good morning. high alert. new details on the threat linked to al qaeda that is forcing the u.s. government to take a rare step closing multiple u.s. embassies around the globe. how long could it last? facing evil. i can for give you, but i will never forget. >> castro beginning his life sentence after one of the young women who survived confronts him. the emotional day in court and the first look inside that cleveland house of horrors. the cross of christ. has a crucial piece of history been found?

today, august 2nd, 2013. >> live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i am savannah guthrie. >> matt is on assignment, and so are a lot of other people, because i am here. >> yes, you are here. always good to have you. >> a little stubl. >> a little edge in the morning. good morning, mom. >> we have a great show for somebody who comes from "the voice." there's a great show. they are ready. we're going to start with a drastic move by the state department. they have ordered the shut down of multiple u.s. embassies and consulates. andrea mitchell is our chief foreign affairs correspondent

and has got the latest. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. this is highly unusual. the threat is from one source officials say related to al qaeda in the middle east. mentioning a threat to diplomatic posts overseas. vague but in the aftermath of benghazi the state department is not taking any chances. announcing the closing of all u.s. embassies normally open for business on sunday in the middle east and africa, state department officials cited a security threat. >> the department has been apprised of information out of an abundance of caution, indicates we should institute these precautionary steps. >> reporter: u.s. officials tell nbc news the closures are in response to al qaeda related intelligence specifying a period of time beginning sunday, august 4th. officials say it may be tied to the end of the month long observation of ramadan. >> ramadan is a significant time. you could see the potential for significant attacks.

it's a time where you might see a potential for additional attacks so certainly the intelligence community and the state department are going to pay even closer attention to the threat environment. >> reporter: of the 284 u.s. embassies and consulates worldwide the biggest posts are in tel aviv, baghdad. kuwait city. the key question is will the u.s. shut down the embassies past sunday? a state department notice said it's possible. amidst ongoing turmoil across the middle east from cairo to tahrir square to the civil war in syria and past attacks on u.s. diplomatic post to kenya and tanzania in 1998 and beirut back in 1983. officials are now working with allied spy agencies to narrow town the tar gets to avoid what could be extended to worldwide

closures even if america's 284 diplomatic posts starting as early as sunday. >> let's turn to michael lighter. the former director of national counterterrorism center. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> as andrea just mentioned this is exceedingly rare for the state department to take such a dramatic step. what's your gut? >> my gut is that they clearly have something that's very credible, either human intelligence or signal intelligence, intercepted communications. and although they don't know exactly where it's credible or not they got to take very broad precautions and as andrea noted in light of the benghazi the state department will be extra careful and the intelligence community is very worried about any leaks that could endanger the course and keep them from getting additional information to protect the embassies. >> let me ask you to elaborate more on that. as you well know as somebody who was at the highest levels of the intelligence community threats come in all the time. there's always chatter. surely there's something over

and above, an order of magnitude higher with this that would want a step like this. >> that's right. we would normally see between 40 and 50 threats every day against u.s. facilities and the homeland when i was at the national counterterrorism center. it's only a very few of those that start to get more and more credible and in a case like this it is absolutely something close to one of al qaeda's affiliates or organizations which leads them to take these steps. this isn't something that they do lightly. this has a huge effect, it's covered by all the news, and it's really for the state department normally to keep these facilities open. so this does mean it is far more credible than most of the stuff that they see every day. >> we've learned from the state department of these embassies -- they haven't named which ones, but across the middle east and east will be closed sunday. closings could continue for days after that.

as a practical matter how does this work. you can close an embassy for a day. if the threat is there and real can't you just wait it out? you can't close the embassy forever. >> that's right. what they have to do, they have a series of layered security measures, and closing them is the most radical. they can work with the host countries to make sure there's additional police forces on site. they can reinforce marine guard stations, and make sure there is quick reaction forces in the region. but all of that is the last thing to rely on. we hope they can collect more information and ultimately disrupt any threat that might be coming from various places in the region. >> all right, always good to get your perspective. thank you. now here is carson. >> now to an emotional day in court. horrific at times, heroic at others at the sentencing of ariel castro in the cleveland kidnapping case. nbc's kate snow is in cleveland. kate, good morning.

>> reporter: good morning, carson. we expected it to be an emotional and long day but this hearing was astonishing even for veteran law enforcement officers. ariel castro shocked a lot of people by showing no remorse but one of his survivors said that having the opportunity to address the court gave her strength. >> i spent 11 years in hell. now your hell is just beginning. >> reporter: michele knight confronted her captor directly asking how he could pretend to live a normal life while shackling women to the walls of his home? we saw the feet of chains strung through the house, and windows were nailed shut and crude ahrurpl system on the doors. >> you went to church every sunday, and coming home to torture us. the death penalty would be so much easier. you don't deserve that, you deserve life in prison. >> she spoke about fellow

captive gina dejesus. >> gina was my teammate. she never let me fall i never let her fall. she nursed me back to health when i was dying from his abuse. my friendship with her is the only thing that was good out of of this situation. we said we will some day make it out alive and we did. >> reporter: gina's aunt told the court gina will finish high school and go to college and fall in love and then she said to castro in spanish, may god have mercy on your soul. when he was given the chance to speak, ariel castro rambled for more than 16 minutes. he blamed the victims, blamed an addiction to sex and claimed his 6-year-old daughter with amanda berry never saw any violence. and when castro said this --

>> find it in your heart to for give me because we had a lot of harmony going on in that home. >> reporter: the judge was incredulous. >> in your mind, you said there was harmony and a happy household, and i'm not sure anybody else in america would agree with you. the judge brought the focus back to the survivors. >> from this moment on, i will not let you define me or affect who i am. i will live on. you will die a little every day. after 11 years i am finally being heard and it's liberating. thank you all. i love you. god bless you. >> reporter: the sentence life without parole plus 1,000 years. ariel castro this morning is in this county detention center behind me but he'll be moved to another location here in the

state of ohio. meantime, the women have remained asking for privacy. amanda barry's sister yesterday said she wants to be the one to tell her little girl some day what happened in that house and doesn't want her to find out from anybody else. back to you. you know, i have to say watching that hearing yesterday, this is a young woman who just personifies courage. >> yep. >> being in the same room with the man that tormented her, it was incredible. her faith is so moving. it was an incredible hearing. >> i was outraged that they allowed ariel castro to go on for 16 minutes rambling on and on talking about a harmonious hoe. it made me angry. in some ways, it re-victimized the victims. >> a lot of people were angry. the defendant is entitled to make a statement at sentencing. >> gave us all a chance to see what a monster so. >> he thinks he is not. >> we have photographic evidence of the 99 feet of chain.

horrific. >> she's the face of bravery. >> all of them are. meantime we have another big story. new fallout over russia's decision to grant nsa leaker, edward snowden, terror asylum. it's a move that's putting a greater strain on u.s.-russian relations this morning. jim maceda has the story for us in moscow this morning. good morning. >> reporter: edward snowden spent his first night in a secret location, and his father told the tphanews he is feeling better that his son is in safe hands. stranded for almost six weeks at this moscow airport and under siege by international immediate area in the end snowden slipped out by taxi. his lawyer who handed snowden his new refugee passport giving him asylum in russia for one year said his client wants to rest, learn russia and get a job, probably as a human rights activist.

his father in an exclusive interview with nbc news said he still plans to see his son in russia as soon as he can get a visa and personally express his gratitude. >> i am thankful for the strength and courage of the russian people and the fact that they have reached out and they have kept my son safe. >> reporter: the american fugitive's asylum has cast a pall over u.s.-russian relations. the white house sees snowden's release as a slap in the face. >> we are extremely disappointed that the russian government would take this step despite our very clear and lawful requests in public and in private to have mr. snowden expelled to the united states to face the charges against him. >> reporter: lon snowden said his son has already been convicted by congress and the media. >> he made a sacrifice.

you know, it wasn't a gamble. he made a known sacrifice. his life will never be the same. the most positive outcome for him whatever it could be at this point is going to involve significant sacrifice. >> reporter: meanwhile the obama administration is hinting that it may cancel a key summit between putin and obama here in early september before the g-20 meets. snowden's father continues to makes waves across continents. >> thank you very much. wall street has its eye on this morning's all-important jobs report. natalie has more on that. >> that's right. encouraging signs for the u.s. economy this morning. the u.s. jobs report is out. it shows 162,000 jobs were added

last month, and it's cautioned about drawing down the stimulus economic program. monday appears to be the deadline for new york yankees' alex rodriguez to accept a suspension for performance-enhancing drugs or face a ban. >> reporter: no word from major league baseball about alex rodriguez this as news reports surfaced that talks between both parties have broken down. nbc sports reported earlier a-rod was given two choices, one a long-term suspension, and failing that the commission is said to be mulling a possible lifetime ban, and he would not be allowed to play, but he would be allowed to appeal the ban if that occurs. the yankees said yesterday they assign him to play a couple of rehab minor league games starting tonight so if there's

no resolution before this, before the game, we expect him to trot out there tonight. >> thank you. new calls this morning for a boycott of the 2014 winter olympics in sochi over russia's newly enacted anti-gay laws. it comes at the same time that bar owners stopped serving russian vodka. they staged protests. russia's new law dance the public discussion of gay rights. and relationships anywhere children might hear it. baseball legends cal ripken jr. put up a $1,000 reward for information that would help catch who kidnapped his mother a year ago. she was kidnapped at gunpoint from her residence and held captive for 24 hours. luckily she was returned unharmed. but there have been no arrests in the case. police say they have no leads. investigation into the 2010

chile mine collapse is over and no criminal charges will be filed. the collapse trapped 33 men for more than two months. it prompted an investigation. prosecutors announced that no charges would be brought against the owners nor the regulatory unit saying there was just not enough evidence. a scary scene in central china after a 5-year-old boy got stuck in a narrow gap between two walls. the boy was playing when he fell between a low wall and an adjacent supermarket. firefighters had to dismantle one of the walls and was able to pull him out and he was not hurt. >> it's not hard to get takeout from a restaurant unless, of course, you are a bear. take a look at this surveillance video. you see the bear became a repeat offender at colorado springs at a restaurant. he escaped with the entire dumpster. dragging it away. i think it's a man in a bear

