local time. we'll continue to monitor this story for you. we thank you so much for joining us. we'll have a local update in a half hour. this is an nbc news special report. and good morning, everyone, i'm matt lauer alongside savannah guthrie. we are following breaking news right here in new york city. a deadly shooting outside of the empire state building. >> it happened just in the last hour or so at the intersection of 34th street and 5th avenue. if you know new york city, you know this is a very popular spot for tourists. >> and a very busy spot at this time of the day. nbc's jeff rossen has made his way to the scene. he joins us now by phone. jeff, what can you tell us? >> reporter: hi, matt, let me set the scene. i'm at the corner of 34th and 5th avenue right in the heart of midtown manhattan right outside the empire state building where of course it was busy when this shooting happened a short time

ago. the latest information we have from the nypd is that four people have been shot, and at least one is dead, and that person who is dead, we're told, is the suspect. the gunman here. other details are still coming in, but just to set the scene, the nypd has now shut down the very busy 5th avenue, if you've ever been to new york city, you know how devastating that is for the city. from 42nd all the way down into the 30s. so we're talking about a mile stretch or a half-mile stretch of 5th avenue. police are investigating the scene. there are witnesses who have been pushed back. and witnesses are reporting that the shooting happened basically out of nowhere. police are still trying to figure out what this person's motive was. but once again, to repeat, four people shot according to the nypd. at least one of them dead. and again, that number could rise. depending on the conditions. and that person who was killed is the gunman, we're told. >> and jeff, let me add a little bit because according to

jonathan dienst who is a reporter for wnbc and who does work for us here at the "today" show and nbc news, we're hearing that the shooter was, in fact, an employee of the empire state building or at the empire state building. he's being described as a disgruntled employee, and yes, we are hearing that, in fact, he is now dead. i understand there are two, jeff, separate scenes there. is one where the victims of this shooting were hit, and is the other where the gunman was apparently apprehended and then later shot? >> reporter: i actually see clusters of police officers in several different locations, at least two of them, matt, and that would make sense. oftentimes in these situations bullets fly, especially when they are flying through streets in different locations. so what officers and investigators are going to try to do now is try to immediately find those bullet casings to figure out how many shots were fired, where people were hit. so it would not surprise me. and especially from what you're reporting and from what i am seeing, that there are multiple scenes here.

but yes, there are clusters of officers in several locations up and down fifth avenue. >> and we don't know whether the shooter in this situation walked out onto the street and targeted individuals for a reason or just began shooting indiscriminately. but he could not have picked a busier place at this time of the morning in new york city. any busier than the area around 34th street and 5th avenue, the empire state building. jeff, i know you'll stay on the scene and learn as much as you can. thanks very much. >> reporter: thanks, matt. >> we want to talk to james boulden now. he was walking in the area when the shooting began. he's on the phone with us. mr. boulden, thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> tell us what you saw this morning. >> well, i was walking, like, i got off the train on 33rd street, 2 train, and i was walking on 33rd. by the empire state building. i got by the loading dock. i actually work in the building. and i heard three or four shots and just a whole bunch of people running towards me. so i'm on the phone with my

wife. and i'm telling her, i don't know what's going on. a whole bunch of people running towards me. and i just happened to run across the street. and i see somebody laid down dead on the floor. >> the person that you saw, and this may be a hard question to answer, do you believe that was the suspect, or do you think it was somebody who was shot by the suspect? >> actually, it's being said that that's the person that was shot by the suspect. and i took, like, a couple of pictures of it. >> where exactly did it happen? we're trying to get a sense of where the shooting actually took place. do you think you know? >> it took place on 33rd street between 5th and 6th avenue. >> you said you saw a lot of people running away from the scene. i take it it was very, very crowded at that hour. >> yeah, very crowded. everybody was basically going to work. at this time of the hour, it's always, like, heavy, heavy traffic on the sidewalks. >> did you see anyone wounded? >> yes. it was the guy that was on the floor. he was bleeding, like, from his

neck area. >> and any other victims that you saw? >> one more guy was dead on 5th avenue between 33rd and 34th. >> how quickly did police arrive? i imagine you stayed for a little bit? >> well, i'm still here. because i work in the building. the police came fairly quick. they actually were on the scene fairly fast. >> have you talked to anybody that you work with? we have a report from our local reporter, jonathan dienst, that this may have been a disgruntled employee at the building. have you heard anything like that? >> i haven't heard anything like that. i haven't -- like everybody's just in shock. >> have you been talking to anybody else on the street there with you, people who watched this and saw this? have they described what they saw? >> just a few people. like, it was like a few. it was like a little group of people that was actually on scene. and everybody was just taking pictures and filming, like, the

situation. >> mr. boulden, thank you very much. we'll ask you to stand by. if you're just joining us, this is a special report because there's been a shooting this morning outside the empire state building or near the empire state building in the heart of new york city. it's the area of about 5th avenue and 34th or 33rd street. there are varying reports as to the number of people who have been wounded in this shooting. anywhere from two, we've heard as many as eight or ten. however, one thing that seems to be confirmed at this point is that the person who did the shooting was, in fact, shot and killed. so at the moment, we can confirm, according to the fire department of new york, that one person is dead. we do not have any numbers beyond that. you can see that the police have closed down the area on 5th avenue and 33rd and 34th street. obviously, trying to piece this together. we've heard reports that there are personal belongings in the street in several different

locations. and that's pretty much what we have at this point. we've been told that the shooter may have been a disgruntled employee of or at the empire state building. >> as we mentioned, this is a developing story. we have widely varying numbers. but the latest we have from the fire department of new york was that eight people were being evaluated. that's their term. the new york police department confirmed for us that indeed the suspect is dead. but that four people have been shot. so obviously, we continue to watch this unfold. >> and you can imagine the chaos that this must have created at just after 9:00 local time in new york. not only were the streets immediately closed down by the responding police, but we work just about ten blocks or so, 15 blocks from that area. i could hear helicopters here hovering around the area, circling. obviously, they were trying to make sure that no one else was fleeing from that area. but at the moment, it appears that they do have the person responsible for this, and he has been killed. again, no word on the condition of any other victims. but we're going to be trying to find out more about that. >> all right.

we want to get back to jeff rossen who's actually at that scene. jeff, do you have any more information for us? >> reporter: yeah. police are still obviously fanned out and more are showing up by the carload. you can imagine, and matt just alluded to this, what this is doing to new york city traffic. i mean, this has brought the city to a standstill here in midtown. even just to get here, the street is closed at least seven blocks in both directions. we couldn't get down. we had to run down the street. there are literally hundreds of people standing behind police barricades just trying to get a look and, you know, crosstown traffic is an absolute mess at this point. and there's no traffic heading southbound on fifth avenue which, as you mentioned, is an incredibly important thoroughfare in the city at this time of day when this shooting happened. there are detectives showing up who i've worked with in the past who still don't know anything. there's a bit of chaos at the scene, controlled chaos, just trying to figure out what the

motive could have been, exactly where everything happened. that's why we mentioned there are clusters of officers at different locations trying to figure out okay, where did the bullets land? where were people hit? trying to put this together. and that also helps them treat the victims as well. >> jeff, we had mr. boulden on talking to us by phone just a couple of minutes ago. he was an eyewitness to this. and one of the things he said caught my attention. he said he walked around a corner and saw someone lying on the floor bleeding from the neck area. i notice he didn't say on the street. do you know if the shooting began inside the building and then worked its way out to the street? can you tell me anything about that? >> reporter: yeah, we don't know that yet, frankly. and i would hate to speculate. i am trying to find out more information as detectives sort of roam around the scene here, getting as close as i can. i'm about a block away from the empire state building as i talk to you now. inside the barricade line but still a bit away from where they're investigating. i'm trying to talk to detectives and give you more information as i get it here. >> jeff rossen down on the scene

with information for us. again, we're going to have much more information as it becomes available. but just to recap, a shooting in midtown manhattan just after 9:30 local time. we have confirmed that one person is dead. up to four people have been shot. the person who's dead, we believe, is the shooter in this case. and we're going to have more on this story throughout the morning on msnbc and tonight on "nightly news." some of you will return to your regularly scheduled programming. the rest of you on the west coast will on more of "today." i'm matt lauer along with savannah good morning again. it's 7:10 pacific time. we are following another big story in addition to that breaking news out of new york city. lance armstrong set to be stripped of his record seven tour de france titles after he decided to give up his fight

against the u.s. anti-doping agency. armstrong is saying he will no longer take part in the process that he called one-sided and unfair. let's get to anne thompson who's got the details. good morning. >> good morning. we think of lance armstrong as a fighter because he conquered that grueling bicycle race seven times. and before that, he beat the long odds of testicular cancer. but now he says he's no longer going to fight these charges. and while he is not admitting to doping, he says he refuses to participate in a process that is unfair. >> reporter: never quitter. lance armstrong was an historic seven-time tour de france winner, cancer survivor and activist. but now he says he is through fighting a battle that has dogged him for years. charges that he used banned performance-enhancing substances as far back as 1998. in a statement released on thursday, armstrong says, there comes a point in every man's life when he has to say, enough is enough. for me, that time is now.

if i thought for one moment that by participating in usada's process, i could confront these allegations in a fair setting and once and for all put these charges to rest, i would jump at the chance. but i refuse to participate in a process that is so one-sided and unfair. in an exclusive telephone interview with nbc news, the chief executive of the u.s. anti-doping agency, travis tigert said -- >> he will be immediately disqualified from all events that he participated in from august 1st, 1998, forward through the present, and he will be permanently banned from any future competition. and it's a powerful reminder to athletes that doping never pays. >> reporter: according to the world anti-doping code, armstrong can be stripped of his seven tour de france titles, his olympic brons medal from 2000 and all awards and money he won since 1998. a two-year federal investigation was closed last year without any charges. but months later, the u.s.

anti-doping agency said it had evidence that armstrong used banned substances including e-mails from former teammates floyd landis who was stripped of his 2006 tour victory and later admitted to doping. in an interview with ann curry in 2006, she asked armstrong if he had ever used performance-enhancing drugs in any of his previous races. >> absolutely not. never. >> not once. >> not once. >> reporter: the 40-year-old armstrong who retired from competing last year lost a court battle on monday that challenged the u.s. anti-doping agency's authority. in his statement, armstrong said, "i know who won those seven tours, my teammates know who won those seven tours, and everyone i competed against knows who won those seven tours." but it may not be over yet. the international cycling union is likely to appeal usada's ruling. and if it does, it goes to the court of arbitration in switzerland which could be months away. so this story is not over. >> anne thompson, thank you.

we want to get to the latest on tropical storm isaac. it's expected to dump heavy rain on parts of the caribbean today. but stitt still have florida and the republican national convention in its sights? al's outside at our new window on the plaza. al, good morning to you. >> reporter: well, good morning, savannah. this is the latest on isaac. right now tropical storm, 175 miles south-southwest of santa domingo. and at 50-mile-per-hour winds, it's starting to strengthen a bit. it's moving west at 15 miles per hour. as you can see, already we're seeing lots and lots of raincoating and covering puerto rico. they've already gotten about four inches. some areas could pick up another six to ten inches. bad news for haiti, a lot of rain and winds for hundreds of thousands still living in tent cities. here's the path. makes its way onto cuba sometime saturday on into sunday. once it gets over land, it will probably weaken, but then it comes back out into the waters, makes its way through around key west early monday morning and

then starts to intensify over the warmer waters of the gulf, making landfall sometime wednesday early as a hurricane a minimal category 1. is tampa out of the woods yet? no. as long as this warm water is going to provide energy for isaac, this is such a sprawling storm, it's very disorganized right now, but the rain bands will spread way out. right now in diameter, this is about 1,000 miles. so we could be looking at anywhere from four to eight inches of rain throughout much of central and southern florida over the next few days. and as we know, a couple of months ago when we had tropical storm debby, that was a minimal tropical storm that dumped a lot of rain in tampa. they had a lot of flooding problems, matt. >> thanks very much. we want to do a little more on that side of the story now because nbc's kerry sanders is in tampa with the latest on that. kerry, what can you tell us? >> reporter: as we just heard, the flooding in tampa is the

reason they've already started to give out sandbags to local residents. further south in the keys, they've announced schools will be closed monday. and the republican party leadership says they have not ruled out the possibility of postponing the convention if public safety is at risk. with 50,000 people headed for the republican convention, isaac could cause weather-related problems even if tampa dodges a direct hit. already this week, a thunderstorm with 60-mile-per-hour winds knocked down some of the tents that now crowd the tampa bay times forum that's hosting the republican gathering. party leaders knew this was the height of hurricane season, but they went forward with tampa as the host city anyway, in part because the area has not taken a direct hurricane hit for more than nine decades. the 1921 hurricane was a category 3. it left the region devastated. were isaac to follow a similar route to tampa, it would be up to the mayor to call for an

evacuation. >> the odds were small. we haven't been hit for 90 years. we plan for hurricanes every year. that's what we plan for here in florida. >> reporter: eight weeks ago debby caused flooding and major road closures that disrupted the area for three days, and that was just a tropical storm. police have trained for more than a year. they expect tens of thousands of protesters. with 4,000 officers on hand -- >> you have ten minutes to disperse. >> reporter: -- many on loan from other search's offices, tampa police say they're ready. just one potential problem. if isaac hits hard, some of those loaned officers may have to stay home to help victims in their own communities. the tampa police chief says they have a contingency plan for that, the national guard. matt? >> all right, kerry sanders in tampa for us this morning. thank you very much. we'll have the latest on isaac all throughout the weekend, and i'll be in tampa for next week's republican national convention. we want to get a check of the day's other top stories.

