more at our 11:00 am newscast. join us then if you happen to be around the tv. see you then. have a great one. good morning. good morning. major league scandal. a new report that professional baseball is set to suspend around 20 players, including yankees' superstar alex rodriguez for using performance-enhancing drugs. this morning, new details on what would be the largest drug case iamerican sports history. developing right now, floodwaters rising in missouri overnight, several levees giving way. residents being forced out of their homes. >> just trying to get out and get my neighbors out. >> and more rain is on the way. and "today investigation". a mysterious new device being used by thieves to break into cars electronically. >> we are stumped. we don't know what the technology is.

>> if you have a keyless entry car, are you at risk? the crime spree officials need your help solving. "today," wednesday, june 5th, 2013.3 c3 2013.3 c1 >> and good morning, welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> good morning, everyone, i'm savannah guthrie along with natalie morales, we are following the latest scandal tied to major league baseball. it could be bad news, really bad news for some of the game's biggest names. >> this traces back to an anti-aging clinic in miami, florida, allegedly supplying players with performance-enhancing substances. we'll get to willie geist who has the details. this is a big story for pro baseball. >> it wraps up some of the biggest stars, according to espn the suspensions could happen by the all-star break of this season in what has become a growing scandal.

according to espn and the associated press, alex rodriguez and ryan braun of the milwaukee brewers are just two of 20 plus players who could face 100 game suspensions for their alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs obtained from an anti-aging clinic. >> in the years 2001, 2002, 2003 i experimented, i stopped taking it in 2003 and haven't sean it since. >> reporter: that was alex rodriguez in 2009 admitting taking drugs from 2001 to 2003. tony bosch, the founder of the now closed clinic biogenesis of america reached an agreement to cooperate with major league baseball's probe. bosch is expected to tell investigators how he supplied players with performance-enhancing drugs or peds. with bosch's testimony mlb could suspend braun, melky cabrera and

rodriguez. a-rod said he'd never used performance enhancing drugs in 2007. >> for the record have you ever used steroids, human growth hormone or any other performance-enhancing substance? >> no. >> have you ever been tempted to use any of those things? >> no. >> reporter: these latest allegations come at a time when baseball is trying to turn the page on the steroid era. >> you know what i worry about? i worry about baseball being affected as a game, the whole thing, and what it's been through in the last 15 years, and that's my concern, but i always worry about my players, always. >> reporter: and fans like these in milwaukee are worried, too. >> i'm so disappointed because he is the celebrity love of my life. >> i'll still support my team but you know, if he's done something wrong he's got to own up to it. >> still very early in this investigation.

the report from espn just came out yesterday. we're not sure exactly what bosch will tell investigators but matt this will clearly take over the sports world and perhaps the news world for the next few days. it's not based on positive tests. it's just a notebook held by this guy bosch down in florida. >> willie, thank you very much. let's bring in veteran sports columnist mike lupika from the "new york daily news." good morning. it seems you're uncomfortable with the reporting at this time. >> well, matt, they have an agreement in place for tony bosch to flip, but as of this time they don't know what he's going to tell them, and who he's going to tell them about, so until they sit down with bosch, unless he gets squirrely now because of these news reports, they could be -- matt, they could be talking about 100-game suspensions or 1,000-game suspensions or 1 million game suspensions.

they don't know what he's going to say yet until he does flip but he hasn't flipped yet. >> are you comfortable with the names that are out there, like alex rodriguez and ryan braun, the people who are said to be associated with anthony bosch? >> yeah, because i don't think they wrote their own names into his ledgers in his books. this goes back to the original reporting on this story about this, i'm putting air brackets around this "anti-aging" clinic down there in south florida and "miami new times" had all these names and so these names have been out there. what major league baseball is looking to do is confirm what they think those names were in there for, which means getting baseball drugs from this guy. >> if they do confirm that, mike, what's the impact on the sport? >> the impact on the sport will be epic, because they've never had the kingpin flip like this, and then all of this labor piece that we have had for so long in

baseball, the players' union is going to fight any sorts of suspensions against a-rod or ryan braun or anybody else. this is just the beginning of the story. again, depending on what bosch gives up. >> and let's concentrate quickly at the end on alex rodriguez back in 2009 he admitted to using those substances while he was with the texas rangers. now he's trying to come back from an injury. if he is implicated in this scandal again what is the result and the impact on his career? >> oh, i don't think he can come back from this, you know, because he lied once about his use of drugs. he came up -- matt, he came one a preposterous version that he only used them for those three years in texas because doing it apparently more than that would have been wrong, wrong, wrong, and i think the yankee also try to find some way to get out of paying a big chunk of the $114 million they still owe this guy. >> still waiting to hear what anthony bosch tells investigators from major league

baseball over the next couple of days. mike lupica, thanks very much. we have breaking news out of the white house at this hour. a shake up of the president's inner circle. let's go right to chuck todd. good morning. >> i would say this is not short of a full fledge shake up. we knew that susan rice was going to replace him. but it will draw some ire from republicans upset about her role in the whole benghazi after math

and all of that mess. john mccain, bob corker all put out statements. not being overly supportive, but pledging to work with her and wanting to have a good relationship with her. >> so say it's a defiant move by the president. now samantha power, a member of the national security team at the white house, will replace susan rice as u.n. ambassador, she's had tremendous influence. >> yes, there has always been a generational divide in the obama team. all much more forceful and much more influential for years. now the two folks like samantha power and susan rice are sitting in the front seat, but they have been influential. however, samantha power has to process.

it will be interesting to see if some of them try to beat her up because they can't go after susan rice. the president's top line approval rating is essentially remaining static, but when you dig into the numbers, there is troubliing signs. >> yes, political independence is eroding away from the president in support. we saw it drop some 12 points. that makes it harder for the president to have influence over republicans on capitol hill. the other part of this is we saw a whole bunch of the personal characteristics and traits of the president and he is losing ground in areas, being honest and straightforward, all of those numbers you see on the screen went down over the last six months.

some of that has to do with stagnating washington. >> let me ask you about governor chris chris tee. it seemed to please no one. >> well, it did please harry reid, the senate democrats nationally. he will get a democratic senator sooner than later, it's a pretty big political move. it's in the best interest of one person, chris christie. he will not have to share a ballot with corey booker. why does this matter? chris christie wants to have a bunch of republicans win state legislative seats at the same time in november and by having booker not on the ballot that will drain some democratic enthusiasm. >> chuck todd with all the

political headlines, thank you. towns along the mississippi river are scrambling this morning to deal with some very dangerous flooding. it's already led hundreds of homeowners to evacuate. nbc's kevin tibbles is in west alton. kevin, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, i'm standing pretty much at the confluence of the missouri and mississippi rivers, and while people around here probably thought the flooding season was over, all these storms and all the rain they've dropped are making otherwise. once again, they are manning the barricade as long the mississippi. >> we're just going to get our stuff out of here and vacate the premises. you can't really predict the river. >> reporter: voluntary evacuations are in place here in the town of west alton, missouri, as the rising waters now threaten this tiny community, about a half hour drive from st. louis. local casino was closed as a precaution.

>> me and other cousins are going to take the kids and get away from danger. >> reporter: outside town, a 150-foot very much stretch of a levee gave way as emergency teams worked to get residents to higher ground. the u.s. army corps of engineers says the inis miss is above flood stage in many stages and ten feet above normal in st. louis. >> to help out in some way. >> i think it's just really good for all of us to get out and help everybody. >> reporter: and with more rain in the forecast, many of these communities may indeed have some more sandbagging to do. matt? >> kevin tibbles, you talk about that forecast, al's following the flooding situation and the threat of more severe weather today. al, good morning to you. >> good morning, guys, and it is not looking good. we have warm, moist air coming out of the south, cold front to the east. you can see the heavy thunderstorms heading toward west alton and the mississippi and missouri rivers.

that's not good news. here is the risk area we're looking at stretching from arizona all the way into arkansas, along the mississippi river. super cells, possibility of tornadoes. rainfall amounts over the next 24 hours we're talking about one to two inches throughout parts of the midwest including the mississippi river valley, the central mississippi river valley, plus we have new detail this is morning coming up, the latest on the tornado, that what was an ef3 tornado in el reno, oklahoma, it is now categorized an ef5 tornado, and it is a 2.6 mile wide tornado, that is the widest tornado ever, and it's the first time there have been two ef5 tornadoes within a 100-mile radius in two weeks. so this is one for the record books, and when we come back, we've got development down in the gulf. could this be our first tropical storm? we'll have the details coming up. >> all right, al, come on down. see you in a couple of minutes. new details on a

controversial deal for a soldier accused of a massacre in afghanistan. >> good morning, everyone. that's right that, army staff sergeant accused of killing 16 afghan villagers is expected to plead guilty today when he appears before a military judge. nbc's mike taibbi is outside the base in seattle. good morning. >> reporter: this plea deal is controversial in afghanistan, there's already talk of reprisals. prosecutors said they will seek a sentence of life in prison for bales without the possibility of parole. 39-year-old staff sergeant robert bales has never denied that he alone carried out two separate nighttime rampages in kandahar province last march opening a fire on sleeping civilians, most of them women and children, killing 16 and wounding six others. his lawyer says bales is thankful the plea deal will spare his life and that he has

another motive or admitting to everything. >> he thinks it will be better to have closure for his family, for the military, for our government, for the afghan government, for the afghan people. >> reporter: but the plea deal isn't a lock. the judge will likely spend hours questioning bales on every detail of the allegations against him, a potential tripping point, according to former j.a.g. lawyer, charlie swift. >> what could undo the entire deal if the judge says no. >> reporter: when the story broke it strained belief that a lone soldier in a remote outpost fueled by alcohol, steroids and sleep aids could carry out two separate murderous rampages. his wife told matt it couldn't be her husband, the father of their two children. >> it's unbelievable to me. he loves children and he would not do that. >> reporter: but he did, and

will say in court that he did, not blaming ptsd or drugs or alcohol or four deployments and accept except for his final sentence his case could be over. >> to say he remembers everything is a stretch. does he enough to admit guilt to each one of these allegations, yes. >> reporter: at the sentencing trial scheduled for august bales will look for the possibility of parole after only ten years but even his lawyer says that is not likely. >> nbc's mike taibbi, thank you, mike. chrysler is refusing a government request to voluntarily recall about 2.7 million jeeps. highway safety officials say the cars are at risk for fuel tank fires in rear end collisions. the recall request covers jeep grand cherokees from 1993 to 2004 and jeep liberties from 2002 through the 2007 model year. chrysler insists the cars are safe but the government is asking the company to reconsider. after three weeks of bitter fighting, syrian tv is reporting this morning that the government

has regained control of qasar, a strategic town in western syria. opposition forces had been in control of the town since the civil war began there back in 2011. let's head to wall street. cnbc's kayla tausche is at the new york stock exchange, good morning. >> good morning. amazon is branching out yet again this time into groceries. the website for the so call amazon fresh boasts same-day delivery for food and beverages. here on wall street, the stock market will look to rebound from its first tuesday in the red since january, as the stock market rally hits a pause, interest rates are going up, good for savers. looking to get a mortgage the rate on the 30-year fixed is now nearing 4%. >> kayla tausche, thank you. the first lady of the united states isn't one to take heckling lightly. at a democratic event at the nation's capital a gay rights

activist began shouting at mrs. obama during her remarks. she left the lectern and told the audience "listen to me or you can take the mic but i'm leaving. you all decide. you have one choice." well the audience begged her to stay and the protester was then escorted out. very different way of handling it than the president handled that heckler about two weeks ago. i think a lot of people are like, you go! >> she definitely had the crowd, a democratic fund-raiser, wasn't a hard choice. mr. roker's got more on some severe weather moving up the east coast perhaps? >> that's right a rainy weekend for the east coast and maybe our first tropical storm of the season. this is investigation area 91-l located near western cuba moving north-northwest at 5 miles per hour. you can already see that rain making it in the west side of florida. rainfall amounts over the next 72 hours, talking three to eight inches of rain and look what happens during the late week on into the weekend along the eastern seaboard anywhere from

two to four inches of rain. you can bet there will be flash flood watches and flood watches going up in the next 24 hours. we'll have your local forecast in just 30 seconds. forecast in just 30 seconds. n picks up t? [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. i hope he's saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. whether you're just starting your 401(k) or you are ready for retirement, we'll help you get there. good morning to you. you made it to wednesday. i'm meteorologist christina loren. good-looking day shaping up.

this will be our last cool day as temperatures quickly approach the triple digits for friday sbatd. even tomorrow, tacking on an additional ten degrees. thick, low clouds, though, we do have to deal with flight delays at one hour out of san francisco. you only hit 62 with all that june gloom. by tomorrow, look where we are headed in the upper 80s and 90s and triple digits friday into saturday.pd >> mr. roker, thanks very much. if you use one of these devices, a keyless entry fab, to get into your car, we have a story you are going to want to see. thieves have found a way to mimic this device to break into your car. the video that police would like you to check out is coming up. and then the suburban mom accused of living a double life, funding her lifestyle in scarsdale, new york, by running a marijuana enterprise. we'll have that story and more but first this is "today" on nbc.