costume. the owner said they plan to chain up the dumpsters from now on to prevent any future late-night snacks. >> i found a picnic basket. >> i knew you were going to go there, al. >> what do you think? >> i think it's a man. >> tomorrow he'll be there on rollerskates. >> takes it back to the apartment, goes through it at his leisure. that's pretty good. >> thank you very much. >> you want to do the whole weather in hey, boo-boo? >> i don't think so. anyway let's see what we got for you. of course we're talking about severe storms today from the plains on into the central plains, from kansas city up to valentine. we're looking at a isolated tornado important, large hail, damaging winds. a lot of rain coming out of this already. pretty strong storms between springfield and kansas city. rainfall amounts over the next 72 hours we could be talking

about anywhere from three to four inches of rain locally and up to five inches of rain in the midwest. we'll get to your local forecast in just 30 seconds. and it's affordable... oh, and it's got all the other brands they have to have. i've been told this stuff can make or break your entire year. but i'm not even going to pretend to know what "cool" is. i'll just take 'em to the sales and leave the rest to them. doorbusters friday 3 to close, saturday 9 to 1. style. quality. price. now at jcpenney. happy friday. i'm meteorologist christina loren. this is san rafael, such a beautiful shot to show you here. low clouds filling in the inland valleys. overall looking really nice. all clouds burning off by about 11:00 a.m. 88 on the way to livermore, 64 degrees in san francisco today. you made it to the weekend and

it is going to be comfortable. not too hot. no big heat in the forecast. in fact, we actually have showers possible next week. and that's your latest weather. >> thank you, al. we know things can be heated between politicians in washington. we've seen it. you got to admit on the u.s. senate floor the conversation is formal, civilized, they use that courtly senate seat. or do they? take a listen to what harry reid said during what he thought was an off mic moment. >> madam president. sit down and shut up. okay? >> whoa. >> that's how -- >> that's not that bad. >> that's how they do it here. check out how they do it in taiwan's parliament. >> that's what i'm talking about. >> not so cid. >> fistacuffs. they threw water at each other.

>> yeah, they were going at it. >> it was like a wws match. >> making us look pretty good. all right. coming up, a surprise announcement from oprah. why she has several reasons to celebrate this morning. >> did scientists just unearth a piece of the cross of jesus. we'll take to you the ancient site of the discovery. but first this is "today" on nbc. but first this is "today" on nbc.

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it is 7:26. good morning everybody. i'm jorn kelley. yes, the clock is now taking. late last night b.a.r.t.'s union issuing the 72-hour strike notice saying they're ready to walk off the job before monday morning's commute. hours before putting out the notice union members took to the streets of oakland telling the world they wants a contract. both sides still very far apart on three key issues, pensions, health care contributions and pay. the two sides return to the negotiating table this morning. that will happen at 9:00 at the same time a b.a.r.t. board meeting is scheduled to take place. in gilroy police along with federal agents raiding an internet cafe at a strip mall on

first street. this happened overnight. they say it's a front for an illegal online gambling operation. that storefront name reads liberty pcs. we were there as the gilroy police and federal agents loaded dozens of boxes into a moving truck. more than 40 commuter stations were also con fis kaetded. police say people would buy internet cards and play vegas style games from poker to slot machines. then the customers would have the option to cash out or get credit. christina loren, it is friday. no matter what the weather forecast, we're going to feel good, right? >> we are going to feel great. good morning to you, jon. good morning at home. this is a live picture of the golden gate bridge. we have low clouds overhead and flight delays to the tune of 45 minutes. 59 in gilroy, hour by hour detail works like this. at about 81 degrees in livermore. a warmer afternoon, feeling like summer, 88 degrees in livermore.

89 up in concord today. we'll show you the santa clara county fair forecast in a few moments. >> not so good. look at the berkeley curve through echlry ville. we're jammed up around the bend. again, the incline is clear, but the earlier crash caused all the &e8to recover. improved for 580 west out of the maze. look at the peninsula, north 101 toward university avenue. we had slowing but it's improved. >> we'll see you back in a half hour with another local update. hope to have you around.

7:30 on a friday morning. 2nd. august, 2013 and our crowd picked a great morning to visit the plaza. they are here for a great band, one of the most popular in country music will take our toyota summer concert stage in our 8:30 half hour. good morning everyone i'm savannah guthrie at studio 1a with al roker and carson daly and natalie morales. >> 20th time we've heard that this morning. >> it's good, though.

one on air is a good one. >> i'm warming up. >> i think we're good. >> coming up with discovery in turkey that's generating buzz all around the world. this scientist uncovered a piece of the cross that jesus was crucified on. >> a 30-year-old namesake of amelia earhart attempting to retake the trip around the world. >> this morning the meet and greet hug. so many questions. how long should it last? do you go for two handed bear hug? the pat on the back? >> the good old warm, hold on. >> natalie might say hold on and never let go. never with a grope. it would be awkward if you were my boss. >> no, not at all.

>> so let's begin this half hour with good news. good news for oprah winfrey. for the first time her cable network own is profitable. mara schiavocampo has more. >> reporter: good morning. oprah's midas touch is back. she's starring in a network movie and her note work is doing well. she's been called the queen of all media. and now that includes cable. >> welcome to own. the brand new oprah winfrey network. >> reporter: thursday oprah winfrey's network cable announced for the first time it's making money. >> it has turned a corner. it's become profitable six months earlier than expected and added 30 new advertising partners. >> reporter: the channel launched in 2011 and got off to a rocking rating start. >> it was a culture shock to me at first how hard it was.

>> reporter: the channel has now found its footing making headlines with big interviews with celebrities like lance armstrong. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions? >> yes. >> reporter: and pop star rihanna. >> it happened? >> it happened to me. it happened to me in front of the world. >> reporter: now oprah has done it again. thursday own announced an upcoming exclusive interview with lindsay lohan fresh off a rehab stint. >> she has her own star power and an amazing ability to book huge stars. the kind of people who can drive ratings. >> reporter: winfrey is expanding her reach. soon starring in the highly-anticipated film "the butler" playing the wife of forest whittaker's character. a movie winfrey says is important to understand civil rights history and quote people need to see. just one more role winfrey can add to a list of growing

entitlements. now for her part winfrey has always said she didn't expect the channel to be profitable until 2014 so she's had pretty realistic expectations. she's making news about her views on race. she revealed she never used the n-word and doesn't let anyone use it around her earth. >> good for her. >> oprah is doing great. we want to head outside to mr. roker and get a check of the weather. >> a picture perfect morning. nice big crowd for a toyota concert series as we get ready for the band. remember tropical storm dorian. guess what. it's back. that's right. it's not a tropical storm right now, but we are looking at, it's now may redevelop and bring a lot of wet weather to our friends in the bahamas and then on into florida. you can already see on the radar

a lot of heavy rain forming and on the future cast you'll see that rain makes its way onshore into florida. then it spins offshore, gets caught up in a cold front and pushes away. in the next 72 hours we're looking in southern eastern florida anywhere from four to five inches of rain over the next 7:35. you made it to friday. we've got a really good day shaping up. this is oakland looking towards the city by the bay, san francisco. you can barely make out the bay bridge in the distance. we have flight delays out of sfo. in about 45 minutes, we'll keep you updated. today we've got the santa clara county fair in town, 83 for saturday. comfortable conditions all weekend long. we'll cool off heading into next week. hope it's a great weekend. >> that's your latest weather. no matter your weather whether you're from the country or the

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. back now at 7:40 what could be a remarkable discovery. archaeologists working at an ancient church in turkey believe they may have found a piece of the cross of jesus. >> reporter: after digging for four years and finding 1,000 human skeletons turkish archaeologists believe they struck biblical code a fragment

of the cross of jesus. they found it in this stone chest engraved with two crosses. professor gulgun koroglu says this piece macon taken a bone of a christian saint or a piece of the cross that jesus christ was crucified on. if so it will become an instant icon of christianity found in a church built in the year 660. in the fourth century wood fragments said to be from the cross were sent from these shores across the mediterranean to rome and constaninople. the shroud in turin is said to hold the image of jesus. the arc of noah is said to have been found several times. either way the turkish archaeologists say the stone and its contents have a very important history.

they have been examined in an laboratory. for "today," martin fletcher, nbc news, israel. cardinal dolan is the author of a new ebook "praying in roam." good morning to you. >> a joy to be with you. a good way to start a weekend. it's friday. >> literally, right. we will talk about your ebook in a moment. i have to ask you about the piece we just saw. would it be significant if a piece of jesus's cross were found? >> you bet it would. we withhold judgment because there's a lot of scientific research that has to go on and i don't mind sharing with you because i'm skeptical because there's been such claims in the past. if alwayses can say this dates back from the fourth century, we'll never get complete accuracy built anything that brings us closer to jesus and his cross. >> on another topic there's a

book about the life of jesus christ. it's been very controversial. he was questioned whether if he's a muslim he can write a book about christianity. is that a valid criticism? >> jesus has universal appeal. people of any faith or none at all have written about him for centuries. the islamic community holds jesus christ with great reverence. they don't believe he's divine or our lord and savior but esteem him and appreciate his moral principles. >> also jesus christ was a zealot a political revolutionary. is that so shocking? >> that is a little -- it's not shocking, that has been said before. it's a little shocking it's not quite accurate. when you look at the gospels closely jesus eschewed any direct intervention of politics. he preached morality. he tried to stay away from

getting stucked into that israeli-roman conflict. >> speaking of church and politics, that's something you're familiar with yourself. in this ebook you write about the conclave. you're not giving up any secrets, are you >> i hope not. >> you wrote pope francis is a real shot in the arm before he even made the remarks about not judging gays. judging the sin. do you feel in light of what he said that you want to personally change in your own approach? >> yes. i think pope francis is already calling me and i'm still on a high from being with him at world youth days, 3 million young people and myself at rio de janeiro. he's calling me for a genuine examination of conscience. by what he's doing and saying i find him to be a challenge and in good way. like jesus is a challenge. he's saying to me and i think everybody else in the world,

let's re-examine our approach to things. let's examine if we're faithful to the teaching of jesus especially when it comes to love, joy, hope and mercy. i welcome it that he's kind of -- he said in rio and said we have a god of surprises and we never can categorize or box him in. he's aprefreshing one. >> is he a reform center >> he can't reform the substance of church teaching but can renew the way it's presented. in rio, in the interview you just mentioned he's doing it. >> in your book you get into your own reflections on the pope. the ebook is called "praying in roam." coming up next the present day amelia earhart set to recreate her relative's final flight. we'll talk to her right after this.

