this morning. i did tiny stick figures, that's lawyer and me. good morning. breaking news, a ups cargo plane crashes near the airport in birmingham, alabama. the pilot and co-pilot killed. this morning, dramatic images from the scene and the investigation now underway. he deserved what he got. hannah anderson speaks out, writing about her ordeal online. this morning, what she's revealing for the first time. and oceans 16. those powerball winners from new jersey step forward, and one guy steals the show. >> my fellow americans -- and he's celebrating his newfound wealth and fame with us today, wednesday, august 14th,

2013. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to "today" at 7:00 a.m. on the west coast on this wednesday. i'm matt lauer. >> morning everyone i'm savannah guthrie along side al roker and natalie morales. a lot happening in the news today. >> a lot of breaking news overnight including an intense bank. more on that story in a few minutes. >> first, right to that deadly cargo plane crash in alabama. tom costello is at reagan international airport. tom, good morning. what is the latest? >> reporter: good morning. this happened at about 6:00 a.m. eastern time, 5:00 a.m. central time this morning. this was u.p.s. cargo flight 1354 coming into birmingham, alabama, from louisville,

kentucky, where ups's base is with a major cargo operation. the plane never made it to the runway, coming in and crashing in a field just short of the airport. we're told no structures nearby were involved. local authorities on the scene are telling us it appears both the pilot and co-pilot considwe killed in this crash. because this was a cargo plane, there should not have been any other passengers on board, just that crew. two-man crew, pilot and co-pilot. this reminds us of two other recent cargo crashes. in 2010, a u.p.s. plane crashed in dubai overseas. they blamed that crash on a fire caused by lithium batteries. earlier this year, another cargo carrier crashed in afghanistan. they blamed that one on a cargo shift. in other words, a dramatic weight imbalance. it's not at all clear what's caused this crash this morning. the ntsb has started a team on the way. they left within the past hour from reagan national airport. they should be on the scene before noon or so to begin their investigation.

guys, back to you. >> all right, tom costello in washington. tom, thank you very much. >> breaking news in cairo as well. a deadly crackdown on protesters loyal to that country's ousted president. the violence so intense the u.s. embassy was forced to close down. nbc's richard engel is with us on the phone from cairo where the situation has been and continues to be very dangerous. richard, good morning. >> good morning. i'm joining you on the phone, but i'm in an area where there's you might be able to hear some of it on the phone. the egyptian presidency, which is the government that ousted the former president mohammed morsi just declared a short while ago egypt will be entering a one-month long state of emergency. it is still continuing with this crackdown to clear morsi supporters off the streets in cairo and other places. so far officials say around 100 people have been killed in this operation and around 900

injured. egyptian troops and police moved in to break up two protest camps in cairo by force. a final push to solidify a military takeover six weeks ago that critics call a coup. the protesters' supporters of the ousted president mohamed as tents burned and tear gas filled the air. they quickly regrouped and charged security forces backed by armored vehicles. between the two sides, just the smallest of barricades and barbed wire. egyptian security forces here are clearly using live ammunition. they're firing into the side streets. this one looks like it is about to get very ugly. volleys of automatic gunfire crackled through the streets as more tear gas rained in. protesters hid behind buildings

and used buses and whatever else they could for cover. the injured were carried away. and urban battles in one of the world's largest cities continued. the protesters say this is a fight for democracy. the government says it is putting down islamists who may have won elections but who governed badly and isolated the country. now the united states must choose how to deal with egypt, the biggest country in the arab world and the heart of the middle east in an open state of civil unrest. among the casualties today, a reporter for sky news. locals say he was one of three journalists killed so far. the situation is not over. the sun will be coming down in a few hours. the people here say they are going to stay out through the they are expecting now because there is this state of emergency, the police will begin arresting people, trying to impose a curfew. i think we're going to have a very long night in cairo. >> all right, richard engel in the middle of another tense situation in egypt. richard, thank you very much.

be safe. >> we mentioned there's a lot of breaking news, including here at home. natalie's got the rest of the story on the deadly end to the hostage situation in louisiana. >> a tragic ending there. finally ended this morning after the gunman was shot and killed by police. police say the 20-year-old took three hostages at a bank in rural louisiana tuesday afternoon. he released one of the women, but just before midnight police say he threatened to kill the remaining two hostages, and that's when police stormed the building. they say he then shot the hostages, killing one of them. police then shot and killed the gunman. no word this morning on the condition of the second victim. officials now say there is little hope of finding any survivors inside the indian navy submarine that caught fire overnight in mumbai after some of its weapons exploded accidently. there were at least 18 sailors aboard the vessel. rescue divers have entered the

subon the remote chance someone might be alive inside an air pocket. the rodeo clown who wore a president obama mask during a performance at the missouri state fair has been banned for life. fair officials say they're also reviewing their contract with the company that ran the event. the incident sparked outrage nationwide after video of the event went viral. spectators were asked if they wanted to see obama run down by a bull. fair officials did not release the identity of the clown. sentencing is underway right now for former congressman jesse jackson jr. jackson pleaded guilty to stealing some $750,000 from his campaign fund. his wife sandra will also be sentenced this morning in washington, d.c. jackson is hoping the judge will consider giving him probation. rising political story cory booker is one step closer to a u.s. senate seat this morning after winning the democratic primary tuesday night. the newark, new jersey, mayor will face off with republican steve lone began in an october special election.

lone began is the former mayor of bogota, new jersey. now to wall street and what is moving the markets. kayla joins us with big news for apple. kayla, good morning. >> good morning, natalie. a big investor is taking on the world's biggest company. 77-year-old billionaire carl icon took to twitter tuesday to out the apple as a stock buy if the company uses more of it's cash to benefit shareholders. two wall street traders based in london could be charged criminally in the coming days for a bad bet at jp morgan chase. the traders unintentionally disguised the bets after they went sour and lost the bank billions. natalie? >> kayla, thank you. remember that botched attempt to restore the fresco of christ? well, the spanish woman who painted it has become quite a star. that painting has become a huge tourist draw in the small town

in spain. more than 40,000 people have paid to come see it. they've raised more than $66,000 to restore the church. now the artist is about to sign a merchandising deal. jimenez's version will cover t-shirts, cell phone covers, coffee mugs, even wine labels. i still think we should get her to come here and do a fresco of us. >> if i were her, i would say that was my plan all along. >> worked out well. >> she, by the way, is going to be redecorating our set. >> mr. roker, how about a check of the weather? >> all right. let's show you what we've got going on out west. we have some wet weather making its way into the pacific northwest. showers and thunderstorms starting to dissipate a bit into northern texas. we are looking at some toasty conditions in denver. high today of 95 degrees. 74 in san diego. your local forecast in the next 30 seconds.

you have to stay humble... like me! aaaaaaaah-ha-ha-hiiiiiiy! fly into target for everything planes. 7:10 on wednesday morning. good morning i'm meteorologist christina loren. back to school for san jose unified school district. the a warm day here, 77 at noon. 87 at 4:00 p.m. prepare little ones for the heat, water bottles and the spf 30 plus. 79 fremont. 9 pa on the way to livermore. we keep that summer heat going everysingle day this week. heat cranks up sunday into tuesday. and that's your latest weather, savannah. >> all right, al, thank you.

we're learning more about hannah anderson's abduction ordeal and the information is coming from the 16-year-old herself. joe, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. you could say it's a virtual news conference on a website that allows anyone to post questions on a user's page. while authorities and the family have not said it's indeed hannah, reports began surfacing yesterday in a san diego newspaper about someone claiming to be her. the questions came from friends and strangers posting on ask fm. the account in hannah anderson's name was established long before her abduction. there was no activity starting the day she disappeared, then the page calm alive again monday after she returned to california, but we don't know for certain if she's the one posting. one response claims that james dimaggio had a gun and threatened to kill me and anyone that tried to help.

it also discussed how he burned down his house east of san diego saying he had it set to where it could catch on fire at a certain time. investigators say hannah didn't learn that the bodies of her mother and brother were inside the home until after she was rescued. why didn't you tell your parents he creeped you out. the answer, he was dad's best friend and i didn't want top ruin anything between them. as for why he did it, the website says, because he's psycho. when asked if she's happy -- when asked if he is happy the fbi shot dimaggio or would she prefer he spent life in prison? the post reads shot him. he deserved what he got. it also has photos of hannah, including her freshly painted nails. in honor of her mom and her brother ethan. there's a powerful message to the murdered relatives. it hasn't even hit me yet that you're gone.

i don't want to believe it. i already miss you guys so much. but god needed two perfect angels with him up there to get me home. on a couple occasions, reporters chimed in with questions, and the response was, you don't know the story and you don't need to know. she was also asked if her father knew she was posting. the web page responded by saying yes. matt? >> all right. joe friar in san diego. thank you so much. we have new developments this morning on a story that could have major implications on air travel in this country. american and u.s. air are vowing a court fight after the government sued to block a merger that would create the world's largest airline. let's go back to tom costello at reagan national for more on that. tom, good morning again. >> reporter: hi, matt. we're at reagan national because the justice department says if this merger is allowed to happen, these two airlines as a single airline would control 69% of the take-off and landing slots here at dca.

the doj says they would raise prices here and across the country. in the world of airline mergers this was going to be a big one. >> let's introduce ourselves to the world. not again, but for the very first time. >> reporter: but a marriage between u.s. airways and american always made some customers uneasy. >> it's going to stifle competition. i think it's going to allow fares to go up, and i'm not too pleased about it. >> i'm mostly concerned about price if the two airlines merge and if their prices are no longer competitive then i would be unhappy. >> reporter: now the justice department is moving to block the deal, and it's joined in its lawsuit by attorneys general from six states and d.c., including arizona and texas, the states in which both airlines are based. >> the impact is less choices where they could go, when they could go. the prices would be higher. the service would be lower. >> reporter: but in a joint statement the airlines vowed to fight the government in court

saying blocking this pro-competitive merger will deny customers access to a broader network that gives them more choices, and it provides the best outcome for americans restructuring from bankruptcy. analysts think the merger makes good sense. >> this industry has a track record of too many planes and too many players. unless can they tighten up profitability it will be a badly damaged industry. >> reporter: the proposed deal would be the latest mega merger following united, continental, northwest, delta, southwest and airtran and ata. u.s. airways and america west. some consumer groups say that's enough. >> right now, we still have a good semblance of competition within the airline industry and it's not like it would have been had this merger gone through. >> reporter: these two airlines had hope to complete their merger by the end of september. clearly that's not going to happen. these two will fight in court to

overturn the justice department attempt to block it. meanwhile, they'll compete against each other and other airlines. guy, back to you. >> tom costello, i'll take it. thank you very much. let's turn to the international editor for "travel & leisure" magazine. first question that popped in my head was, these other megamergers have gone through in recent years. what's different about this one? >> this one, according to the department of justice, there are thousands of lines that are -- thousands of routes that are potentially impacted. that could mean higher fees and less service for the average american traveler. >> because these two particular airlines share the routes. that means the competition would be reduced. >> that's right. the airlines are going to find that if you don't have as much competition, there's no reason to keep the prices low. you can save a lot of money right now because of the competition. >> when you look back at some of these mergers, what's the bottom line on prices? did they go up? >> yes, they have. over the last five, six years airfares have definitely gone up. how much of that is directly attributable to mergers as to other factors, i couldn't tell

you. yes, you can expect fares will continue to go up with mergers. >> if you take an example of u.s. airways and american right now, there could be huge fare differences. they would evaporate? >> quick example, if you were to fly on u.s. air as opposed to american from new york to houston, you could save over $800. you'd have to stop once. they call it advantage fare. if you want to go from miami to cincinnati, you could save over $300. >> you know, american did enter bankruptcy. the airline industry has been notoriously unprofit nbl the past. a lot of analysts have looked at this deal and said it should go through. the airlines need it to survive. you buy it? >> no, the airlines have said they're financially healthy. they both made over $200 million profit. >> very quickly, the chief executive airways struck a defiant tone telling employees we will close the merger before year end. what can they do to fight? >> i think they can negotiate. i think they can give up some of their slots at some of the major competing airports. >> all right, mark. great to have you here. thanks so much. now here's matt.

