the evacuation under way. the speech of his life. paulryian accepts the vice-presidential nomination and then aims directly at president obama. >> college graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms staring up at faded obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life! >> tonight, it's mitt romney's moment in tampa. and in sync, we showed you this adorable video on wednesday.

twin babies dancing to their dad's guitar music. ♪ >> but can we really get them to do it on command live today or will our producers be throwing a tantrum today? thursday, august 30th, 2012. >> from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today," the aftermath of hurricane isaac. matt lauer, live from tampa, florida and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to a special split edition of "today" on this thursday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm matt lauer in tampa, savannah. paul ryan had delegates inside this hall cheering last night

and we'll talk with others, florida governor jeb bush and by the way he doesn't think the thing about the twin babies is going do work out all that well. >> none of us are for sure. >> first, a serious subject out of louisiana and mississippi. they're powerful, heartbreaking, entire neighborhoods under water this morning. emergency crews are going door-to-door trying to rescue people trapped in homes. >> we want to get to the latest on this storm. isaac is drenching the region with even more heavy rain adding to those flooding problems. the storm also responding at least one reported tornado powers out to more than 740,000 people across the region. late last night, president obama declared federal emergencies in both louisiana and mississippi. al roker and lester holt are in hard hit louisiana this morning. let's begin with lester in flood ravaged braithwaite.

good morning to you. >> good morning. we're getting the actual bands. the sun on my face, five minutes ago it was pouring, and some neighborhoods outside of new orleans are undergoing evacuations even as we speak. behind me, you may see national guard troops on one of the protection levees here, the gates, about to go into a flooded neighborhood just behind me. in rural braithwais test, the rooftops stoods out like islands in a sea of floodwaters. dan mason never expected he would have to leave his house through an upstairs window, the price of his underestimating isaac. >> a lot of times, i realized water was coming in, it was lm halfway up the steps. it was quick.

>> inplaquemines and st. bernard parish, dozened had to be rescued by boat, among them a 73-year-old dialysis lis patient, macy lucas. >> the water came into the attic. >> isaac packing driving rains and 80 miles an hour wind made landfall in plaquemines, a huge parish split in two by the mississippi river. unlike new orleans, its levees are not part of the federally financed and build system. still, the man in charge here is stunned by what isaac has done. >> this wasn't supposed to be a katrina. it's turning outs for the east bank to be as bad if not worse. we have areas on the east bank that flooded for this event never flooded for katrina. >> to the north, new orleans was hard hit but escaped a repeat of its fate seven years ago. the post katrina upgrade by its army corps of engineers paid off. >> it's operating as designed.

we have no reason to believe that system will be compromised. >> still, the big easy had big problems with localized flo flooding, roads, a ballpark. there were lots of downed trees and power line, too. from louisiana to alabama, nearly three-quarters of a million customers lost power as isaac lashed the region with high wind, rain and powerful storm surge and in no hurry to leave. >> we will continue to see the weather effects of the storm, especially the northern part of our state. >> in bay st. louis, mississi i mississippi, soldiers navigated coastal streets that had been turned into rivers. parts of biloxi and gulfport were torn by the tornadoes and turned over gulfport homes but left no one hurt. meanwhile, back in louisiana, dan mason is happy to have made it out of his flooded house alive. now comes the hard part.

>> start all over again. >> we're not only getting welcome breaks from the rain but the wind is starting to die down. that's good news. they'll be able to get the cherry pickers up today and start restringing the power lines down up and down the gulf. in the meantime, the national guard crews behind me are getting in boats and will research areas evacuated by boats yesterday to make sure everyone is out and accounted for. on lake pontchartrain, where more homes are in danger of flooding there, that's where we find al roker this morning. good morning. >> good morning, lester. there is lake pontchartrain, actually an estuary between here and the gulf of mexico. there is flooding, you can see we have come above lake pontchartrain exceeded its banks but the levee protected those homes. you can see that earthen levee. it has done its job. just to the north of here, in

slidell, louisiana, there were evacuatio evacuation evacuations. >> i'm sorry. i guess we lost al there. he was making the point that la lake pontchartrain north of here, the winds have driven water across there and that has flooded some of the neighborhoods in that area so they brought in buses to try to get people out of there today. new orleans itself is in recovery mode. the mayor said they'd be in hunker down in mode, they were during the night because the rains continue. we've gotten breaks with sun and winds have died down and will get out to make sure everyone is accounted for. looks like a cleanup from loss of power and trees down. al, back to you. >> thanks a lot, lester. the heavy rain coming through is what's playing with our satellites so we have that in

and out problem. for the most part, we are looking at more rain, anywhere from 5 to 12 inches of rain from louisiana to central illinois. >> thank you. we will get the rest of your forecast in just a bit. for now, it's 7:08. back to matt in tampa. >> thanks. paul ryan delivered an impassioned speech here last night as he officially accepted the vice-presidential republican nomination. tonight, mitt romney gets his turn. nbc's peter alexander has more on last night's speech and what to look forward to today. >> good morning from the convention floor. be very clear, this is the most important moment of mitt romney's political life. the stage is set here or you may hear from behind me the stage is being reset. last night, this room mass more electric we have seen at all conventions so far, paul ryan going on the attack, saying the president has squandered his

unique opportunity and saying a romney-ryan ticket will not duck the tough issues paul ryan publicly accepted the vice-presidential nomination. >> i am honored to accept the nomination for vice president of the united states. >> reporter: the 42-year-old conservative quickly assumed the traditional vp role of attack dog, offering a harsh indictment of president obama. >> these past four years, we have suffered no shortage of words in this white house. what is missing is leadership in the white house! >> reporter: ryan tried to appeal to a wide audience, as well as tea party conservatives and younger votes. >> college graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms staring up at fading obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life. >> reporter: while democrats have accused ryan of threatening to slash entitlements like medicare, the party's hard

charging budget chairman turned the argument back on the president. >> the greatest threat to medicare is obama-care and we're going to stop it. >> reporter: ryan also poked fun at his running mate, 23 years his senior. >> there are the songs in his ipod which i have heard on the campaign bus and i've heard it on many hotel elevators. he actually urged me to play some of these songs at campaign rallies. i said, look, i hope it's not a deal breaker, mitt, but my playlist starts with acdc and ends with zeflin. >> reporter: the closing remarks. >> we can get this country working again, we can get this economy growing again. we can make the safety net safe again. we can do this! >> reporter: ryan welcomed his mom, wife and three children onto the stage. the night also touted two republican on for policy heavyweights. >> my fellow americans, we do not have a choice. we cannot be reluctant to lead and you cannot lead from behind.

>> we must return to our best traditions of american leadership and support those who face down the brutal tierney of their oppressors and our enemies. >> reporter: notably absent, presidents george w. and george h. wuch bush now 88 who entowards romney in a recorded message. >> dad and i both know what it takes to be president. there's no doubt in our minds that mitt romney will be a great presiden president. >> he's a good man. >> reporter: the senior bush also offered his own impression of come needsian dana carvey. >> i'm not going to do it, wouldn't be prudent. >> looks like he has it down well. we're told mitt romney wrote the speech he will delivery tonight. it is his own words and he will make the point he is uniquely qualified in all aspects of life to be a leader as the president of the united states at this point in time. tonight, he will be introduced not just by florida senator,

marco rubio, also by a mystery guest causing a lot of buzz in tampa, some of the buzz being floated around, nancy reagan and clint eastwood. >> jeb bush is the former republican governor of the state of florida. governor bush, always nice to see you. >> matt, welcome to florida. >> you watched the speech last night. did paul ryan do what he had to do? >> absolutely. first of all, he introduced himself to the american voters. this is a person that's from the heartland of our country, that comes from a background many people can relate to, who's been extraordinarily successful. i love his mom. i love the whole package. >> most of the reviews i read this morning were pretty strong in terms of the power of the speech and its tone. some were critical. stephanie, the deputy manager for the obama campaign manager said 40 minutes of vitriol and previously debunked attacks.

was it an honest speech or campaign convention speech. >> i thought it was a very honest speech paul ryan is in the reality ring of the republican party. normally presidents submit budgets to congress. the only guy in the last four years that has had substantive ways to solve the problems is paul ryan. >> one of the things he criticized the president for was rejecting what ryan called urgent recommendations of a bipartisan debt commission. congressman ryan failed to mention he served on that same debt commission as the gop's ranking member of to the house budget committee, he ultimately voted against those same recommendations. where is the truth in that? why is he barking up that tree? >> first of all, this was a president's commission. i don't think you've ever heard bo say simpson bones in the same sentence. he's not even -- simpson-bowles in the same sentence. he never acknowledged its

existence. what paul ryan says, the reason i didn't vote for it, it didn't even deal with entitlement reform. he has a proposal for entitlement reform. he and his team will attack the plan but not talking about alternatives. >> let's talk about women the key to this election. governor romney has chipped away. it's down to about 10 or 12. some people are worried about ryan to this ticket and bringing with his his staunchly conservative views about abortion will hurt that. do you agree? >> if you create a climate of sustained economic growth where jobs are created and people can pursue their own dreams whether than get in line with an ever increasing government, they will win. >> social issues will not play a factor? >> i'm pro-life and i know paul ryan is but there at won't create a job for someone laid off.

>> remember that somewhat famous ly hillary clinton campaign ad about the 3:00 phone call. voters decided he was and now he had four years to work with foreign policy and national security. governor romney and ryan don't have that same experience. are they prepared for that same phone call. >> absolutely. the governor gets good economic remarks. if you had a debate is he capable of being president, of course, he is. the president has served but his policies have been week. i loved condi rice's respectful description of a weak foreign policy. i think mitt romney will restore a sense the united states has a powerful moral role in the world. >> in an earlier interview, you talked about this election and you said, quote, this probably was my time. it struck me that are you having second thoughts about not running? >> well, there's a comma there,

and it said, and i'm completely comfortable with my decision. >> no second thoughts? >> no second thoughts. >> jon stewart and "the daily show" called the convention coverage rnc 2012 the road to jeb bush 2016. does it make you laugh or make you think about four years down the road if governor romney is not successful? >> it makes me laugh as much as those twins. i'm going to stick around and see these kids perform. >> we're happy we could provide a little laughter for you this morning. always nice to see you. thank you very much. you can see mitt romney's acceptance speech tonight on nbc's coverage of the republican national convention, 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific on nbc and coming up we talk to the always interesting bill o'reilly. back to new york, natalie has the headlines of the morning. good morning to you. >> good morning to you, matt. good morning, everyone. another deadly day in afghanistan as two nato service members have been killed this morning in a helicopter crash in the country south. this comes a day after three nato troops were killed and yet

another insider attack when a man in an afghan army uniform turned his weapon on coalition forces. the weist nile virus outbreak shows no sign of slowing down as cases are up 40% from last week. nearly 1600 people have now been infected and at least 66 people have died. the cdc is warning this could become the worst year on record for the mosquito born virus. a 100-year-old driver who backed his car into a crowd of school children has police in los angeles investigating was the accident a case of bad brakes or bad judgment? mike taibbi has the story. >> reporter: it was a low speed accident but still terrifying. police say preston carter, 101 next week, had backed out of a parking space into a crowd on the sidewalk near south l.a.'s main street elementary school. >> the cadillac we see down the street was backing out of one of the parking stalls. he misjudged the street and backed up into the sidewalk

where the kids and the parents were standing. >> reporter: carter who had a valid drills and not cited for any infraction said his brakes failed. >> one thing i want to speak, i have sympathy and love for each family. it was not on no purpose. >> reporter: the combination of an elderly driver and vehicle suddenly out of control has been lethal in this past. in 2003, an 86-year-old driver hit the gas instead of the brake and plowed into an open air market in santa monica, killing 10 and injuring 63. as for carter, his own daughter, rose jenkins, said she'd long worried about his driving. >> i'm very concerned about it. i want him really to stop driving. i've been wanting him to stop driving the last year. i think this was a wake-up call forhim. i don't think he will be driving anymore. >> reporter: in this accident, several children were pinned beneath carter's powder blue cadillac as others pounded on

the window to get his attention. while there's no legal reason he should not have been driving, family and friends no best whether other reasons should have kept preston carter from getting behind the wheel. mike taibbi, nbc news, los angeles. courtney reagan is at the starm market for us. >> good morning. vancouvers will report their chain sales this morning, should show a good look how it behaved during the all important back to school season. elsewhere, isaac continues to be the focus for the energy market as vancouvers and traders-- as investigators alike pay attention to the price at the gas pump up five cents this week already at $3.80 a gallon. >> thank you. >> a practice that seems like dollars an cents to a popular chain has customers fired up. chipolte had been rounding

customers tabs to the nickel. they say it keeps lines short and hasn't brought them extra profit. after outrage and went public they said they will stop rounding up and only round down to favor the customer. a very new arrival to report. good news for juliana and bill rancic as their gestational surrogate delivers a baby boy. 7 pounds, 4 ounces. he tweeted quote the "duke" has landed. j juliana and i feel blessed beyond words. we cannot wait to meet little edward. >> happy for them. the name sounds very regal. >> yes. edward duke. >> thanks. now, back to al and get the rest of his forecast. hey, al. >> hey, savannah, maybe a tribute to john wayne. you never know. now, a look at the forecast around the rest of the country.