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our denver station, amelia rose good morning. >> i'm a namesake of amelia and my dad's last name is earhart. our family shares a distant common ancestry to amelia. my parents didn't really name me amelia earhart because of our relation. it's very distant. they want to give me an inspirational namesake. they had no idea i would actually ever fly. >> people have been asking you do you fly, do you want to be pilot since you were old enough to talk. >> every single day in my life. are you a pilot. i got sick of telling people no. i'm getting disappointing looks on people's faces. as soon as i can afford it i'll trite. in college i took my first flight lesson and i haven't stopped since. >> you're planning to recreate her trip around the world. you'll do it with patrick

carter. you side it will take two weeks? >> two weeks at the minimum. we have 14 stops. two to three weeks. we'll sleep our required amount. refuel the plan. >> oakland is where it starts. >> we'll start in oakland, california, make our way down to miami, brazil, cut across africa, make our way u india, australia and south pacific. low passes over highland avenue. >> what's the furthest you've flown so far? >> so far my longest flight was a transcontinental flight recreate amelia's flight across the u.s. from oakland to miami. it was awesome. >> what does it nine. you share her name. you're very interested in her. but to retrace her steps. >> i've been having this conversation by entire life. it always comes up. when i think about the best way to honor being a namesake of amelia it's about adventure. there's not a lot of things we're entitled to. but we're entitled to developing

our own adventure. this is my version of adventure. and best way to keep amelia's spirit alive. >> we'll follow you as well. >> say hi to everyone in denver. coming up how not be awkward. this morning that hug when you meet someone. any way to make it less weird and uncomfortable. >> the band perry live in concert. >> they are ready. all coming up after your local news and weather on a fwlorous friday. this day calls you. to fight chronic osteoarthritis pain. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, you will know you did something for your pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a pain reliever fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain.

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right now it is 7:56. good morning everybody. i'm jon kelley. the city of richmond filing a lawsuit against chevonne over last year's massive refinery fire. city leaders say the fire had a huge impact on the community, not only from the smoke and the fire that sent 15,000 people to the hospital. city leaders say it cost richmond millions of dollars in emergency response and caused property values to plummet. chevron release ag statement saying, quote, we cannot comment on the merits of a lawsuit that we have not yet seen, but we believe the decision to pursue such a suit is a waste of the city's resources and yet another example of its failed leadership. not a failure if you want to get out and enjoy good weather this weekend. isn't that right, christina loren? >> that's right. we have a great looking day

shaping up. hazy out there. we made to it the weekend. almost there. happy to report we have good to moderate air quality all across the bay area. all that smoke and pollen we were dealing with earlier in the week, it's done. 88 degrees in livermore. 76 in fremont and 79 degrees in san jose. we have enough wind out there to mix up our atmosphere. the fog we do have is already starting to burn off. saturday into sunday, enjoy a beautiful weekend. not too hot. below seasonal averages. we cool off even more as we kickoff next week. let's check the drive with mike. >> a tough morning for the bay bridge toll plaza. the entire toll plaza, this is friday, but this is the backup. also coming off the berkeley curve, slowing out of emeryville. that's a slow drive. but the incline and the upper deck are clear. slower, also, getting off interstate 880 towards highway 92. z earli hesperian. back to you. >> thank you, back at 8:26 with

another local update. we certainly hope to see you then. have a great one.

we'll be taking to our toyota concert stage in our next half hour and this crowd is ready. that's because carson daly is riling them on. >> i used to do this. i did this for a long time.

>> i thought you did it on a certain show? >> what? >> never mind. >> we're back to "the voice" again. good morning, everyone. next we are going to talk about something we've been doing all week which is our how not to be awkward series. we're going to wrap it up with the awkward hug. >> if you hug somebody for too short, it doesn't mean anything. if you hug them too long, it's creepy, so we'll have some strategies on how you can get the perfect hug down. plus she just game an aunt. now pippa middleton making headlines literally. she's got a new article she wrote for "vanity fair." we're going to tell you what's on her mind. and then a photographer who spent a year living among africa's lions is going to be he here. he'll share some of his stunning images and some amazing things that he has learned. >> who knew that collin cowley, party planner extraordinaire is a big the band perry man, right? you're a big fan?

>> absolutely. we have some students here from south africa. >> this just proves what we've always suspected, that a party just follows you wherever you go. we've got a lot to get to but we want to get to natalie for a check of the top stories of the morning. good morning, everyone. a terror threat overseas has the u.s. taking drastic actions. the state department has ordered american embassies and consulates in the middle east, north africa and other areas to close on sunday because of reportedly specific al qaeda-related intelligence. >> the department has been apprised of information that out of an abundance of caution and care for our employees and others who may be visiting our installations indicates we should institute these precautionary steps. >> officials say the threat may be tied to the end of the month-long muslim observation of ramadan. the white house says it's extremely disappointed that russia has granted a one-year asylum to edward snowden. the admitted national security leaker spent last night at the home of an american ex-patriot

family in russia. hours earlier he was allowed to leave the moscow airport where he was stranded in legal limbo for nearly six weeks. the u.s. wants snowden deported to face espionage charges. the head of the u.s. postal service confirmed on thursday that his agency photographs every piece of mail processed in the country. postmaster general patrick donohoe said they are kept up to a month and used chiefly for sorting but have been provided to law enforcement. the sentencing of cleveland kidnapper ariel castro gave one of his victims what she called a liberating chance to confront her former captor. he was sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years. in court yesterday victim michelle knight faced her forme tormentor. >> you went to church every sunday. coming home to torture us.

it would be so much easier then. you don't deserve that. >> in his 16 minute rambling statement castro apologized and blamed victims and declared he's not a monster. former new england patriot aaron hernandez is once again declaring his innocence but this time it's in a letter to a pen pal. hernandez has already pleaded not guilty to the murder of a boston semipro football player. hernandez wrote i know everything happens for a reason and i know god has a plan for me and something goodwill come out of this. a little florida boy has survived a frightening and unusual journey. he was swept into a drain pipe during a storm on thursday. he was still conscious when he was rescued and expected to be okay. and one utah family started its own baby boy population

boom. three sisters each gave birth to a little boy all in the month of july. two of the newborns arrived just an hour apart. the sisters said they didn't plan on simultaneous pregnancies but happy the new cousins will have a great support system for each other and built in play dates for life. it's 8:05 right now. let's go back outside to savannah and carson. >> thank you. >> let's take a look at the weather. >> we got the band perry fans over here. and you guys have a great view of all the guitars and stringed instruments. there's the guitar guys there. are you in charge of all the guitars? >> yes. >> how many? >> a dozen on the road. >> the road guitar. always watch out for the road guitar. let's check your weather. see what's going on. our pick today, contaminate

parks florida. news channel 8 getting it done for us. storms making their way across the mid-section of the country. cold front on the eastern seaboard. hit or miss thunderstorms making their way into the pacific northwest. heat continues through texas with much of texas baking with hundred plus readings. beautiful day in 8:06. this beautiful stretch of summertime weather is going to continue today. good morning, meteorologist christina loren, a live look at the bay bridge, mostly cloudy conditions here, temperatures running nice and mild at san jose, 79 degrees, 76 today in fremont where we are kicking off the fremont festival of the arts 1590 a.m. conditions are going to be comfortable out there today, getting into the next couple of days, we actually drop you off, both saturday and sunday, the cooldown continues into next week. hope you have a fantastic weekend. and that's your latest

weather. back to carson and savannah. >> thank you. coming up next, how the death of cory "montieth" will be dealt with on "glee." we have new details. we'll wrap up our lessons on how not to be awkward with the meet and greet. how to employ that uncomfortable hug. >> a live concert with the band perry. but first these messages. okay, a? b? b. a?

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>> 18. >> i lived at home during college but millenniums are writing their own age. 36% of young adults were living at home with mom and dad. that's the highest number in 40 years. one researcher said he was surprised because since 1981 that percentage has held steady at about 31%. people are wondering why. first thing the job market, while it has been improving some are having trouble finding work. young adults today also more likely to put off entering the real world by going to grad school and delay major life events like marriage, changing social signals. young americans living at home say they are fine with it. not embarrassing. parents not so much. >> some parents, my brother was living at home, my mom they loved him being at home and she would make him three squares a day. >> i lived with my parents for a

month. we vacationed together. it was a blast. >> did you make your mom do laundry? >> it's not living if you're on vacation. >> but it's an idea what to live with them. >> at some points you have to leave the nest. >> trending on the daily beast how "glee" will say good-bye. new details on how the fox show will write out cory "montieth's" character when "glee" returns it will deal with drug abuse. cory's character won't necessarily die from an overdose but they will address the issue. since "montieth's" sudden death last month. . >> everybody has to be watching you to see how you react.

