>> enjoy the sunshine and the cool weather. we'll see you back here tomorrow. have a great one. good morning. dangerous and powerful. after spawning tornados and dumping heavy rain across the midwe midwest, those storms are racing east right now. while in colorado the wild fires rage out of control. destroying nearly 100 homes and forcing new evacuations. fight of her life. a 10-year-old wakes up in a philadelphia hospital this morning after winning her legal battle for a double lung transplant. is she out of the woods? we'll hear from her family. and full speed ahead. the duchess of cambridge helps chrissen a ship in her final solo appearance before the royal baby arrives today, thursday, june 13th, 2013.

good morning. welcome to "today" on a thursday mornle. >> al's got a busy morning. this is a massive storm system impacting 75 million people in nearly two dozen states. you're looking at some of the damage, the torrential rains, damaging winds that lashed parts of michigan. >> we're just beginning to feel the impact of these storms in the northeast. we're going to get to al in a moment. we want to begin with kristen dahlgren in chicago. she will show us the damage that's already been done. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. a sigh of relief if chicago. things have cleared but a different scene here overnight. now millions more as you said

bracing for this massive and dangerous system. a rough night across the midwest with tornados touching down in bellman, iowa. in yorkville, illinois lightning strikes and thunderstorms blanketed the area. outside of chicago, the weather channel's mike seidel took cover with his crew inside their vehicle near joliet. >> you can see what may be a rain-wrapped funnel cloud. the tornado siren on our back door. it was piercing and for about 15 or 20 minutes we got just shellacked with winds. >> reporter: lightning hitting the sears tower. >> did quite a bit of damage. >> reporter: in northeast illinois heavy rain sent residents running for cover while hail, sleet and high winds battered the area knocking down trees and power lines. >> quite the wind. probably one of the better winds we've seen. >> reporter: in lake dalton,

wisconsin rain caused part of the roof to collapse at a walmart. thoupss left without power in the chicago area. 500 flights out of o'hare international airport were canceled. >> reporter: no major injuries reported but 20,000 customers in the chicago area without power and that number could grow as we go through the day today as this moves east. >> kristen dahlgren, thank you. >> al has been tracking this storm. what do we expect? >> we have ground stops at the airports at baltimore, d.c., philadelphia and laguardia and those airport delays are going to grow. look at this massive system from indianapolis all the way to new york. and you can see the lightning strikes, we have severe thunderstorm watches in effect right now from parts of central pennsylvania down to washington, d.c. until 11:00 a.m. this morning. and as we go into the live radar you can see where all of this is going on. hagerstown, maryland, elkins, west virginia, it's moving to the east, washington, d.c., you're going to see it just

about 9:00. and here is what we can expect. as far as today is concerned we have a risk of storms from jackson into the northeast but as we zoom in, the strongest risk for severe damaging winds, hail, possibility of tornados, richmond, norfolk, d.c. all the way up just south of new york city. so we are going to be looking at not only the damaging winds and all of the hail, but rain where we have not seen or we've seen a lot of rain we're going to see more. upwards of five inches of rain from central pennsylvania back into new england, and so we have flash flood watches and flood watches in effect from northern indiana all the way to boston, new york, washington, and pittsburgh. it is going to be a mess and the rain blasts right into tomorrow. savannah. >> we'll check back with you. all of that rain could have come in handy in colorado where a series of wild fires is raging on. the flames are spreading now and

prompting increased evacuations. miguel almaguer is in colorado springs with this story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. burning three days now the black forest fire may have charred up to 12,000 acres. the blaze is unchecked still spreading out of control as we get our first up close look at the damage. behind the firelines with nearly 100 homes swallowed by flames, many million-dollar properties reduced to mounds of rubble. the damage outside colorado springs stretches block after block. this morning, crews are mopping up hot spots, some 300 homes were saved in the fire fight, but 3400 others remain in the path of this out-of-control inferno. nearly 10,000 people can't go home. >> we have a 20-month-old, and this morning she asked to go home. things like that are hard. >> reporter: for three days the black forest fire has swept

across some 50 square miles of land. video taken by the "denver post" shows the fire's aggressive erratic behavior after nightfall. despite a steady dose of an air and ground assault, crews have not beatsen back flames. wednesday the fire split into two, moving in different directions. >> it's still quite volatile and i'll tell you we are throwing everything at this we possibly can. >> reporter: this morning the battle in some neighborhoods is over, while in other communities it's just begun. this fire is still being fueled by bone dry conditions and whipping winds. firefighters could catch a break weather wise, we could expect to see lower winds later today that will help crews on the front line. there are four major wild fires burning across colorado. matt. >> miguel almaguer, thank you. we've got new developments this morning tied to the nsa leaks and of course the search for the man behind them.

nbc's ian williams is in hong kong where edward snowden has spoken out again. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. edward snowden did resurface briefly for what was in effect an appeal to hong kong through its main english language newspapers. he said he wants to stay here and fight. >> edward snowden has given an interview. >> reporter: the talk of hong kong, an interview with the morning post from a safe house somewhere in this teeming city of 7.2 million people. in it, edward snowden alleges that the u.s. hacked into hu hundreds of targets in china and hong kong saying i'm not here to hide from justice, i'm here to reveal criminality. he intends to ask the courts and people of hong kong to decide my fate. >> i think he is slightly deluding himself. there isn't a strong tradition of being supportive of people

seeking political asylum here. >> reporter: the hong kong media reporting that snowden is seeking local legal help. >> here or confusion. >> reporter: while half a world away in washington the head of the national security agency told senators the program snowden exposed had played a big part in deterring terror attacks. >> i gave an approximate number to them. classified. but it's dozens of terrorist events that these have helped prevent. >> reporter: insight into snowden's character comes from blogs posting and royted by reuters after he dropped out of school and his parents divorced. i act arrogant and cruel. because the public education system turned its retch ed spike back on me.

>> reporter: today als first reaction from beijing, the china daily saying that washington after accusing china of massive cyber spying has now been exposed as the world's biggest cyber snooper. continue to make headlines. thank you. >> meantime, natalie is here with a sat sorry, a death rocking the racing world. >> true. good morning everyone. tragedy on the racetrack during the night killed nascar driver jason leffler. it happened during a race at the bridge port speedway in southern new jersey. leffler's car hit a wall and flipped several times. nascar called him a fierce competitor who will be missed. jason leffler was 37, he leaves a 5-year-old son. >> startling numbers from the united nations about the ongoing conflicts in syria. today the u.n. said at least 93,000 people have been killed since the civil war began there. the u.s. is considering whether to provide weapons to syrian rebels.

>> and now let's head to wall street after a down day today in tokyo, cnbc's mary thompson has more from the stock exchange. what's ahead? >> we're looking ahead to cody's initial public offering. it goes public, the sale expected to raise about a billion dollars. in the maker of nails and a variety of perfumes. facebook is following in the foot steps of twitter offering clickable hash tags allowing users to click on a name, a topic, a place, and see what others are saying. as you mentioned after wednesday's decline wall street is looking for a rebound wednesday's decline the first three-day slide for the dow this year. >> thank you. two men are safe this morning after a high rise drama here in new york. the maintenance workers were left dangling wednesday about 500 feet above ground when their scaffold collapsed. they hung for more than an hour before rescuers were able to pull them inside. >> and epic start last night to the stanley cup finals in a game

in chicago that didn't end until this morning. it went into three overtimes before the blackhawks beat the bruins 4-3 in the fifth longest stanley cup finals game ever. game two is saturday night on the nbc sports network. >> and a guide dog in training is being hailed as a quick learner and hero. he was practicing with a blindfolded trainer and supervisor in san rafael, california when he heard the wheels of an out-of-control car and let both humans know trouble was coming. they got out of the way as the car came down sidewalk in reverse as you see that call close, caught there on tape. the 93-year-old driver had been trying to parallel park and apparently hit the gas instead of the brake. amazing animal. >> that was the training so i guess -- >> thank you. >> mr. roker, more on severe weather affecting a lot of people across the country. >> absolutely. in fact, as we look and show you

out west we've got another area of risky weather, severe thunderstorms, back to the western plains. the heat continues interior sections of the southwest. a beautiful day in the upper midwest with minneapolis looking at temperatures in mid-70s with plenty of sunshine. hit or miss thunderstorms through central florida. showers along southern texas and we're looking at plenty of sunshine northern texas on into the central plains. we're going to get to your local forecast in 30 seconds. softbal. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for, because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. ready to plan for your future? we'll help you get there.

good thursday morning to you. so close to the weekend. i wanted to show you this live picture to show how clear it is over the golden gate bridge. we have a spectacular setup today. a warmer day across the coast and just about as warp as yesterday inland. perfect conditions. 53 in san jose. as we head throughout the day, (srs! into the low 80s. 77 bay side, 68 at the coast. we'll have your seven day outlook in just a few moments. and that's your latest weather. >> thank you. a 10-year-old girl whose fight for a life saving transplant was the center of a political debate is recovering after undergoing successful surgery. stephanie gosk is at the hospital in philadelphia. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. good news here at the children's hospital of philadelphia, the surgery was a success, and it happened just in time. it was a long tense night at children's hospital where sarah

is recovering from a life saving double lung transplant. the 10-year-old had been unconscious since saturday. without the surgery to repair her damaged lungs her family didn't expect the fourth-grader to survive a week. after six hours good news. >> wow. what a night. the surgery was very, very successful. it was flawless, perfectly executed. >> reporter: the team had to resize the adult donor lungs to fit sarah. lungs she never would have gotten without a court order. the family filed a lawsuit to get their daughter on a donor list of patients 12 years old or older. and they won. a week later, an adult donor was found. >> we waited 18 mlts for pediatric lungs, we would not have gotten an offer that would have saved her life without being able to get adult lungs. >> reporter: transplant rules create two lists, one for children under 12 and one for everyone over.

adult transplants can be risky in small children but children donor are rare. the rules are established by a group of doctors to manage a limited supply. some worry desperate families waiting for transplants may now turn to the courts. >> we have an avenue, allowing judges to make dess rather than a system that strives to be as fair and transparent as possible. >> reporter: the family believes the system is broken and that sarah was nearly a victim of it. >> everyone is so relieved and happy. we fought for this for so long it's hard to believe it happened. >> reporter: they thank the family of the donor who had to suffer a loss for sarah to get these lungs. health experts say this case and many like it highlight the real problem in this country, which is a lack of organ donors. >> stephanie, thank you very much. the carnival cruise "triumph" is ready to sail again since february's engine fire that you

probably remember left thousands stranded at sea. janet chamblee is on the ship right now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. the last time we saw triumph these decks were filled with mattresses dragged out by angry passengers who were sleeping outside to avoid the stench in the room. it's four months and carnival is unveiling it says is a rehabbed triumph even allowing us to broadcast live hours before it sets sail for the first time since that fateful cruise. today carnival hopes to erase the story of the old karn inal triumph with a better carnival triumph. hobbled in february by a fire that left it adrift almost a week it was a nightmare. food in short supply, urine soaked the floor. >> this is the worst experience ever. >> reporter: in the age of social media the horrors played out before an audience of

millions as passengers tweeted out photos and called in reports. >> the worst part is the bathrooms. you can't flush so everyone's going in little plastic bag es and putting it outside their room. >> never again. >> reporter: the ship docked in mobile, alabama. vowing triumph would be back. today it's a sold out crowd. >> our pricing has been impacted some as a result. >> reporter: now the ceo is touting more than $100 million in repairs and upgrades. a reputation makeover is also in the works. >> the main pool area, this entire area has been completely redone. >> reporter: more serene scene than the last cruise where many slept at night to escape the stench and heat. for passengers sailing today, those little concern. >> i have full confidence in the repairs and upgrades they conducted. >> reporter: so this was a discounted cruise today. it's four-day cruise to mexico.

monday there is a five-day cruise to mexico. it's sold out but at discounted prices and the cruise line is showing its ceo he's out giving tours as well, they are working on an image makeover as well. >> we'll see if you get off the boat before it heads to mexico. thank you so much. meantime, a new video of russian president strad a mere putin is making waves not for what he says but for the language in which he says it. english. here's nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. >> i'm delighted to meet members and guest of the general assembly for the international bureau. >> it's not that vladamir putin americans are used to, playing the role of pitch man and speaking english in attempt to win russia's selection as the 220 world expo. -video showing putin reading off a teleprompter went viral. >> we are powerless amist our

bid to host 2022. >> reporter: hardly an obvious candidate as thousands demand his resignation wednesday. it's not the first time russia's strong man demonstrated a flare for showmanship. aiming a rifle,py it will t lotting a race car and a motorcycle. and while u.s. officials say putin stick to russian when it counts at summit, he has shown off his english before. ♪ on blueberry hill >> performing the classic "blueberry hill" in st st. petersburg, perhaps part of an effort to not get lost in translation. for "today" andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >> russia's got talent. >> if you plan on going to russia best if you don't say anything. >> exactly right.