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and they matter most to us. ready to plan for your future? we'll help you get there. it is 7:26. good morning, everybody. i'm jon kelley. breaking news we're telling you about in oakland right now, where a fire is burning at a building at 7th and harris street right now. you can't really see it with all the low-hanging clouds. you can see the smoke billowing up there along interstate 80 on 7th and harrison near 880. don't have a lot of information. possibly a victorian building there newsroom. susan g. komen will stop its three-day walk in san francisco and other cities across the country. the organization says it has seen almost a 40% drop in participation over the past few

years and no longer is reaching its fund-raising goals. the walk will continue in seven other cities. the decision to end the three-day walk will not affect its well-known race for the cure. starting next year that will come to an end. let's take a quick look outside and say good morning to christina loren for the weather. good morning. >> good morning to you at home. we have calmer wind right now, anywhere between two toh ten miles an hour, up to 13 in concord. cool ocean breezes. cool ocean air will keep temperatures rather comfortable for today. 78 degrees on the way to concord. 89 in livermore and 78 in gilroy today. as for tomorrow, we'll spike your temperatures by about 10 degrees and get even hot ter as we get into this upcoming weekend into the upper 90s to low -- triple digits inland saturday. let's check that drive. good morning, mike. >> good morning. looking at the bay bridge over here. and backup that's going on all the way to the 880 overcrossing. not bad for a wednesday. lighter volume looks like it's starting to kick in around the bay. we're seeing traffic flowing

smoothly for the south bay. northbound routes 101, slows from capital expressway. not as severe as we often see. 280 jamming. that's about the bulk of it. 8 5 to 87 up through the area. and we have slowing also for the tri-valley. look at ;mplivermore. 84 is unusually slow. early start and drags you down toward 680 through sunol. 580 clear. back to you. >> we'll have an update for you in half an hour. oakland, big-time fire in 7th and harrison near 880.

♪ that was a big moment for us, okay. legendary singer lionel richie rocking our plaza, that was like a dream sequence for us. we cannot wait for lionel's epic return to our concert stage this friday on "today". al, have we been rehearsing our next number? >> no. >> i can't believe he's coming back here. >> 7:30 now on a wednesday morning the 5th of june, 2013. i'm savannah guthrie along with matt lauer, al roker and miss natalie morales. coming up, a lot of people are looking for that competitive edge and we told you about school aged kids who take the adhd drugs to help them study. >> a growing number of adults are turning to new so-called

smart drugs, more able to focus, to see things with a different perspective, but does that outweigh the potential health risks? we're going to be talking to a doctor about that in a couple of minutes. then on "what's trending today" taco bell taking quick action against their famous shell-licking employee. >> infamous. let's begin with a suburban mom from one of the country's most affluent communities accused now of running a giant marijuana farm. natalie has more on the story. this is going to get quite a reaction in that community and other communities. >> the woman described as a polite suburban mom of three was living a double life as a drug dealer operating a multimillion-dollar illegal enterprise. >> you're scary, you're this scary lady drug dealer with thugs. >> that's me. go get the money. >> reporter: think the show "weeds" about a soccer mom turned drug kingpin is

far-fetched? think again. andrea sanderlin is a 45-year-old mother, equestrian and resident of the affluent westchester county of scarsdale, new york. federal prosecutors also say she's the head of a massive marijuana ring. criminal complaint filed in federal court charges that sanderlin, along with others, did knowingly and intentionally conspire to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute 1,000 or more marijuana plants. >> these charges are really serious. she's facing a schedule one federal felony, which is a minimum of ten years to life. >> reporter: federal agents followed sanderlin multiple times to this warehouse in queens which allegedly housed thousands of marijuana plants with a street value of over $3 million. the massive warehouse which sanderlin confirmed to dea agents was hers drew suspension

over its high electric bills as high as $9,000 a month, always paid in cash. >> one of the main differences between state court and federal court is that when you get a federal court sentence you're required to do 80% of that term. >> thug means never having to say your sorry. >> reporter: an affluent suburban lifestyle that could go up in smoke. now sanderlin's lawyer says she is a full time mother who had never broken the law. sanderlin could face ten years if convicted of of felony narcotics trafficking. >> we have a senior producer, let's call her debbie k., who lives in scarsdale and says the town is flabbergasted by this story. >> i believe she said abuzz. >> and wants us to know they hang out in different circles. >> likely story. >> let's get a check of the weather from al. >> announcer: "today's" weather

is brought to you by k-9 advantage ii. k-9 advantage ii helps prevent fleas and ticks from bugging your dog. >> debbie k. has a till in her basement, bottling stuff. where are you from? >> texas. >> having a good time? >> awesome. >> awesome, and you can see everybody getting ready we have a cooking segment, bianca and lish are getting ready. what's on the menu? >> flank steak. >> we have the jet stream dipping down to the south going to bring temperatures cooler there but as we check out northwest and into the southwest, look at these, spokane 81, 92 in medford, oklahoma. the rest of the country we have risk of strong storms from arizona into much of arkansas, rain making its way into the ohio and mississippi river valleys, beautiful weather out

west, though, sunshine in seattle and 78 degrees. that's what's going on in the co we,e too, will see a beautiful day. low clouds hanging out over the golden gate bridge. still dealing with flight delays. low cloud cover will keep temperatures in the low 70s around the bay today. 72 degrees for fremont. 71 in oakland and 81 in livermore. meanwhile, 62 on the way to san francisco. it's going to be a chilly day at the immediate coast. and then we heat you up, especially friday into saturday. >> and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> al, thank you. we have a rossen report's crime alert, a new wave of auto thefts that police frankly can't figure out. jeff rossen is here with more. jeff, good morning to you. >> hey, savannah, good morning. this is a real mystery. look, when you lock your car and set the alarm on it, you think your car is pretty safe but as we're about to see, criminals

have designed a new high-tech gadget giving them full access to your car. police are so baffled they actually want you to watch this video to see if you can help crack the case. long beach, california. watch as this thief moves in, approaching this locked suv in a driveway. police say he's carrying a small device in the palm of his hand. you can barely see it, but he aims it at the car and pops the locks electronically. he's in. with access to everything, no commotion at all. then his accomplice shows up and hits another car using that same handheld device. deputy police chief david hendricks is mystified. >> this is bad in the sense that we are stumped. >> reporter: you're stumped? >> we are stumped and we don't know what this technology is. >> reporter: he says it's almost like the thieves are cloning your car remote which is virtually impossible to do.

here's why, on most cars when you hit the unlock button it sends a code to the car. that code is encrypted and constantly changing, and should be hack proof, but yet these criminals figured out a way to hack it. >> clearly. >> reporter: jim stickit has watched the tapes and he's stumped, too. >> this is really frustrating because clearly they figured out something that looks really simple and whatever it is they're doing, takes seconds to do, you look and go that should not be possible. >> reporter: it's happening from california to illinois. >> angry and i felt pretty unsafe. >> reporter: that's michael shin, his home security camera caught this crook breaking into his honda accord using a similar device but you'd never know it. he looks like the owner of the car, unlocking the doors remotely and silently. the thieves stole cash and an expensive cell phone. >> it was shocking, just opened magically without him having to do anything. >> reporter: adding to the

mystery, police say the device works on some cars but not others. these thieves tried to open a ford suv and a cadillac, no luck, but this acura suv and sedan popped open and they only seem to strike on the passenger side. investigators don't know why. >> we've reached out to the car manufacturers, the manufacturer of the vehicle alarm systems and so far nobody seem ens to know what the technology is. when you look at the video and you see how easy it is, it's pretty unnerving. >> unnerving indeed. this is still so new police don't know how widespread it is yet. how do you protect yourself? here's the takeaway. police say don't leave anything valuable inside your car, even if it's parked in your own driveway, that includes your garage door opener because if the thieves get that, they're suddenly inside your house. also keep your car registration in your wallet, do not leave it in the glove compartment. police say with that information on the registration like your

home address, criminals can steal your identity. but right now no question about it the priority for police is finding this device so they can take it apart and figure out what it is. if you have any information that could help, go to our website, today.com and go to the rossen reports section. our viewers are smart and know a lot about electronics, maybe they can help police. >> so many people, the car registration in the glove box. >> not after today. smart drugs that are supposed to make you more focused and productive but are they safe? what would it cost to you spend the day working for beyonce, but first these messages. ( telephone rings ) hi, honey. how's the camping trip?

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you take it? an article in this month's edition of "details" magazine says a new generation of so-called smart drugs is being used by people looking for a competitive edge. is it a miracle or is it too good to be true? here's nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> you know how they say we can only access 20% of our brain. >> reporter: in "limitless" bradley cooper plays a depressed unproductive writer until a little pill gives him super focus. >> a tablet a day and i was limitless. i finished my book in four days. >> reporter: jonathan riley says for him that's real life. >> i would get to work and be on fire. >> reporter: the 41-year-old bioengineer take provigil. it increasingly used as a generation of brain enhancers called nootropics or smart drugs. >> it makes me feel alert and i

was able to see more possibilities, i was able to look at something and see more than just kind of my limited scope before. >> reporter: where high stressed professionals once turned to coffee, energy drinks, even add medications -- >> recently the academy of neurology has called this a gray area in terms of prescribing pat teshs among ifses and their patients. >> reporter: the doctor says the drugs aren't addictive but can cause side effects if not taken properly. >> i'm not against the concept of building a smarter brain. what i am against is people that just haphazardly go in and just try to pretend they're chemists and do things to their brains that could be hurtful in the end. >> reporter: the company who makes the medications says the drugs are not recommended for cognitive enhancement, but the search for smart drugs is nothing new. some call it human nature. jonathan riley says he's tried

going off the medication, just calls it smart. >> i think i really enjoy who i am more when i'm on it. >> reporter: for "today," kristen dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. >> dr. jeffrey lieberman, good morning to you. >> thank you. >> i read this script two or three times and something about it doesn't feel right to me. i don't seem to think this is a great idea. how do you feel about it? >> well, with human biology, like everything else, there's no free lunch and if you take something which boosts your performance, the question is what downside or what are you going to pay for it. it's completely understandable that people in this competitive world and our increasingly competitive society would seek things that can enhance their performance whether it's in sports, whether it's in school or whether it's in business. however you have to understand what is the science behind it and if you do avail yourself of it, what are the risks. >> and if the company that makes the drugs that we talked about in that piece right there comes

right out and says they are not recommended for this purpose, should it give people pause? >> it definitely should but on the other hand, matt, many medications that have fda approval for the specific indication are often used for other purposes because their pharmacology allows them to medically be helpful to people and doctors cannot be restricted to just those fda indicated drugs. on the other hand they can't be used recklessly and particularly with drugs that affect brain chemistry there are real downsides. >> if you're the ceo of a company and got an employee saying i'm taking these things and gives me new perspective, i feel more effective. >> i would refer him to your doctor. have you consulted him, is he prescribing? you have to get the substances from a doctor, not a dealer. the other class used are nutriceutical drugs, nutritional or naturally occurring substances. i don't want to label the whole industry with one brush but

there's no evidence that any of these things work for any kind of performance enhancement. >> one thing's for certain we're going to be hearing more about this in the coming years, not less. doctor, thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> my pleasure. still ahead, why more hotels are now going no frills to get a low rate but what else do you get? will your wallet see the benefits? but first, these messages. we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed much is the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪

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it is 7:56. i'm jon kelley. breaking news in oakland, crews have just announced they have control of a fire at a three-story victorian house there. live$f pictures from our choppe at 7th and harrison streets not too far from laney college and interstate 880. the open fire department who tell us they have no reports at this time of any injuries. that is great news. this building, we can also tell you, caught on fire two months ago and has been empty since. crews will, you can see them attacking this fire with their hoses from outside the building. they are not on the inside because there are no stairs in the house. that makes it even more dangerous of a challenge inside to fight the fire. of course, we'll keep you updated on this one if there's anything new to bring you. let's get a check to find out what's happening outside with a good-looking day ahead and christina loren. they knocked that down quickly. part of the reason pause of winds coming onshore.

all that onshore flow, though, is creating thick, low cloud cover. it banks right along the coastline this morning. watch out for flight delays in about one hour. we should see those clear by 11:00 am. 75 in san jose and 78 in gilroy today. they say, as we heat up, you can really smell that garlic out there. we're heating up friday into saturday. triple digits. let's check the drive with mike. weird flow of traffic. bay bridge, barely any backup. "cond day in a row we've seen light volume for the morning at the bay bridge toll plaza. look over here, slow 880 north past the broadway downtown off-ramp right past the scene where jon just showed you the fire under control right now. slow approaching the area, crash around 29th. 580 jammed in both directions through dublin and castro valley. and another crash in the area. we have two, actually, in both directions causing a big problem. jon, back to you. >> hope to see you back here in