>> savannah, thanks. now to a big fight by very big names in hollywood. they're trying to keep the paparazzi at bay. natalie has that story. >> that's right. halle berry and jennifer garner both spoke at a hearing urging lawmakers to protect their children. two of hollywood's biggest actresses in sacramento tuesday playing a different type of role. >> i got introduced as halle berry, but i'm here as a mom. >> my name is jennifer garner. i'm an actress, but i'm a mom first. >> the famous moms showing their support for a bill that would create stricter punishment for celebrity photographers, specifically when it comes to photographing their children. >> they have a bounty on their heads every day. literally every day. there are as many as 15 cars of photographers waiting outside our home. >> these men, as my daughter now calls them, wait outside of our door every single day. even on christmas morning.

>> the bill, sb-606, would make it illegal to photograph or record a child without permission of a parent or legal guardian or to get a photo by lying in wait. this is the second time berry's testified about the bill. the actress so upset by the paparazzi that she's considered moving to france, where photographers are less intrusive. both women shared personal stories. >> she doesn't want to go to preschool anymore. why? because these 25 gang of grown men are there. there are moms here who are just trying to protect our children. >> jennifer garner visibly upset. >> i love my kids. they're beautiful and sweet and innocent. i don't want a gang of shouting, arguing, law-breaking photographers who camp out everywhere we are all day, every day to continue to traumatizing my kids. thank you for the opportunity to testify today. sorry. >> the california bill has been opposed by some journalists who warned it could get in the way of news gathering, but it did pass unanimously.

it's now heading to the appropriations committee. can't imagine a more emotional issue for them. >> a big difference between covering news and just staking out celebrity families doing their every day business. well, coming up, we will take a turn. horrifying accusations against a doctor in michigan. why did he allegedly tell people they had cancer when they didn't? and then treat them with chemotherapy. and new jersey's so-called oceans 16 claims a share of that massive powerball jackpot. in the process, a star is born. we'll meet him. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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time now 57:26. i'm jon kelley. family and friends holding a walk for daphne webb. reported missing july 10th. today friends and organizers putting together a love walk to keep the story alive and in the public eye. the walk starts at 1:00 at oakland police station on 77th and broadway and will continue through oakland city hall. classes at city college of san francisco starting today, but the future of the school still very unclear this morning. the college all set to lose its accreditation and is likely to shut its doors some time next year. but now, the u.s. department of

education says the commission that decided to revoke that accreditation broke several federal laws when it reviewed the school. this morning, it's unclear what impact, if any, the new information will have on the school's future. yes, it is back to school day for thousands of students in san jose. the east side union high school district had its first day jterday. the san jose unified school district back in50 session starting this morning. time to check things out weather-wise. i peeked at the forecast and saw in the future )x100 degrees. >> 100 degrees, right. coming our way. heat is on, jon. good morning. i want to start with reasons why. you can see little low cloud cover. clouds are clearing from san francisco and as a result no flight delays. arriving and departing flights. 79 in san jose. here's the kicker. not going to see triple digits yet. but they are getting very close to that century mark.

fairfield 97. and then, the heat really cranks as we head through next week. which is coance dentally when a lot of kids are heading back to school. >> next couple of weeks all school districts kicking in. right now san jose north 101 looking slow. but recovering after three earlier crashes around that 680/280 interchange. all crashes for 101 cleared from san jose. 87 and 280 a bump up for the volume. there's the east bay. slow south 880 towards 92. across 92 smooth drive. watch 280, there's a crash.

we are back now at 7:30 on the west coast on a wednesday, august 14th, 2013. we are following breaking news out of birmingham, alabama. a u.p.s. cargo plane crashing near the airport there, killing two crew members. investigators just getting on the scene. you mentioned looking at the weather that wouldn't appear to be a factor. >> at 6:00 a.m. it was 74 degrees. winds were light. visibility was about ten miles. >> this happened about a half a mile away from the runway. a lot of questions to be answered. >> we want to go back out to nbc's tom costello. good morning again. >> reporter: hi, guys. good morning.

this appears to be an air bus a-300. it was flying in from louisville, kentucky, to birmingham, alabama, trying to make the approach at 5:00 a.m. central time when it crashed short of the runway in a field. we're told the crew members, the pilot and co-pilot, were killed apparently in this crash. no other structures on the ground were involved. an ntsb go team left here at reagan national airport at about 9:30 or so eastern time, 6:30 on the west coast. they'll get to the scene, we're told, before noon and begin a very thorough examination. no idea yet what caused this crash. we can tell you that in recent crashes involving cargo planes, they've been very concerned about cargo shifts, weight imbalances. we've seen that in the past. in addition, concern about lithium battery fires. that brought down a u.p.s. plane in dubai about three years ago. so everything is on the table at this point as the ntsb and faa begin this investigation. at the moment, the birmingham pd

and the fire department have the scene closed off. back to you. >> tom, thanks so much. >> birmingham's mayor is william bell. he's joining us on the phone. good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> you were one of the first people to confirm the death of the pilot and co-pilot in this crash. u.p.s. still has not done that. are you hearing about any other injuries or fatalities, anybody on ground? >> as far as we know, no one else has been injured by the crash. we did have to expand our perimeter. we found out that some debris landed on rooftops, but it was not significant damage. we're asking the residents in those areas if they should see parts of a plane or other cargo not to touch it but to contact the birmingham police department because it may be a critical piece of evidence as to what happened to this plane. >> and we mentioned this happened just before dawn this morning. what kind of resources was your city able to get in place quickly?

>> well, we have a full-fledged fire department. we were able to get on the site fairly quickly. our men and women of the birmingham police and fire department, they train constantly for events such as this. we hate that we have to use that training on this occasion, but they did it in a professional manner to subdue the fire. there were a couple fireballs that took place with explosions. i'm assuming that was fuel from the plane, but they were able to suppress that. >> and if there was good news here, mr. mayor, this plane came down in a field and not in some residential area. >> yes, if it had hit maybe a half mile to the north, we would be talking about something totally different now. >> all right. william bell, who is the mayor of birmingham, alabama. mr. mayor, thank you for your time this morning. i really appreciate it. >> thank you, plamatt. we'll shift gears and get the weather from al. >> as we look at temperature gauge, we're seeing a lot of cool weather throughout a good portion of the country. 60% of the country below normal. in the midsection, anywhere from

5 to 10 degrees below normal. as you make your way to the east, it's even more noticeable with a stiff breeze blowing out there. it makes it feel a lot chillier. rest of our country's weather, you can see as far as temperatures are concerned, we've got the only heat in southern texas on into the southwest with 80s and 90s there. in fact, it's been warmer in the pacific northwest. for example, portland today will be 85. los angeles checking in with a high of 81. 7:34 on a witness morning. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren. yes, you can already tell from this clear start over the san mateo bridge, it's a warm day. you can see we have ripples on the bay. winds play a tafactor picking u. 95 livermore. 79 fremont. 87 in san jose. meanwhile, best weather today at your local beaches. 75 in santa cruz. 70 in san francisco. forecasting about 68 degrees in pacifica today.

that's your latest weather. matt? >> all right, al. thank you very much. everyone dreams of hitting the jackpot. that dream is now reality for 16 co-workers from new jersey who claimed one of the winning tickets in last week's $448 million powerball drawing. nbc's katy tur has their story. good morning. >> as of last week on average, these guys were making about $35,000 each. now they have $86 million to split between them. happy, happ happy. >> 9 women and 7 men, you could call the office pool a cast of colorful characters.

suddenly $3.8 million richer. each had their own reaction. there are the jokers. willie in his duck dynasty t-shirt. >> my fellow americans. i just wanted -- this is my best outfit. >> and lisa who couldn't believe her luck. >> i had to wake my poor husband up who is no longer poor. >> the emotional ones like barbara whose late father in a twist of fate is the new jersey lawmaker who created the state lottery. >> i couldn't ask for a better dad and i wish he was here to share in the moment. >> and the ones who now have a chance to set things right. ten months ago when hurricane sandy put a target on the jersey shore, thousands lost their homes. darlene was one of them. >> the first thing i'm going to do is buy me and my daughter a home and bring my dog back home. >> reporter: boarded up windows, downed power lines, neighborhoods still scarred by

damage. ocean county, new jersey was due for a little bit of good news. instead, they got $86 million worth. >> maybe i'll be at my log cabin on multiple acres of land. >> all but one is expected to keep working at the vehicle maintenance garage. then again that was tuesday. you might want to check in with willie today. after all, holding that $3.8 million check, and it is a very big check, that might make you reconsider some things. >> i got that check right here and i've also got those lucky people. will, perhaps the most outspoken and easily recognizable member of oceans 16 is with us along with his wife donna. congratulations. >> thank you, sir. >> you cracked me up yesterday. standing at that podium, you seemed so at ease. you seemed in your element. i'm thinking reality show. we got to get you some kind of show. >> i don't know how they all do it. but we have been like this a couple of days. i don't know if i want to go

through this the rest of my life. i would rather be in miiy cabinn the woods. >> i wonder if you ever dreamed about what you would say if you got to announce if you were a powerball winner. >> everybody would do that. >> so you have done that? >> i imagine everybody has one time in their life. >> you're part of a group we talked about that, 16 of you folks won. how did you first find out the news? >> myself? >> yeah. >> i got there late because it was my turn to drive the parks truck up and when i got to work -- first i was dumbfounded, i couldn't figure out when they started selling lottery tickets. i didn't know. they all pulled me inside and they're all cheering and i thought they finally found a way to get rid of me now.

