the sidewalk with her brother when a man tries to abduct her. she fought and got away and now police are turning to the public to track down that suspect "today," thursday, july 19th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, welcome to "today" on a thursday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm matt lauer. george zimmerman has already admitted he shot and killed trayvon martin. in this new interview, he lays out his version of what happened on that fateful night back in february and some of what he says is slightly different from what he's told the police in the past. >> he did offer an apology to trayvon martin's family. he says looking back, though, there's nothing he would have done differently. as we mentioned, we're going to talk about the interview with martin's parents in a moment. but first, gabe gutierrez is

in sanford, florida with more on zimmerman's comments. good morning to you, gabe. >> reporter: good morning, matt. at times during the fox news interview, george zimmerman apologized to trayvon martin's family, his own relatives, and even the american public. but it is the statement he made that this is all part of god's plan that is sparking the most controversy. a comment he eventually clarified. >> do you regret getting out of the car to follow trayvon that night? >> no, sir. >> do you regret that you had a gun that night? >> no, sir. >> reporter: in the interview on fox news channels hannity, george zimmerman insists he did nothing wrong. >> i feel that it was all god's plan and for me to second-guess it or judge it -- >> is there anything you might do differently in retrospect now that time has passed a little bit? >> no, sir. >> reporter: still, he had had these words for trayvon martin's parents. >> i am sorry that they buried

their child. i can't imagine what it must feel like and i pray for them daily. >> reporter: zimmerman is free on bail after pleading not guilty to second degree murder. he admits shooting the unarmed 17-year-old in february a few blocks from his town home. but he claims it was self-defense in this re-enactment, he told police he feared for his le that night. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> okay. we don't need you to do that. >> reporter: so why did he continue to follow martin even after a police dispatcher told him not to? >> i meant that i was going in the same direction as him to keep an eye on him so that i could tell the police where he was going. i didn't mean that i was actually per suing him. >> reporter: zimmerman says he lost track of martin and that he only left his car to find an exact address for where he was. but zimmerman claims martin soon confronted him. then he says martin began punching him more than a dozen times and pinned him to the

ground. he recalls they both reached for zimmerman's concealed weapon. >> at that point, i realized that it wasn't my gun, it wasn't his gun, it was "the" gun. >> did he say anything? because you said he was talking a lot. about the gun. did he say he noticed the gun? >> he said you're going to die tonight [ bleep ]. >> reporter: zimmerman says he didn't realize he actually killed martin until about an hour after he was taken to the police station. the incident drew attention to florida's stand your ground law which allows someone with a reasonable fear of death to use deadly force. but zimmerman revealed he'd never heard of the statute before the shooting. the case gripped the nation. civil rights leaders protested the initial decision not to prosecute zimmerman. they argue the neighborhood watch man racially profile martin, a claim zimmerman strongly denies. >> i'm not a racist and i'm not a murderer.

>> reporter: he blames a rush to judgment. >> i think that people assumed i was white because i my last name. my father's caucasian. my mother's hispanic. but english was my second language. >> reporter: and despite saying he had no regrets earlier in the interview, zimmerman closed by clarifying -- that he did wish he had not been forced to take martin's life. as he looked straight at the camera. >> i'm sorry that this happened. i hate to think that because of this incident, because of my actions, it's polarized and divided america. and i'm truly sorry. >> reporter: zimmerman never specifically addressed why he was speaking out now. fox news says it did not compensate him for that interview. matt? >> gabe gutierrez in sanford this morning, thank you very much. trayvon martin's parents are with us now, along with her attorney, benjamin crump. good morning to all of you. miss fulton and mr. martin, did

you watch the entire interview last night? >> yes. >> yes, we did. >> and did you find anything particularly revealing about what mr. dimmer man said or the way he said it? >> i found a lot of things revealing about what he said. first and foremost, he had no regards for trayvon's life and he don't regret taking trayvon's life. had george zimmerman stayed in his vehicle, trayvon would be with us here today. >> i don't know that he said he doesn't regret taking his life. he says he wouldn't have done anything differently. he also said he's very sorry that you buried your child. he says, "i can't imagine what it must feel like and i pray for them daily." and then he also said this -- and it's getting a lot of attention this morning -- i feel it was all god's plan. miss fulton, what's your reaction to that? >> i really think that's ridiculous. i wish trayvon was here to tell his side of the story and i don't believe that's god's plan

for him to kill an innocent teenager. >> he says that there's nothing i mentioned he would have done differently. he claimed that he wasn't actually pursuing your son that night, that he only got out o of his car and was going in the same direction and he got out of his car so he could get an exact address that he could give to the police. do you think that's what happened that evening? >> matt, speaks for itself when you listen to objective evidence. just listen to the 911 tapes. there are so many inconsistencies in the things george zimmerman said. state attorney is going to look at that interview that he did last night as a gift when they cross examine him. >> we don't know who initiated the confrontation between your son and george zimmerman. only george zimmerman is alive to know that right now. we do know it turned violent. we do know both reached for a gun. we know that it ended with your son being shot. george zimmerman says he was punched more than a dozen times and that at one point your son said to him, you are going to

die tonight, and then an expletive. mr. martin, miss fulton, can you imagine your son saying those words? is it possible for you to imagine that, even in the heat of a fight like this? >> no. trayvon is a child. he's a 17-year-old child. and i can't imagine him saying something like that. he was frightened for his life. >> those are the words of george zimmerman. george zimmerman said they were fighting over the gun. there are no witnesses to say they were fighting over the gun. george zimmerman is here to tell his story. trayvon is dead. >> yeah, i understand. but are you answering that question through a parent's love and unconditional approval? is it possible that trayvon said those words? >> matt, it's just george zimmerman's version. you listen to his words, he says so many things. it is about his credibility and i think everybody in america would say his credibility cannot be relied upon. >> and mr. zimmerman says he's

been unfairly convicted in the court of public opinion, that there's been a rush to judgment. would you agree that he deserves to be treated as an innocent man until he is proven otherwise? >> i think by him saying it's a rush to judgment, there was a rush to judgment for him to think that trayvon was suspicious. so for him to think that we're rushing to judge, he rushed to judge trayvon. >> and quickly, miss fulton, he says he would be open to talking to you. is there any interest on your part to speak to george dimmer man? >> absolutely not. >> sabrina fulton, tracy martin, mr. crump, i appreciate your time this morning. i really do. >> thank you. >> we want to turn now and get the other top stories of the day. natalie is over at the news desk. good morning, everyone. an escalating crisis in syria this morning as president ba shash al asad plans his response

to wednesday's bombing that struck the heart of his regime. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. for 17 months rebels have promised to take the fight to president assad's seat of power in the capital, damascus. on wednesday, rebels managed to plant a bomb at the national security meeting killing the powerful minister of did he ever, the vice president and president assad's feared brother-in-law. attack has emboldened the rebels who have been fighting the military for a fifth straight day if the capital. wednesday aattack will undoubtedly have a psychological and tactical impact on the regime which by some assessments is now fighting to survive. since the attack, president assad has not been seen or heard from, and today there are reports that the president is no longer in the capital but in the coastal city calculating his next options.

the latest escalation is renewing calls by western leaders, including david cameron who is calling on assad to step down from power. tougher military sanctions could be imposed on syria but russia still opposes any resolution that could ultimately pave the way for international intervention. natalie. >> thank you from cairo. security has been stepped up in jewish community centers and synagogues in new york city after a bombing targeted tourists in bulgaria were killed on a tour bus. israel is blame being the attack on tehran. a michigan driver's license meanwhile was found on the bomber seen in this newly released surveillance footage. but officials are now calling the i.d. a fake. british police have charged three men with training to commit terrorist acts this morning. the three muslim men including

british-born richard dart, are accused of traveling to pakistan for training. police do not believe the case to be linked to the upcoming london olympics. a rare close encounter with a great white shark right here in the u.s. this driver spotted the shark while he was competing in a spear fishing tournament in florida. as the 12-footer circled him just feet away, he relied on his instinct swimming backwards to his boat. his spear drawn. he said he shot this video because he didn't think anyone would believe him. oh, we believe you right now. 7:12 right now. back over to savannah, matt and al. apparently the shark then circled the boat a couple of times once he got back on it. >> i'm impressed with the multi-tasking. so he speared and shot the video -- >> he had his spear drawn. >> and the shark was shooting video, too. as he was swimming backward. >> he's going to tweet it later. >> mr. roker, wow, did we have some storms come through here yesterday. >> talk about tweeting -- a twit pick from form dahani jones, a

former nfler. he took this from the plane. we have video from long island where there was massive damage, trees knocked down, power lines knocked out, people were injured. just a lot going on throughout the northeast yesterday as this system pushed through. and it is a slow moving system. we still have a risk of strong storms today, back through the midsection of the country. heat advisories also still in effect. stretching from the dakotas all the way into southern ohio and as far south as texas. the big area of high pressure continues to dominate keeping those temperatures still high in the midsection of the country. we'll look at those temperatures and show you what we are expecting over the next 24 hours coming up in the next half-hour. >> yes, as they cool down on the east coast we heat up on the west coast. good morning. a live look at san francisco, where we are starting to clear out some of the cloud cover

expecting earlier clearing today. hence, the warmest day of the week. by about two hours earlier. then it took the clouds ta clear in san francisco. 68 today as a result. 78 in san jose. as we head through the next three days we warm you up by 10 degrees between today and saturday. we hold on to mid-90s inland throughout the weekend. that's your latest weather. now back to savannah. >> now to shocking claims about the background to a long-time aid of hillary clinton. on wednesday republican senator john mccain came to her defense. kelly o'donnell has this story for us. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. this is an unusual story. it goes to the heart of one of hillary clinton's closest relationships. it was john mccain who came out swinging to say what hillary clinton as secretary of state

could not say publicly. described by the secretary of state as her second daughter, she is hillary clinton's dear friend, closest senior aide and seemingly all at her side, elegant, glamorous, profiled in vogue. she also happens to be muslim american and she's now the swept up in controversial insinuations made by former gop presidential candidate michele bachmann. >> it seems there has been deep penetration by the muslim brotherhood. >> reporter:? an official statement alleging serious security concerns, bachmann and four others have made security claims.

they >> these attacks have no logic, no basis and no merit. these allegations about huma and the report from which they are drawn are nothing less than an unwarranted and unfounded attack on an honorable citizen, a dedicated american and a loyal public servant. >> the state department calls the allegations preposterous. in a statement bachmann said she will not be silent and that her inquiries are unfortunately being distorted. huma is just emerging from another painful public storm. remember last summer she was pregnant and her high-profile husband, then new york congressman anthony weiner tumbled from grace, caught sending lewd photos to young women online. now she's speaking out for the first time. "i'm proud to be married him.

my husband did a really stupid thing in an extremely painful time but there was love and commitment in this marriage. i want people to know we're a normal family." and she's tried to have a private life. mcgain goes on to say she represents the best of market, doing good alongside hillary clinton. >> thank you. >> as the presidential race heats up, there will be more pressure than ever on the candidates and their families. >> the romney five, the boys are all smooth looking, that, smart and disciplined surrogates for their dad. this is their first tv interview

that they've sat down for their far's campaign. mitt romney's five sons range in age from 31 to 42. craig's the youngest, then ben, josh, matt and the old ses tag. their homes are scattered across the country but when they get together, they clearly have fun. the mama's boy in the group? >> josh. >> thanks, guys. >> for a candidate who has been called aloof, the romney guy's highlight their father's humorous side. >> he's goofy. >> he said i was gafine. and then heap said "i love them like they were my own sons."