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♪ it's 8:00 now on a wednesday morning, it's the 5th day of june, 2013. we've got beautiful children and beautiful weather out on the plaza this morning, temperatures going into the 70s today. it's a perfect spring morning and we thank these people for stopping by. we've come outside to enjoy the great weather. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie and mr. al roker, and coming up, apparently there's some kind of a hollywood baby boom, a lot of celebrities announcing that they are expecting and we'll be talking about that in just a couple of minutes. >> all right then speaking of having children we'll take a serious look at the subject, a lot of women are delaying child bearing until later in life. that has led some doctors to start having a rather difficult

talk with some of their female patients about the consequences of waiting to have a baby. we'll get into that. look who just walked out here. paula deen is here. roar went up from the crowd. look out, a force of nature. >> we are grilling with her. >> that's right. we're used to the no frill airlines. are you ready for no frill hotels? what people are willing to give up to save some money. >> one major hotel here in new york just announced no more room service. >> can you bring your own sheets? we'll find out. we've got a lot to get to. natalie has a check of the headlines. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with a shakeup at the white house this morning, president obama is naming u.n. ambassador susan rice as his next national security adviser. she'll replace tom donilon who is resigning. last december rice withdrew her name from consideration as a

nominee of secretary of state after republicans criticized her initial response to the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. her new appoint does not require -- president obama will nominate samantha power to replace rice as u.n. ambassador. >> a massive scandal involving some of the sports' biggest names. espn's "outside the lines" is reporting that professional baseball wants to suspend about 20 players, including yankees' superstar alex rodriguez and milwaukee's ryan braun for as many as 100 games. sources say tony bosch the founder of a closed miami area clinic has reached an agreement with major league baseball to detail how he supplied players with performance-enhancing drugs. in 2009, a-rod had admitted to using those drugs in the past, but said he stopped taking them in 2003. the fate of a 10-year-old girl who needs a lung transplant led to a confrontation tuesday on capitol hill. national transplant rules don't

allow the child to qualify for adult lungs. nbc's tom costello is in washington with more on this story. good morning, tom. >> hi, natalie. 10-year-old sarah murnaghan spend the last three months at a children's hospital in philadelphia waiting for a lung transplant. because she's not 12 she must wait for a child's lung. the nation's top health administrator says she can't change the rules for one patient. ♪ how i wonder -- >> reporter: for sarah murnaghan every breath is a struggle. >> how long have you been here at the snopt cystic fibrosis has filled her lungs with mucus and moved her to the top of the transplant list for children but there are very few children's lungs available and national transplant rules created by surgeons don't allow a child under the age of 12 to receive surgically modified adult lungs, even though sarah could benefit. >> thank you, madam secretary, for coming. >> reporter: on tuesday, lawmakers urged the secretary of health and human services to

override the rules. >> the study will take over a year. this young lady will be dead. >> reporter: but secretary sebelius declined to intervene. >> the worst of all worlds in my mind is to have some individual pick and choose who lives and who dies. >> reporter: sebelius says there are already 40 patients 12 and older in pennsylvania alone waiting for an adult lung daughter. sarah's mother says the sickest patients should be at the top of the list. >> the sick don't get any higher than this for my child. she is 10 years old, has weeks to live, she is struggling and fighting with each breath and we have no greater chance of getting lungs today than we did when she was fairly healthy six months ago because the severity of her illness doesn't matter. >> reporter: for three months sarah has waited at children's hospital of philadelphia for a lung transplant. the ethical question are strict guidelines standing in the way of sarah and other children from getting a chance at life? >> of course the parents want the exception made. we always have to remember that

the statistic of the other couple hundred people on the wait list who are adults, you know, parents of children, husbands, wives. >> an online petition urging the government to change the policies to allow children to receive adult lungs has already garnered 335,000 signatures. meanwhile sarah's parents are pleading with any family who suffers a tragic loss to consider a direct lung donation to sarah. natalie? >> we wish them the best, tom costello, thank you. about 100 high school students are crying foul after they were booted off an airtran flight from new york to atlanta on monday. airtran's parent company southwest airlines says the students wouldn't sit down and put away their cell phones before takeoff. the teens were all seniors at a jewish high school in brooklyn where administrators say they're looking into the matter but don't believe the flight crew was justified in kicking their students and chaperones off the plane. it is 8:05. you're up to date. let's go back outside to

savanna and matt. >> thanks very much, natalie. it's wednesday the 5th of june. you know what that means? it's linda's birthday. linda, happy birthday. nice to have you with us. >> i wonder if mom is across the plaza. >> that's her daughter is across the plaza i think. okay. >> i'm so confused, anyway happy birthday. >> mr. roker is down the plaza. >> i am, what high school is this and the song you got? >> it's "ya-ya-yo." >> let's hear it. ♪ ei yi yo ♪ ei yi yo ♪ come on let's go >> and they're doing scooby-doo, too! let's show you what we have for your weather for today. pick city, city, new york city, nbc 4, greatest nbc station in the nation, we're looking at sunny,

pleasant conditions, 76 degrees. when tomorrow's nbc station comes up i'm going to say that, too. lot of wet weather, possibility of a tropical system in florida, rain up and down the eastern seaboard. risk of strong storms today down in the lower mississippi river valley into the southern plains. wet weather up into the ohio river valley, western third of the country is going to be spectacular today, portland, oregon, 85 and sunny, 69 l.a. and we're looking at beautiful weather up in northern new england. that's what's going on in the country. 8:07. overcast sky to start the day in san francisco. these low clouds, natural air conditioner going to keep temperatures at bay today, then we lose that low cloud cover tomorrow and temperatures will soar as a result. enjoy 78 in concourt. 81 in livermore, 62 in san francisco. east bay, south bay, the hottest as we head to the next couple days. that means we'll easily touch on triple digits in the warmest

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our look at the hottest items online. trending on msn right now, turns out mom was right, it does pay to eat your peas and carrots. new study says that vegetarians live longer than meat eaters, experiencing 12% fewer deaths, more researchers found men benefitted from a vegetarian diet than women, men showed lower rates of heart related conditions. i read that script cold. i have to tell you. i feel everyone does die eventually but i guess you dilator. >> when you eat vegetables you die more often. >> if these people are dying that should have been our lead at 7:00. >> that would be trending. >> we looked at each other say what? >> what? >> okay, let's try this one on for size, trending on huffington post, an update on a story we talked about on tuesday, with he showed you the picture of what seemed to be a taco bell employee licking a stack of taco

shells in a prank. update time, the fast food chain is confirming the man is an employee, at least temporarily that's right or was. he's in the process of being fired. taco bell adds the shells were not sold to any customers. >> thank goodness. >> i hope so. also trending on yahoo! a lot of celebrity news to bring you up to date. number one story on the site, jennifer love-hewitt is expecting her first child with her co-star in the tv drama "the client list." check out the birthday girl, angelina jolie, she celebrated her 38th birthday in that beautiful strapless dress. it's been less than a month since she announced she had a double mastectomy to stave off breast cancer. happy birthday to you. >> another story we like. how would you like danny zucco showing up at your wedding? john travolta showed up

unexpectedly, travolta met the couple apparently the night before at a bar and after the ceremony he then posed for pictures with the couple and their wedding party. might have wanted to dress up. >> apparently they said we're getting married tomorrow in the area and he took it upon himself to just go by and get in the photos. he photo bombed them. >> that's pretty cool. did a vince vaughn, wedding crashers. love that. trending on google, how much would you pay to work with beyonce? for $25,000, the star is offering you a chance to be a member on her style team. that's right, during her mrs. carter world tours l.a. stop next month you can help style beyonce. bids right now are $11,500, proceeds benefit beyonce's charity to end hunger. that's pretty nice. >> that's nice. i'm glad to hear she's doing it for charity. we were teasing, you can pay to work for me. just a little more of the story.

>> and that's "what's trending today." >> thank you, al. >> we move on to health news. more doctors are raising the issue of when to start a family with some of their older female patients. nbc's mara schiavocampo has more on the story. >> good morning, savannah. thanks to advances in fertility and gains in the workplace, many women are having children later in life but some doctors worry they may be waiting too late and are making a point to talk to their patients, not just about general health but also fertility. callie irwin loves being a mom. but this all happened sooner than she planned. the 37-year-old wanted to put off parenting until a fateful visit with her obgyn who advised her not to delay starting a family. >> he gave me a real kick in the pants. i think i was a little bit shocked. i'm always kind of surprised by my age. in my mind i'm still kind of 22. >> reporter: call it a new

version of the talk, more and more doctors initiating conversations about fertility with their 30-something patients. it's not without good reason. growing number of women, about 20% wait until after 35 to have their first child. >> i mention that there may not be a perfect time to get pregnant, and that sometimes it's better to pursue things earlier than waiting until later when miscarriage and infertility may be an issue. >> reporter: a controversial first response ad campaign in the uk also focuses on fertility. preview in "the telegraph" features a much older woman heavily pregnant. the message, don't wait too long. concerns about fertility aren't new. >> my biological clock is ticking like this! >> i'm pregnant. i never met the right guy and i thought if i waited any longer i might miss my chance. >> reporter: doctors worry advances in fertility and images

like this of pregnant 40-something celebrities like halle berry and kelly preston may be sending some women the wrong message. >> you want to truly assess what you want to do as far as getting pregnant. 40 is not the new 30 when it comes to a woman's reproduction. >> now doctors aren't just having these conversations with fwhim relation -- women in relationship. many are also discussing fertility options with single women in their 30s as well, which increasingly includes freezing their eggs. savannah? >> mara, thank you. this topic caught our eye in the "wall street journal" over the weekend. here is dr. evelyn maniah, board certified ob/gyn. in private practice. doctor, good morning. good to see you. >> good morning. >> this is a hot potato of a topic. let me first ask you, do you think that women need to hear this talk? in other words do you think they're laboring under the misimpression that they'll remain fertile in perpetuity? >> you mean to tell me i'm not 26? you got to be kidding me, yes. i think it's a sensitive topic

and i think that most of us don't think that in general we're very healthy people, why can't our eggs then function. so if you're 35 but feel like you're 26, running marathons, doing your 5ks, why not but unfortunately your biological clock is ticking and your eggs are 35 years old. >> mara mentioned it but do you think now we see older moms, celebrities, look so young and beautiful having babies well into their 40s is giving a false expectation? >> i think that's the whole thing. it's the expectation of things, and that's what our role is as physicians to give you realistic expectations, and with all due respect to those women, they don't tell you that some of them are not even their eggs, so if you see a woman in their 40s, the likelihood that it's her own egg, it's a little diminished. >> we'll give you the scoop then here. at what point does fertility drop off? what is the substance of the talk you are giving to women in their 30s? >> it depends on your lifestyle. in other words, already at 30 it starts to drop off. about 20% of women have a

problem getting pregnant but that means then 80% of them can get pregnant on their own. at 35, you add miscarriages, you add infertility, even more infertility issues because of the age but it's not only that. it's also your time, your lifestyle. do you have time? are you jetting off somewhere and your husband is somewhere else? so that has a lot to do with it as well. >> genes and stress also a factor into whether you're fertile at any age. >> absolutely. absolutely and also what you do for a living and especially stress. >> i have to ask you, this has got to be a fairly sensitive topic as you mentioned. i know a lot of women in their late 30s or early 40s who would love to have a baby, they have not met the right person and a conversation like this with their doctor would probably put them over the edge. what do you say about that? >> first of all you should have a relationship with your doctor that shouldn't put you over the edge. i think honesty is the best policy and again realistic expectations. i encourage my patients especially exactly that scenario, 35, 37, single still, why don't you freeze your eggs,

if you are financially sound to do it or you could be a single mom as well, as long as you have support. >> is that effective? there was a time when it was unclear whether or not freezing your eggs was a good idea. >> right. >> whether you get your money's worth because it is expensive. >> it is expensive and insurance does not cover it. so yes, but now that we have really advanced technology, it's definitely an option. >> doctor, good conversation to have. thank you for being here. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> over to matt. if you've traveled lately you know some airlines are taking more of a no frills approach, fewer bags allowed, less leg room, and brace yourself, because hotels are now jumping in on that trend. mark is "travel & leisure's" international editor. welcome. >> thanks, matt. >> this no frills to life a runaway train, are companies doing this because customers are telling them they like it or doing it to save on the bottom line? >> they're trying to save on the bottom line. this is a cost conscious decision but on the other hand there are people who don't want a lot of the extra services.

in fact over the last ten years the number of limited service hotel rooms increased by 16%, the number of full service hotel rooms increased 6%. >> customers are saying cut back on frills, give me a better rate. the new york hilton recently announced no more room service. how is that going to go over with customers? >> i think that the leisure traveler is probably not going to care so much about room service as the business traveler. what's interesting is the new york midtown hotel that is cutting room service is very business traveler friendly, one of the biggest hotels in the country, and certainly the biggest in new york, they love business travelers. to not offer that to business travelers is dicey. >> other hotels are cutting different luxuries, fewer amenities in the rooms and you might not have a valet to carry your bags when you check in. >> that's right. you might not even have a check-in clerk at the front desk. >> kind of one of the airline terminal things?