>> you talked about your attire. you talked about nascar. you talked about bakers, acres campground. >> my man jackie. they're good folks. best camping on the jersey shore. >> on a most serious note you said one of the first things you did after you found out you won millions of dollars, you stopped by your dads. >> yeah, i stopped and told pop. it was a little emotional. we lost ma to cancer a couple of years ago and pop just started his second round of chemo and radiation yesterday. so i just told him he didn't have to worry about anything financially. >> is he going to handle this okay? is he going to be one of those guys that keeps his feet firmly planted on the ground with millions of dollars? do you worry about him at all. >> no. he's willie. he will stay willie. >> what about your coworkers? do you worry about any of them? >> no, i might stay working but

maybe just not at that facility. then again i just might disappear in the woods and hunt and fish every day. >> do what you want to do. >> exactly. i can do what i want to do. we can do what we want to do. >> that's right. >> nice that he included you there. >> had to throw that in there. >> there's a little joke about that but i'm not going to say it. >> congratulations. >> here's your check by the way. you can take that one home. >> hard to fit her in the wallet. >> we'll have much more when we come back. a disturbing case of medicare fraud. a doctor accused of putting patients through chemotherapy who didn't need it. some didn't even have cancer. that's right after this. chronic plaque psoriasis to another new stylist. it was a total embarrassment. and not the kind of attention i wanted. so i had a serious talk with my dermatologist about my treatment options. this time, she prescribed humira-adalimumab. humira helps to clear the surface of my skin

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didn't and then treating them just to get the money for treatment. today national investigative correspondence jeff rossen is here with this story. good morning. >> this is a popular doctor with more than 1,000 patients. patients that trusted him of course. so the allegations are truly alarming. anyone that's been through chemotherapy knows how rough it is. but prosecutors say this doctor was giving chemo to people that didn't need it. some didn't even have cancer. all part of a fraud. >> reporter: this is the man, a trusted oncologist who prosecutors say preyed on patients to pad his pockets. the fbi hauling evidence from his offices last week in upscale michigan neighborhoods and the charges against him are disturbing. deliberate misdiagnosis of patients as having cancer. giving unnecessary chemotherapy. even to end-of-life patients who

will not benefit. >> if he did, indeed commit these crimes, then a monster is a good description. >> jeff fears his father milton suffered under the doctors' care. prescribed chemotherapy for leukemia but as his health got worse, the doctor wouldn't stop chemo and went to great lengths to administer it. >> my dad would offer arrive at his office and one of the staff would come out and actually administer the therapy session in my father's car while he is sitting out in the parking garage. >> months later milton died. now his son has reached out to prosecutors. >> i hate to think that my father was either hurt or his life shortened by this man if it wasn't necessary. >> reporter: prosecutors say the doctor was motivated by money. billing medicare for false claims, all the while living in this lavish mansion in a ritzy

suburb. federal investigators have been here too. back in court -- >> what do you care to say to patients today. >> reporter: his wife the company cfo wouldn't speak. but the defense lawyer did saying his client is innocent. >> they're allegations only. they're unsupported factually and legally at this particular point. >> reporter: his company is now accused of defrauding the government and taxpayers out of $35 million. officials say healthcare fraud is a growing problem. >> it not only affects the patients sometimes put in harms way but also the taxpayers. all of us are contributing to the medicare and medicaid programs and these are the dollars going out the door as a result of the greed of a few providers. >> reporter: the doctor is now in jail. the judge setting his bond at $9 million calling him a flight risk. experts say this is a good reminder for all of us to be

alert at the doctor's office. here is the take away. as get hard copies of your medical records and look them over. if you get a serious diagnosis like cancer get a second opinion and bring those records with you. and finally, if you suspect wrong doing or medicare fraud, report it. it is quite easy to do. we have a link on our website right now. today.com, click on the rossen reports section. authorities want to hear from you and other alleged victims from this case. >> what a story. especially because people are so vulnerable in that moment. thanks for following it for us. still ahead, we'll switch gears and tell you about prince william stepping out this morning for his first official engagement since his son's birth. we'll take you there live. but first, these messages. [ music playing ]

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good morning. i'm jon kelley. today we could learn the identity of the woman sadly killed during a construction accident at san jose city college. this woman was hit yesterday by a front loader while walking on a sidewalk by the construction project. investigators say the massive vehicle was backing up to move a load of dirt when it hit her. preston pipe lean, the company on the job, says that driver does have more than 35 years' experience. driver accused of crashing a part bus on 280 then running from the scening expected to be in court today. he faces felony dui, manslaughter, hit and run charges. investigator believe he was behind the wheel of the bus when it veered off the freeway, hit a tree and flipped near alpine road sunday night. the only passenger on the van, sadly, died at the scene. checking the weather forecast. like a song from the '70s, glenn

frey did it in the '80s, the heat is on. >> the reason why, good morning, look at all 0 the clearing from san francisco. remember the beautiful day yesterday? just about as much sunshine coming in for today. temperatures are going to be warm, even in the city 70 headed your way. 75 in santa cruz. 90 headed gilroy. 95 in livermore. we're going to cool off a bit as we head through the next couple of days with an onshore flow. offshore flow and the heat returns sunday through tuesday. hot spots are picking up. mike? >> traffic's back here. oakland northbound past the coliseum bogging down from the coliseum up into downtown especially here at high street high-rise. traditional here. we look south of here as well. (tf o castro valley y if both directions. crashes on the 92 or shoulder. they may be the same incident. northbound route through san jose continuing to build.

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we're back now at 8:00. the 14th of august, 2013. these are the latest pictures from the scene of that uts cargo plane crash in birmingham, alabama. the a-300 was flying from louisville, kentucky, when it went down on approach just before dawn this morning. inside studio 1-a, i'm matt lauer with savannah guthrie and al roker. major investigations to get underway into what caused that crash. >> an incredible impact and explosion that followed. >> let's go down to nbc's tom costello, he's covering the crash for us from washington. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. we know this was u.p.s. flight 1354 inbound where u.p.s. has the headquarters and their main cargo operations.

inbound to birmingham, alabama. at about 5:00 a.m. central time, and it crashed on approach. we believe in a field, not in a runway. but in a field short of the runway. we are told by the local authorities that both the pilot and the co-pilot died in this crash. there were no other structures on the ground involved and we don't know yet the cause of the crash. the ntsb has a go team on the way and they'll begin the investigation. it reminds us of two crashes of cargo planes, one in mumbai and another one was caused by a weight imbalance. we don't know what caused this fatal crash in birmingham. back to you. >> tom, thanks very much. let's head over to natalie for a check of the top stories. good morning. a hostage standoff ended

overnight with deldly violence. police stormed the bank. officers entered, officials say the suspect shot the hostages killing one and was in turn shot an killed by police. united nations says it appears that hundreds of people have been killed or wounded today in egypt where security forces moved in to crush protests by supporters of post president morsi. and there was a month-long state of emergency announced beginning later today. officials say there is little hope of finding any survivors inside the indian navy submarine that caught fire over night in mumbai after some of the weapons exploded accidentally. there were at least 18 people aboard the vessel. aol chief check give tim armstrong said it was a mistake to fire a worker in front of 1,000 employees.

it was leaked to the media and in a staff memo armstrong said the action was unfair, but he fired him for recording the confidential meeting despite past warnings. the employee has not rehired. a georgia teenager who was denied a heart transplant has been now placed on the waiting list. anthony stokes' family felt it was because of his run ins with the laws. the hospital noted that a transplant evaluation is an on going process. a wildfire has forced hundreds of people to leave their homes near the mountain resort town of park city, utah. officials say the fire apparently started by lightning and has destroyed at least a dozen buildings. several wildfires burning across boise that's destroyed at least 70 buildings.

they're causing power outages as wooden utility poles burn down. what is all the flap about? take a look, an exotic bird on the loose outside a hospital. the colorful golden blue macaw was perched in the tree and then it slipped away, but didn't get very far there. fire crews were called in. they were able to grab the parrot from a second tree nearby. and now efforts are underway to find out who owns the parrot so they can be reunited. it is now 8:04. let's go back outside to al. >> all you have to do is find a parrot head, find a pirate without anything on his shoulder, then you know. these guys have been here. what's your name? >> joe and joseph torres. >> how old are you? >> 14. >> he has been here 12 out of the 14 years. you keep coming back. we love you. >> share the same birthday. >> well, happy birthday. let's check it out. pick city, washington, d.c., nbc

4. sunny and pleasant. we're looking at showers making their way through the gulf coast. strong storms in northern texas today. look for a beautiful day in the gulf coast into the southeast. we're looking at wet weather there. fantastic weather around the great lakes. into the mid-atlantic states and upper ohio river valley. heat continues in the southwest. it continues to be warmer in the pacific northwest. portland today, 85. warmer than los angeles where good morning to you. we are right in the middle of portland and los angeles, forecasting about 87 degrees in san jose, 95 meanwhile in livermore, 97 degrees on the way to fairfield today. it is going to be a warm day in the extreme east bay, getting rather toasty in the south bay as well. beautiful beach conditions. look at your 7-day forecast, temperatures are going to cool off, moderating a little bit thursday through saturday and then that heat cranks sunday through tuesday. hope you have a fantastic day.

what's your name? >> my name is liza joseph. >> you are due today? >> i'm due today. yes. my prebaby bucket list is to meet al roker. >> well, i guess you made it. hi, guys. and who will this be? >> this will be -- well i don't know, it's a girl, it's a surprise. maybe next time. >> okay. all right. >> good luck charm. >> we hope so. there's some water down there. no! >> al. >> no. >> come on, al. >> no. you didn't. >> al, you just completely teased a subject we're going to talk about in trending. when humor in the workplace goes too far. >> when it's just totally off. go hide under the trees. >> my gosh. anyway, coming up, how does an astronaut wash her hair? sounds like the set-up to joke, but we'll ask one aboard the international space station.

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>> within the last five seconds, al. >> when do i not? >> well, research shows that employers like to hire people with a sense of humor. that makes sense. and it can be good for business but how do you know when a joke goes too far at work. >> al roker. >> putting aside racist and sexest jokes, experts offer these tips, if you have never been funny before don't try to be funny at work. learn to read the moods and attitudes of your co-workers. timing and context are everything and before telling your joke ask yourself would i be okay if this joke showed up on twitter and facebook and then if you tell a joke in front of a group of people at work and everyone immediately moves away from you, you probably just crossed the line. >> you bombed. >> i didn't see you taking any notes there. >> i mean, come on. >> note to self- >> the good news is expert sas the best jokes bring people together. like this one.

