set the standards for other employees

and other employers. but we don't believe that emily fits within the ministerial exception, and her facts are distinguishable from that case. the teacher in that other case was a lutheran minister. she had a title of a minister. she taught religion courses. and she had to go through religious training and education as a condition of her employment. none of those facts are present in emily's case. >> did you ever think, emily, that maybe you should not speak up and say to your employer in this case, guided by a diocese, that you were going -- undergoing ivf treatments? >> the unusual part about this is from day one from my interview, my employer asked me when i was going to start a family and how many kids i was going to have. and after i got pregnant with my first son, she asked me when i was going to have another child. so she made it a very personal issue from the get-go. >> when you say "she made it," you're saying that you weren't

volunteering this, but that she asked you for this information? >> she asked me. >> brian, to watch your family go through this, i can see the sadness in your eyes. how much has your family been hurt by this? >> we've been extremely hurt by this. she was dedicated to the school. she loved the students there, loved what she did there, and unfortunately, you know, it was all rip add way from her. >> well, to be continued. we're going to see what happens in this case. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, ann. >> and i know that you have not been able to have a successful ivf. are you still trying? >> we don't want to talk about her medical situation on air. >> i think people listening might be interested, but at any rate, thank you for joining us, all three of you. >> thank you so much. and coming up next on a much different noted, rosie o'donnell on her headline-making comments about lindsay lohan as she's getting ready to join "today's professionals" once again. take a look at this right after this. ♪ i want horsepower. cleaner horsepower. i want power that dominates the road.

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>> i was, actually. i didn't think anything of it. i went out to lunch, came home and somebody said to me on the street, so what are you going to say? like what? what are you going to say? about what? about lindsay. that was this morning. no, didn't you see what happened? i didn't know. >> so lindsay commented on her comments. here's what she had to say. >> all righty. >> something you don't know at all can say something so intrusive and so knowing. you know what? she should base her opinions had she meets someone. >> yeah. >> you know, one on one. >> yeah. i did meet her when she was young and doing "the parent trap." she did my show, beautiful, talented little kid, compared to haley mills, and we've all seen what's happened in the last decade, and it's tragic. >> i don't want to make it seem like everything you've said about her is harsh. on your blog he said she's worth saving, she's the only one who can do it before it's too late. i hope she finds her value off camera. then when she returns on camera,

she'll wow us once more. >> listen, i'm 50 years old. and watching whitney houston's funeral, i remember thinking why didn't more people say what they knew? we all knew when she would not show up to do this show, not show up to do my show. we watched bobby brown. it was like watching sid and nancy. they were in the throes of addiction. ought a but all anyone cared about were ratings. this mother, this daughter, was worth saving and pulling out of the industry. only someone can be in control of their own sobriety, but to look at lindsay, you can't help but feel sorry for her. i think she's quite talented. >> that's what we'll say about it today. we'll see what >>s. t >> there's going to be a whole another controversy. barbara eden, i'm coming after you. >> after your local news. like hugh and crye, and smash records. and one saturday a year small businesses remind a nation of the benefits of shopping small.

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i'm jon kelley. a grisly discovery could be linked to that deadly yacht crash. tourists spotted a body, a dead body in the water near the cliffs along bodega bay. investigators are working to see if that body may be one of the missing sailors killed in a yacht crash back on april 14th. an autopsy being performed. and authorities say it is a male and appears to have been in the water about two weeks. right now, let's get a check on your thursday forecast and check in with christina loren. >> good morning to you. we've got a good-looking day shaping up. after we get rid of all of this cloud cover, starting to see peeks of sun. mostly cloudy conditions for the most part of the day. from castro valley through alamo, watch out for that, that's all the shower activity pushing towards the south, towards monterey. if you're headed toward that way, make sure you have the windshield wipers ready to go. but overall, we are trending dry and those winds are picking up as the system exits the area.

winds out of the west/southwest at 14 miles per hour. right now in fairfield, we'll strengthen later on today. that breeze will build, temperatures staying on the cool side, low 60s today, by tomorrow, the 70s return, and then we're back in the 80s saturday and sunday. 7:57, the drive is on, let's check that with mike. >> it certainly is on for the east shore freeway. the slow down is on too. because this car was on fire on the shoulder now at gilman, the fire is out and no injuries, but slow distraction to the scene. very slow all the way down toward the merge off the bridge and the racetrack. but then getting close to the bay bridge is just those metering lights to contend with. slow here, 24 and 680, the same area that christina showed you the earlier rain coming through. that could be playing a factor. and a live look at sunol showing the rain hitting earlier now clearing. there's a peek of sunshine and slowing too. >> happy to see that sunshine, mike. thank you very much. well, for the latest updates, check us out on facebook. you know what to do. and you can follow us in one-half hour with more local updates. ♪

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8:00 now on a thursday morning, the 26th of april, 2012. saying a big hello to our enthusiastic crowd this morning. we're so happy they decided to join us here in rockefeller plaza. meantime, along with matt lauer and al roker. coming up, the big question. >> that's right, we're talking about rosie o'donnell joining "today's professionals" filling in for dr. nancy. we've got some interesting topics. there's a new online dating service for travelers. we're going to explain this. some people think it sounds like a thinly-veiled disguise for perhaps, dare i say, an escort service for wealthy travelers. rosie may have an opinion on that. and also, how about this plan to have cars that drive themselves? >> wow! >> would you feel comfortable with that? the professionals will weigh in. >> that sounds like a bad idea.

anyway, we'll find out. also coming up this morning, we're going to be talking about prince william and kate middleton. you know, they celebrate their first anniversary this coming weekend. and she has been a fashion sensation ever since they got married, even before. so we're going to take a look this morning at how she has influenced what women wear. and then coming up, hands up, how many people interrupted by teltelemarketers? well, officials say the complaints are skyrocketing in spite of the do-not-call list. tomorrow on "today," our jeff rossen tracks down one company that some consumers say is behind all of the calls. >> that is a real problem. >> yeah. interestingly enough, we've got a nice tweet handle that's really trending on twitter. it's matt's plaid jacket. >> its got its own handle now? >> it said my last owner won chrysler sales of the year award five times.

the gig on the "today" show is even more impressive. >> they'll be lining up to buy this jacket later today, lining up. let's go inside, natalie's at the news desk with a check of the headlines. >> good morning to you, matt, ann and al. we begin with a terror alert just days before next week's anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden. federal officials do not cite any specific or credible threat in their advisory issued last night, but they urge vigilance because of concern that lone wolf terrorists might try to take advantage of the may 1st anniversary of bin laden's death for an attack. the prosecution's star witness faces tough questions today at the john edwards corruption trial. on wednesday, edwards' defense team began attacking the credibility of former aide andrew young who testified that he hid edwards' mistress during the 2008 presidential campaign. edwards is charged with using illegal campaign contributions to cover up the affair. the senate has approved a bill that would provide $11 billion for the struggling u.s. postal service.

it also delays controversial decisions on closing thousands of post offices and ending saturday delivery. the issue now goes to the house which has yet to consider a separate version of the bill. one donated kidney traveled among three people in just two weeks. it's the first known case of a kidney donation being successfully recycled. the kidney was originally donated to a chicago-area man by his sister, but that transplant didn't take. so two weeks later, it was removed and retransplanted into another patient. the original recipient is back on dialysis but hopes he'll eventually get another transplant. meanwhi meanwhile, the man who now has the donated kidney is doing well. we can only imagine the queasy stomachs aboard this passenger jet as it came in for a landing wednesday while high winds were pounding northern spain. the plane actually gets caught up in a strong gust, but the pilot made last-second adjustments to bring the aircraft down safely. it's a good thing.

now for a look at what is trending today, our quick roundup of what has you talking online, this video posted by actor kiefer sutherland is hot on twitter but kiefer is not the star. take a look. ♪ well, sutherland tweeted, "even the dog can sing better than me." i guess we have to say stick to your day job, jack bauer. the recently crowned miss dominican republic is a top search on yahoo!. she'll have to give up her crown and miss the pageant after pageant organizers say she was really a mrs. she was apparently married in 2009, but her lawyer says she never lived with her husband, and the couple has begun annulment proceedings. and a smashed african statue has become the oops heard 'round the internet. a manhattan collector says it was knocked over by an art magazine photographer during a photo shoot. her lawsuit claims the piece, now in pieces, was worth about

$300,000. that is one expensive photo shoot. 8:05 now. let's go back out to al with a check of your weather. whoopsy. >> you break it, you buy it. and look who's here, the founder of our country. >> good morning to you. >> why are you here, sir? >> i am here in support of new york city landmarks. >> and how do people vote to save history? >> how do they vote? they go to partnersinpreservation.com. >> very nice. >> for the next 25 days. >> terrific. vote on your favorite. >> indeed. >> i understand you spoke at a high school graduation of our director, joe michaels. >> yes, indeed. >> thank you. let's check your weather and see what's going on. today's pick city, miami, florida. nbc miami.com, nbc 6, sunny, warm, 82 degrees. can yo seen we've got some strong storms making their way through the mid-atnt sic states. also wet weather, much of california into the pacific

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♪ i be taking care of business ♪ every day it's 8:09. back with "today's professionals," star jones, donny deutsch are ready to mix it up with rosie o'donnell filling in for dr. nancy. welcome back. >> thank you. >> let's start right off the bat. this one caught my eye. there's a new website out there called missedtravel.com. we match generous travelers who hate to travel alone with attractive travelers who would

like the opportunity to travel the world for free. so if you're rich and you want to have an attractive person to join you on your next trip, they hook you up. good idea or is it a bit creepy? >> kind of creepy. >> why? >> a little bit. i don't know. >> rich, old, ugly dudes -- >> no, it doesn't say old, ugly dudes. it says wealthy. >> handsome. and the women are looking for travel and whatever comes with that. it's kind of a veiled escort service. >> so you think that. you're reading between the lines right off the bat. >> that's what it seems. >> donny? >> we've touched on this before. what is the difference between that and a, let's say, a middle-class or upper -- middle-class woman who decides she's going to marry a man for his money because that's her need set? who are we so sit and judge, a young woman who doesn't have access to travel who now can travel, a man who wants companionship, who are we to sit and judge?