>> it's good they are dealing with the issue and doing the psas which is so important for young people. everybody is great. they had genuine affection. >> the planning of everything. >> trending on msn, message in a bolt. you may have heard the saying no mail is good mail. maybe we'll feel differently if the post master general gets his way. in an interview he said he would like to overturn laws restricting delivery of alcoholic beverages by mail. that's right. beer, wine, spirits delivered right to your door when you get home on a friday they serve them up in a martini glass. that's wishful thinking for the post office if it raidses $15 million right now it's suffering from $16 billion in losses from this year. a lot of people say this makes economic sense. question is how do you all feel? >> totally for it. >> all on board. >> when they first told me this story this morning i thought oh,

the post office is going start selling wine? >> that would being a great. >> drink your beer while you buy your stamps. >> let's go to the post office. >> good idea. >> hey look at that guy on the wanted poster. that's me. >> why am i on that poster. >> our viewers are for it. 82% said yes. 18% said no. >> a self-serve bar. >> still voting. >> exactly. >> trending on youtube, blurred lines like you've never heard it before. early this week you remember robr robin thicke stopping by. ♪

>> different stars. it gives them a whole new feel. >> not too sexy any more. >> speak being of our nbc family we want to take a moment and give our best to brian williams. he announced he'll soon be taking a leave of absence to undergo knee surgery that stems from an injury he got while playing high school football like many other americans dealing with knee injuries. brian said he's been in pain for 35 years. said he finally decided to do something about it and so we wish brian, our friend, the best. such a hard worker. i know it's hard for him to take that leave of absence. >> we hope.

knee replacement is a tough, tough deal. i had one replaced. i have to have another one. as long as you do the therapy. you have to do the physical therapy. >> get a deal. buy a knee get one free. >> you guys offered to come over in your nurse's out fit. >> that's a regular saturday. >> coming up, living with the pride. a wildlife photographer stops by to share stunning images from his year with the wild lions of africa. >> first time for our final lesson in how not to be awkward. this morning the hug. for some a simple greeting for others it's awkward. what do you do when you see those outstretched arms coming your way. they can be romantic. happy. or sometimes sad. but then again hugs can be awkward. >> what if it's one of those hugs where the shoulders are touching and hips eight feet

away. >> i'm not a hugger. >> people have come up and hug me, okay i don't know you at all. >> i felt we were hand shake friends you felt we were hugging friends. >> according to the book "art of hugging" 22% of people don't hug at all. >> they don't know how long it should last, should they speak, where to put their head. >> i don't like to hold on for a long time. that's awkward. >> i hate good-byes. >> the worst kind of greeting to have is when one person goes in for the cheek touch. >> if you're not my bestest you're not coming near my face. >> awkward. >> full on bear hug when somebody picks you up and tries to spin you around. i think that's very uncomfortable. >> awkward. >> again what's a hug between bros. >> it's going to happen, let's

do it and get it over with. >> brothers don't shake hands, brothers got to hug. >> and if you don't want to hug at all -- >> someone tries to hug me and i don't want them too, i go hi how are you. >> an awkward hug many have trouble embracing. >> we have the etiquette columnist from the "new york post." carson is here to lend an arm or two. the hug it can often be so awkward. one of the reasons is you got to know the proper length of a hug. >> absolutely. a hug can be for consolation, for comfort, for congratulations. some people don't get it. it gets creepy. >> we'll demonstrate. we'll hug. >> so that was good. you guys did that. >> wanted short very professional style. >> squeeze and let go. >> like to embrace and let you

know i care. >> i didn't get a sense of too hard. that's a big issue. >> i'm a squeezer. >> did you feel squeeze? >> felt love. >> you guys have rapport. this is comfortable for both of you. this time see where the hand are because this can be awkward. >> pretend we don't know each other >> you're a business colleague. you met once or twice before. >> hi, nice to see you. >> what i like there you both choose a side. you went for the side correctly. you weren't having that awkward middle thing and kept your hands where both could see them. >> that came into play. support is important. one up here. i was touching her skin. is that a bad thing. >> sorry. >> given the dress she's wearing that's unavoidable but keep the hands as much as possible at the shoulder level. >> some guys go in for the squeeze. is that creepy. >> you don't want to do the bear hug where you trap the

arms. i like the fact you did that diagonally. >> how good is your hug? >> that was quick, easy. >> what about patting versus rubbing, stagnant. >> that's for consolation. for people who know one another or someone comes into our office crying. two colleagues who know each other beard. >> how about awkward hug with the kiss. some go in for the cheek kiss. what side? >> the kiss hello is once you go down that road you can never go back as jerry seinfeld says. >> i didn't even -- >> like >> is that bad manners. >> clearly you want to stay away from each other's faces unless your good friends or family members. the other strategy which is

great, say we're doing this hug, and you don't want to hug me. put out your arm on my shoulder and keep me at arm's length. if you know i'm a perpetual bad hugger, i do the double hand clinch. then if somebody tries to pull you in you have this double barrier. >> have you ever tried this? >> you got bigger problems than that. >> what about two men. >> the bro hug. >> awkward. >> just for me to watch. thank you so much. we could hug all day. >> we could. >> group hug. >> now let's turn to a project years in the making that's giving the world a stunning and unique up close look at the magnificent african lion. in the southwest corner of

serengeti park in tan santa, a lion greets another lion and shares a nuzzle. just one of the special moments captured by wildlife photographer michael nichols who spent a year living in the african wilderness and documents the maest j jefjestic creatures. and a device known as the microcopter used here for an early morning aerial view. >> we're going over the valley that we are living in. >> nighttime is the prime hunting hours for big cats because in the dark they can see better than their prey so nichols used infrared light to

capture moments when members of the prime feast on a wild wilderbeest. nichols work illuminate as lion's pattern. cubs born in close proximity to each other and the job protecting them is shared by female lions. here they keep the cubs in the den to protect them from predators. impressive, imposing, fear some. lions have always captured our imagination. with these images nichols hopes to inspire others and preserve this species for future generations. >> stunning images. michael nichols is with us. what's the purpose of this project to show lions in the way people haven't seen them before, you had to be embedded with them. how long did it take for the

lions to get used to? >> literally the first moment that we arrived we were introduced by a scientist, the car they were in they see. they never raised their heads. after that they missed it. they became the team. lions are the enemy of everybody else. so we were part of their team. all the other animals were afraid of us too. >> what was the technology you used to help shape the assignment? >> one thing, you don't hug lions. >> yeah. never an awkward when you a lion. >> the robot was important to get close to them to get down to their level. >> this we haven't seen before. >> that was critical to be on their level, to be really close. the whole idea -- >> did the lions ever attack it?

>> they touched it lightly. they were cautious with it. they weren't aggressive. they weren't sure what it was. >> did you or your crew ever feel threatened, any moment? >> we had moments but the whole thing was a leap of faith where you decide that you're not on the menu, you don't have a barrier, there's openness between you and you just really stay tuned in. you don't do anything fast. i focused like crazy, intense focus all the time so you can get there. but they are cats. they are unpredictable. got huge claws. you can't think not dangerous but you have to pretend it's not. >> what did you learn about quickly about the female role of the lion. >> the female for me became the lion. the male plays kind of a loose role but the female ties everything together, very cooperative. they do everything together. >> thank you very much.

stunning imagery. appreciate that. go to nbc.com for more. the band perry is here. good morning, everyone. it is 8:26. i'm janelle wang. firefighters in hayward are on the scene of an overnight fire in the carport of an apartment complex on pierce street not far from the hayward b.a.r.t. station. the call came in 359:00 this morning. hayward fire tells us arson investigators on the scene. the cause of this fire is still unknown. let's get a look at our traffic situation this friday morning. here is mike inouye. >> hi, janelle. not quite as bad as that fire on the carport. the toll plaza, dramatic for folks on a friday, look at the backup here the fast track lanes starting to move much better, show you the live shots close up, the curve, straight from here to the maps after that. looking at the berkeley curve as a smooth drive, slows

approaching berk labor day into emeryville a big backup for a friday. continues to fluctuate but speeds slow through berkeley and approaching the toll plaza, the backup to the parking lot. the south bharks we expect to see for a friday. 1501 slow from 680 to the airport, sjc, north 87 slows also, approaching cutterer in, zip down toward the 50s, highway 87 and 280, interchange had some debris that's causing initial slowing. nothing dramatic, highway 85 looking good now. janelle? >> thanks so much, mike. thanks for joining us. we will have another update for you in 30 minutes. see you soon. [ female announcer ] when you asked us to remove

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s ♪ 8:300-on a friday morning. it's the 2nd of august 2013. our country and our crowd has gone country this morning. the band perry is taking our toyota summer concert stage any moment. power our buzz meter. tweet us with th the #bandperrytoday.

>> we got more great concerts to come in the weeks ahead. next week grammy winner michael dublay and in two weeks mike ryan. >> crazy out here august 23rd when the boys from britain take over. >> oh, my goodness. first a check of the weekend forecast. >> that's right. let's check it out for you, show you that on saturday we're looking at wet weather stretching from the northeast, mid-atlantic states back to the plains. sunny and mild through the great lakes with strong storms in central plains opinion plenty much sizzling weather in texas which will continue on sunday, sunday, we expect more sunshine, milder weather in the northeast, mild through the plain states. look for a beautiful day sunny and warm through the pacific northeast and heat down along

>> into the weekend, temperatures drop off just a couple of degrees it is going to be comfortable for your outdoor plans. i hope you have a great weekend. and that's your latest weather. savannah. >> as the duchess of cambridge adjust stocks a new mom her sister is pretty busy. pippa middleton is a contributing writer to "vanity fair." her second article hits newsstands today. >> first it's about wimbledon. this time pippa is talk about playing cricket. if you're confused by the complicated sport, it turns out you have good company.

it looks fancy and fun. in shows like dalton abby cricket is a sophisticated sport. but this complicated british pastime is foreign to us americans. sometimes compared to baseball, cricket is a bat and ballgame but with 11 players. the article is pippa's light-hearted attempt to explain the 300-year-old sport and its interesting vernacular. things like silly, googlely and h howzat. there are two things that attract pippa to cricket.

there's tea because the game can last from three hours to five days. and those dapper men in white. her role is as a cheerleader or a boundary bake. >> came to cricket cheering on boyfriends who have played the sport and from a fan's perspective than a player's. >> she writes quote there you'll have found me trying to locate my man of the moment through a tiny pair of binoculars. the 11 players in each team always seem to look the same to me. although the famous aunt pippa has been tied to a banker, not a cricket player. >> they have a rich history to be the aunt of a future king. no official role for her so she's carving out a role for herself. >> while the public seems enthralled with her every move

and outfit she's hard at work as a columnist. focusing on party planning and her love of sports. she says when it comes to cricket the most important thing is you don't have to understand to it enjoy it. pippa's final piece of advice, never snore too loudly, however boring the game may have become or however much you have had to drink during lunch time. fair enough. >> as for pippa's next piece, "vanity fair" said they are hoping the sport of king, polo which her brother-in-law prince harry plays. >> thank you. >> coming up, we've got a live concert in the plaza from the band perry. there they are. we'll get that going in just a minute. first this is "today" on nbc. [ wind howling ]

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and we don't want to keep our fans waiting any longer. are you ready? performing their latest hit, the band perry, everybody. ♪ >> new york city, put your hands up in the air. ♪

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♪ come on new york, put your hands up. ♪ sing it. ♪ all i want to be is done bring it. ♪ all i want to be is done get your hands high in the air. come on. ♪ [ applause ] >> we'll have more music from the band perry in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

♪ the band perry is getting real comfortable at the top of the plaza. their sophomore album debuted at number one. good morning to all of you. >> congratulations, guys. [ cheers and applause ] >> i have to say we like to think of our cess as morning people. you folks got in at 3:00 in the morning from your concert at hershey. >> we just didn't go to bed. >> true rock stars. how are you feeling. >> we're wonderful. we're hopped up on chocolate. we played with the rascal flatts boys and journey. >> your song is very special you two have song writing credit on this. is that exciting.