>> a lot of hotels are starting to have like atm machines where you check in that way, doing away with business centers, doing away with a lot of the frills, front door valets are a thing of the past in many hotels. >> it worries me because you're losing jobs, people who used to be valets and check-in people are losing their jobs. are we going to see the savings, in other words, as these hotels do away with some of these amenities, are they going to pass on the savings to the consumer? >> you're probably not going to see so much reduction in rates as getting other amenities for free. what people really want when they go to hotels most people would be free wifi, free parking, free breakfast. you'll see those things incorporated into your rate while we see things like room service go away. >> let's go to the airlines for a second, they seem to be the pioneers in this no frills type of business. things like leg room, you pay for, extra bags, sometimes a first bag you pay for, a meal on the flight you pay for. i saw a recent survey where some airline customers punished one of the low fare airlines for all these add-on costs.

>> that's true. these days with the internet it is so easy to get your voice heard as an individual consumer. so people are making their opinions well-known. airlines are kind of taking a beating on all of these extra fees. people do not like them. >> united airlines is doing what they call bundling the market, okay, basically they've become the first carrier to offer one year subscriptions. what does this mean? >> they're offering a one year subscription on baggage fees. for example, you pay $349, you don't have to pay any additional fee, $25, to check your bag. >> you make sure you fly on that airline a lot during the year. >> at least eight times to break even. if you fly eight times you're probably an elite member in which case you get a free checked bag anyway. that's a tough sell. >> mark, thank you very much. let's go downstairs to savanna. >> i'm sitting with the woman who attempted to channel her inner martha stewart for an entire year, really. >> an entire year.

>> did it work? >> some things went very well and some things went horribly awry. >> fantastic tease. we'll catch up with you in a few moments. we'll send it out to al. >> i've got the deen family here, bobby, jamie, paula, everybody. by the way, you look fantastic. you guys, this goes to the whole family, your husband michael, how much weight has he lost? >> he's lost 60. >> you look spectacular. >> that's very generous. >> wow! a little burn from the boys. >> you should hear the things he says to me. >> so what's coming up, what are you cooking for us? >> they're like true stepsons, right? what am i going to be cooking? i'm going to be cooking you a molasses marinated frank steak with finishing butter. >> plenty of flavor but not a lot of fat. we love that. that's pretty good. and since he's lost the weight is he even feistier now? >> she's so sassy.

>> yes she is very feisty. >> as sassy as i can ever remember seeing her. >> we've got all that coming up, but first we're going to have your local news and weather here on "today".

good morning to you. it is 8:26. i'm marla tellez. we do have an update to that breaking news we brought you in the past hour. crews have controlled the fire at a vacant victorian house in oakland. this is at 7th and harrison street, not far from lady college, also very close to interests 880. our crew at the scene told us firefighters are checking to make sure no one is inside the building. neighbors and investigators aren't sure but they do suspect squatters may have started this fire. the same caught fire in january and it has been empty every since. mike, big problems on the peninsula. >> folks to the other side of the bay. look at the shot northbound 101 to the top of the strewn willow road the off-ramp. a crash in the lane, flashing

lights arriving on scene. reports they called an ambulance for injuries but nothing about the specific injuries. it is jammed from palo alto and approaching all the way up to willow road there. look at the east bay, still crazy slow for 580 through dublin and castro valley. incidents causing slowing. unusually slow. fire and smoke cleared but a crash at 29th and down the east shore, marla, back to you. >> can't catch a break. mike, thanks. we'll be back at 8:56 with our next local news update. we'll see you then. star command,

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that includes those fabulous jack o'lanterns at halloween. this woman tried living like martha stewart and turned out to be quite an adventure. we'll find out more about that. >> except she didn't have any horses. it's close enough. this lady is from brazil. >> i follow you! >> it's nice to see you. >> it's nice to see you, too. it's great having you here. >> you know who is not from brazil, paula deen and her boys. that's right, they are here ander this going to share some simple grilling techniques that you can use inside or out. and a sad story a family potentially facing a deadly health crisis, five of their children all need heart transplants but they're handling

it with such grace and they're an inspiration to all of us. >> i can only imagine that. >> a lot to get to. let's get to a check of the weather. >> today we have got a gorgeous day up and down the eastern seaboard, that may be changing though, we've got in the tropics investigation area 91-l, 25-mile-per-hour winds moving north-northwest at 5. you can see the rain is already overtaken southern florida. whether this becomes a storm or not it's going to be a big problem for florida, we're talking anywhere from three to five locally up to eight inches of rain throughout much of florida, and then during the week, on into late friday, look at the rain from chattanooga, atlanta, wilmington, d.c., upstate new york, anywhere from one to three, maybe four inches of rain, and that is going to cause problems right on into saturday, good news is, much of it should clear by sunday. that's what's going 8:32. good morning, meteorologist christina loren.

still mostly cloudy over san francisco. we will see clouds clear as we progress throughout the day. and it's that natural coolant to keep us cool today. temperatures right around average for this time of year, then we soar cutting off that9. low cloud cover. 81 livermore, 62 san francisco, 75 san jose. that means this the last mild day. upper 80s tomorrow and upper 90s by friday inland. >> that's your latest weather. where are you from? >> new york. >> what's your names? >> vince and nate. >> nate. >> you guys big fans of the weather channel? yes. because you can get your weather any time you want, nate, go to the weather channel or go online at weather.com and you're a big fan of willard scott. >> yes. >> here he is. you luck out. >> from sunny southwest florida, where the sun always shines, even at midnight, that makes it very unique, happy birthday from smucker's to our birthday buddies out there, take a look if you will at eugene zimmerman from edmond in the great state

of oklahoma, when the wind blows free. 102 years old today, and he loves to dance, line dance, tap dance, you name it, he dances. here is mildred, i like that name, mildred marr from springfield, mass. she's 101 years old today. she loves her family and they love her. they get together all the time. that's awfully nice, so many people live so far away, they can't do that. good old lewis bradley from stuarts draft, virginia, i know, they have a cheese shop there, menonnites, incredible food, 100 years old today, and he loves cows. drinks his milk straight from the cow, no pasturization, nothing, good for him. and annie mae charles of galveston, texas, is 100 years old today. she is a lovely lady who likes her bacon crisp every morning. i do. i love bacon, crispy bacon.

good old sylvester dolinar from pittsburgh, pennsylvania, one of his favorite pasttimes he makes money doing is yard work. you see progress. i like yard work. he's 100 years old today. happy birthday, and ruth lacher, she is from wells, minnesota. she is 108 years old today and she can make the greatest pickles in the world, and speaking of getting pickled, i think i'll go back to little old new york city. >> all right, pal, thank you very much. when we come back, could you do it? we meet a woman who devoted an entire year of her life to living just like martha stewart but first this is "today" on nbc. " on nbc.

have you ever felt like life is so chaotic you don't know how to get a handle on things? one woman decided the solution was to devote an entire year living according to the advice of martha stewart.

jen lancaster writes about that experience in the new book "the tao of martha." we'll talk to her in a moment. first a look at how hard this was. the flowers are set. >> our goal should be making these look as festive as possible. >> reporter: the drinks mixed. >> random margaritas is ready. >> jen lancaster is greeting her guests like a party pro. her inspiration? >> we're getting ready for cinco de mayo, pretty daisies in the conch shell. >> i love her so much. >> she vowed to follow martha stewart's way of living for a full year which wasn't always easy for her. >> one of my most cherished holiday traditions an easter egg hunt. >> i did a big easter egg hunt for all of my friend's kids. we only had two children that went to the er that day. that was not my intention. >> i like to put beautiful glittered pumpkins on my table.

>> i glittered things for three hours to the point there was nothing in this house that wasn't covered in glitter, including the dog. that never comes off. >> being neat and orderly is an important part of everyday life. >> everything labeled perfectly, this is straight out of martha's playbook, i've got my different flours, all purpose, cake, bisquick, self-rising, there's fish, chicken, pork, boxed burgers, beef, ice, ice baby, breakfast, sausage and stew meat. i always had the idea homemade gifts were cheap. no. i started knitting this year and the scarves that i was making between time and the material, they're worth about $8,000 each. the dogs did well every holiday. i did poses with them in whatever holiday costumes they had. >> as happy as the dogs were. did "the tao of martha" rub off on their owner? jen lancaster joins us. good morning. >> good morning. >> i'm so impressed by your refrigerator.

>> thank you. >> does it still look like that? >> yes. i had roasts eight pounds that would fall and hit our feet and that was a big source of conflict between my husband and i that i kept hobbling him every time he wanted to get an ice cream. >> the larger question why did you decide to take on martha stewart's way of living for a year? >> i had a bad 2011 not for any big reason just a thousand little things that went wrong and i wanted to go into 2012 with a plan, and i thought about doing a happiness project, something very oprah, but oprah is more about all your thoughts and your feels and i thought this isn't going to help me. i need somebody like a drill sergeant and who better than martha stewart. >> martha is a tough customer and her projects every time she's here i have no idea what to do. >> i started looking at her projects and all seem complicated. everything is broken down into steps that people can follow, and i never knew until i actually tried, so i was

surprised at what i could accomplish. >> how did your family react, what did your husband think when he saw you excessively glittering and labeling things. >> my husband said this is the greatest thing that happened in the 18 years of our relationship that i could finally find things because he's ex-military man so he's very organized but too organized. we would organize our spice cabinet by countries of origin. i didn't know if oregano was mexican or italian so i did it alphabetically. it works really well. >> it is a great idea. did you find this to be difficult in terms of, i guess keeping it going, because i could imagine doing one or two projects but to do this for a whole year. >> i kept doing different projects and once i would accomplish something i would try something scary. the scariest thing for me is halloween. i've been terrified of halloween my entire adult life to the point we used to put garbage bags over the windows. this year i had to to. the house was decorated, i was in a costume, the pumpkins were glittered.

we stat there with full sized candy bars and not one kid showed up at my house. >> martha you love her so much. what do you think is her philosophy of life, you read every book and article. what is the takeaway? >> the big takeaway is you have to try. you can't fail if you don't try and there were some things that went horribly awry but the things that didn't were shocking. it was shocking there are dishes that i can took now, so much more inexpensively at home than what i used to buy. it was shocking that i could create a scarf for somebody for christmas and have them actually like it and not say, wow, this looks amateur. there were a lot of great aspects of the project. >> final quick question, are you going to sustain it? are you going to live like martha forever? >> i'm going to try. i spent the last five months

writing two different books so a lot of things went by the wayside so when today came to film me, i still had to shove crap in to drawers. >> so you remain human. >> i remain human. >> jen lancaster, "the tao of martha." martha will be here tomorrow, she'll fill us in on her match.com date, we look forward to that. coming up, a family facing an unimaginable health crisis, five siblings who may all need heart transplants. we'll have their story but first this is "today" on nbc. heir stot this is "today" on nbc.

we're back at 8:45 with a family coping with a life and death health crisis, facing all five of their children. >> as nbc's keith morrison explains they're doing it with remarkable strength and incredible attitude. keith good to see you.

>> good to see you. good morning. life was just about perfect for this family, good career, beautiful home, happy kids, and then one of them gets a tummy ache, a trip to the doctor, and it changed everything. >> a group hug. >> reporter: what is happening to the bingham family, jason and stacey and their five children is an intensely personal and terrifying odyssey. in 2006 the bingham's eldest daughter sierra was diagnosed with heart failure, 6 at the time. sierra had a heart transplant and survived. just in case, her parents had the entire family tested for heart disease and all the rest of them were given a clean bill of health. >> they all came out normal, so we thought, good, rule that out, that's not an issue then. >> reporter: but by summer 8-year-old lindsay got a tummy ache and the bingham's world fell apart. her parents learned she, too,

needed a heart transplant. she was life-flighted to the hospital and put on a mechanical heart pump to wait for an organ donor. >> we were sat down and told of our five children that all of them either had cardiomyopathy or flaggers that they watched. >> reporter: the doctors were astonished, too. all the bingham children, every single one will be confronted with the distinct possibility of one day requiring a heart transplant, because of a deadly condition called dilated cardiomyopathy. the family waited for a heart for lindsay. christmas came and went. and then -- after nearly eight months of waiting the family learned a match, a donor heart had been found. >> guess what? >> i have it! you have it? >> you have a heart! >> you do!

>> yeah! >> reporter: with her baby blanket transformed into a superhero cape, she is ready to face the scariest event of her young life. >> love you lindsay lou. >> reporter: lindsay got her new heart on valentine's day. >> everything went very, very smoothly. >> reporter: but lindsay's transplant is just the beginning, both she and sierra face a lifetime of expensive medication, constant testing. her brother, gauge, who is just 4, already has a pacemaker and most likely he'll need a transplant, too. but for the moment, the bingham family is celebrating what they have. >> we've walked away twice now two children still alive, and that's more than some parents can say and we can go home with five children. >> go. >> this is a family that decided to let us in intimately to witness everything they went through, the uncertainty, the

terror, the triumph and most amazing in the midst of all that trouble, the happiness and gratitude. it wasn't just the binghams who have changed by what happened, guys, it was kind of all of us who watched them. >> we can see why. keith it's an amazing story. see more on the binghams tonight on "dateline" that's at 8:00, 7:00 central time on nbc. coming up next, we will take a turn and go outside and do some cooking with the deen family, but first this is "today" on nbc. for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created...