>> shouldn't there be an expectation -- >> how many women watching at home right now have made a decision, or men, vice versa, because of their security in life, they're going to be with someone for financial reasons? >> are there expectations -- >> yes. >> -- on the part of these generous travelers that they're going to get more from this? >> the woman makes a decision that she wants to go to africa. and in doing so, she might be intimate with a man. who are we to sit in judgment? who are we to sit in judgment of that? >> don't you have something in your moral core -- >> why is that immoral? >> no, donny, i'm asking you a question. i'm asking you a question. in your moral core, don't you get the ick factor when you think to yourself that a woman must use her sexuality in order to go to africa? >> it's no different if a young man uses his sexuality. >> aren't we missing the point here? isn't the website advertised for anyone who wants to travel? why does it have to be attractive? >> because there's an expectation of something more. >> we reached out to the ceo of

miss travel and asked a blunt question, is this an escort service for travelers, in other words, a sexual road trip? while there's controversy surrounding misstravel.com, please be aware that escorts and escort services are not welcomed on misstravel.com. >> they're not welcome because they've got their own going. they don't want the competition. >> moving on, star is concerned that reality tv has gone an awful lot to damage the image of women because we tend to see women on these shows hitting, slapping, cursing just to get ratings. how do you feel about that? star, why don't you start with this? >> what bothers me the most, it seems as if the mediocre are being rewarded rather than us rewarding the best. and when i see other women treating women in such a negative fashion, young girls have no role models. especially in the african-american community. when you see a woman of color treat another grown woman of color with disrespect and you

think that that's appropriate, that's where we've lost it. >> it's not just women of color. >> that's exactly what my point is. >> it's italian women on "mob wives." >> don't get in trouble with italians. >> i'm just saying it's not just african-americans. please, don't tweet me if you're italian and you're angry, i love cannoli. >> it's it equal opportunity? what about men? >> women encourage the catfighting a little bit more. >> why is it about women of color? >> hold on for a second. >> when you're viewing choices of seeing positive role models are limited and the ones that you see the most are these people acting in a negative fashion, then you start to think that that's the way i can act. >> okay. >> you can't get a real job -- >> by the way, is anything going to change? >> there's another perspective here. first of all, i'm tired -- i think young people, young women

and young men can distinguish, it's entertainment, number one. number two, i could say this is the evolution that women have finally come to the same place as men. we've been watching men smack each other around. so in a strange way, there's a feminism. third thing, you two were on a show, is it still on the air? what's it called? >> "the view." >> what used to get ratings when you guys would fight with each other? >> we never actually got a chance to be together. >> okay, whatever, but that show was built on fighting. this is our culture, cable news, people fight. >> let's move on. this is a story that people inside the world of sports and outside the world of sports are talking about. ron artest who now calls himself meta world peace was suspended seven games after he threw an elbow at james harden and left him with a concussion. does the penalty fit the crime? >> he got seven games. this is a guy just for everybody who once rushed into the stands and got in a fight with a fan. he should have been done for the rest of the season. >> that goes back to the topic we just finished.

a person slaps you in the face on reality, and that's okay? this person gets suspended. >> he gets a concussion. >> this is ridiculous. it's violence. >> james harden wanted to press charges, he might be able to do that. first of all, let me mention, seven-game suspension, six of those will probably come in the playoffs which is a big deal for the los angeles lakers. is that a fair punishment? >> a concussion is a big deal. it's an assault. >> yeah, i think it should be seven or even more. i don't know, should you be allowed to play? it's not the first time. >> does past history weigh on this? >> of course it does. >> by the way, it's not enough. if you have children, a signal should be sent -- why should he play again this season? why? i think david stern is getting soft in his old age. >> let's move on. finally, google cars. google is working on technology software where you get in a car, you punch in a destination, and that car -- you've heard of the cars that park themselves -- this car will drive you to that destination. it's a driverless car. raise your hands if you'd be

comfortable getting into a car that is driverless. >> not me. >> not at all. first of all, the liability issue is low. i'm not sure if you can get over that. i'm not sure what insurance would ever insure the possibility -- >> there are discussions with insurance companies. >> that's the real issue, whether or not you're going to give up liability. >> 20 years ago, did you think there would be a car that would park itself? no. did you think we could carry a phone and text each other? so who knows what they'll be able to come up with, but it is a frightening thing. >> when you mention liability, the difference of the car that parks itself, if it's involved in a ding on the car behind it, that's not a big deal. what happens the first time a driverless car hits a pedestrian? >> right. >> or gets involved in an accident where someone dies. donny? >> to me, obviously, with technology, we're always going too far. i don't think we'll see this in our lifetime. >> they say in a decade. >> more borntd importantly, i w apologize to all italian-americans for rosie. what was it exactly that you

said? >> i said donny deutsch is a moron. >> you didn't say that. >> are your parents alive? are they alive? >> yes. >> i would like donny deutsch's parents not to tweet me about being offended. >> thank you very much, guys. >> we would like to announce our engagement. >> more next hour. up next, the dazzling duchess, kate middleton's influence on style and women in her first year as a member of he royal family. teafr thist th right af r this. ♪ ♪ ♪ wow... ♪ [ female announcer ] sometimes, all you need is the smooth, creamy taste of werther's original caramel to remind you that you're someone very special. ♪ werther's original caramels. [ female announcer ] walgreens introduces...nice! [ woman ] i got it.

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back now at 8:20, and sundays marks the first anniversary of the duke and duchess of cambridge, a year that's seen kate middleton become an international fashion icon and a role model for young women. here's nbc's michelle kosinski. >> reporter: from the moment katherine trepidatiously stepped onto the stage as prince will m william's bride-to-be glowing in sapphire, she turned women's heads with every fashions she puts out there.

the dresses, nose pumps all copied almost instantly. she's credited with single-handedly or leggedly bringing back pantyhose and taught us all exactly what is a fascinator. >> i think what kate's done is created a new kind of elegance for the younger generation to aspire to. and she's actually creating a really classic but contemporary look. >> reporter: and a year in, kate is taking more risks now. off the shoulder, very slim. the chore, understatedly sexy look. this is a little retro. this long lace gown, fashion forward. >> i think when kate turned up in that beautiful beaded dress in hollywood, i think that was the first time that she really outshone everyone in that room

from nicole kidman to jennifer lopez. >> reporter: the confidence seems to have visibly grown. even when not everyone digs a cowboy hat in america, a maple leaf in canada or those tangerine which, by the way, were a retail hit, some have felt at times kate dresses a bit older or safer than she should. there has been little criticism, not a single wardrobe malfunction or faux pas. not bad for a princess under all that scrutiny who styles her look herself. for "today," michelle kosinski, nbc news, london. >> a "today" fashion contributor and senior fashion editor at "marie claire." kate middleton dazzled yet again last night on the red carpet. >> she look eed gorgeous. it's a dress not available to the general public yet. she had it embellished at the neckline. she's custom making things now which is interesting for her. >> it seems as though her

fashion has evolved since we first saw her in that blue isa dress when she was announcing she was engaged to prince william back in 2010. >> she has had quite the fashion evolution over the last year. this dress sparked a little blue dress trend. gone was the little black dress, now into the little blue dress. i think the reason, it was so relatable. every woman could see herself in this dress. and it sparked so many knockoffs, if you like. it was affordable as well. you could get this dress for, like, 30 bucks. >> and there were a lot of knockoffs even of her wedding gown which, of course, was crafted by the very talented sarah burton. i'm wondering, not everyone loved this dress. and yet did it help make her a style icon in >> absolutely. it was tipped in elegance. it was that beauty of the traditional lace combined with the modern structure. there wasn't a dry eye in the house had she walked down the aisle in this. >> from tradition to bold in that diane von firstenburg

dress. >> green was a new shade, this kelly green we've seen her wearing subsequently. it was almost a smart, bold move. the president of the cfda, the council of the fashion design of america. she does this a lot. she's smart in her dressing choices. >> so there's a double method. >> she's a thoughtful dresser. >> about accessories, how is she doing? >> she's a buyer of jigsaw, believe it or not, but she was always very kind of safe with her choices. but now she's going a little bit more, she's wearing these amazing bags. she's stepping up the inches on the heels. we've seen her in a lot of jimmy choo shoes and prada as well. >> is in alexander mcqueen? >> this is jimmy choo with alexander mcqueen after obviously her amazing wedding dress. this is where she stood out in hollywood. she just put everybody to shame. she just stood her own ground and looked exceptional.

>> you talk about her being -- her looking relatable. when we saw her wearing those tangerine jeans playing field hockey, that was certainly a moment for that. >> such a big spring trend, the tangerine jean. colored denim sales increased in hours of her wearing these. >> i mean, there's something about her that feels like she -- you want to be her girlfriend, that she'd be a great trend. is that to some degree why especially young women really want to copy what she wears? >> absolutely. she's so accessible and has that girl-next-door appeal. even though she is a princess. she wears the clothes, the clothes don't wear her and she's so relatable. >> we could go on and on but the music is playing this thank you so much. just ahead, why now is a good time to get a trip to europe.