>> first song that reed and i wrote. it's a song about the underdog and rising above circumstances. so it's really special for three of us. >> you are siblings. your parents are involved. what are their role? >> everything from star buck runners to -- >> mom get me coffee. >> our dad was the original bus driver. he doesn't do that as much these days. >> his name is steve perry too. >> there's a little family scoop. any family dysfunction. on stage it's all perfection. >> neil is the jokester. reed is the bossy one. it's not the big sister. >> and people think that's a lot of hair but it's just a big head underneath. >> so good to have you guys on the plaza. congratulations on the new record. we'll get out of your way and

let the ban perry do one of their biggest hits. we'll let do you that. the band perry, everybody. [ applause ] ♪ ♪

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much. we're back with a lot more. but first on a friday morning we have your local news and weather. ♪ good morning. it's 8:56. i'm janelle wang. in the past hour, the state department issued a global terror alert because of an al qaeda terrorist threat. the department says the phone information terrorism is particularly strong in the middle east and north africa. back here at home, let's check get a check of the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> hey, good morning to you, janelle. glad you are with us this morning a great-looking day shaping up, a live look here this is san jose, little hazy,

got good air quality though all across the bay area. temperatures are going to be warm today, the warmest day of the week, in fact, 88 degrees inland, 76 bay side at the coast, getting into the all-important weekend so close now. 86 on saturday, 84 inland on sunday and then we cool off even more so monday into tuesday. hope you have a fantastic weekend.

>> welcome to "today" on a friday mornings 2nd of august, 2013. terrific crowd, great weather. you're listening to our concert star the band perry. they will be back with one more song in just a little bit. thanking their fans. taking pictures. >> i got to say -- >> the cameras are out. they are all over. super nice. very talented. >> she has a lot of energy. she can kick her legs high.

>> she can dance and sing. >> she's amazing. >> i'm not going to sing it like savannah. >> all morning long. >> can't believe it. >> every single time. >> we'll start with a serious topic. ariel castro finally being sentenced, a man who kept three women captive in his cleveland home for more than a decade, sentenced to life in prison without a parole plus a 1,000 years on two counts of aggravated murder. he pleaded guilty to kidnapping amanda berry, gina dejesus and michele knight. the scene in court yesterday, two scenes that stick out in everybody's mind, michele knight as she spoke. >> a hero. >> really just reaffirmed to everybody how strong she really is. take a listen. >> we said we will some day make it out alive and we did.

you took 11 years of my life away. and i have got it back. i spent 11 years in hell. now your hell is just beginning. >> a lot for a long time. good for her. it's easy when you're a victim to just hide in a kwa eat room and not face it but more michele to have the courage to get up there and say those words in front of that monster, good for her. i hope that helps her. >> especially, given that he actually -- he spoke for about 16 minutes rambled on and on. i think a lot of us had that reaction like just somebody shut him up. >> it was good to see. take a listen. here's just some of what he had to say. >> harmony went on in that house. being forceful on them totally

wrong. i'm not a monster. i did not prey on them. because of my sexual addiction. >> i grew up with my mom you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all. it's one of those moments where you look at him, he is a monster. an absolute monster. he's delusional and sick. >> we heard his ramblings last friday. he got to speak out as well. he blamed the victims. he blamed his addiction to sex. >> child aabuse. >> why? why this whole -- >> it's not like -- >> it's not going to change his face. he's sentenced to a lifetime in prison plus 1,000 years. >> just how delusional this guy is. >> you see the images of the chains, shackles. >> for him to say that i never held them prisoner in that house, but yet look at what they had to endure and you have

photographic evidence of the house and the house of horrors. >> everybody who is in his family, his son ariel castro jr. was here last week. you wonder where they fall in this in that this was all going on for 11 years and nobody knew. >> his son had been to house to. wongd. didn't hear anything. didn't know. >> clearly he hid it from everybody and did it very well to get away for more than ten years. >> you won how well did he actually hide it and how much people were perhaps in denial or didn't want to admit in the back of their minds knew but couldn't go through there. >> wanted to go through the tv and wring the guy's neck. >> let's switch to lighter news. it's friday. >> this next one is kind of interesting because, of course -- >> you're on. >> singing competition show. >> thank you very much. >> number one singing show in

america. but there are others that are limping along. including "american idol." jennifer lopez close to signing a deal with fox to return to "american idol." >> good deal for them. she's very well liked. >> great for her. >> likability is everything. j. lo is a big name, big icon. the thing is what we do at the voice you have to care. that's where you get in trouble. >> that's the different between your show and other shows. >> you're show is built around people's stories. to help them. all the assets that our major artists have. they turn over that power to the artists themselves. it's not about adam or kristina. >> while not confirming the rumors it's likely true they were looking for judges who were good at the job that people like and that refocused the attention on the contestants.

they realized the whole nicki minaj, maria carey became so out of control. >> what impressed me they are not coaching them to be singers they are life coaches. they are giving them skills that will translate into being able to live their lives. >> everybody gets along which is nice. >> networks love to sit in rooms and try -- it's hard to pick a panel. we got this guy to represent this genre of music. no one knew who blake was but he received the biggest bounce, global superstar now. there's just this organic, everybody is there for the right reason. it's not about me or about them, it's about being part of the show. mentoring and helping. >> for next season, they are

coming back. >> we loved usher and shakira. >> six coaches now. >> you rotate them. >> the number one. "the voice." >> in the spring we'll have adam, blake and usher and shakira back. >> being a great if you did musical chairs and had four chairs, six hosts. then six people scramble for four chairs. >> that's good. i'll write that down. >> write that down. >> al's bad idea. okay. >> no, good. good. okay. so you're in a parking lot or as one of our producers who is from australia says a car park, when a person parks his or her car and takes up two spots or three. >> do i that all the time. >> up don't do it intentionally. >> no. no, i don't. >> you're just a bad parker like

me. >> i much at mitt it. >> check out this video. >> we're videoing. >> okay. >> what happened this guy keeps parking, taking up two spots. >> it's in georgia. >> these guys were kind of sick of it. so they park as close as they can to the guy -- >> whose car. >> the jaguar was taking up two space. they decided let's stake it out and put our caring right next to you. he has a hard time getting out. >> he has to work to get into car. >> it puts your car at potentially for a little door ding. >> they figured it's worth it. i'm a lousy parker. >> isn't that terrible. i come back to really nasty notes. i wish i kept the notes on my windshields like, you know, like the f and this and that, who do

you think you are, parking crooked. >> it remind us of this curb your enthusiasm scene. check this out. >> excuse me. are you happy with that park? >> yeah, what's wrong with it? >> you're way outside the line. you're taking over two pace snoops a foot over the line. two paces. the next car will take up two spaces. then you leave and that car gets blame. this is chaos. >> i love larry. >> they are expensive nice business cards in my car in the glove box and i want says nice parking. i see somebody like that i put it on their windshield. >> you went through that trouble. >> maybe they think you are complimenting them. >> it's ironic. >> i never sign it. >> wow.

>> oh, my gosh. >> now people will know. >> yeah if you get one of those you know it's me. >> you care. another reason why. >> all right. this is still the "today" show. let's get a check of the weather. >> let's show you what we got. first we're looking at showers and thunderstorms making their way through the central plains. we have some flash flood watches up in those areas. look for rain, actually enhanced by remnants of dorian, causing problems in southern florida. some areas over the next 72 hours may pick up five inches of rain. hit or miss showers in northern new england. rain in the southwest. we do have that risk of storms in the central plains and beautiful weather through the outhern california area. oh, we are going to see a beautiful day right here in the bay pairer ya, good morning to you, al. good morning to you at home. the time now, 9:10. taking a live look this is from oakland, facing san francisco,

still a little hazy here, take it to your visible satellite, show you where the clouds are plenty hugging the peninsula. look at this already starting to clear in sonoma county, same for marin county, temperatures comfortable, 88, livermore, 64, san francisco, we stay nice and comfortable all weekend long. that's your latest weather. >> thank you, al. what a week it was. what were some of the most memorable images of the week. picture perfect photos and the stories behind them. we'll have that right after this. actually... guys! [ female announcer ] ...it can. introducing swiffer steamboost powered by bissell. it gets the dirt that mops can leave behind with steam-activated cleaning pads that break down dirt and lock it away. how did you get this floor so clean? ♪ steamboost, sir! [ female announcer ] new swiffer steamboost powered by bissell. not just clean, steamboost clean.

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said all. >> we're take look at images and the stories behind it. >> there's a ton of images this week. what about these photos that will resonate with people. >> we put up photos every week. what draws people's eye. when it's a story that is better told in a picture than it is in words. and as you know pictures are becoming much more how we tell stories. we take more photos now because we have phones with us all the time and some of these photos are taken on a device. it's more about what the humans are in, what story they are telling, whether or not we can feel something. >> let's take a look at the first one. pope's mass on sunday. historic 3 million people showed up including these very excited nuns on the beach at copacabana.