>> a brazilian burger chain may hold the solution to fast food litter. edible wrappers for customers that can't wait to chao down. >> we have these burgers flown in. i'll take the first bite. >> do you want to try it. >> you just jump right in there and. >> oh, it's not edible. >> did that bring us all closer together? >> no, it didn't. i'm still mad about that. that was so embarrassing. >> it wasn't quite that edible. >> you kept trying to tear into it. they kept following me. i am still chewing that burger paper. >> a lot of extra fiber in there. >> trending on the new york times, the worst drivers on the road. there's two new studies about road rage and they're shedding the light on the most aggressive and least polite drivers out there. who are you? what's the profile? well, apparently it is a male between the ages of 35-50. he drives that car. a blue bmw.

as one headline put it, bmw drivers really are jerks. apparently that type of driver was found to be far less likely to stop for pedestrians. and that's when they're not swearing at everybody behind the wheel. >> not in that age bracket. we're out of that. it's in my rear-view mirror. >> okay. >> also, trending on youtube, every day problems out of this world. a bad hair day is a curse women often have to deal with but in space every day is a bad hair day. karen took that issue head on recently when she posted a video of herself on youtube washing her hair aboard the international space station. it wasn't long before the video went viral. earlier this morning i had the opportunity to speak with her from space and i started off by asking her why she decided to share her hair raising

experience. >> well, i was amazed how many people i had asked me how i wash my hair and i guess it is unusual. there's been many women in the past that have flown on short duration missions with long hair and a couple on long duration mission toos. it's fascinating for folks so i thought i would try and answer that question by showing. it's actually quite simple. i have seen some of the comments from the youtube video and people commenting on how difficult it is. i think it's easy. it uses very little water and a little bit of the no rinse shampoo. i don't think it's much of a problem at all. >> you mentioned you need the dry shampoo and the water. what other tools do you need? >> basically just a comb and a towel. i have what i use is a drink bag of water like this. it holds about 250 milliliters of water and i seldom use even a quarter of it. once a week i'll give it a more

thorough washing and use a little bit more. but then a bottle of no rinse shampoo. i think this is the second bottle i'm on. i've been here two and a half months. and then a comb to comb it through and a towel. towel to dry it. >> what happens to all the extra water as it floats off in the zero gravity environment? >> well, what we are trying to do here is demonstrate on the international space station of recycling thing which is a necessity really because we can't bring up all the water we need. we have a water processing system that takes the con dit f air and our urine as well and makes it into drinking water. every so often we get fresh water. we just had some delivered on the japanese cargo vehicle that arrived last week but most of the water we use is recycled water and that's important for future missions to come when we are heading further distances

away and don't have the supply or resupply of cargo vehicles. >> next time one of us complains about a bad hair day, we have nothing to compare about. >> kevin costner was ahead of his hair. >> you don't need volumizer. >> looked like the troll. >> you mean that in the nicest way. >> do you remember the dolls? >> yes. >> remember the work place humor segment? >> trending on twitter, sam horowitz is only 12 years old but if his bar mitzvah video proves anything he isn't like most people. check it out. [ music playing ] >> sam is a 13-year-old from dallas texas who could be on broadway. dancing there to jennifer lopez's dance again. that's fantastic.

the video was posted last november but now just getting the attention it deserves. >> that's amazing. you try to be a parent planning a bar mitzvah now. >> good thing he has a short name. he got to have it in light with the three letters. >> happy birthday last year -- >> bar mitzvah. >> same thing. jimmy fallon opens up to savannah about jay leno and how he gets celebrities to take part in some of the outrages you skits. but first, prince william's first official appearance since the birth of his son prince george. keir simmons is in anglesey, waless. good morning to you. >> good morning. you can find her in part of the united states but she is particularly special today because prince william was holding her just around an hour ago while fielding questions

about the royal baby. he told folks that the royal baby has his moments and in a speech a little while ago he was cracking more jokes about being a new father. >> three weeks of fatherhood can leave a new dad worn out. not the duke of cambridge. from holding his baby boy to holding a bird of prey. there's no sign that william is suffering from sleepless nights and diaper changes. >> he's good. he has his moments. >> he has even been allowed out to play polo and spoke offici officially today for the first time. >> he's pretty loud and of course extremely good-looking. i have to say that i thought search and rescue duties were physically and mentally demanding but looking after a three week old baby is right up there. >> this part of wales is where william and kate lived a private life for many years, away from

the crowds and the cameras. >> shopping in the local stores while he flew royal air force helicopters from a nearby base. it's a life they're living behind. >> it's d-day for william and his workload at the moment. he flew back to search and rescue but it can't be his long-term prospects. >> royal duties becon. the family has been hidden away since the family left the hospital but official pictures of prince george are expected soon. perhaps taken by kate. and in the weeks to come they'll join the queen and duke of edinburgh prince phillip where he will meet his great grand son for the first time. >> and it is reported that sarah ferguson has been invited. it's possibly because her daughter beatrice maybe getting engaged. so perhaps she is being brought in by the royal family. meanwhile guys, this little bird

has long tallons. i'm told there wasn't any danger but i think i'll send her back now. >> i don't know why i have trouble with that word. >> we should have asked our english resident. >> now that i pay taxes. >> jimmy fallon is another proud father and now he is getting candid with his relationship with jay leno and his transition to the tonight show. >> when you grew up the thing you aspire to is snl but it's going to be the tonight show with jimmy fallon. >> you can't dream about that job. >> from spending the last four years hosting late night it was announced in april that jimmy fallon would be taking over the reigns of the tonight show last year. it may not have been a surprise to loyal fallon watchers but

what was a surprise, the fact that this time the announcement came with no drama. >> jay leno has been awesome to me. i talked to him all the time since i started. don't think i'm trying to take over. whenever you're ready to go and then he called me one day and he said i think that time is coming and i think you would be great which was very nice. made me feel good. >> must have meant a lot to you. >> yeah. >> i'm sure you care about him as a colleague and a friend. >> he's amazing. you have to respect the guy. he's been number one for how many years? almost 30 years. the guy is unbelievable. it's kind of a little nerve wracking but exciting to step into his shoes and he kept a franchise going for a long time and i hope i make him proud. >> and hopefully jimmy will keep doing what he does best, surprising his audience will how silly he can get celebrities to be. >> you have an amazing knack for getting incredibly famous people to do insanely ridiculous things. how do you do that? >> i don't know. it's just fun.

>> we've had the first lady come on and do the evolution of mom dancing. i don't know how we talked her into that. but there she was. we had tom hanks doing a poem about full house. >> house full of men, danny, jesse, joey, father. >> tell me about the conversation when you called bruce springsteen and said would you be willing to sing whip my hair in the style of neil young. >> i call, how you doing man, how are you doing? . it's bruce. he talks like that. it's cool. we have this idea for you to do whip my hair but we want to do a version where it's neil young singing it so it's like i whip my hair and back and forth. and then he goes -- [ laughing ] -- he is laughing so much. the phone is vibrating in my

hand. he is pitching me dressing up as young bruce. i have the phone i'm in a tunnel bruce. i'm cutting out. you said yes, bye. >> how are al and matt and guests. >> awful. awful guests. my favorite is you savannah. you're my favorite guest. >> would you elaborate anymore on me being a good guest. >> you smell better than they do. >> anything else about just me being a good guest? >> savannah get over it, okay? matt told me to say that just to make you feel good okay? we talked earlier this morning. just make her feel good, will you please? >> thank you for doing this. >> no, we can't just end the interview like that in my studio like this. we usually play game with with the guests. >> oh, okay. >> rock, paper, scissors, pie. >> so we'll do rock paper scissors shoot and whoever wins has to click this mechanism and if you lose a pie will come slapping into your face and the

winner will laugh and have a great time. thanks for being here. >> looking forward to it. >> ready. >> yes. >> rock paper scissors pie. >> don't paper cover rock. >> oh my gosh. i can't believe you're talking smack. >> click it. >> i love you al roker. i'm so mad. you beat me. thank you very much. >> you are the champion. >> it was really fun. >> will you do me a favor. say hi to natalie and matt and al for me. >> i will. >> thank you so much. >> oh my gosh. >> are we still rolling? we're still rolling. >> please don't be rolling. >> wow. >> it's still good watching that over and over again. >> you're a much better guest. >> i mean it's just ridiculous. you thought it was bad when you fell flat on your behind? no it was bad the next day when your eyes were as red as this dress. i couldn't see. pie eye. >> but you won the game. >> that's right. >> you cheated.

>> i wouldn't choose paper right away. >> thanks for the replay. why didn't i keep the goggles on. >> that was the fatal error. >> jimmy gave us a sneak peek at his latest project joking bad. this is a parody of breaking bad. it's great. >> jimmy will do just great. >> amazing. >> meanwhile, check out what's happening in our green room. powerball winner rubbing elbow with the gang at duck dynasty. we'll talk to them right after your local news.

8:26 now, good morning to you, i'm laura garcia-cannon. many santa clara county workers say they will go on strike, if necessary. seiu local 521 counteded the ballots late last night, 96% of the members voted to reject the latest county's offer and authorize its bargaining team to call a strike if the deal isn't reached. the contract expires tend of the month. the union represents about 9,000 workers, many of them are staffers at santa clara county courts and valley medical center, doctors and nurses not part of this union. let's check the morning commute with mike. >> a busy one. 880 northbound past the coliseum, jammed up right now, slow all the way through oakland, then y get to the toll plaza, look at the map,

things are lighter there, only about the end of the parking lot. ashley avenue, big traffic, expecting mortgage next couple of weeks, students arrive toward cal berkeley, not in session today. san jose schools are the ones we are focusing on, east 24, a signaling problem, caldecott tunnel, we have big slowing off highway 13, bigger than normal once, westbound ways are okay. avoid fulsom, howard, that quadrant there, reports of a crash involving a bicyclist and a truck there so there's an investigation. and also emergency crews in the area. watch it as you get on to or off the bridge.

8:30 now on a wednesday morning, august 14th, 2013. we have a picture perfect day out here on the plaza. great crowd to help usher in the morning. if they want to come back 24 hours from now, they will hear that wonderful song, jimmy buffet, margaritaville. he will be on the plaza for a special concert tomorrow morning. >> i love jimmy buffet. it should be a lot of fun. colorful crowd. >> a lot of beach balls.