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all right, this morning on requesting today's kitchen" we are grillin' and chillin' with the deen family. >> we've got paula here along with her sons jamie and bobby. we are going to do some grilling outside, this could be done outside or inside, right, guys? >> right. >> simple question. >> i can't trick you. >> it wouldn't be that hard to trick me, let's be honest. who does the cooking when you get together? >> mama. >> we usually all go over to mom's house. >> i cooked sunday i had all my children over and i cooked ox tails in rice, and ribs on the grill, potato salad, fresh green beans from my garden, tomatoes and onions and cucumbers from my

garden and jamie fried this most incredible squash blossom. >> we're starting with flank steaks. why do you like this cut of meat? >> i like this because it's lean but it has good flavor and i like to marinate it, matt, in molasses, red wine vinegar, a little olive oil, rosemary, garlic, mustard and soy sauce. >> how far in advance do you marinate? >> about four or five hours. >> okay. >> that helps break down the piece of meat because it is a cheaper cut of steak. >> once you cook it and you don't have to cook fralank stea very long. >> no. look at that, beautiful. what makes this so good, matt, i know you're going to find this hard to believe but i have been trying to cook with less butter. >> uh-huh. >> who is laughing down there? >> not me. it was your sons.

>> i'm trying not to cook, to use butter during the cooking process, but i wait until the end, and then i put the finishing butter on it. >> by the way that still counts, all right? >> it only counts once instead of like six times. >> go ahead, savannah. >> wait, wait, wait. i'm going to give it but i got to do this. >> i'll eat that. >> you eat that. all right. >> what are you making for us? >> we're doing a pearl barley and broccoli salad. we took our barley down from maybe 25 or 30 minutes, added the broccoli the last few minutes, drain it. over here we've got some oil and toasted oural monds. y almonds. turn the heat off and add spoked paprika. we stir this in with vinegar and this is our finishing dressing for our salad. >> your mom is distracting me

over here, sorry. this is so good. all of these recipes are on your show, "home for dinner. request. >> right. our second week's show just came on and it was so much fun to do. we'll add arugula, any cheese, we're using white cheese, but my boys really like cheddar cheese. you can toss this and got a lot of flavor in it, good for you, super simple. >> love it. i might even attempt that. thank you. >> thanks, savannah. >> i'm here with bobby, bobby said the siren that just went by was the ambulance coming to take me to the hospital after all the butter his mom put on my steak. >> corned cob, we slice the corn off the cob. >> did you put something on the corn? >> olive oil and jalapeno peppers, avocado, tomatoes,

oni onions, some lemon juice. >> salt and pepper. >> and all the jalapenos, top that together, beautiful simple corn and afrivocado salsa. >> as a side dish or with chips? >> absolutely with chips. >> are you feeding people, paula? >> natalie you got to try the butter flanked steak. >> try the butter with flank steak. >> here we go. >> that was really good though that butter. >> what do you put in the but thor? >> it's a compound butter. this is lemon chive. >> it's great. >> i love the lemon in the chives together. wonderful. >> and this is a mouthful of love, paula. >> you're going to put this in with the lovely vegetables and barley.

jamie, bobby and paula deen thank you so much. coming up an interesting discussion what makes women successful, but first a check of your local news and weather. wed. i'm marla tellez. the special election to replace disgraced santa clara supervisor george shirakawa appears to be heading for a run overwith no candidates receiving 50% of the vote. voters will return to the polls july 30th for a runoff election. meteorologist christina loren takes it away with a look at your forecast. >> good morning to you,

martinez. good morning to you at home. starting to see clouds spin out over san francisco. kind of a warm day inland. nowhere near as warm as where we are headed. temperatures are going to climb from low 80s to upper 80s between today and tomorrow, then we'll be in the upper 90s by friday with triple digit heat on the way for saturday into sunday. finally getting a cooldown. hope you have a great day.

♪ welcome to "today" on this wednesday morning, june 5h, 2013. good looking day outside, no rain, not too hot. >> not a great day for vampires. >> why is that? >> this is vampire week. >> sorry, the song was "vampire weekend" see how we wove that in? >> orchata in spain it's this wonderful milkshake and made with beans it's sort of like a vanilla tasting drink. >> it's a song about a

milkshake. >> i'm thinking it's that, at least that's the spelling of it. >> we're going to talk about our favorite summer songs. >> there's a whole reason. >> a little in block tease. our first take on take three is the major league baseball scandal, new reports from espn major league baseball set to suspend about 20 players, headlined by yankees' superstar alex rodriguez for using performance-enhancing drugs, could be the largest drug case in american sports history. they're saying the suspensions could be as long as 100 games for some of these guys. >> that's a lot of superstars. >> that's a lot. a-rod, ryan braun, who is a big star, melky cabrera on the blue jays. this goes back to they call it an anti-aging clinic in miami allegedly supplying performance-enhancing drugs to different players. no charges yet, looking into this guy. >> there's not a lot of substantial charges, it's basically names in a book. >> literally scribbled names in a book.

>> how many clients who were visiting and who got what. so it remains to be seen what will be revealed. >> exactly. so this did get us thinking. it's not the first time we've heard a-rod and ryan braun as well. >> superstar heroes for kids. >> a-rod one time the biggest stars in baseball, barry bonds, go over to golf, tiger woods, lance armstrong. >> think of all the scandals in the sports world. >> if you look back through history, there are a lot of these all the way back to, you know, questions about babe ruth, about lou gherrig and different people, but i think our media was different then. >> right. >> our sports heroes were normal human beings, regular human beings with flaws just like the rest of us, but we didn't report everything. >> right. >> but we were talking about it more not so much in the sports context but as parents who have young kids who play little league or play, you know, a lot of the sports at some of our superhero athletes as we see

them are exalted, put on a pedestal and we see they do, they show their flaws, and then you have to explain to your kids well what did they do, how did they do it? it's a good lesson for them but at the same time it makes it hard as a parent to say, well, you know, that guy not so great after all. >> i will say, though, as a guy who follows sports for every a-rod there's a derek jeept jet the nba there is a kevin durant. if you invest that much in an athlete for your kid, you should reevaluate a little bit. >> the other thing, teaching who our real heroes are, firefighters, teachers, police officers, our men and women in service uniforms. >> but sadly in this day and age kids when you ask them what do you want to do when you grow up? oh i want to be a big superstar either, or reality tv star or i want to play in a sports and be a professional athlete because they see that's where the fame

is. they're not, sadly, they don't see enough attention given to the true heroes. >> we just got a statement actually from major league baseball, from the senior vp for public relations at mlb saying "since we're in the midst of an active investigation we cannot comment." this is a report that came -- >> so it's a non-comment about it. >> until we know more, no further commenting. our take two, the no kids allowed restaurant. do you like this idea? >> i think it's brilliant. >> a restaurant in alexandria, virginia, it says no one under 18 allowed inside the restaurant. >> at any time? >> at any time. before we think this guy is an anti-kid restaurant owners has three restaurants of his own and two other restaurants that are teeming with kids. he said this is an oasis if you want a quiet night with your husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, whatever it is, come here. >> i think it's wonderful. i think a lot of parents

probably would like to have a place where they can go and a night to have a babysitter, leave the kids at home and go to a special place where you can have the romantic evening out, without the kids. >> i'm mixed about it. i get it, believe me. because we like going out for a nice evening without our children, but i see people with their kids there especially if it's early i think between 6:00 and 8:00, there are kids there. i don't get that upset. >> you have a choice. this guy's made a decision for this particular restaurant that it works for him. our take three, talking songs of the summer. >> no, i don't think we have to talk about it. no, i feel like you no he what? >> we should play it. >> i'd like to go back to something that happened yesterday. >> oh, okay. you can do that. >> we were talking about how we met our spouses and our weddings and we put this picture up of -- >> oh, no. >> take a look at this. this is natalie's wedding

picture. it just didn't go well. take a listen. >> do we have natalie's wedding picture as long as we're throwing it up? >> we do, i think so. yep, my dad with the bad piece back then. >> whoa! >> wow! >> what the heck?! >> sorry, dad. >> by the way, nobody would have known that was a piece. >> no, he said to me after the wedding he was like, why did you let me take those pictures with that piece? he knows it was a bad piece. >> you know the good news is, father's day's coming up. what would you like for father's day, dad? hey, how about you throw me under the bus? >> so we had to go back there? >> we did. we figured equal time. mario morales is on the phone. >> good morning, what would you like to say to your daughter? >> good morning. i've been the, i've taken a lot of flack over the years for wearing that, we used to call it the rat rug, but i felt that

period of my life was kind of long gone and forgotten, but now natalie resurrected it with that picture. >> sorry, dad. >> and before a national audience. you can imagine -- >> it's so much more useful now. >> i got a big chuckle out of it yesterday, it was a big surprise and to have my face folded in like that, that was a big surprise. >> thanks, "today" show is what he's saying. >> no, thanks to natalie. did you get much reaction from family and friends, mr. morales? >> quite a bit. i got a lot of phone calls right after that. >> now mr. morales -- >> sorry. >> natalie comes she pleaded with you in the weeks before the wedding to lose what she calls the bad rug. did you ever consider not wearing the rug to the wedding? >> i did. however, i got used to it and i did not want to make a drastic change to my appearance just before the wedding so it was soon after the wedding, though, that i took it off permanently.

>> i'll tell you what predated the rug was a very bad combover, so. >> wow! you just doubled down. >> we gave you a chance to make amends. >> for years we've been telling my dad you look so much better, just be free of it. >> and he looks great in the picture we see here. >> see? >> i didn't believe you. >> we love you. >> i love you, too. hopefully we won't have to talk about that rat rug ever again. >> it's all over now, mr. morales. >> it had its own private memorial service. >> thanks for calling in, and happy father's day. >> thank you very much. >> dad i'll call you later. >> okay, bye, natalie. love you. >> did you really have a ceremony where you buried it in the backyard? >> willard scott used to have one like that. >> he'd keep it in a drawer. >> it's alive! >> do you feel better having worked through that with your

dad? >> thanks for that therapy session. >> that's what we're here for. so much for the songs of the summer, we'll talk about that another time. you got me all ready for that. in our headline this is morning, a shakeup at the white house today, national security adviser tom donilon is stepping down and being replaced by u.n. ambassador susan rice. rice came under fire last year for her comments soon after the attack that killed four americans in benghazi, libya. white house official says the president will name former aide samantha power to be the new u.n. ambassador. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll suggests scandals at the irs, the justice department and benghazi are taking a toll on the obama administration. while the president's job approval rating stands at 48%, virtually unchanged from two months ago, the controversies over benghazi, justice department media subpoenas and the irs have raised doubts about the administration among more than half of those surveyed. far fewer though consider the

president personally responsible for the scandals. an online petition with more than 330,000 signatures is urging the government to change a policy and save a young girl's life. 10-year-old sarah murnaghan in pennsylvania needs a lung transplant. current rules created by doctors don't allow children under the age of 12 to receive adult lungs and very few children's lungs are available for transplant. lawmakers are urging health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius to intervene. sebelius calls the case agonizing but so far is refusing to change the rules. forecasters expect more rain today around west alton, missouri, the last thing people there, following a levee break along the mississippi river. voluntary evacuations are in place in west alton, a town not far from st. louis, about 15% of the people in the town have left. the fire chief says everybody else is ready to go at a moment's notice. and one man in new zealand hasn't let a few years slow him

down. bob edwards is 105 years old and has driven for 88 years since he was 17 and keeps going and going, during all that time, he's only gotten one speeding ticket, though, asked how it feels to be new zealand's oldest driver, bob edwards says simply, "i don't think i'm old." he has a young attitude then. it is 11 minutes after the hour. you're up to date. top that. >> notice how the streets were empty. everybody says old bob edwards is coming down, clear a pass. >> only one speeding ticket. >> god bless him, that's fantastic. >> how about a look at the weather? >> we have more rain to talk about in the midwest, severe storms for another day and then hopefully it's over from arizona all the way to arkansas, possibility of tornadoes, heavy rain as you can see we've got heavy showers and thunderstorms making their way toward the mississippi river valley. then as we make our way down into florida, and the gulf, we've got a 50% chance of the investigation area and the 91-l

becoming a tropical entity. you can already see heavy rain moving into central and southern florida, over the next 72 hours we're talking about anywhere from 3 to 5 inches of rain locally, could be eight inches but if you think it's just florida, guess again as we move on into friday evening, this rain spreads along the eastern seaboard with another two to four inches of rain by saturday morning. that's what's going on in the country. 9:0012 wednesday. good morning. i'm meteorologist christina loren. still operapretty gray. this is actually looking toward the city, emeryville. you can hardly make out any buildings beyond three miles. reduced visibility, no thick fog at the surface. sun will break through the clouds. partial clearing, as a matter of fact, by noon today. 71 in fremont, 61 in san francisco. we crank that heat up getting into the next couple days almost by 10 degrees tomorrow, then close to triple digits friday into saturday. latest weather. up next, is chasing after

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we are together again. the commencement address at smith college got a lot of people talking about this third metric you introduced for women. explain it a little bit. >> we've all bought into this male definition of success which is money and power and it's not working for men. it's not working for women. it's not working for anyone, so what we are suggesting and mika and i are co-hosting a conference tomorrow on the subject called the third metric, is a third metric, which is adding a sense of well-being, our ability to wonder at life, to be wise, to give back, all of these things that really make life worthwhile, how can we make them part of our everyday life instead of thinking that life is some kind of straight line towards the top, no matter the price you pay in terms of your health and your ability to connect with others. >> so you don't necessarily disagree with sheryl sandberg sentiment of leaning in, it's in a sense making more of a balance?