>> dancing ing to copacabana. >> that was great. >> looks like one is wearing an all access pass. >> they are not supposed to be having fun but they are. >> they are local rock star. the pope is in town. dance is a fantastic thing, grown ups don't do it enough i imagine especially nuns. >> we love that picture. >> look how many people turned out. >> three plus million. >> including world leaders. that's a less interesting photo than the nuns. >> they look like aunts on a beach. >> switching gears the world watching yesterday during the sentencing of ariel castro and michele knight. what does this picture say about her in >> well, the thing that i think is most poignant about this picture is how tiny she is. you don't see that in the

stories. you can see her there now standing there, the strength, the force of will, the power that when she speaks to this guy who had power over her for so long and now she's the one. >> he's not even looking at her. >> i imagine that would be impossible to look at someone you've done that. >> like she's in the foreground and he's in the background. >> right. her saying those things like you did this to me and now -- >> these images as we've shown all morning long on the show just are like you said maybe taken from a phone but they are an inside window into -- >> how they lived. >> how awful. to have the chains and to say it was consensual. >> you put yourself in that scenario and you go wow that's terrible. >> pictures speak a thousand words. >> politics a big week in new york. anthony weiner was in the news. >> got to end the week with anthony western. what does this picture say. >> the thing about anthony

weiner and his story we project on to him how we feel about what de. for people who think it's no big deal let's get on, let's leave the man to whatever is behind him, this is him being pensive and thoughtful. for others this is a photo of him thinking oh, my goodness what have i done. how will i get by this. >> all the interpretations. >> why carlos danger. why did i pick that name. >> it's a picture is what we see not necessarily what happened. >> let's take another turn heart felt story about two parents holding a special wedding in honor of their son. >> this one is going to make anybody who looks at it tear up especially if you're a parent but even not. this is little logan, he's dying. he has a few days to live. his parents will get beard and he'll be their best man.

they bought a little suit for him. doctors have said there's nothing more they can do for him. it's one of those stories that you wish never happened to anybody. >> powerful images. thank you so much. thank you. check out more images at day.com. check out the headlines before you head out the door. but first these messages. and got a freelance gig. it's not going very well. so she's coming to the new samsung experience shop at best buy to find all the galaxy devices she needs. and get personalized demos. which means less of this... ow! you shocked me! ...and more of this. well done, anne. the samsung experience shop. the place to find the latest galaxy devices and get hands-on help. only at best buy stores nationwide. you know who you are.

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and chocolate chex... we're in cereal heaven. so thanks. from the mcgregors, 'cause we love chex. welcome back, the time now, 9:28. what a beautiful day shaping up here. got a gorgeous sky over much of the bay area, still some looming low clouds right over san francisco. we still have those flight delays but they have come down from 47 minutes, now at 27 minutes. keep that in mind. visible satellite, improvement on the way, low clouds starting to burn off, as we head through the next couple of hours they should do so right on time, by about 11:30, should be nice and clear for most of the bay area, 676, fremont, 79, san jose, 85, gilroy. the fremont festival starts today, temperatures comfortable around 76. get nothing this weekend, we stay nice and steady, not too hot and actually cool off get nothing next week. let's check that drive, good morning, mike. >> fremont festival, biggest outdoor festival west of the mississippi. over here, biggest pain on the

east bay area, the bay bridge toll plaza. the cash rains are all backed up, the fast track lanes, big advantage, get a fast track transresponder in the possibility of that strike on monday as well with b.a.r.t. shut down. look toward the eastshore freeway, traffic lighter, no problems on the berkeley curve, merge with folks off of 580, that you have slowing, the map shows the slow downs in the area, not so bad, ashby avenue the worst and 2r5d digsal any time of clay, you go, through downtown berkeley, nice smooth flow off the berkeley curve and take you to westbound highway 4, still slow in antioch and a crash that's clearing. back to you, janelle. >> thanks so much, mike. thanks for joining us. see you in a half an hour.

♪ welcome back. >> what is that song? >> wow. >> you like it? >> yeah, sure. >> there's a best in the world. >> of course they are popular. but when you were a kid there were poppy bands that you listened to. >> that's true. >> new kids. >> new kids. >> my sister. >> cheesy '80s music. >> still am. >> i sang to a lot it. >> yeah. >> we've gotten to know you. >> hi. >> you hosted number one singing

competition. >> nominated for an emmy. >> we always wonned. you see all these -- >> great acts. >> and great judges who sing. what about you? >> i possess a little bit of talent in the shower but that will never be on display. >> oh, yeah. in fact, friday karaoke. i believe you requested the -- you had no idea about this. >> if you remember -- >> we don't use that word in the morning. >> okay. >> singing "your love." ♪ ♪ josie is on a vacation far away ♪ ♪ come around >> are we still -- okay.

>> is this longest intro in history. >> here we go. ♪ >> why are we doing this now. why is this happening? ♪ nowhere to run when i'm in trouble ♪ >> here we go. >> this is a disaster. >> thank you, thank you for that. >> the number one singing competition. we love you. why did you turn your chair, buddy. >> all right. >> that's a hard song. of all the songs to pick to try to get me to do. >> you said if you picked karaoke songs. >> that's karaoke for a reason.

not enough sake in the restaurant. >> it was still good. >> yeah. >> awkward. >> yes. listen, you want to keep going? >> i'll help you. i'm terrible at it. >> let's look at your weekend weather forecast. we're looking at sunshine. lot of sunny skies in the southeast. sizzling in texas. hot through the southwest. then sunday, sunday, look for the east coast to dry out. going to be awfully nice. sunny and warm in the pacific northwest. sizzling weather continues in texas and the heat continues interior sections of california into ne glad you cut that off, al. good morning to you. taking a live look at the golden gate bridge, still plenty of fog here, a lot of people in town. it's a great time to be in the bay area. we are going to get some great weather today and all weekend long. jetstream right on it top of us,

a building breeze throughout the day, highs work like this, 89, fairfield, 76, fremont, 77 in oakland and 80 up in san raffaele. stay nice and comfortable, warmest cities across the bay, we into the all-important weekend. hope you have a great day. do you have an idea for a new project but just don't have the money to get it started? >> for the past four years website kick starter helped ordinary individuals get their ideas off the ground through something called crowd funding. >> more than 100,000 projects launched with the back of perfect strangers. they put up money and get a small reward whether a chance to play an extra or get an on screen credit. >> in an industry where money reins supreme it's hard for budding young movie makers to translate their vision into

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you don't know where the germiest spot in your fridge is. you want to hear it because it's lurking in there right now and it could cause some health issues for your family. >> here to put us to the test with cold hard test, from the eating well media group. >> good morning. are you ready to test your fridge out? >> how will this work. >> you each get a refrigerator and you have your props here on table. we're going start first with your stickers. one of these stickers has the correct temperature you should keep your fridge. we have 40, 45 and 50 degrees. place you guess on the fridge. on the fridge. all right the correct answer is 40 degrees. good job al. all right. that's because your risk of food borne illness decreases significantly when you keep your food chilled between 32 and 40 degrees. the best way to know is to keep a fridge thermometer in your refrigerator so you know it's the right temperature. >> what if it's 50.

more harmful. >> it goes bad. that's okay. keep i want at 70. you don't have to cook anything. >> up have a germ sticker on your table. take the germ sticker put it on where you think the germiest part of your fridge is. >> on the outside. >> it could be on the outside or the inside. >> on the handle. >> it's not the handle. the produce drawer, right? think about it. you put raw unwashed fruits and vegetables in there. that drawer tops the list for food borne illness causing bacteria. it's germy, dark and moist in there. here's what you need to do. wash your drawers with warm water and soap once a week. the refrigerator drawer, drawers. >> wash your frigid out. brilliant. >> not the whole fridge. >> dry it completely and put it

back in. okay. >> next? >> take the milk. put the milk where you think it goes in the fridge. >> okay. milk is going to go right front and center. right in the middle. >> front and center. al where did you put your? >> towards the back. >> yes. you are on it. >> why? >> top shelf in the back. that's the coldest part of the fridge. that's where you want to keep be milk, dairy and eggs. lot of people think to put it in the shelf here. it's a natural fit. that's the warmest place. >> the door is always opening up. >> exactly. your condiments other nonperishables can go there. >> of these three items, flour, rice, almonds, which ones goes in there. >> only three, carson. >> have no idea. i wouldn't put any of that in the fridge >> you're right. this is your question.

>> good. >> i have to believe in myself more. >> you have a confidence issue. >> thank you so much. we appreciate it. coming up next, they are number one on the country music charts. we have one more song from the band perry on the plaza right after this. for everyone ♪ ♪ the car of the future many have said ♪ ♪ 'cause at the pump it's miles ahead ♪ ♪ and let's hum, hum, hum, hum ♪ let's hum ♪ a prius for everyone ♪ [ male announcer ] now get 0% apr financing for 60 months on the prius liftback, the number 1 selling hybrid. with plenty in stock, you can drive one home today. ♪ a prius for everyone with mccafé. every irresistible smoothie and delectable frappé is a break from the ordinary. and it all starts with a sip.

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. . now let's check in with erica hill for what's coming thunder weekend. >> good morning. grab your wallet, get ready to save money. many states this weekend going tax-free which is just in time for that back to school

shopping. the good news, those those deals are not limited to items for kids. we'll tell you where you can get the biggest bang for your buck. speaking of shopping, we're hating the farmer's market this weekend on tips what's best for you to bring home and how you can keep those items fresh. jenna said she's directionally challenged. this weekend in a quest to overcome that she's taking matters in her own hands. >> i rather drive off a cliff than have jenna wolf on my gps. >> rerouting. rerouting. >> i'll go into a bridge abutment. >> yes. >> erica thanks so much. >>

good morning, everyone, i'm janelle wang t is 9:56. firefighters in hayward are on the scene of an overnight fire in the carport of an apartment complex on pierce street not far from the hayward b.a.r.t. station. the call came in at 3:00 this

morning, you see severalwas fors that usually burn out like somewhere in, you know, inland, where they have that fires and stuff, that's how it looked in our parking lot. >> scary homes for those resident. hayward fire tells us arson investigators on the scene. the cause of the fire is unknown. okay, the weekend is here. let's get a check of our forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> hey, good morning tour janelle, good morning to you at home. want to start this live picture, san francisco this is what's left of the marin layer. we are seeing some really pretty skies starting to develop as those low clouds burn off, enough in place to keep the flight delays at 27 minutes for your get away friday out of sfo, san jose and oakland, 77 there, 80, santa theresa, 63 in san francisco and 84 degrees, comfortable condition, lots of sunshine up in wine country. check your drive with mike. >> palo alto, lots of cars here, the camera froze it will clear up and you so will the traffic flow, south bound away from us

bunching up around university, down toward embark dare rocker the slowing. the map, south of here, highway 85, earlier crash, chp doesn't even have it on the report but the slowing that shows up, sounds like things are moving to the shoulder and recovering, slow through palo alto south 101. north 101 also slow typically through that area passing shoreline and 85, north past the airport. no big surprise there is, a crash also showing up santo mass at bud. sounds like everything is okay at the interchange. mass transit, a reminder, b.a.r.t. has given that 72-hour notice, they are not striking today. all trains are operating on time here. muni as well as ac transit and bus. back tour janelle. >> thanks so much, mike. that is going too do it for us. see you for another local news update in 30 minutes. good morning! wow.