>> that's right. by the way, more great music this week. on friday we have another summer concert. the reigning entertainer of the year in country music, luke bryan out on our plaza in our 8:30 half hour. by the way, you can pick one of his songs. the choices are these, country girl, rain is a good thing, or savannah's favorite song, drunk on you. >> that is my favorite song. >> to vote, you can head to today.com. >> how did you know that? >> i just know. meanwhile, just ahead, we'll break out the beards and the m camo. the duck dynasty crowd is in the house. >> i can't wait to see you in a beard. plus jill martin has steals and deals including a special deal exclusive to the new today show apartment buildi app. >> we have exciting news around here. we will have fan appreciation week next week. we're sprucing up our studio and moving the whole show outside. we're celebrating you the viewer.

we have searching also for today's biggest fan. we have already gotten a bunch of applications. here's one of them. take a look. >> really, charlie, again? he does this every day. >> cute. >> and if you would like to enter, head to today.com. submit your video. you could win a trip to new york city and vip passes to the one direction concert next friday. >> exactly. >> next friday morning here on today. >> before we get to all of that, let's get a check of the weather. >> let's show you what we have for today. we're looking at wet weather through the gulf coast. southeast, showers and thunderstorms making their way through the eastern rockies and wet weather moves into the pacific northwest. for tomorrow, we expect to see more showers, more thunderstorms from texas on into nebraska. wet weather in the southeast. it's going to stay wet in the southeast right on into the weekend with another three to five inches of rain possible. look for the heat to continue into the southwest

8:32 on a wednesday morning. good morning, i'm meteorologist, christina loren. this, of course, beautiful san francisco, where you can actually see we are almost done with the low cloud cover. so temperatures are going to be warm today as a result of all that sunshine coming in so early. 95 degrees on the way to livermore, 90, gilroy, 75, santa cruz. and temperatures stay pretty warm all the way through saturday then the real climb begins sunday, monday, tuesday, triple digits possible in the hottest cities across the bay area. are you ready to play the million second quiz? >> sure. >> the app launches today. this is in honor of ryan seacrest's new show that starts september 9th. >> once the show premieres in september, you could earn the chance to come to new york and actually compete. now we have ipads here. >> okay. >> we're going to actually play the game. trivia questions coming up. >> c. >> who was the composer of the 4

seasons. did you put it in already? >> yeah, we did. all right. nice job. >> only five seconds to answer on the app. i have been playing it all morning. geena davis placed 29th out of 300. >> archery. archery. >> don't say it out loud. >> well, we have to go on record. >> checking answers. we both guessed that. >> got it right. you can continue to do this 24 hours a day. did i read this right that if you do that and you become the ultimate winner you could win something like $10 million. >> we're still playing because we can't -- i think it's conservative. >> oh, missed it. >> okay. well, anyway, yes, if you serve a certain amount of points you are actually a contender to be on the live show. so the app is for fun. i think it's the biggest game show prize in history. >> ever. >> ever. >> matt is beating us savannah. what's up with that. >> matt can't even read the questions because he doesn't

have his glasses. so i'm looking up here. >> that's our only advantage we have over here. >> check it out at today.com and keep your eyes open for the million second quiz. >> at a beaus on september 9th. >> that's right. >> meanwhile, let us tells you that coming up soon we have got the cast of duck dynasty joining us in the studio. we'll get to them. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ [ female announcer ] wherever morning brings you, bring the energy you need. new nature valley soft-baked oatmeal squares. softly-baked, made with hearty oatmeal and a drizzle of cinnamon. they're nature valley's brand new take on a morning classic.

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well, move over kardashians. the robertson clan is back. tonight is the season premiere of a and e's smash hit duck dynasty and the kids are throwing their parents a surprise wedding ceremony in honor of their anniversary. >> look at y'all. >> good job. >> they look awesome. >> martin, yours look too -- >> snug? >> here comes jeb.

>> hey, babe. >> where have you been? >> have to get dressed. >> you look nice. >> you look like an idiot. >> i'm wearing the same thing you are but i make it look good. that's the difference. >> you may get the idea by now. good morning. nice to have you guys here. >> good morning. >> what a pleasure. believe it or not, even though you're heading into season four there maybe some people in this country not familiar with with duck dynasty. who wants to take a shot in a couple of sentences, what's the show about. >> there's the ceo. >> well, we're running a duck call business and i have to get these guys to work because we're selling a lot of duck calls these days. >> business is really good, right? it's changed your lives it's so good. >> business is really good, yeah. >> when you hear numbers like almost 10 million people tuned into the season finale last year. how do you even get your arms around that, ladies. >> it's crazy.

it's nuts. we thought the show would be good but not that good. >> i mean, i'm just getting paid to be myself. >> how much fun is that? >> who can say that. >> pretty good gig. >> scripted reality, right? you guys call it i think guided reality. what does that mean? what's the guided part. >> most of the time, we ad lib. someone out of l.a. is fixing to put words into our mouth. give me a break. >> well, they don't write a script for you though. >> it's a culture shock. they come up with ideas and we just get to be ourselves in the situation. which is nice. >> so none of them is watching, those guys from l.a. what's the worst idea they ever had for you? what did you refuse to do? >> they tried to get me to wear a pair of nickers when we went to play golf. >> that's an awesome idea. >> i said that's willie's department. i don't do that. >> how did this wedding go? >> it is beautiful.

>> really is. >> everybody is going to be shocked at how beautiful it is. >> who did all the work and prep and planning and stuff like that? >> the whole crew. >> ladies? >> no, they did a little work. they did a little work. >> that's right. >> did you really? >> they were mad at us the entire time. >> this wedding cost way more than the original wedding with miss kay and i -- it was $25 on the first go around. 50 years later to replay that it was a hold on to your pocketbook. >> all right. uncle si, in particular, people seem to have a warm spot for you. why do you think that is? >> i don't understand it. >> what do you mean? >> i'm a director's worst nightmare. they give you the script, i don't read no script, okay and don't let me get bored because then i just go crazy. >> you know, matt, a lot of women want to marry si nationwide and the strange thing is most of them are from

alabama. >> really? >> what does it mean? >> i don't know. you tell me. can we talk about the beards? do you guys like them? or is this just part of the look by now. >> you have to remember something, see, you came out of your mother's womb, you reached a certain majority of years and hair started coming forth from your face. >> and look what happened on the top of my face. not so much with women but men hair grows out of their face. the only two people that don't have whiskers are women and children and we are neither of those. >> good point. ladies do you like the beards? >> i like it. >> no? you do. >> i haven't seen his face in 30 years. but you know what, i like it now. i really do. >> raise your hand if you wouldn't mind they shaved them off. >> really. >> yes i love my husband but i love him so much more. i love his face all smooth shaven. >> i would feel like i was in bed with a stranger without the

beard. >> now i know why they put you on the end here. real quick trivia. phil, for fans at home, true or false, phil rarely bathes or washes his clothes during duck season. >> true. >> true. >> si, true or false, si doesn't own a cell phone. >> true. >> corey, you're an amazing cook. >> false. >> false. >> jace, you're an extensive collector of pants. >> who? >> false. >> i have two pair. >> guys have fun this year. and good luck with season four of duck dynasty. it's nice to have you all and you got to meet wil the lottery winner right? >> yeah. >> that was a big moment for him. it's nice to have you here. you can catch the season premiere of duck dynasty tonight at 10:00, 9:00 central on a and e. and a brand new bunch of steals and deals. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

we are back with jill's steals and deals. these are deep discounts just for our today show viewers. jill martin is a today show contributor and editor for people's style watch. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> tell us how it works. >> if you haven't figured out steals and deals, you're missing out. get on today.com right now. we'll link you to the retailers websites. you've got these deals only for our viewers. >> our first item scarves. >> today san appropriate day in new york city. we need a scarf. i love these. 155 to 175. now there's four types of scarves different colors, different prints. this goes with your dress. just saying. >> i asked the crowd does it go and they say no. >> i'm the fashion person and i say it goes. >> look how fabulous this is. it's one of the four.

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it's 8:51 now. we're back with a woman making history in professional sports. erica hill is here with our story. >> she is the first female head athletic trainer in major league baseball. actually the first in major athletic sports for that matter. while it's a big deal for those of us outside the locker room, for her and her team it's a natural fit. >> into left center, it's going

to fall. dodgers win it 3-2. >> the los angeles dodgers are on a roll. top in their division despite being plagued by injuries. and getting these multimillion dollar players back on the field is the work of several trainers lead by the only female head athletic trainer in major league sports. >> do you see yourself at all as a trailblazer for other women? >> i didn't but i guess i do now. i get a lot of letters and tweets. >> one of the things a lot of people wonder about is what is it like being the only woman when there's a locker room situation. is there ever an issue? >> there's a mutual respect there for sure. it's like women reporters being in the clubhouse. that's where they're changing and showering. so that's their space. >> sue is now in her second year with the dodgers, clearly she stands out. which is exactly why she was hired. >> i knew that she was a woman.

i did notice that and i did notice that there were no women around. my philosophy is and should i think everybodies is it's about performance and at this level it's all about performance. she was the best person for that job. her expertise in knowing how everything is working. know wrg the injuries is coming from. instead of saying that's a hamstring injury, trying to find out why we're having hamstring injuries. >> for players that repeatedly find themselves on the disabled list, and the dodgers have a few, that connection has been a game changer. >> she is incredible. she understands our temperaments as athletes and as ballplayers and she really does get it. >> reporter: second baseman mark ellis only recently came off the dl after a quad injury. that's the best i have felt all season because of sue and her staff. >> reporter: matt kemp now injured for the 5th time hasn't played a game since july. >> there's a lot of added pressure across the board. just, you know, yes, how big

those contracts are and the pressure that the guys put on themselves. >> go. >> people think well they're making a lot of money. who cares? this is their job and how they provide for their family. >> reporter: having spent a dozen years working with professional athletes there's a history here which helped her fit in. >> she is the one to be with, okay? >> my matchmaker. >> what's the hardest part of your job? >> when guys are hurt and you can't give them the answers. >> what's the best part of your job? >> getting these guys back out on to the field. >> reporter: which is exactly how this trainer wants to be judged. it was made clear to me the real measure of your success in professional sports is when your contract gets renewed. it's renewed once and by all accounts from the people at dodger's stadium it's looking good. >> i loved her answer to the question about the moments in the locker room, there is a mutual respect. that's essential.