new york city, sunshine, 85 degrees, beautiful in the pacific northwest. seattle, sunny and 70 degrees, risk of strong storms in the lower mississippi river valley as tropical storm isaac makes its way up. look for more heat in the southwest, high surf advisories along the southern california coast. we have a beautiful day in beautiful miami. partly cloudy skies and partly sunny. high of 83 degrees while we get >> good morning to you. 7:21 now. i'm meteorologist christina loren. noticing a lot of these low clouds starting to push in over san francisco. you can see those low clouds moving with the naked eye this morning, as we head throughout 9:00 a.m. they will burn off. the natural cooling coming off the pacific is going to keep temperatures down in san francisco. still 70 degrees, 77 fremont and 81 here in san jose. temperatures tumble through friday, then back up for the weekend.

>> andnd sava savannah, i know i'm standing in what's outside of lake pontchartrain. we actually had fish. a couple local guys tell me it's called mullet. you, of course, know about mullet. party in the back. >> the mullet i'm familiar with is a little bit different. thank you. appreciate it. just ahead, prince harry apologizes to the queen for those las vegas party pictures as prince william and kate step out. [ female announcer ] these are the crescents you love on a holiday.

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>> just ahead from here in tampa. bill o'reilly from the convention and mitt romney's speech tonight. those twin babies who love their dad's music, will they have the same response from our studios? our studio in we'll fi after your local news.

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>> 7:26. good morning. i'm jon kelley. foster city's police chief will address neighbors' concerns over the release of a teen assault robbery suspect believed involved in a series of break-ins. police say justin shing broke into homes. in the first break-in officers say he sexually assault add 17-year-old girl. a week later he allegedly broke into another home but caught by the owner who held him until police arrived. because he was a first-time offender he was released on bail. >> i don't want him here. i'm not taking it well at all. i want him gone. i don't think somebody that can do something like this with the moxie he had does not deserve to be here. >> residents will be holding a

neighborhood watch meeting tonight at 7:00. foster city's police chief says he will be there to answer questions and address any concerns neighbors may have. >> right now how about we take it out to a look at weather on thursday and a look at the weekend. good morning. >> thursday, also known as friday eve. good morning to you, jon. we've got a great looking day shaping up. we're getting more low cloud cover this morning but that's going to keep temperature as touch cooler. basically a repeat performance of yesterday. and we're at 65 degrees to start. very mild at this hour. 48 novato head ed to comfortable conditions, then an area of low pressure as we head through tonight and tomorrow. temps drop like a rock. 10 to 15-degree plunge as we head through friday afternoon. but if you want that heat back we've got it for you just around the corner. high temperatures are going to be yus about as warm into the weekend. let's check your drive. >> the east bay is slow, we're looking at an accident on 880 at

fremont, that is on the southbound lane, so it looks like it's slow all the way from oakland down through fremont if you're taking 880 and also another accident on 580 at the connector and also there was a pole on 92 and half moon bay that has been cleared so if you are using that you can see a slow go and in the south bay things slow but no accidents to report. >> good news. thank you very much. for the latest make sure to check us out on nbc bay area on facebook.

7:30 now on a 30 morning, look at the rockefeller plaza. big crowd on a thursday morning. they gathered to see one of the hottest new names in music, a british sensation and she'll take our stage in our 8:30 half hour. i'm matt lauer in tampa, florida. savannahguthrie is back. a man who never shys sharing his opinion. bill o'reilly is in the convention and will share what he thinks of paul ryan's speech and what the wants to hear from mitt romney tonight. a 3-year-old deaf boy whose parents say he was told to

change the way he sign his name at school because they say the school officials say it looked like a gun sign. a live interview with his family. go ahead. we dare you not to smile when you see this video of 1-year-old twins jamming out to their dad's guitar. the question is, will we be smiling when we try to get them to dance for us live. we're about to find out. all i can say, 1-year-old twins, asking them to perform on command, what could possibly go wrong. >> this is a good idea. you know how i feel about most of these viral videos, they make me feel like i have a virus. this one makes me laugh. i'm all in favor of this one. >> we can't resist this one and we'll see if they will do it live. and we will spend this half hour with the royal family, some attended the paralympic games while prince harry prepares for his first public outing since that trip to las vegas. michel michelle kosinski at buckingham palace, good morning. >> reporter: hi.

several members of the royal family were out for the paralympics. prince harry who's had attention lately was not expected to attend and he didn't. very soon, we will see him back in the public eye, the whole family no doubt wanting to put last week well behind them. >> i declare open the london 2012 paralympic games. >> reporter: another global sporting celebration, another night for london to shine as well as the royal family. the queen, prince edward, princess ann and william and kate back in olympic stadium supporting the world's paralympians. not present is prince harry. starting monday he will play a role back into the insatiable public eye. ever since the public party pics went out last week some showing him nude in a hotel room with the prince rather sheepish

looking, he's stayed far away from cameras. >> prince harry is back in scotland and did spent quality time with his father, prince charles up there and, of course, went to make a formal apology to her imagimajesty's queen, a str telling off from granny i would imagine. >> from her own somewhat difficult year, kate's sister, pip pa restleels cover of her new book called "celebrate." prince harry has done good work and military service. even his more laid back antics made him the guy everybody seems to want to laugh with. the stunned reaction has been how could he or any around him let this all go public. plenty are defending him with humor. tens of thousands liked his facebook page called support prince harry with a naked salute and soldiers of all stripes, male and fale fully armed, the full monty, the mankini. the serious soldier harry has

been wanting to serve again in afghanistan. defense sources said that could be by the end of this year, perhaps very soon. >> if he would like to go back out there and forget what just happened. if he does good deeds out there, too, and comes back commended, hopefully people will forget. >> reporter: harry's good deeds will begin at home. next week, he'll be at the paralympics and the patron of a charity to help wounded soldiers as they race to the south pole. royal watchers say we still don't know if his video of las vegas might surface but there are certain to be changes to his security detail. >> michelle kosinski of london, thank you. we want to get a check on the progress of isaac and al in new orleans. hey, al. >> hi, savannah, how are you? we are standing outside of lake pontchartrain. you can see the horizon. it has overflowed its banks and slowly receding. the winds are pushing is this

direction and will be pushing the water back into the banks of lake pontchartrain. and isaac is now a tropical storm, slowly making its way to the north. 55 miles southeast of alexandria, louisiana. 45 miles an hour winds, winds out of the northwest at 8 miles an hour. as it makes its way, the path of the storm, by early friday morning, it is a remnant low into arkansas, eventually moving into missouri by saturday morning and then by sunday morning, it's a low pressure system bringing rain to central illinois and indiana. rainfall amounts are going to be the next big story out of this system. we're talking about 7-10 inches of rain, as far north as central illinois. >> 7:35 on a thursday morning. starting with a live look here at san francisco, clear conditions more or less, we do have a little bit of marine layer formation that's going to burn off by 9:00, leaving us

with beautiful beach conditions. clear to start here in san jose. temperatures are nice out there in the 50s and 60s. we'll be in the 70s later on, 70 degrees there, 82 in redwood city, 92 in concord. holiday weekend around the corner now and temperatures nice for outdoor activities. >> that's your latest weather. matt. >> thanks very much. the republican national convention wraps up in ten commandments mitt romney's acce up in tampa with tonight's acceptance speech. what should we expect? bill o'reilly, host on fox news, has a new book, "lincoln's last days." you've been watching. what do you think so far? >> the usual. nothing different than the other 1500 conventions i covered. the republicans are a little bit energized. i think they think they have a pretty good shot to defeat

barack obama. i think they're a little more optimistic than four years ago with john mccain. >> this is supposed to be mitt romney's coming out party. the tampa bay times said there seems to be enthusiasm at the convention for younger faces. talk to delegates and they're more likely to gush about chris christie and marco rubio than their nominee. ask them to explain his agenda and eidology and point paul ryan. is this mitt romney's convention or paul ryan's? >> people who travel on political ventures are conservative people or liberal people you will see in charlotte. they're not the mainstream voter. they're very committed and very ideological. romney is more of moderate republican and ryan more conservative. of course, they will go for conservatives. not a revelation. >> you talk about the conservatives and the gender gap

and how important women are, i talked to governor bush a few seconds ago, do you think this convention is reaching out to the people who will decide this election, independents, moderates and women? >> it did because of what ryan said and romney will say tonight gets on the internet and the internet dominates now. they get applause lines and visibility to people not paying that close attention. 20 million people watched the convention. it's 320 million people in the country. political candidates have to get their word out. this is the only way to really do it. >> what do you make of chris christie? he gave a speech the other night got a lot of attention. mixed reviews. some people thought he talked a lot about himself and what was happening in new jersey and not enough about mitt romney, what do you think about chris christie. >> morris on the factor said it was very bad speech and i saw the word narcissistic attack. i don't think it was that bad. this is what i've done in my

state, challenged the vested interests and bringing down a budget. maybe he could have worn the linkage a little more, worn a romney t-shirt, i like mitt. i didn't think it was that bad. >> when you look at what's gone on here over the past couple of days and what will go on tonight, are conventions necessary anymore? >> two days, not four. this is like one of those marathon dances they had in the '20s, they never stopped dancing until they collapsed. that's what it's like. how much bloviating can you take? two day, one night for the vice president, one night for the presidential nominee. it's going to be worse in charlotte. what are they going to talk about there next week? what? >> i know. when i saw you were coming here today and we were going to get to talk, i was surprised to see you have a new book out. i thought you just missed me and wanted to come see me. >> this is a kids book, lawyer. children. kids are children. >> i thought this was young adults? >> no. fourth grade to ninth grade. >> lincoln's last days.