>> we're going to sochi? >> we are. >> coming up, why would she do it? the husband band of the woman who allegedly mailed ricin-tainted letters to the white house in an attempt to frame him speaks out in a live interview. >> we are live in london where the duchess of cambridge made her final solo appearance before giving birth. we'll have those pictures. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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out of makeshift tree huts. one protester jumped from a tree suffering minor injuries. seven people were arrested in that raid. a big rig fire blocked four lanes of highway 24 in lafayette. those flames broke out just before 5:00 on the big rig carrying other cars. a traffic mess to say the least. what's the situation looking like now, mike? >> much better. six of the nine cars were burned out. look at the shells. kind of the same status right now. the slow lane blocked right now. officer evans from chp says they put cones in place because they didn't know how long it would take. we'll get a look at the maps. we see the slowing west 24 off 680. 242 show it is backup now. we're looking at the south bay where northbound 101 shows gentle slowing. not so bad here. well. the folks coming toward the

camera, southbound, getting the sun in their eyes. we call it the sunrise slowdown. >> we have no low clouds this morning, even in san francisco. look at that, old glory not getting any pickup. the winds have relaxed. we have a beautiful day shaping up across the bay with highs similar to where we ended up yesterday. 83 for livermore, 77 for fremont. temperatures drop off just in time for father's day. >> can't complain about that. i'll have another local news update in about half an hour. hope to see you then. [ male announcer ] the new subway® $4 lunch is for everyone.

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federal authorities after threatening letters that tested positive for the deadly poison ricin were discovered. they'd been mailed to president obama, a washington lobbyist, and new york city mayor michael bloomberg. >> the letter, in essence, complains about gun control and says that anyone who comes for my gun will be shot in the face. >> officials say richardson told them her estranged husband nathaniel, an army veteran, had been behind the poison letters. fbi agents searched the couple's home in new boston, texas, 95 miles from shreveport, louisiana, where the letters were postmarked. after authorities say she failed a polygraph test, richardson was arrested and charged with sending the letters herself in an attempt to frame her husband. she has yet to enter a plea, but her attorneys say she'll plead not guilty. nate richardson is with us now along with his attorney john delk. gentlemen, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> nate, let's go back to the beginning when federal

authorities came to you and said your wife had implicated you in sending these letters with ricin. what was your first reaction? >> well, it was kind of like disbelief, or it was like a bad dream. >> were you afraid that you might be arrested and charged? >> well, a lot of times, fbi kind of jumps to conclusions, but they were very thorough, very respectful, and just not really moving too quickly. >> were you shocked that an accusation like that would come from your own wife? i know you were going through some marital troubles, but that said, was this not pretty surprising? >> oh, yes, very surprising, very surprising. >> did you think she was capable of something like that? >> well, really, you don't sit there and think about what people would do to you, but i just really didn't know, couldn't tell. >> take me back into that interrogation room. as i understand it, you were questioned for almost 11 hours. what did they say?

what was that scene like? >> i can't go into the actual specifics of what questions, but it was -- they were just very thorough. they asked all kinds of questions. you know, when you don't know anything, it just seems really strange to hear some of them. >> according to the affidavit, there were computer searches related to ricin found on the home computer. they later found some castor beans, which is an ingredient in ricin, in your car. your wife now claims to the authorities that, yes, she sent the letters, about ybut you for to. so let's get on the record about this. did you have anything to do with these letters sent to president obama and others? >> no, ma'am. >> john, do you feel your client is out of the woods in terms of this investigation? >> i wouldn't say out of the woods. i'd say we're close to the edge of the woods. there are small areas that we still need to mop up with the fbi, but i think they're pretty clear how they feel who did this. one person's been arrested.

one person hasn't. one person's cooperating and answering all their questions. one person is in jail this morning. >> your wife is pregnant. you are expecting a baby. do you worry about her alleged handling of some of these dangerous materials and what effect that might have? >> well, basically, we have to cross that bridge when we come to it. >> are you surprised that she, according to authorities, would even be capable, in other words, have the technical know how to make this poison? >> she's a very intelligent woman. that is definitely one of the qualities i did find attractive in her. >> and what do you hope happens here? what do you think her punishment should be, if she is found guilty? >> that's not really for me to decide. i'm more worried about getting back to my normal life. >> nate richardson, thank you for being here telling us your story. john delk, we appreciate it too. we'll turn now and get a check of the weather from al. >> thanks so much, savannah.

we've got the little shower activity. i'm going to put this down for a second. all the nice folks from north carolina, got a middle school here. look at this crowd coming up. they're having a good time from columbia, south carolina, as well. the kelly middle school. all right. hey, let's take a look and show you the rain that's making its way on in here. you can see heavy thunderstorms now, severe thunderstorwatches all the way to new york, just to the south of new york and new jersey. and also, for the folks who are watching these heavy storms, the u.s. open, they're supposed to tee off this morning, and as you check it out, you can see we're going to be looking at a lot of rain today for the u.s. open. the good news is it moves through pretty quickly. showers on friday, but the weekend rounds will be fine. you can see the temperatures. look at the heat out in vegas, 103, 109. amarillo, 97. wichita falls, 101. heat continues to the south with

tuscaloosa, new orleans, nine degrees above naormal. even as far south or north as washington, 7:37. really puts it into perspective how nice it's going to be in the bay area when you look at all that severe national weather. here san jose, beautiful clear start to the day. temperature in san jose later on, 78 degrees. just perfection for june standards in the bay area. 68 degrees on the way to san francisco. we've got a big weekend for dads and grads. temperatures will drop off as we head from saturday into sunday. hope you have a fantastic thursday. >> make sure you get the weather on the what you need out of this dangerous situation. you go to the weather channel on cable, weather.com online. matt, savannah? >> al, thank you very much. always a good idea. coming up next, a new warning about a heartless crime. thieves are using the obituaries to target homes while people attend funerals.

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♪ we're back now at 7:42. a new warning from police about a crime that is so despicable, even veteran detectives are stunned. this will make you shake your head. thieves are using funerals to rob families. today national "today" correspondent jeff rossen is shaking his head. jeff, good morning. >> how low can you go? it doesn't get much lower than this. bands of thieves now targeting families at their most vulnerable. here's how it works. when you lose a loved one, you post an obituary in the newspaper, along with details of the funeral. the criminals know you won't be home, and that's when they strike while you're at the cemetery. they are well-planned attacks, thieves poring through local obituaries and picking out the

homes of grieving relatives. when you leave for the funeral, the thieves move in, and they are heartless. >> this is hard. >> reporter: it happened to cindy and dennis higden. their son christian was tragically killed, but while they were at his funeral laying him to rest, thieves were ransacking their kentucky home. you get to the front door, and what do you see? >> everything in the house totally torn apart, thrown everywhere, broken. it's like you have already felt like you're at the lowest point you could be, and i literally -- it's like i just fell to the ground. >> reporter: police say the thieves found this family through this obituary in the local newspaper, listing their full names, their hometown, and the date and time of the funeral. investigators say these two men, now charged, hit the house during the service, giving them hours to steal everything from expensive jewelry to computers

to sentimental items from christian's own room. >> they took everything away from us. they put us into another level of low that we didn't think could ever exist. >> reporter: you thought you were at the lowest? >> yes, but we found out there's still a long way to go. >> reporter: and police say it gets even more extreme. near seattle, ten homes burglarized while the families were at funerals. hundreds of thousands of dollars in possessions stolen. >> it's heinous. it's reprehensible. >> reporter: margaret ludwig is lead investigator and busted these three, now in prison. they were running an obituary crime ring so sophisticated and organized, even seasoned investigators were stunned. >> they had their computers set up to where they would receive e-mail notifications of the new obituaries that were coming into the local paper. >> reporter: this was a serious operation? >> yes, a lot of thinking went into how they were going to pull this off. >> reporter: for the victims who have already lost so much, it is

the ultimate invasion. >> it's like, please, have a heart. i mean, think about the people you're doing this to. what they're already going through. >> that family wanted to share their story to help you at home. in fact, they're so traumatized by what happened, they're actually planning to move out of their house. police say we can all learn from this, and there are ways to protect yourself. so here's the takeaway. if you lose a loved one and you write an obituary, don't print your full name or hometown. that just makes it easy for the criminals to find you. if you can, have a friend or a neighbor stay at your house during the funeral just to keep an eye on things. and if that's not possible, park a few cars in the driveway to make it look like someone is home. obviously, this is the last thing you want to think about when you're grieving, but, matt, as we have seen, these krim lcrs will stoop to any level to get money. >> what's the expression?

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last official solo outing before the arrival of baby. michelle kosinski is in london with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. people have been so anxious to see kate, but after this week, it will be her time to rest and prepare privately for the royal birth. before she becomes a mother, though, she will be a godmother this morning, christening a ship called the "royal princess." the crowd showers kate with hello and good-bye for a month. >> i name this ship "royal princess." >> reporter: after this week, the next time we see the duchess, she will be a mother, and the world will know the future king or queen. kate is christening one of the biggest, most glamorous cruise ships in the world, but there was another "royal princess" cruise liner before her christened by princess diana. >> may god bless her and all who sail in her. >> reporter: back then her royal

pregnancy was more tented than presented. kate's glamour has been building, along with the excitement. >> a very beautiful baby. >> we get a royal birth like this once in a generation. >> it should have a scottish name. >> yes. >> reporter: and as the summer social scene enters full whirl without kate this year, she is still very much present. >> she dresses well? >> every time. she's so appropriate. >> reporter: now time for kate to step gracefully out of the public eye. >> will the duchess of cambridge ever look huge, michelle? i don't think so. she's like the most svelte and sophisticated pregnant woman i've ever seen. >> reporter: and the gender of the royal baby still a secret. >> actually, to be fair, when we were in america with prince harry, we kind of pressed him on it, and he said, look, nobody knows what the sex is, least of all me. it had been reported he'd been telling friends it was a boy. he said, he'd have to be a clairvoyant to know that.

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beautiful condition, crystal clear. we'll still see high, not too hot, not too cool. 83 degrees on the way to livermore. 77 in fremont and 68 on the way. to san francisco, so close to the weekend now, for your friday, 87 degrees inland. 71 at the coast and then as you're off work enjoying the weekend, temperatures will be very comfortable. expecting a lot of sunshine for all the dads out there like our own mike inouye this father's day. >> thank you. we have sunshine and some slowing. look at north 101 north of 680. '680 northbound showing traffic bogging down. we'll show you the area, north 101, north 680 a little slow. south bay overall, a crash north 280 outside of downtown. there's a little spectator slowing. 87 also shows traffic slowing there. no problems for the peninsula. typical build towards palo alto. one lane closed west 24 at central lafayette.