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well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> some days it's a miracle when we make it to air. >> yes, we're so happy we did today. >> try day friday, august 2nd. want to wish my beautiful daughter cassidy a very happy birthday. guess how old she is today? >> i know that she is no longer a teenager. cassidy gifford is 20 years old today. >> wow. >> i'm happy to say one of the sweetest human beings i've ever known in my life. i'm so grateful for you. i love you. >> she really is one of those people when she walks in the

studio or walks in a room, she truly lights it up. that's one of those rare traits. we love cass. >> that was sincere. i love that. you know what else is sincere? some family loves you so much, guess what they did? they named a cat after you. hoda catb. >> this is a family in max creek, missouri. they named the family cat in your honor because hoda catby makes sense. she's there with 4-year-old brooklyn green. the cat belongs to brooklyn's grandmother whose name is kathie. >> meant to be. had her hair if she were brunette, she would be me. anyway, we love them. so you guys, thank you. very sweet. i've never had a cat named after me. >> i tried to name my dog after you. you took umbrage. >> i didn't want to be named after a dog. >> she's beautiful. she's got the longest legs you've ever seen.

>> sometimes you call me lola. yo, lola, hoda, occasionally. the united states of aging. maybe it's the us. i get those confused. one of the questions we're asked a lot is does age bring wisdom. i think itis no-brainer. the older you get, the more you know. according to the national council on aging, they surveyed 4,000 on their views on aging. more than 60% is that right? >> yeah. >> 9% -- which is different than 60%. only 9% of those surveyed said that people over the age of 60 are wiser. >> i think -- yeah. now were they older people that were asked or any age that were asked because -- >> older. >> they maight have asked older

people who have dementia. it happens. so we have to understand who they actually asked. >> nobody asked me. >> do you feel like you are wiser? >> what's the point if you're not. >> no, i agree. >> at a certain point that's all you pray for is, lord, make me wiser. >> you know what i do miss? i do miss when you get a little more skeptical when you get older and you've had people who either hurt your feelings. sometimes when you meet someone you have a wall up. i loved when i never had any of that stuff up. when you just saw someone and wanted to love them and -- >> ignorance is bliss, right? >> that's depressing. >> no, it's true. >> it is. >> the key to life is to learn to get tough about the things you have to get tough. tough skin for the things that don't really matter and keep the tender heart. and there's no -- i'm telling you, there is no amount of botox in the world that can hide bitterness. >> yes. >> so you can be bitter or better. guess what? >> what? >> be better. it's all in the letter "i."

>> what are you talking about? >> i decided to make that situation, make me better, not bitter. >> i do like that. >> you know who you are. >> jane seymour is an actor. she's 62 years old. >> beautiful. >> here's what she's doing. this is unique. she's become a wedding dress model because what -- women are finding is more women are having second and third marriages and having them in their 40s and 50s. and you don't want to wear one of those poofy wedding dresses. you want to wear kind of a little more mature. >> right. >> anyway, so she's now a wedding gown designer for erica seuss, an austrian designer. >> is she the model for the designer? i don't know. 9% of the people surveyed said, no, no, she's the -- she is the model for the designer. hey, this is nbc news. what do you want?

all right? you may be getting married again some day, hoda. >> what just happened. >> what happened to your first wedding gown? >> my first wedding gown was in a box under my bed and then i moved and a lot of stuff was in the -- i have those rental storage units. >> yes. >> where you just put everything and don't even look at it again. i kind of think it might be in there. but i didn't -- you know what? i don't have a great memory from that so i'm not interested in preserving the dress for later. i mean, what would i do with that? >> i'm surprised you didn't burn that sucker a long time ago. why keep it? hoda, come on. >> i honestly don't know where it is. i kind of liked it, though. i liked how it looked. it had straps and was cream and -- more important to like the guy than the dress. south african penguins from jenkinson's aquarium in point pleasant beach aquarium.

>> this is part of the stronger than the storm campaign. a lot of animals have been recovered after superstorm sandy. you guys are celebrating a penguin birth. jennifer it with us. >> hi. thank you for having with us. we're so happy to be here with stronger than the stirm. storm. >> i thought this was the daddy. >> no, she's not even 3 months old yet. >> does she get much bigger than this? >> no, she is full grown. what's so amazing you can have a baby penguin fit in the palm of your hand and less than three months later, they are this big. >> so she was okay to travel by her doctor? >> yes. >> she's an endangered species? >> she is. we have 15 of these penguins at jenkinson's aquarium. we use them as animal ambassadors. they there are to help educate people about the wild populations. >> is this mom behind us? >> no. this is just her sister. >> her sister behind you?

>> yes. she came along for the ride. >> it's nice to see the difference. she has her juvenile feathers. when she's 2 years old she'll get her adult feathers. >> checkers is 2? >> checkers is actually 18. >> oh, wow. how many times has she been married? >> she doesn't want to disclose that information. >> does she molt every time she gets married? >> no, but they do molt once a year so they always have their feathers in the best condition possible. >> wow. congratulations you guys. >> thank you so much. >> welcome to the world little one. >> thank you for having stronger than the storm here. it's important that we let you know 80% of the businesses along the jersey shore are open for business. >> they are because you know what? ♪ we're stronger than the storm oh, ♪ >> thank you guys so much. >> thank you. we really appreciate it. thanks, guys. >> it is time for your friday funny. >> oh, catch your breath.

>> thank you, todd from facebook. sent this in to us. a guy needed a brain transplant. so he went over to the brain store. when he got there, the store's owner told him there were only two brains left in the entire store. he told the guy, you have two options. you can either buy the lady's brain for $2,000 or you can buy the guy's brain for $10,000. which one do you want? the guy thought, well, why is the guy's brain so much more expensive? the shop owner replied because it's barely used. thank you. >> home run. >> i'm on a roll. >> you are on a roll. >> this is the second day in a row you've been on a roll. >> i've had applause two days in a row. it's time for bobbie's buzz. marriage becomes you. you look more beautiful every day. >> thank you. i am excited because beauty is one of my favorite things to find.

drew barrymore has a cosmetics line at walmart called flower. i was really impressed with some of the pieces. this mascara has a triple duty secret. it twists. i don't know if you can see this against the white paper. the mascara wand twists into three different shapes. so it goes from being like street whe straight where you can get length and then twists again for volume. remember these when you were younger? these are called triplet lipsticks where you pull out one color and slide -- >> i haven't seen those in at least 85 years. >> it's kind of smart they came back. and then i have kate cook helping me out. >> poor kate. >> kate is clearly modeling, if we get a nice close-up of what's called blinkies. wiem have been e-mailing me about their eyebrows. they can kind of melt off if you

paint them on. these are temporary tattoos. so you can literally just cut this off. find the right color and shape and you have a temporary eyebrow tattoo. and then you don't want to miss the last one. >> thank you, katie. we love you. >> you're welcome. >> my amazing blow dry secret. this helps cut your blow dry time in half. this is derived from coconut oil which wicks the water away. you mix this together, spray it in your hair and it really does work. it cut my blow dry time in half. >> you are kidding. >> an hour and a half? that's amazing. we love you, bobbie. it's time for our sara's johnson's baby of the week. >> i love that my name was just added to the company. this is sara's today's johnson's baby of the week. new moms and the adorable additions to their families. july 9th in las vegas, deacon james nelson.

his parents kristen and jesse offer these words of wisdom to expecting parents. when friends and family offer to help with the baby, say yes. it will help you adjust to your new life with a newborn. next is zoe destiny powell from hoda country, aka, new orleans. she was born on june 5th and weighed 9 pounds, 8 ounces. her parents dwight and triba are enjoying every moment with their little girl. she laughs a lot and is already trying to talk. that's trouble. our next johnson's baby is henry michael marshall. this cute boy was born on june 11th. >> he's going to be a lawyer. >> in memphis, tennessee, to emily and michael. they say henry already loves his two big brothers and whenever he hears their voices he gets very excited. our final baby is keaton anne neault born july 1st in newport beach, california, weighing 7 pounds, 2 ounces. her parents chad and carrie say their little girl is happy, healthy and the best sleeper.