>> as you said very eloquently at the top, which i wrote that lead for lawyer, it's an adaptation of killing lincoln. all right, the adult's book. i was so popular, 2 million people have read it, we said, kids should really get it, a lot of pictures in there, big print, and some adults will probably like this children's book as well. we have to get the kids back involved with their country. they think the united states of america lives on the internet. we've got to get them involved. >> when it comes to politics, don't you think that one of the big problems with getting kids enthusiastic is all the negativity? >> no. kids like negativity. come on, you're from new york. they like to shake it up. >> when they hear nothing but criticism of people, why do they want to embrace that? >> that's way too pin headed. it's boring! that's why they don't like it. kids don't like politics because it's boring. we make it exciting in "lincoln's last days." if these guys would make it a little bit more exciting here, a

little bit more unpredictable, less scripted, more people would watch. a lot of people think politics is boring because it is. >> there's a clear business model involved in these books. are you now going to go from the 16th president right down to current day. will you do one of these books a year to -- for the next 40 years. >> we will dominate the history mark. we have killing kennedy coming up and hire somebody to read it to lawyer. >> just put it on tape seriously. i read it in the car. >> do i have to get somebody to set the tape up and punch the button for you. >> if you could provide a head-set, that would be nice as well. have fun in tampa. >> all right, lawyer. thanks for having me in. coming up, twin babies love to rock out to their dad's guitar. will they do it on live television? we'll find out right after this. [ elizabeth ] i like to drink orange juice

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back now at 7:45 with one of the cutest things we have ever seen. we showed you this video on wednesday, identical 1-year-old twin girls rocking out to their dad's guitar. >> are you ready? ♪ ♪ >> and this morning we brought chloe and alexis here. they are already dancing. they're here with their parents, dan and ashley. we're going to see if we can get them to do it live in a moment.

you came from kansas, it's your first visit to new york city. all do you it post a video on youtube and now it's a sensation. >> it's kind of crazy. >> it's unexpected. >> are you overwhelmed by the reaction? i'm sure you guys find these little girls adorable. did you know america would? >> no, not like this. didn't see this coming. >> in fact, there's even i believe a parody of this. they've taken what the girls did and play it now to "the night at the roxbury." the song is a song you composed. do you girls just love music? >> they do. they love all kinds of music. we kind of emphasize all genres of music. they appreciate it all. >> are there other songs they like? are you doing "free bird"? >> i play nianything i can thin

of, britney spears, pearl jam. >> and you seem to play at meal time so it's a way to get them to eat their green peas? >> it's working. >> what people love about the video is the way they check each other out right before as if to say okay, let's get this party started. are they in sync a lot? >> yeah, since they're identical, a lot of stuff they do is the same. >> kind of like there's our theme song, let's go. so cute. what has the reaction been in. you put the video up. how did it become a viral video? >> we had no idea. ellen had it on her twitter page and facebook page and all of a sudden millions of views. >> do we have stars in our future? are you thinking maybe they'll be on a commercial or something someday? no, she doesn't like that idea.

okay, i'm sorry. don't be mad, alexis. >> did you drop something? >> oh, no. well, she didn't like the commercial idea. she's like, i'm only 1 years old. what do you think -- >> should we go ahead and give this a shot and have dad get the guitar going? >> i know it's hard to play guitar on national tv but it's okay. do your best. >> oh, look, daddy's going to play for you. >> maybe we'll work that out for you, daddy. >> here's your cheerio. >> honey -- >> poor girl. >> you know, earlier in the green room we did this very experiment and they did great. we should show the video.

this was a little bit earlier and they were dancing right on cue. the poor girls have flown all night. they didn't really get a chance. they're probably really tired. this just proves why we don't do live experiments with little babies but, alexis, you're right. it's early, we all feel like crying. >> radner family, thank you so much. chloe and alexis, we really appreciate it. if the girls want to stick around, we have cher lloyd, very popular with the kids. they can dance to that on our concert stage. thank you very much. you want to play us out to commercial? >> sure. >> great to have you here by the way. and we're back in a few minutes. stay refreshed! . hey boys, i have an idea. [ female announcer ] new lipton tea & honey. sweetened with honey, made from real tea leaves and real fruit flavors. mmm...that is so good.

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>> 7:56. good morning. i'm jon kelley. good news for the sunny veil economy which is probably bad if you commute. takes you through the peninsula or the south bay. social media giant linkedin striking a deal to move into new space in sunnyvale. the 58,000 square foot campus will be able to accommodate 2900 workers. in a filing linkedin says they anticipate moving into the space innual 2014. the company expanding its headquarters in mountain view by 70,000 square feet. >> it is friday eve and for some i suppose the holiday weekend may have started, christina loren is here to tell us what the weather's going to be like. >> at least mentally. good morning. 7:56, everybody is giddy knowing it's a three-day weekend around the corner and you'll want the make outdoor plans. better beach conditions on sunday than what we expect for on friday or saturday. 55 in oakland and we're at 54

crisp degrees in san francisco, winds will play a factor again. you look to the key, you're getting the yellows and the oranges, where we expect the stronger wind gusts. throughout this afternoon along the coast, 20 miles per hour gusting to 35, 40 from time to time. that's the caveat you have to deal with. great beach weather in terms of temperatures. 76 degrees in santa cruz. we're going to drop off and warm back up saturday into sunday. here's anthony. >> 101 is slow this morning and in fact through san jose, two accidents, 101 at trumbell and also at lawrence expressway and that's in san jose f. uthat allow extra time or try to find another route. eastbound 880 at treatment an accident and at 580 in the 238 connector, another accident. so a lot of congestion across the east bay. that's all for now. jon. >> all right, thank you. for the latest traffic and news

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♪ 8:00 now on a thursday morning, it's august 30, 2012. our crowd is filled with brats this morning, that's what music sensation cher lloyd call her fans. in fact, some of these guys have been here since wednesday. cher stopped by and gave them a big thrill. in a few moments she'll be here to perform live on our stage. i'm savannah guthrie in new york. matt is in tampa covering the national convention. >> we'll look forward to the music coming up in the next half hour. here mitt romney will take the stage behind me tonight to delivery guess you'd have to say would be the most important

speech of his campaign. they're rebuilding part of the stage this morning so it will have a slightly different look when mitt romney and his wife and family take to the stage tonight. there is ongoing buzz over the possible mystery guest, with guesses from clint eastwood to tim tebow pip ran into the owner of the new york jets on the floor yesterday morning and asked him about the possibility that tebow would be here tonight. heap said considering the jets are playing in philadelphia tonight he doubts he can get tim tebow here in time p. you might crossed that one off the list. meanwhile we'll look ahead to next week's democratic national convention. you're going to be doing the honors in charlotte. >> i will. maybe we should get the identical wins come and perform on demand. it worked so well for us. >> i think you may want to let that one lay.

>> yes. a little 3-year-old boy who is deaf, his parents say the school asked him not to sign his name the way he does because according to the parents, the school told him it looks like a sign for a weapon. we're going to talk to this family live. the school denies it, by the way. and another story to catch your attention, a grandmother is about to give birth to her own grandchild. she's serving as a surrogate for her daughter. let's get a check of the day's other top stories. we have natalie morales at the newsdesk. >> good morning, everyone. evacuations still under way for gulf coast residents stranded by isaac, which is moving inland as a tropical storm. president obama declared federal emergencies in louisiana and mississippi. kate snow is in new orleans with the look at the damage there. kate, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, natalie.

this was a real test for new orleans, seven years to the day after hurricane katrina. and while isaac was not nearly as strong a storm, it did linger over this city. the damage looks nothing like katrina damage but the wind and the rain did take a toll. the wind has died down but nearly 24 hours since isaac roared ashore here. look at the rain. it's still coming down. we're going to go down in our car to see what kind of damage we see in new orleans. this is probably why 75% of new orleans doesn't have power right now. these could be live wires so we're not going to get out of the car. you think they've been out of that house since katrina probably? >> there's been nobody in that house. somebody is actually living there. they have a little roof left on top there. >> no, that's bad. this is the canopy that used to be over the pump. it's completely upside down. look at this. there's a couple cars in here

flooded out. despite sporadic flooding and damage, the mayor says the billions spent to protect this city worked. >> the most important thing is the levees that were completely rebuilt, they acted exactly like they should and protected the city like they were supposed to. we have a huge amount of rain, power lines down, sporadic flooding. nothing came close to what katrina offered. >> reporter: that said, they won't let their guard down. >> humility is the better part of valor. it's the start of hurricane season. if this had been a 3, 4 or 5, you and i may be having a different discussion today. >> reporter: that green grass back there, that's a levee. it keeping the waterom standing in from getting into the city of new orleans. mayor tells me this morning it's all about clean up. they really want businesses and stores to reopen this morning,

natalie, so people can get out and start getting food and supplies. the power company will be out, utility workers out this morning trying to restore power. natalie? >> kate snow in new orleans. thanks, kate. mitt romney accepts his party's nomination for president tonight at the republican national convention in tampa. paul ryan accepted the vice presidential nomination last night. he pledged that he and romney will turn the economy around. you can watch mitt romney's acceptance speech tonight of the republican national convention at 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific time. and what's trending today? venus has a face that's divided right down the middle, black with the green eye on one side and the brown with the blue eye

on the other. >> and iconic disney characters have been stretched and slimmed down for the new holiday store campaign. people are complaining the new runway ready mini is too skinny. and jennifer lopez has been banned from a restaurant over n an -- and lindsay lohan has been banned from a restaurant and an unpaid $46 tab. lindsay said she thought the producers were paying. and gaga tweeted, um, are those

my earrings?" that joke may be too soon. >> just north in lake pontchartrain, the old town section is underwater. they have evacuations going on right now. here's the latest on the positioning of isaac. it's a tropical storm 35 miles southeast of luouisiana, the pah of the storm bring it is up as a tropical storm through northern louisiana. then by friday afternoon it's a tropical remnant low becoming a depression and then a low pressure system by sunday morning into illinois and then on into indiana. we do have tornado watches in effect for parts of louisiana, mississippi and alabama through this afternoon and rainfall amounts still going to be kind of heavy. we're talking about anywhere from 5 to about 12 inches of additional rain from new orleans all the way on up into central illinois. 8:0 7 on thursday.

i'm meteorologist christina loren. a live look at san francisco. low clouds but not a thick marine layer by any means and burn off the next hour or two which means you'll be able to climb to about 70 degrees in the city today. 77 in oakland and san jose we will hit the low 80s. then drop like a rock. sharp turns in your weather partner as we head from friday into saturday and climb back to 97 degrees on sunday. and then level off at the start of next week. >> and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> al, thank you. coming up next, a touching and rather unusual story. a grandmother set to deliver her own grandchild today. >> and then a bit later, a live concert from cher lloyd. but first these messages. si zzli

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>> right before surgery, emily received even more shocking news from her doctor -- she was pregnant. >> i can't describe what that was like. >> though they couldn't save the fetus, emily's doctors assured her they would try to save her ovaries so she could produce eggs. >> it's not necessary to remove the ovaries. the decision was made to take out the uterus alone and leave the ovaries in place. >> after the surgery, they used in vitro fertilization but they needed a surrogate to carry the baby to term. help came from an unlikely candidate. emily's mom, 52 at the time, wand too give her daughter a gift, a grandchild for her, a child for them. >> the thought of emily and mike not being able to have children and share that piece of their lives with someone just broke my heart. >> mike and i were both pretty

much like i don't think you could do that. >> but dr. helen kim, an in vitro specialist, told them it was possible. >> when women get older, sometimes their uterus develops abnormalities that make it difficult to carry a pregnancy but her mom's uterus was perfect. >> this month 49-year-old linda serious gave birth to her own grandson, acting as a surrogate for her daughter who has a heart condition that made pregnancy danger for her. and in 200856-year-old jackie gave birth to her daughter's triplets. she smoke to meredith vieria. >> it's amazing but i'd do it again. >> now almost at term, cindy admits she had some concerns but

says it was worth it. >> i worried about the physical ramifications of being pregnant at this age because i had no idea what to expect. the end result of this is that two wonderful people are going to get to raise their baby. >> a bond between mother and daughter now sem engtcemented ad on to a new generation. >> this is a continuation of everything she's done in her entire life, which is to make sure i have the best life possible. this just reaffirms everything that i know about her and love about her. >> and as we mentioned, cindy is set to undergo a scheduled c-section today. good luck to all of them. dr. nancy snyderman, we just saw three women giving birth to their grandchildren. how common is this? >> it's not common. because it's scientifically possible, we're seeing it on an

increase. one, people may be infertile. healthy grandmothers can step in. >> what does it take for a grandmother to be successfully a surrogate? >> i think one of the things you really saw in this piece was how healthy grandma looks. she's fit, she's not heavy, obviously not a smoker. she's really taken good care of her body. so it requires her to go see the doctor, make sure she's physically fit, it means she's going to have to be on hormones to plump up the lining of the uterus, like any other surrogate that gets ready and from a psychiatric standpoint, the surrogate has to remember you're the vessel, you're not mom. and then the long-term problems. older moms can go into labor earlier. that's why these moms get sectioned. and if they get implanted with too many embreyoembryos, they r

risk of gestational diabetes. they can put on a lot of weight. >> always a c-section delivery. >> always a c-section because that's what makes it safer. >> coming up next, a 3-year-old deaf boy allegedly told to change the way he signs his name because it violates the school's weapons policy. we'll talk to his parents right after this. sperry top-siders were the right choice for my daughter. daughter + friend: *screamsá (in her head) nailed it. how'd you know mom? the styles they really really, really want for back to school are here. famous brands. famously easy. famous footwear. victory is yours. why every room deservesell us what to look great.olor is? and every footstep should tell us we made the right decision.