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nothing is like the olympics. >> it's the most competitive team work in sports. >> each person sacrifices for the team. >> everyone's clicking. >> it's just bigger than me moment. that's when gold medals are made. it's 8:30 now on a thursday morning. it's the 26th day of april, 2012. and we've got another big crowd out on the plaza this morning. and i think we might want to say we hope these people have indoor plans a little later on. rain is on the way. actually, it kind of feels like it's in the air real soon here. >> i'd hate to be on the water now rowing. >> so would i. anyway, out on the plaza, i'm matt lauer along with ann curry. al roker and natalie morales. and coming up, great ideas if you've ever dreamed of seeing europe. >> that's right. for example, the turmoil over

there, the economic turmoil over there, is creating some great deals, which is the upside of all of that. >> right. >> so we're going to basically tell people how they can take advantage of that which, of course, will help with the economy in europe. that's coming up. okay. and then some important advice for young adults who may be struggling right now to find work, build a future. this morning the author of a new book with a great title, how do you like this, "how to be richer, smarter and better looking than your parents." love that title. the author will be here to answer your questions. and we've got a little more to chew over with star, donny and, of course, rosie, "today's professionals," including the mom who faced criticism for the way she publicly shamed her daughter on facebook. before that, can we please say good morning to jenna fisher, "the office" star. she stars in it and she produces it called "the giant mechanical man." >> that's right. >> i love that title.

>> it's a romantic fable kind of film. i think the title shows that, reflects that. >> and you produced this as well. >> i did, with other people. i'm one of three producers on the movie. and that was an exciting experience. to be with something from the ground up and see all the inner workings of how a movie gets made. >> you want to tell us a little bit about it? take a look at that shot. that really makes you curious. >> it's about one of those silver-painted street performers and the woman who falls in love with him. it's a sweet love story. and it's actually how i met my husband. a real-life love story behind the scene. >> wow! >> he's not. >> you wind him up, tell him which way to go? >> you have a 7-month-old son. >> i think they're watching me from the room right now. >> you want to say hi? >> hi, weston. >> by the way, you made headlines recently when you talked about the fact that you and a lot of the other cast members on "the office" would

like to come back for another season. >> we would. >> do we have any news on that? >> no, i was hoping if i could that a contract would magically appear in my mailbox. i hope it will all work out. >> we do, too. we need it. >> we need more "the office." >> more pam, more pam. >> again, we want to mention "the giant mechanical man" has premiered at the tribeca film festival, so congratulations. what's this about you being a coffee mug hoarder? >> i know. okay, i steal coffee mugs from all the shows that i do. and i was -- when you -- no! >> here's the mug. that's the new one, too. that's a nice one. not everybody has that one. >> since they told me you were going to be on the plaza, the first thing i said was, oh, no, i can't steal the mug. now i have it. thank you. perfect. thank you. >> you're welcome. >> thank you. i love it. >> gifts. it's so great. jenna, thank you very much. mr. roker, how about a check of the weather. >> let's look at your weekend starting with tomorrow. we're looking at windy conditions in the northeast.

heavy rain through the plains. slight risk of storms midsection. sunny, hot from southern texas which will continue into saturday. mild in the pacific northwest. rain in the mid-atlantic states right on and wet snow into the central plains. we also look for sunday, we're looking at some showers in the morning. we've got rain making its way through the plains states. sunny and hot through the southwest. and i hate to admit it, but it is my 40th high school reunion, xavier high school. it's a jesuit military school. this is a guy who actually made good. major general john thulin. >> i have some al roker stories. >> uh-oh. no, no, no. no, no, no. >> this guy was a great artist. he used to draw the best caricatures of all the teachers. a lot of trouble. >> i was one of the nerds. i was in the a/v squad. john wasn't. we're proud of your service in afghanistan. thank you so much. >> thank you, al. thank you very much. >> that's what's goint

we salute all of our troops. give yourself plenty of time along the peninsula, shower activity coming down for now. this is precipitation, the cold front has come through. after that the sun will come through. 62 in freemont, 62 in san jose, by tomorrow, the 70s return, keep that warm up going for the weekend. 83 by sunday. our latest weather. now let's head on down to our major willard scott. >> it's always fun to come to florida and drink the orange juice, see the beautiful people and here we are. happy birthday from florida! the sunshine state. and this is for sarah raymond from gwynn oak, maryland, 107 years old today. she loves to spend time with her family, of course, and sweet to

everybody. you can't beat that. jack feliz of palm springs, california, 101 years old today, a world war ii veteran. and he is a man who's traveled all over the world with his wife. that is nice. people love to travel. especially when they're retired and can. edna phelps. riverhead, new york. 102 years old. and she keeps her mind sharp as a tack by reading. reading anything she can get her hands on. shoe box labels, you name it, she reads it, and we've got it. and this is kenneth and lois butcher. they've been married 75 years. springfield, missouri. they love fried chicken, and they love each other very much. how about that? i think he loves her even more than fried chicken. daisy mckoy, the bronx, new york. 100 years old today. secret to longevity is hard work and spirituality. good combination.

all the time. sweet little ruth leiber from winter park, florida, where amtrak goes through. 110 years old today. and is a former beautician. and she enjoys visiting with her friends and family. and that's all from florida right now. but we'll have more later. >> all right. willard, thank you so much. coming up, why now might be the best time to go to europe. we're going to tell you what the best deals are coming up. but first, this is "today" on nbc. [ girl ] my mom always tells me:

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turmoil there, so this could be the best time to get the best bang for your buck. kate maxwell is editor in chief of jetsetter.com. we need to get over our guilt here. they say i don't want to take advantage of a bad situation in europe, but what you're really doing is bringing an influx of money. >> absolutely. these countries badly need an economic boost, and you're helping out. >> so is this the right time or will the deals get better? >> i don't think so. we're in shoulder season at the moment. prices go from up june. now is a great time to go. >> your best tips are, you've got a strong dollar right now. there are deals everywhere and shorter lines. >> shorter lines at major tourist attractions because europeans are staying home. >> let's talk about the cons of this right now. frequent strikes in terms of transportation. >> there are some transportation strikes. be prepared for that. >> when you go there, if you're one of these people who likes to shop locally, you'll see higher prices for staple items. >> you might see higher prices, yes. flight prices have gone up because of high oil prices. so, you know, if you've got air

miles, this is a good time to spend them. >> you might find some of the attractions closed down. >> not necessarily closed but cut a bit. call ahead or check websites. >> let's check some of your favorite deals. let's start in athens, greece, at the center of this economic turmoil. and you like the fresh hotel in athens. why? >> well, it's $150 or less a night at the moment. it's what i call a style feel, a hit hotel for are you kidding me price? and athens is a really good place at the moment. a friend just got back from there. she said it was really quiet. the people were friendly and giving her free drinks, free desserts. athens is a fantastic historical city. >> climate right now, good time to go? >> absolutely perfect. >> let's move on to lisbon, portugal, which is not as popular as athens. why do you like lisbon right now? >> athens is the oldest city in europe and lisbon is the second

oldest. you get a better deal than somewhere like barcelona or london because the cost of living is lower. the hotel is a modern five-star that starts at $105 a night. >> $105? >> incredible. >> you don't have to make your own bed and things like that for that? >> i don't think so. >> that's not bad. let's go to the island of min minorca which people are not all that familiar with. >> it's a favorite of mine. it's on an island, but it really hasn't changed that much in the last 200 years. it's got some of the best beaches in the world. they're absolutely beautiful. comparable with the caribbean. 268 square miles. really cute island. and there's a lovely hotel crawled tresant. it starts at $184 a night. you must check out the terrace. incredible views of the town. >> so if we go and ask for the

kate maxwell deal, we get an even better deal. paris, france. how's may, june, july in paris? >> it's beautiful but it's expensive. and it's not showing any signs of getting cheaper soon. so i would recommend going to provence which is a beautiful beautiful. the french go in july and august but if you go in may, you'll get a better deal. we found a fantastic bike tour. you're burning off those calories. >> how strenuous is the biking? is it for someone who's only a serious cyclist? >> not really. you can upgrade to an electric bike for those hills if you like. you'll see medieval villages, roman ruins, vineyards, wine, it's a really, really great tour. it's $183 per person, per day including everything including accommodation on a riverboat. >> all right. so again, get over the guilt. get out to europe and bring them much-needed tourism dollars. >> absolutely, yeah. >> kate maxwell, always good to

see you. >> good to see you. it's 43 after the hour. up next, teaching young adults how to become richer and smarter than their parents. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪

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♪ i wish i was a rich girl back now at 8:46." and earlier this week we told you about this alarming new finding that more than half of recent college graduates are either unemployed or underemployed. well, now a new book is identifying the hurdles that young people are likely to face when they start their careers, and it offers tips that could save them a lot of money. it's called "how to be richer, smarter and better looking than your parents." zac bissonette is the author. not to mention the better looking than our parents part, but you want to change the way young people look at money.

>> right. >> how? >> so when i was growing up, my parents had constant financial stress in their life. and i think in a lot of ways it really hurt the level of happiness that they should have had and deserved. what i want to do is write a book that every parent could give to their kids and say here's a book that's going to help awe void making mistakes that i made so you can have a better life than i had which i think is what every parent wants for their kid. a big part of that is recognizing what things money can and can't do for you. it's fascinating. having $2,000 in an emergency fund reduces stress and anxiety in people's lives dramatically. on the other hand, driving a luxury car or having an expensive watch, that does nothing to boost your happiness. it's looking at the research and making smart decisions with money that are going to make your life better. >> that's your broad brush. let's get to specifics. for example, right now a lot of people are thinking about their tax refunds that are about to come due hopefully soon. and even though experts say that we should probably decrease how much the government takes out of

our checks, you know, increase maybe the number of dependents or whatever, rather than give the government basically an interest-free loan, you actually have a very interesting take on that. >> here's the deal. the average tax refund is about $3,000. which if you had that in your check instead, it would be about $113 every two weeks. and what everyone says is you should take that money and save it. but realistically what's going to happen, if you get that money, you know, in your paycheck instead of having it withheld is it's going to magically turn into, you know, a couple cartons of newport lights and a subscription to "us weekly." if you wait until the end of the year and get it back as a refund, you're more likely to make an intelligence decision on what to do with it such as making extra payments on your student loan or start a roth i.r.a. >> you're saying we can't trust ourselves with that money. and also part and parcel to that, you say pay attention to what you call your reference group. now, what is that? >> there's this real interesting study out of boston university that found that we're social creatures, right? the financial lives of the