>> he's our father, that's what we grew up with. >> my dad had the opportunity to nominate one person who showed great to your knowledge to run a leg of the tour and he chose my mom, who had been battling with m.s. she was able to actually take the torch and run a quarter mile or so. it was just a really neat bonding moment for us and a really neat experience to see her participate in something so meaningful to all of us. >> reporter: the brothers are all married with families of their own. mitt romney now has 18 grandchildren. if he wins, he'll have more grand kid than any sitting president in u.s. history. the newest arrivals, tag's twin boys conceived through surrogacy. >> you and your wife have six kid. the twins were born recently.

>> yeah, they're six weeks old. >> reporter: they were born by surrogate. that's a very personal decision. walk us through that choice. >> we tried for a long time to have another child and weren't able to do it. we found someone who was willing to do it for us. she became close to the family and offered to do it and we took her up on it. >> reporter: did you consult your parents? >> not really. it was a personal choice between my wife and me and certainly we felt good but. we wanted to add to the family so we decided to do it. >> it turns out four of the final romney sons initially didn't want their father to run for president again this year. this time around they are now all on board. >> peter, thank you very much. you can see more of peter's interview on "rock center" with brian williams.

>> it's now 20 minutes after the hour. here's savannah. >> it was a case of double duty for a utah state trooper recallier this week when he was called in to help deliver a set of 2010s on the side of a highway. yes, his patrol car's dash cam was rolling. minutes after starting his shift, this officer got a call that a couple on the way to salt lake city hospital had pulled off on the road, the woman was in labor. >> i pulled up, there they were by themselves, a little honda accord. i walked up, she's in the front passenger seat, already had one baby in her arms wrapped up in a towel. >> my water just broke. >> thanks to help from dad and a dispatch operator, one baby was out and the umbilical cord tied

off with a shoe lace. she wasn't done yet. >> she was holding ton this baby and getting ready to have the second one. >> then minutes after the officer arrived on the scene, baby number two, a little girl, was on the way. >> just came right out. obviously i had anyway gloves on and everything and caught the baby and cleared the air way with my pinky fing other. -- finger. >> there we go. it's cold, i know! oh, good, good. >> held her up, a lild breeze came in the door and her arms went like this and she let out a good healthy cry. >> he said he'd been there before during his own wife's labor. he's a father of four. >> it's a little different

emotion when it your children versus somebody else's but it still a neat experience to help bring a child into this world. >> good job, mom. >> and happy ending. >> just ahead, tom cruise spends more time with his daughter in new york city but has he seen katie holmes? and is their split really going as smoothly as it appears? but first, this is ♪ 99 bushels of wheat on the farm...99 bushels of wheat! ♪

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9:00 this morning. as you get set to head out the door you might wonder what's the weather like? we have your answers. >> i always ask myself the same question before looking at the computer models. good morning to you. i've done a lot of watching the models. we have a heat wave on the way. we're going to jump from the upper 50s into the low 80s in the bay area. as we head throughout the coming weekend we have the 90s back and mid to upper 90s in some cases inland so you want to keep that in mind. the micro climates, temperatures separating between the coast and the inland cities by 10 to 15 degrees, so if you're looking for the cooler weather this weekend-it the beach. today the best of it in san jose, fremont, the east shore with the 70s. 78 degrees in san jose. 74 in fremont. 74 in oakland. san francisco, you'll make it to the upper 60s today. as we head throughout saturday, mid 90s return and then we stay hot, feeling like summertime finally for a stretch all the way through wednesday next week.

let's check your drive. >> we're looking at southbound 85, better news through mountain view. there is no slowing off 85 or 101 slow northbound through mountain view. that's heavier than we typically see. slowing for northbound 101 through san jose. pretty normal pattern there. slowdown through livermore as well t tri-valley commute is on. 27 minutes. most of that is as you approach. no accidents there. live look at oakland shows the volume. the toll plaza metering lights. >> appreciate it. for the latest check out nbc bay area on facebook.

you're looking at a terrifying child abduction attempt in the act. in broad daylight, a 10-year-old girl walking with her young brother when a man grabbed her. we'll tell you how she managed to get away in just a moment. i'm matt lauer alongside savannah guthrie at 7:30 on a thursday morning. >> scary to see that. also tom cruise making the most of his time in new york city. we've seen him out and about with his daughter suri, even heading off on a helicopter ride. is his split with katie holmes as civil as it appears? >> and then we'll talk to a doctor who says she died and

went to heaven, even spoke with angels before coming back to life. this was the result of a kayaking accident. she's written a popular book about her experience. her story is us wanting to know if you believe in near death experience. >> and the working mom, can you have it all debate? >> and we begin with that video and attempted abduction. >> it happened in philadelphia. it was captured by not one but two security cameras and now police are trying desperately to find the suspect. surveillance video captured the attempted abduction of a 10-year-old girl in her south philadelphia neighborhood in broad daylight tuesday. >> i want this creep off our streets immediately. >> one neighborhood surveillance

camera shows the girl walking with her 2-year-old brother when a man in a white car got out and started to follow them. a second surveillance camera shows him coming up from behind. >> literally picks her up physically, attempts to carry her to the highway. there's a struggle. >> the suspect ran off and he dropped the little girl. she ran off and waited for her brother. her parents said she bit the man and struggled to free herself something she watched while watching "law & order." >> what's he capable of doing any other time? >> police are searching for the suspect, a white four-door sedan with a scuff mark on the front

bumper. philadelphia's mayor has announced a $10,000 reward leading to an arrest and conviction in this case. thankfully that little girl did everything right. >> let's get a check of the weather now from al. >> today's weather is brought to you by the seven bold flavors of bush's grillin' beans, the boder side of bush's. >> and a little bit cooler than it was yesterday. everybody enjoying the day. st. louis going to feel like 110, same in kansas city, feel like 100 in billings. we've also got a risk of strong storms in the dakotas as the front drops to the south and we move east a bit. we also have a list of strong

storms all the way back to virginia. damaging winds, torrential downpours. you can see heavy rains pushing through ohio. rainfall amounts, we're talking anywhere from chicago, back to new york city. another 1 to 3 inches over the next 24 >> good morning to you. 7:34 now. a live look over downtown san jose where we still have mostly cloudy conditions, but that marine layer is burning off from the top down. we're about an hour and a half away from complete sunshine over san jose. you'll have to wait for it, though, bayside and the coast. 68 in san francisco. the sun will shine through two hours earlier today than it did yesterday. dealing with about half as much fog. this weekend little fog in the morning, then temperatures in the 90s. >> and we've got a lot of young people from kansas city, kansas you lined upour plaza.

wow! >> is the very public split between tom cruise and katie holmes as civil as it seems? mara? >> reporter: this a couple who certainly knows how to move fast when it comes to these things. over the last few days the attention has shifted to tom cruise. yesterday he was seen flying height with the couple's daughter. it was a high flying adventure for tom cruise and his 6-year-old daughter suri wednesday, the two boarding a helicopter in new york city, destination unknown. this week is their first face-to-face advice the since cruise reached a divorce settlement with katie holmes almost would weeks ago. the actor jetted to new york after wrapping filming of his latest movie. holmes has been photographed with suri all around town at the zoo, grocery shopping.

but until tuesday cruise was noticeably absent. wednesday his lawyer lashed out at a tabloid report that cruise was abandoning suri, telling the "los angeles times" that the quote is a "disgusting, vicious lie." the attorney said cruise couldn't visit sooner because of his production schedule adding "he spoke to suri every day, tom really loves suri, the last thing he would do is abandon her." now he's been spotted several times currying suri into his hotel. cruise is also on the cover of "people" magazine reading "tom's shattered world." >> they can't control the magazine headlines but there is an effort going on on both sides to control what the media is saying about the divorce. >> reporter: cruise and holmes have reportedly not seen each

other during his visit and wednesday holmes was seen going to the gym alone. >> tom and katie are very sophisticated with the media. >> reporter: while cruise and holmes were married more than five years, they reached a divorce settlement with lightning speed in just 11 days. the settlement wasn't only fast but seemingly civil. holmes' attorney even praised cruise lawyers saying their professionalism and diligence helped bring about this resolution. >> it was one of the most amicable and quick settlements in recent history. >> reporter: cruise will be here in new york city for a few more days before returning home to his two older children. >> jacob bernstein is a corre contributor to the "new york times" who has written about the

split. bonnie hunter, they still have a lot of publicity. what's your sense this is as civil as it seems or are we seeing this duelling p.r. strategy going on playing out on the front pages? >> we're absolutely seeing a p.r. strategy and these people are both excellent at it and they're doing a very good job. we know that tom was sitting there. first of all, he was filming a movie. he couldn't come back, that's true. it was probably driving him crazy his wife was getting fantastic publicity, showing she was a good mom. he's a good dad. he wanted to get out there, too. plus he missed him daughter, i'm sure. >> you wrote about this in the "new york times" saying the divorce rolled out like a movie in some sense. do you think katie is using it to her maximum professional

advantage? >> yes, i think this is a show and and both of them are selling tickets to some degree. she did not have to run downstairs and pick up her milk at whole foods when there were two dozen paparazzi outside but she chose to do it because there's an image she's trying to put forward now. now you see it with him with the helicopter ride. this is a guy who jumped on oprah's couch, he had this kind of fantastically public engagement to her. i think he almost thinks in the third person at this point. and this is how they're going about their breakup. >> you do have to scratch your head about the paparazzi because on the one hand they're human and if they want to go outside with their little girl, they should able to do that. on the other hand they've been movie stars for a long time, they know how to avoid the press. >> they don't want to avoid the press right now. this is a public relations campaign. tom cruise took some hits at the start of this and first katie

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we're back at 7:43. as anticipation builds for tomorrow's opening of "the dark knight rises," a popular movie review web site has been forced to take unprecedented action after comments about early reviews grew heated and even threatening. jason kennedy is in los angeles. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's the most anticipated movie of the year and so far early reviews have been very positive. but that's not good enough for the film's most passionate critics to have taken exception to basically everything that's happened and -- a few rotten tomatoes. that guy's mission -- on rotten tomatoes, the anger and ugly attacks of critics of the film eventually forced the site's editors to pull the plug.

the editor asked fans to tone it down saying, quote, just take a deep breath, step away from the computer and maybe go for a walk. there are plenty of other things to get angry about like war, famine, poverty and crime -- but not movie reviews. marshall fine was one of the reviewers singled out for abuse by fan. >> i just said that i felt that it was not very exciting and not a lot of fun, which to me are sort of two of the prerequisites for a comic book movie. >> reporter: he and other insiders say fans of comic book movies are so passionate about their films that it becomes almost personal. >> they're not going to be able to see it till this weekend. it's like a knife in the heart. >> a couple of negative reviews one way or another is not going to make a difference to the box office. this is sort of box office teflon, ""the dark knight" rises," if you you will. >> reporter: expectations are

high because of the previous "dark knight" featuring keith ledger's now legendary performance as the joker. >> a little fight in here. i like that. >> there's enough going on there and mystique and those caught up in the first movie and "batman" before it will want to see "the dark knight rises." >> now the folks at rotten tomato say they are thinking about changing thereof format so that people can mo longer post anonymously to the site. there's been so much hype about this movie, people are actually going on the internet to scalp tickets to the first midnight screenings. the starting bid is over $100. >> threats over a review. it is just a movie. >> still ahead, primetime emmy nominations. but up next -- the duchess of cambridge begins her olympic duties. we'll show you what's she's up to after this. begins her olympic dults. we'll show you what's she's up