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name. his dad, brian, says it's the only name hunter has ever known. >> show me houw you sign his name. >> that would be like this, crossed fingers like this, thumb on the inside and up and down like this. >> reporter: and this is what has caused the issue? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: because that looks like a gun. >> that's their statement. >> reporter: he says the principal at hunter's preschool told them hunter's name sign violates a zero tolerance weapons policy and therefore he can't use it. >> that's the name we gave our son. that's how i communicate with him since day one. i don't see why we should have to change it. >> reporter: the toddler goes to a public school. the school teaches american sign language or asl but says privacy

laws forbid him from talking about hunter's family's claims. >> the grande island school has never required them to change their name. >> reporter: but hunter's parents insist after several phone calls and meetings with school official, the principal insisted hunter use a different sign for his name. >> i can tell you that how any parent perceives something is going to be different from any other parent. >> reporter: hunter's family says the principal offered several options for hunter, like spelling his name. or -- >> like this. except it would be pointed forward and to me that's more of a gun than what his name sign now is. >> reporter: now after a week of nearly no communication, his parents say school officials have asked them to come in and talk and they say they're willing, but they also insist hunter's name will remain what

it's always been. for "today," ron allen, nbc news, grand island, nebraska. >> hunter and his parents are now with us. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> brian, you have two totally different accounts of what happened. you say hunter could not use his sign for his name. what do you say the school officials said to you exactly? >> at the meeting with the principal, the quote from the principal when i asked which policy we would be in violation of was, well, technically it's a violation of our weapons policy. >> you say they told you he can't use that sign anymore. >> right. they said in school it is unacceptable. >> well, the school has said flat out they never made such a request and if you take the school at its word, hunter would be free to go to school today or

tomorrow and continue to sign his name that way. you have tried to do that? >> we've been sending him and to the best of my knowledge at this point they're still finger spelling his name and they've made conflicting statements at this point. >> morgan, when you heard this, how did you feel about this request you say the school officials made? >> i was hurt and upset at first. i'm kind of just overwhelmed mainly right now. i really don't know how to feel. >> so both of you, can you put into words how important this is? i mean, he's deaf. this is his name. for you does this feel like the school is asking you basically to change his name? >> yeah, because i mean, if he was a hearing child, would you say his name.

he doesn't hear so we sign his name. that's the way we feel. >> morgan, hunter's just 3 years old. does he have any idea or any sense about what's going on h e here? >> i don't think he does. he's been around the camera a lot lately but he doesn't know what's going on. we've kind of been sheltering him a little bit when it comes to all this. >> brian, were you pretty upset when you had these meetings with the school officials? >> i was disappointed in the school definitely. i couldn't believe that that would be a request that somebody would make. >> in your view what's the solution here? >> i couldn't believe that would be a request they would make. >> i understand the school wants to meet with you, they want to resolve this. they say they never made the request. would you be willing to meet with them? >> i returned the call yesterday, have gotten a voice

mail. left a message. i'm hoping to have that meeting today good morning. 8:26 now. imarla tellez. san francisco voters may get to have a say in the skyrocketing cost of hiv/aids prescription drugs and the ballot could contain the stop run away initiative. the backers want them to negotiate directly to drug companies to bring down prescription drug prices. the proposed measure names the maker of a pricey new hiv/aids drug just approved by the fda. the cost $28,000 a year. which supporters of the initiative say is more than most aids patients annual income. now we want to turn it over to anthony slotter with a look at today's morning commute.

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♪ i want you back, i want you back ♪ >> 8:30 now on a thursday morning, this 30th day of august 2012. we have a great concert crowd. they're here for the music of the sensational british import cher lloyd. in a few moments she's going to perform her hit "i want you back." matt is in tampa covering the republican national convention. hey, matt. >> hello.

we have heard this morning that our friend over at abc, our colleagues has announced this will be her last morning on the air for a while. she is about to undergo a blood transplant for a blood disorder called mds. as our guest cher lloyd would say, we want you back. >> lots of thoughts and prayers going her way, that's for sure. al is in new orleans. i know you wanted to send along your best wishes, too. >> absolutely. we've shared many a good day and evening with robin. here in louisiana, she's the pride here. everybody's thoughts and prayers are with her. she's going to come back stronger than ever. we know that and we miss you and we love you, robin. >> we'll check back with you in just a little bit, al. the concert just about to get under way here with cher lloyd. this music is just the start of

the concert because tomorrow grammy winner jason moraz will be here along with caty perry. do come down on the plaza for that one as well. >> we have some good advice. do you ever as a parent wonder how you should talk to your teen-ager? >> tough. >> might as well go right to the source. we're going to talk to some teens who will tell parents how is the best way to talk to them about homework and dating and all kinds of issues. before we get to that, we want to seasonnd it back to al for a check of the weather. >> we have the leftovers of tropical storm isaac. beautiful in the northeast, plenty of sunshine, toasty in the southwest. for tomorrow sunny and hot in the northeast as we get ready to start the labor day weekend mild and beautiful with sunshine in the pacific northwest.

sunny and hot in the pacific tier states. sunshine and more heat continues in the southeast down on into óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó if you're looking for the sunshine, we have got it for you. a warm day on tap this thursday afternoon. >> tom: will climb into the 80s. even a couple of low 90s and some of your east bay cities, but not too shabby. >> tom: are going to drop like a rock tomorrow. 10 to 15-degree plunge. 70 to start in san francisco. looking oo good in the city by the bay and lingering cloud cover but it should be clearing the next couple of hours. upcoming weekend. >> tom: swing up and down and 84 saturday and 97 on sunday and leveling off on monday. >> isaac is still out there causing a lot of problems. you need to get updates, check out the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. let's head to uncle willy scott with those birthdays. uncle willy. >> good old water mellon in the

summertime and seed spitting contest. i can get it ten feet. halle barren, louisville, kentucky, one of my favorite towns in the world, love working the parade there. 111 years old, loves spending time in the beautiful flower gardens. york, pennsylvania, city of roses and regina peters is 102 years old. her secret to longevity is enjoying a manhattan cocktail in the evening. yes, a little cherry in there. william pollard from beautiful washington, d.c., the town that's good for you and me. 100 years old today. life long athlete and a great golfer. has had three hole in ones m his li -- in his life time. that's exciting. and hair is clara harding right up the road, silver spring, maryland.

108 years old. loves dining with her son and eating dessert. eat dessert first and up won't gain weight. richard and marjorie lull, coatesville, pennsylvania. 75 years married and they love to have a little kiss before they go to bed. isn't that nice? i think that's very sweet. on the forehead, anywhere. and take a look at ferne austin, utica, michigan. 102. secret to longevity, clean living and having m & ms. i love m & ms. >> savannah, you're heading out of here to l.a. to be on the "tonight show" tonight, right? >> yes. i'm terrified. i'm usually in rem sleep at

11:30 at night. >> good luck to you. coming up next, what your teens really want to you know as they do head back to school. plus we've got that live concert from cher lloyd. crowd getting excited about that. but first this is "today" on nbc.

back now at 8:38. what your teens want you to know as they head back to school. it's great to have you both here. >> thank you. >> we get it straight from the source so to speak. let me start, lucy, with you first. a lot of you as parents, we want our children to succeed and be happy. what is it that kids want that is different from what parents want them to do?

>> as kids we want our own space. we want to be left alone a lot of the time. as much as we love our parents and we might not say it every day, we do want some time to ourselves. that's very important for us. >> parents need to respect that time and give them the free space. >> yeah. >> homework. this is something about parents are guilty of nagging their kids about. we did the survey, sam, on today.com. we asked the question do you have to nag your children to do homework? 52% said yes, 48% said no. i'm guessing the 48 % is there's not a lot of parents being truthful. would you guess? >> i would definitely guess that. it's hard for parents to stay away from their kids and not invade on doing their homework because they care so much about their kids. when kids do badly on homework, parents get angry or punish them. i think celebrating good work

with as much passion as you celebrate the bad is really important for parents to do because then kids remember how it feels to do well and it kind of creates an incentive to do well. >> you have points of advice. you say the tips are define good role models, discuss expectations early and create an incentive plan. walk us through tloou these tips. >> if you have friends who are working hard and compare with how they're doing or they're proud of doing well, that goes a long way towards you wanting to work hard as well. if you're surrounded by kids who doesn't care at all about school and are partying all the time, that's not going to incentivise doing hard work. it's also important for parents, as i said, to celebrate when their kids are doing well. i think those two things are really the most important. >> let's move on to asking for help because we know it can be very difficult for you all to reach out to your parents and

say what can i do in this situation in we again on our survey asked parents and only 26 of their parents said their children actually come to them often for help, 66% said sometimes. how should a parent respond when you have a child coming up to you and saying what should do i in this situation? and what should parents not be doing. >> sometimes -- not all the time but sometimes kids are coming to their parents not for advice, even if they say i need help. they're not necessarily looking for a definite plan right at that moment. sometimes they're looking for an outlet, a shoulder to cry on. we just want to vent and complain sometimes it seems. and you are the perfect people to complain to, mom and dad. >> they want the parents to support them. >> we want the support, hug us, kiss us. if you start pom barreding us to solutions to the problem right off the bat, we might freak out

a little bit. >> what about peer pressure? how do parents handle that? >> it's tough because kid don't really view parents as cool. >> what? what do you mean? >> i'm sorry to break it to you. i nope it's a shock. but kids really focus much more and what their friends have to say. i think it goes back to surrounding your kids with all the right people or finding an adult role model who is acceptable socially and sclasically. then kids can see it's possible to succeed sclasically and socially are mutually exclusive. >> thank you [ 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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> she has one of the hottest songs on the radio right now. we're delighted to welcome her to rockefeller plaza. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome cher lloyd. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ hey, you never had much game, so i walk away ♪ now you've been hanging with another girl in town ♪ looking like a pair of clowns, clowns, clowns ♪ remember all the things that

you and i did ♪ and now you're doing them with her ♪ remember all the things that you and i did ♪ and now you're taking her to every restaurant ♪ and everywhere we went, come on ♪ and now you're taking her to every restaurant ♪ boy, you can say everything you want ♪ i don't give a, no one else can have you ♪ i want you, want you back, i want you back ♪ ♪ please, this ain't even jealousy ♪ she ain't got a thing on me trying to rock the jeans, jeans ♪ you'll be crawling back back,

back ♪ remember all the things that you and i did ♪ and now you're with her, you're with her ♪ remember all the things that you and i did ♪ and now you're taking her to every restaurant ♪ and now you're taking her to every restaurant ♪ you'll be crying and now i'm looking at you ♪ i want you back, i want you, want you back ♪ i thought you'd still be mine, be mine ♪ and you might be with her but i still had you first

♪ ♪ yeah, yeah ♪ remember all the things that you and i did ♪ and now you're doing all that with her ♪ boy you can say anything you want ♪ i don't give up, no, i want you back ♪ i want you back, i want you back, i want you, want you back ♪ i'm looking up thinking you'll be crying ♪ i want you back, i want you back, i want you ♪ i want you back, i want you back, i want you back ♪ i want you back, i want you back, i want you, want you back ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> cher lloyd, thanks.

we'll have more music in a moment. but first this is "today" on nbc.

cher lloyd first rose to fame on the british version of the "x factor." her debut album is coming out

called "sticks and stones." cher, good morning. >> good morning. >> when you see crowd like this, are you a little shell shocked or does it seem naturally for you? >> i come from the u.k. i didn't expect anyone to know me. >> they love you here. >> thank you. thank you. >> by the way, you don't know this, a little surprise for you, you've gone platinum. that hit song has now earned you this. you've sold more than a million units. cher lloyd's first platinum album. >> and you've gone out and bought it, thank you. it means a lot to me. >> what people might not know about you, you're actually kind of shy, 19 years old. when up go out there and perform, you have all this confidence, where does that come from? i'm not quite sure. i think it just hits me that i've got to do a good

performance and go out and do my best. >> what are you going to do next? >> i'm going to sing my next sing single. >> i'd like you to sing along. are you ready? ♪ ♪ ♪ baby you're the best, you work me out ♪ i keep ul the walls up but you tear 'em down ♪ you don't even know it, how would you know it, how would you know it ♪ all the other boys can walk

away ♪ you got this swag, you got this attitude ♪ when i hear you saying my name, my name ♪ i feel like everywhere about the world we go love ♪ ♪ i feel like i'm on top of the world with your love ♪ everybody wants what i got with you ♪ inspired, feeling like a million, you're one in a million

♪ it's crazy what you're doing to me ♪ how you do it to me, to me, to me ♪ all other boys can walk away, because i know that you own it ♪ you got this swag, you got this attitude ♪ when i hear you say my name, my name ♪ got you have me crying with your love ♪ shining with your love, i'm on the top of the world with your love ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ i feel like i'm on the top of the world with your love ♪ i feel like i'm on top of the world with your love ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> cher lloyd, thank you. and look who i have here joining me. coming up in the 9:00 hour, you're going to help me. >> i'm so excited to be here!