people around us influence the way that we behave. so if your reference group, that is the people whose financial lives you compare yours to, if those are people who are higher on the socioeconomic scale than you, you're more likely to have more debt and more likely to have less in savings. a lot of time especially now young people, unfortunately, the reference can be reality tv stars. and if your social reference group is those people, you're going to have a lot of trouble making intelligent decisions about money. >> or to overbuy. >> exactly. so the key is to hajj out with people who have maybe less money. or if you're going to watch tv, at least watch it consciously. >> let's get a question directly from a young person who is worried about money. let's hear from a student from the university of oklahoma where she is a student. good morning. >> good morning, zac and ann. high from oklahoma. >> good morning. what's your question? >> i graduate in two weeks, no pressure or anything, and i have a question about budgeting. for students who don't have a lot of experience working on our

own finances, is there a specific budgeting formula we should follow? >> okay. what about that? >> here's the deal. if you're a recent single college grad and you have this type "a" personality and making an itemized spreadsheet with a line item of tictacs, something people can stick to more easily is this. automatically have money diverted into your 401(k) and roth i.r.a. and so your student loan payments are paid automatical automatically. and then you have a budget-free balanced budget. so you don't have to track every expense but you make sure you're taking care of the important things first and then spend the rest on whatever you want and you won't have credit card debt. >> zac, thank you for very smart advice. we still haven't found out how to be better looking than our parents but we have to read the book, "how to be richer, smarter and better looking than your parents." next, len berman takes us

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we are back at 8:52 with our good friend for the moment, len berman, who takes us on a wild ride through the wonderfully wacky world of sports. mr. berman, welcome back. >> if it doesn't work, out of here. >> last appearance.

>> april featured the start of the baseball season and the masters. what were truly the top sports story of the month? let's go "spanning the world." ♪ >> unbelievable! ♪ >> okay. on your mark, get set. bikes and perfect. time for the first pitch. talk about throwing heat. you know, have they run out of ideas yet for the first pitch? >> i don't know. >> speaking of heat, matt hagen in his funny car. and would you believe? nobody got hurt. actually true. walked away and raced an hour later. play ball. the iowa senior high school basketball game. this is unique. they go into the shotgun formation. it's always effective when you want to throw a long pass. >> works well. >> why go through all that trouble? just find a globetrotter who can

dunk standing still. much easier. >> crazy. >> our questionable moves of the month. in brazil, the save is made by the ball boy in the orange shirt who sneaks onto the field. hey, come on. oh, we need a ruling. is delonte west handing out a wet willie to gordon hayward, or is this technically a dry willie? we need to know these things. our faces of the month. in vancouver, it's never too early to teach hockey etiquette to a young fan. and they say looks can kill. i think they really can. our fans of the month. no texting while sitting. the guy at courtside is texting away. come on, buddy, pay attention. and at the english rugby game, putting on a wig and a dress and running on the field, that's a bad idea. our tough guys of the month. soccer players. there's an earthquake in chile. who cares? just play through it. and in madrid, jorge has a tooth

loosened. so what does he do? just performs self-dentistry. you save on the co-pay that way. our animals of the month. it's golf. a caddie's job is to rake the trap and to rake the alligators out of the way on the pro tour. when he gets too close to your player's ball. nicely done. in israel, a basketball game, a cat on the court. and he finally scampers away. why? because a dog was chasing him. that's why. and here's our genius of the month in washington. it's time for my eye drops. i know. >> len berman! len berman! >> standing ovation! come on! >> everybody! >> well done.

>> this is today in the bay. 8:56. a grizzly discovery could be linked to a deadly yacht crash along bodega bay. they say the body could be as a result of the yacht crash. it is a male and it appears the body has been in the water for two weeks. >> we are getting all the weather elements.

we are headed toward a cool day, temperatures in the 60s. we warm up to the 80s this weekend. have a great day.

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we're back now with we're back now with more "today" on a thursday morning, april 26, 2012. it's a little chilly here in new york, it has been for the last couple of days, we have 49 degrees now, going up to a balmy 55. all right. we'll have to deal with it. anyway, matt lauer, we're putting today's professionals back to work. >> there's a lot to talk about. remember the story we told you about yesterday, a mom whose daughter had disrespected hire in front of her friends and on facebook put that red x over her mouth. is this creative discipline or was it wrong? a lot of it will be do business travel by themselves and end up

having dinner alone or would you rather have dinner alone or use an online service to have dinner with another person? it's actually geared toward females. it's not like an online dating thing. that's not what they had in mind. >> in today's relationships, if you have somebody to eat dinner with, many married couples, it's taets effort to keep the spark in your marriage. we are going to show you to you to do that in spite of busy schedules. >> also we have some ideas on how to inexpensively do it yours home decorating. we've got some ideas stick-on back slashes for, and folding shelves and wall art that can save you money and make your house look beautiful. >> natalie is waiting at the

news desk. >> good morning every one in the news, federal officials are telling americans to be vigilant in advance of the one-year anniversary of osama bin laden's death. the advisory does not cite a specific threat, but authorities are concerned that lone wolf terrorists might try to use the anniversary for an attack. tonight the vice president is taking on mitt romney. he says romney's views on foreign affairs would return the hus in is words to the past we have worked so hard to move beyond. rick perry is now endorsing romney. human land security -- the prosecution scandal is next excusable. the incident appears to have been an isolating case. the government is now reviewing

training rules for employs. more questions at the former aid at john edwards' trial. andrew young was grilled about apparent inconsistencies in previous statements and in his book. edwards is accused of conspireing of using secret payments from donors to hide his mistress during the 2008 campaign. scientists in switzerland have demonstrated for the first time how a paralyzed person can control a robot by thinking. electrodes atouched to a person's head converts the signals to movement. researchers hope to help people who are paralyzed. and a rescued polar bear cub is getting used to its new home at the zoo. they used a snow mobile, finally a plane to take it to its new

home. let's go out to al with a check of your weather. >> all right. let's see what we have for you. of course, we've got a couple of areas of severe weather to talk about, from lexington down to ch noog a, colorado, we're alsoch looking at the threat of strong storms through the mountains in h 12r58 tennessee, and we've got weather from seattle down to san diego. not quite as heavy as we've had over the last 24 hursz but we are expecting half to a quarter of an inch in well, those showers are clearing the bay area. we will see spotty activity for the next couple of hours. kind of a cool and breezy day for you today. 62 for livermoore, back in the

70s by tomorrow. warming up, saturday and sunday, up to 83 degrees. got some nice folks out here. what's your names? >> robert gaines. >> steve kozlowski. >> sue gaines. >> david gaines. >> where are you from? >> connecticut. >> are you the spokesperson? i guess so. happy birthday. all right. let's head inside to savannah. ♪ all right, al, thanks. today we've got a two-for-one special with our "today's professionals." pretty good. back to tackle more hot topics this hour. we've got star jones, donny deutsch and she needs no introduction, rosie o'donnell sitting in for dr. nancy. good morning to all of you. did you have your wheaties? you're ready for round two? we've got an interesting topic to start with, cyber punishment. i'm sure you heard about this.

there was a woman who had her daughter disrespect her, and she decided to go on her daughter's facebook page and put a red "x" over the daughter's mouth and tell her friends. ask me about why i'm not allowed on facebook anymore. put it to the panel, rosie, you're new. i'll put you first. do you think this is creative punishment or did this go too far? >> i am never for shaming as punishment. i think it's a horrific thng to do to a kid or to anyone in your life. i don't think it's right. i think you can take away facebook privileges, take away the cell phone as the mother of almost three teens now. that's the only way to control their behavior is you have no access to the internet. i don't think that's the right thing to do. >> i guess the devil's advocate point is you've got to get through to your kids. she's trying to make an impact. >> as the only nonparent here on the panel, i'm thinking to myself, generations past, two generations ago, spanking was the appropriate punishment. then the next generation, time-outs were the appropriate punishment. so i just question whether or not to keep up with technology, this new form of punishment is a

better way to meet kids where they actually are so that it has an impact on them. >> would you do it if you were a mom? >> you know, i don't want to shame my child, but like my kid to understand that if this is where they're going to use their inappropriate behavior, i'm going to use that same forum. >> i have to agree with rosie in that i would never do it. i believe -- now, in this instance, maybe the child, you know, shamed the parents publicly. it's another interesting piece of math of all of a sudden kids online with putting down their parents publicly. >> that's what she did. >> okay, that was the case? star has an interesting point also. it is a new world. having said that, i just would never do it. i'd keep it private. >> take it away from them. just say you have no access to the internet. >> you raise an interesting point. you're saying maybe if it is all fair, an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. is that not parenting? >> you lower yourself to that standard. >> you're not supposed to discipline kids because you're out of control. you're only supposed to discipline them when your kids are out of control.