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june 13th, 2013. a busy day in manhattan as we play a great song, "one more night" by maroon 5. maroon 5 will be here tomorrow morning. great concerts, our summer concert series. let people stick around for 24 hours in the rain or how about coming back. good morning, i'm savannah guthrie, alongside matt lauer and al roker. you may have a little bit of jealousy when we tell you this story. what the average google intern is making this summer might make your jaws drop. >> i would say that's absolutely true.

also ahead, these new electronic cigarettes. you probably heard a lot about these. the question is when the smoke clears or the vapor in the case of these, are they truly a healthier alternative? we'll be checking that out. and then with the whole controversy about the see-through problem with their apparel and ceos stepping down, can lululemon get its mojo back? both men and women wear them. >> we'll have more on that. natalie morales is over at the newsdesk. >> good morning, everyone. breaking news, a supreme court decision that could restrict the ability of companies to patent genetic ability. the justices ruled unanimously that genetic material does have patent protection, however they said that genes extracted from the human body not have. the case involves patents held by myriad genetics on genes

linked to breast and ovarian cancer. there's a major fire and explosion this morning at a chemical plant in geismar, louisiana. there are reports of injuries. right now, it's not clear how many. ambulances and crews are at the scene right now. attorneys head into a fourth day of jury selection today of the george zimmerman murder trial. the neighborhood watch member has pleaded not guilty to second degree murder in the shooting of unarmed teenager trayvon martin. he says it was self-defense. so far, all of the potential jurors have said they do have only knowledge of the case. a lawyer for cleveland kidnapping suspect ariel castro is hinting that a trial might be avoided if prosecutors do not seek the death penalty. he is charged with keeping three young women captive for many years. he pleaded not guilty to rape

and murder. castro returns to court next week. a ballpark security guard has his helmet to thank for preventing what could have been a painful injury. take a look at this foul ball at the yankee/o's game. it ricochetted off the wall, caught him on the side of the head. he signalled to the crowd that he was fine. thanks to that helmet again. and an encounter with a great white shark left a new jersey angler and his buddies with more than the fish story. he videotaped the 15-foot predator as it circled his boat for a harrowing ten minutes last weekend. great white sightings are more common because of the increased number of seals in which they eat. the shark did try to chomp on the boat but that wasn't very tasty and fortunately then it swam away. 8:03 right now. let's go back out to matt and al. >> it was 30 miles off shore, right?

>> yeah. it was quite a ways out. >> we like to hear that. >> that's what you tell yourself. >> exactly. mr. roker has a check of the weather. >> we'll need a big umbrella. yeah. hey, we have some kids. what's trio works what is that? >> the federally funded program. >> okay. that's great. >> where are you from? >> from colorado. >> well, fantastic. i hope your fires get put out. we'll send the rain over there. let's check the weather. for today, we have a risk of strong storms from jackson, mississippi, all the way up to pittsburgh. and then the strong risk, norfolk, d.c., up to atlantic city. even a few tornados out of the system. the rain is a big problem. this is the beginning of the rain. the main areas of showers and thunderstorms back to the west. some areas on into new england could pick up to five inches of rain over the next 24 hours. and that's why we have flood

watches, flash flood watches and in parts of central west virginia flood warnings. and so we'll be looking at a lot 8:05 now. meanwhile, al, all we're watching here for in the bay area is another bay area stunner. look at gorgeous day shaping up over the sunol hills. lots of sunshine and temperatures today, even with all that sunshine coming in so early, are not going to get any warmer than where we were yesterday. we'll be about the same. as we head through tomorrow, we'll warm up to 87 degrees inland. that's the peak of it. then saturday and sunday, father's day, we take the temperatures back down to the 70s. it's going to be comfortable here this weekend. c3 preparándonos para el concurso >> thank you for that. coming up on trending, we'll

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summer interns are paid an average of nearly $6,000 every month. if you're a software engineer intern, you can rake in about $6,500 a month. meaning over a summer you can earn about $20,000. that's about half of what average americans make in an entire year, and it's raising some eyebrows. people downtown where google has the big new headquarters say the interns are out. they're spending money at restaurants, and they're good tippers. >> they're good for the economy. if they bring expertise, that makes some sense. maybe they're doing more than getting coffee. >> and google interns also in the spotlight recently because of this new movie, "the internship" starring owen wilson and vince vaughn. it's a big year for google interns. >> the interns doing better than the movie actually did. >> staying on the subject of the economy, sort of trending on the west side of "the new york times" this morning, big news for borrowers. last few years, we've been able to count on interest rates always seeming to head lower and

lower. as the economy improves, that's about to change. let's bring in financial editor jeanne chatzky. you want to be happy because it's a sign of the economy improving. what do we see? >> we've seen mortgage rates pop from 3.5% at the beginning of may just to 4% now. just to put that in perspective, if you've got a $250,000 loan, you're pagan extra $1,000 a year in interest. >> car loans, student loans, interest on all those things going up. >> so the takeaway from this is lock your interest rates down now. if you're in the market for a mortgage, lock it in. refinance your car loan. look at your personal loans. flip side, though, for savers, if you are a saver, don't put your money in a five-year cd. if rates go up, you want to be able to capture that. >> cash is cash. >> exactly. >> you missed the opportunity, right? >> rates could fluctuate a little bit on the way up, but this is the definite trend we're

seeing. >> thank you. also trending on msn for a lot of us is stress-free experience at the airport is as real as a unicorn, but one 9-year-old girl from britain lucked out when she inadvertently passed through customs in turkey with a toy passport last month. the accident happened when emily harris' mom accidentally mixed up the girl's real passport with the novelty item which was meant for her toy unicorn. nonetheless, officials in turkey apparently stamped the trinket despite the large colorful image of a magical creature. makes you feel really good about airport security in turkey. >> is maybe the agent could see the unicorn. speaking of flying, trending on google is the bicycle of the future. three companies in the czech republic have teamed up to develop arototype of a flying electric bike. since battery powered propellors give the 200-pound flying

machine its lift on wednesday. the gadget was flown by a dummy. i could do that. it's controlled remotely. they're hoping soon it could exist. >> it always flies in a circle. you keep the cord plugged in. around and around. >> you want to ride that, al? >> no. >> if those batteries give out and you're 15 feet up, that's a harsh landing. >> once you've had e.t. guiding you through. trending on youtube, look who is slow many gentlemanijamm. new jersey's governor chris christie stopped by jimmy fallon to counter criticism over his state's upcoming special election. ♪ what we don't need is another unelected politician just sitting around in congress ♪ ♪ whether it's in the senate or the house of representatives ♪ >> mm, mm, mm. ♪ take it from my man the love gov ♪ ♪ when he sits around the house

of representatives, he really sits around the house of representatives ♪ >> some outdated shots as well because the governor is slimming down a bit. this is interesting because the governor does a lot of these types of appearances, he's very good at them, yet his opponent, his definite opponent in the governor's race, democrat barbara bono is trying to use this against him. he's funny on talk shows, but here's the record in office. i don't know if it's all that effective. >> always good to try to turn a strength into a weakness. >> you got to love the name, the love gov. >> we'll see if it sticks. that is what is trending today. now has the it company of exercise apparel lost its mojo? lululemon has faced its share of challenges this year, and now the ceo that helped build the brand is voluntarily lululemon has faced its share of challenges this year, and now the ceo that helped build the brand is voluntarily stepping down. they're known as lululemons,

beloved by yoga and fitness enthusiasts across the country, including our own hoda kotb. >> i love lululemons. nothing makes you feel thinner than a pair of lululemons. >> when it was announced that the company's chief executive officer christine day announced she'd be stepping down for personal reasons, it sent stock prices tumbling by 17%. lululemon was forced to pull its brand from stores and websites due to complaints by customers of a too sheer bottom that left little to the imagination. now the company is stretched thin as well, forced to face a future without its popular leader and wondering if consumers will still be willing to stretch their wallets with a high-end brand. what will the change in lululemon mean for the brand and for consumers? dana telsey is a retail analyst. dana, good to see you. >> nice to see you. >> this was the "it" brand over

the last couple of years, and now if you're a consumer and you love this stuff, you're watching real problems at the company. does that matter to consumers at all? >> no, it's about the product. it's about the product, having it in stock, having new categories to expand into, and it's still working. >> i was watching, after the whole see-through debacle, the company stabilized, it did real well. the stock seemed to stabilize. i know that women, for example, standing in a store waiting to buy some yoga pants don't care about a stock price. but i want to show you what happened to this stock over the course of a day or two. it plummeted after the announcement that the ceo was leaving. it lost about 17% or 18% of its value. what's the reason for that if the consumers are still liking the products? >> christine day has done a terrific job building sales, building earnings. you've had a ceo who's in place from '05 to '08 who's responsible for taking the company public. christine built the identity, had competent consumers come in to build the dna. next up, global growth. different skill set for global growth versus building a brand. >> what do they need to do right

now to stop the plummet and to make sure consumers still line up at the cash register. >> get the black luon pants in, and consumers will be buying. >> we'll keep an eye on lululemon. dana, thanks. >> let's go to savannah. as more americans try to kick the smoking habit, one product is experiencing a bit of a boom. sales of electronic cigarettes are expected to double this year, but that leads to a question, how safe are they? "today's" erica hill took a look at that. erica, good morning. >> reporter: hi, savannah, good morning to you. they claim to be the healthier alternative to traditional cigarettes. with more people making a switch, they've certainly come a long way. remember when smoking was cool, even sexy? how times have changed. hollywood's new cigarette of choice just may be electronic. >> i just take a regular. >> reporter: actress katherine heigl got david letterman to try one back in 2010. >> you have no excuse now to smoke a real cigarette.

>> reporter: and she's not the only celeb puffing and pushing e-cigarettes. >> it lets me enjoy smoking without affecting the people around me. >> reporter: makers tout the gadgets as a healthier alternative because there's no smoke. e-cigarettes use batteries to heat nicotine in a cartridge. creating a vapor that's inhaled, then exhaled as water. but there's also no data yet on the long-term effects of e-cigarettes. the fda, which does not yet regulate them, warns there's no way to know "whether e-cigarettes are safe." one thing we do know, they're big business. >> it was worth $500 million in 2012. analysts project that it's going to be worth $1 billion in 2013. >> reporter: overall traditional cigarette sales are down, falling 4.5% in the first two months of this year. while e-cigarettes aren't the only factor for that dip, there's no denying their rise in popularity.

in 2011, 21% of adult smokers had used e-cigarettes, up from just 10% the year before. and there may be one other incentive, cost. >> estimate that they're somewhere between $800 and $900 in savings a year if a consumer switches from traditional cigarettes to e-cigarettes. >> reporter: something you can bet marketers will capitalize on. and traditional tobacco companies are also taking notice. altria, whose stable brand is marlboro, announced plans for its own electronic cigarette recently. savannah? >> okay, erica, thank you. let's take a deeper look with dr. nancy snyderman, she's nbc's chief medical editor. nancy, good morning to you. the fda says there haven't been studies to determine officially whether they're safe. is there a feeling among the medical community about whether these e-cigarettes are safe for people? >> we know that nicotine is the addictive compound that brings you into the tent. then it's the 4,000 chemicals and tar that kill you in regular cigarettes.

so, if you just look at a nicotine delivery system versus a nicotine and carcinogen delivery system, which is a typical cigarette, doctors will say it's safer and maybe a steppingstone to get off real cigarettes, but are there long-term tests to see if the other compounds are safe? not really. >> they're safer than traditional cigarettes, but are they safe? that's still an open question. >> nicotine alone in the doses you get in a real cigarette is not really a problem. it is addicting, but it's not what really hurts you. it's the stuff that comes along with it. >> do you like the idea of using the e-cigarette as kind of a stepdown for someone who needs a gateway to quitting but doesn't want to go cold turkey? >> i'm a cancer surgeon. cigarettes are what kept me in business for 30 years. anything that allows people to step away from tobacco is, to me, a decent first step. there's propylene glycol in here and glycerine, and they're in a lot of household compounds we use anyway. certainly better than arsenic

and a lot of the other compounds we see in real tobacco. >> would you worry about a nonsmoker or perhaps a former smoker picking it up and saying, these are safe. why don't i give it a try? >> that's just it. if you get addicted to nicotine, you then get lured back to the smell and the ambience of real cigarettes. nobody's looked at that. the gateway idea of drug addiction has always been controversial. but i think, as it stands right now, big tobacco absolutely knows these are a hot item because, one, people die from cigarettes or they quit. so what does big tobacco have to do? they have to recoup those people. so, to see this as a hot market, they're absolutely going to do it. altria, which is really philip morris, they're looking forward to this. i suspect this is going to be a very big global investment. >> nancay, always good to get your take on it. thank you very much. we'll send it over to matt. now to an innovative program to deal with a serious problem that's faced by millions of americans. it's hoarding, and it could become a model for cities across the country.

eamon is here with the details. good morning to you. >> thanks, matt. the latest edition of the psychiatric diagnostic manual lists compulsive hoarding as an official disorder. an estimated 1 out of 20 americans has a problem with it. that's why an agency in southern california is taking a more holistic approach to protecting their community. somewhere in this room is the bed for nancy hall spends most of her day. after more than a decade of hoarding, there are only a few places where nancy can stand or sit in her two-story town home. your house is almost not usable with the way that you want to use it. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: and that has orange county fire prevention specialist darren johnson worried. >> the amount of combustibles that nancy has in her house and smoking is just a countdown to a disaster. >> reporter: johnson is part of the county's hoarding task force, protecting communities from the safety risks of hoarders while helping hoarders like nancy. with johnson's help, nancy has cleared a path in her home,

installed new smoke alarms, and even switched to electronic cigarettes. it's all an effort to keep nancy's home from turning into this. this is the worst of the worst, a town home in san juan capistrano, where johnson and a vector control inspector are forced to walk on two feet of trash to check for rats. >> there's a lot of dead. you can smell the dead. >> you can definitely smell the dead. >> reporter: the home belonged to jillian cannon, a lifelong hoarder who passed away in january and hadn't allowed anyone in her home in more than six years. >> two years ago we tried to have an intervention with her. we wanted to try and get things cleaned up and get her on the road to recovery, and she absolutely refused. >> you really do need help with this. >> reporter: back at nancy's home, the fire department calls in another member of the task force. >> you come into a room like this, what's your initial reaction or response?