>> you know her from "punky brewster." but she's all grown up and she'll be here in the next hour. first your local news and weather. good morning to you. 89:56. i'm marla tellez. one of the stars of mad men will be performing in the south bay who is known for his role as pete campbell will star in "the death of the novel." the story focuses on a young writer dealing with a loss after the september 11th tryst attacks. the play will be held at the san jose repertory theater.

close to the weekend. >> tom: comfortable out there. in the 50s and 60s and headed to the low 90s inland. we will see the 80s bayside today and about as warm as yesterday and a touch cooler at the coast. enjoy the sunshine and warmth for today. [ female announcer ] introducing yoplait greek 100.

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back now with more "today" on this thursday morning. a crisp and cool start in new york. on the plaza, british sensaon cher lloyd. savannah had to leave a little early to head too l.a. for her appearance on "the late show with jay leno." you see who is sitting next to me, formerly punky brewster. >> i love punky. >> i know you're a mom of two.

you have poet and jagger. >> i have to say hi to them. i love you girls! >> and you have a birthday coming up, a 4 -year-old. >> next week. have i have to put in the order today. >> mine are all about cars right now. >> rainbow, cars. >> coming up this morning, we had babies on earlier today and now we've got the animals to follow the babies. we have the quest for the best this morning. we have a real dog and pony show for you. we set out to find the best pet trick and some furry friends are getting prepped backstage to show off their talent. so, soleil, do you want to take this next tease? >> coming up, paying off student loans, our experts answer your questions. >> you do everything perfectly.

>> you are the sweetest. can i stay here forever? >> first we have some serious headlines to get you. i'm going to get to the headlines. tropical storm isaac is dumping more heavy rain, up to a foot in some places. this morning officials in mississippi are reporting the first death related to the storm, a man killed when a tree fell on his vehicle. president obama has declared federal emergencies in louisiana and mississippi, following damage from what had been hurricane isaac when it came ashore. isaac forded the evacuation of thousands of people whose homes were flooded up to the roof. more than several hundred homes and businesses are still without power today. >> today mitt military accepts his party's nomination for president in what is being called the biggest speech of his political career. and last night paul ryan accepted the vice presidential nomination with tough criticism for president obama saying the

leadership is missing in the white house. ryan said he and romney can get the economy growing again. and a proposal that was anything but political. rnc production manager bradley come ton dropped to one knee and proposed to his girl friend laura bowman and she said yes. you can see mitt romney as he says yes to his party's nomination, tonight during nbc's coverage of the republican national convention. >> two international service members were killed this morning in a helicopter crash in southern afghanistan. the crash comes one day after an afghan wearing an army uniform killed three other nato service members, all of them australians. >> another sign that the west nile virus is spreading. health officials say cases of the virus are now up 40% since last week. so far at least -- 1,590 cases have been reported leading to at least 66 deaths and this could

become the worst year ever for the mosquito-borne disease. >> the man charged in the shooting of trayvon martin will get a new judge to preside over the trial. they argued that lester had made negative comments about zimmermann's character during a july bond hearing. >> a terrifying scene wednesday across from an elementary school in los angeles after a 100-year-old driver backed his car on to a sidewalk and into a crowd of people, including nine children, pinning some children under the car. the driver said his brakes failed and said he has sympathy and love for the people who were injured. police are now investigating. >> a 25-year study on the impact of extremely low calorie diets on monkeys found the thin ones did not live any longer than those kept at more normal weight.

lab tests did show lower cholesterol and blood sugar levels but only in male monkeys whose calories were cut by one third once they reached old age. >> an uninvited guest swooped into a canadian tv studio earlier this week, bringing the news staff to a frenzy as they tried to scare a bat away. eventually the bat was encouraged to go outside and leave the humans alone. good thing there are no bats in the studio here today. let's go out to al in new orleans, who has another check of the weather for us. hi, al. >> reporter: hey, thanks so much. good to see you, soleil. weep have rain going on here at lake pontchartrain. that's the lake back there by those light poles. that's the shore of the lake.

we are seeing remnants of thunderstorms and showers making their way from tropical storm isaac. right now it's 35 miles southeast of alexandria, louisiana. 45 mile-an-hour winds. it's moving northwest at 8. look at the part of the day making its way into missouri. the low pressure system finally petering out as it makes its way into central illinois and indiana. we have extended tornado watches, something you always have to worry about. they are extended until 4:00 p.m. central daylight time. the rain is going to be an issue. we have water issues going on in eastern, mississippi and quickman, mississippi. here in slidel, just north of here, we have rainfalls and he said

9:06 thursday morning. taking a live look at san jose. a lot of people have the day off. already getting into the holiday weekend. and. >> tom: will going to be perfect for hitting the beach today. if that is you. 76 degrees in santa cruz. even san francisco will hit about 70 with a lot of sunshine coming in early and 92 concord and 96 fairfield. friday into saturday, sharp turns on the way. we are going to tumble your. >> tom: on friday down to 79 degrees. and then jump back up as we head through sunday. >> and that's your latest weather. natalie? >> al, thank you. this morning on "today's quest for the best," outstanding pet tricks. we asked for video submissions and we have narrowed down the best. >> our three finalists are here. joe rappaport is here with a little help from ruby.

>> i'm here because i'm very easy. i love every animal but this one, very little impresses her. >> very picky, right? >> she's going to be a tough judge so i need a little help. >> what are you looking for? >> obviously talent, the most unique trick they can do. a little personality doesn't hurt. right, sweetheart? >> i have a rescue dog at home. >> they're the best. >> let's bring out our finalists. let's start out with linda wright and her australian cattle dog ruger. they're here from lake elseinor. linda, how many bets do you have exactly? >> i have four dogs. >> what is ruger's special trick? >> he's going to ride a scooter. >> my kid are just learning to ride a scooter. amazing. >> did youer that? >> yeah. you have to get working on that.

>> look at that! that's great! >> how did you teach her to do that? >> i just tried it one day and he did it. >> how did he try it the first time? did you just bring a scooter out? >> yeah. i just put him on it because he already knew who to push a stroller. >> great. >> do you want to come help with my kid? >> that's a great thing. excellent. what do you think? >> unbelievable. i'm impressed. >> he pushes a stroller with a baby in it, a butty in it. >> good job! ruby -- do you -- okay, ruger.

>> we have our miniature -- >> we have a miniature horse here. >> we have a miniature horse here. if i could only bring this home to my kids, they would go crazy! >> you've probably never seen a horse this small. >> amos is from boca raton. i understand amos is a huge twitter and facebook follower already? >> yes. >> i was looking at his twitter feed last night. he's very popular. >> apparently he's even performed with the harlem globetrotte globetrotters? so he's somewhat pro. >> i think you're pushing him a little bit too much, natalie. you have to be objective. >> is it true that your horse can actually play basketball? >> he can play basketball. you want to see? >> let's go for it. >> get it. ♪

♪ >> go get it. >> the balls are getting bigger so it's going to get harder. >> this is a tough one. >> that's his globetrotter ball. >> that's a hard one to pick up. want to try another one? >> they have to be a little bit soft. >> how did you get him to start playing basketball? >> great job. >> treats. >> isn't that unbelievable? >> there we go. >> amos, 3 for 3. >> wow! >> that's pretty impressive. >> i can get my dog to give me licks. >> exactly. >> one more? >> one more. >> there we go. for the slam dunk! >> can you believe how calm this giep is? unbelievable. >> so impressive.

thank you very much. >> my girls are going to be so jealous. >> that's a tough one to beat. >> i think ruby's leaning towards the horse. >> she's even making a noise. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> we're supposed to be objective. calm down. >> all right. last but not least. all the way from california, we have april robert and her husband ski, sk-- husky sky. i understand she's loves the theme song to "brian williams." >> she does. ♪ ♪ >> okay. now what about this theme song?

a different theme song? an nbc theme song. >> no. >> one more time. ♪ ♪ >> she's a big fan of the news. >> how did you discover -- no other theme music as far as we know, right? >> no. and a little bit of stage fright. she usually has a full-out how will. >> there's a lot going on here. >> i think brian is looking at a new co-anchor. could be a whole new future here. >> have i to say all very impressive acts. >> this is a tough one.

>> they're so talented. you are so blessed to have these animals. i know we can't give them all awards, can we? >> i'll bring them all home to visit the girls. they'd love it. >> so i'm going to grab the trophy. >> i'm going to walk over. >> oh, they're all so wonderful. >> they're all winners in our book, right? >> they're all winners. but excuse me for walking in front but tada! they're all amazing. >> you're very sweet. congratulations! >> she was going crazy.

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back now with "today"'s money questions. jean and good morning, gang. you guys have a tough act to follow. here we go. let's get right to it. we're going to go to skype first to jennifer from illinois. what's your question for our panel? >> good morning. it's time for me to start paying back my student loans. so what to pay down first, my interest or my principal since i know there's a tax deduction for the interest. and also if i have to go into deferment, will that hurt my credit score? >> so, jennifer, the way it works is when you send a check to your loan company, the money goes first to late payments if you have any, then it goes to interest and then it goes to

principal. if your loans are federal loans, there a lot of choices in payment plans. the ten-year plan is your best option to getting out. that's the standard repayment plan. however, if you need to defer for any reason, you want to make sure that if the interest is not being picked up because your loans are subsidized that you at least make that payment on the loan to just stay on top of it and it will not hurt your credit rating. >> all right. thanks so much, jennifer. appreciate the question. next we're getting a question on our facebook page. christina from easton, maryland writes "i have three children, ages 10, 9 and 7. i want to know the best way to save money which will get the most gain without putting it into an education al -- if she just wants to use a regular investment, the most important thing is saving the money

automatically. with three kids she needs to be saving at least $500 a month. it's hard to hear right now but it has to be saved automatically from your checking account going right into a mutual fund every single month and i'd break it up so it's $250 every two weeks. if i wasn't going to use a 5 to 9 plan, i'd use a balanced mutual fund, 60% stock. i would use the van guard balance fund, low-guard, conservative, the returns have been over 7% for the last ten years and over three years have been over 13%. if you're worried about a balance fund, i'd look at a target dated fund at 225, right around the time you're continuing to give -- >> but you won't get the

flexibility. >> the roth ira. let me just make a plea for the roth ira. she's probably worried about retirement at the same time as college. the report ira, if you put the money in there, you get the ability to use it for college or retirement. >> good point. >> let's get back to skype again. we have a question from boulder, colorado and sydney joins us. good morning to you. i know you're a college student there. what do you have for our panel here this morning? >> through my university e-mail, i receive advertisements from companies that pay decently for answering survey. they all have a one-time fee. how do i know if they're a scam or not? >> that fee is a red flag. i would be wary of these companies that say you make money filling out surveys and then they pay a fee

approximately many times, maybe it's worth looking into, but it's not going to give you the type of money you'd want from a paid job. if they want your personal information, social security numbers, all those are red flags. if you want to try to make some money and get a part-time job, i and also we're talk about scholarship money. you want the free money first. you probably signed up to a site like fastmoney.com. you can get linked to internships and job opportunities in your area. >> sydney, i'm sure as your parents say all the time, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. >> thanks so much. appreciate it. coming upneck, more back-to-school advice from our mom expert, talking tech stuff. but first these messages. gotta.