>> well it's leaning in and also leaning back. leaning back in order to recharge, renew ourselves and then really be back at work in a way that is not burnt out, exhausted, the way you walk around the workplace today, and it's really sad to see people driving themselves into the ground. >> let me ask you, you both working mothers, you all have had to sacrifice a lot in your lives i imagine to get where you are. do you feel that women nowadays can really have it all? are we sold a bill of goods that really doesn't exist? >> i think we're half way there and i think this conversation we're having is going to be the hardest hurdle in some ways, because i think we've been scrambling for a couple of generations to get where we are and we still have a lot of work to do, including especially in the amount of money that we're paid compared to our male counterparts. having said that, that mad scramble i think a lot of women when they have children and jobs and they're trying to balance their marriages, their lives, they lose themselves in the

process, and so you've gotten so far but you lose your own sense of health, well-being, your relationships with people and that's got to be possible, too. >> and for men, it's an equal opportunity. >> men are going to be huge beneficiaries of the third metric and incidentally we have a panel at our conference, men who get it, and it includes the ceo of aetna, the third largest health insurance in america, who is actually offering benefits of meditation and yoga to his 34,000 employees. actually men are beginning to realize it's better for the workplace and the bottom line if employees are not so stressed. >> we asked the question do men get it. we changed the title to do men get it because some don't as we saw lately in the news with the governor of mississippi. but anyhow. that's a whole nother topic. >> do you think employers get it? not all offer nap time like you offer at "the huffington post".

>> absolutely. that's why we are starting this conversation, which beyond the conference tomorrow will continue on "the huffington post," we set a dedicated section called the third metric, this is the huffington magazine where we talk about the conference because we don't have all the answers but we believe it's an important conversation for men and women to engage in and women pay a higher price, all the data shows that there is 40% greater threat of heart disease among women in stressful jobs because we internalize stress more. >> our producers are stressing right now because we're just about out of time. arianna and mika, thank you so much. >> thanks, ladies. >> conference is tomorrow. also coming up two handsome guys make it one hot summer. we're going to -- sorry al and willie, you've been trumped. you've been trumped by those guys. we'll have more on that but first these messages. ♪ ula ula, hagamos ula ula,

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at 9:26 we are following this breaking news in san jose where police have just announced the city's 22nd homicide of the year. the attack actually happened on sunday but the victim was recently pulled off of life support. 58-year-old francisco lugo was jumped near the intersection of 12th and jackson street. that's really close to the park. his family tells nbc bay area he was trying to help a person who was being chased. that's when he was hit in the back of the head. it's unknown if a weapon was actually used in this crime. police are still looking for the attacker. in other news now, susan g. komen will stop its walk in san francisco and several other cities. the organization says it has seen almost a 40% drop in

participation over the past few years and is no longer reaching fundraising goals. the walks will continue in other cities. it will not affect its well-known race for the cure. late night chase ended with an suv crashing into the water at berkeley aquatic park. officers started following a black range rover on the bay bridge. chp says the driver was!u able get out of the vehicle and actually swim his way back to shore on his own. officers then took him into custody. we'll take a look at the forecast and mike will look at the roads after the break. w.

the time is 9:28. taking a live look. look at this, the clouds finally starting to clear out over sunol. but it's going to take a while in san francisco, although we are starting to see some improvement, sun shining through thick stratus clouds. ó÷sq show you what it looks like from space. plenty of low cloud cover from pacifica to san jose, but clouds will continue to peel back out to sea as we head to the next several hours and when we meet

back at our 11:00 broadcast, mostly sunny. 81 livermore, 71 oakland. later this week the heat is on. mike, get ready for the triple digits. over to you. >> not quite the view from space but a rooftop camera will do from palo alto where you can see traffic moving much more smoothly than the last time we checked. crashes gone, metering on the map shows you the sensor speeds down towards 40 for much of the area, 50 for routes in southbound direction. a slow drive north 880, south 238 recovering from big back-up. back to you. >> mike, thanks. we'll be back at 9:56 with our next local news update. we'll see you then.

some business news the company behind words with friends is slashing 520 jobs in an effort to cut costs. employees were pretty mad when they heard the news but on the bright side they had an easy time coming up with four-letter words. >> boom! that hurts. >> he's a big words with friends guy. i don't because once i get started it takes me down that path. >> you get locked in. >> what path is that? >> then i'm like this all day. it's bad enough that -- >> it becomes dark, natalie's in the basement, kids haven't eaten in two days. don't bother mommy, i've got a triple word. >> i'm telling you it's a dark path. >> i didn't know there was a gateway. meanwhile you are?

>> i'm willie. >> and you are? >> al. >> and i'm natalie. coming up -- >> we're going to show you how to have a good time. >> did that segue work? >> what do we have here, we'll turn your backyard into a bona fide party zone this summer, we have the margaritas flowing, we have a bar that lights up at night. >> the whole entire crew is partaking already. >> popular segment. and then we're going to learn how to get out a little aggression with boxing champ and the daughter of the world's greatest, that's right, mohammad ali's daughter, layla ali, to show us a few moves. >> show us an upper cut. she's not giving that away just yet. we'll get warmed up first. we have two of the hot guys of the summer, "graceland" we'll catch up with them as well. for all of you "transformer"

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once we get rid of thick, low clouds, forcing flight delays out of sfo. one hour. we'll let you know as soon as those go away as skies continue to clear out. 88 for concord, overcast conditions in the city by the bay, at least four hours of sunshine. thi⌞weekend, ample sunshine across the greater bay area and a heat wave on our hands. >> and that's your latest weather. now to a bunch of sexy guys, living in one malibu beach house. got your attention? that's the backdrove of "graceland" where things are really heating up. >> this show revolves around undercover federal agents living and working together, but then when a rookie joins the group, things get complicated. "graceland" the stars, good morning to both of you guys. this is a little different for you. everybody's really good looking but this is a little darker. >> yes, a little rougher around the edges than their standard

fare but usa is trying to widen their viewership and hopefully "graceland" will help with that. >> aaron you play the newby to the fbi, he moves into the house with experienced agents. >> mike is right out of fbi academy and got all the book smarts in the world but kind of gets thrown into the deep end of the pool and they say learn how to swim, very fast. >> this is a different departure for you guys, because you both have cut your acting chops on broadway. you're musical guys. >> this guy nor so than me. i don't sing as well as aaron does, just in the shower but yeah we've both been on broadway. >> i always like to say working on the stage is like ballet for a dancer, i think. it's kind of you know if you have that base training you can kind of do anything. that's kind of my belief. >> including an fbi agent. >> including an fbi agent. >> you do move into this house together and i understand that

this comes from real life example, right, there is a house that the fbi agents, the dea agents work together? >> it was a house they seized in 1991 from the head of a mexican cartel, and that's kind of the nod to the name of the show "graceland" this guy was obsessed with elvis so it was decorated about graceland so that's what the government called it, it was an operational safehouse for fbi, dea and customs agents, we're basing that on the concept of the show. >> since it's california you get to do a little surfing. you kind of got beat up. >> i sure got beat up out there. >> our co-star manny montana is a real surfer, he can really cut waves but -- and aaron is good. i would say i'm the worst of the group. i actually tossed my lunch while we were shooting that scene, as a matter of fact. wonderful memories. >> it's a good thing they cut away from that before you tossed your lunch. >> glad we could bring that up. i guess we want to test your skills here. we have a couple of --

>> you're expert marksmen. >> the expert marksman on the show is this guy right here. but -- >> so let's see a nerf gun not the real thing. >> i believe you got to -- >> we've got -- >> what's the range, that's the question. >> we'll find out. >> oh! >> they shoot pretty far. >> it's all about how you hold it. >> oh that was close. >> where's layla ali when you need her? get over here. >> none of you have kids clearly, right? >> you have to aim up. >> oh gary's gone. >> there we go! >> all right, that he's enough, man, that's enough. >> you have to point and shoot. >> you guys keep spinning that suddenly -- >> it's like you're getting very sleepy. >> yes, of course. >> you are in a nice warm place

right now. >> thank you, guys, catch the premiere of the series "graceland" tomorrow night at 10:00, 9:00 central, usa network. >> the ratings are going to be huge. >> suddenly i'm a chicken! as they say it must be 5:00 somewhere, right? willie is cozying up upstairs to the bar checking out some of the coolest outdoor items that you must have at your house this summer. better save one of those for me, willie. we'll have that right after this. lucky charms?!

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>> but for more active fun game you have to put the glasses on, they're already prelit. >> so am i but that's another story. >> this is from nerf, from fir fox as you throw the football you can play in the dark and be able to get your passes. >> you got a bar going and -- >> why is a ring coming out green? >> you see it as red and you see it as green. >> go play action. >> come on. >> all right! >> unbelievable! >> what are you doing with the -- >> i like that, very nice. >> the action play and you want to chill a little bit, now you got a 360 ipod from ihome. >> speakers. >> blue tooth. >> you can play in that in blue tooth and take your party wherever. you don't have to be plugged in. >> you always worry about the

speakers by the pool. with these -- >> this is great. i'll let you be the splash master there. and what's nice about this is the fun doesn't stop when you're out at the pool. i call this the -- ♪ good morning willie, al george dance-a-thon. >> this is in the water. you get it under water and it comes up. >> wow, still working. >> it's still working. >> if you were in the water you'd hear the music. >> maybe don't drown the speakers. >> it doesn't go all the way down in the water. i guess it's water resistant. >> come on al, work with us. >> ooh it's a little wet now. it's back! yeah! >> if you put the glasses on and go long, it will still be wet. >> mark, catch! >> oh! >> still working.

>> here we have the grill going outdoors, everybody party has a grill, this is the kenmore elite, and what's really hot this year is colors and this is brand new, just came out only a week ago, vermilion red and the best part about this, al, feel how heavy that is. >> that's not heavy at all. >> oh, he's been doing weights. lift that. lift that. >> that's a heavy cover? >> that's heavy. >> okay, that's heavyduty, man. >> let's get to the bar. >> we have cast iron grates, good heat and the steak is made with char crest rub and also you can do any type. >> it's a heavy lid. >> it's a heavy lid. here we have two items from dorchill which keep it chilled in a chamber that does not make the bar wet. >> nice. >> what's nice is this is all new this year, it's from bella luna, which they make a

very romantic patio set. you can set the outdoor lighting of your patio, your bar, this is a three-piece bar set here from agio and great way to bring it over to a blender. >> willie, lift up this bar. this is heavy, gosh, unbelievable! george hurst, thank you so much. >> thanks, george. >> thank you, guys. coming up next let's go a few rounds in the ring with layla ali. >> seems like a bad idea for you. we're going to try it anyway, right after this. i'll be right back. booop. hi, listen i think you could do better. oh no, he's a nice guy. no i'm talking about your yogurt. see dannon oikos is so rich and thick and smooth. so smooth. in a national taste test dannon oikos fat free strawberry flavor beat chobani 2 to 1. mmmm. stamos? look babe - i'm doing better. she means the yogurt. join us babe. try it for yourself.

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[ male announcer ] invest in your heart health with kellogg's raisin bran®. all right, we are working out with four-time world boxing champ turned fitness and wellness expert layla ali. >> i will lawill show us signature moves you can do at home to get into shape for summer. great to see you. >> thank you, happy to be here. >> before we start swinging things around at each other. >> you got to watch her. i got her back. >> two on one? i want to ask about what you're doing in times square the get old campaign. >> get old is about getting americans to think about what they can do today to make sure they get old the way they want to in a healthy way, taking control of their health. i'm 35, proud to be, proud of my accomplishments as an athlete and mom. i want to be around so i'm always trying to be healthy and trying to encourage other people to do the same so they can come out to times square today, claim their age and their face can end up on a big billboard with their

sign. getold.com, there's more information there. >> now i'm going to get beat. >> we don't need to talk, just get working. >> everyone can do, i did do a boxing workout video available on amazon. you got to know how to jab, that's one of the mother important functions in boxing. put your weight on your front foot. >> you're not doing too good. you're doing great. pink gloves, watch it now. you're my students, listen, listen, listen, we're not done. listen to the teacher, right hand, right, natalie once again you look great. we don't know about willie. all right, okay now we're going to do the jab right and then dip underpunch, jab, right, dip, dip, come on, dip, baby, dip. what's up with your coordination, willie? gosh! >> whoa! >> put on the gloves, layla, let's go, let's go!

>> all right, let's go, one, two, dip, we need some music for willie. let's do something else. let's do something else. he can handle this. >> keep talking moralemorales. >> come on, willie, you can do this, jump in place. people can do this at home, it's all about getting your cardioup. >> whoa, they want to get in it, too. >> we have some targets for you. >> oh but i love these ladies. >> we love them, too. >> you're the target. >> you want to punch on natalie? that is not nice. >> wow! what's going on here with you, pal? >> no! >> that's not nice. >> they're right there. i can't do that. >> that is pathetic! >> how do you get in? are you kidding? oh no indeed.