>> it's so foreign to people that a woman would be in that position. you have these questions about how does that work? what if they're naked. she said it's just the way it is. i don't go and sit and eat lunch with with them but no other trainer would do that either. >> she also has the power to hurt them. >> you want that hamstring healed or not? >> yeah, she is a trailblazer. thank you erica. >> we're back right after your local news and weather.

good morning tour 8:56 now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. organizers of the outside music festival say concertgoers left a lot behind. a lost and found set up in the bill graham auditorium this week. organizers found keys, wallets, smartphones, even a few german passports. boy, having problems on b.a.r.t. out there. want to check in with mike. what's the deal? >> actually not out there, it is under the tube. even worse, laura,

technicalities, wanted to spin it there, underneath the bay, the bay bridge, only real alternate. may send more folks to the bay bridge, major delays due to a disabled b.a.r.t. train in the tunnel itself. might send more folks to the already crowded 880, southbound past the coliseum opposite this jam across the san mateo bridge.

live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." almost a fall feeling y. it's really nice outside. willie geist along with al and nathalie. >> i got a tweet yesterday. to me it was almost a throwback from johnny carson. >> people can hear it. >> we are going to talk about why this food is sitting in front of us in a couple of minutes. we are having a few snacks. the story a lot of people are talking about this morning, the

16-year-old kidnapped survivor hannah anderson. it appears she may be speaking out online. someone claiming to be the teenager has been posting comments and answering questions on the website. her family and officials have neither confirmed nor denied it was hannah anderson. >> some of the answers to the questions suggests it is somebody with knowledge of what happened. revealing details of what happened with the abduction. questions coming from friends and strangers. one person asked about james dimaggio. she said he had a gun and threatened to kill me and anyone who tried to help. another question was why didn't you tell your parents he creeped

you out. another answer was they were best friends. >> she posted somecepha self, pe of freshly painted nails. >> she was asked in the exchange why she didn't signal somehow to the horseback riders who ended up eventually identifying her and saving her, she said i was worried for their safety. she thought dimaggio was capable of killing people. she was worried about them. >> that is a question often asked of victims and abduction. it is a horrible question because it is so hard to ask what you would do in that situation. when a person is telling you i'm threatening your life and i am going to kill everybody in your family, there is no question what you would do. you protect those you love. >> this is kind of our our times

store aempt this is 48 hours or less, pops on this website, doesn't do an interview with television and starts answering questions. >> which is a concern as a parent for her safety, this is the last place you want her to go to turn to find support online so you hope she is going to get some counseling and getting the real support she is going to need. >> i suspect she will. a little happier story, the lotto winners, 16 powerball winners from the ocean county vehicle maintenance facility. they claimed $86 million all together. after federal and state taxess each of the 16, $3.8 million per person. a lot of them have great stories. they suffered property losses during sandy. >> still waiting to build their

homes. the whole area has been devastated. >> and willy feely. he became an icon online after he aappeared yesterday, talked to matt a little bit earlier. >> first i was dumbfounded. i couldn't figure out when acme started selling lottery tickets. when i got to work they pulled me inside. i thought they found a way to get rid of me now. >> on a more serious note you said one of the first things you did when you found out you won was stopped by your dads. >> i stopped and told pop. we lost mom to cancer a couple of years ago. pop just started his second round of chemo and radiation yesterday. i told him you don't have to worry about nothing financially except getting healthy and beating cancer. >> he lost his mom last year. >> they went back to work the next day. >> he said he might continue to

work, just at a different location or may just go and go fishing for the rest of his life. >> one of the women commented in one of the stories i read, her dad was a state representative who wrote a law that started the new jersey lottery. i'm going to write this law and maybe in a few years my daughter will win. >> the range of the salaries from $33,000 a year to $75,000 a year. so $3.8 million to each of them. >> a long way to help those folks out. >> that guy we showed you a lot of people comparing him to the dude. >> we refer to our willie as the dude. >> and i drink a white russian. let's talkt about this food and what we are doing. once again we go to the personal

journal. "wall street journal." >> apparently the reason we are sampling different foods is there are different foods that appeal to us, whether you are a chewer, cruncher, smoosher or sucker or maybe you are a combination of all of them which i kind of am. i don't like to put myself in a little box. >> you could probably fit. as we found out you can wear a size 5 t shirt and kids sneakers. >> 43% call themselves chewers. these are chewy cookies. >> i am a chewer. >> 33% say cruncherer. i'm with you on that. 16% are smooshers. >> smooshers are good. >> pass me that dainty spoon, will you. >> open a new restaurant called the dainty spoon. >> and then 8% are suckers. so you have your jolly rancher,

blow pop. >> i like a good tootsy pop. >> an interesting fact about al that you did not know. >> i don't know if this is so interesting. >> i find it fascinating. he does not like gummy food. >> i don't like gummy bears or gummy worms. >> i could live on swedish fish. >> what part of i don't like -- i don't like the texture. >> really? the gumminess gets stuck in your teeth? >> any number of things. what part of i don't like this -- as soon as i put one in my mouth i'm like this is disgusting. >> everybody loves gummy bears. >> no, i don't. >> what about you? >> i'm a cruncher. i love chips. i like -- i don't love gummy bears. >> sticking up for each other.

what else is new? >> i like swedish fish. they are all red. >> i am going to get you guys. you are going to like it. you are going to eat it and you are going to like it. >> do you like m&ms? >> yesterday we started like a national conversation about sibling rivalry. haunting terrifying story. >> i overshared. >> we asked you. we solicited sibling stories. >> i was laughing all day. >> this first one. my big sister fed me ex-lax and told me it was chocolate, # things got ugly. >> physically dangerous. sister convinced me vaseline was hair gel. >> my sister put her big toe in

my mouth for one whole minute as punishment for tattle telling. and then the reactions on our facebook page, as well. on facebook crystal turner says when i was a little girl my brother told me mud puddles tasted like chocolate milk. i drank out of a mud puddle. mud puddles do not taste like chocolate. when the cameras were not rolling you two were telling tales. you were the older brothers. >> we had a perfect relationship. >> what did your sisterer say about you? >> i think i was probably 10 which made her 5. i used to watch the friday the 13th movies. terrifying movies with jason in the woods. >> where were your parents? >> why were my parents allowing me to watch it. >> at 10 years old? >> i would force her to sit and

watch. and then i'm so sorry about this. there she is. that is probably the age right there. i got on the roof of our house and went to her bedroom window and knocked on the window and made the jason sound. if you say friday the 13th to her today she will wince. it is still not funny 25 years later. >> there was "psycho" on tv and my parpts would say whatever you doodoo not let your brotherer watch this movie. as soon as they were gone we were parked in front of the tv. he is now sitting in the middle of the living room, every light in the house is on in a semi panic state. he did not speak for two weeks. my parents come in i'm like i

don't know. the therapy really helped him a lot over the years. he started to come out of his shell. >> the shower scene. >> that put it over the top. >> bottom line, we are horrible people, too. >> the older siblings. you guys were the bad olderer siblings. how about a check of the weather? >> our friends in the southeast are going to get socked. they have seen -- florida the wettest july ever. we have a tropical area developing in the gulf. it is pushing moisture into the southeast over the next five days. we are talking about anywhere from three to five inches of rain from new orleans to norfolk. that is most likely going to be causing flash flo 9:11 on a wednesday morning. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren.

taking a live look over the san francisco bay, you can see very little cloud cover left over. temperatures are going to be warm. we have a hazy sky over san jose, but i'm happy to report good to moderate air quality everywhere. a hot day shaping up inland. 95 on the way to livermore. 98, gillroy. temperatures are going to stay warm we head through the next few days, a little bit of moderation in our temps friday through saturday and then that climb is on sunday through tuesday. you want to hear al roker's sibling spill the beans? more on that tomorrow. >> we're going to all bring a sibling on. >> well, we're going to have sibling stories and torture them. >> that's tomorrow. all right. up next, the secret to finding success. which mogul said if you show up at the right place at the right time and you put in a lot of time, effort and energy you'll get something out of it? was it ryan [ female announcer ] introducing olay fresh effects' unstoppable skincare!

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they fi -- passion. they find that thing they're excited about and go after it nonstop and do what they are going to do. >> people who are pursuing success it can take a toll on them from a health point of view actually. >> yes, absolutely. when you think about success we think of long hours, working hard, making tons of sacrifices and when you get to where you want yto go your life is a disaster and so is your health. it's not just about material achievements. you want your relationships intact. think of the long run, health practices like exercise, sleep, eating the right things for a long haul. >> don't you have to define what success is and be realistic about it. >> you don't want to be keeping one the jones'. you have to be yourself. you have to set a vision and go after it. they create a road map. one of the things that's stressful and cause the pain for

people is dealing with uncertainty. so they define their own certainty by creating the road map and sticking to it. >> let's look at another quote here, founder of facebook said move fast, be bold, focus on impact. >> that sounds like the relentless pursuit of passion but getting yourself out there. thomas edison tried a thousand times to keep the lightbulb. >> you have to take the risk. >> i think it's important to send the message you don't have to give up your femininity in order to be in a male-dominated space like the internet. another powerful woman, verks era wang says the biggest crime was not to try. that made me motivated and i didn't want to wonder what could have happened. sound right to you. >> the femininity thing that was referred to that's very much just being yourself. it's like for me as a physician, that tends to be very masculine field, yet the way i have

achieved success is being a dancer that's also a doctor. i encourage people to be themselves and not try to be what other people want you to be. >> you look gorgeous. >> we're medicine hhat were you >> i'm not a dancer. i can tell you that. no exhibitions here. >> what do you say? two quick points. >> brand pitch. you say it's important to know your brand and not be afraid to tap friends and family. >> most of our contacts are fleeting whether it's a momentary conversation at a cocktail party or 140 characters on twitter. you have to know your brand, your message. get it out there quickly and it's about getting across your credibility, your value and what's different about you and sets you apart. >> he has woodie stitched into his cuffs. >> in case he forgets. >> he knows his brand and he wears it well. >> oh. >> wow. >> thank you so much.

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good morning to you you 9:26 now, i'm laura garcia-cannon. friends and family of baby girl missing from oakland for more than a month will hold a walk today. daphne webb was reported missing july 10th. today, organizers are organizing a love walk to support the family and keep daphne's store alive. the walk will start at 1 p.m. at england police station on 7th and broadway and will continue to oakland city hall. classes at city college of san francisco starting today but the future of the school is very unclear still this morning. the college is set to lose its accreditation and likely to shut its doors next year. now, the u.s. department of education says the commission that decided to revoke that accreditation broke several federal laws when it reviewed the school. this morning, it is unclear what

impact, if any, this new information will have on that school's future. thousands of students in san jose are back in school today. the east side unit school district actually had its birthday yesterday. san jose unified school district back in session starting this morning. study hard, young ones. a look at weather and traffic, including a look that the b.a.r.t. delay, after this break. ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good for me around ♪ ♪ turn around

♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of craving something that i can't have ♪ ♪ turn around barbara ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ 90-calorie fiber one lemon bar. come back now. 9:28 a little bit cloudy here over the golden gate bridge, most of the city by the bay is seeing that sunshine. people on the golden gate bridge taking a nice walk. 70 degrees on the way to san francisco, 89, santa theresa, 89, gilroy. the temperatures stay unseasonably warm through thursday, averages friday through saturday and then that climb begins yet again sunday through tuesday. let's get an update on that b.a.r.t. delay with mike inouye. >> mechanics able to get that b.a.r.t. train out of the tube. trains are moving back and forth under the bay. the bay bridge itself, we have not seen any appreciable backup,

just have these folks waiting and metering lights are on 15 to 10-minute delays throughout for b.a.r.t. oakland, slow north past high street, a crash, motorcycle involve there had over the last few, you didn't see activities and no major injuries reported. good news. a live shot and see how things are shaping up, one with the palo alto look. traffic moves much more smoothly, digital delay, no problems for drivers through palo alto, slow through san mateo. >> great. now i have i have that song in my head. 9:29. another local news update in half an hour. have great wednesday morning. you're halfway through the week. . no other system integrates patient care so holistically. places such advanced technology in the hands of practitioners. has the privilege of caring exclusively for our nation's veterans. there's no other system like the veterans health administration. ♪ bring your medical and healthcare skills to va.