>> paperwork is a tough one for a lot of people. nancy, you're definitely not alone there. >> reporter: cory chalmers is the owner of the cleaning company featured in the tv show "hoarders." >> anyone who works with a hoarder has to play psychologist. this isn't about going in and taking their trash and cleaning up stuff, it really is. >> reporter: what if you came in and your house was beautiful and you didn't know what happened to your stuff. what would your thoughts and emotions be? >> well, i would be appalled, to begin with. >> reporter: for the task force, success comes from striking the right balance between ensuring public safety and getting individual help for people like nancy. >> she's going down the right path, and we're just excited for nancy. >> it's in the right direction. obviously, you know, there's a long way to go. >> nancy says a flood in the late '90s was the beginning of her problems with clutter, and

she's never been able to get organized since then. the goal of this task force is to get homeowners like nancy to want to get cleaned up and organized rather than finding them or forcing them out of their homes. >> well, that number is shocking. 1 in 20 people have some form of this disorder. thank you very much. good to have you here. coming up, we have a live performance from harry connick jr. in our studio. harry, who's paying for all these musicians, you or us? >> that would be you, matt. >> okay, good. and we've got a burger battle for the ages. three viewers share their best recipes. one of them's from new orleans, by the way. recipes. one of them's from new orleans, by the way.

good thursday morning to you. 8:26 now. i'm laura o$uaia-cannon. in about an hour crews will finish with the cemetery at valley medical center that was believed to be used from the 1870s to the 1970s before disappearing from county records. they have found no identifying information on the remains that have been found. i want to check that morning commute with mike. how's it looking out there? >> overall, very good. lighter traffic and the meter lights are on but there's no backup here. let me show you the approach to the maze. there's slowing around berkeley

and a new fire prevention measure is on scene as they are trying to move that truck from the earlier car fire. slow from west 24th through central lafayette. it's gentle here in the south bay. northbound routes are pretty nice. now back to you. >> it's 8:27 right now. another update in half an hour. hope you get a chance to enjoy your day. look at 'em.

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♪ 6:30 now on a thursday morning. it's the 13th day of june, 2013. with this crowd on the plaza, we are all counting down to tomorrow's big concert, a friday morning concert from maroon 5 in our 8:30 half hour, one of the most popular bands around. if you're in the area, come on by because, even with perhaps some inclement weather, it's going to be a big crowd. we're looking forward to that out on the plaza. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie, natalie

morales, and mr. al roker. >> one of our favorite camera operators around here had a good one. he said it's going to be monsoon 5 tomorrow with the forecast. >> who could it possibly be? >> mr. punster. >> speaking of great music, we have harry connick jr. here this morning. he's got a new album. he's going to sing for us. at the moment, he's posing with legions of fans out here on the plaza. and we have got a burger bonanza for you. three great takes on burgers competing for the crown of best burger. a burger so good, if you make it in your bedroom, you will have a ring on your finger within an hour. >> also, we're going to show you a program that is changing lives by putting a new twist on what some consider a nuisance, that is, graffiti. also, we want to tell you it's down to three finalists on nbc's hit voice competition called "the voice" after it was whiddled down from five this week. we sanity to say hi to sasha

allen. she was one of the people. she's a broadway veteran who is no longer on the show. sasha, i'm sorry about that. you had flawless performances. were you surpriseded you didn't make it through? >> no. at this point, everybody is so good. i think anybody could have gone home. i think i did the best i could, and i did everything that i wanted to do. i don't think there was anything else to show. >> one of the songs you did was one of the ones we're showing, "i will always love you" and you knocked it out of the park. you had two different judges. first adam levine and then chakshac shakira stole you. how do you compare the style? >> shakira really helped me with the performance and just being a mother in this industry, talking about this kind of stuff. it was wonderful life lessons about the career move i'm deciding to jump into. >> and in your previous life, speaking of career moves, you were a backup singer for christina aguilera as well as alicia keys. i imagine no longer a backup singer anymore in your future.

>> i hope not. i'm trying to step out front and really do my thing. >> good for you. >> we want to wish you the best. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you very much. >> we want to remind people they can catch the series finale, the two-night series finale monday and tuesday, 8:00/7:00 central monday, 9:00/8:00 central on tuesday. that's "the voice" here on nbc. >> mr. roker how about that monsoon? it's coming. we've got a lot of wet weather to . >> and how about that monsoon? >> well, we have a lot of wet weather to talk about. a risk of strong storms, back behind it though we have gorgeous weather through the upper plains and mid west. wet weather in the pacific northwest, heat in the southwest. continues sizzling in the southwest tomorrow. leftover showers in the northeast and new england. 8:33. you made it to5ñ thursday.

we just have a spectacular day shaping up. san francisco bay, nice and clear. we don't have any low clouds left over at this point. temperatures today, even with a lack of low clouds are going to be perfect. 87 tomorrow and a little warmer as you get into your father's day weekend. temperatures will drop off to a comfortable level. lotsq). of sunshine on dad's d. 3 c3 localidades. letting people know she is on tv. >> people watching you right now? where are you from? >> from upstate new york. >> hi, mom. hi, dad. >> we'll talk about a remarkable program that uses graffiti for good. and then as al mentioned we have an epic burger battle right here on the plaza. handing out a trophy in a couple of minutes. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ready?

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today's education is proudly supported by w.k. kellogg foundation, partner with communities where children come first. >> we are back at 8:37 and this morning on "education nation today" an inner city art program changing the way we look at graffiti. craig melvin has that. >> good morning. good to see you. graffiti. common on city structures all over america. well, in philadelphia it's chased the face of the city and has become the largest public art program in the country. to stop graffiti gangs, officials started to get creative. >> a lot of color, really

complexly layered. >> reporter: they harnessed them to transform their neighborhoods and themselves. >> it's -- i'm walking down the street and somebody sees the art and they're like that's you. >> reporter: bridges and signs became places to promote peace and celebrate equality. >> we saw murals could be a catalyst for positive social change in a real way and that inspired us to do more. >> reporter: since 1984, philadelphia's mural arts program has connected students with teachers and world renowned artists to design and paint more than 3,800 murals citywide. jane golden oversees the process. >> we're working with light and sound and new technology and working with photographers and videos and then part of it is sketched on the wall and part is created in the studios all over the city. >> reporter: the most recent someone a tribute to the favorite son and grammy winning artist, the roots. >> this is one of the greatest moments of our career.

>> reporter: it started as an innovative way to reach spray can street artists is now open to all children as young as 9, as old as 22. more than 30,000 have taken part. some are budding michelangelos, but others like jamie griggs by weren't quite sure. >> at first, i didn't know where i was going with this art. i knew i wanted to do it. and, you know, being part of the program has really changed me. >> reporter: she recently graduated from art school and is now a teacher with the mural arts program. and she's helping lots of new art projects. >> we did it so kids could be interested and instead of throwing the stuff in the trash can. so basically, we put designs on it. >> reporter: dozens of the trash compacters sit on the city street corners. organizers insist this is about more than sketching, drawing and painting. there's math. problem solving and team work too. which has provided a boost to their education. >> it feels that they have

learned through art class, they tie into the classroom for motivation engagement. and actually helped increase their achievement. >> reporter: while giving invaluable life lessons. >> if i mess up, keep on going. all you have to do is fix it up a little bit. >> i learned that everything is not going to be perfect. or turn out the way you want it to be. >> and in a world that is disconnected, sometimes seen by barriers and divisions and borders, this is something that is unifying. >> reporter: now the free art education program serves about 2,000 youth in philadelphia and thanks to the huge success starting in september for first time, the mural arts program will be weaved into the curriculum of a school in philadelphia and also tours are offered to the public to help share the stories and savannah guthrie, high school graduation rate for all the kids that participate -- 100%. all the kids who go through, graduate. >> love to see a program really working. thank you so much. three of our viewers compete for the title of best burger in

the land. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

all right. we are back with today's burger battle live on the plaza. we scoured the country looking for the three best burger recipes from our viewers, and we have found them. so right now we introduce you. l.j. watson from new orleans, louisiana. she lives in santa barbara, california. lance is from greenville, south carolina. lori pagone is from petaluma, california. and the judge today is "today" contributor giada de laurentiis. thanks for joining us. you call this the boyfriend burger? >> i call it the boyfriend burger because my take is once your boyfriend tastes it, you'll get a ring on your finger within an hour. >> are you married? >> i am not married. >> how can that be?

>> because i don't know how to read the guy's expression on their face. >> what is in the boyfriend burger? >> pork, ground pork, italian sausage, beef, an egg. it's really nice. i put some bread crumbs and some tomatoes. worcestershire sauce and wine. mix it up here and make a little patty. put it on the grill for about five minutes or so on each side. >> one of the ingredients that caught my attention on your list here, these critters right here. >> those little crunchies. you take a bite and get that crunch. >> how do you do that? >> you get a sweet potato and just make little strips. you deep fry it in oil, put a little salt on it. deep fry in oil, and you have these nice little crispies there. >> and you assemble that thing after cooking it. i just want to show people, can we get a shot of what it looks like on the end? is >> really good.

>> is giada, you've already taken a bite. we'll be judging this in a second. sir, let's come to you. what do you call this? the backyard mess? >> this is the hot mess. >> why do you call it that? >> it's a triple l decker hamburger that puts all five senses on alert. start with basically three patties. so you make them a little thinner than you would a normal patty. these are going to be thin because you've got to put your mouth around it. >> actually, giada has to do that, but that's okay. what do you top each one with? >> i'll take my first patty and put on lettuce, pepper for some space to it. take my second. >> how does one get their mouth around this burger? >> you have to push it down really hard. >> like that? >> there you go. >> if you need help, you can have matt help you push it down a little further. >> three different kinds of cheeses on each patty?