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55th anniversary of the billboard editorial director is here to reveal the biggest hits ever in the tally's history. >> this is fun. >> you've opened a can of worms here. people are particular about their music. >> the important thing is this is just math. this is what charted on the billboard charts. it's not me saying i like this song better than this song. it's just the number of weeks it spent. how high it went. it's math. >> for as long. >> it's math. don't attack me. i'm just the messenger. >> all right. let's talk about -- now does this include itunes and youtube? because people are listening to music -- >> itunes didn't come around until the late 1950s -- i'm kidding. in the early days of the billboard charts it was 45s. remember those? radio play. and now today we chart streaming, youtube, itunes. >> does that give newer artists much more of a benefit? >> no, we kind of weigh the different decades and eras. >> we'll see some of these songs

are leveled. >> we can't play the number 10 one because it's a rights issue. >> "hey, jude" baby. can i sing it? >> i think we're allowed to say it. >> let's do top five. break it down. so number five is one we liked. we actually had lmfao on our show sing iing this. ♪ everybody just have a good time ♪ >> i'm just wondering, number five of all-time? >> of all-time. >> i disagree. >> here it goes. >> you kind of want to spank a little bit. >> i want to spank all right. >> telluous that did so well? >> the reason this is so high is because of its longevity. number one for six weeks but stayed on the hot 100 heart for a year and three months. >> number four, leann rimes "how do i live." ♪ how do i live without you

>> it's a beautiful song. >> it's a great song. >> number four. i'm just surprised. >> this is an interesting one. it's the only one in the top ten that was never number one. >> oh. >> what did it get to, two? >> two. the thing with this was the longevity. stayed in. i think it still holds the record for the most weeks on the hot 100 heart. interestingly enough, she recorded this and released it the same day trisha yearwood recorded and released a version of it. >> i really liked trisha's better. it's an interesting thing if you go and listen to the two of them. >> we just have a minute. we'll just mention the number three, mack the knife by bobby darren. "smooth" by santana. >> he had a big comeback. >> reveal to us, reveal to us the number one song on billboard's top 100.

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the unemployment rate does drop down to 7.4%. that is .2 lower than june. all right, coming up after this break, we will have a look at your local weather and traffic.

welcome back now. what a beautiful day shaping up in the bay area. you can actually see most of san francisco at this point, but still have some stubborn low clouds blocking your view of the golden gate bridge. 75 degrees on the way to 63 in san francisco.

lots happening around the bay area this weekend. have your full forecast at 11:00. check your drive with mike. >> good morning, full freeway, south 101, speeds improving coming up into the 50s, upper 50s, you travel from menlo park to palo alto. earlier backup clearing. bay bridge, a backup at the toll plaza bay bridge this itself, minor backup it was a tough morning here. good news, berkeley curve, eastshore freeway, things cleared here, the bought both tomorrow of your screen blinking $300 million powerball. jon, back to you. >> monday, mike, three days and counting, last night, b.a.r.t.'s unions issuing 72-hour notice saying they are ready to walk off the job just before monday morning's commute. the issues pressing here, union members out there on the streets of oakland telling the world they want a contract. both sides still very far apart on the key issues, pensions, health care contribution and pay the two sides back at the negotiating table this morning. and coming up at the half hour

from now at 11:00 on nbc bay area, christie smith will join us live with those negotiations, have all the details and so much more. hope to see you then. ♪ we're back on this try day friday with more of "today." and getting through the most stressful times of the week. >> whether it's the sunday night blues or monday morning rush we all can pinpoint certain times of the week that are more than we can handle. >> "parents" magazine covers this topic. dr. jennifer hartstein, a child and adolescent psychologist, allegedly. >> we're going to pick out the most stressful times of the week. first up is monday morning at 8:00 a.m. >> oh, hello. >> why is that so stressful? >> nice use of a graphic. >> you are yelling at your kids to hurry up and get dressed and

eat breakfast and put on your shoes. they are not listening to you. >> aren't they out of the house by then? >> well, y know, sometimes, 5 after, 10 after, depends on your school district. >> jennifer? >> the best laid plans can often go afoul. and the fact is build in extra time. mondays, everybody has to get geared up for the week. it's not easy. build an extra time. no one is in a groove yet. don't expect everything to run like clockwork. build in buffer zones. >> and try not to shout. even whisper. calm voices. kids pay attention more when you aren't yelling. >> that is true. i saw one teacher who went crazy in the classroom and the moment she just spoke sternly and softly, the kids started paying attention. >> i wish i had learned that before my children were grown. >> the next time is tuesday at 6:00 p.m. >> go, clock. >> so why is that time so stressful? >> you planned ahead. made a healthy dinner. you'll all sit down together but

then the kids start complaining about what's on the menu and no one is sitting at the table. and it's frustrating because you want it to be a nice family time. but i think it's about more than the food, really. you kind of have to just accept. >> and focus on the family. the fact is everybody takes their tech, puts it aside. everybody can be complaining. once you all sit down and everyone takes a big breath, you can start to have a conversation about what everyone is up to. but research shows that kids and teens are very well protected with family din eners. the meal is really important. >> my birthday girl today would come home from school looking like she'd just been to chernobyl. and eat her dinner at 4:00 in the afternoon, so starved. i'd make her sit with us at the family dinner, but everybody is on a different schedule. >> if you can make that part of the schedule that's a n

nonnegotiable. >> thursday at 4:00 p.m. what happens now. why is it so bad? >> you are picking up the kids from an after-school activity. then you g have have to stop at market to pick up food for dinner. if you make a commitment, follow through on the commitment. if you know it's going to be super crazy and you say maybe today we won't go and we'll do something else. we'll have a down afternoon. know your kids. some kids can't do all of that. so talk to them in the morning. >> the most stressful time of the week is sunday at 7:00 p.m. that's the -- >> it will come. >> it will come. >> goody bags from parties. >> you're late, clock. >> and the clock will -- >> what is the best way to get out of that? >> create a plan that everybody

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all right. always on the go this summer but don't want to leave your fitness routine behind when you travel or don't have too much space in your suitcase? we have no problem here. >> here with gear to keep you organized and fit when you travel is jen ader. how are you? >> hi. how are you? >> good. how are you? >> when you travel -- >> sometimes when you travel you don't want to pack all the junk. >> but you don't want to miss your workout. >> bring the things that will maximize your routine without taking up too much space. >> yoga mats roll up into a big long roll. lotus yoga came up with this fantastic idea. it folds up and will fit in your carry on. >> now you have no excuse. >> also great for people, not just yoga but if you don't want to do a routine in your hotel room on the floor, on the carpet. throw that down. super easy for whatever you're going to do. >> foam rollers. this is the most underrated

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♪ just when you thought wine couldn't get any better, we're about to try six different types. yes, six. infused with a variety of flavors. >> i knew this show was getting better. they fill your shelves at the local wine shop but do they really hold the flavor they are infused with? leslie sobracco, author of the simple and savvy wine guide is here with a tasting. >> this woman has infused more things than anything on the planet. >> that's supposed to be a secret. >> infusion is classic. and we're going to hit some classics in a second. it's been going on for centuries where they infuse with herbs and flowers and all sorts of wonderful things. the other thing is to infuse with flavors. i wanted to put you to the taste to see if you can smell. i've had chocolate wine on here, right? >> hoda loved it. me, not so much. >> we'll go one, two, three. we've given you some clues on

the table. this is a wine. all three of these first wines are lower in alcohol. very affordable, under around $10. >> i'm going to say that is peach. >> you'll see peach. >> peach. >> you are both wrong. >> what? >> this is peach to me. >> that is actually a pear pinot grigio. >> i love that. that is so -- you can see through it. >> $5 a bottle. >> what? >> $5 a bottle. >> this is going home with me. >> i like it. >> okay. >> should we cleanse our palate? >> the next is a sparkling wine from california. now smell that because there's a unique smell to that. i want you to look at the table and see what you smell. >> i smell anthony. >> i'm going with cloves. >> you are going with clove. >> you are so close. so close but so far. kathie lee, anything? this is actually an almond. >> an almond.

>> this wine is jjj. >> it's infused with almond and is great with nuts and cheeses. >> you are on a roll. >> this is an interesting one. i'm going to see if you -- >> bubble gum. >> what do you -- >> it smells like bubble gum. >> i don't have any bubble gum in here. >> it's definitely cinnamon. >> cinnamon? what do you say? you don't know? >> plum. i was going to say strawberries. >> it's not really fair as i throw food around at you. this is sake. >> i like sake. >> i love sake. i'm already moving on. >> this is rice wine. that's infused with plum. >> now i'm going to take your drinks away. >> don't take them too far away because i like them all. >> you are at the bar. you're my kind of girl. >> the rose. it's a party now. drink the rose. i'm going to give you one clue.

this is absolutely -- >> nothing helps at all. >> so the classic infused wines are from france and italy. these are lillet rose. it got a little bit of -- >> what do you think it's infused with? >> basil. >> bal? >> and mint. >> it's fruits and -- >> what? >> the french drink it with? >> what's the answer? >> it's basically infused with a combination of all of this. >> lillet rose is absolutely beautiful. >> we're going to toast you on that one. we have to run. any time. >> love you sweetheart. coming up, we have an announcement to make. >> we do. >> it's a bittersweet one but first, this is "today" on nbc.

♪ today we're very sad to say good-bye to a very special part of our team for a long, long time now. our little miss sara haynes. >> sara, you guys know, is a ray of light, a burst of sunshine. >> a baby sister. >> our baby sister is growing up and leaving our nest for college. >> for college. >> i am so glad you got accepted and we're really happy. >> it was the only school that would take me. >> sara, this will come as a huge surprise to an awful lot of people because you've become such a part of our family. is this just a -- this is just your journey, huh? >> it's all good things. and someone once told me, sometimes you have to leave home to grow up. it's time for me to grow up.

>> we love you. >> otherwise i'd ride your coat tails all the way. >> we want to make sure that you have something sweet to send you off with so we have a beautiful cake. >> oh, my gosh. what are you guys going to eat? >> we want to raise our glass to sara haines. she started out here helping with transportation. >> she booked cars for people. >> and she had this. she sprinted all the way. you were meant to be in front of the camera. >> that was a face for television. >> we're going to walk down memory lane a little bit. >> sara, any other final thoughts? >> i couldn't have better teachers, and i couldn't be a bigger fan. sorry, it's happening. >> we love you, sara. >> god bless. god bless. we love you. >> as we cut her cake we're going to leave you with some of sara's most memorable moments. >> welcome in, sara.

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good friday morning, everybody, thanks for joining us i'm jon kelley. >> i'm janelle wang in for marla tellez. the city of richmond is taking action against chevron. this morning, constituent filed a lawsuit against the company over last year's massive refinery fire. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez was there when the complaint was filed. she joins us live in richmond with more. jodi? >> reporter: well, it's official, attorneys representing the city of richmond filed this lawsuit against chevron this morning saying this case is a prime example of a corporation putting profits before public safety. now, we were there this morning as attorneys filed the 39-page complaint with the