natalie morales is over at the news desk. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. justice in norway as anders breivik has been convicted. he was deemed sane and found guilty of terrorism and premeditated murder. the maximum prison term allowed under norwegian law is 21 years, but the 33-year-old received a special prison term that allows authorities to keep him behind bars as long as he is considered dangerous. new details this morning about james holmes, the man accused of opening fire at a colorado movie theater last month. when holmes was a student at the university of colorado, the school was concerned enough by his behavior to run a background check on him. in june, holmes failed an oral board exam. he then withdrew from the school three days later. prosecutors argue that the events in holmes' life leading up to the july 20th massacre could help them pinpoint to a motive. terrifying video from boston when a woman carrying her

4-year-old child walked straight off the platform, falling onto the tracks below. she told transit officials that she thought she could board the train across the tracks from her platform. good samaritans jumped in to save the mother and son. they were fine, but she says she is never taking the subway again. and after winning two gold medals at the london olympics, she thinks that nothing would make gabby douglas nervous, but she admitted that throwing out the ceremonial first pitch for the mets/rockies game on thursday actually gave her the jitters. and gabby gave a little bit of a wild throw there, but she won the crowd over anyway with that golden girl smile. she is a sweetie. it is 7:19 on the west coast. back over to matt, savannah and al. >> natalie, thanks very much. >> matt still tried to sign her, though. >> just evolving with that one. >> on the east coast. still a little for the west. >> thought better of it after the letters were coming in. >> what's going on?

>> mr. met outside. anyway, let's see what we've got for you. first of all starting out west, we are looking at plenty of sunshine. and the heat continues through the southwest. denver, we're going to be looking at partly cloudy skies and 87 degrees. 84 in billings. beautiful day in the pacific northwest. seattle, you're going to see sunshine, 72. eugene, oregon, 76. san diego looks great. but we do see some heavier rain and thunderstorms along the southeastern atlantic coast. anywhere from two to three inches from savannah, georgia, up to norfolk, virginia. we're also looking at heavier showers and thunderstorms in the midsection of the country stretching from northern texas on into kansas and nebraska. again, there as you can see, anywhere from one to two inches of rain. >> 7:20. good morning to you. starting with a live picture, it's friday, by the way. a live look over san francisco. you can see clearlyç to the to. you have the one-hour flight delays out of sfo. let's get to the maps, 78 degrees in san jose, around 64

in san francisco, and 74 in oakland. flew the weekend temperatures stay comfortable. then we heat up a touch monday into tuesday. hope you have a fantastic weekend. and that's your latest weather. matt? >> al, thank you very much. just a little more information on this breaking news we've been covering, the shooting near the empire state building here in new york city just about a half an hour ago, we now have confirmation, this from the fbi, that two people are dead. that is one bystander and the shooter himself. >> and new york police source is telling our reporter jonathan dienst that four others were shot. that number could go higher. and these are preliminary numbers subject to change. and jonathan dienst is also reporting this morning that this is not terrorism related, according to his law enforcement sources, but rather may be the work of somebody who was an employee at the empire state building, someone described to our reporter as a disgruntled employee. >> more information ahead on a developing story. we'll have more of "today" on a

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>> good morning to you. 7:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. we're following developing story in san francisco where people are being allowed back in their homes after an overnight scare. police evacuated an apartment building in the tenderloin for a few hours this morning because of suspicious devices found in the basement. 75 people woken up, forced out on the street and the bomb squad was called in. >> there are 12 to 15 sections of pipe cut and capped and contained a substance, i don't know the specific substance at this time but the bomb squad working with the fire department hazmat team determined that the sections of pipe and the contents were not explosive and not hazardous. >> streets were shut down twill the bomb squad investigated. the streets have reopened and

you heard the devices were harmless. what about the forecast? time to check with it meteorologist christina loren. >> a comfortable weekend shaping up. we're in the 50s, upper 50s in sunnyvale, san francisco 53 degrees and 49 degrees, you need the jacket in santa rosa. as we head throughout day, the fog will clear by about noon, however, we're going to see a nice blanket of clouds hugging the coast and a westerly flow carrying in the natural ac off the pacific. temperatures today will be comfortable around 78 degrees there. 68 in santa cruz and 63 in san francisco. oakland today very nice, along the east shore at 74. as we head through the weekend, no major changes. if you like the weather lately you'll like what we have saturday, sunday. hot through tuesday and wednesday. return of the 90s. it's rush hour. >> rush hour for a friday kicks in later so we're looking at 7:30 and we have mild slowing for the south bay.

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7:30 on the west coast on this friday, august 24th. you're looking at the scene of a deadly shooting right outside the empire state building. >> fbi sources are telling us that two people are confirmed dead. one bystander and the alleged shooter. nbc's jeff rossen is on the scene. jeff, good morning again. okay. actually, jeff, we're having a little trouble with your audio. let's try and bring people up to date. we know that around 9:30 local time here in new york city,

someone began to shoot either just inside or just outside the empire state building. we have reports that up to five people were hit. we now have confirmation that two are dead. one was a victim of the shooter. the other is the alleged shooter himself. and apparently that entire area has now been cordoned off by the police. >> we're getting some reporting from our reporter jonathan dienst who works for our local affiliate that says law enforcement officials are telling him that this may have been a disgruntled employee, somebody who worked at the empire state building. dienst is also reporting it is possible that this employee has been fired the day before. >> actually, jonathan dienst is now joining us by phone. jonathan, what else can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah, it appears that the suspect was shot and killed by police after he opened fire in the vicinity of the empire state building. all this happening after 9:00 this morning. the gunman is dead. one other person also shot and killed at the scene according to

fire department and nypd officials. unclear who that second victim is at this time. officials are stressing that this appears to be a work-related shooting, perhaps by a disgruntled employee who may -- may have been fired yesterday and then returned today to the place of business today to carry out some sort of revenge. that is a preliminary information as they're still working to confirm the i.d. of this gunman of the suspect and to sort this out. but what's important to note is both fbi officials and nypd officials saying this does not appear to be terror related in this shooting outside the empire state building here in midtown manhattan. >> all right. jonathan dienst reporting on what is a developing story for us here in midtown manhattan. jonathan, thank you very much. >> we are also keeping a close eye on the weather. tropical storm isaac.

it's still posing some risk to tampa and next week's republican national convention, too. al's got the latest. >> reporter: just to update you on the location again, isaac, tropical storm with 50-mile-per-hour winds. 175 miles south-southwest of santa domingo. winds are west at 15 miles per hour. the path of this system right now -- and it's a fairly sprawling system -- you can see the rain now making its way over san juan. that rain will be making its way into haiti where they do not need it. we are looking at this coming across cuba early saturday. that will probably weaken. then it gets back over open water, makes its way across key west early monday morning. and then we expect to see some landfall somewhere between new orleans and pensacola early wednesday morning as a minimal hurricane, a category 1 storm. rainfall amounts at least through the caribbean. you can see those areas of white, that's beyond five inches. we're talking anywhere from six to ten inches of rain in those

areas. and those rain bands will stretch on into florida as we continue during the next several days as isaac makes its way through the caribbean and into the atlantic. that's what's going on around th >> 7:34 now. on a friday, i'm meteorologist christina loren. we have good looking conditions shaping up especially around the inner bay. 73 degrees in fremont, 77 for redwood city. comfortable in san jose at 78. a little cool and cloudy in san francisco. you'll hit 63 degrees and warper weather is on the way at the coast as we head through next week. a return of the 90s inland tuesday into wednesday. and that's your latest weather. matt? >> al, thank you very much. back now to jeff rossen on the scene of that shooting in midtown manhattan. we're hearing reports according to an eyewitness that the

shooter was a well-dressed individual carrying a briefcase, wearing a suit, and he walked up apparently and just opened fire and shot one of the bystanders in the head. it's unclear whether he knew that person, jeff. >> reporter: yeah, we're hearing actually the very same thing here on the scene. and actually, we're speaking with an eyewitness. we're trying to get to our location so we can speak with him firsthand so you can actually hear at home exactly what she saw. what we know from a law enforcement source, and jonathan dienst has been alluding to this, ten people shot, two people dead including that shooter who may have been incredibly well dressed. we're hearing that the shooting and a dispute happened along manhattan's fifth avenue right in front of the empire state building between 33rd and 34th streets. and here is what you have. we'll walk over here, and you'll bear with us as we show you a live picture. all of fifth avenue is closed where police activity everywhere you look. and you can see clusters of police officers walking all over the place, trying to figure out exactly where these bullet casings are, where the shooting

happened, where the victims were shot. it is creating a traffic nightmare, of course, in the middle of busy midtown manhattan. fifth avenue is now closed for several blocks in each direction. and now crosstown traffic has come to a standstill as well. i'd ask our cameraman just to step back for a moment just to see what we're dealing with, mat. as far as you can see, these are all people in the middle of midtown when this shooting broke out. and police have pushed them back to barricades. this is what it looks like, matt. and every single police barrier at each block, there are hundreds of people just waiting to see what happened. once again, we're hearing from law enforcement sources, ten people shot. two people dead including that suspect. and we're hoping to hear from an eyewitness here shortly. >> jeff rossen on the scene of the shooting in midtown manhattan. jeff, thank you very much. and we're back with much more on a friday morning. but first, these messages. ♪ so twiddly-tee twiddly-dum ♪ look out baby 'cause here i come ♪

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back now at 7:41 on the west coast with the first british newspaper to show those controversial photos of prince harry. this despite an attempt by the royal family to keep them out of the papers there. nbc's stephanie gosk has the latest. >> reporter: it's been three days since prince harry's wild vacation in las vegas was exposed. two photos taken in the privacy of his hotel suite spread as fast as the enter ninternet cou them, lightning fast. but it took until today for "the sun" to reveal the prince themselves. managing editor felt he needed to explain the delay. >> for us, this is about the freedom of the press. this is about the ludicrous situation where a picture can be seen by hundreds of millions of people around the world on the

internet but can't be seen in the nation's favorite paper. >> reporter: the palace went to the british press complaints commission to argue that the photos were a violation of prince harry's privacy. and the british media listened. not a single major news organization has used the photos. but in a statement today, "the sun" argues that the 27-year-old's behavior in las vegas was not that of a man jealously guarding his privacy. neither it seems were his security detail. the two metropolitan police officers on guard who let cameras or cell phones into the suite. >> this is a vip room with a potential head of state, and you just don't do that. that should have been checked, bagged, secured outside of the room. and when these people left, they would have got all their belongings back. >> reporter: prince harry's friend, arthur landon, who was with him tells "the daily telegraph" believes it may have been one of the guests invited into the room. an $8,000 a night suite like this one at the wynne hotel.

landon says he was not actually in the suite that night tells the paper "some people have been hinting that it was one of his friends who took the pictures, but that is absolutely not true. none of his friends would ever do that. we are all very careful." landon goes on to say that whoever did sell the photos to the press were, in his words, despicable. prince harry returns to military duty next week. the ministry of defense tells us they won't comment on whether or not he will be censured. i'm sure harry will be glad this vacation is finally over. >> stephanie gosk, thank you. still ahead, music, a concert on the plaza from train. and we'll catch up with america's favorite and largest family, the duggars, all 24 of them. family, the duggars, all 24 of them. but first, theseally use... messages