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national portrait gallery as well. >> some people think that necklace, the hoop, was olympics inspired. >> that's what al said. >> that's what i was thinking. >> meanwhile, how about prince charles, climbing a rock wall this morning -- >> in a double breasted suit. >> that's how i do it. >> he's got pretty good form. >> if they widen up, you'll see he's three inches on the ground. see? >> the suit's made out of velcro. >> and prince harry caught the premiere of "the dark knight" last night in london. he was there for it along with a lot of celebrities. >> did we move to britain? >> we're just getting exciting. we're trying to get in the mood. >> two premieres by the way in london on wednesday. a lot of the stars went to one and sarah went to that one. >> coming up, will yahoo!'s new and pregnant ceo prove that

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>> 7:56. good morning. i'm jon kelley. a family demanding justice after a police officer shoots and kills their teenage son. family members for allen bluford are demanding the release of the coroner's report and they are also asking for the officer who shot him be fired and be prosecuted. blueford was killed after allegedly pointing a weapon at officers trying to arrest him back in may. >> right now let's get a look at your thursday forecast and say good morning to christina loren. >> good morning to you. we have a great looking day shaping up if you're looking for the warmer weather. 58 degrees to start out in san francisco. 60 in san jose. it's been dreary at the

coastline over the past couple of days. we'll see the fog roll in but it's going to hug the coastline. we're not expecting all of that cloud cover and we're going to continue to clear you out as we head throughout this weekend, and when the sun comes back out our temperatures soar, wait till i get to the seven-day. 78 in san jose. 80 in livermore. 68 degrees in san francisco. 90s return friday, saturday, mid 90s sunday. then monday into tuesday next week getting more humid around here. let's check the drive. >> look at the maps, the south bay, northbound direction continue to show volume building. 87, 880, 280, all showing a slowdown. 101 from capitol expressway all the way up to a big congestion, 85 in mountain view. slower drive southbound 101 through menlo park. before you get out of redwood city. the other side of the bay slowing away from the san mateo

bridge. the toll plaza, the metering lights are on. as well as berkeley. back to you. >> thank you. for the latest, it's real easy. check nbc bay area's facebook.

morning, the 19th day of july, 2012. we have a huge, live, boisterous crowd on the plaza enjoying this night cool morning. we've been listening to hot chelle rae. who are going to be live on the plaza. the heat has broken. come on down to the plaza. >> it's going to be in the 70s tomorrow, right? >> chance of showers but still pretty good. >> you can wear that linen suit you've been wanting to wear.

>> it's that one right there. >> good morning, i'm savannah guthrie alongside al roker and matt lauer. coming up, marissa mayer. she is pregnant and it's reignited that debate about whether women can really have it all. >> also, what happens when you die? we're going to me a doctor and self-described cynic who said she did die, she went to heaven hshs an encounter with angels but was told that her work here on earth was not yet finished. it's a fascinating story. she's written a book about it. we're going to talk to her in a couple of minutes. >> and we're going to head out to los angeles for the primetime emmy awards. find out who is going to get nominated. and we'll explain why these ad featuring david hasellhoff have

become very hot news. >> the 17 month rebellion against syrian president bashar al assad has escalated to civil war. government troops are shelling neighborhoods in and around the capital of damascus, one day after a rebel bomb killed three members of assad's inner circle. >> trayvon martin murder suspect george zimmerman answered no when askedif he regretted getting out of his car to follow martin or regretted having a gun. he told fox news channel that, quote, it it was all god's plan, though he later said he was sorry for killing martin. martin's mother called that statement ridiculous. he has pleaded not guilty

contending he shot the unarmed teen in self-defense. >> a loophole in security checks put in place after 9/11 attacks exposed. u.s. citizens on the no-fly list because of terrorist threats are not band from taking flight lessons in the nation's flight schools. >> and a quick roundup of what has you talking online. the hoff keeps taking off from new england stands all across new england. they are part of an advertising campaign for iced coffee. he turned 60 this week, still looks good. >> and teak a look.

♪ so call me maybe >> the choreographer said it was hard to find moves the troops could learn quickly and feel tough doing it. >> and will farrell threw out the first pitch and announced the starting loonup. >> batting fifth and playing right field, he loves playing banjo and loves doing tricks with his pet dog, number 6. >> batting sixth and playing catcher, in his spare time he's an accountant at a styrofoam cooler company, number 18, giovanni soto! >> i think they should do that all the time. they also ordered a chicago deep dish pizza had and it delivered to the pitcher's monde.

that's awesome. >> they now how to live! >> they do. these are two cuteies. who do we have here? >> this is sophia, this is powell. >> do you guys know each other or just met here? >> you're already betrothed. love blooming on the savannah. i love it. pick city of the day just has to be astoria, oregon, cloudy, cool, 68 degrees. and on the radar/satellite combo, heavy showers and thunderstorms moving through chicago, heading for end indianapolis. we have a little scattered shower activity. in the plains sunny, cool. new england, 81 in boston today, nice day in the pacific northwest, mid 80s with plenty of sunshine. back down through texas we'll have some really hot stuff.

it's your birthday! not as exciting here! good morning to you. we got a great looking day shaping up. this is san rafael. the sun is making its way through those low clouds and that means the sunshine coming in earlier and make for a warmer afternoon and comfortable conditions in oakland today. 68 in san francisco and 80 out in concord. as we head throughout friday and saturday, the 90s return. mid-90s for the weekend and then low 90s next week. and that's your latest weather. >> mr. roker, thank you. when we come back, yahoo!'s new ceo who has reignited the debate over working mothers and if they can have it all. we'll talk about it right after this. father: ouff, hey guys

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wife: yes i am. husband: i booked us a couples massage. wife: you booked a what? ♪ . back now at 8:09, can working women really have it all? can you reach the top of your profession and have happy fallly, too? one executive is about to put that to test in a ground breaking way. >> former google executive marissa mayer was named the chief executive of yahoo!. she also just revealed she's pregnant. what mayer is saying about how

she'll balance new job and her new arrival has people talking. >> the former google executive told fortune magazine she disclosed the pregnancy to yahoo!'s board and that they showed their evolved thinking in higher her. >> we've been going for years and years saying why can't we get women to the top? we can't get women to the top unless we allow the top women to have babies on their timetables regardless of what's happening in their career. >> pregnant and powerful, mayer now faces challenges ahead, starting with her new job. >> yahoo! is in rough shape. they're on their fourth ceo now in just a few years. they need a sense of stability. >> but mayer's comments about how she'll handle her time off to give birth has raised a few high b-- eyebrows.

she said my maternity weeks will be a few weeks long and i'll work throughout it. >> on the one hand i'm absolutely thrilled. it's about time. on the other hand i worry that the message is that women have to squat in the field and have the baby and then start back picking the crops. it's just not that simple for a lot of women. >> high powered working moms have been a hot top being lately thanks to a recent cover story in "the atlantic," why women still can't have it all. the author left a high level job at the state department to return to work as a college professor so she could spend more time with her teen-age sons. with mayer's announcement, the debate has heated up again online with comments ranging from "balancing the leadership of a multi-billion dollar company and taking care of a

newborn is not compatible." >> mayer's first days at google was tuesday. she said that she and her husband are expecting a boy. >> ivanka trump is married and has a baby daughter and rachel is the mother of six, author of "stay home, stay happy. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> can't wait to get your reaction on this. when you heard marissa mayer isd you think hooray for women or did you think this is going to be hard? >> what bothered me were the

very early announcements, the adjective they chose to kie skrooi her was the fact that she was pregnant. i felt that was not a good this evening -- thing for women. i think it is an amazing thing for women but i haven't loved how the debate has ensued around it. >> our poll on our web site, 89% thought it was a bad idea to try to do both. rachel, she says she's going to take maternity leave for a few weeks but continue to work. do you think that's realistic? >> i think we should stop pretending her situation is like the average working parent. she can afford a team of support, 24/7. so her situation i think might be workable for her. that said, i don't think that it's sexist to talk about the trade-offs of being a working mom, especially at a high level like that or being an at-home mom. there are trade-offs and they're

rule. >> ivanka, you mentioned you just had a baby and you went back to work rather quickly. >> i did. i think you made a very, very interesting point about the fact that she has an infrastructure that can support her. this happens every day. women across the country are having children. not all have the privilege to be able to craft their own schedule. the great thing about the ceo, it not the demands on her are less, they're probably more but that being said, she has the flexibility to determine when she's going home, when she's having meetings. i this h that as well. >> is this the right question to be asking in this context? >> what is having it all? it involves trade-offs and involves time. i can say as a parent that being an at-home mom doesn't make me a better parent. it gives me a lot more doovers when i do things bad.

allows me to um prove my parenting. we hear a lot about quality time. i think there's a lot of things about quantity time. >> it's a good discussion. thank you so much. coming up next, what happens when you die? we'll talk to a doctor who said she went to heaven and back. her story right after this. ♪ [ dog barking ] ♪ [ female announcer ] life is full of little tests,

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>> i had children, hi a full-time job. i was too busy to be thinking about my spirituality. >> reporter: the spine surgeon who was an admitted cynic said she died. her bolt was pinned under the rapids and she became trapped by the rushing current. >> i was out of air and i was too far from shore for anyone to see me, let alone come and save me. >> reporter: neal was with her good friend, experienced white water rescuers chad and tom long. when they noticed mary was missing in the rapids, they followed safety protocol, they started a watch. more than 15 minutes later, they saw her take a breath. did you think she was dead? >> absolutely. >> reporter: she saw her peel away from her body. >> i was overcome when w this physical sensation of being held, comforted and reassured.

>> reporter: she said a group of spirits were there to greet her. >> they took me down this exceptionally beautiful path toward this great domed structure of sorts. >> reporter: but she was told it wasn't her time. >> i was sent back to share my story. >> reporter: she was told her family would need her because her oldest son willie would die. >> i knew that would happen at some point. i didn't know the details. >> reporter: ten years later, willie did die after being hit bay car. >> i'm not going to pretend like i don't wish he were here but i'll see him at some point. >> reporter: after willie's death, neal published her best selling book "to heaven and back." a a doctor who thought near death experiences could be explained by science, until it happened to her. >> i know that there is life

after death and i absolutely know that, no doubt. >> and dr. mary neal is with us this morning. doctor, it good to see pup. >> good morning. >> good morning to you, matt. >> we have all thought about this. anybody who says they haven't thought about what happens after we die is probably lying. the thing that kept coming to me as i was reading your story is why mary neal? why was she saved when so many people are not saved? how do you explain that? >> i've asked that same question many, many times because i have loved one who is have died and i did not want to return. and almost everyone i've talked to who have had a near death experience does not want to return. and i think that -- >> because it's beautiful? it's comforting? it's soothing? why don't you want to return and why didn't you want to return? >> because i felt absolutely

like i was home. i -- >> at peace? >> not just at peace. i had returned to god's kingdom and i was home. it was my absolute true home. >> are you a deeply religious person? were you to begin with? >> no. i would never claim to have been particularly religious beforehand. i certainly believed in god and i think i was very typical. i sort of hoped there was something more and there was a reason that we were here but i was very busy. i didn't put spirituality in the forefront of my life. >> let me just ask you the question everybody would want to ask you if they were sitting across from you. this encounter with the angels, what did they look like, what did they say? what was the experience look? >> they were exploding with an absolute love. they looked like compassion, even though that's not an adjective.