>> three different kinds of cheeses. a little bit of cilantro. this is my special avocado spread. >> is there onions on here? >> you continue assembling that. giada you take a bite of that. i'm going to move down to lori. how are you doing? >> matt, i am so excited to be here today. >> you combined two of my favorite foods actually, pizza and burgers. >> is that's how i came up with this recipe. i love pizza. i love burgers, and i love the taste of a smoky wood fire. >> no bun. that's pizza dough. >> this is pizza dough, and this is my tomato caesar dressing with sun dried tomatoes, and my secret ingredient is smoked olive oil. >> very italian. she made it just for me. >> you're assembling that so fast. i want to point something out. you've got cheese in that burger. >> when you bite into this burger, it will be a volcanic

eruption of creamy camembert cheese. >> what else is in there? >> all the flavors of the pizza, chopped up black olives, diced red bell pepper. >> i'm looking for the cheese. sorry. >> i know. it should be erupting right out of there. >> you make your own pizza dough or buy store bought? >> you can use store bought. i make my own. i love the whole yeasty smell of the dough. and there's some of the smoked olive oil in here. >> all right. so giada is now tasting that one. l.j. and lance, come on down here as well. so we have the boyfriend meatloaf burger. we have the hot mess backyard burger. and now we have the west coast grilled pizza burger. giada, you've tasted them all. you are an aficionado. could we have a drum roll, please. the winner of the 2013 best burger competition. >> i will say that i love the

crispiness in your burger. the boyfriend burger. i like the sweet potatoes. i had a hard time putting your burger in my mouth, but i'll tell you -- >> why are you crying? >> i'm tearing up about how amazing this was. the jalapenos were awesome. and i love yours because i love the pizza. this is a tough one. all right. ready? >> no. take your time. go ahead. >> well, you were no help. >> go ahead. >> i think i'm going to have to give it to lance. >> yeah! >> lance with the hot mess backyard burger. thank you so much. lori, thank you. congratulations, man. you want to thank the little people or anything? >> thank you. this is just amazing. i appreciate it. >> way to go, lance. nice job. much more ahead on a thursday

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♪ but nobody else gave me a thrill ♪ ♪ baby it had to be you we are back with our toyota summer concert series. harry connick jr. is a grammy

and emmy winner and tony award nominee. this week he is out with his 29th album called "everybody man should know." harry, good morning to you. >> thank you. good morning. >> 29 albums, but this is special because you wrote the music, the lyrics, and as i understand it, it's very pe personal. >> this one is special in that regard. i've written songs before, done arrangements before. this one really kind of deals with some more personal issues. i sing about my mom a little bit. i sing about my wife. and although they're not completely autobiographical, they completely touch on things that i've never really sung about. so i'm really excited about it. >> we've been waiting for you to come out of your shell and just get rid of that shine. i'm glad we're finally going to see some of that. >> i'm excited about it. >> people call it impressive. boston globe says it's an album every harry connick jr. fan should own. do you read reviews? >> i don't. it's nice to hear that. you live with music for a long time and put it out, and you don't really know how people are

going to respond. impressive, they should change that to the most unbelievable recording in the last 50 years. impressive is pretty cool. >> you want them to elaborate. what do you mean by impressive? >> and something that all my fans would like, i think it would be more appropriate to say this is something that will bring the entire world together as one. there's a chasm of difference between the two, so if they could reword it to accommodate me, i'd be a little happier. >> you talked about its healing properties. >> it does have healing properties. it's just incredible. i'll just say this. it's the greatest cd ever made. >> one of the things we always love about you, harry, is your humility and the way you just kind of have your head on your shoulders. father's day coming up this sunday. what are the kids going to do for you? is just the usual? >> we go out and go to brunch or something and hang. i just love being with my family, and i can't -- i'm not going to be with my dad, but

i'll be talking to him. it's really all about him. it's not about me. >> we can't wait to hear you sing. the album, once again, "every man should know." take it away. >> thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ nothi every man can build his dream house ♪ ♪ not every man has big words to say ♪ ♪ if a man keep this world turning ♪ ♪ for the rest of us making our way ♪ ♪ not every man can write a love song to sing ♪ ♪ to the ones he holds so true

♪ there are things a man can try winning ♪ ♪ there are things he should know how to do ♪ ♪ every man should know how to love her ♪ ♪ every man should know how to care ♪ ♪ every man should recognize what she's saying with her eyes ♪ ♪ and with her burdens to bear ♪ make way for the night ♪ nighttime makes room for the day ♪ ♪ treasure her love till the day you die ♪ ♪ and never give it away

♪ every man should know how to love her ♪ ♪ every man should know how to care ♪ ♪ every man should recognize what she's saying with her eyes ♪ ♪ and help lift her burdens everywhere ♪ ♪ every man should know how to care ♪ ♪ >> harry connick jr. again, the album is called "every man should know." it is the greatest album ever made, according to harry connick jr. we're back after your local news.

good thursday morning to you. 8:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. we're going to have to wait until at least monday for the supreme courtxdñ ruling on proposition 8. the justice released a new set of rulings this morning but no decision was released on california's same-sex marriage ban. the court has until the end of the month to rule on the case. christina, what about the

forecast? >> good morning to you. 83 degrees inland and 77("d at bay and 68 degrees at the coast. even warmer afternoon but not too hot. saturday and sunday, into the father's day weekend. have a great day. [ male announcer ] the new subway® $4 lunch is for everyone.

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welcome welcome to "today" on this stormy thursday morning about to be stormy, june 13th, 2013. how soon until the big stuff comes in? >> it's going to be another couple of hours and then we get slammed pretty good. >> wash out the next couple of days? >> first and then we get the back side. >> i hope the maroon five concert. >> a few years ago they performed in the rain. >> they'll be good? >> that tight white t-shirt by

adam levine. >> he'll take the shirt off. >> just for natalie. >> just for me. >> let's get to our take three. are you embarrassed, kid, to be around your mom or dad in public? will smith's 14-year-old son jayden certainly was during an interview where they're promoting their new movie on thai television. check this out. >> have you been on thai television before? >> i can kiss my son. i can kiss my son. jayden, come on. [ screaming ] >> that's an open mouth. >> dad! >> that's an open mouth! >> that's more than embarrassing. >> oh, my gosh, i'm embarrassed. >> the context of that is, the father and son in the movie i guess there's some strife between them. said dude let's get along. >> the movie "after earth." so the interviewer said do you get along? yeah, watch this. open mouth kiss. >> that's a little uncomfortable. do your kids get along

comfortable when you openly give them public displays of affection? >> courtney's kind of gotten past the embarrassment stage. she comes up and hugs. lila yesterday i was take her to a school event. she said dad you're my escort. >> 14 the age they're usually embarrassed. >> nicky is going to be 11 next month. he's still very affection at. hugs and kisses. >> what about you? >> mine are at that age. you've got little ones. they still love you. yours are great. >> the little guy is, but josh is 9 now. he's at the age where certain things like even just showing emotion in public. like yesterday at his school event he was saying good bye to his teacher and classmate. his teacher is moving who he's loved so much this year. i could see he was getting a little emotional. he kept looking at me with the bright red eyes. i was trying to take a picture with him and the teacher. he was like, no, mom, i can't see. the sun is in my eyes. rather than admitting he had

tears in his eyes. so i just embarrassed him now further. by outing him. >> the thing that's more embarrassing for lila, we were in abercrombie and fitch shopping. i said, i like those cargo shorts. she said no you're not. >> oh, wow. >> i said, you know, i am going to get those cargo shorts. i'm wearing them out. >> there's a certain type that wears those cargo shorts from abercrombie and fitch. >> no, i pulled them way up. >> in a wet t-shirt. >> afterwards i stood in the front of the store with that music playing. cleared the store out. >> the dad cargo shorts. like the mom jeans. >> there's nothing wrong with a mom jean. >> take two. the cost of love and dating. a new british study out today that find love takes an average of 13 first dates. they quantified this somehow. and over 17,000 bucks. >> wow. >> before you find the one you love. >> a lot of money.

>> we needed the sound effects. >> a little of everything. >> video of will smith kissing his son we need. >> it was the open mouth really that got me. men spend according to this study more than -- oh, let's watch this again. sure. here's a first date. >> oh. >> he really got in there. >> it wasn't the open mouth. >> jayden apparently didn't like it. >> i love this one fact here. one in four admit to faking an emergency to getting out of an awkward date. >> 25%. >> so you pay that much, you invest that much. and then oh, sorry, got to go. >> well, that's the thing people do. they'll have their girlfriend say call me at a certain time. you're my bail out call if things aren't going well i can pick up the phone. >> on the first date? >> if you were out on a date your girlfriend say call me at 7:30. we can gauge how this is going. >> natalie went to another dark place.

>> i was like, what kind of first date is this? >> it's always natalie, isn't it? she drags us down into the mud. >> you guys go there. >> i love this next one. >> this is incredible. kanye west gave an interview yesterday published by the "new york times." >> could he get in any more trouble right now by the way? >> his new album is called yesus that comes out later this month. where do we begin? let's start with the taylor swift interruption. here's what he had to say in the interview about that whether or not he had remorse. he said "it's only led me to complete awesomeness at all times. it's only led me to awesome truth and awesomeness. beauty, truth, awesomeness". >> is he from "kung fu bandit"? >> "if anyone's reading this weight for some type of full on flat apology for anything, they should just stop reading right now". >> that's probably all we needed to say right there. >> it gets better. >> there's more. >> he also compared himself to michael jordan. he said justice could be just

clearing a path for people to dream properly. it could be clearing a path to make it fair within the arena they play. you know, if michael jordan can scream at the refs, me as kanye west, the michael jordan of music can go and say, this is wrong". >> does he think a little too highly of himself? >> no. >> there you go. >> caan yea version of the jordan kanye. >> steve jobs. >> he says "i am undoubtedly you know steve jobs of internet, downtown, fashion, culture. period. by a long jump. i honestly feel that because steve has passed, when biggie passed and jay-z was allowed to be jay-z kgz. >> jay-z was a wrapper. it would be like saying once putin leaves i can really become al roker. >> does anybody think he is not -- he compares himself to every single person of greatness. >> you choose jordan and steve

jobs. hard to beat those. >> and the album is called yesus. need we go any further. >> i love kanye west. i think he's a brilliant artist. this is all part of the game he plays. he sucks us in. >> it's the game that's played on the town square of crazy town. >> and it sells a lot of records. >> i don't know. the fans love it, i guess. >> he lets his music speak for himself. until he speaks. and then you realize he's crazy! >> are you going to be buying that yesus album? >> of course. i'm in. a look at the headlines. >> let me tell you about this great event i went to last night. incredible event challenge foundation. we brought together the boston heroes, but also you see lauren scruggs was there who after suffering a terrible life-changing injury was so supportive and helpful to sell left and sydney corcoran. some of the boston victims.

>> the airplane accident. >> walked into the propeller. >> it was great bringing them all together and how they can help each other out. an incredible event. they've raised so much money to help people buy prosthetics and to help kids basically find life in sport after an injury like that. >> a lot of those people from boston have such a long road ahead. >> really great attitude. >> let me get to your news right now. in the headlines this morning the encouraging news about that 10-year-old pennsylvania girl who got a life-saving lung transplant wednesday. sarah moynihan underwent the surgery after her family fought to to get her placed on the adult donor list. the surgery was a success and the operation went extremely well. >> plan b, on wednesday a federal judge owe kayed the obama administration's plan to make the pills available to buyers of any age without prescriptions. the ruling came after the department of justice reversed course this week and dropped opposition to making the pill

available to people of any age. >> federal fire officials plan to take command of the firefighting operations in colorado today. the worst of several wildfires there spread in two different directions wednesday, forcing new evacuations. a christening this morning for kate, the dutch es of cambridge. she christened the royal princess cruise line with a traditional champagne bottle smashing ceremony in sou southhampton. she becomes a new mother next month. the stylish outfit she wore today winning waves as you would imagine already in the british press. and a harm-warming story from last night's yankee-oakland game and a poignant pitch. it happened during a special moment involving a 13-year-old boy in missouri who suffers from a life-threatening illness, aplastic anemia. with the video feed shown on the scoreboard, nick legrande threw the ball and at the same time a pitching machine threw a ball to oakland's ryan cook.

it was a pitch that essentially traveled 1800 miles. isn't that incredible that they could do that. >> cool technology. >> really neat. great for that kid. it is 10 minutes after the hour. you're up-to-date. but check of the weather for us, al. >> severe weather making its way into the northeast. you can see on the radar we have severe thunderstorm watches back through lexington, kentucky, washington, d.c., all the way just south of new york city. the heaviest storms now just getting ready to move into new york and western new jersey. we do have a severe -- there's the live radar you can see it. we have a risk of severe weather stretching all the way from jackson, mississippi up into pittsburgh. but the strongest risk right now from roanoke, virginia, norfolk, all the way up to atlantic city. severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and the possibility of a few isolated 9:10 this morning on a thursday morning.

beautiful today. not too hot, not too cold. a nice pleasant breeze. 77 in fremont, 6$77 in oakland d bay today. hardly any low clouds. temperatures will drop off for your father's day weekend. >> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thanks a lot. coming up next, do you look back at your wedding pictures and realize you don't talk to about half of the bridal party anymore? >> kind of. >> we're going to take a look at why some friendships fade after the major milestones. plus, she was hollywood's most famous blonde bombshell. now a new side of marilyn monroe revealed. and from one sex symbol to two others. we've got handsome handymen. they know how to work with their hands and look pretty good doing it apparently. right after this. ow to work witr [ male announcer ]work witr this is bob, a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib:

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move away, you realize you haven't spoken to or even seen half those people in years. >> a reason slate.com essay titled, so this is the last time i will ever see you, friends who fade away after a major milestone. that struck a chord with thousands of folks online. >> david plotz wrote that article at slate, where he is the editor, and dr. janet taylor is a psychologist. good morning. >> good morning. >> so you wrote in the article, you don't know who the last timers are. in fact, you can't know, but they will be there on the dance floor, in the photos, and 1, 2, 20 years on, you will think to yourself, i haven't seen her since our wedding, and how did that happen? how does this happen? more of our own choosing or life gets in the way? >> i would say it's a conspiracy of inconveniences, mostly. someone maybe takes a different job in a different city. their life choices are slightly different, and you find yourself a couple of years later wondering why you haven't caught up. there's no good reason. it's not that you love them any less. it's just that they suddenly dropped out of your life.