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umpire. you may remember this guy. the call didn't happen on the field. we'll talk to jim joyce and the woman whose life he saved in a moment. but first their story. >> ground ball, right side, cabrera will cut it off. galarraga, he's out. no, he's safe. >> until this week baseball umpire jim joyce was best known for a bad call he made in the ballpark two years ago. one that cost armando gal rarra, a young pitch he for tdodgers a place in history. he apologized and explained himself on "today." >> it was one of those plays that was very close. i had been telling myself that, you know, one more out and this kid has a perfect game. when that play happened, it exploded, and i came up with safe. just a day after the call heard

around the world, an unexpected act of forgiveness that stunned everyone. that same pitcher walked out onto the field and shook joyce's hand on the plate. a simple but symbolic gesture that left the veteran umpire in tears. this week another call made by jim joyce is getting attention, one of life and death. when joyce showed up for work monday, he saw jayne powers, a longtime diamondbacks employee collapse. he quickly jumped into action and began performing cpr until an ambulance took her to the hospital. joyce was honored for his actions wednesday night. he's with us along with jayne powers. good morning to both of you. >> good morning, matt. >> good morning. >> jayne, how do you feel? i know you were released from the hospital, i believe, just a day or so ago. how are you doing? >> i'm a little sore but i'm glad i'm sitting here talk you to you. >> i can imagine. you went to work, told some

friends at work you weren't feeling too well. do you remember what happened next? >> i remember telling my friend, it was during our preshift meeting before we were going out to the stadium. i told her, i said i wasn't feeling well. i said if i pass out -- that's all i remember. i remember my friend saying, does anybody know cpr. does anybody know cpr. i had a look of stress on my face, obviously, because i was hearing everything but nobody was responding. and then jim was walking down the tunnel right where i was, and all of a sudden he came out of nowhere and he said, i know cpr and he took over from there. >> jim, had you ever performed cpr in an emergency situation before? >> just one time, matt, almost 30 years ago. >> did it kick in as instinct. i know you learned it as a lifeguard when you were 16. did it just kick in? >> yes, it did.

it was nothing more than in steenextinct -- instinct. i knew jayne was in trouble. when i checked her vitals, there was no pulse. i knew she was in a lot of trouble at that particular time. literally it was instinct that took over. >> just like we hear all the time, you did cpr to the song staying alive. >> i said it in my head. i don't know if i was saying it out live. i know it was in my head. that's the new cpr, that's the rhythm you do the chest compression to. >> you were rushed to the hospital. do you have any idea how long you did cpr, by the way? >> we kind of figured it was probably somewhere between four and five, maybe six minutes. >> jayne you got rushed to the hospital. they im planted a pacemaker. was this a heart attack? was this a seizure? what have they told you? >> no. i went into cardiac arrest.

i wasn't really a seizure. it was an erratic heartbeat that was malfunctioning in my heart, which caused me to go into cardiac arrest. >> jim, i know you had the chance to go to the hospital and visit with jayne. what was that like for you? >> i think it was pretty emotional for all of us involved. my wife kay was with me and jayne's brother john was there. i said a couple words and then the emotions just took over. i think it was maybe 30 seconds of downtime after that, because we all had to take a couple deep breaths and just catch ourselves. >> jayne, we are so happy you're okay. we're happy jim was walking down that hallway. it's another example. umpires are often the unsung heroes of major league baseball and now for a completely different reason. jim, it's good to have you in the headlines for all the right reasons. >> thank you, matt. there's also one thing i like to

convey to everybody out there, cpr can be learned by anybody and it only takes one time. even if you never use it again but that one time, it might be the most important time in somebody's life. >> absolutely well said. jim, thank you so much. jayne, continued recovery to you. >> thank you so much. still ahead, we've got a live concert from train coming up after your local news. [ music playing ] and also to build my career. so i'm not about to always let my frequent bladder urges, or the worry my pipes might leak get in the way

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>> good morning to you. 7:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. this morning san jose police chief chris moore meeting with the task force to discuss options to deal with the rash of violence that comes as police investigate the city's 33rd homicide of the year. the latest happened last night at south king road near tully road. the victim is believed to be an 18-year-old san jose man. no arrests have been made. police do not know if the shooting was gang related. time to look at the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> hey, good morning. it's friday, good morning to you. we have a good looking day shaping up. this weekend looks phenomenal. still want to point out the fog is thick in santa rosa. less than a quarter mile visibility up there. gilroy down to a mile and a quarter. fog should be clearing by about noon in those areas. it's not going to be clear for long in the city by the bey. about four hours of sunshine

before the fog rolls back in. it's the onshore flow that's keeping us cooler than average as we head through this afternoon. 78 degrees just perfection in san jose, 87 in livermore, and the good news is temperatures don't budge that much through the weekend. hot tuesday into wednesday. let's check the rush hourç dri. >> gave you that shout out about a quarter mile visibility in santa rosa. quarter mile is is when it starts to affect how fast you should drive so lower the speeds. peninsula we're looking at a slower drive past an earlierç incident. a lot of debris in the road around university but that's cleared. we'll look at the road. traffic is flowing smoothly but we see it bunch up but not a major problem here. the bay bridge toll plaza not a major problem. in fact, lighter than a half hour ago. it's going to build as folks head to the city. the giants are playing tonight. america's cup all day. >> for the latest you can check out nbc bay area on facebook or

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. it's the 24th day of august 2012 and we are out here with a crowd on the plaza and these folks are here to see the grammy winning band train perform for an entire half hour, which is a big deal. i'm matt lauer along with savannah gut ree and al roker. and there is another reason for them to be excited. >> missy franklin, the swimming sensation, we are going to talk to her about the offers she is getting or stay in amateur so

she can swim in college. we'll ask her what it's been like to win all of those medals and go back to high school. she's ditching school today, though. >> she actually started last week. that's right. this is her first day off. kids stay in school. also, a family can probably fill up a good portion of this stage. we're talking about the duggers. they are about to start a new hit season of their reality show. we're talking to all 24 of them. >> wow. they could fill up their own college room, their college classroom. in case your kids are getting ready for college, we want to make sure that they are ready, everything from the hidden costs to the emotional side of leaving home. we've got a survival guide for both your students and the parents. >> all right. before we get to all of that, we want to get the day's other top stories. natalie morales, good morning again. >> good morning, everyone. we're following the breaking news right now a. shooting outside new york's empire state building where at least two people have been killed, the

suspected gunman among them. jeff rossman is among them. jeff, what have you learned? >> reporter: natalie, this is what we're hearing. law enforcement sources now tell nbc news ten people have been shot here outside the empire state building. two of them have died, including the suspect who we're told, according to the nypd, was a disgruntled employee from one of the companies inside the empire state building who showed up here today. the security guards would not let him into the building and so police tell us the shooting happened outside the building and i believe you're watching some aerials right now of exactly what the scene looks like. again, several people have been brought to several area hospitals here in new york city. all of midtown manhattan has become to a standstill. if you haven't been here before, located along fifth avenue in the 30s. so right now -- and we can come back to a live picture. right down the street across the

street is where one of the shooting scenes happened. the entrance to the empire state building just feet away. police are still trying to put all of this together. they are at several different scenes even within this scene where people have been shot. eyewitnesses say they heard shots over and over again. you can imagine on a busy weekday morning. once again, the nypd and fbi now on the scene also telling us -- and this is very important -- no connection to terrorism. this appears to be a workplace dispute with a man, again, it appears was fired yesterday from one of the companies inside the empire state building. and we can pan up here. you can see how close we are right under its shadow. there are several companies, obviously, that do business here. he worked for one of them, we're told. we're not sure which one but tried to get into the building when one of the security guards

tried to keep him out. if we can come over here -- and i hate to do this to you -- but if you can see down the street the amount of police activity and up the street the amount of police barricades and the amount of people here in midtown manhattan who have been pushed back is really incredible. we're talking about hundreds, hundreds of people at different locations. you can see police officers here even moving people back as we're live on the air, natalie, there is a mayor and police commissioner meeting happening here in just minutes with perhaps more information. if there is, we will bring it to you, natalie. >> jeff, we don't have a lot of time. do we know the conditions of those who were injured? >> reporter: it is still unclear. they are still being treated at those hospitals. >> all right. jeff rosen, keep us on top of any developments. the u.s. anti-developing agency will strip lance armstrong of his titles and ban him from competitive cycling after a frustrating lance

armstrong announced he is ending his fight against the agency saying enough is enough. the agency is claiming that he took performance enhancing drugs a. claim that he has always denied. madonna is waving her white flag in her feud is she. at a recent concert in france she forgave sir elton for calling her a fair ground stripper. >> a fan of this. i know he's a big fan of mine. you know what, i forgive him. >> but it may not be water under the bridge. the song she dedicated to him was masterpiece, which sparked the feud when it beat e..on john's hello hello at the golden globe. these racy pictures on yahoo! and shared on facebook. we can see why. celine dion and nicole kidman posing for a sexy shoot for d magazine.

jimmy fallon rag time barbershop quartet is going viral with their rendition of a bob marley classic. ♪ girl going to make you sweat you can't sweat no more if you cry out i'm going to push you some more ♪ >> a late night fan wrote into fallon asking him to combine reggae with barber shop music. you know what, jimmy, it works. it always works. 8:06, back outside to al with a check of the weather. is there anything he can't do. >> i think we ought to do a little barber shop quartet. i think it would be fun. who is the birthday girl? what's your name? >> ashley. >> where are you from. >> pennsylvania. >> and you all talk together? >> yeah. >> and you all wear the same outfits and you have antennas and blond hair. just amazing. happy birthday, ashley. let's see what we've got as far as your weather is concerned. the latest on isaac, 170 miles

east southwest of santo domingo, 50-mile-an-hour winds, starting to strengthen, winds at 15 miles an hour moving west. makes landfall possibly early monday morning around the keys of florida, then makes its way on into the gulf and possibly again around the gulf coast, central gulf coast sometime wednesday morning. a risk of strong storms in the northern plains. also heavy rain along the southeastern mid-atlantic, beautiful weather in the pacific

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families, the dug arrest. they are gearing up for the sixth season of their popular tlc show, "19 kids and counting." they are all with us this morning. hey, duggars, good morning. good to see you. >> good morning. >> i'm still full from that morning we had breakfast together last season. you probably just finished clearing the dishes. >> that was a lot of fun. we enjoyed having you over. >> when you come here, have you a big announcement. let's get that out of the way. do you have any news this morning? >> not that i know of. we would love to but we don't today. >> that actually raises a good question. i know you love children and would welcome any kids that come along with open arms. but are you actively hoping to have more kids? >> we definitely are. we would love for the lord to give us more. we will wait and see. today isn't one of those days

where we get to make that kind of announcement. our big announcement is our new season starting up. >> we have fun trying. >> jim bob, you sly dog you. one thing we get to see this season is the duggar family trip. you packed everybody up to go to a family wedding in florida. how much organization does that have to take? how early do you have to start packing? >> wow, that was quite a different way of doing it. we went earlier and our oldest daughter janet was the one that started packing. she had a lot of helpers help her to do that. >> well, it looks like quite the ordeal. what was it like for the little ones to get to be involved in that wedding? was that fun? >> they enjoyed it so much. i think the little ones especially that got to ride in this beautiful little decorated wagon, they enjoyed that a lot. i think just the fun of getting to see our family members through anna's family, anna's sister priscilla married david.

it was a beautiful ceremony. >> we want to talk to you guys a lot more in our next hour. just wanted to say hi, so we'll see you in a little bit. okay? >> great. >> 8:12 now. here is matt. >> savannah, thanks. we talked a lot about swimming sensation missy franklin leading up to the london olympic games, the 17-year-old missile certainly lived up to the hype winning five medals, four of those were gold. she also set a world record in the 200 meter backstroke and just started her senior year of high school. missy, it's great to see you. welcome back. >> thank you. >> how do you do that? seriously, how do you go from what you just experienced in london and just start school again? >> it's my friends and family. i was so excited to get back and see my classmates and see regis again. >> let's mention regis, not regis philbin. most students the night before the first day of school make

sure they have the right outfit, the right notebooks, you did jay leno. so it has to set you apart. are you worried at all you'll never be able to be viewed as just a student again? >> definitely not. regis is such a special place for me to just be missy. all my classmates know i'm there to have fun. give me a space to be me. >> yet you have all these opportunities that are different. there's no question about it. by the way, congratulations, you just booked an acting gig. >> i did. >> tell us about the project. >> i got a cameo in a movie "internship," owens wilson. >> what are you going to do? >> you'll have to see. >> it's a secret? you're not allowed to tell us anything? >> nothing. >> everyone who knows you knows you're a belieber. >> i am. >> one of the perks of winning

five olympic medals is -- >> he notices you. >> what happened? >> he sent me a huge care package. i go home, my mom is onso cute, she had it set out on the table, t-shirts, cds. >> he has a concert in denver. are you going to be able to go? >> i'm going to be able to go. it's in january. my friend bought me tickets for my birthday. we're going to get back stage passes. >> you got a tattoo. >> i did. so weird. >> you're going to have to help me. i told my kids they can't get a tattoo until they are 18. help me out. where duties a tattoo. >> on my right hip, the olympic rings. it's the only tattoo i'm going to get. i grew up watching all my big role models with that tattoo, i wanted it so bad. >> now the decision, so much talked about, stay amateur and compete in college or go pro and take advantage of what i would imagine are crazy lucrative offers waved in front of your

face. where do you stand? >> right now we've definitely talked about it a little bit. i think we still want to talk about it more. as of right now we've had college coaches coming to the house and i will be taking my visits in the fall and we'll go from there. >> does the fact you have said so many times in the past that you're going to swim in college in some ways make this a no win situation? are you afraid of going back on your word? >> i think so. it's hard. i definitely put it out there i do want to swim in college, something i want to do. i don't want people to think that's not how i feel anymore because it is. >> if you hadn't said that, do you think you'd be in the direction of going pro. >> i still think i want to swim in college. just because i said that, it doesn't amplify the fact i want to do it. i've always wanted to do it whether i said something about it or not. >> i know you're going to participate in the doubles of the u.s. open. >> i am. i'm apologizing now for everyone that wants. >> carly rae jepsen. >> i'm not sure what's going to happen. i'm going to go there and do whatever they want me to.