and i'm embarrassed to say it now and i wish i took notes but i didn't really note what they looked like or what i looked like because it didn't matter. i wanted to get to this entrance to god's kingdom. >> you met jesus? >> i feel very presumptuous saying that but i feel jesus was holding me when i was in my boat, comforting me. >> did he look like the image we've come to know? >> he didn't look like the image in my sunday school books, no. but i didn't look at him critically saying okay, what color is that hair? i looked at him and what i saw was infinite kindness and compassion. >> you say that in an encounter with an angels you were told you needed to come back, your family was going to need you, your son

was going to die. i say a lot of people die and their families experience tragedy afterward. again, why did they think you needed to be here for your families and others are taken, even though their family is about to experience tragedy -- another tragedy. sf. >> i don't know all the answers. one of my kids would say i was kicked out of heaven. my primary mandate was not being here for my son's death, which indeed was something we talked about. my primary mandate was to return and share my story because my story is comforting, reassuring and inspires other people to really look at their own lives and find god working in their own lives. >> oo u say you're a cynic, you're a doctor and will say there's a explanation for everything, seeing angels, it's

a drifting in and out of consciousness because you were drowning. do you share some of those thoughts that some of those experiences could be purely biological? >> i absolutely would share those and would accept those because i am an absolute cynic and skeptic. if my experience had been four, five, six minutes long. but my experience timed was a minimum of 15 minutes and that didn't include the five plus minutes of figuring out that i wasn't there, where was i, et cetera. i don't believe when you look at a minimum 15, maximum experience 25 minutes, j i don't believe that can be explained by a dying brain. a brain does not survive that long. >> 89% surveyed said they

believed in a near death experience. only 7% said no. >> we're back after your local news. i'm laura garcia-cannon. 8:26. the fog is rogue into brentwood neighborhood tonight. not talking about the weather. costa contracounty will be playing at 8:30 tonight. it will roll through sand creek parkway and independence street and brentwood boulevard. part of a mosquito e rad indication program to stop west nile virus. four birds have been found in neighboring pleasantville and nyson. no one has been infected luckily

this year. check your standing water that is where mosquitoes ultimately hatch. pretty standard play in san mateo. hillsdale and toward san mateo slowing. menlo park seen this slow half an hour here and getting worse in the southbound side. the northbound side is okay. and just a buildup through 101 just north of 680 and here is the bay bridge toll plaza. >> another update in half an hour. have a great thursday morning.

misty, she's like a quiet warrior. >> i want to win a gold medal in london for a third time. 8:30 now on a thursday morning, this 19th of july 2012. we have, as savannah mentioned, a very big, very noisy crowd out on the plaza. there are al's friends from kansas city, shaking the southnd

of o of our plaza. we're here in the middle. coming up, the best of television. >> we all have our favorite shows. we're going to find out who emmy likes this year. we're going to run through the nominees coming up. >> and we have a legend in the house. speaking of television, for 19 months since his last live broadcast on cnn, larry king is donning the suspender one more time. >> is he bigger than a bread box? >> he's going to tell us about his new online show coming up. >> and former president bill clinton and his daughter chelsea, who help honsor nelson mandela on his 90th birthday. >> before we get to that, fresh from a night of of what you

describe as -- >> kathie lee gifford joins us this morning with a very big announcement. >> i can't believe the words are coming out of my mouth today. we're announcing today that a musical that i've been writing going on 13 years now will be coming to broadway this fall. >> broadway! >> i know. thank you. yeah, i know. it called "scandalous." there's orleading lady. we're going to be at the neil simon theater! >> are you kidding me? >> look at this. i get o to cast that leading man. she's the most amazing woman i've ever read about, real woman, 1920s, scandalous beyond belief. yet did amazing things with her life. there's still great mystery about her.

she disappeared for five weeks back in 1926. she said she had been kidnapped and held for ran some in new mexico. the district attorney said no you weren't, you were with your married lover in your love nest in carmel. so if you want to find out where she really was, you have to come to the neil simon -- we we start previews on october 14th and we have opening night on, pichb might, november 15th. >> and you'll have a big party riesht? >> opening night. absolutely. >> congratulations. kathie lee gifford on broad way, that's cool. >> love you. see you at 10. >> let's show you what we've got as far as your weather's concerned as we start off for today, we have a risk of -- i should say tomorrow down through the lower mississippi valley.

wet weather in the mid-atlantic states. saturday we expect more wet weather inth southeast, gorgeous great lakes into the northeast. then sunday more beautiful weather in the northeast. sizzling weather from the planes into texas. that heat expands heading well, that broad area of low pressure that has kept us cool this week is finally exiting the area and we will warm up. this is san jose this morning. still dealing with mostly cloudy conditions but you can see blue skies up top and that means just about an hour away now from completely clear conditions in the south bay. same for the extreme east bay. we have to wait for the sunshine in oakland and san francisco. 68 in san francisco. then the warm-up is on. friday, into the weekend.

>> believe it or not, these people never met each other today. >> nelson mandela turned 94 on wednesday. bill clinton and chelsea clinton shared some time with them. here's their video. >> i told the president every time i'll be thinking of him. it really means a lot to me, wearing this red jacket i know. >> this program city year in december 1991, more than ten years ago. i said that's it, that's what i want to do. that's the model for youth services. it's just the beginning. they make so much difference. when you see the work of all these young people -- i'm good

with a shovel. i once had real jobs. i had to actually do real work. ♪ happy birthday to you >> some years ago i began trying to come to africa. in 1991 my daughter, chelsea, was just a little girl. and i sat her on the kitchen counter and we walked him walk out of confinement into south africa. we worked very closely together.

it was very touching. she said how much this meant to her. and he was so humble. he said all over the country, it so nice. really in all of the world. >> it's the great thing about life. if you give it back, it keeps coming back to you. >> former president bill clinton if n a video in a individual you diary from south africa. this morning the emmy prime time nominations. [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: dinner...is...served. tonight, take it easy and enjoy your favorite soup, salad and hot, hearty sub. like the toasty big hot pastrami melt. get to your local subway for some dinnertime deliciousness tonight. subway. eat fresh. as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym.

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we are back on a thursday morning with the very best on primetime television. >> that is right the nominations for the 64th annual emmy awards were handed out earlier this morning in los angeles with "mad men" and "american horror story" leading the way with 17 nominations each. "mad men" is a juggernaut that

every time it is nominated it has won. >> cable tv stronger and stronger against the network come tigs and-- competition, anl hear about that. we will be joined by the hollywood editorial editor in a moment, but this is how the announcement played out earlier this morning in hollywood. >> welcome to the academy of television arts and sciences in north hollywood, california. >> good morning. i'm bruce rose nblum. welcome to the 64th emmy nominations announcement. this is a truly golden age of television and this morning we are honored to unveil those who are in the opinions of the members at the top of their crafts. joining me for the presentation this morning is the star of the drama series "scandal" miss

kerry washington, and the host of abc's hit "late night show jimmy kimmel live," mr. jimmy kimmel. kerry, jimmy, thank you so much for being here this morning. >> this is a sex dream, isn't it? >> wow. >> they rousted me out of bed in the middle of the night last nigh night. >> clearly. >> this could be just as good at noon, really. >> jimmy, who are you wearing? >> this is from the husky baby collection. thank you for asking. would you like to begin? lay disfir ladies first. >> i would. l ladies category. "boardwalk," "breaking bad" "abby," "breaking thrones" and

"mad men." the nominees for the lead actress in a drama series are kathy bates, "harry's law" and glenn close, "damages," and claire danes "homeland" and sharon dock riery," and elisabe moss for "mad men." the nominees for the drama series are hue bonneville, and steve besemmi, and bryan cranston, "breaking bad" and michael c. hall, "dexter," jon hamm, "mad men" and damian lewis, "homeland." for outstanding mini series or movie, the the nominees are

changer, hatfields and mccoys, hemingway and gelhorn, luther, and scandal in belgravia, mas r masterpie masterpiece. and the nominees for leading actress are connie horton, and ashley judd and nicole kidman, and joule ann -- julieanne moore. and the nominees for the lead actor in a series are kevin costner, "hatfields and mccoys" and benedict belgrade, and aegis

and clyde helmer and bill paxton, "hatfields and mccoys." >> the nominees for outstanding host for a reality or reality competition program are tom bergeron, "dancing with the stars," cat deeley, "so you think you can dance", phil coegan, "the amazing race," ryan seacrest, "american idol", and betty white, "off their rockers." [ cheers ] >> only old people get up this early. and here are the nominees for a reality competition race, dancing with the stars, project runway, "american idol," so you think you can dance, top chef,

and the voice. >> the nominees for variety series are the colbert report, the daily show with jon stewart, jimmy kimmel live -- [ applause ] -- "late night with jimmy fallon" "real time with bill maher" and "saturday night live." >> should i give a speech now or how does this work? well, that could have been very uncomfortable. that is exciting. the nominees for the lead actress in a comedy series are z zoe deshl, and lee dunham, and edie falco, tina fey, and amy

pohler and louis-dreyfuss. >> the men nominated for comedy are alec baldwin, don cheadle, louie, john crier, larry david, and jim parsons of "the big bang theory." >> and now we complete the emmy announcements by bringing back bruce rosenblum by announcing the final category. here he is, bruce. >> thank you, jimmy and kerry. the nominations in the comedy series category are the "big bang theory," "curb your enthusiasm", "girls," "modern family," "30 rock," and "veep."

kerry and jimmy, thank you for your participation this morning, and jimmy, congratulations on the nomination, and there is a complete list of the nominations on emmy.com, and tune in sunday, the 23rd of september for the live broadcast of the daytime emmys and see who wins the emmys. >> we will have complete coverage of the emmys the next day. and now janice mimm come back, and anything look at you? >> hugh laurie of "house" and big snuff. no nomination, shocking. >> and there were others that were surprising. >> yes, "girls" a wild card, and the small, and the critics loved it, but the academy awards are old and they got a nomination of leah dunham, and also best comedy for the show. >> we love one of the actresses

on that show. and you said that this is a big battle between jon hamm and bryan cranston. >> yes. >> and one of them is actually going to die at the end of the battle? is that it. a death match you said. >> well, it is a hollywood death match. >> and jon hamm has been nominated four times. >> yes, he is the bridesmaid of the emmys, and a lot of people believe he deserves it. critics thought it was an uneven season of "mad men" but five seasons that have not performed that well, and that is a huge deal in hollywood. >> thank you for watching it with us. appreciate it. still ahead, we have larry king live in our studio, and the suspenders, too. but first, this is "today" on nbc. first, this is

larry king is back in the saddle or should we say the suspenders. he has signed up to host larry

king now. how have you been? have you been egging to get back in the game? >> you got it. i've been all over the world doing speeches, moderating panels, i did a comedy series, doing standup stories but missed it. when i sit at home, i never realized i'd miss it that much. even though i have more time with the kids and more time with the wife, she was glad to get me out. >> by my calculations, you're slightly older than 50 and you could have sat and and relaxed. >> i could have. >> i think you have enough money. >> i guess, yeah. i make a living. >> so you really think, though, you want to get back in this on a daily basis? >> it really hit me the night that osama bin laden was killed. i'm watching this, i wanted to jump up, go to the studio and interview the head of the cia and department of defense and what happened at that table and how did the president do that

and i wasn't doing that. and luckily i had -- >> the guy backing this. >> the richest man in the world. i interviewed him, he came on my show, i did a charity for him in new mexico. he thinks the internet is tomorrow and to bring a presence to it of someone who had did -- i started the first network national talk show. it was like a pioneering event. >> are you like me you sit home and you watch interviews and you scream out questions you want people to ask? >> the things i hate the most in an interview are when an interviewer says "i was wondering" or "let me ask you this." >> "can i ask you a question"? no, you can't ask me a question. who do you want to interview?