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it deliciously melts the moment you take a bite. hershey's air delight. it just might make you melt. good morning. 9:26. i'm marla tellez. a look at a couple of stories we are following today. a power struggle in south san jose. 160 customers say their power service is not reliable. they have had nine outages so far this year. pg&e said birds caused seven of those outages. on monday, crews separated power lines to allow more space for the birds. they go similar work in 2011 and it did not keep the lights on then. >> if it's just birds sitting on the wire and they widen the space between the wires and that takes care of it, that is awesome. i would love it. but i am guardedly optimistic. >> pg&e plan to give them a $50

credit for their inconvenience. they will talk about safety improvements made during the first year with the company and what comes next. anthony early jr. will hold a press conference in half an hour. he joined the company last september. he will talk about changes made this past year to improve safety and the company's plans for the future. coming up after the break, we will take a look at the forecast and the roads.

9:28. take a look at this live picture what is left of the cloud cover over stan. fading fa fast. >> tom: perfect this afternoon on the sands of santa cruz. 76 degrees. you'll be at 70 in san francisco. 77 degrees in oakland. inland cities a little bit on the warm side but. >> tom: tumble as of tomorrow. so if you're ik sick of the heat a major cool down on the way.

upper 70s return friday afternoon. here is anthony with your drive. >> two accidents to report in the south bay. 101 northbound at hellier avenue and 85 northbound at blossom hill and two accidents there. slow going there. 101, you can see for yourself. very slow go. moving through the south bay as we speak. marla? >> thank you both so much. thanks for being with us. back with our next update in 30 minutes and see you at 9:56 again.

♪ ♪ ♪ it cannot wait, i'm sure there's no need ♪ >> that is jason mraz who hit it big ten years ago and hasn't looked back since. his latest album debuted at number two on the charts but he'll be numero uno when he hits our stage tomorrow. and monday the match box 20 crew. if you're here in the area on labor day, come and join me. i'll be here.

>> we have with us actress and mommy blogger soleil moon frye. you probably know what questions moms ask about getting kids back to school. >> i love the social community. we've had a lot of moms weighing in on those questions. we'll talk about what they said. and we'll talk about some of the must have and mother-approved tech gadgets to make learning interesting and fun. >> and our favorite bobbie thomas is here with a look at the hottest fall trends from your nails to your hair. >> and if you think ramen noodles only belong in a college dorm room, we'll show you how to transform them into delicious, easy dishes for the family. >> and from "america's got talent," todd oliver and his boston terrier -- >> good morning.

give me a scratch, kid. would you give me a kiss on the head. >> so clearly the judges loved you. they think you have a great act. what do you think happened in the end? why did you get booted? >> you know, that's show business. it was a great ride. we had a great run. they are the nicest people, everybody there. but that's just the way it goes, you know? and i'm just going right back to work. >> and you've been doing this for 35 years. what made you choose to use this adorable dog instead of a dummy? >> well, i'm better looking. >> yes, you are! can i give him another kiss? >> yes, give me a kiss. >> i'm a lucky dog! i'm a lucky dog! >> do you ever feel like todd's puppet, though? >> no, i actually make him talk. >> you're the one who writes all the material? >> yeah, i write the material. but i got news, i'm going solo.

how are you going to get to your job? >> i'm going to get a chauffeur. >> who loves the dog more? >> america does. america, we love our family pets. and he's family dog who goes to work with me and we're having a ball in missouri. >> you're doing five shows a week. >> at the beautiful new americana theater. >> you love branson i hear, right? >> yeah, it's like mayberry with a cover charge. >> i'm glad you guys have an act going on. >> and three more acts on "america's got talent" will come one step closer to that million dollar prize. >> and we do want to head to new orleans and a check on the forecast and the path of isaac with al.

hey, al. >> thanks so much. this is the levee at lake pontchartrain. it's a levee built to keep water out. lake pontchartrain was kept away from all that water by the levees. isaac is moving northwest at eight miles an hour. beautiful day in the northeast. 85 in new york city, pacific northwest sunny, seasonal conditions. of course a ricks of strong storms through the lower mississippi river valley thanks to isaac. for tomorrow that risk of strong storms heads up into the mid mississippi river valley. another beautiful day in the northeast, sizzling weather into the south 9:34. definitely a different picture

at this hour than just 24 hours ago on the golden gate bridge. mostly cloudy and actually getting some drizzle out there. the low clouds being forced to the surface. right now, i can tell you it's mostly clear in santa cruz. 76 degrees there you'll hit but mostly cloudy from san francisco to oakland. probably for another hour and then the sun will come out in full force warming us up to about 91 inland and 80 bay side and 81 at the coast and sharp turn tomorrow as the temps tumble. >> and that's your latest weather. back to natalie and soleil. >> coming up next, the best new apps, gadgets to make learning fun. right after this. ♪

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this morning on "today's classroom," s classroom," soleil moon frye has brought along some of her best gadgets.

>> talking gadgets first, this is the leap pad2. >> the leap pad2, my kids love it. my 4-year-old made a movie on it. i love this is an education. >> you have these bracelets. >> i love these. these are memory cards that the kids can wear to school. they can carry their homework with them in a very fashionable way. i just think it's such a great idea that they have the memory there, kids are always so stressed about losing their homework. here it is, no excuses anymore. >> next these portable speakers, which i love. these are amazing. >> this is a fantastic speaker. it's under $50. it's a great gift. it's great for the kids to plug into the computer, the iphone. amazing sound quality.

>> good. let's move on to our web sites. these are all educational web sites. >> absolutely. education is big in our household as i know it is in your as well. when you are looking for homework help, cosmeo helps the kids with science, math, social studies. i love it. it's fantastic. it's a great resource for kids that need help with that homework. it's a great resource. >> very easy to use. another web site you love -- >> this is amazing. for all those parents who have kids that want to become computer coders, this allows kids to write their own code and create games. >> is it possible to do that? >> it's doable. you have so many teen-agers that are so tech savy and that want to create apps and this gives them the opportunity to do that. >> it probably triggers the creativity.

>> you and i should create our own apps and start coding. >> i'll leave you to the code ing. >> the new york city has a great web site for kids. >> the learning network, which is so incredible. i love this. it keeps them up with current events. it's got all of these incredible, insightful stories so that teen-agers can go online and really know what's happening in their communities. >> much more relatable than them picking up the newspaper -- >> absolutely. it has its focused on the topics that are important for them to know, to be aware of. it makes them super user friendly. i like that they have a highlighted word of the day. it's great. >> for the younger set and moving to apps, you like an app called alpha toss.

>> my 4-year-old is obsessed with this. they have a tool, they make it super user friendly. j for my jagger, she loves it and it puts the words together. >> this next app is brain pop. >> it's fantastic for the teen-agers. it quizes them with movies and does it in a fun way but all around education. it's fantastic. i'm a huge, huge fan. >> i've got some work to do downloading apps. >> and one more for your little one, me genius. it's helping kids with reading. >> coming up, update your look for the cooler temps. [ mini ] ah, the first day of school.

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update your look is to section your hair and part it down the middle. it's so easy. giselle, a lot of different models have their hair sectioned in all different ways. we have a couple pictures of kim kardashian to show you it's really easy but can really change your look. >> getting to hair accessories. they're in and they're back. when it came to the runway, we saw a lot it have. >> at the drugstore, can you find runway worthy hair accessories. honestly, for just a few doll s dollars, this is a great accent for hair day. this is the called the perfect pony. i have this hidden in my hair. it's how you get a really great, thicker looking pony tail like the runway looks. it's just a silicone base. it looks like a tube sticking

out. then you can wrap your hair. >> does that does not look good. i did not go there. you're going to put that on my head? >> yes. >> all you do is section the top part of your hair and apply this at the base. stop, natalie. >> oh, no. >> and then you pull all the hair up into your pony tail. you're killing me. and basically then you can wrap this and you great really full pony that you see. >> i still think it's bizarre. >> brows. brows. >> they now send beaded brows down the runway, and these girls have these really exaggerated sparkle brows. >> we're not going to do that. >> no. but you really should frame your brows this season. instead of a lot of heavy eye

shadows, you can use anastasia's kit. i like the smash box to go. if you get close, you'll see me. i have no make-up on. i'm going to update my look. it helps you draw in faux hair because of the tip ingle. and then on the other end you can use the gel to actually live your brow and you can see on me that it really makes a big difference. >> since we're running out of time, i'm going to leave you with one brow down and one undone. tell us about the lip colors for fall. >> this is a first look chanel is launching a look and max is launching this new blackberry color. >> it looks dark, right? >> but really when you have -- >> finish your lips. >> when you have lighter eye make-up, the darker lip is all

you need. if you're going to go with a plum lip -- >> we are out of time. but can you finish doing your make-up here. >> everything is online. >> coming up next, gourmet recipes using basic ramen

this morning in "today's kitchen," ramen noodles are back on the menu. sarah? >> good morning. >> all of us owe a debt of gratitude to ramen because we had them throughout college and even after, first apartments, budgets are lean. >> they are instant and they're fast. it's back to school time. once in a while you might want to step outside the box. >> and you serve them hot or cold? >> you can serve them any way you want. these are served hot. they've been cooked according to the package direction. i'm just going to drain them.

lift them right out. we're making a little bit of a peanut sauce. i have peanutbutter this here, soy sauce. >> my favorite recipe is with lots of butter and soy sauce in college with my ramen noodles. >> i like that. it's sort of like the sauce that you put on to a chicken wing. >> there you go. >> i put soy sauce, ginger, sugar, peanutbutter, lime juice. blend those up. what else you can do with ramen noodles, these are already cooked. toss them. i have the same ingredients in this little marinade. do you mind whipping that for me. >> for the beef. which is really, really thinly

sliced. >> put me to work. >> marinate those. only ten minutes. so this is still super fast. it's not instant but it is super fast. we have some over here that were marinated and we're just grilling them. flip them over. >> and they're cooking so fast. >> super fast. >> what are we going to do with our stood l our neeoodles? >> you can just eat them plain. they're great with tofu if you're vegetarian. >> this is great for kids. >> it's such a fun spin on the ramen nu een noodle. >> and it's good because can you toast them and eat them