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first thing to do, straight talk about alcohol and drug use. >> we have to think about safety. safety comes with knowing what to do about alcohol and drugs. you can say don't do it. it's not going to happen. your kids are. be honest, factual, encourage them to go out with a buddy and be safe, know what they are getting into and stand up for themselves. if they want to say no, say no. >> healthy living, sleep at the top of the list. >> without sleep we don't function well. in college it's easy to not get enough sleep. try to get, we want to say seven to sate, as much as you can, you'll function better, do better in school. >> the dreaded freshman 15, weight gain. >> weight gain is a tough thing, start teaching them healthy eating, prepare them to have water in their room, granl ark bars, good healthy snacks so they don't have to order pizza. they have things ready to go. >> another, healthy exercise. >> we want to be doing that. a lot of schools offer for one credit, bonus fitness, get a

credit, someone to exercise with. >> another huge skill, time management. >> this might be the most important thing. we don't know how to schedule ourselves. as a teenager you're often ready for someone to schedule it for you. don't schedule morning classes if you won't get up, work with a friend for good study habits, work with your adviser, ask for help. >> good advice as they enter adulthood. thank you. >> here is matt. >> savannah, thanks. college comes with a huge price tag. that goes well beyond tuition. jean chatzky, good morning. >> good morning. >> you say there are hidden costs, you need to know about them of this snes are the places kids get into trouble financially. the first are food. there are swipes which get you all you can eat meal then there are dining dollars on many campuses. your kids need to understand dining dollars need to be budged. how many meals should they buy and how much are they spending

each meal to keep it clean. >> break it down, understand it going in. next atm cost, kids need cash on a regular basis and fees. >> $3 a pop if you're using a bank you don't bank with. the best thing to do is just open a bank account on the campus bank and make sure you maintain a minimum balance. >> how do you feel about credit cards for kids in college? >> you know, i was never a fan of kids having their own credit cards, which they can no longer do. >> a law against that. >> the card act, 21 or an income. i do think it's a good move to sign your kids up as an authorized using one of your cards so they come out of school with a credit history. if they want to buy a car or get an apartment they are going to need that. just make sure you monitor the bill. >> to offset costs, a lot of students need a part-time job. your advice is look early. >> look early especially if you're on a rural campus. those work-study jobs go fast. look for a job you can keep more

than one year. that's how you get raises. >> good information. over to al. >> thanks so much. all the cool kids stocked up with the latest gadgets. how do you decide what for your family. mario armstrong our expert. laptop can bust your budget. >> $499 for this dell, though. you do not have to spend a lot of money to get a decent laptop. 15r, great for research, papers. >> enough ram. >> good hard drive, a good deal. >> textbook. you can spend a lot of dough. >> i have one here. here you can rent them. for half the price. a math book for $65. normally if you bought it, it would be $100. ebooks are huge using an app called inkling, do a lot of things, looking at chapter, buy by chapter, video, motion. >> speaking of video kids want to watch tv. >> $179 for this thin 24 inch tosh in ark, sit in your dorm

room, $179. >> you like these speakers. >> they are only $39, the jam box. they sound amazing, al. bluetooth wireless, connect the cord, different colors, look great. >> you look rap, your roommate looks country. >> you need good headphones, fab.com, awesome set of headphones, sound gray for $24. >> save surprise. >> organization is key. quirky.com has great ideas $29.99 and up to keep things neat and decluttered. >> mario armstrong. thanks so much. >> you're welcome, al. >> just ahead, a live concert on the plaza. but first -- >> happy about school. >> first your local news and weather. there you go. get ready for train.

good morning to you, it is 8:26. i'm marla tellez. david rosen is charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter in connection with the deaths of 41-year-old solomon nuri and his 9-year-old daughter, odessa, back in april. police say rosen was driving an suv and speeding when he swerved and hit nuri and his two daughters. they were riding their bikes. 12-year-old hanna nuri suffered minor injuries. the nuri family wants rosen, who was 17 at the time, to be charged as an adult. time to check this morning's traffic commute. how is it looking, mike? the orange right here, marla, don't be alarmed.

it's fog. down to a quarter mile through the area. christina has been telling us this morning. still sticking around, but speeds are okay there, not so okay for highway 37. going to be crowded all weekend. there's a race event going on, grand prix at sears point. expect slowing all day, all weekend. slow also in the south bay where we're looking at northbound 101 as well. 880 toward the interchange, as well, slow from 280 up towards 101 as well in through san jose. back to you. >> for the latest traffic and news, find us on facebook. ♪

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♪ >> 8:30 now on this friday morning august 24th, 2012. we are getting a jump-start on the weekend with a great concert in rockefeller plaza. train will take the stage for the full half hour just ahead. good morning. i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer, al roker.

>> as we get ready toead to the labor day weekend, matchbox 20 will take over the concert stage, a special holiday edition of our concert. september 18th, get ready, one of our favorites, pink will be here live in concert as well. batten down the hatches and mark your calendars. >> still to come, some of the hottest news why the world can't get enough of this korean rock star and his crazy dance. >> get him on our plaza. >> all right. and then the duggars were here earlier. they have got a lot more to talk about. we talked to them briefly in our last half hour. they are going to join us a little later on to continue the discussions. >> all right. we want to say hello to the bronze medalist. great to see you.

let me get this straight. gloria estefan threw you a celebration party when you got back to miami. >> yeah, it was a lot of fun. >> have you been partying nonstop since you got home. >> not much partying. >> the gym where you work out, a lot of the younger athletes are looking at you saying you are their inspiration. what does it mean to you? >> it's a huge deal. that's kind of one of my bigger goals to always try to inspire the younger kids like i was inspired with the people i used to watch. >> you're back now. you've had a little time to digest this. as you look back at the experience, what was the highlight, one of the highlights for you? >> you mean besides -- >> besides this. >> just being in the village. it was great to see all the different countries, all the different sports. it was really a lot of fun. a lot of love for the sport. everybody kind of understood each other. >> i know you already have your sights set orneryo. how soon in advance do you start

training and getting back in preolympic shape. >> basically immediately. i'm going to take a little vacation. after that i'll come back and keep training. >> does the lucky towel go everywhere with you as you have it today? the blankie? >> no, no, not a blankie. >> everybody needs their good luck charm. >> linus. >> people have been calling me that on twitter. >> good to see you back here in the states. congratulations. >> great to have you here. let's get a check of the weather. >> let's take a quick look at the weekend and see what we've got for you. we are looking at rain getting involved from isaac down so southern florida, western half of the country, rain in the u.s. then on sunday -- sunday! -- we've got more heavy rain moving into southern florida. sunny and hot in texas on into the west, showers in the pacific

northwest. 8:33 now. taking a live look over san francisco. the clouds are clearing. you can actually see that sun as i step out of the way here starting to make an appearance. still have those flight delays, though, at an hour out of sfo. keep that in mind. check ahead with your carrier. we should see those lifted as we have for the past four days at 11:00. 77 degrees today in los gatos. it stays nice all weekend long, then temperatures creep up as we head through tuesday and wednesday, return of the 90s. >> with the approach of tropical storm isaac. any time you need weather go to weather channel on cable or weather.com. now let's check in with willard scott. hi, willie. >> lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer. take a look, from palm harbor, walter matter, 102 years.

loves fishing. i bet he loves cooking the fish he caught. mae keane in middlebury, connecticut, 106 years old today. great dancer. she certainly enjosie an occasional bailey's irish cream. does she put it in coffee? i don't know. she didn't write that. willie ballard-lynn. 100 years old. the happiest when surrounded by her loving family. that means an awful lot to almost all these folks. that's great. james and eloise hawkins from canton, missouri. they have been married 75 years. they are crazy about each other. once in a while a little smooch to keep things interesting. william laun, 101 years old, a world war ii veteran, loves telling jokes. erva lynch from summerfield,

florida is 107 years old. she says the best thing about getting older is there's no peer pressure. she can do what she well pleases. how about that. now back to new york where they do what they do. >> willard, thank you very much. when we come back, concert up on that stage. but first this is "today" on nbc. [ male announcer ] every day, your car takes you to work, school, practice, dance class, shopping, and more. so do something nice for it. chevron with techron. care for your car.

>> announcer: toyota concert series on "today," brought to you by toyota. >> it's time to kick off our friday concert in rockefeller concert. without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, train. ♪ hey hey hey your lipstick stains

on the front lobe of my left side brains ♪ ♪ i knew i wouldn't forget you and so i went and let you blow my mind your sweet moonbeam ♪ ♪ the smell of you in every single dream i dream ♪ ♪ i knew when we collided you're the one i have decided who's one of my kind ♪ ♪ hey soul sister ain't that mister mister on the radio, stereo ♪ ♪ the way you move ain't fair you know ♪ ♪ hey soul sister, i don't wanna miss a single thing you do tonight ♪ ♪ hey hey hey

just in time, i'm so glad you have a one track mind like me ♪ ♪ you gave my life direction a game show love connection we can't deny ♪ ♪ i'm so obsessed my heart is bound to beat right out my untrimmed chest ♪ ♪ i believe in you like a virgin, you're madonna and i'm always gonna wanna blow your mind ♪ ♪ hey soul sister ain't that mister mister on the radio, stereo ♪ ♪ the way you move ain't fair you know ♪ ♪ hey soul sister

i don't wanna miss a single thing you do tonight ♪ ♪ the way you can cut a rug watching you is the only drug i need ♪ ♪ so gangster, i'm so thug you're the only one i'm dreaming of ♪ ♪ you see i can be myself now finally in fact there's nothing i can't be ♪ ♪ i want the world to see you'll be with me ♪ ♪ hey soul sister ain't that mister mister on the radio, stereo ♪ ♪ the way you move ain't fair you know ♪ ♪ hey soul sister i don't wanna miss a single thing you do tonight ♪ ♪ hey soul sister i don't wanna miss a single thing you do tonight ♪ ♪ hey hey hey

tonight ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> there's a lot more where that came from. we are back with more music from train in a moment. but first, this is "today" on nbc. here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ]

the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ...and now... you! [ giggles ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios

about 20 years now. they have been churning outnumber one hits and selling lots of albums. now they are on tour. their latest cd is called california 37. nice to see you. welcome back. how are you doing? so i was thinking about your early days since it's been 20 years. all those days of playing little

clubs and trying to get gigs, are those memories miles away or do you still think about it? >> i love those days. they still feel really great. but i love this, too. i love we're playing in new york city, central park on monday, thousands of people there, really good. >> how does life on the road treat you these days? touring with these guys, all copacetic? >> i don't think we've ever had more fun together. i just think we really miss our families. we travel the world now. it's a pretty big place when it's not on the internet. >> what's with the woodstock atmosphere. i hear it's a lovefest, people come up on stage and getting married at your concerts. >> with "marry me" a lot of people getting engaged. they do. scott has been ordained recently so he marries here and there. >> picking up spare change on the side. you guys are also entrepreneurs.

not only music business but you're into wine with a cause in mine. >> on san francisco.com, the simi san francisco wine company and we make wine and we give this money to this incredible charity called family house in san francisco. new, we started yesterday, we've combined chocolate with wine and gar deli combined with us and we make chocolate bars. all that goes, too. >> we want to make an announcement, since you're winemakers, they have decided to make you the official band of the "today" show. >> what are you going to play now? >> say good-bye.