>> castro. i want to havana and he's one i missed. he's always fascinated me. high probably was the longest leader of a country ever. if you think about it, who in history led a country for 60 years? and also the coming from the hills, a rich family and in prison and out of prison. >> from the category you can't always believe what you read, i read you have never interviewed bruce springsteen, is that true? >> no, i never have. that shocked me. bruce, you're coming to hulu. eight differe it's a different setting. it very relaxed. you're going to come on. >> i will. are you going to get a group of viewers that weren't familiar with your work from the last couple of decades? >> hopefully new, sure.

hey, i'm still good. >> do you ever watch piers morg morgan? >> yeah. >> do you like it? >> i like a lot of it. it's not my style. i like piers. i've never been someone who rooted for people to do poorly. don't you love our industry? >> i do. >> are you competitive? >> a little. >> welcome back. i'll see you after the olympics. >> want me to do the tease? >> go ahead. >> hey, larry, thanks again. the new program is called "larry king now," watch it all the time, you can get us everywhere on hulo via aura-tv. we'll be back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

still ahead, we're looking for the 8:56. good morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon. police looking for a fourth suspect want in a botched jewelry store robbery. san ramon investigators say he took part in the robbery of the

golden treasures store on may 30th. one suspect was shot dead. police later arrested two others after they fled the scene. let's get a look at that forecast. warming up? >> we are going to warm up nicely today and the upcoming weekend. 78 redwood city and 68 in san francisco. show you the warm-up for the weekend and your seven-day in five minutes. have a great day.

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we're back with more of "today" on thursday morning, july 19, 2012. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie and al roker. coming up, we asked for it and they delivered in our "quest for the best" series, we wanted to find the best amateur comedian in the country. we have three finalists in our studio this morning. we're going to hear from them.

and we have two surprise judges we'll be checking in with as well. >> and we've all had that experience in life when you kind of ask your "now what," maybe it's dating after a divorce or kids have grown up and you have an empty nest. it's feeling fabulous about some of those moments in life where wh you really wonder what's coming next. >> do you hear that? >> no. >> it's london calling. the olympics only eight days away now and if you are thinking about throwing an olympic party, we are going to show you how to do it. >> we're going to be away for more than two weeks. are you packed? you have done that yet? >> i haven't even thought about packing. but i know you guys are all organized and ready. >> we have to get our products ready. >> the face creams and masks. natalie morales has the headlines. >> good morning.

an escalating crisis in syria as president bashar al assad plans his response to wednesday's bombing that struck the heart of his regime. government forces are said to be shelling neighborhoods around damascus after a bomb killed three members of president assad's inner circle. british prime minister david cameron is calling on assad to step down. the u.n. votes today on non-military sanctions again syria. >> israel is threatening a powerful reaction to a deadly attack wednesday in bulgaria. at least seven were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying israeli tourists. dozens were wounded. israel blames iran. the suspected bomber was seen on a surveillance tape about an hour before the attack wearing a back pack. he reportedly carried a fake michigan driver's license. >> today the family of trayvon martin is reacting to comments made by george zimmerman who

claimed his shooting of the teen was "all god's plan." in an interview on "hannity," george zimmerman says he did not regret he had the gun but said he is sorry about the shooting which was in self-defense and says he's sorry martin's family buried their child and said it was all god's plan, something martin's family said was ridiculous today. >> primetime emmy nominations are out this morning. nominated for best comedy, "the big bang theory," curb your enthusiasm, "30 rock" and veep." primetime emmys will be handed out on september 23rd. >> well, there's a new study out on the importance of dads. it finds the way fathers

interact with babies as young as three month s old appearance to influence whether they develop problems later on in life. children who do best had dads who were actively engaged if their lives. the children with the most behavioral problems had fathers that sat back when they were infants. >> and this picture shows beyonce with baby blue. the internet is in a tizzy over a slurpy machine at 7-eleven. it pours out mashed potatoes.

>> if your kids are too cool for school, they'll appreciate this video "teach me how to brushy." ♪ ♪ all i need is to brush, brush, for you ♪ >> no word on where you can actually get the floss on a gold chain necklace just yet. very cool, cute. it's now five minutes past the hour. let's go to al. >> and the secret, teach me how to flossy. the heat continues out west from the mississippi river to the rockies. we've also got cool are air coming in but that's bringing in severe storms from central illinois down into tennessee. we've got also out to the east and parts of west virginia, you can see that line of showers and thunderstorms pushing in

already. we're going to be looking at anywhere from one to three inches of rain from milwaukee just to the north of 9:05 now. this is san rafael. most of the north bay have had gray skies to start until noon. all week long. today not the case. you're half an hour away from complete clear conditions and all the way from san francisco to san rafael and the north bay and nice today with that sunshine coming in earlier. as it does a warmer afternoon. by about 3 to 5 degrees and the next couple of days, temperatures climb back into the 90s. this morning round two of this morning's "quest for the best." it's all about being funny. we asked you to submit your most hilarious sketches and some of your standup routines and some of these really stood out. among the wig wearing and piano playing antics, we discovered

our three finalists here today to compete for the title of today's best. brad meehan is from kansas city, missouri, ali is from washington, d.c. >> you ready to be funny? >> we'll try. >> we want to introduce to you our surprise celebrity guests, with glasses of wine, kathie lee and hoda. >> is that all we get? we came in an hour early? >> what are you ladies looking for? >> a few laughs and a little bit of wine. that's why we're here. a chuckle or two. that's all we need. the bar's low. >> which is more important? the wine or the laughs? >> we'll drink first. >> brad, let's start off with you. you're a technical architect by day. you actually wanted to be a weatherman. >> i did want to be a weatherman but i didn't have the grades, al.

>> neither did i. but it worked out okay. your family is often the butt of your jokes in your routine. how do they feel about it? >> i don't make fun of them but i make fun of the situations they get themselves into. they've been to one of my shows and they're absolutely proud of me. >> you ready? >> yes, sir. >> you have a minute. >> i'm a dad. i love ak dad most of the time. some days i come home that maury povich comes out of the closet with new dna results. it's hard to threaten to turn the car around when you're still facing the house. i told them we were taking them to a boarding school. 13-hour drive, not one time did i hear "are we there yet"? my daughter didn't think that was funny. i asked her what she wanted for her birthday this year she said

"how about a step dad"? ask your mother. >> all right! >> brad, very nice. we'll see how you fare with the ladies. first, let's bring in marie. >> hi, marie. >> so now you don't even know who we are because you don't get up before like noon. >> i don't. i don't have a job so i get up at like 2 on like an early day, maybe 2:30 if i'm feeling comfortable. >> are you feeling comfortable right now. >> well, hi to get up at like 5 to be here. >> take it away. ament on the clock. >> i've never been on national tv before and i wanted to impress everybody. tom cruise might be watching this. hey, tom. so i got this dress, i wore this dress for you guys today. it's dry clean only so you know what that means. it's dirty as hell. don't touch me, al, okay? i like nice things i just can't afford to keep them clean. anyway, speaking of nice, whenever i go out, i always gets

the we' the weirdest compliments. the other day i went out and this guy was like "wow, you have a great chin." i'm like serious? no one has ever complemented me on my chin, to my face. but i know ever compliments it when i leave the room. look at it, it's the greatest chin. that's like somebody coming up to you al saying your baby pinky toenail is amazing, the back of your knee? phenomenal? what does that mean? i don't know. i'm still trying to figure it out. >> and now we've got ali coming on in. this is the first time you've ever appeared in front of an audience? >> are you trying to make me more nervous, sfal? >> so you chose a national tv show to do this. >> i've always had a passion for writing and comedy and i think i'm pretty good at it and i look

good on camera. >> take it away. >> the olympics are coming up on nbc. i predict one day facebooking will be an olympic sport. i'm prepared to represent the usa. every like i've clicked on pictures of girls outside bars posing like this. every status i've updated out of cereal again, how am i going to eat breakfast now? every post on my facebook page, "dooud, is that a picture of your mom, she's hot"? >> commenting on a new puppy album, oh, so cute, i want one. and countries using illegal performance-enhancing drugs, clicking on the finger. and creepy countries would be disqualifies for trying to impress other countries they barely know. >> all right.

good effort. >> can we pow-wow? >> all three were good but we picked one that was better. we like the one in the dirty dress! >> me? >> congratulations. >> i was told there was going to be a crown. is that going to meet me in the car? are you going to mail it? >> that hair is crown enough. >> thank you. hey, tom cruise. >> what did it for you? >> personality. you're a natural. i hope something good cops out of it. >> i hope so, too. >> are you hiring comedians? >> can you sing and dance? you can play a hooker in my new musical. >> i can play a hooker. >> in the next round, we're

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this morning, finding yourself during life changing moments. whether you're an empty nester or jumping back into the dating pool later in life, you're left asking yourself now what? good morning to both of you. you've got it all covered. let's talk about these now what now moments in general. there are these transitions we experience in life and it cab little scary just because of the change. >> exactly. and often it's about loss and about adapting to something you may not have expected but then it's really how you discover what this opportunity brings for you, how you can restore yourself, renew yourself and very often the loss lead nooss a change of attitude, which can be positive. >> must be all about the attitude. >> absolutely. we've all faced those situations

that come and knock us out of our footing. and it's certainly, you know, common to say i don't know what to do, now what, to see it as a negative but you also have an opportunity to think of it in a more positive light to turn it around. >> let's run through some scenarios. the obvious one is empty nest. the kids grow up and leave the house. a lot of folks feel empty. >> i think it's different when you're married and when you're single. when you're single, this may be the child who was your whole life and you didn't have somebody else there. so part of it is really preparing, if you can. and understanding that you have to have this evenings in your life that give you meaning, that give you a sense of purpose and that fill your time. that's one of the things you want to be sure to do before the child leaves. after the child leaves be in touch but one of the things i try to caution people about, don't make them feel guilty about the fact that they left. >> because it's ultimately what

you wanted them to do. >> exactly. you raise a child to be independent. when you're married, you want to reconnect. >> it may be another occasion for our next scenario, which is rekindling the flame when you've been married a long time. what do you recommend for couples to spice it up and rediscover each other? >> i always say whatever did you to get them, that's what you have to do to keep them. continue to date, continue to buy flowers for no reason. >> date each other. >> date each other. that's very, very important. but you really have to think about that person and think about the times you didn't have the kids around and when you didn't have all these responsibilities. these are the best years of your life. you should embrace it and enjoy it. >> what if you're divorced or widowed and dating again? >> you want to think of yourself as a person out there, a person who knows yourself well. sometimes we focus on that we don't any longer have. it may have to do with our parents or whatever it is. but i think what we need to do

is really focus on what we've learned. we generally as we get holder feel pretty confident about the things that we've done. i like to say to people in you've gotten through this, can you probably get through anything else but look at dating as an adventure. it's different than it was. we've got the internet. we've got sites for meeting people, not just for dating. >> and 30 seconds for our last category, which is finding yourself. what do we mean by that? trying to find something new about yourself if. >> i think what we mean is making sure if there are things that you've never done for yourself, maybe it's changing the tires, don't know about 401(k)s, iras, asking people for help, making sure that you know how to take care of yourself is i think the first step to happiness in the latter years of your life. >> that feeling of accomplishment is really great.