>> janet, should we be surprised when this happens? when you get married, by definition, you're committing yourself to somebody. you're not 25 years old, not hanging out with the guys every night, this is going to happen naturally, isn't it? >> it is because life happens. and the friends you have are different from your friends, which is different than a life partner. through the experiences that you had, then you maintain that friendship. it takes work and the ability to share, and sometimes that same person may not be the one who means that much to you. >> and there's only one you, and yet there are all these other people, your kids. there's only so much room on the plate as other things start to fall off. >> and another category of friends, which is the friends your spouse doesn't like. and then you can lose -- that's somebody who drops out very quickly. my wife had a bridesmaid who i didn't love. >> you vetoed? >> it wasn't official. i don't think these things are ever spoken. i think it's unspoken, and suddenly you realize, oh, she just hasn't come to any dinner parties and we're just not hanging out with her. and then it's 15 years later. >> i think the reality is friends are important, and those lifelong relationships are important. so if you can maintain one or two that you can share with, are close with, that are there when

you need them, that is really more important than the photo opportunity. >> we posted an informal poll on our website, asking viewers if this has happened to them. if members of their wedding party, they remained close. i think the results say it all. 48% say they're friends apparently with fewer than half of their wedding party. 22% say more than half of their wedding party they're still friends with. i guess it shows you that falling off happens quite a bit. >> i think it really does. i'm in that 48%. >> yeah. >> i think we all are. >> when a baby comes, that's the next milestone when people start dropping off. >> your priorities change. your values change. and again, relationships are work that require time. even over distance, if you have that motivation, you can maintain that effort, but it is work. >> i think in our case, i think distance is one thing that often got in the way of me keeping in touch with people regularly. how do you? if you do want to remain in touch with these people, manage to work it out over the distance?

i guess social media is helping these days a lot. >> social media can help and hurt. i think social media can give you a false impression of how close you really are. but maintain a priority of at least establishing a close relationship with one or two of your friends. it may not be that one in the photo. >> i was married in the days before social media. i never had social media contact with these people. if you're getting married now, obviously, you're going to stay in touch that way. >> you use that social media, sometimes they think you're really close and they want to stay with you. you've got weddings and things like that. >> right. come stay at your house, invite themselves over. >> you never know. >> that would be terrible, wouldn't it? >> that could happen. i guess, yeah. >> dr. janet taylor, thank you so much. >> great to see you both. thanks. >> you're the worst, al. coming up next, who was marilyn monroe? her most intimate details in her own words. and if there's nothing that needs fixing around the house, you may want to find something pretty fast because these guys may come to your home and knock on your door. >> or take your tv. >> first, these messages.

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marilyn" reveals the person behind the glamorous image through new diaries and letters. she's been portrayed by many actors. lily taylor is one of the actors as well. and liz garbis is the film's director. there's been so the books, movies about marilyn. we're still fascinated. what do you think viewers will be most surpriseded by watching this? >> that marilyn is somebody they can relate to. the documents that the film is based on brings out a woman who's very relatable, very human, who struggles with the same thing, i think, modern women struggle with. i think they'll find someone they feel like they could have talked to or could have known. >> the image of the frailties, the insecurities, you see that, but also a woman who's really trying to improve upon herself as well. >> i think her life story was about ambition, the combination of ambition and insecurity. how many of us -- we all can relate to that. she was constantly trying to

improve herself, to be taken seriously as an artist. she made bold, strong moves in her life that i think are very, very surprising given the context of the 1950s. >> interesting. we'll delve into that in a little bit. lily, i want to let you go ahead and read one of the verses, one of the letters, i guess, that she -- we discovered in this film. go ahead. >> i am restless and nervous and scattered and jumpy. a few minutes ago i almost threw a silver plate into a dark area on the set. but i knew i couldn't afford to let anything out i really felt. in fact, i wouldn't dare because i wouldn't stop at that maybe. just before that, i almost threw up my whole lunch. i'm tired. i'm searching for a way to play this part. i'm depressed with my whole life since i first remember. >> what did you learn in voicing and reading some of the material in this? >> she is a lot deeper than i think we think of her as. i think she's searching. she's curious. she's conflicted. and she's trying to move through it.

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brick as well. police are searching for the ñ death on checkers drive in east san jose. the motive is still under investigation. this is san jose's 24th homicide of the year. police officers moved in protester's from the haze valley farm. one tree protester jumped out of a tree. seven people were arrested in that raid. we're going to have a look at weather and traffic right after this break.

9:28. welcome back. what a beautiful day here in the bay. not just san francisco but in the places where the sun is shining in full force, like the b hot. in june, not going to be the case today. 83 inland, 7 p bay, 67 at the coast. getting into your friday and saturday, we've got a big weekend out there. early father's day to you.

by monday, temperatures stay in the 70s. we'll have your full forecast in a few moments. 9:29. check the traffic with mike. >> slow southbound 880. we have the 40s and 50s right here past the truck scales and the map shows you down towards mission, a slow stretch. otherwise, not so bad there. very slowest 580. metal across the south 680 connector. it's cleared but still very slow approaching the area. we still have the left lane blocked in lafayette. another local news update coming up in half an hour. have a great day.

♪ now look at you sounding all presidential-like ♪ ♪ you got something you want to announce on the show right now ♪ >> come on, jimmy. do you really think i'd come on this show to announce a presidential run? >> say whatever you want, but we all know in 2016 -- ♪ baby you were born to run >> hitting the jersey notes right there. new jersey governor chris christie with jimmy fallon last night, a special guest appearance slow jamming the news in for brian williams last night, slow jamming the news. >> it was great. >> i'm willie geist along with al and natalie. coming up, how to be a savvy traveler. before you throw everything in your bags for the summer trip. oh, flight attendants.

some great items that will help lighten the load. then if you need a little inspiration for getting things done around the house, look no further than these guys. you're not going to want to look any further than these guys. how to tackle all of those little problems that you've been dreading to get done. we need a little fixing of that table. >> she said. >> and are you planning a summer party? brings those guys with you. we'll show you some easy and affordable ideas from the invitations to the decor, all to get you started. little lemon boats. >> lemon boats, okay. first, though, al's got a look at the weather. >> the music left just as i started the weather. ♪ >> there you go. do the weather. >> not with that kind of music. we're looking at a risk of strong storms up and down the east coast, strong risk here in the northeast, slight risk back through the central plains. beautiful weather up and down the west coast. clouds and showers into the

pacific northwest. tomorrow leftover showers in the northeast. northern new england, slight risk of strong storms in the upper mississippi river valley. wet weather in eastern new mexico, west texas. sizzling in the southwest. mild up into the pacific you want a beautiful day? i'll show you a beautiful day, al. look at all of these people out on the golden bay bridge enjoying the spectacular conditions. no june gloom out there today. in the city, 61. holding steady until noon and then we round out the day with 66 in san francisco. 78 in san jose. 77 degrees today in fremont. now, getting into the weekend, temperatures are going to drop off and then will level off as we head through next week. >> that's your latest weather. >> thank you. you got drippy faucettes, stained countertops, or squeaky doors that need some fixing, you wouldn't mind the hassle if these guys show up at your door

to do it. >> the handsome handymen on tlc's new show "honey do" to take on the things that never seem to get done around the house. >> mind giving me a little spot? this is a little shaky. safety first. >> the thing is if you're in my house, i need you to feel comfortable. >> you got me? >> got you. >> awesome. >> you need a spot, i'm your spot. >> with a helper like you, your husband has no excuse. >> i'm a real good spotter. you tell him that, okay? >> i'm going to. >> oh, my. i'm thinking the husbands don't like this all that much. >> jonathan laws, benjamin patterson, kevin pete, and dan vicry, good to see you guys. >> good to meet you. >> we know that obviously you've got the right utensils and work equipment. >> we do. >> but do you know how to use it? >> yes, we do. >> you do? >> yes. >> and you're there to fix it, whatever it is that needs fixing. >> yes. >> as i mentioned, do the husbands ever say, when you all show up, unh-unh, get out.

>> yeah, a little bit, but that's part of what we're doing. we're motivating the husbands so we don't have to come back and do the work for them. so they want to step up to the plate and show them they can do this kind of stuff without us having to be there. >> is all pretty easy stuff. >> is they're all a little bit intimidated to start with, but it's all simple stuff we're showing them how to do. once they learn it, we don't need to come back again. >> let's get to our little stations and start here first. i think one of the things that we always experience around the house, you have marble countertops, you spill a little wine, and that stain is not going away. what can we do to get rid that have? >> hydrogen peroxide, take a little bit of that, soak your towel in that. what you do is just place it over the top and give it a little bit of pressure. let it soak. >> you're not going to rub it in or anything? >> no. just let it soak. you take some clear wrap here. >> you don't have to worry about it affecting the enamel, the peroxide? >> yes, because it's very easy

and essentially something light on the surface. then you use books, something that's heavy, let it sit overnight, and give it a little bit of pressure to start with. after that, this is your -- >> fix it up. >> the towel soaks up the stain. >> very nice. okay. what have we got here? >> this one is a common problem. say you change apartments, move into a new place, furniture's been taken out, and you've got an indentation in there, and you're looking at someone's old furniture marks for the next couple of years. instead, just your regular iron, put it on the steam setting about an inch from the surface. don't rub it over the surface. steam it up real nice, grab yourself a fork, and start pulling the fibers up. they just spring right back up to where you want it to be. >> you've got an extra advantage. not only are you good looking but you've got the accent. >> al is affected by the accent. >> i am. >> you like the accent? >> i do like the accent. i do.

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it's anchor accordion fan glued together and strung up on a garland. and we've repurposed our citrus lemon inside one of these pictures. you have all of this stuff at home. you put a tall glass inside and start layering the lemons all the way around. once you have these all down, you can add your flowers and water and you're done. you can also see we have a pinterest hack here. we turned wine glasses upside down to create flowers. >> that's a pinterest hack? >> a little trick. and these little lemon boats to put your name on. >> what exactly is pinterest? they don't get it. >> it's also the food. what's so great about pinterest, you can see how long things take to took and the types of ingredients. water melon, we've not only used it as juice and appetizer but as the punch bowl itself. this is a great idea. we're all taking shots today, shots of veggies. this is another great grab and

go appetizer. >> is healthy veggie shots. >> is that's right. >> and one of the pinterest signature recipes is salmon in a bag by the double punch bowl. lemon slices, a piece of salmon, and a few slices of butter. wrap this all up, put it in the oven for 25 minutes. >> is or throw it on the grill. this is what we used to call in boy scouts a hobo pack. >> absolutely. every great party has a dessert. this is a no bake fondue station. what i love about this is that craft paper, all the toppings, so you know what you're getting, the sprinkles, the cookies. >> what's this? >> that's a straw. >> what is that used for typically? >> it's a transport system to bring fluid from a bowl to your mouth. >> wow. >> i saw this on pinterest. i did.

and these red spherical fruits. >> these are called cherries. have you seen one of these? >> i can't take another revelation. >> if you had gotten on pinterest earlier, you might have known about these things. >> you can cut a simple brown lunch bag, wrap them up with cherrie cherries, you're good to go. >> here's a transport system to your mouth. go ahead and take a bite. >> is remarkable what you can do. >> be sure to follow "today" on pinterest, where you can find information about all these ideas and a lot more. back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. and this is a straw.

tomorrow on "today," willie discovers spoons. >> his mind is exploding right now. he can't take it. >> exactly. >> kathie lee and hoda coming up. >> kathie lee and hoda coming up. ambush makeovers for two (sir can-a-lot) good day, ma' lady. i am sir can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam!