♪ my heart is paralyzed my head was oversized ♪ ♪ i'll take the high road like i should ♪ ♪ you said it's meant to be it's not you, it's me ♪ ♪ you're leaving now ♪ you're leaving now for good. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i returned everything i ever bought her help me, help me ♪ ♪ i'm all out of lies and ways to say you died ♪

♪ ♪ my pride still feels the sting you were my everything someday i'll find a love like yours ♪ ♪ a love like yours ♪ she'll think i'm superman ♪ not super minivan how could you leave on yom kippur ♪ that's cool. >> but if my friends ask where you are prime minister i'm gonna say she was caught in a mudslide eaten by a lion got run over by a crappy purple scion.

♪ membership me, help me i'm no good at good buys ♪ ♪ she dried up in the desert drowned in a hot tub chanced to death at an east side nightclub help me help me ♪ ♪ i'm all out of lies and ways to say you died ♪ ♪ i wanna live a thousand lives with you i wannabe the one you're dying to love ♪ ♪ but you don't want to ♪ that's cool but if my friends ask where you are i'm gonna say ♪ ♪ that's cool but if my friends ask where you are i'm gonna say ♪ ♪ she went down in an airplane fried getting sun stand fell in a cement mixer full of quicksand help me help me

i'm no good at good byes she met a shark under water fell and no one caught her i returned everything i ever bought her help me help me i'm all out of lies she was caught by a mudslide ♪ ♪ help me help me ♪ i'm all out of lies and ways to say you died ♪ >> music from train friday morning. ahead this is "today" on nbc. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol

as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios

>> all week we've been asking you to vote for one of the songs you want train to perform. the choices were drive by, is this love, or save me san francisco. which song won? ladies and gentlemen, here's train. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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♪ i was overwhelmed and frankly scared as hell because i really fell for you ♪ ♪ oh i swear to you i'll be there for you this is not a drive by just a shy guy looking for a two ply hefty bag to hold my love when you move me everything is groovy they don't like it sue me either way you do me oh i swear to you i'll be there for you this is not a drive by ♪ ♪ please believe that when i leave ♪ ♪ there's nothing up my sleeve but love for you

and a little time to get my head together, too ♪ ♪ on the other side of the street i knew stood a girl that looked like you i guess that deja vu but i thought this can't be true ♪ ♪ cause oh i swear to you i'll be there for you this is not a drive by just a shy guy. >> looking for a two ply hefty bag to hold my love ♪ ♪ when you move me everything is groovy they don't like it sue me either way you do me ♪ ♪ oh i swear to you i'll be there for you this is not a drive by ♪ >> that's train singing the song our viewers chose. more songs in a moment but first

your local news and weather. it is 8:56 now. good morning. i'm marla tellez. so farther unstoppable. petaluma's baseball stairs will play in the u.s. championship game at the little league world series tomorrow. last night there was no doubt about it. this grand slam gave petaluma a 5-0 lead in the first inning and the boys never looked back. umpires had to call the game in the fifth because of the mercy

rule. petaluma wins 11-1. let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. good morning. good morning to you, marla. a great-looking day shaping up. temperatures will be comfortable at about 77 degrees in los gatos, 68 degrees today in santa cruz, and he stay steady all weekend long in the 80s. ask me what it's like when my tempur-pedic moves. [ male announcer ] why not talk to someone who owns an adjustable version of the most highly recommended bed in america? ask me about my tempur advanced ergo. goes up. goes up. ask me what it's like to get a massage anytime you want. goes down. goes down. [ male announcer ] tempur-pedic brand owners are more satisfied than owners of any traditional mattress brand. ergonomics. [ male announcer ] tempur-pedic. the most highly recommended bed in america. [ female announcer ] for more information or to find a retailer near you, visit tempurpedic.com.

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>> music from train friday morning. back with more of "today" august 24th, 2012. lots of people on the plaza happy with what they just heard. if you're just tuning in, there's more music from train just ahead. thank you so much. great seeing you again, good

luck on the tour. meanwhile i'm matt lauer with savannah guthrie and al roker. coming up, more with the dug >> we caught up with them a little bit. there are 24 of them. you need more time to get all of the questions. we'll check back in with the entire dugger clan in a few moments. >> we've got the latest out of hollywood including lady gaga changing the look, getting rid of the platinum locks for a fresh new look. actor that nabbed the coveted role in "the hunger games." and maelt and matt's favorite. >> he's my screen saver, absolutely. also ahead, the things you tell your kids when you're a parent. you make that face, it's going to stay that way. >> absolutely. it happened to me. that's been a big problem. >> we'll go through fact and fiction. natalie's got the headlines of the morning. >> good morning, everyone. a shooting outside new york city's empire state building

left at least two people dead. one of those killed was a former co-worker of the suspect who apparently was the intended victim. the 53-year-old suspect then fired on police and officers shot back killing him. at least nine others were wounded or grazed by bullets in the cross fire. they are expected to survive. mayor bloomberg says the gunman jeffrey johnson was a disgruntled employee who worked nearby. he was laid off from his job as a women's accessories designer about a year ago. the streets around the landmark had been shut down as the investigation continues. meanwhile, the fbi and the atf are on the scene investigating. cycling champ lance armstrong will be stripped of his record seven tour de france titles and banned for life from the sport he helped make famous. thursday night armstrong released a statement saying, "enough is enough, as he decided to stop drop his challenge against the u.s. anti-doping agency charges that he used performance-enhancing drugs. armstrong says the usada does

not have the authority to strip him of his titles. the head of the agency denies that. more backlash surrounding a new book about the killing of osama bin laden. the author of "no easy day" is a former navy seal from seal team six that carried out last year's daring mission. according to the publisher, the author gives a blow by blow narrative of the raid and other details that have outraged the military community. if the book leaks any classified information, the author could be prosecuted. a girl reported missing more than two years ago has now been found in illinois. just 15 years old when she disappeared, the girl told police she escaped after being held captive for years and repeatedly sexually assaulted. police recovered her young child who she says was the product of rape by her captor. a 24-year-old man and his mother had been arrested in connection with the case. new details this morning about james holmes, the man accused of opening fire at a colorado movie theater last month.

when holmes was a student at the university of colorado, the school was concerned enough by his behavior to run a background check on him. in june, holmes failed an oral board exam. he then with drew from the schol three days later. prosecutors argue this could help them pinpoint to a motive. wildfires are scorching northern california. more than 60 homes have been destroyed and flames are now threatening almost 1,000 more. some 2,500 firefighters are on the scene battling the blaze. if you're going to wear the spider-man suit, you've got to commit to the part this video from poland is going viral and shows one guy who wants to be warsaw's newest superhero. he may not be ready for the silver screen, but he has the spidey sense to get people laughing. or at least to get one elderly subway rider angry enough to scold him saying, this isn't the olympics. it's now four minutes after the

hour. outside to al with a check of the weather. >> i don't think anybody was confusing him with the olympics. thanks so much. this is the latest we've got on tropical storm isaac. 175 miles south/southwest of santa domingo. 50 mile-an-hour winds and moving to the west at 15 miles per hour. we are seeing heavy rain making its way into puerto rico. as it does that rain is starting to see its way into hispanola. bad news for haiti where there are hundreds of thousands living in tent cities. this is the path of the storm coming up across and in between kingston into cuba. saturday morning it's still a tropical storm. makes its way over cuba, so that's going to inhibit the growth and intensification. then as it makes its way back out into the warmer waters of the gulf, it comes across as a tropical storm key west. makes its way into the gulf where the water temperatures are in the mid to upper 80s. that's more intensification and more fuel for that system.

it comes onshore some time early wednesday, probably as a category 1 storm. 9:06. i'm meteorologist christina loren. it's friday. a live look over san jose, you can see we're clearing up very nicely. you can see that plane flying through the sky. we still have flight delays to point out in san francisco, but we shouldn't see those for much longer as the fog is clearing quickly as well. highs in the city today, 62 degrees in san francisco, 77 in redwood city, and 68 in santa cruz. san jose around 78 degrees. that's your latest weather. savannah. >> all right, al. thanks. now to more of one of our favorite and definitely one of the largest families we know. the dug arrest back with season six's 19 kids and counting. needless to say with kids ranging in age from 24 to 2 1/2, packing for a trip can be a process.

>> jackson and johanna, why don't y'all do the socks. put all the socks together, the right ones. we need 32 pairs of socks for the younger boys and 15 for the older boys. >> more you have them occupy doing stuff, they weren't getting into stuff i was doing. >> little socks and big socks. >> put the right colors together. >> jim bob and michelle are with us along with their 19 kids, daughter-in-law, anna, and their two new grandchildren. good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> who was that on the tape? was that janna acting like the drill sergeant there? she's got a future? >> yes. shee amazing, i'll tell you. she can run a household. she could probably run a small business easily. >> future ceo perhaps. jim bob, this is the eighth year of your show. i wonder how you're feeling about the reality show?

is this something you would do forever if you could or do you ever think, boy, we may have to hang it up someday. >> we feel like over the years people have encouraged us. we feel like this is a way to share principles and help other people. as a matter of fact, a lot of people watch our show and go to our website at duggarfamily.com and find more about our family and tfc.com. we feel like it's a family ministry. >> everybody is so fascinated about how you pull this off. when i was there in the spring, it's like a 19 ring circus, but a well managed one. do you go back and watch shows and say i had no idea that happened. >> many times. it's amazing what others will catch on video whenever our children are doing things without us knowing. it's amazing. >> do the kids ever watch themselves in the show in do they have a recognition, especially the little ones, that

they are tv stars? >> my little ones do sometimes. they will be like, hey, that's grandpa, that's grandma, that's our family. kind of like having home videos everybody watches. >> josh and anna, you have two grandchildren. i don't mean to get up in your business but are you happy to carry on this family tradition of really big families? >> we would love more. i think we're just learning to love the two children that god has given us. if he gives us more, we would be grateful. >> anna, what did your family think when you went to a family weddinging, i think it was your sister's wedding, and all the duggars came. was that the first experience with the big family? >> we were glad to have them back and we had a great time. >> i think it is sometimes overwhelming for people that may not interact with that large of a group to have everyone there and especially at a wedding where you have -- you're all dressed up and trying to keep

everybody in order and keep them all in their right place and the right timing. it's definitely a lot of organized chaos. >> michelle, i've got to ask you, i read this this morning. i'm sure you've heard this before. it is a staggering fact. with 19 kids, have you been pregnant a total of 144 months of your life. that is 12 years. do you ever think about that? >> i do. i really do. i think it will be a sad day for me whenever i know that we're not able to have any more but we'll look forward to grand babies. we're definitely enjoying the ones we've got right now so hopefully we won't have that empty nest syndrome. >> i don't think you're going to have an empty nest for a really, really long time. jim bob, we talked about this last hour. i asked you guys, is it a matter of welcoming a child if it happens to come along or hoping to have more children you guys said we're hoping to have more kids. a lot of people might scratch

their heads and say, really, is 19 not enough? >> yes. we really consider each child a blessing from god. each one of our children are glad to be here. aren't you guys? >> yes. >> they love their brothers and sisters. we've heard it said, if you learn to get along with your brothers and sisters, you can learn to get along with anyone. life in a big family is really preparation for life out in the real world. >> you have the two grandkids now. michelle, are you getting that grandma experience, something that feels different than the mothering experience we know you certainly have? >> definitely. it is the most wonderful thing. i've heard people say it's great. now i know what they were talking about. having these grandchildren is such a joy. they are precious. it is such a sweet relationship. >> well, it's so great to see you guys. i had the best time when i visited you. remember, i tried to remember all 19 kids' names. >> you were amazing. i was so surprised. you did better than i would have done? >> i don't know about that. i'm not going to try it again

today but it was a fun thing to do at parties for a while. i would just reel off the duggar names. everybody was impressed. >> you'll have to come back for a visit sometime. >> love to do that. we want to remind everybody, the new episode of "19 kids and counting" tuesday night on tlc. coming up next, the hottest news out of hollywood, including the new "hunger games" star, lady gaga's new do plus more. oh, we call it the bundler. let's say you need home and auto insurance. you give us your information once, online... [ whirring and beeping ] [ ding! ] and we give you a discount on both. sort of like two in one. how did you guys think of that? it just came to us. what? bundling and saving made easy. now, that's progressive. call or click today. never beat around the bush. you'll just squash the berries.