>> so unconventional. >> this is a good idea. we'll tell what you we have, ready? ♪ >> i'm sorry, that's why we had to do things now, right. >> she always said i had a big booty but that's a good thing now. >> you don't have to buy this. >> i didn't buy this. >> the squat, it's all real. >> you're not going to beat us up? >> no. >> what's the point? we just wanted to get you in here. you look pretty. >> get in line, everybody wants him. >> i made the mistake of talking trash to an ali before and quickly backpedaled. >> i'm retired from boxing. >> so glad we got here early. >> this is not good for post

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willie is going to be starring in a new movie. >> go ahead. what is the title? >> you came up with the title. come on, own it. >> "white men can't box." >> and "white men can't dance." >> thank you, layla. great to see you, layla. say hello to your dad for us, too. >> kathie lee and hoda making an appearance. the big show to spruce up your house from the inside to the outside. >> it's all afte

it is 9:56 now. good morning,2ic i'm marla tel. san jose elementary school is hiring private security because they don't trust&'ç san jose poe to keep kids safe. administrators at sherry wood elementary in northeast san jose

said police did not show up fast enough when a strange man was caught peeping into a window. san jose police said they called the school and they said they were no longer needed. police arrested the man in a nearby neighborhood. law enforcement across the area need your helping finding the men responsible for three brazen armed bank robberies. we have this surveillance photo featuring one of the men in camino real. police say the trio is likely connected to two other robberies in san francisco. meteorologist christina loren joins us now with a look at your wednesday forecast. hey, thanks, marla. yeah, we've got one more beautiful day. one more day of the natural ac as the low clouds hug the coastline. later on today all that cool ocean air will continuously pump inland as on-shore flow is still ñ strong enough to keep temperatures in the 70s around the bay. meanwhile below 80s expected in the warmest cities across the

bay, 81 livermore, 72 san francisco. right here in beautiful san jose, right around 75 degrees. you might need your ac this weekend, triple digit heat. >> might. yeah, we'll need it. oakland 880 traffic flows nicely now. this the last of the congestion through this area and downtown, smooth past the coliseum. show you also how things are thinning out, speeds at 50, 580 not a problem. still recovering a little slow south 238 after7ç the morning drive slow through castro valley. we had a car fire and that kicked things badly. recovering northbound route, except 280 coming through cupertino. still slow approaching wolf road. be careful. marla. >> thanks. we'll be back at 10:26 with another local news update. we'll see you then. enough about the book, i want to hear about your date.

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>> each segment has something to do with decluttering or spicing up a place. >> whether you're a college student or been grown up forever and ever, and welcome to all our favorite college students who are so happy they're out of college. >> we've been waiting for you. >> we've been waiting for you guys. we're hearing from many of you you're excited to -- >> watch us drink in the morning. >> yes. so we have to go on record saying we were wrong about "the voice." >> were we? i wonder why. >> well, here's the thing. there were six singers left yesterday. both of us were called upon to choose which one would be eliminated. after a lot of rig ama roll, we both thought that amber carrington from team adam would be the one to go. well, this is the moment. this is amber's moment. >> i have the name of the next person advancing to the semifinals.

let's get to it. >> amber carrington from team adam. and adam is relieved. america keeps him in the game. amber moving on. >> i love you. oh, i love you. i love you. >> oh, my gosh. >> a little love-fess going on there. >> yeah. >> so neal it came down to the swann brothers and holly tucker, both from team blake. we're going to watch it. >> please don't speak. ♪ ♪ rock me mama any way you feel ♪ ♪ hey mama rock me ♪ yeah rock me mama like -- ♪ somebody loves you

♪ and wants the same thing too ♪ yeah this is my wish of those two, who do you think went home? >> the other lady's name is holly? >> holly. >> i think holly. >> you are correct. holly went home. >> holly is lovely, but when i listen to her voice, it's not a voice i have never heard before. it's a beautiful voice, but reminiscent of many others. the swan brothers, first of all they have a great names. remember when the gatlin brothers came along -- we haven't seen like a male judds, and the young one, i think he's the younger one, is hot, so the girls will follow them. i think they have more of a chance. i wish the holly all the best. she seems like a lovely lady, but you made me pick. see how well i do when you don't interrupt. >> i don't interrupt often.

there was a story, i'm sure you have seen the picture by now, a worker at taco bell was seen putting his tongue on a whole big sleeve of tacos. it ended up going viral. he ended up getting canned for the licking. come to find out they were actually training -- >> it was in a training session. these were never meant to be used in the actual restaurant. >> the people were supposed to show a way they loved how the -- >> they were encouraged as trainees to show your love to the product. he's a young guy. here's what the company said. they want it's a joke that went too far. the shells were used for training in march. the employees were encouraged to snap pics. >> you know who had fun with this, though? was david letterman. >> he is want to do that. >> taco bell headquarters, taco

bell headquarters, you know what i'm talking about? >> no. >> a guy posted this. number ten -- does the lick add or subtract calories? number nine -- shouldn't he be wearing a hair net? number seven -- when will licked shells be available in my area? number six -- is he single? number three -- is he the same guy who stood in the lettuce? remember that guy? >> probably the same y. >> yeah. probably -- of course it's the same guy. >> how many guys railroad going to -- >> the number one call received -- hi, michael douglas here. >> oh, my gosh. >> ooh, ooh. except for that last little bit -- you know what? hoda and i disagree on this, as we often do. but i thought when i first saw the picture he has to be fired. when i heard the circumstances and he's a young kid, he was

encouraged, somebody posted it, nobody knows why, he didn't do the posting of it. look at the things we do around here when the cameras aren't going. >> or when they are going. really, really bad. >> exactly. >> i think he's a young guy, learned from his mistake and let him keep his jobs. >> the trouble with a photo, is you don't ever know the context often. >> which explained it. >> but most people weren't listening. >> you know what i mean? >> i know some stuff about you. what about that summer camp experience? would you have liked to have that held against you for the rest of your life? >> i won't you a few summers. >> would you want somebody to give you another chance? >> yes, i would. he'll have a fine life. he won't be walking at taco bell. so what? he'll get a better job. >> now get everybody talking -- >> i need my own crawl now.

>> i hear they're hiring at mcdonald's. >> a lot of great jobs are out there, including the taco bell job. there are equally good or better jobs available. >> wow, i love when it when you get in trouble instead of me. >> it says kathie lee would like to apologize. >> kathie lee said nothing. >> let's get rid of this whole wearing white at weddings. i wore off-white at bobbi thomas' wedding. it didn't even looked that great. but anyway. >> you looked amazing. not in that particular picture, but in real life she looked awesome. it was inappropriately short, but on a tall woman like hoda with egyptian legs, it was quite the statement. inappropriate on many levels, but everybody -- nobody seemed

to mind. >> okay. so we asked you if you thought it was okay to wear white at a wedding. here's the final -- >> 55% said no, huh? >> yeah. >> you weren't wearing white. you were wearing cream, and there were some spots on it, too. 35% of you said -- you know the white dress you were wearing yesterday? the one we really love even though we've seen it about 25 sometimes. it has spots on it, it needs to be retired. >> i love it when you know, you've got spots on the back, and i go, yeah, i know. >> anyway t. facebook fan lee said it best -- if you are hoda kotb, you can wear whatever you want to wear and it will be fine. >> apparently not. >> honestly you showed up early. we were going to have a moment together. >> like we do. >> you took my breath away. i don't even swing that way, if you know what i'm saying, but you looked amazing.

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all right. you know what they say, you don't get a second chance to make a good first impression. neither does your house. >> so many of us focus on what's happening inside, but from landscaping to the color of your door, it's the curb appeal that makes your house inviting. >> she's adorable.

i like to call her genevieve. great to have you here. >> i love to see you ladies in the morning. >> we're going to look at some homes, befores and afters. >> general rules, is you should really treat the exterior of your home much like you do the interior. you need the color balance, you need the texture story, you need the right lighting, you need a sense of depth. so far we put everything up against our house. we have a whole yard to play with. >> you want it to be inviting. >> exactly. your house needs to be a sedructress. >> everybody has this how in their neighborhood, a generic new build, but look at this a no the of straight lines and a lot

of masculine without a lot of girl. >> hello. >> gives that sense of depth by planting a tree in the foreground, all of a sudden it looks bigger. >> look warmer. >> there's some perspective. >> the hedge breaks up the linear horizontal lines. >> can we change the color of the door? >> let's go. two, three colors is a bit timid. to add even a soft gray here. >> if you go to a home depot, you can get a lot of that lane scaping -- >> you can get the trees there, too, but have you a monochromatic walkway, with some wild grass. >> not crazy about the wild grass. keep it at the beach where it fits. >> maybe it's at the beach. >> how number two. >> rocks for cathie. >> very cape cod.

we're drawn to that weird red stripe beneath the door. it's nothing we could be looking at. >> brick or stone. >> or just make it go away. >> it's still not good. >> it's coming. bring get rid of that seam where the cement fins -- >> it's boxwood? >> and then planter boxes, so inexpensive, and they at -- >> did you change the color of the door? >> we are, we are getting there. they already got there. we changed the lighting, changed the door, took away the focus of the strange red stripe. >> we have time to squeeze in one last one. >> i can't do this all day. >> let's do it. >> victorian. >> american four square, great bones but really blah. the first thing i suggested to

is to give a door that has the same era of the house. it had a cheap door and all these windows and doors need to be era-specific. i think it's a shame if you deny them that. bringing in smile irises. you don't need a hedge when her balance sisters and -- and a porch swing. >> or some beautiful big victorian rockers with the plant. >> exactly. if you have the plant or the lawn -- >> and now i want to go to your house. >> big difference. >> wow. thank you so much. >> it's fun. >> good to see you, sweetheart. it premiers this sunday again on june 9th. if you want to be the first on the block with all the new trends. >> the kitchen cousins have what you're looking for. >> i love those guys. you're looking for. >> i love those guys. they're so cute. smart tube technology. you're looking for. wow, why didn't they think they're of this sooner? oh benjamin, you have an absolute sea of treasures here.

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it's time for today's project home. the hot zest trends from wall art to high-tech green gadgets, that will give your hose that extra edge. >> and here to show you how it's done are the two famous cousins, anithen and john, they're the hosts of the upcoming series "cousins undercover." it's a new show. >> it is, all about neighborhood

heroes, and surprising the homeowners. >> fun. >> bigger and better. huge renovations. >> really? >> yes. we like this, number one, all affordable things. >> we looked at technology, affordable and some fun stuff for summer. this green wall is magnetic. it's easy to hang up in your home. >> don't let it fall. >> great as a feature wall action to planned herbs in. >> great for herbs. >> beautiful succulents right here. >> i love when you talk like that. >> mint, rosemary. >> and it's inexpensive? >> yes, it is. >> something like this, you're talking $75. >> but then you have to buy the plants. >> exactly. come on, look at these beautiful photos. >> i know these two ladies. >> look at blaky. >> this is a company called canvas pop. they used to only do huge

photos. now these -- and i know these are all inns that gram they have a technology called picture perfect. it gets rid of the pixels, but as a user, you don't need to understand it, you upload the photo, and they do all the work. >> how is that hanging up? >> these are on velcro for the set, but one nail on the wall and you're done. >> let's get into the fun stuff. this is green tech. you have to love your smart thermostat. programmable settings, so seven days a week, four settings a day, and i can take out my iphone and control it. easy. >> does cathie's phone look on the that? >> i don't know if that's going to work. but it's great for the energy savings. very easy, $100, then you get into a docking station. too many people plug into appliances. what they don't realize is your

appliances are actually using electricity. this lets you know how much electricity. it can manually turn off, use an ipad with it an iphone. >> what do you mean it turns off? i did not understand that at all. start over. >> we're not technology educated. >> you can use the app. to shut the outlet down. >> oh, i see. i see. >> it's all about conserving. >> really, the beauty is the costs we're talking about, maybe $100 here, $150 there -- >> but it address up. >> they pay for themselves inside the three months when you look at the power sars, so yes, a little investment up front. >> especially if you use your blender a lot. >> do you use your blender a lot? >> no, never. >> there is an outlet you can control from your iphone, smartphone, or it also has a motion sensor.

smartphone, or it also has a motion sensor. when you walk in the room, the t will stay on for ten minutes. as long as it senses motion, it keeps going. >> what do we have at the end? i didn't like that much. i like the pretty stuff. >> this is the girly stuff? >> color blocking. how much do we love it? it's the huge, it's the rage. >> listen, wait until you see his suit for his wedding. >> what's great is you're taking bold colors, putting them together, but you want to stay in the same family. you have a beautiful place setting like this, but what's great is it can be used all over. >> is not what you're going to use at your wedding? >> this is what we're doing at my wedding in two weeks. >> congratulations. wishing you all the best. from the white house to the house in the movie "home 'lone." and from rubber mulch? to power watching, our fix-it

guy, lou is here. >> to keep your interior in tip top shape. we'll be back i'm going to go across the street. to prove febreze eliminates tough odors, we threw a party. the next day, we sprayed febreze air effects and led in real people. i'd say it was very pleasant. flowers everywhere. oh! [ chuckles ] febreze did a really great job. impressive. febreze air effects eliminates tough odors for good. and try febreze stick & refresh. designed to stick to eliminate odors anywhere. simply click, peel off the strip and attach to surfaces in your house. febreze stick & refresh, another way to breathe happy. [ laughs ] ♪ [ female announcer ] hey ladies. you love it. you've got to have it. cinnamon toast crunch, 'cause that cinnamon and sugar is so irresistible. everybody craves those crazy squares.® she would help her child. go! goooo! [ male announcer ] with everything.

but instead she gives him capri sun super-v. with one combined serving of fruits and vegetables. capri sun super-v. . . . . . . it is 10:26 now. good morning, i'm marla tellez. we are following developing news in the south bay. san jose police announced the city's 22nd homicide of the year. the attack actually happened on sunday but the victim was recently pulled off life

support. 58-year-old francisco lugo was jumped near the intersection of 12th and jackson, near the park. his family tells nbc bay area lugo was trying to help a person being chased. that's when he was hit in the back of the head. it's unknown if a weapon was used. police are still looking for his attacker. we'll have a look at the forecast and traffic after the break.