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2011, bill is training another dog to play sunny in "annie." i understand she's a shelter dog and you find shelter dogs for the production. >> last 35 years i've been only using shelter dogs for

production. they make great stars on broadway and great stars in your home. >> are there any challenges when you pick a shelter dog? >> well, right now she's telling me about her past life. as i'm training her, i've had her four months. she's telling me she doesn't like men in dark costumes, doesn't like loud noises or dark cars, because she was probably hit by a car. >> what's interesting about the sandy character, she has to act like a normal dog, which might look easy but not in a theater setting. >> she's an actress. she doesn't do tricks. she has to act like a normal dog on stage that annie finds and saves. we start with normal commands like how to sit, how to stay and lie down. >> and deal with loud noise with the audience. >> and orchestra. >> and she has an understudy, too, doesn't she? >> she does. also a rescue dog. >> casey. >> you have a couple of months

to train her still? >> we have two more months, opening night is november 3rd. it's a brand new production. people should come and see it. >> o >> "annie" begins in october. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol

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said. and i said don't talk to me that way. >> testimony under way at 5:00 at san francisco city hall. quick break. back with weather and traffic.

9:27. welcome back. a beautiful day shaping up with plenty of 60s and each in san francisco already. the reason is because those clouds are already clearing the city by the bay. we still have some low clouds hanging over oakland and temperatures in the 50s and same no napa valley. seeing the clearing in san francisco and no flight delays which is good news with three consecutive days of flight delays so far this week. by friday the 90s hid and mid-90s by this weekend. enjoy what we have for you today. 68 in san francisco. as we head through saturday, mid-90s. we're going to hold on to those 90s all the way through the beginning of next week. but next week, we get excited

because the summer olympics are on nbc. the accident northbound 101 at ralston. despite those two for the northbound side, the southbound side is the one that suffers for the slowing there. as well as through menlo park and palo alto a typical volume building up in both directions is in the area. southbound seeing the 101 he is trouble spot and north of 680 and earlier accident cleared north of 87 on 280 and better for do you want. still a jam there but the flow of traffic starting to move. >> thank you for joining us. another local news update in half hand hour. have a great day.

♪ ♪ ♪ there's a party on the edge of the word tonight ♪ ♪ i don't know if i'll make it, watch how good i'll take it ♪ >> who sings this song, al? >> i would say that hot chelle rae. >> it is hot chelle rae. they've been making themselves at home at the top of the charts for a long time now. they're getting ready to rock the plaza where their catchy pop rock hit tomorrow on "today." it's going to be fun. al knows all the words. he'll be singing along.

if you're in the area, come on down and join us. i'm natalie morales along with savannah guthrie and al roker. >> if you have young kids, you hear it -- >> over and over again. >> and coming up our countdown to the olympics is on. if it's kind of put you in the spirit, you do not have to head across the pond to enjoy the games. we'll show you how to root for team usa when a huge bash. it's really fun with food and games. and bobbi tom has has beautiful styles inspired by the olympics. maybe you can wear it to the olympic party. >> and we're cooking with one of the most renowned chefs in the country. >> "america's got talent" began season seven with cross country auditions and now we're just one

week away from naming the final 16 contestants. eight acts were sent home last night including rock star juggler mark price. good morning. >> good morning. >> how are you with juggling while we do this? can you talk and juggle at the same time? >> i can. >> you seem to be able to do it all. unfortunately you dropped one of the pin last night. what happened? >> i don't know. sometimes you're on, sometimes you're not. >> sharon was a little tough on you. >> she's tough but i would have been the same way. i'm a pro so i should have been on my game that night. >> besides pins you do knives, fire? >> knives, fire. i'm known for doing glow stuff and working with lasers. >> let's see a little bit of what you do. >> this is a tricky drafted.

let's see if i can redeem myself. i go from my nose to my chin, my chin to my nose, off my foot and behind my back. if i could have only done that last night, i would not be sitting here, though, with you guys. >> but they were on fire last night. >> they were in fairness on fire. >> good thing you didn't bring the knives, though. >> somebody else is a juggler. >> go ahead, jerry. >> do we want to see jerry do this? >> i'm not that good, no. >> are you kidding me? the pressure. i can't take it! >> season eight, season eight right there! >> do it again. >> the remaining 12 contestants of "america's top talent" compete next tuesday night at 8:00, 7:00 central right here on nbc. . we're going to get a check

a little bit more happening in this neck of the woods. we have clearing taking place earlier and all week. every morning this week socked in with fog and dreary conditions and gray skies but not today. 77 at san jose and 74 freemonth and 68 in san francisco and things change. we get hot as we head into the weekend. 94 on saturday and mid-90s as we head into sunday and 10 to 15 degrees warmer next week than all of this week. and that's your latest weather. >> fabulous. look at that. >> whoo! >> coming up next,olympic fever is contagious. i don't know, juggling at the olympics? maybe it could happen. we'll help you throw a winning party for all your friends right after this. >> nice! a mattress. a sausage link. mermaid. honey!? driftwood. come on, you gotta help us out here a little. [ male announcer ] febreze eliminates odors

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do all the work for you. they're going to monitor your guest list. when you get the e-mail, it comes in an envelope. you click on the envelope and the invitation pops out. they're just really fun. it's not free, let's say, like a lot of things online. it's about $5 for 25 invitations. you get coins, it's like buying stamps and you send it out. it's great looking. >> let's get to decor. i love the idea about the olympic torch, the tiki torches. >> you can line them up outside and if you want have somebody at your party carry it through. >> i think this is my favorite idea you have, which this is grass runner, a kind of starting or finishing line. i got this at lowe's, it's a little more than $3 a foot for this fake grass. i think you can start your party

ter front door and put the finish line at the bar if you want. you can also paint your grass outside. if you go to a florist shop, you can buy a paint that's chemical free and you spray paint the letters on to your grass so it will disappear in the rain. >> and you've got wall decals. why do you find these? >> he's can be on your wall forever. they go on your wall, they feel off and you can place them in some other place. it peels right off and you put it back on. >> we'll get to some jelly bellies of an olympic theme. like the ring. >> all diwas go to jellybelly.com, order them in bulk. you can take your glass vase, put a smaller vase in the center, put it with water like this, you put jelly bean around

it. >> paper goods. >> these are all from party city. if you buy solid colors, you'll use them throughout the year. this is also a thing to pick up things from 4th of july. >> we're going to eat like the londoners do. >> we're borrowing from our host country. it's all different english cheeses, cold ham, chutney. a great resource is british aisles.com. you can get walker's chips, all of the chutneys. >> of course, you've got to have the british beer. here -- it's half beer, half lemonade. in ghaend it's really more like a sprite or sparkling lemonade. so something a little different. >> it is different.

kind of refreshing. i'd probably just take my beer with beer but it's good. >> for dessert all we did was make money mini cup kings. then when you lay them out, they mim mimic the games, you can do a shot putt, you can do medals and you can get all of these things at party.com. >> thank you. it's very inspiring. >> coming up next, olympic-inspired fashion and beauty tips of the athletes, coming up right after this. work... errands... ♪ ...a greasy bag of deep-fried easy. ♪

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♪ born in the usa." >> back now with bobbie's style

buzz. i love that you found some unusual beauty routines from the u.s. synchronized swimming team. they use jello in their hair? >> when this comes to the pool, in order to keep their hair in place, they use jello essentially. >> not the red jello. >> the unflavored gelatin by knox. adding water, it can become a paste. it's nourishing. many swimmers use chapstick or vaseline on their skin as a face primer to stop the chlorine from drying out their skin. they call it fool face. that's an interesting trick. >> if you don't want pool face and don't want to put vaseline

on your face, you found a london primer. >> "that gal" is a popular primer and just for the summer it's a london edition. >> does it give you that shiny quality? >> makes your skin look fresh and nice and keep your make-up on. >> and they also have a londinnium fragrance, right? >> it has a wonderful fragrance, it's pressure. >> it smells great. i put it on me. i love it. >> a lot of groups are getting into the act. butter london came out with these adorable sets. these are their heavy metal collections. metallic nail polish is so on trend this summer. not only can you get into the spirit -- >> gold, silver, bronze, all your medals.

they had usa, usa smart gold. it's all about this red, white and blue sparkle you could add. nail art is such a big trend it, might be an excuse to get you in on something with the kids. these stickers are very easy to apply. it's as easy as sticking it on, filing the end off. >> and tell me about the jewelry. >> i'm a big fan of alex and annie, they produce here in the u.s. they're an official licensee of the olympics. their olympic collection, a lot of fun. >> a lot of charms. >> they also have a gods and goddesses collection and of course bunny's sunnies are all over the run way. can you look through those lenses or inspired by our own

flag. >> represent team usa. >> and you can do it in more fashion here. >> wear your pride. a guy in the studio was having a couple questions of where can i get those? guys are into their colored footwear. >> new balance i love. >> la cost? >> they're offering up 15 different countries. my mom is from portugal, my stepfather is for greece. >> and then over here -- from the gap they've done this vintage throwback idea for their limited edition. and they have the old olympics. i just bought my kid that t-shirt. >> you can go to old navy, 4d for flip-flops.

last but not least, feel this, natalie. this is so soft. this is from alternative apparel. >> bobbie tom, a great finds for us. >> next, we go

this morning on "today's kitchen," what's for dinner? how about flank steak and salad? when you put it in the hands of our chef, those ingredients are transformed into an elegant summer meal. he has a new show on the table launching today. eric, good to see you again. right now, we're on the grill. flank steak, skirt steak, interchangeable? >> they're very similar in texture. it's not like filet mignon. i will show you how to make it

gu it has a great flavor. i'll show you how to make it more tender. you start on the grill, put pepper. >> we're going to make potato salad -- >> and how long are we cooking this on each side? >> you should do it medium. to have the steak tender. too rare it will be too tough and too well i don't like it. >> about four to five minutes on each side? >> yes. >> now potato salad, you cut them up but you don't peel them. >> i cook them with the skin so you keep all the flavor of the potato. >> right. >> and it's much, much better. >> yukon gold? >> yes. >> sometimes when i buy potatoes, they are a little green. what does that mean? >> they harvested them too soon therefore, they won't have the best flavor. >> so they're not ripe? >> they're not ripe. in the store you can't tell. >> so you boil these?