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morning. >> reporter: good morning. say what? >> celebrity quotes and you'll tell us the quotes and try to identify who said that. >> ready for the first one? >> let's go. >> for me to tell someone that my husband had cancer, that we were struggling to have kids, or whatever we've gone through, talking about my life let's people know who is the real me. was it one, celine, dion, katie couric, catherine zeta-jones. >> number one. >> this was an interesting interview. prince harry isn't the only one going naked. >> very revealing. >> very revealing. she's topless, covering up her chest area. she talks about motherhood, struggled with infertility, had in vitro. i love interviewing celine, she's fun, off the cuff. >> nicole kidman as well. >> sounds like somebody having a hard time. >> i hope you guys realize i was born into this, it wasn't my

choice. was this drew barrymore, paris jackson or macaulay culkin. >> paris jackson. >> she tweeted this yesterday. her cousin named co-conservator along with katherine jackson. she since deleted the tweet. it takes me back to when she said, so help me god, i'll make whoever took my grandmother pay for this. the jacksons are in turmoil. >> hope it settles down for her. moving onto the next topic, what's hot in hollywood. korean rapper burning up the charts, on youtube, everywhere. everybody loves his video and the dance he does. >> can you do it? >> no, don't even try. >> here he goes. he is a huge star in korea. has come over here. there he goes. 49 million views on youtube. the number one most downloaded video on itunes. this is like his fifth or sixth

album. he's met with justin bieber's manager. i think he's going to be a star. if he isn't a star. >> nelly. >> doing the dance. >> starting the dance craze. we're learning it. somebody else who is not yet a household name but you say just wait, it's happening already, actor sam claflin. >> yes, he was cast at finnick. this is a game changer. everyone wanted this role. 26-year-old british actor, "snow white and the huntsman," also with hilary swank. >> "the hunger games" star, on his way. >> hottest celebrity pics. she posted this at the age of 21 with a little advice she would give that 21-year-old. >> that's when she was starring on 90210. she said she would have told

21-year-old tory, be confidence, not you're own worst enemy. her self-esteem is low. she posted this controversial picture, people are saying, you're pregnant. >> she looks beautiful. >> posing in pregnancy. >> then lady gaga traded in her signature -- well, her platinum blondes. i don't know if it was signature because it was not real, now brunette. >> she calls this louis vuitton brown. >> pretty. in a more serious phase of her life. she was defending harry. hashtag royals are people, too. >> leave it there. good stuff on e-mix. still one more song from the hit band train. ♪ hey, i love your cereal there --

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good morning to you. it is 9:26. i'm marla tellez. taking a look at one of the stories we're following today, a san francisco apartment complex got a rude awake thng morning. police evacuated the building just outside the tenderloin for a few hours because of suspicious devices found in the basement. 75 people were forced out onto the street in the middle of the night and the bomb squad was eventually called in to investigate. >> well, there were approximately 12 to 15 sections of pipe that have been cut and capped. they contained a certain substance. i don't know what that substance was. but the sections of the pipes were not explosive or hazardous. >> just after 5:30 police gave the all clear and people were

allowed back into their homes. investigators say the suspicious devices were harmless. coming up after the break, a look at the forecast.

welcome back. a live beautiful look over san jose, lots of sunshine coming in, a little hazy here. those flight theys have lifted out of sfo, a good indication that the fog there is clearing. nonetheless, highs are only going to end up in the low 60s in the city by the bay today, 62 there, 68 in santa cruz, 77 in los gatos. the further east you live the warmer it will be today. 87 in livermore is not too bad. for the weekend, a cooldown. a ridge of high pressure has kept this nice and warm. it will break down and retreat to the south for us. a nice dip in the jet stream will make for comfortable conditions. saturday and sunday, cloudy starts with sunny finishes. comfortable all weekend long.

here's mike. one accident in your commute and two not in the commute. north at 880, we have two lanes blocked bay three-car crash. maybe two lanes might be block. maybe even one now at once the tow truck clears the seen. looking at a slow drive from 280 up toward 101 and 85 north your typical commute there. north 680 slow through sunol. no issues going on, but there was an earlier consistent clear that might be doing it. south 880 down toward the coliseum, accident to the shoulder, marla. back to you. >> sounds good. we'll be back with more news and weather in 30.

>> what do you think of it? >> i think it's old. >> it's great. if we clean it up, you can use it for work. >> yeah? >> i'm going to get it for you. >> thank you, mrs. janson. >> that's 2011's sexiest man alive, bradley cooper starring as a man who gains great success publishing someone else's writings under his own name in the new movie "the words." he'll be here live monday on "today." >> interesting. >> meanwhile just ahead, looking for something easy and delicious to cook this weekend, look no further. we have some greek inspired treats. you, your family and friends

will love. >> all right. plus, do you use mommy myths on your kids, or daddy myths. things like put on a hat. 90% of your body heat escapes through your head. how often have you heard that one. there is any truth to that? is there any truth to that? maybe. we'll get into that coming up. >> okay. then we'll have one more song from train. first miss jenna wolfe is here ready to rock out and tell us what's happening on the weekend. >> a fun morning. hey, guys. we'll be tracking tropical storm isaac as it approaches florida and the gulf coast. we'll check on that this weekend. looking for work. jobs that pay well without requiring a college degree. speaking of jobs, we'll introduce you to a woman who gave up her career to raise a family. now at the age of 55, she's getting a second chance in show business. it's a good story. making a splash, i've done some interesting things from time to time on the "today" show. this one i've seen momentarily

takes the cake. >> not so much. >> hilarious. >> wasn't -- i'm not sure what it was. i spent the afternoon down in tampa, florida as a mermaid. let me tell you, extremely difficult. not as easy as you think to be a mermaid for the day. >> the mermaid thing. >> every 60 or 70 years or so it likes to come back. these are wonderful people, very athletic. all those stories and more when we see you this weekend on "today." >> you have to have a strong core. >> and strong arms. your legs are bound. international mermaid. >> when did you -- >> thursday. >> mr. roker, how about a check of the weather. >> let's look at the weekend, see what we've got tomorrow. start to see impacts from isaac down through florida, sunny, warm weather, hot showers along the mississippi river. as we move into sunday --

sunday! -- heavy rain in southern florida thanks to isaac. heat continues, texas, southwest, afternoon showers in the pacific northwest. we're looking at rain in the northern mississ good morning to you. 9:33 now on a friday. taking a live look from high atop san bruno mountain looking east. you can actually see the bay. at this oint, those clouds are clearing nicely and temperatures are going to be comfortable today by august standards in the bay area. 77 for redwood city, right around 68 in santa cruz, 73 in fremont and 74 degrees in oakland. we hold on to this beautiful stride of weather all weekend long then warm up tuesday into wednesday. >> and that's your latest weather. >> thanks, al. coming up next, fact or fiction when it comes to the truths we've told our kids coming up right after this.

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this morning on "today's" mom, mommy myths as parents tell a few little white lies here and there. is there any truth like sitting too close to the tv will cause you to become cross eyed. good morning. good to have you here. >> good to be here. >> this is near and dear to a lot of us, including you with your twin 7-year-old boy. >> i'm guilty of a lot of this, i have to confess. >> why do we, as moms, do this. >> i think to stop them from doing things you don't want them to do, sometimes to save your insanity and you reach for the first things that come to your mind. >> some things your mom told you at one time. >> exactly. >> some things on our facebook

page, telling mom myths is not lying to my child, it was a resource to help keep them in check or out of trouble. i don't think of it as a lie. at that age, appealing to a kid's imagination is more effective than simply telling them not to do something. do you agree with that? >> there's a lot of truth to that. you have little kids yourself. >> i have a lot of mommy myths. >> you rip out whatever will work in the moment. as you said, often something something you've been programmed and you reach for it because it's what your mommy said to you. >> let's go through a couple of them. can you tell us if there's any truth. first, you hear so often, don't sit close to the tv, you'll end up close-eyed or blind. >> not true. you won't end up cross eyed or blind. tvs have changed a lot. >> i use this at home. >> i think you have to find another one. >> not affect their eyesight. next, swallowed gum takes seven years to digest.

>> this is my favorite. i hit the look of a little kid chewing gum. not true. it will come out when you go to the bathroom. >> knuckles big. >> even though you don't like the sound of it. it's actually not true. not going to hurt you. it's the ligaments going over the bone that makes the noise or air escaping. >> couple more from our "today" mom's facebook page. don't swallow watermelon seeds. if you do, you might have a watermelon grow in your stomach. i don't think anybody buys this one. >> i don't think kids buy that one. you'll get an eye roll out of that one. as long as they learn about sunlight and air and all that stomach acid. >> amy clark says i tell my daughter if she acts naughty or lies her insides get crusty. she now tells on herself and corrects her bad behavior right away. i'm going to try that one. >> pretty good. >> pretty good. this is one. actually there may be some truth to this one. don't lick metal outside in the

winter, your tongue will stick, as we saw in the christmas story, right? >> right. >> the kid whose tongue gets caught. >> that has a degree of logic to it. wet freezes quickly. kids don't do it. moms feel good about telling your kids that one. >> there is a little truth there. many enjoying the last days of summer. if you eat a meal, don't swim after, you could cramp or drowned. any truth there. >> you're not going to drowned. you may cramp. the whole hour afterward, if you ever try to contain a kid for an hour. you don't have to worry too much about them drowning. >> if your teen or tween wants to shave your legs. don't shave your legs, the hair will grow back thicker. any truth to this? >> what this is, if you shave your legs you're cutting the hair midway down the shaft. i didn't know this until we researched it. it looks thicker but is not

thicker. it tapers at the end. it's a way moms have tried to preserve kids from sharveg their legs to preserve that innocence but it's not true. >> what about mommy myths that scare your child. a mom wrote on the website, i had such a terrible time keeping my 2-year-old in bed so i told her the night sharks come out and swim around the bed and will get her if she gets out, a bed. seems to work for her. >> i feel for kelly, because honestly i've said some things i've regretted the next day. we've all been there. the psychologist wouldn't recommend it. who hasn't said something to their kids like that. >> the last one here, wearing the hats, i guess the advice you often hear is that the heat escapes from your head, so moms always say make sure you wear a hat when you go outside. there is truth there? >> i'm guilty of using that one, too, to this day. apparently it's only true if you're a baby. the proportion of your head size to your body size. so you can't really get away

with that anymore. >> for a newborn it applies. >> yes. >> thanks so much. >> thanks, natalie. >> up next, fast and fresh mediterranean meals greek style right after this. [ radio ] it's a scorcher out there...stay refreshed! [ female announcer ] new lipton tea & honey. sweetened with honey, made from real tea leaves and real fruit flavors. ♪ it's never felt so real ♪ no, it's never felt so right ♪ [ female announcer ] only 5 calories. new lipton tea & honey.

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whether cooking for yourself or entertaining guests you want foods fast and fresh. this morning we have two. the chef and owner of a restaurant, good to see you. >> good morning, how are you? >> you just got back from greece and you were inspired. >> yes, there last week. everywhere i went there was beautiful produce like we have here today. everybody made this thing called fava. turns out nothing to do with the fava beans, but peas, like a puree. >> what are we going to do? >> yellow split peas, soak them in water, bring them to a boil and have them nice and tender like here. start off by adding them to -- not that. we're going to add to here. a little bit of fresh lemon juice. a little sea salt and a little bit of olive oil. once you have the desired

consistency, you just puree that up. then you end up with a nice little puree like this. okay? basically the puree is going to be accompanied with this yogurt dressing we make. again, fresh lemon juice, huge. >> greek yogurt. >> beautiful. >> fresh organizatiegano or dry. honey, a staple ingredient in greece. al, would you do that for me? >> sure. >> take a tomato, core it here. >> how hard to core one. >> if you're comfortable with your knife skills, do what i do, if not cut off the top and do it with your fingers. cut off the bottom so it's straight. take the fava puree, yellow split pea, add it there. crumbled feta, chopped onion. okay? a little micro greens on top. >> nice, healthy look to it.

>> once we're done, fresh yogurt sauce, drizzle like this, stuffed tomatoes, great oppose advertiser, two per person or if you have time make small ones. >> can you use that as a dip? >> yes. basically we'll go back and talk about that. two cheeses that are popular. this is a firm, almost feta like made from sheep's whey. you can grill it. the smoke brings out the natural saltyness in the cheese. once you grill it, split pea puree, take them and dip it in. cheese used a lot. the difference with this cheese, more fatty. when you melt it, you don't get nice grill marks like you would on this cheese. nice melt, use it on top of a nice pizzas a sandwich or some

cold meats like we have here. >> what are these meats. >> this is not meat, all portuguese meat. i'm portuguese, so bring my flavor in. portuguese cured ham and fresh chorizo. these go nice together. >> a combo going. >> a nice cocktail party. little pitas, pop out, grill off-seasoning. a fresh olive tappenaude make a spread. >> recipes on today.com. chef, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> one more song from the grammy winning song train, but first this is "today" on nbc.