(male announcer) break the monotony. visit spam.com. good morning. it's 9:56. i'm marla tallez. police are searching for a man who stabbed a man to death in east san jose overnight. the motive is still under investigation. this is san jose's 24th homicide of the year.

right now also in the south bay, crews are digging up the remains of the forgotten cemetery in san jose. it was discovered beneath a parking lot last year at valley medical center. it's believed to have been used from the 1870s to the 1930s before disappearing from county records. crews have removed 631 coffins from the site but have found÷ n identifying information on thosñ remains. the bay area is getting a little bit of breeze. let's get a look at the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> thanks, marla. another gorgeous day is shaping up across the area. we'll see winds pick up like we did yesterday, mostly at the coastline. they are not going to be quite as strong as yesterday but i want to point out, a little breezy to windy between 6:00 and 3:00. today's highs look great 83 for gilroy and 68 degrees in@b- san francisco. getting into your all important

father's day, temperatures dropping off. let's check that drive with mike. i'm going to a graduate for preschool this afternoon. graduating the traffic flow toward not so bad. this is westbound. 50 miles per hour or so as you travel through berkeley. look at the map. we see a slow drive. from hercules through the area and 40s at their very worst. good news, all lanes are reopened from the earlier crash after the earlier car carrier fire. a look at that, still very slow. south 680 has quite a bit of recovery to do. meanwhile, the rest of the area looks good. >> thank you, mike. we'll be back for another local news update at 10:26.

from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> okay. kathie lee says we shouldn't speak this fine morning because something is missing from our table. >> we go on wine strikes. >> for some reason -- >> we won't do this show unless there's wine. >> it's so sad what's happened on this table. >> oh, jerry. >> how about a mojito instead? >> jerry, we love you. >> now we can celebrate. it's thirsty thursday, june 13th. this is also a special day for

my little niece ella. she's 3 years old today. so you guys, just a little happy birthday to -- come on, girl. >> she is adorable. >> she's three! happy birthday to little ella. >> i think 3 was my favorite age. >> was it? >> yeah. yeah. >> that was 20 years ago. >> why was it your favorite? >> kids are so edible. they are always great. they are learning. they are really on a tear at 3. >> singing. >> and funny. i love it. >> i think that's the age cass was when we had a gentleman play pi piano for us at christmas and he was heavy, quite heavy and cassie went over to him and said, you had too many hot dogs. i was very, very upset. >> kids tell the truth. i said, cassidy, that is not nice. you go back there and tell him you are sorry. she goes over, i sorry you had

too many hot dogs. so i love that about them. they are so innocent. >> keep her that way as long as possible. >> we have to talk about kanye west. we talked about him yesterday. and we talked about this woman who claims to have been his mistress. we don't know what's true about that. but we learned a couple of things today. she was paid, allegedly, for the alleged story, supposedly. we're trying to be fair here. >> yeah, yeah. is the word mistress, anyway, isn't that a very different thing than somebody who hooked up twice? a mistress is something that's an ongoing relationship and is kept in a sense, monetarily, it seems to me. so that's also alleged but that's the wrong word for us to be using. >> i don't know if you read "the new york times" article where kanye was interviewed about his new music. he has an album called "jesus". >> which i have a particular gripe about. >> okay. anyway, this is what he compares himself to a bunch of people in this article.

one is steve jobs. and he says, i think that kanye west is going to mean something similar to what steve jobs means. i am undoubtedly, you know, steve of internet downtown fashion, culture, period. by a long jump. i honestly feel that because steve has passed, you know, it's like when biggie passed and jay-z was allowed to become jay jay-z. okay. anyway, here's another one. this is what he compares himself to michael jordan. justice could just be clearing a path for people to dream properly. it could be clearing a path to make it fair within the arena that i play. you know if michael jordan can scream at the refs, me as kanye west, as the michael jordan of music, can go and say, this is wrong. >> meaning when he's like stood up at the grammys and -- or whatever. >> here's his thing about the taylor swift grabbing the mike incident. this is very profound. it's only led me to awesome truth and awesomeness.

beauty, truth, awesomeness. that's all it is. if anyone's reading this waiting for some type of full-on flat apology for anything, they should just stop reading right now. okay? so there you have it. >> i want to be awesomeness. i want some of that awesomeness. i don't get it. >> people tell you you're wonderful. let other people tell you you're talented and if you are indeed there will be no need to discuss it. i find that -- >> i don't like when people call themselves by their own name. >> regis did it and it didn't bother me. >> regis is different. >> regis and yesus, they are very different. it was adorable when regis did it. regis is here. regis would like a cup of coffee. >> that's different. that's different than kanye feels. yeah, no, it's gross. >> it was always with reg and there still is a sense of humility. i can't believe i get to live this life as opposed to i get to live this life because of my

awesomeness. nobody likes that. if you are wondering when jennif jennif jennifer aniston and justin theroux are getting married -- >> it depends on what you read. >> they claim the wedding is on hold because of some films they are both shooting and, number two, because their home needs renovating. they are in the middle of a renovati renovation. it takes a lot of time and energy. >> the magazine says that th they -- you have to consider the course. neither one of them are saying. they've been engaged about ten months. i don't think that's -- you know, what it always seems to me strange when people that are older take long engagements. it just seems to me that that's something that young people are still learning what they want, who they are. maybe they take a little more time. i don't know. im so out of it about everything these days. >> when it comes to if it's a housing renovation or something, like that seems a little unusual, i would say, don't you

think, to put off a wedding? >> we've been married almost 27 years and we've been through about 30 renovations. if you want to get married you get married. you go do it, you know? >> doesn't matter what's ahead of you, what kind of issues you have. >> and yet i wish -- everybody is different, hoda. i've tried to tell you that. >> i thought you said everyone was the same. >> no. >> if you like -- so finally there's a movie coming out about princess diana. naomi watts -- >> there have been a couple of television ones. >> this is the latter part her life. naomi watts is playing princess diana. >> she's an excellent actress. they've just released a trailer. let's take a look and see what we think. ♪

>> just video. naomi watts was reluctant to play that role. >> i think there's this basic decency about her. she said she's got two children, will and harry and, you know is it too soon to be making a film about her life, the end of it. so much of it is true and there are things that are never flattering about anybody's life if they tell the truth. except for -- >> you. >> yeah. so, anyway, she approached it very delicately. but she waited. weshy read the script and said the writing was so fantastic. so the movie will be released later this year. >> i admired princess diana so much. even learning things about her later that were -- may be disappointing. it didn't matter. it didn't change the admirable traits she had and the admirable things that she did. >> i feel the same way. for her holding the first aids baby and getting that picture, changed the perception of aids arnold the world. we were at the same time trying

to build a home for aids babies in new york city and it changed our battle. people said oh, you'll not get aids from holding an aids child. and all the stuff with the mines -- >> the land mines. >> she left an incredible legacy. >> she did. let's talk about something trivial. so, anyway -- legacy. >> that's my cue. >> okay. so yesterday we told you about all the things you can stuff in your bra. >> not all the things. >> lip gloss, credit cards. people chimed in. >> you also had a sweaty 20 at times. >> sweaty money is nasty. >> you go running and you have money in your little zipper pocket of your running shorts. and you stop to get water and you pull that sweaty 5 out and you even hate to hand it to the guy. you are like, i am so sorry but you got -- sweaty money ain't great. >> during the season, like we've just been through with everybody, allergies. i'd go walking, running with

kleenex. but by the time you're ready to blow that stuff is so soaking wet. >> the wad. gross. >> we asked you what you keep in your bra. people chimed in. amanda keeps her cell phone in there especially when she uses the bathroom. >> on facebook, pamela says when she works in retail and has seen a few people pull out the sweaty 20s. >> but we have something you don't need to shove stuff in your bra anymore. kath has something. >> it's a garter belt. holds up to three pounds and you can fit your -- who walks around with hundreds. >> i don't know. >> and your credit cards. your jagermeister. that's great. >> and your phone. and this was a present from jerry. >> what is it? >> jagermeister. >> so how does it work? >> and vodka. >> i think you wrap it. the thing is -- it's going to

have to -- you can't do anything but stand there for this not to come off, right? >> it's velcro. it holds. >> feel. pull it. >> not like that. like this. see? >> i don't know. i think it would slide. >> it's time for a song -- >> what about me ghifg necklace away. >> oh, yes. this is important. yesterday, fantasia was on the show and kath did something. fantasia admired her necklace. kath took it off and gave it to her. fantasia posted yesterday on instagram, thanks, kathie, for this pretty little necklace. i enjoyed talking to you ladies. so classy. what you don't know about kathie lee -- >> no, that's fine. >> i want to say this. if you say you like something that kathie lee is wearing, she often takes it off and will give it away. if you own it -- >> if i own it. a lot of times things were borrowed from us. >> in the makeup room we said it's so funny.

didn't even strike us because you do it so often but because you did it on the air, people on facebook talked about it. >> can i say one thing before the music. yesterday i was the happiest person in the entire world and so was frank gifford. went down to the point and what had just arrived was my flexible hose. how often do you order something and it's exactly what they said it was going to be. i go down there. i ordered four. i set it up. it takes me three seconds. it is like carrying around a piece of paper, hoda. it waters beautifully. i am -- and, frank, i gave him for father's day the best binoculars in the world. if you want to see the two happiest old farts in the world it's me with my hose and frank with his binoculars. >> we've got to play this song. it's so good. it's worth waiting for. this is by the jonas brothers. it will get in your head. it is called "pom-pom." you're going to tlof.

get ready. ♪ ♪ drink the whole thing hear him say yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ every time feels like a revival so get up ♪ >> it's about a cheerleader and the guy. >> of course it is. >> get ready. ♪ when your hands are free baby put your pom-poms down for me ♪ ♪ come on shake it up one, two, three baby put your pom-poms down for me ♪ ♪ make me fall to my knees put your pom-poms down for me ♪ >> how old are you? ♪ baby put your pom-poms down for me ♪ >> when was the last time you held a pom-pom? ♪ you want to see me put my pom-poms down ♪ she was called one of the greatest singers of all time. just when i thought this song couldn't get worse. >> we have a chat with darlene

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>> yes. >> so good to see you. >> how are you? >> great to be back with you guys. >> so great to see you having the career you've always deserved. >> thank you. >> i love the title of this, "20 feet from stardom." you're right there sort of knocking on the door. you've sung backup for some of the greats, haven't you? >> yeah, and bruce said it best in the film. it's 20 feet but it's a whole lot of inches in between those feet. >> yes, yes. of course. >> well, you know, i mean, it is. and i have had a wonderful career because all the people i've backed up respected me. >> like who? >> well, bruce. >> springsteen. >> elvis presley, sam cooke, luther vandross. >> but everybody knows. anyone who was talented. >> yeah, yeah. >> was it frustrating to be -- because you have one of those angelic, terrific voices. was it frustrating to watch someone take the spotlight while you were on the side? >> not unless it was someone like my friend sonny bono or my friend nancy sinatra. >> uh-huh.

>> uh-huh. >> but it was fun. >> it was okay because we were meant to make them sound good. and that's what we did. >> and a lot of people would see the bad dark side of that notoriety the stars had to face. i'm making a really good living. i don't have to put the fannies in the seat. >> i still wonder about that today because i was making a good living but it gets too comfortable and i always wanted to really sing by myself. i can understand when people are in a group. they can only do so much. you get by yourself. you are freer. and that's what i wanted to do. i wanted to be freer with my singing. >> they always talked about how the backup singers are like the chorus in church. >> yes. >> and the preacher was the lead singer. >> preach it, honey! ♪ yeah >> started out like so many great singers do. you started out in the church. >> yeah, my father was a minister. so it was easy for us. >> you were pk. >> my sister and three brothers. you have that many in your family, you're a choir. >> you're a choir. >> oh, yeah. >> and vacation bible school. uh-huh.

i know. >> yeah, yeah. >> what songs do you love to sing? what do you sing in the shower? >> i sing gospel. >> you do? like what? >> the old singers like jackson, the caravans, james cleveland. >> give us a little something. ♪ a hold to his hand ♪ god's unchanging hand ♪ whoa hold to his hand ♪ god's unchanging hand ♪ build your hopes on things eternal snoet i tell you got a hold to god's unchanging hand ♪ >> i am so happy. >> darlene, you're still doing it. >> and i love it. >> it's a beautiful movie. hoda was blown away. >> and phil spector, in a word describe him. >> power hungry. if you notice,

he never made any of his recording artists stars. it was about him. >> it was about him. >> we are thrilled for you. >> we love you. >> you are one of the all-time greats. "20 feet from stardom" opens tomorrow in new york and l.a. and across the country in the coming weeks. >> it's so worth seeing. we've got a hot video coming up. >> it's webtastic. >> whatever that means. >> you are so unbelievable. he rshe y's drops.