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dunn va sunnyvale. the new campus will be able to accommodate 2,900 workers. in a regulatory filing, lingedin said they anticipate moving into the space in july 2014. a gorgeous day on this thursday and let's check the forecast with christina loren. >> good morning to you. yes, we are very close to a holiday weekend and temperatures are going to hold up. if you want to hit the beach it will be comfortable out there tomorrow. >> tom: tumble but one day only and mid-80s on saturday and the mid-90s return on sunday. that is your beach day. if you've got the weekend off, if not, we will be here on monday to join you. let's check your drive with anthony. >> we are watching traffic incident right now across the peninsula. making its way out of half moon

bay. lots of traffic right on 92 eastbound is hillsdale road where the right lane is blocked and causing slow downs toward the san mateo bridge. another slow spot is the south way. 101 northbound congestion. the toll plaza is sole and backups emeryville. the metering lights are on. back to marla for the time being. thank you, anthony. a pretty typical morning commute out there. for the latest traffic and news find us onbook and search nbcbayarea. we will see you at 10:26. [ 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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captions paid for by nbc-universal television was that, hoda? >> that wasn't me. what are you reading? >> are we really on air reading news? >> let me see your magazine. >> it's wines day wednesday, july 11th. i can't believe jenny mccarthy is naked in this thing again. >> did you see her? >> i thought she looked darn good at 40. >> what else are you learning from your "playboy" magazine? >> other people read the stories, but i haven't got my glasses on. apparently there are good

stories. >> you told me you learned something. >> what did i learn? >> everyone downstairs is -- >> oh, i can't believe everybody is like clean as a whistle. when did that happen? >> when did that started? people started doing that downstairs. >> disgusting! >> this is our special guy edition. this is going to be a fun show. you know why? >> why? >> because we get to drink beer like guys do. can we show our cute mugs? s. >> we can spit and scratch. >> this is coors light. >> we're just hanging out in our man cave. we are going to talk about the battle of the sexes. >> this is cool. there are a lot of guys looking for work and they are all schlubby. they are getting a makeover. we'll have a complete makeover. >> our guys are here.

we love our guys tell-all panel. ryan, chuck, rick, and remember this guy bob is here, remember from "the bachelor?" >> he got married. >> but it didn't work out. >> that's a shame. welcome, bob. we are so glad you're here. >> one out of two, bob, you know? my first one didn't. hoda's first -- we're all in this together, all right? >> are you comfy? by the way, i get why guys sit in these easy chairs. >> i understand how you get in them, but i don't know how you get out. these are unbelievable. they are ugly assassin, but i like them. >> and you've got your frank gifford shirt on? >> i wouldn't show up with anything but my frank gifford on. we only have 100 at home. we had a big reaction yesterday to our question. everybody except myself as read "the 50 shades of gray" trilogy.

we asked how think of when you're reading this. >> you picked yesterday, in case people didn't see it. >> who should play it in the coffee. >> you picked kevin costner. >> in "no way out." not as the hatfield and mccoy. >> you picked the one and the only. >> frank gifford, when he was about 27. >> he looked hot. >> which is how old christian gray is supposed to be. >> i picked from the great movie wall street, gordon gekko, sexy in charge michael douglas. >> you wrote in with your ideas. a lot of people, a lot of women thought ryan gosling. >> yeah. >> he's an awfully good actor, too. he's cute on the eyes, but a great actor. a lot of people because of "magic mike" thought of channing tatum. >> no, matt bomer first. he is totally hot. >> and channing tatum. he is the sweetest guy.

he was here last week for "magic mike." he's from alabama. these southern boys, they've been raised with manners. >> i agree. >> i didn't mind being called ma'am. >> i like southern boys, too. have you ever had a funion? get involved. these are so good. >> christian ball, a lot of you thought. he is not anywhere near 27. >> bite into it. tell me how bad your breath is right now. >> oh, my god. >> they are awesome. you have to sit alone and tear through a bag of these, fununs. >> they fit right on it. it's unbelievable. boy, do i need a pedicure. >> here is the question. if your friend's husband hit on you, what would you do? if your friend's husband hit on you, what would you do? would you tell your friend?

frisky.com -- there is a dot-com for everything. they talked about ways to handle this situation. >> don't blame yourself. you can't help it that you're gorgeous and hot. >> and your cleavage is out. >> and your friend isn't. >> no one is perfect. remember that. this is one of the, i guess one of the solutions. should you never be alone with your friend's spouse. >> after that? no. >> would you tell your friend or not. >> it did happen to me one time. >> it did? >> yeah. it's such a creepy feeling. it really is. they weren't close friends. it was a friend's husband. >> what did you do? >> i acted like i didn't hear him and moved to the other room. >> the yes is, they also say, i would stay away from the person and i would -- i don't think i would say anything. >> the guys have some things about that. what? >> i want to say if my friend's

husband hit on me i would tell him i am very flattered, but it's not that kind of party. >> the thing is that it's a slippery slope. if you say something to her, she may take his side. >> you're the femme fatale who brought it on. >> there are a lot of women in the world. >> do not tell her that her husband hit on you. you will be the enemy from that point on. >> right. she'll think you brought it on or you misread it. >> it's a no win. >> his response will be, honey, she's a whore. >> i personally love it when guys hit on me. i'm okay with that. >> i'm a divorced guy. >> what does the divorced bachelor think? >> thank you for that wonderful introduction, kathie. i say run. that's all you've got to do is run away and lie about it.

>> send the wives and mothers to me. >> all righty. that was fascinating. >> they're still talking. >> are you all still talking? >> that's my favorite line of all times. if you guys are wondering where the manlyiest city in the united states is -- >> it isn't here. it ain't new york. >> they did this study. they found out the places that had the most gyms and steakhouses and home depots and the one with the least number of manicure, pedicure places and hair salons. here are the top five manlyiest cities. >> number five birmingham, alabama. >> number four is nashville, tennessee. >> number three is memphis. >> which is a lot like nashville. >> number two is columbia, south carolina. >> are you noticing a southern trend?

number one the manlyiest city in if the country is oklahoma city, oklahoma. >> wow. okay. there you go. >> my wife is from there. >> thank you for that. >> i said my wife is from there. i was about to say she knows manly men, that's why she chose me. >> why did she leave the manliest city in america? >> she wanted the manliest man in the most cultured city. there you go. >> that was nice. >> this next story is going to upset a lot of people, we think. in germany this mayor decided women are not good parkers and they can't park their carswell. this mayor decided -- >> you think that's funny, do you? >> the trickiest spot he was giving for men. there is a male symbol.

>> male-only parking lot. >> look at him smiling and pointing. what's wrong with him? >> i say tase him and vote him out. >> he said it's too complicated. >> too many difficult angles and cement pillars in garages. >> the spaces for women are wider, well-lit and closer to the exit. what is wrong with that? >> you think that's funny? s. >> you did research on this topic. >> the whole women can't drive thing, you know where that came from? >> where? >> science. >> when you get mad, make sure you get the right black guy. >> it's all scientific. >> what does science say, professor? >> it says that i am a dummy. i can't believe i just said

that. >> we can't believe it either. >> they have these cars now that will do it for you. >> you push a button and it will parallel park for you. >> i've seen people have such a hard time you start to panic. you sweat like gravy. you pretend something's wrong with the car. you just get out of there as fast as you can. >> i have trouble parallel parking, i'll admit. i'm not great at it. what? i'm not good at it. can you parallel park? >> i learned -- the problem is people don't pull up to the perfect spot. there is a spot you've got to pull up and then -- >> i don't like when you're that close to the other car. >> they've got the beep, beep, beep on both ends. if you can't do that, how can you do a magnificent television show like this every day? >> i can't get my chair down. >> the trouble is we have rear ends. that's why women cannot get out of these chairs?

are you sunk in there? >> i couldn't breathe. i was getting swallowed. your good buddy cheyenne. >> he let us know he started writing songs. so you know him from tv's "30 rock" and terrific star of broadway. today he's releasing his brand-new single which he wrote. i love this song titled "before you." sounds like michael buble. the entire video is available on aol's music home. i want you to see a little of his video. ♪ there had to be a way for me to find a sunny day ♪ ♪ now you made me want to sing ♪ i was lost in my head ♪ trying to forget ♪ before you ♪ i never really had a chance

>> isn't that great? >> cute. >> he is cute. >> he said we could show it only if we promised to let him come back and sing it in the studio for us live. >> maybe he could play christian guy. >> a little cheyenne jackson. >> we are so happy for him. most talented people you meet do something else very, very well. so he's a doll. we are very, very happy. >> how is your coors light? >> i'm not -- i have to have maryland crabs to go with it. got any of those back there? all righty. let's face it, men and women are different. will we ever truly understand each other? >> our tell-all panel will chime in on, well, everything, as you already heard. first these messages.

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the battle of the sexes is a war that's been going on since the beginning of time. why are men and women so different? >> will we ever really understand each other. we have a biological anthropologist and author of "why him, why her?" >> maybe you can finally make sense out of all of this for us. is there a definitive answer? >> sure. first of all, i think we should bust some of the myths we know about men. we spent 50 years busting myths about women. bust the myths about men. one of them is that i think men

are more romantic than women are. they fall in love faster than women do. what you they are visual. >> is that falling in love? >> it's falling in love. we put them in a brain scanner and studied the brain circuits. it is falling in love. >> how long does that last? >> overnight. >> men are 2 1/2 more likely to kill themselves when a relationship is over. not only when they fall in love, they also want to do more kissing in public because it's called mate guard. you want to show everybody this is theirs. they want to move in sooner. >> really? >> they want to introduce the person -- >> they want somebody to do their laundry. >> they have more intimate conversations with their lives and lovers than they do with their friends. women have more intimate conversations with their girlfriends. we don't share as much with our men. >> let's look at photos. this depicts what you're talking about. first picture is two women talking face to face. this is how women discuss. this he look at each other in

the eye. >> we are face-to-face, we do the anchoring gaze and talk. it comes from millions of years of holding that baby in front of your face, cajoling it, educating it with words. >> let's look at two men. maybe not. there they are. >> side by side. the guy on the right looks up, good night on the left will look away. i think it comes from years and years of sitting behind that bush on the grass ends of africa trying to hit that buffalo in the head with a rock. you can't talk to your neighbor while you're doing it. look at the third picture. >> it's fun when you're talking to a man. when you're walking they reveal more because they are not looking at you. >> absolutely. if you want to have a real conversation with a man, do it while he's driving a car. he can't go. you're side by side, you're not looking at him. >> third picture is a man and a woman. check this out. she's all wrapped up in him. >> no, no, no. >> you're saying he is more

romantic? >> she is trying to reach him and he is feeling invaded. he is trying to reach her. he is talking, she is sitting next to him, they are looking forward together. that's the way men can talk. >> we took a quiz that would tell us about our personalities. we don't know the answers. >> it's a questionnaire i did, 10 million people have taken it in 40 countries. linked with four brain systems. >> what did you learn about us? >> very high estrogen and very low testosterone. >> and post menopausal. >> the brain is built in the womb. it's building more connections between the front and the back, between the two sides giving you both your verbal skills. >> it asks about empathy.

>> without empathy, you won't be able to do your job. i am not surprised you couldn't park your car, you were both very low on the testosterone scale. >> why do i have so much facial hair? >> you're a girl. >> you're a lot of fun. thank you for coming. >> we'll find out if our guys agree with this. do they? >> they are going to give us advice or whatever they call it. for all the ladies out there. [ female announcer ] caroline penry began using olay total effects in 2001. since then, there's been one wedding, 2 kids, and 43 bottles of olay total effects. so in spite of 185 tantrums 378 pre-dawn starts and a lot of birthdays, caroline still looks amazing. thanks to the trusted performance of olay you can challenge what's possible.

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the best ingredient is love. it is time for our guys tell all panel. answer to your burning questions about your man. first up from our sister channel bravo and he's never been married. >> chuck donald has been married 14 years and two children. >> actor and weight watchers blogger. married with a toddler son. >> last but not least, former "bachelor" star bob ginney is the show of hgtv showdown.

he's been married. >> this is a set up for the guy, he's been married a lot. >> sara, first question. >> allison from rhode island has a dating question. >> why when you ask me out on a date i have to plan said date? >> said date? s she may be working, too. >> here's the thing. that is me being very considerate of you. i'm going to do what you want me to do as opposed to what i want to do, which is probably not go anywhere and spend money on you. >> guys do not like to be wrong. we took enough of a chance to ask you out. we took the chance you would say no. we don't want to mess us up any more. >> i will eat anything, clearly, anywhere, and women tend to have more particular diet, let's say. if they only like a certain type of food, we'll go with it.