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good morning to you. it is 9:56. i'm marla tellez. this morning, san jose police chief chris smoor meeting with the city's gang task force to talk about options for dealing with a recent rash of violence. it comes as police investigate the city's 33rd homicide of the

year. the latest shooting happened just before 11:00 last night at south king road and burdette drive near tolly road. the victim is believed to be an 18-year-old san jose man. no arrests have been made and police do not know if this shooting was gang related. following the chief's meeting this morning, he held a press conference. we will bring you all those details on nbc bay area news at 11:00. right now we check the forecast with christina loren. good friday morning to you, marla. good morning to you at home. a great-looking day shaping up already. we had to wait until 11:00 for those flight delays to let up out of sfo. today they've already been lifted as the fog has lifted a couple hours early. it's so cool. we in the 50s and 60s across the board but heed towards the 70s and 80s inland, 85 degrees in fairfield, 87 in concord, and 72 degrees in fremont today. temperatures stay steady all weekend. if you like what we've been serving lately, you'll love what

we have in store for you saturday and sunday. through monday and tuesday, it gets a little warm, toasty inland, the 90s return. here's mike with the drive. weekend? i'll take some of that. a lit rel leaf for 880 southbound, actually both directions improving past the coliseum as the earlier accident completely cleared off the roadway. that's why you get a thumbs up there. northbound 680 there, that's where you get the hole up. one lane blocked at burnell and that will go on till maybe 2:00 p.m. so, slow heading north slu sunol. if that's your getaway heading to tahoe, keep that in mind. north 808 held up by the earlier accident. thumbs up, cleared in the last few minutes. pretty clear, marla. for the latest traffic and news updates, check out nbc bay area on facebook. [ male announcer ] every day, your car takes you to work, school, practice, dance class, shopping, and more. so do something nice for it. chevron with techron. care for your car.

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from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hey, everybody. so glad you're here with us for try day, friday, august 24th. >> the summer is over! >> just around the time i was growing up that i start to get very melancholy about the fact that -- the beach, the crowds start to dwindle and the morning around here, you smell the fall in the air, which is great. >> it is a weird feeling, though, once you start to feel it tip, like, you know, in the morning, some mornings, it has been cool, gets darker now. >> yeah. >> at night, earlier and in the morning, the days are getting shorter. >> i don't think i told you,

about two weeks ago we had something brand-new, maybe we can get this picture, we were going to show it the other day, i don't know if you guys still have it, but we had our first tornado at our house. i watched the devastation in other people's lives and stuff, and you think -- we were so blessed because there is a tree in the front yard of our house, that -- they say is between 200 and 250 years old. so old, can't even imagine. and we have three stone pigs that are underneath it. >> i remember. >> all of a sudden, we thought it would be thunderstorms, the storm comes up and i wasn't even frightened. it was just awesome. and because i didn't know tornadoes were coming, i didn't think it was a tornado, i just thought it was -- wind. >> windy. >> we had storms where we live on the water. so next thing i know, cas is going, mom, the tree in the front yard! i went, what, what? i go out and it is gone. >> that is -- >> it is gone. it took three days to clear the debris. >> that is unbelievable. >> do we have the picture, you guys? >> we don't know.

>> of the miracle -- >> we're on. there is something flying around. there is something seriously flying around here. i can't believe you're asking for a picture, you didn't ask for earlier. do we have it? >> we were going do it earlier in the week and didn't do it. maybe we can put that in. >> later. okay, now here is a question. is your -- >> there it is. there it is. >> is your relationship on track. >> the fly? >> no, the pigs. >> okay. is your relationship -- this is the second worst chat ever. okay. is your relationship on track? all right. now, here's what this survey says from arrangement.com, or maybe it is seekingarrangement.com, they say after 14 dates you're supposed to be telling your partner that you love them. >> who says? >> no, these people from the special website. >> did you see the fly? look at it. i am so -- >> a small bird.

>> so sick of it. >> it has the right to exist as well, hoda woman. >> let's pre tend 14 dates, let's say you go on two dates a week, you're getting to know them. so someone devised 14 dates. >> seven weeks, hoda. >> okay. so after seven weeks, which isn't even two full months, you're already saying i love you to someone. >> according to people who are strangers. >> seeking arrangements. >> what are the other ones? >> before you have your first kiss, it should be two dates. i don't know if that means on the second date you're having your first kiss? that's what it means, on the second date. remember that saying, the whole thing, instead of kiss and tell, it is tell, then kiss. get to know someone, and then kiss them. >> how often have you -- >> hey. i'm just giving advice that i don't follow. all right. now, here's when you -- >> hohoda, have you ever -- >> had a one night? never. no, i haven't.

>> okay. >> i'm trying to figure out if i'm lying. >> i guarantee you are. >> no, i don't know. i don't know. i don't know. okay. let's move on. okay. now, four dates -- listen to when, according to these people, seekingarrangement.com, you're supposed to be having sex. not supposed to, but the average person does. four dates or two weeks. and that's the first time a couple has sex. >> after four dates? >> doesn't anybody ever wait? >> oh, hoda. >> seriously i can't take it. i keep staring at it. >> let's just move on. it is so depressing. >> no it is not. nobody waits for anything anymore. that's why nobody is happy, because everybody wants everything now and they get it and nothing is special anymore. >> well, you're having sex -- >> i am not having sex, right now. >> well, you're having sex

before you introduce them to your friends because two weeks until you have sex and three weeks until you introduce them to your friends. >> and then everybody has sex all together. nice and friendly. i just think it is too much too soon for -- >> it may be. it may be. all right. so if you are sick and tired of opening your facebook page and being -- everyone else in the room except you, and you're sick of seeing people's baby -- sick of seeing people's baby pictures or pictures of their dog or vacation or whatever it is -- >> why are you going on their page to begin with? >> no, they post them on your page, you're looking, you're like, why is your picture here, why are you posting it and it is at news feed page where you can't help to look at everything. here is a way to get rid of some of the pictures. >> called unbaby me. >> an extension of google. and what you do is you somehow you go on to unbaby me, whatever it is, and -- >> what you're saying, i'm sick of your ugly child?

is that what you're saying? >> no, instead of seeing the pictures of the baby every time the computer sees the word adorable or baby or whatever, they quickly replace the picture of the baby with something you like. like a sunset, or something else. they do a bait and switch. so they're sending pictures of babies and every time adorable pops up or oh or cuddly or whatever, they flip it and give you a picture of something you enjoy, like michigan, or your house, or bambino. that's what they would do. >> i'm just blown away that this much time is spent in life. i might be the only person you know that doesn't do it. but everything i heard -- i learn now more and more about it -- >> you're against it. >> i'm so glad i don't do it. >> right. okay. all right. so here are, okay, let's go to something we like. the dictionary. something we're all familiar with. okay. there are certain words that great on your nerves, these are the top list of those according to the -- >> the atlantic wire.

topping the list. actually it's the atlantic wire. >> actually. >> that's the word they don't like. the other words are awesome. damp. rancid. panties. >> and in a row. >> that would be horrible. nasty. >> and then honey. >> you just can't beat damp, rancid panties, can you? yeah, yeah. >> any who. >> interesting. >> interesting. >> it is another one. it depends how you say it. interesting. >> slacks and um. >> slacks is an old word, like trousers. >> no, i think it is slack. >> no, pants.

slacks. >> what is wrong with slacks? many people are wearing them very, very happily today. there is nothing wrong with slacks. >> do you say panties or underwear? >> what do you say? i say underwear. what do you say? >> it depends. >> i call mine granny underwear, all right? >> granny panties. that's what they're called. >> are you looking for love like we are? a study from penn state that says playfulness helps attract adults to mate. >> yes. >> a lot of guys. >> you want a playful mate. they say your sense of humor which ties into it and if you're joyful. >> you live long enough, that is sometimes all you end up with and all you need. >> yeah. >> we -- frank and i laugh our butts off. all the time. >> that's a good one. >> and speaking of that, try day friday. >> okay. >> doreen mcgil steinburger.

during the a ride in a taxicab, the rider touched the driver on the shoulder and asked him a question. upon the touch, the cab driver flinched, screamed and then went into a panic and almost wrecked the car. the driver got control and pulled to the side of the road. still shaking, he turned to his rider and apologized and said sorry about that, this is my first day as a cab driver. for pthe past 20 years, i have driven a hearse. >> crazy. you said a tap of the shoulder. >> see, get it? >> you know what it is time for? bobbie friday. >> yes, i'm wearing clothes today. >> you got a lot of slacks, i bet. >> i have some really amazing tech accessories for back to work, back to school. first up, this belkin wimo is something you plug into the wall and put in your curling iron, coffee pot, whatever, from your iphone, you can turn it on from bed. your lights, anything else that

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if you're about to grab that cup of coffee or a glass of wine, if you're more like us, apparently the morning is not the ideal time to do either one. >> there are certain times of the day that are better to do things when it comes to your well-being.

here to break it down for us is amy brightfield, health director of "woman's day" magazine. >> where does this come from? who are the geniuses? >> careful, careful. >> researchers, experts, scientists. >> they tested, what, minds, bodies to find out the optimum time? >> your body produces certain hormones and chemicals throughout the day. it shows when the best time to do things are. >> the first tip involves drinking coffee. your average joe thinks you open your eyes, brush your teeth and make a pot of coffee. >> research show compounds in coffee help regulate your blood sugar's response to a meal. the ideal time to drink coffee is with lunch because that's usually a bigger meal than breakfast and can stop your blood sugar level from spiking and dropping and you feel tired and hungry. soon after you've eaten.

>> see? what about that? when do you drink your coffee? >> 5:00 in the morning when i need it. >> is that the only time you drink it? >> yeah. if i have caffeine after morning, i can't sleep at night. >> that's why we say with lunch because you want time to get it out of your system and not keep you up. >> what about snacking? is there a best time for snacking? >> any time for you. >> best time is 3:30, that mid afternoon. it's far enough away from lunch, early enough but close enough to dinner so that you don't go to dinner ravenous and overeat. it helps you from overeating at dinner. it gives that you energy boost because energy naturally dips that time in the day anyway. you know the 3:00 slump. >> it seems that's when you want coffee. >> that might give you this and that's too close to bed time. >> decaffeinated coffee. >> you could. >> making doctors' appointments. is there a time of the week better for that? >> best to call the doctor's office tuesday, wednesday, thursday afternoon. typically those are the least

busy, less busy times in the office. >> don't they get busier as the day goes on? >> not in the middle of the week. monday and friday are the worst. you want enough time to talk to the receptionist and tell them why you're coming in so they can allow enough time on the schedule. >> you should get the first appointment, is that the idea? >> right. if you do have a later appointment, call ahead and say is the doctor running on schedule? i always have a doctor who runs late. sometimes he is running an hour late so i know to come later. >> surgery is always a tough one. people say it's best to schedule surgery early in the day and not in july or i can't remember what it was. >> best try not to do it in july or december. july is when the newbies start coming on. even though it won't be done by a newbie, the post care might be. and december is when people tend to go on vacation. if you try, if you have the option to schedule it any month but july or december. >> this is the only one which we care about. our favorite tip. the best time to have a glass of wine is when?