>> like when they have a play date, one of the girls is acting up, i'll take them in the other room and discipline them. >> tableside racism. there's a new study that found wait staff openly admitting to giving black diners poorer service because they believed they wouldn't get as big of a tip. maybe the poor service is maybe the reason. but does this surprise anybody? >> it didn't surprise me. i won't say i was shocked, but i know that people bring their own biases and prejudices into every single circumstance. and if your only exposure to african-americans is something you see on television, you think when a group of people come in, they're going to be loud, obnoxious, they're not going to tip, if this is what you hear in your community, then you bring that to bear in your work environment. and so although it didn't shock me, it disappointed me that you're not further exposed. >> i think racism is alive and well in the united states today. i think there's no way to get around that. and did it surprise me? no. >> if anything, the study

undercounted it because the people theorized, they don't want to acknowledge their racial biases or maybe aren't even aware of them. >> let me just to shift to the good news. because our generation, no matter how you slice it, there is racism. i look at you and i see black woman, okay? the good news is young kids today, they don't see it that way. they are color-blind. they don't see barack obama as a black president. he's our president. so our generation, it am what it am. it sucks but it is. the great news of the generation coming up, i think we'll have new math. >> when you use the word "black" to describe a person, my kids are offended. they say, why would you say that? the same thing when my grandmother would say "colored." my kids say, "nobody is black, mom." >> when they want to describe their new friends, i love to hear my nephew go, you know, the one with the glasses and the red hair. that one. he never even thinks to say, the

white kid. it's the one with the glasses. >> from the mouths of babes comes with them, we hope. >> don't call me a babe. >> it's never going to happen. >> you're really reaching for that one, donny. >> two days and i've tried to watch him pick up six women. 0 for 6. >> okay. moving on. invite for a bite. this is an interesting idea. a lot of people travel on business. women in particular have said, you know what? i hate that i have to dine alone. it's a little bit embarrassing. so there's this new online service that basically sets women up with other women to sit and have dinner with so you don't have to sit in a restaurant alone. the first question is, do you have any problem sitting alone? >> i'm all for women being set up with other women. >> of course you are. yeah. >> no, i think -- see? why did you go to that? >> because that's where you went, donny. >> exactly. >> shut up. the thing is, i don't know why it's so hard for people to eat dinner alone. >> i love it. i really do. >> you bring a book or nowadays

people bring their ipad. i would rather do that than eat with a stranger, to tell you the truth. so i don't know. i guess if you're very, very worried about that, that it would be good, but i can't imagine ever wanting that. >> that's the one time that you do have to get in touch with yourself. you just can sit quietly and have a nice dinner alone. >> you're star jones and you're rosie o'donnell, i think you're a little more comfortable. nobody's going to look at you guys and go, oh, you can't find somebody to be with. so i think maybe just for a woman traveling on her own, it might be a different story. >> for some women, they may feel like if they sit there alone, men can think they can come pick up on them. >> where's matt? >> okay. it's an interesting idea. we'll move on to another hot topic, and donny we'll definitely want to get in on this. g-spot discovery. okay? apparently a researcher claims that he has found -- this is a retired gynecologist -- that he's located the elusive g-spot. he found it on a cadaver. >> that's what he's doing in his retirement? >> i don't know what the

question is here, but -- >> i want a few men to find the "h" spot, which is get the heck out of here. >> donny. >> i would like to actually ask the women, is there a g-spot? >> i believe there is. >> is there a g-spot? >> i think there is. >> it's interesting. before i saw my company for all kinds of money, i never found the g-spot, after all that money came in, you found the g-spot. >> what was enkcouraging to me, it was found in an 83-year-old woman, and i just turned 50, this is a good thing. >> all joking aside, it is somewhat controversial. others say it's fiction, others say it's real. >> there are studies that show that there's the same part of the male that is prostitute is present in females, it's underdeveloped, and that's what gets stimulated. i believe it. i think without getting too personal, i think it's true. >> okay. all right. >> be quiet, donny deutsch. >> and you just sit there.

>> i'm done. i'm done. you started. you come out and you're, like, donny, what stupid thing are you going to say today? and then i'm thinking in that direction. >> based on experience. here's a fun one for our final topic, kanye or jay-z, president barack obama, important question, are you team kanye or team jay-z? he said jay-z was his favorite. of course, in the past, the president has called kanye a -- can i say this on tv -- okay, jackass. so where do you guys come down? >> i love kanye west. i think he's genius and brilliant. jay-z is one of the guys he wrote for before he became famous. jay-z is sort of mr. rap world and you've got to hail to the king. i think they're both brilliant artists. >> she referred to jay-z as king, she's offended african-americans. i apologize for rosie. >> a lot of money and no one wants to date him. >> i'm a fan of anybody that uses lyrics that celebrate. i don't like lyrics that use

words that you can't say in front of your grandmother. >> okay. >> i think that's inappropriate. >> i like pat boone. >> did you say pat boone? >> yeah. >> who knew? >> jay-z. jay-z. >> all right. they used to ask boxers or briefs, now kanye or jay-z. >> jay-z said he made changes, once he looked into the eyes of his baby girl, he knew there were words he could no longer say. >> it is true. as a man, you act differently. >> maybe after they have a baby, maybe kanye. >> all right. star jones, donny deutsch and rosie o'donnell, thank you very much. >> very nice to meet you. i'm sorry you have to deal with him every week. >> you get to leave but we're all stuck here. >> we're all going away together, actually. >> to puerto rico. next, the secrets to keeping the spark alive in your relationship. and later, if you've hit a wall trying to redecorate your home, we've got some easy and inexpensive ideas.

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>> this is something you all see in your practices a lot. the biggest mistake i think a lot of couples are making is they're not prioritizing their marriage. they're prioritizing their lives, their kids, everything else going on, right? >> right. and so you have to take that time to spend some alone time together, alone together. too often we hear the so-called experts like us talking about kids come first, kids come first. kids do come first, but if you don't spend that time together, then it doesn't matter about the kids because there won't be a marriage for the kids to be part of to enjoy. >> and you talk about, a lot of people have this mentality that it's all or nothing. that's really the wrong way to go. >> it absolutely is. you want to be great parents. one of the best ways to be great parents is to be a good, strong couple. be on the same team. be together. you're going to be much more effective as parents. >> all right. so you don't have to spend a lot of money to spend time together. you don't have to have a big, grand plan, a big date night. you say first things first is start setting some time aside to be together. jeff? >> that's right.

and what i like about that is that you can cue into one another and have that adult talk. it's not always talking with the children or taking care of the job and so on. and it lets that person know, your partner know, that you do love them. you are interested in making that marriage work and that intimacy, that emotional intimacy is just as important. though maybe not as fun as the physical intimacy. >> in fact, you also talk, elizabeth, even just the simple thing is via text. >> send a text, say i love you, check in, see how the meeting with, reminisce about a brief encounter you had. let him know you're thinking about him. >> the number one complaint i hear from my patients, the women say the men just don't text enough. and it's just like the men don't talk enough. >> right. >> it is just a very easy thing. three words. "i love you." "how are you doing?" but do that maybe three, four, five times a day. i think there's a new program out there. you can write the text in the

morning and then they release them through the day so guys, try that one. >> get it all done at once. all right. you say you should find time to do fun things together, learn to have fun again. >> if you have fun when you go out, and you should try to go out, have those date nights. you don't have to spend a lot of money. but if you're having fun together, that means more fun in the marriage, the more excited you are. and the thing that i love and i know al is on board with this, work out with your spouse. i mean, we all need to exercise. and that's a great thing because you're doing it as a team. >> we took a swim lesson together yesterday. >> wow. >> you were terrific. oh, you mean you. one of the things i think we overlook because it's human nature, we tend to complain about what we don't like about our spouse, but we need to find the best in the things that we love about our spouse. >> absolutely. when we're stressed, overwhelmed and exhausted, we tend to focus

on the negative. and that makes us feel negatively towards the other person. so i really challenge people to look for the positive things in your spouse. and every day write down at least one thing that you appreciate in your spouse. just one thing. and at the end of the week, share it with them. let them know what you love about them. >> or you can even text it to them. >> exactly. >> strength based and not deficit based where you're looking at all of the bad things. if you begin to look at the positive things and count your blessings as to what your partner does, then all of a sudden, some of the negative things they do don't really matter as much. and you're giving them a lot of positive reinforcement and reward. so they can keep doing the good things. >> keep that line of communication open. keep talking to each other. jeff gardere, elizabeth, great to have you both here. coming up, lucky ladies from the plaza are going to get ambushed with makeovers. but first, these messages. beth! hi!

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taking a look at the radar, lingering, spotty, light shower activity for the most part that is starting to clear. you can see, overall, looking dry over the greater bay area. you may get caught under a light shower or two, by 11:30, we are expecting the sun to be out. highs, not all that warm. tomorrow, the low 60s, we are expecting into the 70s. then, the 80s return as we kick off your weekend it. all works out like this. inland, 73 by friday. beach weather on sunday. check your drive with mike. >> slowing in the south bay. it seems to be the pattern in the last week.

880, tied up on the ton-ramp. 101, up to peninsula. we will take a look at the further now, highway 82 eastbound, 101 is the concern as you head on this side of the bay of the other side, a car fire at wible. >> we will be back at 9:56.

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line. >> you can express yourself at home. these are really stylish ideas. easy and inexpensive. i love them. >> let's get to them. these decorative decals. you're showing us how you can jazz up a couple of pieces here from ikea. >> specifically ikea is so popular. people really love the furniture. it's affordable and accessible. this company is creative and they call themselves mykea. they've created a bunch of decals that specifically fit pieces of ikea furniture so you can personalize anything from a small table. >> that's cute for a kid's room. >> kids motifs to even these decals for the drawers. i love this chest. it almost looks 3-d, personal and custom and inexpensive. you can do something for the kids, whimsical or even kind of quirky. this is a record player. you could customize a table with, too. lots of ideas. >> what was an ordinary piece of white furniture more extraordinary. we like that. okay. now over here, we've got some other great ideas for people who like to change up their decor. >> yeah. this is such a personal favorite

of mine. wallpaper is something that people kind of, oh, that's a lot of work to put up. >> hard to do. >> you can't take it down. designyourwall.com has solved that problem with wallpaper tiles which are just big stickers. i love this fun -- this is something that i would love to put in my office. >> yeah. >> you can get almost any motif. they'll even custom create something. i did this myself on plywood. >> easy to apply. >> literally they're stickers, and you peel on. you can reposition them. take them off and use them somewhere else. so it's great for renters or somebody who wants just a temporary wallpaper accent. >> yeah, because wallpaper is hard so install. that's easy, great. also fun, quirky doors. >> yes. we have really fun, quirky doors. you could really take this to another level on a child's door in the room to have a giant teddy bear. you could even have the accent of a bathroom if your bathroom's not as neat, you could have this faux bathroom on your door. >> good idea. that's so funny. >> other designs, you can even