visit vacareers.va.gov. [ music playing ] >> welcome back to today on this wednesday morning. most of us have watched a tv show or a movie sometime and said man, i would love to live there. >> the brady bunch, you wanted to live in the brady house? there was a spanish interior designer that draws houses from shows and movies. he sells the drawings on etsy. he's did not carrey bradshaw's apartment. here's the floor plan of the i love lucy apartment. >> that was a pretty good apartment. >> back then. notice the twin beds like that. >> that's right. side by side. >> that's the friends apartment. that's joey and monica and rachel. >> made us think about the television shows we would want

to live in. what apartments. >> as soon as i got this i said frazier's apartment in seattle. i loved that. >> what about that chair, though. >> his dad's claire w chair wase shaky. but the views of that thing and had that little sunken living room. >> very modern. >> great spot. >> speaking of modern, i kind of like the whole -- i love the mad men apartment. megan's apartment. the current one. although i would say if you could update it with a flat screen tv. >> we could work that out. >> it's very cool and the sunken in living room and also that balcony and views. >> nice terrace out there. i stayed in new york. i went different strokes apartment. remember mr. drummond had the stairs and that arnold and willis would come down. >> so you like the marble. >> yeah, i like marble. >> you forgot what it looked like, didn't you? >> they had the cool room with the bunk beds. >> i forgot about the marble.

he was heavy handed on the decorating. >> the gold filigree everywhere. >> yeah. >> how about a check of the weather, al. >> depending on what your weather is for you house, wet weather for the southeast, gulf coast, into the eastern rockies. showers moving into the pacific northwest. the mid-atlantic states into the great lakes spectacular. more of the same tomorrow. we'll continue to see more heavy rain in the southeast. look for sizzling conditions from the southwest on into southern texas and southern california. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's look at this, 9:32 in the morning, widespread 60s everywhere and 24 hours ago, we were actually cooler in most cities. you're two degrees warmer than 24 hours ago in livermore, palo alto and napa, a warm day inland. look at these highs, 895, livermore, 97, fairfield, 70 on

the way to the city by the bay, 70 in santa cruz. head to the next couple of days, temperatures stay warm, we will get a slight cooling friday through saturday, then sunday into tuesday the heat is on. >> you may not believe this, but labor day is just over two weeks away, so with summer winding down, i want to look ahead to fall and the world of entertainment, fashion and tech. first up, what's ahead in entertainment. he's the editorial director of billboard magazine. great to see you. >> great to be here. >> you're looking forward to the wrap up of dexter. >> it's the serial killer that tries to kill only bad people but his serial killer exgirlfriend is back into the picture and his protege is getting out of hand. and somebody is going to get killed. >> a lot of killing going on. a lot of folks awaiting the return of "glee". >> bittersweet. the season will kick off with a couple of giant beatles episodes, which is actually a very happy thing. but then episode three will be a tribute to cory monteith who died in the off season. >> people want to see that. now when we turn to the big

screen, i just saw the trailer for the wolf of wall street. this has to be anticipated. >> it's enormous amount of fun. leo playing a long island kid that turns into a wall street swindler and makes millions of dollars. just lives so large. but you can feel good about watching the bad behavior. >> a war between women and the music. gaga and katy perry. >> gaga's single came out against katy perry's single so they are in a death match to see who tops the billboard charts next week on billboard.com. >> thank you. let's head over to willie. >> thanks. next up, a fall preview in the world of tech. there's al roker. apps and gadgets for under $100. good to see you as always. >> good to see you too. >> portable speakers. some good. some not so good. >> i like these. they sound great. they're small. come in a lot of different colors. they're rugged and wireless but

you can pair two of them together to make stereo sound. >> and they go in your man purse. >> i didn't put that there -- >> thank you props. >> what is this chrome cast? >> this is a new thing from google. it's a small device that plugs into the back of your tv in it's hdmi port. but for $35, no monthly fees allows you to take your phone or tablet or laptop and be able to watch videos and things from the small screen now on to the actual big screen. >> all wireless. >> all wireless. connects to your home wireless internet and youtube and netflix and other services are coming. >> phone, laptop. >> no more huddling around a small screen to say look at this video we did together. we can now push it. >> is it easy to set up? >> so easy. >> that's a game changer. >> it is. >> this is a way to track your family and friend with their consent. >> with their consent. it's called the find friends app available on apple devices. i'm tracking a couple of people. it's going to zoom in to where he actually is.

i can look at this in different views. he's on the road driving somewhere now. thomas in ocean city, maryland. so what also i can do willie. let's say my kid is going somewhere for the weekend and i know where he is, i can set a virtual fence. if he leaves that area i get notified that he left that area. >> or it shocks him with a collar. >> i didn't say that. i'm a pet lover. >> let's send it over to natalie. >> all right. thank you, willie. next up a preview of pre-fall style trends. good morning. let's take a look at these lovely ladies. starting off with this one, she is wearing one of the trends for fall and that's the oversized sweater that gets us into that mood. >> it's warm, it's perfect with leggings. she looks amazing and it's straight from our shoot with blake lively. >> keep something thin underneath. >> exactly. you the slim silhouette on the bottom. >> that sweater only 50 dollars. hard to believe. >> moving to karen in the middle

here and she is wearing the patchwork jean. >> yeah, so boyfriend jeans have been in for a few seasons. this is a little more refined. it's patched up so it's more appropriate for work. >> you can take your old jeans and make them new again. >> you can diy. >> and wearing the blazer to dress it up. now, megan wearing this lovely full skirt and this is another big trend for fall. >> this is the silhouette of the season. we actually got a sky blue one because pastels are huge for fall, believe it or not. looks amazing on megan. she is nice and tall and pairing it with flats. >> but if you're petite wear it? >> yes. pair it with some sky high heels like the ones you have on. >> still to come, need an idea for the left over chicken? we'll help you turn last night's dinner into a delicious meal for tonight. we'll have that right after this. dinner i the recent increase in cafeteria prices is not cool. when you vote for flo, we'll have discounts. ice-cream discounts.

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to you by maxwell house. always good until the last drop. in today's kitchen, new ideas for last night's dinner. instead of reheating the chicken or beef the next day, give the left overs an ambush make over. >> that's right. southern living editor and test kitchen professional has ideas to get you out of the food rut. my kids are ready for this. they say dad, not chicken again. >> but this will make chicken so much better. >> this is pretty much a staple in american grocery stores and on tables. what i wanted to do is show you how you can use these things and make it like a full meal. we have onions and garlic sauteing in here. we just add a couple of cans of beans. >> do you drain the liquid? >> yes, off of them and then mashed up one to give it a different texture. throw the chicken in here. >> is it the whole chicken? >> whatever you have left over. >> whatever is hanging on. >> willie toss in some of that

chicken broth. dump the whole thing in here. this is the best part about it. it's 30 minutes and that is white chilli chicken seasoning that you can buy. >> that's the white lightning. >> this takes only about 30 minutes to make from start to finish. stir this together, bring it up to a simmer and then you have this here. so the best part about this, you can serve it over rice. you can have a fun little nacho if you wanted to. serve that up here. >> then you have a nice buffet over that. we added avocado over there. >> make it your own. >> let's make sure we get to your good stuff. >> best part about this, barbecue is so popular in the summertime but you can do so much more with it. we made an asian style noodle bowl. if you have 30 minutes and a microwave you can make this meal tonight. these are hands off no cook. we boiled water in our microwave

and let it stand for 5 to 8 minutes. we're done there. we have a pineapple salsa and this is pineapple, cilantro and cucumbers. we stir this together and that is pretty much our pineapple salsa. for our noodles we added a little bit of sauce, some fish sauce, and a little bit of peanut oil. >> so goes into each individual bowl. >> this say great way to introduce your family to international flavors they may not have. >> and lastly we have these pork loin here. >> pork is such a really great salt and pepper staple. salt and pepper season it make a questio it and we have blueberry salsa. >> you saved us. your a genius. >> thanks so much. coming up next, jesse mccartney live in concert right after thes

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single back together. >> good to see you guys. how are you? >> i'm great. you just had a performance with the backstreet boys last night. get any sleep? >> not much actually. we had to be up early for the "today" show which we're so happy to be here but it was an amazing show last night at jones beach. it was sold out. the backstreet boys have been killing it out there. a great group of guys. >> you'll sing a song for us called back together. you were working writing music. you get into the studio and they decide all of a sudden maybe this belongs to you, this song. >> i got into the studio with this amazing group of producers called the 11 as well as gnash and ryan and we were writing this song for their record and halfway through the process we were like hey, do you think maybe i can have this one. we just finished a song for them and i was like this is two in a row. give me one so i ended up cutting it. >> well it belongs to you now. >> we can't wait to hear it. jesse mccartney.