>> all right. let's go one more to sara. >> hi, gentlemen. i'd like to know why do guys walk like a mile in front of you instead of right beside you? >> where you at? that guy might be trying to get away. >> you better pick up the pace. >> we've got places to go. we are doing things. let's get it done. >> honestly, if you notice, we do the same thing with our children. if you ever see women walk with your kids, they are like, come on, come on, guys are like where's the kid? i don't care. >> it's also because i'm texting my other girlfriend at the time. >> those kind of jokes don't go over well. >> sorry, sorry. >> good for you. >> maybe it's not a joke. >> we'll come back with more of our guys' panel. >> is your man an oscar or a felix? s first your local news.

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getting a beautiful look at the city by the bay. spectacular conditions. people posting about it on facebook. it's that nice out there. 76 in santa cruz. 77 along the east shore and fremont and 70 degrees in san francisco. we will have your full forecast coming up in a few minutes at 11:00. first, check your drive with anthony. >> thank you. we still have an accident on 92 eastbound. in fact, there's a car fire in this specific location and that is in the exit ramp of hillsdale boulevard and an ambulance in that area so avoid that whole area. 92 eastbound making its way into san mateo across 92. and across the south bay you can see we don't have any major issues except for one accident that is still causing slow downs. 101 near 85 and also the bay bridge toll plaza still congested as folks try to get into the city. marla? >> it pays to have fastrak.

thank you, anthony. more of the day's top stories coming up in 30 minutes. we will see you at 11:00. ♪ walk like a man >> we are back on this wines day wednesday with a special edition of "today." you can't do a guys show without the guys-tell-all panel. >> let's pick up with our next question. >> jenny from florida has a mom question. >> why do men compare the women in their life to their mothers? >> she is the first woman we ever meet. >> it's a great love affair. even when you're not trying to, there are things about your mother -- he find myself, so much that my wife and mother have in common. >> you love your mother. >> i love my mother.

>> love, i think. you're always comparing, do you do things like her that are good or do things like her that are bad? >> that's why i love myself. i am just like my mother. >> you are sick. >> that was just weird. >> katie says, what if a guy asks you out but you're actually interested in his friend? >> chuck and i have been friends a long time. >> yes. that's why his wife left him. >> she left me for chuck. i think it works out who the friend is. if it's chuck and i and chuck asks a girl out and she is more interested in me, go for it. definitely date me. if i ask you out and you're interested in chuck, don't do that. >> that happened to me though. a girl comes up to me at the bar and she got me drunk. she gave me a lot of drinks, then got me to give her my friend's number. that's how she did it. >> were you broken hearted? >> sort of. >> did you feel used and abused?

>> no. i found somebody else. >> and you got free drinks. >> right. >> don't go for the guy you don't want. especially if he's hanging around a guy you like. >> let's go back across to sara. >> a question about vacation. >> so we are on vacation. girls are on vacation. wives are on vacation. we left new charge, why do you feel the need to micro manage or have us micro manage texting and calling and asking us the schedule when we're on vacation? it's why you are job. >> i didn't understand a word -- i didn't get what she is asking? >> they're on vacation and the husbands are calling back to find out how to do stuff. >> you understand that? >> where and when and what to take and where is the valet bag? >> i'm actually glad when my wife goes and leaves me with my son. okay, now we're going to do

things my way. tell him, hey, now is your chance to do things your way and leave me alone. >> it should make you feel good. he likes being told what to do. even when you're on vacation, tell him, make sure you text whoever you need to text. >> why aren't they vacationing as a family? >> that's not what she said. >> i was concerned about the breakdown of the american home. >> back to bob. >> should i ever approach a guy or should i wait for him to approach me? >> approach, for sure. >> you all say that. >> i'm here with kathleen from oregon with a question about fashion. >> i'm wondering where most men get their fashion sense from? >> or lack of? >> i think that it comes from your father. >> i don't dress like my father because my father eventually became a cowboy. he used to wear all black,

looked like a black johnny cash. but he was stylish for what he likes. the it's like i kind of got an appreciation for at least trying. >> you got the vest thing going. >> i'm urban cowboy. i take it to another level. >> i think you get it from your friends. you are what your associations are. >> i have always enjoyed dressing up in men's women's, all kind of clothing for me. i don't care. as long as i look good. i don't judge. >> i think it's the women in your life, too. >> that's a big thing. i'll tell you when i first started trying to be fashionable, i had a girlfriend who said you need to be more fashionable. that did it. >> thanks so much. >> you'll stay with us for the rest of the show and comment, right? >> of course you are. things are going to get messy. sara is going to show us how guys live. >> it ain't pretty. ooh kfc. hey, you're supposed to wait for everybody.

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we are back with more dirt on the other sex. we sent our very own sara out on a mission to get men and women to come clean on how guys like to live. >> we did encounter some neat men. let's say if your guy's mess and clutter is driving you nuts, you are not alone. >> would you mind telling me please what all these clothes are doing here in the living room? >> that's where i took them off. would you put them away for me, dear? >> from "i love lucy" to "the break-up." >> i want you to want to do dishes. >> why would i want to do dishes? >> men are often portrayed as messy. >> when he comes home from work, he takes his shoes off, leaves his socks and everything there. >> he's a neat freak. >> laundry basket is right there. the dirty socks are right next to it. >> the bathroom. guys leave everything everywhere. >> leaves the toilet seat up.

>> samantha who owns a public relations firm in new york city invited us into her home to give us the dirt on her husband andre. we start with the kitchen. >> i don't understand why we have to recycle paper towels. wash our hands, use paper towels, leave them on the counter because apparently we are going to use them again at some point. he loves to pour coffee, but only drinks this much of it. makes me crazy. five glasses of coffee. leaves glasses out. >> samantha's list of complaint continues. >> he's not good towel hanging. when we remove water from the refrigerator, we don't know how to put it back. he lays this way. toilet paper rolls and leaves another on the counter. >> if you sprinkle when you tingle, be a sweetie wipe the seaty? >> yeah, we won't go there. >> now unchartered territory, andre's man cave. >> i don't come down here.

i'm too afraid. >> we need to see the messy. clothing, we predicted this. >> sorry. >> oh, my gosh. >> we have one, two, three cups of coffee. >> one is not enough. >> we said food items. e condition! ew! >> clothing, coffee. food. >> his side of the story? >> i suffer from psd, post samantha distress. it's kind of like almost living in a museum. it's a byproduct of living in a house is a little bit of mess. >> for the record, samantha and andre have been happily married seven years despite his messiness. >> i like him. >> they seem darling. you learn to expect it and see it as part of him. >> she says he is ale roing dervish.

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as you probably know, there are certain guy issues that can drive every woman crazy, especially when you live with them and you love them. we are not just talking socks on the floor. >> interior designer and the host of "house hunters on vacation" tanya is here with solutions for happily co-habiting and she brought along messy husband andre. >> andre is back. >> he's a sweetheart. >> these are all things that are correctible, right? >> i think so. it's all about compromise. some women like to go over the top with their fancy fru-fru

pillows. i'm here to help andre and samantha to figure out what they can do in the bedroom. >> let's talk about dirty clothes on the floor. >> are you aware you're doing that when you do it? >> no. totally not conscious. >> how do we unring that bell? >> what we have to do is, not the nagging. nagging does not work. we have to figure out ways to find where things are landing and just make it easier. for example, i know, why do we have to make it easier for them, but we do. keep baskets in a place where he is typically dropping his towels. see if he can get that in there. >> won't that look nicer in your home, baskets everywhere. >> this is for -- >> andre can play games. >> this is for good night who is a kid at heart and you want to make it easier. >> see if she can get it in. >> all right. >> turn it into a game.

>> that might not be the most appealing thing. >> not unless you love basketball things hanging in your home. >> this would be plan b. take a hutch. this was under $200. you can get it at a thrift shop. cut a hole out of the top and let that become your hamper. >> that's smart. >> now you don't have anything showing. it looks like a book shelf and your clothes are tucked away. >> i like that one. >> bob was leaving coffee all over the place. he also has water bottles. we want to fix up that issue, what is the way to do with that? >> what's the thing with all the coffee? >> it's easier to bring another one down. >> then to bring one up. >> it's easy when you bring them all up at one time. >> which you never do, andre. >> i do once in a while. >> i have a method to the madness. instead of too many water bottles, get a carafe.

fill it up with water and keep it on a tray. this is a tray you can use in your bathroom. when all is said and done, you load up the tray and take everything together. >> great idea, but i wouldn't bank on it. >> i like the idea. >> you like the idea? >> i do. >> it makes it easier. >> same with the coffee cup over there? >> exactly. >> no, not at all. >> we only have a minute left. you say this carpeting is great because it doesn't show stains or anything. >> they ask if you like the way this looks. >> i love it! >> if he can hang up on a hook. hang it up. >> we don't feel like folding. look at him, he's smiling like, yeah. >> i need the chair to put the clothes on. >> a compromise would be some hooks. >> a chair with a hole in it.

let that be the hamper. >> all right, kiddos, we've got to run. >> oh, shoot. >> life goes on. we've got to do our makeovers. >> this is great, we are doing man makeovers. a little primping. this is "today" on nbc.

and we are back with our special show dedicated to all men everywhere it's time to turn the spotlight on three special guys who deserved a little primping and pampering. we searched high and low to find lucky gents to transform and put them in the hands of beautiful lady eve michael. >> you're so funny, by the way. what is your philosophy behind this makeovers? >> every person in this country deserves to know how to look their best. we've kind of fallen asleep at the wheel.

i want to make over america teaching everyone my method on how to look good. i wrote about it in my book. >> of course you did. >> what else would you be doing? >> there it is "dress code." >> first guy is george. >> george has been married 2 1/2 years, but feels he let himself go a bit. he asked for your help to make him look great for his wife. this is his before picture. let's see what he did to himself. come on out, george. >> oh, gentlemen! >> dude! dude! >> tell us what he did. >> our guys are yelling, "you are sexy." >> as i work internationally and i really want americans to compete on a global level. i want us to see ourselves as more. george said i look like a pasty janitor. he is in the maintenance business. i see you as so much more.

so i dressed him up so he could look great for his wife who is on a meditation retreat. >> you like? >> i do. i got all the stuff. i'm ready. >> you bought it? >> yeah. >> you look good. >> you know what the best part is? is wife went on a meditation retreat. she's been silent, he'll have her screaming now. >> next up we have tim. tim recently lost his job as a financial analyst and is looking to jump back into the job market. his business attire is golf clothing. this is his before picture. come on out, tim. >> you go!

>> you're making my heart throb. i wanted tim to get up there with the fortune 300 and 500 companies. he is a brainiac. he was making himself too humble. i want him to walk into those interviews. >> he already has a job. that suit is so nice. >> do you feel different? >> i feel fantastic. >> with the haircut and the outfit? >> oh, yeah. >> no more helmet hair. andre, move over, tim is here. >> careful, his wife is here. >> a big round of applause for tim. >> thank you, honey. >> we're falling apart. >> finally we have matt. he is a building contractor. he dresses like he still works in construction, which he now no longer does. he wanted to amp up his look. it is the stripes and the angle of the camera. >> we hope.

>> this is matt's before picture. come show us. >> oh, yeah! >> that is a home improvement. >> thank you. i clean up nice. >> look at that hair. >> i tell you something. first of all, we lightened his hair so he has that sun-kissed look. he can go meet his multimillion dollar clients with and they can relate to him. we also put him in spanx. >> all right, guys. come on out. >> women are not the only ones that have figure issues. >> that's true. >> guys have tummies and thighs, too. >> you were terrific. thank you.

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this is an nbc news special report. here is kate snow. >> good afternoon from new orleans. despite heavy rain from hurricane isaac the levees in new orleans have held but there is concern at this hour about what is happening across state line in mississippi. there is a threat there that a dam at a lake may break because of the pressure of the water. thousands of people evacuated there. throughout this region, high water from isaac has flooded homes and businesses. officials say half of louisiana residents are without power. at least two deaths have being blamed on the storm and rescuers are kept busy along the shores of lake