do this for your garage. they have really fun garage motifs, too, because if your garage door is something that's just kind of -- >> there you go, i like that one. >> you could have the beach theme. there's so many whimsical ideas. i love this. >> over here if you want to add more texture to your walls, you have great ways to dress up your tile. >> the bathroom and kitchen, when you look into renovations, again, my gooden, it's so expensive. so this is such a great idea from twojane.com. these are decals. you can peel them off and put them on your tiles. and they'll stay and you can take them off so they're not permanent. you can do this for a kid's bathroom so when they get older, you can take the animals off. you can instantly redo the kitchen backsplash. this kitchen even gives you laminates for your windows for a frost design. >> look over here. i love these ideas. >> this is about texture. this is something that when you go into a modern hotel, again, thousands of dollars for an architect to build a wall out of

wood. these are fantastic from inhabit living. these are called wall flats. they're really lightweight. they feel like air. you can cut them and customize them to any wall. and you can paint over them. so you can make them match your wall so it will look like they don't go away. >> then you've got these little wall flowers. >> this is just a canvas. i painted it in half myself to show you can do this on a piece of art or on your wall. these are wall flowers, no pun intended. they give you something different. it's all these kind of interesting effects you see in a restaurant or hotel that make it look so stylish and cool and new. >> it looks line sententencilli. >> it's like filigree. these come six to a pack. and you can hook them together to create a hanging wall divider, to separate an office space from your bedroom. this is a really great way to add a little shimmer without overpowering a room. the pictures online at breaux cade.com are fantastic. you have to see how they really add this elegant sort of curtain to a room that's melmellalic met

that time metallic. >> this can be a planter or anything. >> this is a first look. this is so brand new that i got the artist to send us his rivelli artwork. this is artwork that transforms into a shelf. you could put glasses on here, a vase, you could even put books and you can customize after your put up the base bracket, these are just magnetic pieces of art that you could, for $25, switch up the art. >> you can do whatever you want. >> or make your own art. >> real quickly because we're running out of time. >> these are woolly pockets. if you don't have enough space for a garden, can you put the garden on your wall. they come small. >> even kids' toys. >> and another fantastic idea are flower toppers. if you don't want to fill a whole giant vase with foil and water. >> great idea. >> a couple dollars, you can do the top. >> brilliant. bobbie thomas, thank you so

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swimming. former television correspondent and now author lynn sherr has a new book titled "swim why we love the water." you're dressed in watery blue. >> i couldn't help it. >> you're color coordinated. >> i am. >> you have such a fascinating repertoire. you have written books about giraffes, about the song "america the beautiful," and now swimming. is there a common thread here? >> the common thread is me. these are all things i am passionate about, and i need to find out everything i need -- i know to know about a subject. i love to swim. it makes me feel good. it's magical and transports me, and i wanted to know why. what i've discovered is swimmers also love swimming and want to know these things. >> and you learn a lot in this book. one thing i noticed is that dolphins swim at a 60% efficiency rate, humans only 10% to 12%. one could make the argument that humans aren't meant to swim. >> i do agree with that. we are meant to be land animals. we have lungs, we have legs, we

walk and yet we are fascinateded by water. there's a draw, a magnetism, there's a magic about it. and when you're in the water, i think it's the best full-body massage available. i think it's the cheapest antidepressant you can ever get. and you are emerge from the water smiling. i always come out of the pool or the lake or the ocean with a huge smile on my face. and most people do. >> and we talked about in terms of a form of exercise, it's so much easier on your body especially as we age. >> as you get o-l-d-e-r, no joints pounding on the pavement. no knees. no arms. you just feel better. and psychologically, it's also a boost. and there's also some evidence that the fountain of youth may indeed be chlorinated. that, in fact, doing that swim may keep you younger. >> we're all for that. let's talk about this historic body of water between europe and asia. you swam it. and it's really the bedrock of your story. tell us about it. >> the narrative goes through the book. and i decided i needed an

adventure, a challenge. and this is the hellespont, the body of water dividing europe from asia in western turkey just as it gets to the agean. i swam with swimmers all over the world. i trained for it. savannah, i was a lap swimmer, a lazy lap swimmer. i thought, i've got to do something. and i trained. i worked out. i got my endurance up, and i did it. >> wow! >> i did it. i swam the hellespont like lord byron did it in 1810. >> you're a pool swimmer. it must be very intimidating to get in a body of water like that. >> i was very scared about the current and the jellyfish. and the current that day blessedly were reasonably mild. i still fought quite a bit of current. and the only jellyfish i encountered were nonstingers. i got lucky that day, but it was a challenge. but i loved doing it. >> you cover all aspects of swimming. of course, bathing suit season is right around the corner.

while we may all complain about our bathing suit choices, they really had it bad a few years ago. you kind of get into that. >> well, we went from bloomers to bikinis in a little over a century. it's quite extraordinary we used to have to swim in suits that went down to our ankles, not an inch of flesh was allowed to show. there's an image of a policeman on a beach measuring a woman's skirt. you could only have eight inches of flesh showing above your knee. >> can i just say, i'm ready to go back to those days. i think some of us would be relieved. real quickly, the celebrities of the time, esther williams, swimming was the thing. >> it was. we paid money to go to the theater to watch movie stars swim. she was my hero. i wanted to be esther williams. i wanted to be gorgeous, have that smile, be that athletic, and i wanted my hair not to move in the water. >> she was quite inspiring, as are you. lynn sherr, thank you so much. >> thanks, savannah. >> the book is called "swim, why

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this morning on "today's kitchen," we're grillin' and chillin' with a strip steak. and pineapple jalapeno salsa. rory is the owner and chef of the boothill saloon and grill in vegas, texas. and rory, you've got an interesting decor at your restaurant. >> i do. it's set up like the late 1800s. all the girls are dressed up like dance hall girls. i'm being politically correct right now. >> thank you very much. not how you described it earlier. we're making a grilled strip steak. why do you like strip steak? >> because it's in between the line, if you like fillway, r ribeye, you've got strip right in the middle. how do you like your meat?

>> cooked like you're going to do it right now. a little salt and pepper? >> a little salt and pepper. what we're going to do -- i'll let you do. >> any olive oil on this? >> we've already got it on. go for it. >> how long we going to cook this? >> medium rare. probably four minutes on each side. >> you are going to top it with a pineapple jalapeno. >> pineapple jalapeno salsa. women need to get into meat. therefore we're going to make it a little girly. add some color. >> a little girly. >> look how easy it is. you're going to make this. >> chopped up pineapple. >> chopped up pineapple, add bell peppers, red onions and tomatoes and give it a little spice, jalapeno. and then to really kick it up a notch, some cajun seasoning. you want that sweetness. then we're going to add pineapple juice. you let that sit for probably 30 minutes to really get those flavors -- you could make it overnight. >> could you leave this in the fridge overnight? >> absolutely. one thing i didn't talk about is your meat resting. do you let your meat rest, al? >> every chance i get.

>> that's the way to do it, al. >> otherwise the juices flow. >> i also let it rest before i even put it on the grill. >> in other words, let it get to room temperature? >> yeah, it makes it more tender. we've let it rest. we're going to cut it on the bias which just means on a slant. look at this. look at how perfect that is. >> that is lovely. >> all right. and then we just plate it up real quick. >> mm-hmm. >> fan it out. and then we add our pineapple jalapeno salsa. >> on top there. >> right on top. look at that. beautiful. and then, now, if you're not into the steak, we're going to move over to the burgers. >> this is an interesting burger because it's a bleu cheese burger. >> it's special. >> but you've got the bleu cheese on the inside. >> on the inside. >> how come? >> because you want to surprise people. you have guests over. you want to surprise them. look at this. well, you can't really tell. >> because it's melted in. >> it's melted in. >> you don't want it to overpower. >> you don't want it to overpower. use any type of cheese you want. hi, ladies. >> hello. >> that's the one thing i love.

what are your favorite toppings? >> bacon and the cheese if we had it, but that's okay. >> the cheese is in the center so you don't need it. and then this is an awesome banana blueberry pie with cream cheese. you could stick it in the freezer. these are all great ideas for summertime. >> rory, thank you so much. we love you. >> we can eat now, right? just ahead, instant ambush makeovers. plus, how to look and feel 20 years younger. first your local news. have a great day.

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captions paid for by nbc-universal television hey, everybody, it's thirst day thursday, april 26th, 2012. once again i have the pleasure of co-hosting with msnbc's willie geist while kathie lee is enjoying the week off. can you believe you made it? >> two more days. >> tomorrow is thirst day and. >> and friday is try day because we need to try something new. do you need to dry out after your week with us. especially after the chugging yoga. >> what's the malibu one, passages? go to the lohan rehab after this. >> you know how you went to your black tie the other night? i went to one last night, too,

because you did and i wanted to be with you. it was the society of memorial sloan-kettering. there is this terrific gala at the met in new york. it is a beautiful thing. and it raises a lot of money for this charity. karen zucker was there. it was a bunch of people there. you know how sometimes they say the morning show people don't get along? wait a second! >> what am i seeing here? >> everyone thinks that everyone's rivals. but here's the great thing. kelly ripa who you see there and -- we got along beautifully. let's look at picture again. oh! i'm sorry. somebody. she's a sweet girl. >> was there any instinct to go tonya harding on her and just go after the kneecap? >> you are sick! >> just put her out for like a day. >> she was really funny. >> you're competitive. >> i know, i'm terribly competitive. >> she's great though. >> they're not opposite us directly.