>> kathie lee, your body metabolizes alcohol the best between 2:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. >> see? >> wait till 2:00. >> not after 10:00. >> in our contract, we have to a little in the morning. >> you have to wait. >> all good advice. >> i'm not going to do anything she says at all. >> but we love you. >> thanks again. >> thank you. >> we are heading across the street. i am getting cranky in my 60th year. >> i know, but all kinds of questions from sara. that's a nice dance. hey! you kids almost ready? i've got breakfast waiting for you. wooo! uh oh. what? mom's doing her exercise video again. when mom's on a health kick, all of us are. and now she's made us breakfast. uh oh. [ male announcer ] eggo nutri-grain waffles. you know it's made with 8 grams of whole grain

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♪ i've been waiting all day time now for 3, 2, 1 live with sara haines when she gathers fans and friends to ask us whatever they want. >> sara is across the street at the nbc experience store. looked like you were sweating up a storm there. >> we were attempting the duggy.

let's focus on the attempting part. we've got rebecca. from saskatchewan. >> my question is if you could have one last meal, what would it be? >> one last meal. >> what would it be? >> i would do a humonguos plate of french fries with a big bottle of catchup and might do barbecue ribs, the ones that fall off the bone, and a double layer chocolate cake with lots of icing. >> wow. >> count me in. >> i think i would have eggplant parmesan and liguini with a fabulous glass of chardonnay and a crab appetizer, in honor of my daddy. >> that sounds perfect. >> hoda, how many meals was that? >> careful. >> we've got jan from minnesota. >> i'm looking for a recommendation for a really

funny movie to take my family to. >> a funny movie. i haven't been to the movies at all lately because i've been working on my show. >> i don't know if there are any good comedies out there right now. >> there is something funny closing on sunday. take them to see "sister act" on broadway with raven-symone, they know her from -- and my ladying lady carolee. >> "sister act" is a funny show. >> or "bridesmaids." love that one. it's a classic now. ish. maybe not for teenagers. next up, deborah from montreal. >> what is the one thing you can't live without? >> mine would have to be kerotin, the hair product. i'm just saying. i was going to say my mom, but i went back to kerotin. >> i can't live without god. >> that made me feel awful. that was just rude. okay?

i say kerotin, you say god. >> you are an incredible shallow person and the whole world knows it. >> this is ridiculous. >> any more questions? >> yes. >> we have jonae from virginia. >> what did you want to be when you were younger? >> what did you want to be, kath? >> probably a missionary. no, just kidding. >> i'm leaving. nice seeing you. >> i wanted to be a nurse first. then i wanted to be a school teacher, which i still kind of want to be a school teacher. >> you would be a great teacher. i always wanted to be an actress and singer since my first memories. now i sit here with hoda and -- >> careful. >> all right, guys. thank you. >> thank you so much. bye-bye. >> we are going to show our wow side with all the animals the kids love. >> and there is still time to get away for labor day. we've got terrific last-minute holiday travel. was that nantucket? >> it looked like it.

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gives you a radiant, well rested look. "hello morning!" look who we got here. put a little pepper on that. i'm a typical mom. i go to amusement parks. and my kid's games. and just like any typical mom i'm thrilled when my champion loves to eat something nutritious, like chobani champions yogurt. it's a good source of protein, and most important, he loves it. so even though i'm an olympian, around here, i'm just another mom trying to help her champion win the day. chobani champions. win the day. good morning to you. it is 10:26. i'm marla tellez. petaluma is beaming with pride. its baseball star will play in the u.s. championship game at the little league world series tomorrow. last nigh, there was no doubt about it. this grand slam right there gave

petaluma a 5-0 lead in the first inning. and the boys never looked back. umpires, in fact, had to call the game in the fifth inning because of the mercy rule. petaluma wins 11-1. and there was excitement all around town. fans packed local bars and a movie ther where the game was a live.

welcome back. 10:28. taking a live look over a hazy san jose, but lots of sunshine and warm conditions shaping up for us. we'll hit about 78 degrees. you cannot beat that at the end of august. elsewhere, a little cool at the coast, 63 degrees in san francisco, and 87 in livermore. we veal the seven-day outlook and giants forecast coming up for you today at 11:00. let's get one more check of the drive. how we looking, mike? we were doing okay and then ten minutes ago two more problems by the maze. west 24 an issue heading toward the caldecott. just before you get there there's an accident partially blocking the slow lane. backup to the warren freeway. southbound 880, very slow toward high. another accident reported at fru fruitvail. north 680 through sunol going to be slow all afternoon because of roadwork going on there. you lose one road possibly till

2:00 p.m. thank you. more local news and weather in 30 minutes. we are back on this friday with today's "call of the wild" and getting your children to care about wildlife. >> here with animals kids love is zoologist jarod miller. look what you showed up with. >> isn't she beautiful? i love her. this is daphson an african black-footed penguin. this is an animal that gets kids excited about learning to protect wildlife. these guys are critically endangered simply because of our effects, like oil spills and other disasters that made these guys become endangered. 90% of the population disappeared in the past century. to see this guy up close, that's

what's so important about this program, the junior wildlife champions. when i was a kid, the big oil spill happened. when you're a kid you want to help animals. we are giving them the opportunity through this. >> that had such an impact, didn't it? >> it happens a lot. there are a lot of other effects, too. penguins are found -- you think these are from the arctic? >> utah? >> they do live -- they are not polygomous. >> that is a completely unnecessary statement. >> they're big colony animals and they love -- they can have all types of relations within their -- >> do you notice how much alike me and kathie lee this penguin looks? >> you dressed perfectly for this spot. >> we've got a lot. >> wait till you see this. we brought a beautiful example of a wetland animal found right here. come on, emily. bring her right here. this is the largest rodent in north america. kids get to download things off

the website. you can visit it and download all information to learn about these animals directly. can i hold her? largest rodent in north america. this is the american beaver. >> i'm not interested in that at all. >> a beaver is best well known for that tail. they can build dams. >> it smells around here. >> can you smell that? >> she wreaks. >> she has this oil all over her. even though she's oily herself, if she gets exposed to toxins or oil in the water, that is what keeps her dry and keeps her buoyant in the water. any exposure to toxin will affect this animal as it could a penguin. >> ready for this? this is my favorite. this is an animal that is affected by environmental issues. >> a tortoise? >> no. this is just a turtle. tortoises are found on land and turtles are found in water.

look at how beautiful. alligator snapping turtle found in the southeast united states. >> that is crazy. >> what is going on with that? >> i lured you with this little guy. this is 2 years old. this is 100 years old. this animal has been around a million years. >> that's growing up to that? >> yes. >> are you kidding? >> after 100 years this will become this. >> how long do they live? >> they can live almost 200 years. >> what? >> you're looking at a living fossil. this is unbelievable. this guy has been around millions of years. in the southeast united states can be affected by human caused problems. >> he likes to travel, obviously. >> he loves it. he has his own mobile home. >> that's unbelievable. >> we've got to bring on the wolf. >> someone get this one. >> i don't know what is

happening with this combo platter. >> even though kids are learning about the wildlife on facebook, you can learn about animals near ocean and water. even though the wolf -- >> it's peeing. >> that's not pee. >> it is, too. >> that is the wolf. >> okay. >> this is a young wolf. >> the urinating wolf can go that way. >> look how beautiful this animal. we've got the brother here. these guys are only 4 months old. how is an animal like this affected by environmental factors? they're an apex predator. if they eat a water animal carrying a toxin, that's how wolves have gone extinct. look how beautiful. >> they don't look too happy. >> they don't. >> they are happy. >> thank you very much. >> bye-bye. >> thank you.

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♪ let's go >> back now with "today's travel." if you are looking to get in one last summer vacation we have great last-minute deals. >> from a wild weekend in vegas, a bahamian cruise.

or a road trip with the kids. executive editor at "all you" magazine has labor day deals you may want to consider. good for you. new job, huh? >> new job, new great magazine. we love value at "all you." i have great values about last-minute trips. you can still find them. >> how about hilton head, south carolina, which is beautiful. >> such a beautiful island. the hilton head island beach resort is $129 over labor day weekend. >> that's what that was. >> you are right on the beach. this is a great family get away. you have barbecue pits, there's a pool, tennis. they are not nickel and diming you at this resort. they are not going to charge you for wi-fi and parking. your biggest decision is do i want to go to the beach or pool and what am i going to grill for dinner. >> take us to park city, utah. >> it's beautiful. >> it's a wonderful secret. ski resorts in summer are an incredible bargain. park city is luxurious, great,

right on the mountains. $90 a night at the shadow ridge resort. i'm not kidding you. the great thing is you are steps from the ski lift. you can go up and back, if you want. you don't have to do too much activity if you don't want to. you can go horseback riding or hiking and biking. i love it there. was just there. >> i love colorado in the summer. it's beautiful. >> all the rooms have balconies. you can wake up and see what's there. >> the air is so sweet and clean. >> caesar's palace in vegas. >> vegas is the number one get away for labor day. average room rates there are $183, but caesar's palace is running a deal for $109 a night over labor day weekend. >> don't tell me son that. >> four star resort right on the strip. tony bennett is playing at the coliseum so it's going to be fun. there is something for everyone. mom can go shopping. there are 160 boutiques on site.

the rooms are glamorous and fun. recently renovated. there's plenty to do there. pools, et cetera and free fitness center, all of that. >> what if you're an outdoorsy person and want to hike? >> natural parks in summer are such a gem. the mesa verde national park, there is the far view lodge. they are doing a deal for $90 a night with advanced booking. mesa verde national park is our country's biggest archaeological preserve. there are these beautiful historic cave dwellings. you can go explore, take a wonderful self-guided road trip. you're really disconnected from everything. it's a proper vacation. no phone service. >> the bahamian cruise, the norwegian cruise line. >> they are doing a cruise over memorial day weekend -- out of miami. >> labor day. >> sorry, labor day weekend. $279 total. that's your room, your food. crazy.

out of miami. they are going to go to great cay, bahamas, nassau. it is an incredible deal. it has all the amenities. so 24/7 pizza delivery. there is a driving range golf and a spa. it's really a great vacation. >> thank you. >> all these deals are on allyou.com. so you don't need to remember everything. if you haven't booked your trip, now is the time. >> congrats on the baby. >> thank you. >> 8 months old now. treats for the summer from the queens of cupcakes. [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry

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kallnis are the stars of tlc's "d.c. cupcakes." >> they are here with sports theme ideas. hi, guys. how are you? >> this is a lifetime love affair with cupcakes. >> we are sisters and started a bakery. we are now expanding. we have one in new york city in soho. >> awesome. >> we are making our baseball cupcakes. it's cool. in d.c. cupcakes we worked with bernie williams for the yankees. he helped sell cupcakes in our bakery. these are kind of inspired because of him. we'll start by making the ganache. all you need to do is fill a saucepan halfway through, come to a rolling boil. you're going to fill a glass full of two cups of semisweet chocolate chips and add -- >> heavy cream. >> i would love to add it. >> it is the easiest icing you can make. two to one. >> you can pour it on your ice cream, too. keep mixing it till it becomes nice and glossy and shiny.

>> we'll separate our sandwich cookies. we separate them and remove the middle. >> i like how you call them sandwich cookies. that means they're oreos. get the middle out. >> we'll put them in a bag, mush them up. >> you can use a wine bottle. use any hard object to smash them up. >> you want to crush about 2 cups so they look like soil, basically. >> then what do we do with them? >> we'll take our mini cookies and creams cupcakes. this has cookie crumble and is on your "today" website. >> this is what it should look like when it is all done, nice and glossy and shiny. >> take the cupcakes and dip them in the ganache and dip them in the dirt. >> you know they're good. stop it. come on. let me do one more. i would love doing this. >> this is a fun thing to do with kids at home. some can crush the cookies.

fondant is something you can find in a craft store or supermarket. it's corn syrup. it's edible play-do. roll it between your hands, make a little ball, little baseball, super easy. take a pinch of red and roll between your fingers to make a little stripe. >> you can use different colors. if you want to do a basketball you can do an orange ball with black stripes, tennis ball. >> we put our baseballs on top. then if you want to give an extra special touch you can pipe grass on top. all you have to do is give it a little squeeze. >> perfect. >> it just takes a little practice. for your summertime parties, we like to put these in hot dog wrappers. >> come back here for 30 seconds to show off your goodies. >> lots of flavors here, red

velvet, peanut butter fudge. >> everything made every day on site. >> congratulations. it's great you can do what you love to do and make a living at it. >> oh, my god. >> a live performance from il volo. first this is "today" on nbc. [ thunder crashes ]

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their name means flight. since joining together in 2009, il volo has taken off. >> the trio of italian tenors has been nominated for two latin grammy awards. they are going to be in barbara streisand's concert when she goes on tour. >> it's going to be great. they are going to perform for us first from their self-titled cd.

hello, boys. >> barbra streisand, hello fancy. it doesn't get better than that, right? >> a dream coming true. >> it is. you guys are touring, right? >> we are having fun. we can't wait to perform tonight in detroit. >> and tomorrow in toronto. >> toronto, two concerts. you can see it all on our websites ilvolomusic.com. >> we feel like we discovered you. >> are the girls going crazy for you guys? are they throwing their you-know-what on stage? >> no. >> what are you singing today? >> "il mondo." >> the world. this is il volo. >> take it away, boys. ♪

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and good day from outside the empire state building in new york city where police are still trying to piece together the chaotic chain of events. 11 people shot here this morning. two are dead.

police say a worker who'd been fired a year ago from an import house here stalked and shot and killed a 41-year-old former colleague. he was then chased by police, an anti-terror quad here. the gunman reportedly shot at the crowd and maybe at police. they returned fire killing him. the drama of the moment captured. >> we have two civilians shot. the perp is shot. all are accounted for. we have the m.s. on scene. >> again, one of the dead the gunman. the nine other injured people we're told were taken to hospitals. none are said to be suffering life threatening wounds. the police are trying to sort out whether it was police bullets that hit some victims. a good portion of midtown manhattan is shut down as we pass the