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a live look, beautiful day shaping up over san rafael. clouds starting to break apart. meanwhile hazy skies but blue skies over sunol. everywhere we'll see that sunshine, just going to take a little while, especially by the coast. low clouds keeping us cool for today, just today. 80 in livermore, 72 fremont, 61 san francisco. we'll detail that heat wave coming our way today at 11:00. mike. >> as we look at the evening drive for south bay freeway, starting to come to the limit. a note for downtown, downtown san jose st. james park police activity blocks off the intersection so be careful there. north 880 to high street, may see slowing. we'll track that. meanwhile bay bridge starting to get crowded, there's a game in the city midday. >> i'm going to that game. thanks. susan g. komen will stop its three-day walk in san francisco and several other cities. it will continue in some cities. it will not affect the well nope

race for the cure. coming up at 11:00, the reason why the breast cancer charity is dropping the walk. we'll see you at 11:00. we're back with more of "today." and we're going to test your knowledge of famous houses in tv, music and movies s kathie lee of course is across the street. she's ready to hand out 100 bucks to those who get the answers right. to those who don't, they get the famous cd. here is kevin o'connor, host of "this old house" and ask -- are you ready? >> bring it on. >> let's see how well our folks do. >> a lovely laid from from illinois. one of the most famous tv homes ever. name the tv family that lived in this home. the courssbys, the griffiths,

bradys or the cunninghams? >> the bradys. >> yeah. >> that is such an iconic house. >> and it's a real house. >> it is? >> absolutely. that house was built in 1959. it's a split-level ranch, so it only has two bedrooms, clearly not big enough for the family and alice. so they did a little hollywood magic, but the interiors of course were shot on a studio. the white house is one of the most well-known homes in the world. how many bathrooms are in the house? hey, stop it. hold it down. is it 1, 15, 35, or doesn't everybody have 75? >> 35. >> you got it. >> and of course everyone from new orleans is right in my eyes.

>> as we say in boston, she's pretty smart. there's actually over 130 rooms in total in the white house. but the interesting things is the white house was pretty much completed in 1800. they didn't have indoor plumbing until 1833. yeah. a lot time ago. first guy to move in president john adams, no plumbing at all. >> woof indeed. renovating which room in your house would give you the biggest return on your investment -- people, please -- >> i know it's between the kitchen and bath, i'm going to say kitchen. >> good girl. good girl. >> they are on a roll. a kitchen really does change the value of your home? >> it's the first thing that people look at when they're looking to buy a house. and it turns out that you get a bigger bang for your buck for redoing a kitchen. you're not going to again 100

cents on the dollar back, the average is about 65 cents on a dollar, so don't go crazy. everybody won't love your ooba tuba. this house was located in a suburb of what, new york? chicago, st. louis or detroit? >> i'm going to go with new york. [ buzzer ] >> oh. my hot pop cd for her. she'll love it. here you go, honey. >> you see the cheers. actually it was the suburb of chicago. >> it was. i saw the eye roll, too. a real house built in 1921. it's a big house, over 4,000 square feet. it just sold last year for $1.6 million, which is pretty good considering what they did in the movie. look who's visiting from fargo. finish the lyrics to this song

made popular by the group "madness." ♪ our house >> is a very, very fine house. >> that would be crosby stills nash and young, but i figure you're just going to enjoy this party animal. that's me, hodi in the chicken outside. >> real quick, though, "our house in the middle of the street." >> we actually make all of our homeowners sing that. >> no, you don't. >> no, we don't. >> because it gets stuck in your head like it is now. >> thank you for joining us. our man of the house, lou manfredini has some tips for us. we love our lou. there are women who sacrifice so much. not giving a thought to their own satisfaction.

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all is good when our favorite handyman is in the house with his fix-it advice. >> today he's taking us outside from your garden -- >> wait, keep that shot. you look like the female bob the

builder, with this barely on your head. you look like you're going to temple. >> our lou.>> you know what, i of my screwdriver. >> yeah, we have screwdrivers on our tool belt. >> lou says there's lots you can do yourself. he's a "today" contributor and host of the syndicated show, "house smarts." he made a hat fit you. that's impossible. >> that's not even -- >> a large one. >> let's talk mulch, shall we? >> this is one of the best ways to update outside that anybody can do. keep drinking your screwdrivers. >> thank you. >> this is so simple and so effective. i have three different examples. this is a pine mulch, cedar mulch. these cost $5, $6 a bag that you can buy at hardware stores, garden centers. by using a landscape fabric like this underneath the mulch before you put it down it's going to help you control the weeds. it's not only going to make

things look nicer as far as your overall landscape, but it will hold moisture and help your plants retain that moisture. one of the best ones out there, this is a rubber mulch. it's made from ground up tractor tires made in st. louis, missouri. >> never heard of that. >> it doesn't decay. >> you do have to repeat this. >> these are $5 a bag, this is $12 a bag. >> in the long run. >> under a swing set, it's perfect because it's bouncy. >> could it be that we just used three tons of mulch in our yard for bobby's wedding. does that sound possible? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> there you have it. >> where are you going? >> i don't know. >> here. we're going to go here first. we'll talk about cleaning outside, bob. >> let's do it. >> this win decdex is a pad cle. >> it was amazing. >> it is amazing.

i started to use this on my own home. it really does work. >> it does. >> so all you end up doing is because we're in a studio, you take a hose with a sprayer. >> yes. >> you spray the glass to get it wet. >> yes. >> then you take this pad cleaner and you start scrubbing the window back and forth. the cleaner, the windex cleaner is in this pad. you can reach up to 11 feet. once you really scrub it. >> then what? >> you rinse it. there's no streaks. >> hey you know what we used, we used the windex that attaches to your hose. >> it really works. >> we used that too. >> krud kutter. >> we did everything right. >> all of these work well to clean the exterior of your home. it can shoot up to 40 feet and it's awesome. this is my favorite moss, mildew and algae product. >> what is it? >> wet and forget. they've been using this on the

roof of the sydney opera house. you spray it on your awnings, patios, decks. >> on your depends. >> it's an exterior surface. >> it will take all of the algae. in 30 days it will look great. >> have a little. >> outdoor decks. bringing your outdoor decks back to life. there's water born products by arborco. this is benjamin moore. >> it really works. >> oil based. semitransparent like this cabot is one of my favorites. you have to pressure wash the deck, get it nice and clean. >> prep it. >> prep it. put this oil base in there and it goes in there. if your deck is in bad shape, this is by rustoleum and it's called restore. >> do you like the dipped cones? >> who doesn't like a dipped cone. show us. >> this is like that layer that goes over it. it is a paint and you go nice

and slowly. to apply this finish all over the deck. this will go -- >> it stays like that? >> no, it does. >> all decking goes in here like this and it covers it. it grabs it like that hard shell on the icing but it gives you a non-slip surface. this is tintable. easy to do. when the decking looks like this, you can bring it back to life. >> lou, we love you. we don't care what anybody says. we think you're awesome. >> if you need help with the home repair project, you'll go to our facebook page. lou will help you answer them. >> we'll show you how you can stage your home for sale right after this. na na na na na ♪ ♪ i'm gonna use my two hands ♪ i'm gonna move a mountain ♪ i woke up to a light bulb on ♪ every little thing is possible now ♪

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are some tricks of the real estate trade i should know about. >> sabrina soto went to a home in brooklyn to told you how to stage your house for next to nothing. >> nice. i think the biggest misconception is that staging costs a lot of money. really the truth is, if your place is in good shape, it's all by adding a few punches of color and some fresh flowers. less than $100 per room, i'm going to spruce this place up. when you walk through the front door, your potential buyer should be treated with a light and bright space with no clutter. usual a console table is a catchall. listen, i get it. it's a little inconvenient, but everything has to be put away. my goodness. even if you have no budget whatsoever, cleaning can go a long way. when you're in the dining room,

don't feel like you have to completely put out a whole dinner service. just a few fresh flowers is good enough. use something from another part of the house into a new space. no shoes out, ever, ever, ever. this is the christmas tree stand. just sayin'. so i spent nothing except for the cost of a few flowers and treats for the real estate agent and their guests. really it's about decluttering cleaning, and brightening the space. so in this room we have pretty good, we just need to declutter. when selling your house, there are no personal photos allowed. you want the buyer to envision themselves in the house and not see tons of family photos around. when you're decluttering, this doesn't mean throw everything in the closet. buyer will look into every nook and cranny of your home. when they open every closet door, you want to make sure the

spaces are well organized, too. the key is when arranging furniture, you want 36 inches between a big piece of furniture and another piece off the wall. the kitchen is the heart of the home. this can make or break a sale. with a kitchen this good, tushd be uncluttered. you want to show off all the counter space you have, so again clear it out. after you clean your stainless steel. just dab mineral oil on a rag, and it creates a little film to keep all the fingerprints away. under an hour, and just one trip to the grocery store, i was able to stage this entire place, which shows you don't have to spend a lot of money. you just need to clean, declutter, and spew up what you've got. >> good job, sabrina soto. >> we like her. >> we like her a lot.

want to renovate your home, but not go broke doing it? >> get your place looking new on a budget.

all right. you know how it is, you've lived in the same place for so many years and tired of the outdated cabinets, but don't have the money to renovate. >> john desylvia, host of diy network's "rescue my renovation" have some ideas to give you the most bang for your buck. >> good morning. >> i know a lot of us have the same old fridge, you're just sick of everything. >> and one dingy thing can spoil everything. >> budget renovations, right? n now. you don't have the money -- you go out and buy this $5 a can.

two cans, a spray paint. you can get a stainless steel look getting rid of this old white look. >> so you left it striped like that to be cool? >> to show a before and after. >> it's retrokind of like the jetsons here. >> we were going to spray here, but we can't have it in the studio. on the diy network, we always renovate kitchens for free, so people don't have the money to update their kitchens. i always see old laminates, they don't know what to do with it. >> wow. rust oleum, and it's a long process, but they give you a dvd and bring you through the whole process, step by step. >> what's it cost? >> $250. >> instead of 15,000, maybe. >> the average kitchen countertop, $5,000 to $10,000 easy. >> what do you do? how does the process work?

>> there are so many different steps. we don't have the time to go into it. >> follow the directions. >> follow the directions. the dvd really gives you a step-bi-step process. >> this is the finished product. >> and i love the way you left the before and after. just kidding. >> what's happening here? >> homeowners always ask me what's a good project to upgrade my kitchen? backsplash tile, always upgrates. >> nasty to take it away. >> yes. yes. this stuff is peel-and-stick. no grout necessary, no adhesive. >> if you don't like it, is it as easy to remove as well? >> you can take it off real easy. peel it. >> wow, i cannot tell you -- you could redo your -- >> wow. >> stainless steel, glass. >> and right on to have of the old.

>> yes. >> about one minute. now we have kitchen knobs. the quickest upgrace. change the hardware. $2 for a pull, you want to get fancy with glass or ser ma'amic -- >> they looks like completely different cabinets. excellent. this is all so good, compared to last time. >> kidding. >> no powder on the floor. >> hardwood floor, 3/4 of an inch thick, real stuff. this is laminate? >> last thing. >> we'hoda is zoning out. >> install a new faucet. this is cool, because it's touch technology. >> stop it, john. >> thank you, john. good to see you again. tomorrow grammy winning singer ashanti is

at 11:00 a.m., we are stories. we want to start with the one that's happening right now in the south bay. this is a live look at all the activity where san jose detectives are looking into what could be the city's 23rd homicide of the year. they are trying to figure out how a body ended up in a bag inside a shopping cart. that bag, as you can see there, is now on the ground behind that gray barrier. this is near san juan mexico kan restaurant near st. james park. no word who the victim is. investigators are investigating the person was homeless. no arrests have been made. >> san jose announces the city's 22 kdom