they're on at 9:00, we're on at 10:00. there was a cool article in the editorial section of the "times" on sunday and talked about when was the last time you had a good conversation with somebody. they said something about how conversations take patience because when you see someone you know their tone, you don't know whether you should ask for something right away or bring up a subject that may be sensitive. when you text there's no pre-game, i need, what are you doing, what's on your mind. you don't get to have the nuances and it talked about how we're losing sort of the art of just being real and having real conversations and really getting to know someone. >> i think that's true. i don't know how you argue against that. i also think now it is so much easier to e-mail someone than pick up the phone. i even find myself drifting away from what i used to do, call a bud buddy, chat, okay, i got that done, i'll wait to hear back. you don't stop where do you would 20 minutes with your friend on the phone now you're doing a one-minute e-mail back and forth. >> what do guys talk about on

the phone? >> that's the important part. we weren't having deep conversations before we started texting. like hey, broke up with your girlfriend. suction, dude. you see the yankees. >> you don't ever call a guy friend and say, hey, i got something on my mind. >> no, never, i don't think i ever have. never. i think sometimes you'll be out having a few drinks and like you open up a little bit -- >> about what? >> i can't get into that. it's guy code. but i would say this is a gross generalization -- >> say it. >> the depth of male conversation is probably about six inches where women tend to open up and -- i know my wife and her friends will be on the phone, she pours a glass of wine, another one, her friend's in chicago, they're talking all day. they have a lot to talk about where guys just want to talk about the yankees pretty much. get it done. get in, get out. >> there's been a lot of talk about one man on one of our shows early today. matt lauer wore a jacket that captured a lot of attention. okay? this is the said jacket.

can't really see there. look a little closer. he's got a nice -- um-hmm. right about there. now, matt came in the makeup room. he said i like this cut jacket. i think it looks nice. what did you think when you saw it? >> i'm down with it. you're on tv if you're matt lauer, you, me, you're like tv 250 days a year. one day a year, take a few chances. >> i think it looks cute. >> i think it was ann who said you could also go right out after work and sell a car with that jacket on. matt, that was ann. that wasn't me. coach the carolina basketball team. there's all kinds of things. >> it had its own twitter handle. matt's plaid jacket. >> take a chance. >> i want to ask you another thing because you're such a guy's guy. a lot of guys are into man scaping or waxing or they call it -- >> don't look at me -- >> not brazilians but

boyzilians. no, that's what some guys do. remember the 40-year-old virgin? let's watch this just for fun. >> i really didn't expect that. >> you got it. first one is the only one that hurts. >> yeah. well those hairs are pretty deep. okay. >> you ready. >> yep. >> i hate you! stop smiling you jerk! >> he doesn't have nipples. spl they came off! >> his nipples are missing. did you see it? look at the last shot if we can. that's very creepy. >> i can say full honesty, never done a wax. visit added benefit of being a hairless type. >> look, his nipples are gone. >> i saw this note last night, i asked my wife about it. she said -- wait -- without disclosing too much. she said she'd like me to go in for a waxing just once to feel

the pain that all women feel. and she went on to say if she were given the choice between a brazilian wax and giving child birth, she'd take child birth every single time. >> yeah, because they shoot thing in your back. you don't feel everybody. high-fiving everybody in the delivery room. i didn't feel anything. it was fine with me. >> really? the question was if you could work on some of the hairy parts of your husband, what would you work on. this is what people said. nose hairs were number one. >> really? >> get rid of the -- >> no, there's nothing nastier than that. >> i didn't know it was that big of a problem. it is. it is. you're okay. eyebrows. when there's like -- guys don't notice because they're all over? ears. >> yes! >> ears. >> yes! get out of here -- >> by the way, all three you pointed to, that's old man hair. just keep it together.

without waxing though. >> some guys -- i don't know if they wax or not but who cares because they are the hottest guys we've seen in a long time. they are the new york city firefighters! and they are here! >> hey! by the way, okay. i was holding this calendar out, you guys, to the guys -- to the ladies outside. check this calendar out. we see them with their clothes on but this is great. you're september? >> holy moses! >> bring september! >> that's a mountain of a man right there. >> gorgeous. okay, guys. do this calendar one for all of to us look at but this goes to a worthy cause. where does the money go? >> it goes to the jacoby medical center burn unit. it is for a good cause. we're all having fun, met a lot of nice people so far. >> you guys do some big gala. >> we do a signing on saturday night at 6:00 at night at the

firehouse bar and known as a restaurant. it is a great party, everybody's welcome. >> willie, tell what just happened. >> i'm going tout you guys. right before we go on air, two minutes before, the guys are in the back doing the push-ups, getting the veins out. was that you? this guy. that's all right. >> do you guys fight to get on this calendar? is it a battle? >> sure. >> take your shirt off at the firehouse? what do you do? >> actually i ran into batman, the photographer for the calendar. he told me what it was all about. it's all about charity. it's not all about pretty faces and abs like this guy. i'm like i'm in. once i knew it was for a good cause, i'm like let's do it. >> you guys are great. the calendar is called new york city firefighters and look up september or anyone else you want to look up.

thanks, you guys, for coming to see us. >> i've never felt more lame in my life. you know what i get to do on thursdays? i get to play a song. this is a song, it makes you want to get up. you it is by deejay laz. or something like that. it's called "move shake drop." you ready. >> i don't really know what that means. i just keep rewrapping it. it's a good song. >> it's a little repetitive, if you don't mind my saying. >> i edited it that way because

that way you can learn the words. >> where will you listen to that? >> in the gym. that's a workout song or at my apartment. >> i think i hear flo rida in there. >> if you guys want to work out, it is a good one to work out to. is it okay or not okay? our question is, is it okay to perform with the departed? you remember they had a lot of those holograms lately? so kathie lee says yes ever since natalie cole first did it with her father i felt it was "unforgettable." what did i say. >> hoda said, yes, it's okay, it brings the music back to life. >> i think it is okay. they -- there was one on kimmel that -- >> this all comes from the tupac, hologram freaked everybody out. it was chilling at first, then cool. then your mind opens the possibility about all the other musicians you want to see on stage, right? can we bring john lennon back?

>> we're going to give you a shout out for our mother of the year contest. this is the contest where you can win $120,000. $112,000. salary.com came together with us. $112,962. that's how much a mom would get paid for her work. go to kathie lee and hoda.com and you can enter. the three finalists will come here for mother's day weekend. the deadline is april 27th. we'll pay for all your travel and accommodations. at least salary.com is. not us. we have a winner! >> we have a winner of the kentucky derby hat contest. lee edwards from florida made a hat with the help of her daughter-in-law. the hat rotates around her head making the horses run circles. so congratulations, lee. have you won a trip for two to the kentucky derby. don't forget to wear your hat but also don't forget to tune in

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guys, not every glance means something. >> that is actress jenna fisher as pam on the nbc hit comedy "the office." now jenna is stepping out from behind the desk for a big role on the big screen. >> "the giant mechanical man," fisher plays a woman unlucky in love until she finds an emotional connection with a painted street performer who turns out to be just the man she's been looking for.

>> of course that happens. >> good morning! welcome. before we get to the movie, you guys are in the eighth season of "the office." i know a lot of people are wringing their hands and wondering if there's going to be a ninth season of "the office." >> i'm with those people! y >> you guys are for it? >> the actors are all ready to come back. the whole cast. i mean everybody. so we're just waiting now for a little -- >> the phone to ring. >> exactly. that old actor's life, i guess. >> there were questions when steve carell left, could "the office" survive without the boss. and it obviously has. how is the show different for you without steve carell around? >> oh, that's an interesting question. you know, it's a little bit more of an ensign bomb show now so i have to say we all are -- i think we get a little bit bits to play with. but i miss steve so much. just on a personal level, we used to get our hair and makeup done in the morning together every day and he barely had anything to to in the trailer but he would sit and drink his coffee -- >> is he as funny off --

>> i should say diet coke. woe have his diet coke in the morning and we'd talk about our weekend. so sweet. >> let's talk about this movie. it is an interesting concept. you're sort of i guess a little bit unlucky in love. you're looking to find someone and you find a very unlikely partner in this movie. >> yes. it is a movie about one of those silver painted street performers and the woman who falls in love with him and my character of janice, she hasn't followed a traditional path in life. she didn't like go to college, find a husband, get married, have kids. so she's in her 30s now and she's struggling. she has to move in with her sister, she gets fired from her job and she's a quiet girl. you know, it's a very thought provoking film but it is very funny. >> one of the men are introduced to is this irritating motivational speaker who everyone watching is going to want you to just flatten him. i love those scenes. >> it is so funny in this movie. he plays self-help guru who thinks he knows better for my life. he's got some great scenes.

kind of steals the movie. >> woman falls in love with painted street performer. a story as old as time. you're also a producer on this film. what does that mean for you exactly? >> well, it means -- it was very exciting. what it means is when the credits roll at the end of the movie, i know every single name and what that person did on the film because was with it from the ground up. i'm 1 of 3 producers. it also meant that i had to put the initial financing of the film on my credit card. >> oh, my gosh! >> personal credit card? >> my personal credit card. yeah. two weeks before the movie was going to start shooting the finances weren't in the escrow account yet which is how you hire everybody for payroll and i was afraid we wouldn't get the mfb off the ground if we didn't get started. so i took a risk and i said, here's my credit card -- >> you're unbelievable. >> the crew, fly to detroit. i just crossed my fingers and luckily the finances came in and i got paid back. >> luckily also, you happen to

meet your husband -- your future husband on this show. you have a baby now who's -- how old? >> he's 7 months old. there's my husband! >> you were lucky in love after all. >> my husband first pitched me the story -- he wasn't my husband at the time, 4 1/2 years ago. it took him 4 1/2 years to write the prelim. we say it was easier to fall in love, get married and have a baby than make a film in hollywood. >> this has our pictures on it! what are you going to do with that? >> thank you! >> when is that picture of you taken? >> from high school. >> that's a good photo. this is nice. >> thanks for coming to see us. "the office" airs tonight at 9:00, 8:00 central right here on nbc. and "the giant mechanical man" opens tomorrow in new york, new york and video on demand everywhere. up next, those funky, funny photos that will leave you

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>> once again miss sara hains has spent countless hours laughing as she sifted through your submissions in search of the most unbelievable photographs. >> this week go due koez go to becky patterson from louisville, kentucky who sent us this photo -- it is the "newcomer" funeral home. i guess as opposed to repeat offenders. our next photo was sent in by larry jones from gooding, idaho. that sign kind of leaves you wondering. first-time clients only. you might not be coming back and you might not be leaving. robert tibideaux from brandon, mississippi submitted this photo. this squirrel seems to be smoking. >> i know people don't like squirrels but that's mean. he doesn't need a black lung. he came up on a table and

literally just put his mouth around that. i'm sorry -- but you've got to capture that. >> i think those are menthols though, the silver lining. >> they're trying to wean him off. next is a photo from stephanie toxin from wisconsin. check that out. it is the smoking area but it's no smoking. that's dramatic. that makes you say what? finally, kim from idaho submitted this photo. i think we all know that's a child's training toilet seat around his neck. kim wrote my son clearly can't read because the warning says please don't place around your head. >> his head is large. >> they had to grease it up -- she goes if you knew how much vaseline we used to get that kid's head out of there. it is a funny moment right now -- and he did live to tell the story. >> as the father of a 2-year-old, that photograph makes entire sense to me. it happens every day.