>> you boil the potatoes. when the potato stays in the water, it means they are cooked. for the potato salad, i'm using mustard. >> kind of a spicy brown mustard? >> yes, i like mr. spicy or something like that. some mayonnaise. i diluted it a little bit with some water. >> it looks kind of thin. >> that's why it's easy to mix. oh, good, al. good call. i'm putting some chives, of course some salt. >> a little pepper? >> a little pepper. and then we mix the potatoes like that. you can do that like an hour before you use them. the herbs, you cut them at the last minute as well. >> you don't put them in a food processor? >> no, i hate to use food processors for the herbs because

it basically bruises them, they become black and smell like when you cut the grass. you did a very good knife, very sharp. we have some chives. the movement is like this -- starting from the point of the knife and going down like that. then you grab the chives with your hand. of course, you have to be very focused. >> very nice. >> we don't want to run out of time, you already have some chopped -- then we're going to make the chimichuri. garlic, vinegar, gives you something light. >> just show really quickly how you slice. >> i'm going to show you. >> okay. when you slice, you slice very thinly and you go against the grain of the meat. and then you have it. that's it. >> eric, thank you so much. >>

good morning. it is 9:56. i'm marla tellez. court clerks want the gavel

to come down what they stay is unfair labor krarkt. court workers plan to protest outside of san francisco superior court on mcallister street noon today like on monday. at issue is an contract imposed by management. the workers union wants to see more information about the court's finances but the court says final budget numbers won't be ready until the end of the month. let's check that forecast now with meteorologist christina loren. >> temperatures will be comfortable today and talking about the mid-80s across the bay put not too bad. hit the 90s tomorrow and the remainder of the weekend holding on to the 90s and inland hitting the 80s bayside and upper 60s at the coast. check the drive with mike. the south bay slowing northbound 17 and accident on the southbound side might be an distraction. it's clearing up there

considerably. 101 north of there an accident clearing as you get closer toward the guadalupe parkway. 237 is the westbound slow down in your commute direction there as well. a live look outside and see the san mateo bridge. traffic slowiflowing smoothly. take note, you're losing a lane out there. >> thank you very much, mike. the latest traffic and news update, check us out on facebook. search nbcbayarea and you'll find us there on facebook. back with the next update in 30 minutes. see you again at 10:26.

captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello, everybody. it's thursday, july 19th. of all days, jerry is not around with the wine. >> but you know what, this is a big day. >> it's a bigger than a wine day. >> it's much bigger. it's a big celebratory today. here at the "today" show. there's a grand announcement.

set the tone with a little bit of music first. ♪ ♪ the lights are bright on broadway ♪ >> we're starting there. because kathie lee gifford is going to broadway. yeah, baby! >> thank you. miracles do happy, hoda woman. we started writing songs for -- really 13 years ago, listened to the songs and said, i love it. let's do it. >> then, he looked at me and goes, where's the book. the book is the script and i went i'll get someone to write the book, how tough could it be? i ended up doing it. it's taken 12 years. we're still working on it. it's called "scandalous." let's have some celebration before we start talking about.

>> thank you. oh, wow. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> a limit toast here. >> to our girl -- >> i feel like miss america. >> where is your crown? >> to "scandalous." >> something that i know about. >> tell us where is it going to be? >> it's going to be the neil simon theater, at 250 west 52nd street. >> starring the most amazing woman. her tall isn't absolutely in awe of her. all of the broadway audiences know her. she's a two-time tony nominee, she absolutely embodies -- >> if you ever heard this song, you know who she is. ♪ shirley temple to amy simple

>> yes, aim for hollywood. >> everybody, you know what, amy is is the most famous. >> thank you, guys. she's the most famous woman you never heard of, until you sing that song and people, go, in a nutshell, she was the most celebrated, the most controversial woman of her day. if she put celebrated, controversial woman together, wouldn't be what amy was in the 1920s and the 1930s. she was born in 1890s. >> stop for one second. >> you know what, she was married three times. she was divorced twice. she was in the trial 206 century because she vanished in 1967 for five weeks and said that she had been kidnapped and held for ransom. >> time magazine called her one of the most intriguing -- >> influential person of a generation. >> of the 21st century.

>> think about that. if she's one of the most influential people in the 21st, shouldn't we know about her. >> yes. >> could we get some of the casting photo. >> okay, let's go a little closer. a little closer. >> look at what amy did. >> that's what she did. that's how she rolled, baby. >> she entertained people. it was doing the prohibition. anyway, our show takes place regarding the trial. it's the night before she's supposed to get the verdict on her trial and she tells the story about how she got to where she is today. >> these tickets i the box office opens. >> the box office opens -- >> say it again. >> the box office opens august 20th so the actual opening night

is thursday, november 13th. >> that's why i have been on the train every night. i have been casting every day until now. >> everybody at the "today" show are pumped and excited about it. >> go to scannedlouse at broadway.com for more information. anyway, we're not the only ones with some good news around here. >> the emmy nominations were announced today. jimmy fallon was in pjs. >> this storm yesterday, in auditions, people couldn't hear themselves singing. >> best comedy. >> as usual. >> big bang theory, curb your enthusiasm. and girls. >> it's quite scandalous. >> modern family.

>> here's the headline. hugh laurie from "house." >> his final season. >> he dn get a nomination and that probably was the biggest snub. >> i don't understand. because everybody just agreed that he gave one of the gave one of the greatest performances year after year. you may be wondering why we have beening he looking like docks in a different way, this is why. >> the facebook -- >> that's dirty. >> that looks like west virginia. >> they're all dirty. >> so the "today" show facebook page has over 100 million -- that's not right. >> no, 11 million. >> i'm just reading. >> if we said 100 million, who's going to check?

>> now, if you go to our special page which is different from the "today" show page, we have 388,986 likes. now, that's enough likes. because we need more. >> we're grateful. >> but we more likes. sarah, you just click on a button. >> we're actually 391,492. so our fans are listening. our page has a like button right under the main page, just like that like. >> to thehere it is. >> how about a love button? >> ooha love button. >> we have a nice group of people actually pay money to see our show. >> we're grateful. >> can you guys show the group of ladies who are behind the newsdesk. >> they all bid and paid money to come here which is fascinate zblg they gave to charity, not to us personally, we should let you know. big, big amounts and we welcome

you all, thank you so much. >> this is the coolest thing ever, there is now, and this is in singapore, maybe be coming to the united states, a mashed potato machine, it makes the mashed potatoes come out like a slurpee. here come the mashed potatoes. it's mixing and now the chicken gravy. >> no, you take it just like -- >> no, they're very popular. people want a comfort food thing. >> it ee's like a slurpee. but they're only available in singapore. >> like or not like? >> it may be coming here soon. >> just what we need with an obese society, we need more mashed potatoes and gravy. >> talk about a big baby, by the way -- >> speaking of -- >> beautiful.

gorgeous. gorgeous. >> this is beyonce's baby blue ivy. >> look at her little feet dangle zblg 6 months old and she's like a little toddler. >> she's really long. >> beautiful baby. that almost looks like katie holmes with suri. >> blue ivy is a beautiful, long baby. by the way, beyonce has lost all of her baby weight. >> remember, she opened at atlantic city, she looked great there. >> she's a definite like. >> okay, you got something to talk about. >> yes, some dear friends of mine have a great camp for the performing arts that they do every summer, it's august 25th, they are hosting a worship song/talent competition during the festival they have every year. some of the greatest, greatest

inspirational bands are going to be there. if you think yo have written one of the greatest inspirational songs of all time, you can make an entry of your song and the top three will perform at the final. more importantly than that it may be done in churches and festivals all over the world. >> i decided this week -- >> she's still talking. >> is it time for ihoda? >> this is important. this is a gospel song. it's called "he still loves me." it's great song. you know what, i was watching the fighting temptations. anyway, they sang this song and i was looking for it online. it turns out this group called ramona gospel choir since it. crank it up. ♪

♪ i'm good enough >> you told me about this. >> ♪ i ain't no superstar >> ♪ no no no no ♪ but he still love me, love me ♪ ♪ i went to bed on top of the world, the world is on top of me ♪ ♪ everybody's got opinions ♪ they ain't been in my position and they don't care ♪ >> i love it, hoda. that's a good one. ♪ i always fall short of being worthy ♪ ♪ lord i ain't worthy ♪ cuss i ain't good enough >> good one, hoda. >> all right, did we do okay or not okay to let dogs roam on the

beach? kathie lee said not unless you own the beach. >> private beach, you're sharing it with people, it seems it's not okay. hoda said, it's not okay. >> it's written here. unless it's bam bean owe. >> there's bambino. all right, got to have friends. sometimes making new friends isn't easy. the latest ways grown women are finding a friend for life. >> but first, these messages. ♪ not to make a home-cooked meal. work... errands... ♪ ...a greasy bag of deep-fried easy. ♪ but you have hamburger helper on your side. with 40 varieties that are all fast and easy to make,

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i heard you talking about such and such. that's a great way of making friends. >> all good ways. dale atkins is a psychologist and shasta nelson is ceo of girlfriend circles.com. >> she is big trouble. >> i heard the rumor. >> ever since third grade. >> good friends. should we have -- >> often we take them for granted. we have to wonder, are we still as friendly with the people we thought we were friendly with? are we nurturing the friendships we really want. you never want to take a good friend for granted. >> sometimes we outgrow a friendship. >> nothing really happens except you have children or something happens. >> we are replacing half our friends every seven years. if you were take your bridesmaids and pick them today, if you did it seven years ago and seven years from now, half would be different. >> it's healthy. one of the things i'm concerned about when people are changing their friends like changing

their clothes, they are not necessarily really focusing on the history they may have shared. there is something to be said for history and something to be said for shared experiences. you go through changes, yes. you still may have a lot in common you want to use as your root. >> sometimes you get off track with friends because either you have children, your life gets busy and complicated. sometimes friendships do die on the vine. how do you know when it's worth saving and holding on to? >> that is the big question. that is a hard one. i'm totally with dale on this. i encourage women. we need to practice the skill of forgiveness and skill of not judging as much and work on our own self-esteem. a lot of relationships crumble when we get jealous, if you have the baby before me, you got the job i wanted. >> got the man i wanted. >> right. now i want you to be my single sidekick and now you're married. having to learn how to show up in a different way. >> is this common you have a

friend from college like my friend jan. i talk to her once a year. we pick up exactly where we left off andcherish her friendship. >> it's a heart-felt connection. when we have those we can keep them connected more frequently. know this is somebody i'm going to touch base with and it's really important. i want to go back to something shasta said. you mentioned breaking up with people. yes, we do have to be much more forgiving and be able to welcome people. when you are going to say to somebody, this just isn't working for me or we are going to different places, you have to take responsibility for that and not blame the other person. >> unless they are really guilty. >> you can say i find that i just can't be the kind of friend you want any more. >> people say it's not you, it's me when it's really you. >> it's always you.

>> people do have trouble finding new friends. especially when you get older. >> or you move someplace new. >> this is what you do for a living. what is a good spot? >> girlfriend circles.com. that's where we want to meet women. it's like shaping serendipity. be wherever the people are you want to be friends with. when you join meeting groups to go hiking or join a choir or join a church. whatever you are enjoying and want to do. do that. >> how did you meet your best friend? >> boy, which best friend? i have several. they are all from different places in life. i've been known to walk up to my next door neighbors and knock on doors with cookies. >> i think what you want to do is i did when i was teaching with someone, we were really close and remained best friends. the issue is do things that make your own heart sing.

you'll be your best and open to people. travel with people. take classes and learn something new. do something you're really passionate about. i know somebody who is a gardener. she joined a community garden. >> join a book club. >> you have to realize you have to make the time and effort. >> i think you attract what's within you. >> of course. >> we feel like it should happen automatically. we are walking around not feeling as connected because it happened automatically when we were in school. consistency what is happened automatically. >> we used to talk to one another are involved with technology. we are missing opportunities. >> all right. thank you. >> i have my hodi. >> man's best friend as a cool encounter. [ female announcer ] tori gilbert posts,

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it is time to get webtastic when our very own sara haines finds the next video everyone will hit "send." >> little malik went crazy when the owners turned on ac in their car and it was all caught on tape. check it out. he was only 3 months old. they turned it on and saw he was reacting in a funny way so they started to roll. you can hear them laughing in the background eventually. he's a little wheaton terrier. they posted it june 19th and has 28,000 hits. i think he's trying to drink it. >> might be the condensation from it. >> it seems like it's going to be drinkable, but it's not. >> with the heat lately, i've seen a lot of people doing that, not just dogs.