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first of all, hoda can do that. >> exactly. kind of. >> and they did this in honor of "stronger than the storm" campaign. they are doing that to remind people there are a lot of businesses and it's getting back on its feet. people need to come out and support. >> nice. >> and they are in jersey right now for the summer games happening in wildwood august 7th to the 10th. they've also been visiting schools in the area to support the cause. >> that's great. that's really great. >> look how spotless the edit is. it really looks like it's fake but no cheats. >> thank you, sara. we're throwing a birthday party. is this your birthday coming up? >> and two lovely ladies. >> yours is, though. >> two ladies have been ambushed. the results of their makeovers right after our break. and matthew is back with answers to your burning questions all about girls and stuff. [ la ughter ]

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moment of silence. they also passed a bucket around to take donations for the white family. >> we are working with heavy hearts. everybody out there. and we need to continue to be vigilant about our safety efforts and we need to continue to look out and workk >> a dw sticker, you see that right here, is now on all of the construction crew helmets in honor of white. a memorial tree will be planted at the stadium and crews will lay down an honorary brick as well. meanwhile, the elevator shaft in question is operating today. cal osha expects to release findings of its investigation within six months. c5rdsup after the break, we'll take a look at your forecast with christina. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! (male announcer) break the monotony. visit spam.com. and struggle to sleep comfortably together,

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welcome back. the time is 10:29. we have a spectacular day shaping up. temperatures are really nice and mild out there. and we've got completely clear conditions. we're not expected to soar today. getting into the next couple of days, temperatures stay steady. then we actually drop off for all of the dads and grads out there getting into father's day weekend. monday into tuesday, temperatures stay nice and comfortable, marla. so, yeah, we hit that sweet stride. >> very good.ñkó thanks, christina. before we let you go, a quick programming note. there will be no 11:00 a.m. newscast. instead, "daysi/w of our lives" will air from 11:00 to noon followed by the first round of the u.s. open golf tournament. our next newscast is tonight at

5:00. you can always stay up to date at nbcbayarea.com. have a great day, everybody. ♪ hands up they're playing my song ♪ we are back on this thirsty thursday with more on our plaza ambush makeovers. two lucky ladies get plucked off our plaza. >> they are contributor and stylists to the stars. louis lacari. and contributing editor to "people" style watch. a little rainy. a little dreary. >> you beat the rain. >> we beat the rain. >> she said we have to do this fast. and we did. >> you found some good folks? >> we found two great makeovers. >> laurie olive is here to celebrate her daughter's graduation so they begged us to give their mom a glam new look.

let's take a listen. >> well, it's a girls weekend. whoo-hoo. everyone is in a state of shock here. i know you want this for your mom because you say she's always in the same thing. >> yeah. she's always in blue jeans and t-shirts and she never wears heels. i just want this for her because she always does stuff for us. >> oh, that's so nice. and i know you just graduated. congratulations. and your dad is not here. where is he? >> he's at home paying for this trip. >> all right. well, we are going to send you home glam to thank him. what do you think? >> oh, i think it's great. this is going to be wonderful. >> oh. >> she looks like a teenager. >> she does look like a kid. here her two daughters, katlyn and hailey. keep your blindfolds on. here's laurie olive before. ♪ pretty woman walking down the street ♪ >> wow, laurie, you look great. >> all right, kids. take off your blindfolds.

>> that's your mama. hello, mama. you ready? >> laurie, turn around. >> oh, my god! >> i love it. >> you look amazing. >> look right at camera 12. very dramatic haircut. >> we had bridget jenny do all the haircuts. she updated the haircut by shaping it. giving it the peekaboo bangs. a little hair on the face. then i darkened the hair. it changed the texture of her hair. >> really makes her eyes pop. >> it made her eyes pop but makes her hair look in better condition. >> girls, what do you think? >> i think she looks amazing. >> i have no words. >> really good or really bad. >> tell us about the dress. >> i love turquoise in access y accessories but also a great dress if you already have your black dress.

from maggie bondon. a beautiful cutout in the back. she hasn't worn heels in 20 years. >> how do they feel? >> good. >> you could get used to being an uber model, couldn't you? >> uh, no. >> a big round of applause. >> lovely, lovely. >> all righty. our second lady is carla. she's 43. she's also quite young. westlake, ohio. never colored her hair before. and leaves her house every day with this soaking wet. so she jumped at the chance of getting a brand new style. so let's hear her story. >> another ambushee in a state of shock but a birthday state of shock. what a great gift. >> yes it is a great gift. i'm very shocked and happy and speechless. >> speechless. >> what do you think about this for your daughter? >> it's great. i think it's going to be a fun day for her. >> everyone is a little speechless. >> it's your birthday. i know you're single. your ready to be totally glam and fabulous and new york city

ready? >> yes. i'm definitely looking forward for the opportunity. it will be fun. >> all right. she's adorable. she's here with her mom carolyn. let's take one last look at carla before and bring out carla farington now. oh, yeah. >> oh, yes! right there. okay, mom. you want to take off your blinders and see your daughter. >> oh, my god! >> that's a good reaction. >> turn it around. look right here, hon. >> put your glasses on. can you see? >> i can see. wow. oh, my god. >> that is such a good sign when they start putting their hands in their hair like that. >> she feels like the sexy woman she is. >> carla, you look gorgeous. >> thank you. of course, i lightened the hair and added a few brighter pieces around the face. >> she can't stop. it's adorable. >> it's all put together with the makeup.

>> i like the color of it, too. >> the color is so beautiful. >> the lipstick goes with the dress which really works well. >> you can put your glasses on if you want to see a little bit. >> and the dress is adorable. >> i think we got her contacts? >> they aren't in. we were like -- wait until she puts her contacts in. >> the dress is maggie london incorporating the peplum and the exposed zipper in the bag. and also navy and red, a good combination. >> mom you like? >> oh, she's beautiful. she looks wonderful. >> a big round of applause. good job. thanks so much. do you know your man and know what he's actually thinking? this guy is going to tell us. matchmaker matthew hussy. he's

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burning questions. >> we like when you come on the show. >> one of the fouhy actually like. >> i feel privileged. >> hey, sara. >> the first is one anna. i've been hesitant to start online date bug a lot of my friends have had success. should i try it? what is your advice on online dating? >> yea or nay. >> try it. don't rely on it. that's the key. >> that's wise. >> how did you get so wise so young. >> sometimes i say good things. >> it's true. you shouldn't rely on it. the problem is online dating, even if her friends have had success on it, when you go on it, don't expect success. it's like being in the worst bar and the best bar all at the same time. >> that's a good way to put it. >> they've had success. it ain't over yet. you may meet somebody and have a great couple of first dates but it's not all over. >> people go on online dating and they forget like -- oh, i'm meeting more men. everyone forgets when they get on a date they have to still be charming. and people are really not good at that these days because they

are on the computer all the time. >> you're right. i like him more all the time. >> all right. go ahead. >> matthew, that's the best analogy ever. jamie asked, my boyfriend stays friends with his ex. should i be upset about that? >> that's a good one. your allowed to be friends with your ex. >> everyone has a history. everyone has a past. >> end of story. >> different as night and day. >> answer the question. >> when they are on -- let's say you have an ex. the thing about that, i'd be more -- listen to me. i can't do anything on this show. >> yes, go on. >> so -- >> yes, yes. >> when you have an ex, here's what you have to be careful of. i'd be more worried if the person that hates all of their exes and is really in a bad place with them because that person has a consistent issue. >> that is such a great point. >> next question, everyone. >> no --

>> if somebody hates everybody, it's all their fault, the chance is it's her fault. >> here's the only thing to watch out for. if they are going on more dates with their ex than you. >> i wouldn't want my husband, boyfriend, whatever's ex communicating with him a lot. sometimes you become the shoulder to cry on. it makes your partner feel uncomfortable -- >> you have to decide your standard for what that communication should be. just saying communication is wrong is ridiculous. decide what the standard is. what constitutes too much flirting or too much time. >> it makes me feel uncomfortable when she calls. can you please not have that happen. >> that's fair enough. but my husband, god love him and i adore you. he's had a huge problem with that from day one. it's ridiculous. we've been married 27 years. stop it. >> can we do one more quick one? >> look at the seating position. one more shot of this, can we. >> next question. >> what is it? can we just have another

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in you've ever plan your child's party. what about your party? nathan turner author of "american style, classic entertaining." nathan is here. >> good to see you, buddy. let's do it. let's come to the drink section which we like already. >> like you said, it's grown-up for the big people. i like starting out with men's shirting fabric and running with it. we covered simple party hats. >> you can cut up old shirts if you have any around. and then little bow ties. very cute. little bow ties that can act as -- there you go. >> i know but it's going to be hard to find one that fits. >> cocktail napkins and

placecards. here's a fun idea. a placemat made out of, what happened the year you were born. >> 1970, wow. >> and because it's for adults, i made a whiskey bar. you can do any kind of liquor you'd like. >> people still drink whiskey. >> it's old-fashioned and fun. let people make their own. >> very cute, nathan turner. >> so balloons. they are fun. they are festive. but make it your own chic grown-up way. i took plastic table cloths. cut them into strips and tie them on these big modern looking round balloons. they're easy. >> now the big thing that separates a regular party to a birthday spaert decorations and cake. you have to have an amazing birthday cake. i got all of these from magnolia bakery and decorated them very easily myself.

a little water balloons tied at the top. this is from sugarcraft.com. it's little camouflage paper. you just wrap it around there. >> oh, that is really pretty. >> and then i carried over the shirting theme on this one with a little mini banner. >> aren't you clever? >> and sprinkles. what adult doesn't love sprinkles. >> and inside this, huge surprise. >> what is it? >> it's called a pinata cake. >> what? >> but wait, there's more. >> what is it? >> oh, i wish you could see that. >> there's like an explosion inside. >> there are m&ms in there. >> how did you do it in the baking process. >> no, you cut it out. >> no, they are real m&ms. >> wow. >> pinatas, they're not just for kids. this is a really chic easy pinata that i made at home out of cardboard.

it's really easy. and then we have a ping-pong ball game. so who is going to do what? >> you've made up for it. >> what do i do? okay. >> oh, no. a blindfold. >> you are used to those. >> that's a whole other show, okay? >> now what? >> i'm going to tie this around your waist. >> this is going to be one of those. >> i told you that dress would do it. >> wait, kath. >> here's the stick. >> what's happening? >> i got the stick. >> oh, my god! over here. over here. start whacking. >> why do we have these backpacks on?

>> oh, my god. she's violent. >> you knocked it down. it's over. it's over. nice job. all right. well, it's down to three -- >> and i feel great. >> we're going to be back with the latest cast off from "the voice."

from the moment she belted out her first note, sasha allen turned heads and chairs, causing all four coaches to fight for her attention. sasha's journey came to an end tuesday night just a week shy of the finale. we sore happy you are with us today. >> how are you feeling since then? >> you know, i feel good. everybody, i think, was expecting me to feel really bad. and -- >> only because of your talent.

>> yeah, that's the reason why. >> but you know, i found something else for me to do. >> you gave it everything you had. >> it wasn't, oh, i thought i could have -- >> if i didn't get to do it i would have had regrets. >> been disappointed. >> and that is one of the hardest songs to do. and it's so iconic. everyone knows how they sing it. that modulation. >> do you find yourself pulling for one of the remaining singers when you watch it? >> i haven't had a chance. it's just been -- >> is there anyone you are hoping for? >> i do think that danielle will probably win. she's so sweet. and her mom is an angel. so -- >> but that would be a good choice? >> that would be a great choice. >> and you spent time away from your kids because you were busy on this. how do you feel about that and how is it getting back into your life? >> it's horrible. we do it so we can open new doors for them but in the

process, lots of tears. lots of, mommy come home. >> what's next for you professionally. besides a good night sleep. >> what's next? i just hope to be a household name and continue to work hard and do what i love to do. >> we're rooting for you. you are a sweetheart. you were so great. >> thank you. one of the hottest actors around, john stamos is going to visit us. >> we are going to reveal the hottest dad in the entire country. >> guess who is singing? matthew morrison is going to sing a special song for us. bye, everybody.

>> sami: hey. daddy. how's bernardi? >> marge: you know my husband? commissioner... is there any news on joe? >> roman: listen, mrs. bernardi, can we talk someplace more private? >> marge: no, i don't want to leave timmy. you can te me here, please. please. >> roman: i'm sorry. i am so very, very sorry. >> marge: [sobbing] oh, my god. oh. >> abigail: hi.