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pixar itself. and a make over. we are back on this thirst day thursday with "today's" ambush plaza makeovers and msnbc's willie geist who is not even getting a makeover -- none for you -- is filling in for kathie lee while she's enjoying some time off this week. >> i've been waiting the whole show for this moment, the ambush reveal. here to show off their hard work, "today" stylist and contributors to the stars louis licari la-la-la-la-la. and "today" and "us weekly" contributor -- >> and author. she's an author. >> jill martin. >> how was it today outside in the crowd? >> it is always fun. we were lucky enough to find two sisters that really wanted and deserved makeovers. >> that's always fun. first lucky sister is gail, 48 years old, who just recently moved to manhattan. when we asked her about her

daily beauty routine, she answered stop asking me such difficult questions. but she was excited to receive her brand-new look. >> we love this sign. that's how you got our attention. gal looks the same, you say, in 1990 as she does in 2012. >> pretty much. pretty much exactly the same. i noted the pink ponytail and the pink polo shirt, exactly the same. >> why do you want this for her? >> first of all, she just moved from charlotte to the city and i miss her and she's my best friend and -- i really want to to have a little bit of an update, just somebody give her some tlc. >> we're giving you tlc. you ready to go. >> yeah, for sure. >> again, julie we'll make her over next but we are all going to react to gail. here's gail before, all right, gail, let's see the new you. oh, my gosh! >> wow! >> okay. wait, wait.

gail, when your sister sees you she's going to freak. you want to see yourself. put your glasses on. i know. >> wow! >> you look awesome. what do you think? >> i don't know who that is. >> look right in camera 12 if you wouldn't mind. >> louis, tell us about that hair. >> automatically you look like the chiccest new yorker. dana gave her this great haircut. she layered it, took the long straightness around from her face and just lifted everything. i gave the color a little bit of warmth and she looks beautiful. >> i can't believe the difference. jill, that dress pops. >> i like when i put someone in a dress and they go yikes. this is great with the color blocking. the bracelets with jennifer miller jewelry.

>> we'll ask you to stand right over by jill and just face the wall so you can't see your sister. right there. >> we saw julie with jill earlier. she was so busy asking us to make over her sister she was completely taken by surprise when we ambushed her as well. let's take a look at her story. >> all right, gail. we're turning the tables because julie's getting one too! why do you want it for your sister? >> i'm so excited. i had no idea. i just think it would be great if she got it too on the same day. it would be great. >> a little sisters pampering day. are you ready to go? >> so excited. >> it's exciting! >> let's take one last look at before of julie. >> don't turn around, gail. >> then let's bring her out. come on out, julie. >> oh, wow! wow! wow! wow. you want to see yourself first? >> yes. >> turn and see yourself. >> oh, my goodness! >> okay.

now on three -- gail, you're going to turn around. one, two, three -- >> you guys look awesome. >> come stand right over here. tell us about that hair. >> don't they both look chic and younger? number one, dana gave her these bangs which all of a sudden instantly gave you style and took off years. it just made her complexion perfect by using a face primer. i added a few highlights to soften her hair, grow out naturally. >> jill, tell us about the look here. >> i love jeans all the time but have you to be able to spruce it up. this is a little sequin top available at macy's. not your daughter's jeans. show how cute it looks. >> adorable. julie, what do you think of your sister? >> i didn't recognize her. i really didn't. she was standing back there, i

thought it was another person. >> gail, what do you think? >> it's wild -- yeah -- wow. >> big round of applause for both of our lucky ladies. again, if you want a head to toe redo, come down to the plaza bright and early thursday mornings. >> one from stars from "danci with the stars" is with us.

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a new report from american express says the number of women owned businesses shot up more than 50% in the last decade. >> that number is music to the ears of count me in. it helps women grow their businesses into million dollar companies. >> with us, the ceo of baby be hip, a personalized baby accessory company. in honor of take our daughters and sons to work today, she's brought along her daughter molly. the gang's all here. were you here from the inception. bring your sons to work as well.

you've seen how the workplace has changed for women. what are the biggest changes you've seen? >> the biggest changes for girls and women, there are more women going to college than ever before, and also there are more women starting and growing businesses. that number american express cited is just tremendous. the thing that we really focus on is out of the 8 million people who are in business, 1.6 million of them are really starting to grow beyond the normal. most women are at $50,000 or less in revenue. 1.6 million who are moving toward the million dollar mark. there is progress in terms of the sizes of business, income. >> colleen, how close are you to be a million dollar business? >> since i've been in the program. my revenue's increased 40%, my confidence has gone up 100%. >> tell us about your business. >> a personalized baby gift business. we showcase the new name on products that parents will love and use. >> a lot of women have

businesses that start like yours and they wonder why they can't make it over the big hump. why they're stuck in a certain thing. what were you doing that was incorrect do you think that was preventing from you moving forward that you learned from this organization? >> i wish i learned it ten years ago when i started. really the best thing is find a community of support, people to help you, as well as to hire good help. that makes all the difference. >> molly, you wrote a letter to your mom. i can read this? so sweet. you wrote a letter to your mother on christmas. dear mom, merry christmas. you accomplished so many things this year. i couldn't have been more proud of you. you've at baby be hip there's been so many things happening. i'm so proud to have a mom with an awesome business. i love you more than the world. love, molly. is it fun to watch your mom with her business and help you out a little bit. >> yes, it's really fun. i love how she teaches me that if you set your mind to something and work hard you can achieve your goals. >> how sweet. >> that's so sweet. with women owned businesses, say

a handful of things that women could be improving on that you say gosh, i know they would make it if only -- >> not do everything yourself. so many women because they do that at home they think they have to do that in their business. you can't make more money if you're doing it all yourself. think about hiring people or getting into a community of people that help you figure out more. pay attention to your money. we go into business to make money and yet it's like we're doing it kind of -- sometimes it is kind of for fun. you got to figure out where the money is and have a big enough vision. women's too many of them their vision is too small because you are only doing it yourself you only think what you could do instead of what could four or five of us do. we have a big event in l.a. may 10th and 11 in los angeles. women like colleen, there are thousands of them out there who have a greet idea and they just need a push from an organization like ours as well as a connection to experts and

resources that help them get over these humps. because it's a bigger business is in a lot of women. i think we've learned to unlock the keys and colleen and her business are just a testament to that fact. >> thank you. colleen, congrats. and molly. >>. up next, how to kick off your day and turn back the clock with the right breakfast no matter what your lifestyle is. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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it's never too late to try to turn back the clock and kick-start the antiaging process. >> the best place to begin is with what we eat. we're tackling four different breakfasts filled with super foods. >> oprah's personal trainer bob green -- hey.

how are you? you talk about breakfast and how important that meal is for everybody. we've heard that a lot. >> it is the most important meal. there are some keys to get good nutrition, more important good nutrition that has antiaging qualities. there are four things you want in a really good breakfast. whole grains, you want antioxidants, you want omega-3s and you want calcium. get those components in every meal in particular at breakfast. >> go through some of these. what are we looking at here first? >> this is shredded wheat that would provide the whole grains. you're going to put almonds and flaxseed, both rich in omega-3s with strawberries. can you use soy milk, skim or 1%. >> this is something you'd have in your house in the morning before you head out. >> this is breakfast at home, quick, easy to make and loaded with nutrition. >> 440 calories should be spent on breakfast. that seemed like a lot to me. >> 400 for a female, 440 for a male. adjust if you're active or not

active. move calories lower in your day. get more calories lower in the day. >> not enough to grab a granola bar on the way out the door necessarily. >> not at all. on you go, can you make this the night before and keep it in the refrigerator. this is acai almond butter smoothie. smoothies are great because they're quick to make, loaded with nutrition. raspberries in there. acai has been shown to improve memory and protect brain cells. >> this is a frozen version of that? >> it is. >> can you get that at a grocery store? >> you can. especially these days. almond butter -- >> grind it all up. wow! no dairy in that. >> no dairy in this. >> i'm going to try it. this is just a yogurt parfait. you can premake that theay before.

refrigerate or freeze. people use granola. so many calories. use a crisp bread or whole wheat cracker. with the fruit and walnuts you don't need the sweetness of a traditional granola. >> should you work out before or after breakfast if you're a morning workout person? >> if you have the time, have a little snack, then you'd work out, then you'd have breakfast. >> if you have more time, it is a weekend, these are blueberry oatmeal pancakes. they're amazing. very healthy. we use again walnuts, high in omegas, blueberries, super food. the key to good nutrition is to get rid of empty calories and replace it hopefully with super foods. >> bob, thank you so much. good luck with your book. they're all best-sellers. tomorrow, what you can look forward to this weekend. plus, the secret to getting an upgrade before that he off this summer. have a great day, everybody. we'll see you on try day friday. that's what we call it.

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