>> thank you, sara. two ladies from our crowd get ready to strike a pose with our ambush makeover. >> last-minute family vacation ideas. >> and picture this. what you can do with all your vacation photos. who are these guys? oh, that's just my buds. bacon, donuts. -my taste buds. -[ taste buds ] waffles. how about we try this new kind of fiber one cereal? you think you're going to slip some fiber by us? rookie. okay. ♪ nutty clusters and almonds, ♪ ♪ almonds. ♪ fiber one is gonna make you smile. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing new fiber one nutty clusters and almonds. with 43% daily value of fiber for you. crunchy nutty clusters and real almond slices for your taste buds. and real almond slices you don't disappear at midnight. and now, you've met your match. new revlon® colorstay™ 16 hour eyeshadow. 64 colors that will take you from night to day without smudging, creasing or fading away.

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man who they say may be armed. matthew tuvon. he left work in mountain view for lunch last thursday and has not been seen since. now he is a french citizen living in the u.s. here's what we know. he has no known medical conditions. but his passport is missing and he may be carrying a glok 9 millimeter handgun and it's not clear why. . if you see him, you're asked to call police. right now, a cleanup is under way at san jose's kelly park and more than dozen people living there are told to leave. earlier this month several grass fires broke out at the park and firefighters say they may have been started by the homeless campers. the city is offering them temporary housing assistance. after the break we will take a look at the forecast and the roads.

welcome back. taking a live look over the san mateo bridge. no problems here. we head out that front door this morning, you're going to find a lot more sunshine than any day so far this week. and temperatures will be warming. today starts that warming trend and kicking into high gear as we head into the upcoming weekend. we are so close to it now! 78 degrees in san jose. 77 los gatos and 69 degrees beach weather to santa cruz. friday to saturday you'll notice

the warmer weather when the 90s return inland and mid-80s bay side and low 70s at the coast. back to you, marla. >> thank you so much. we will have more local news and weather for you in just 30 minutes on nbc11 news at 11:00. we will see you then. it is thirsty thursday and time for today's plaza makeovers. our ambush makeover team dove into the crowd to find two women and surprise them. >> "today's" contributor and stylist to the stars louis licari. and jill martin. >> we had great signs today. one of our picks had three signs. so there was no choice. >> first up, lynn hamilton, 51

years old from lubbock, texas. she wears very little make-up because no one taught her how to put it on. she was thrilled when we approached her on the plaza. let's listen to her story. >> a lot of signs, a lot of excitement. i know you wanted this for so long. why do you want this for your wife? >> something she wanted to do for a long time. she always a watches the "today" show and says i'd love to do this. i'm excited for her. >> you're not a big talker, but you are excited for your mom. >> yes. absolutely. works very hard and never really seems to take any time for herself. definitely something good for her. >> i know you're busting. are you ready to go? >> yes. so excited. >> adorable. she is busting. mark is there her husband and her son eric. keep on your blind folds until i give you the green light. here is limb hamilton before. >> let's see her. >> wow!

all right, guys, take off your blind folds. >> oh, wow! >> you look very new york. spin right here, sweetie. >> wow! >> that is sexy. that looks great. >> look straight ahead at camera 12. tell us about the hair. >> the first thing i did -- lynn would go for highlights every six weeks. she went so often it turned into a single process so he made it into a single process. this color is just a caramel color that works with her skin color. brigitte gave her the a-line bob. it works great. she is a science professor. >> stop it. >> she works with fungus and look at her now. >> what do you think?

>> it looks great. i love it. >> she looks who. >> the dress is great. >> a hot science professor. from maggie london. i love a dress you can wear and feel like you could sleep in. it's a great material and embodies everything for summer, all the different patterns and colors. maggie london. >> beautiful. >> big round of applause. congratulations. >> our second lady is mindy ford, 54 from st. louis, missouri. her friend who works as a florist told her how to cut her own hair so she begged us to give her a brand-new look. let's listen to her story. >> i love maddie's sign. >> there once was a mom from st. lou whose appearance made her feel blue. she made to the city to be made pretty by hoda, kathie and you. >> how cute is that sign? i know you really want this. >> oh, yes. i watch hoda and kathie every

week with. always on thursdays for the ambush makeover. and you and louis la-la-la-la. we're stunned and shocked. can't believe we are going to do it. >> she is adorable. let's take one last look at mind ford before. bring the new mindy out right now. >> oh, oh, oh! >> oh, my gosh! >> all right. maddie, are you ready to see your mom? >> i am. >> take off your blinds. >> it's pretty amazing. she looks so great. >> turn around. >> it's adorable. cute. >> you can run your fingers through it if you want. it's adorable.

>> obviously, she is in shell shock. let me tell you, you look gorgeous. what a great haircut can do to completely update your look. >> so modern. >> and the hai color change was minimal. she colored her hair at home. consistently worked the color through. got darker on the ends, the old mistake. but because brigitte cut so much of her hair off, the warm hair, natural make-up. >> how long was it? we can't tell. how long was it. >> about there. >> and down here it was darkest brown, almost black and light brown on top. >> she had the raccoon thing happening. >> we have a couple of seconds. the dress. >> the dress is senia. we added a great belt. >> i love it, love it. i see a lot of grecian

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time for "today's travel" and last-minute family getaways. whether you haven't had time to plan a vacation or can't figure out where to take the crew, help is here. >> beverly bloom is in bloom expecting a little baby. she is the deputy editor of "travel and leisure" magazine. she stopped for five minutes somewhere along the way. congratulations. >> thank you. >> you've got five picks for us for top vacation destinations. number one is san diego.

>> i love san diego. >> this is a great hotel for families. called the rancho bernardo. conveniently located to legoland and the san diego zoo for kids. $219 a night. that including a welcome bucket with toys and activities for the kids in room. pizza party and s'mores. they do treasure hunts, drive-in movies. >> tucson, arizona. >> the westward look. built in the early 1900s and 80 acres of property. if you book five nights, it's $79 a night. >> that's incredible. >> seven nights they bring it down to $69 a night. it includes horses with wranglers for the kids, a telescope to watch the stars in the sky, humming bird and butterfly garden. >> kids love that stuff. >> telluride is next. >> you've been there? it's gorgeous. >> i've never been. >> summers out there are the best.

>> a great value in summer. at the fairmont klummer lodge, 250 a night, you get to stay in a two or three-bedroom residence. they throw in tons of things for kids like wilderness survival or cooking classes, trekking and tracking. >> a little welsh town there in telluride. >> orlando is a hot spot. >> there is so much there. it's a natural. you've got disney in your backyard. at the sheraton buena vista, a $169 a night deal for families that includes a full day at the pool cabana with a pool captain to do things for the kids like limbo classes, bingo, movies. >> a class to play limbo? >> chair massages for the kids and pedicures. they offer shuttles to disney worlds and spa treatments for

mom. >> st. marten. >> i've got a fantastic package, $290 a night, all-inclusive. includes all your foods, snacks and drinks and scavenger hunts, treasure hunts, snorkeling and scuba. it is offseason, but there are always great trade winds. this hotel is built on the beach, five minutes from the airport. super convenient. >> awesome. >> thank you. and congratulations. >> thank you. >> we are happy for you. thanks. >> all those photos you've taken on vacation still sitting on your phone somewhere? >> or in your camera. what to do with them after this. sweetie, you have to scrub it first. no you don't, honey. yes, you do! don't! i've washed a few cupcake tins in my day...

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took a ton of amazing photos. >> "in style" magazine has some ideas. you're here to tell us about that. >> and she is pregnant, too! congratulations. >> what should we do? >> we've got lots of really great easy ideas. we wanted to focus on easy and economical. >> okay. >> we have a wine label, first and foremost we thought you would enjoy. it's a great opportunity for celebration. >> i have a question. who thought this was a good idea? no, no, who picked that? this is hideous and ugly. >> i want a case of that. >> good to know. >> nothing but class around here. >> $9 for about nine labels. it's a great keep sake, great for a party. >> very cute.

yes, isabel whitaker. >> this is from pinhall press. you upload your photos. they make it super easy. >> you put it in your library. >> you can do guest albums or holiday cards. >> we can send these out. >> we don't know where we were on that. that romantic vacation we took. >> i keep wearing the same shirt. >> what are you doing with my husband? >> tell us about this. >> with the same theme and same company pinholepress, calendars, great magnets. these started around $3. when your house is full of frames, this is another nice way to display your photos. >> this is a great section, the baby section. >> first of all, here is sami, our producer's daughter right here in the center.

>> what we love is this idea of posters. this is called image snap. these are ceramic tiles. if you want to do back splash with them you could could that. we like the idea of coasters or trivets. they are $13 and they dye the photo on to the ceramic tile so it doesn't bleed. >> what a great gift that would be for grandparents. >> and lasts a long time. >> ella. >> there's ella. >> that child is precious. >> she is so cute. >> this is when you're on vacation. an app called postagram. costs $1. you literally upload the photo to the app. it asks you to type in a message and mails it for you. >> i'm personally offended the way you call my mailing snail

mail. i don't want to hear it again. don't look at me in the eye when you talk to me, all right? >> oh, my gosh! >> we've got great iphone cases from case to gram. it's an app. >> losing me. >> $35. >> zoning out. >> somebody can get this for you as a great gift. >> no thank you. okay. >> now we have stickers. this is great for kids. these are adorable little sk sticker books from instagoodies. good for scrapbookers, too. >> we have these vinyl stickers. what we like about vinyl stickers, no glue residue. you can stick it straight on your ipad and you can peel it off without any residue. >> that was a great segment, by the way.

>> we've got to go. i bet that was wonderful. >> ever wish you could replicate a favorite recipe on the road? >> we'll show how.

cracker barrel. it is time for "today's kitchen what's cooking." a satisfying salad can be healthy and nutritional alternative for your entire family. >> here to put a zip in your salad keeping calories in check is cracker barrel nutritionist. >> we've been waiting for you,

pam. >> you want to turn that chicken soon. >> how many calories are we talking about? >> less than 600 calories, which includes all of the salad fictionings, but also the dressing and even the deviled eggs and because it's the south, we are talking about saltine crackers. >> got to have them. >> you're sauteing chicken breast. >> because this is grilled chicken and fresh vegetable salad, we want to start with the star chicken tenderloins. we just have those sauteing in the nonstick skillet. we'll come back. they cook so quick. only about four minutes, we are good to go. the real focus of a great salad is a great vinaigrette. >> let's making dressing. >> we are oftentimes subject to -- >> i'm going to start pouring because we only have two

minutes. >> honey and dijon mustard and a little bit of orange juice. how about a little salt and a little bit of cracked pepper. while you're doing that, i'm going to start with the oil. this is an upsidedown vinaigrette. we don't use very much oil which keeps the calories low. with all the great flavors. we have wonderful apple cider vinegar, balsamic and red wine vinegar. do we want to add the garlic and shallot? >> dump it all in. >> that makes the country vinaigrette that we are not only going to use to toss the salad in but also to use with this beautiful cucumber and onion. this is a great salad in and of itself. actually we serve this with great tomatoes. >> we have one minute. >> we are doing great. we can do this quickly.

this is a corn relish, taking advantage of the fresh produce of the market. we are adding to it a chow-chow, a southern heritage tradition. >> is it like a chutney? >> yes. just a great flavor. parsley, a touch of garlic sauce. >> show us our final dishes back here. >> we'll put those all together. what we've done is we have plated that quite beautifully. >> yes, you have. >> this is what we serve with the beautiful cucumber and onions. you can eat well. >> thank you for coming to see us. all right, tomorrow jennifer tilly comes bay. >> elvis durant from z-100 morning show. love him. >> see you tomorrow. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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