>> thank you guys. [ music playing ] ♪ ♪ lipstick on my seg ret ♪ how you used to hug the bed ♪ the little things that i can't forget ♪ ♪ i wonder where you are ♪ still got your apartment key ♪ voice mails that i can't delete ♪ ♪ man i miss how we used to be ♪ i wonder where you are ♪ i reminisce with the stars tonight ♪ ♪ and think of how we knew them all by name ♪ ♪ but they don't shine half as bright ♪ ♪ ever since you walked away ♪ if we get back together ♪ it will be like when i met you better girl i bet you, baby ♪ ♪ let's get back together. girl i swear you are the reasons

and it's something worth believing ♪ ♪ when we get together ♪ it will be forever ♪ when we get together ♪ yeah ♪ if we get back together ♪ it will be like when i met ya only better girl i bet ya, baby ♪ ♪ last call at the trobadeur late night meals at the fort ♪ ♪ stumbling through my front door it just don't feel the same ♪ ♪ can't go to our lunch spot or grab joe from the coffee shop ♪ ♪ i'm looking down at my phone a lot but i don't see your name ♪ ♪ reminisce with the stars tonight and think of how we knew them all by name ♪ ♪ but they don't shine half as bright ♪ ♪ ever since you walked away ♪ if we get back together ♪ it will be like when i met ya

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believing ♪ ♪ when we get together it will be forever ♪ ♪ oh baby ♪ yeah ♪ if we get back together ♪ it will be like when i met ya, even girl i bet ya, baby ♪ ♪ let's get back together >> jesse mccartney, thank you. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. ♪

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investigators say the massive vehicle was backing up to move a load of dirt when it hit her. preston pipeline, that's the name of the company, says the driver has more than 35 years' experience. the driver accused of crashing a party bus on interstate 280, then running from the scene, is expected to be in court today. 43-year-old jason quinones faces felony dui, manslaughterer and hit and run charges. investigators believe he was driving the van when it feared off the interstate, hit a tree on alpine road sunday night. the only passenger died at the scene. whether you are going to go to the beach today or maybe san francisco it is going to be a nice day. get a look at the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> hey, thanks, marla. yeah, very little cloud cover to kick off the day. as a result, temperatures going to be very warm, especially inland, 95 on the way to livermore. hit about 9 70 in san francisco. beautiful weather in santa cruz as well, 75 degrees, we head through tonight, the onshore flow picks up, more low clouds

kick off the day tomorrow. as a result, slightly cooler temperatures, going to continue that for friday and satday. then the heat cranks sunday through tuesday. let's check on that drive with mike inouye. >> good morning. a little delay between the report and reaction and now the results. we now see the results of the earlier b.a.r.t. delays reported. the toll plaza did see a buildup the last half hour, now starting to recede again. b.a.r.t. has 15-minute delays as the system recovers. size drive on the approach a new crash west 80 at university. the camera didn't see problems. slow west 24, east 24, caldecott, single off highway 13. slow north past downtown oakland. back to you. >> mike, we will be back at 10:26 with our next local news update. wlap ♪

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♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ try new fiber one peanut butter protein bars. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> yes, look a the party! it's getting bigger and bigger in anticipation of friday. >> it's wines day wednesday. usually i'm happy. >> what? look, two days to go. the balloons are annoying. >> it's like a horror movie except it's not called "the birds," it's called "the balloons." very irritating, hoda. >> yesterday, we should point out, every time i said the word

"60" -- >> oh! >> i had to do a shot. okay, now, in all truth -- >> in all fairness. >> there are a couple of real vodka shots mixed in here. that happened to have been water, which is just great. anyway, we asked you guys for new ways to say -- >> 60. >> please don't let this be vodka. >> you know it isn't because you saw me stick my finger in it. nobody can trust you. this is how you lose your reputation one shot at a time. >> what reputation? >> here's some of your responses. >> we asked for new ways to say 60. jaynie says i turned sexty, not sixty. how about four decades short of a century? >> that is just horrible. that really is bad. >> one lady tweeted me, how about three score? >> oh, seven years ago! >> donna war wick jr. spent a lot of time thinking about this,

he said you're a sexogenarian. >> how do you know? he's one of the few i missed. >> 40 years to go before willard wishes her happy birthday. turning three score. we're celebrating she had scored three times. >> he spent way too much time on this. >> only five years away from mandatory medicare. and she is three times the age when she was at 20. but she's ten times the woman. >> oh, he made up for it. oh, my gosh. you got a big one next year. not a 60. >> can we talk for one second when al roker walked into the dressing room today? >> he's not even a troublemaker and i want him to be destroyed. >> he walked in and you said, oh, 60, 60. he said, look at you, you're 60 years old, you look fab, you're on top of your game, you're working at the "today" show. i mean, your life is rocking.

>> he was -- how do you like it? he could not have been sweeter and i love me some al roker every day. sometimes you need him. >> it sort of hit me, but thank goodness somebody came up with a brand new way to make grapes. do you believe these? we are enjoying today, these are called witch fingers. aren't they awesome? they are like a hybrid grape. i don't know if you can see. >> you can. >> and they look like a witch finger. >> never seen anything like those. they are grapes, get them on fresh direct online. >> created by a company in california called the grapery. >> they crossbred native american varieties from the east and came up with the fingers. >> i got to take these home to cass. she's a grape freak. who would have ever thought? >> you guys, this is delicious. >> seed that makes it an

elongated berry that makes it a flavor that suggests plums. when gives a rip? they just want to know if they are delicious, and they are. >> they are weird looking, a little freaky. >> fun at halloween. >> good one. >> i have friends here today i want to say hello to, hoda woman. >> yes. >> i held up a few months ago a book called "angels in our midst" by a woman i didn't know at the time. ann nielsen, we became friends. it's a beautiful book, she's an extraordinary artist. she's here today visiting from charlotte, north carolina. look at those beautiful girls with her. welcome, honey. thank you for that gorgeous book. fantastic. >> all right. >> we're not really going to talk. okay. >> sorry. we should point out we did talk about your birthday and the funny things, but people are leaving you tons of great messages and here's some of them. >> okay. >> louis friedman wrote, happiest birthday, girlfriend, like fine wine we only get better. >> lois. >> her name is louis.

this picture of a street zone, she giggles every time she passes. >> oh, my gosh. old nip lee. that is me in more ways than you know. i like to nip, but i have old nips. that is me, baby. >> all right, so i know a lot of people are going to be excited because we have a huge cast on with us today. >> talk about interesting. >> it is the cast -- >> i am so excited to meet them. >> it is the cast of duck dynasty, a&e's show. they are these incredibly wealthy guys who became wealthy because they came up with the duck calls for hunting. and these guys, there's a period of time during duck hunting season where they never bathe. >> how long is that? >> i think it goes weeks. >> they are out there with the ducks and one another, everybody stinks, they don't come home. >> they do come home.

they hang their clothes, leave them dirty and soiled and leave them and put them back on, because the warmth of all of that stuff -- >> that has collected over the -- >> yes, and they keep wearing them. >> what? yes, i shall remain nameless. >> i rewear my dresses, is that what that means? >> do you get them dry cleaned in between? >> yes, and i like to wear clothes. >> we're going to play a game called "who's older." >> this is in honor of your birthday. >> what birthday would that be, hoda? what birthday would that be? >> that would be the three score birthday. ha-ha. who's older, someone in their 50s, someone in their 60s. who is older? >> i think liam is in his 50s. >> i'm going with steve. who's older? >> i said it.

liam neeson. >> liam neeson is 61. >> he looks good, doesn't he? >> he looks great. steve is only 55. here's another one. >> sorry, steve. >> who is older? >> i'm going to go with sigourny because jamie lee curtis was a baby girl when frank was holding her in his arms at tony curtis and janet lee's house and she wee-weed on him. >> what is the truth? >> it's a true story. >> she's 63. >> they were doing a movie called "all american" at usc and frank was in it and he was at their house. why would you doubt me? i'm not the liar in the group. what's next? >> here's the next one, jeff bridges versus denzel washington. >> jeff is older. >> definitely denzel. let's go. oh, jeff bridges is 63.

denzel is 58. there's no more? >> america was enjoying that. we could have done that for a long, long time. >> anyway, here's an interesting tidbit. a new study came out and it said that children who grow up with multiple siblings have a greater chance of having a marriage that does not end in divorce. in other words -- >> less likely to be divorced the more siblings you have. 20% more with each sibling you have. >> you get that, it makes you realize you have to share the bathroom, you can't have the tv on whatever channel you want. you have to compromise. the more siblings you have, the more likely your marriage will last. i think that's true. it's true only children think that the world -- >> except you and i both had two siblings and we're both divorced. >> so much for that. >> but i have been married almost 27 years this time. making up for a mistake, although i'm still friends with my ex --

>> you okay? >> -- my ex-husband, i am. >> that's good, that's good. i am not. anyway, we did ask you about the today's app. there's a great new app that's easy to see our show online and things on the app. so we got some pictures of you guys looking at our app. okay. here's kim. she's watching it from a spa. >> good for her. >> christine is at the dentist. >> good for her. >> romanita is watching in her shower. >> isn't that cool? >> i wonder if that ruins the ipad. >> i don't know. >> heather is with her daughters and she watched us from the beach and they got creative and decided to spell our name in the sand somewhere out there. >> okay, yes. in la-la land. it was there. thank you, everybody. people are liking that, i think. >> send us pictures of you guys with our app and we'd like to put it on tv. >> we'd like to hear from our college friends, college

students, now that you've organized your schedule around kathie lee and hoda, we love you for that. coming up, they came all the way from the bayou to the big city. >> everyone's favorite family of quacks, "duck dynasty" stars are here. >> plus, you know who's turning you know what? special ambush makeover after this. hey! yummm! totally got it all! don't forget your favorites, girls. hey girls! the good ol'days when we could eat as we wanted. yes, but we are not 18 anymore. sometimes if i eat as i used to my digestive system gets out of whack. it's not easy keeping it working as it should. it's easy if you enjoy an activia everyday. mmmm... delicious! with the exclusive probiotic bifidus regularis, activia helps regulate your digestive system. put a smile back in your day! ♪ activia ♪ dannon

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whole new look. >> contributor and stylist to the stars, louis sacarri and "today" contributing editor for people style watch, jill martin. thanks for being here. >> every day! >> it's okay. this is the best week of our life. >> of course, it is. sparkling day today, beautiful in new york. >> finally, the sun was with us. >> felt like a little fall nip, too. >> it did. >> speaking of nips, let's start with sherry newman, 73 years old from queens. she just started throwing her hair back in a ponytail and hasn't stopped since, so she jumped at a chance for a new look. let's listen to her story. >> hoorah, three generations of newmans here, because you all want this for grandma and for mom. came down just for this. why is it so important for you? >> because she's 73 years old and she looks amazing, but she needs some help, so we're hoping we can step it up for her today. >> well, we have the help. you want to step it up.

what do you think of this? >> i think it's a great idea. i want to step it up, too. >> she's so cute. >> sweet. she's here with her daughters, lisa and jody are there and four of her grandkids, okay, guys, please keep your blindfolds on. here is sherry newman before. all right, sherry, let's see the new you! ♪ >> okay, wow. are you ready, kiddos? take off your blindfolds. >> sherry, sherry, you ready? turn around. put those glasses on. >> wow. look at that! >> you look great. look right here at camera 12, please. >> can you imagine? >> louis, tell us about the hair. >> the first thing i did was sherry colored her hair over and over and made it blacker than black. once your hair is not dark anymore, it has to be a little

softer. i sped up the process, we've made her much lighter, much quicker. also gave her fine hair, which was too thin looking a much shorter cut. >> which makes it thicker. beautiful. >> what do you think? >> she looks amazing. so pretty, mom. >> beautiful. >> gorgeous. >> that dress is perfect. >> i love that dress. >> isn't it so pretty? >> you know what, it's this brand new we started working with, n.u.e. and has built-in undergarments. it's so great, it's two for one and i love the long lines and the earrings are kendra scott. >> adorable. >> big round of applause. >> thank you. our second lady is barbara baker, she's 64 from springfield, virginia. watches our show every day but never dreamed she'd be picked for the makeover. she was on cloud nine when we approached her on the plaza. let's hear her story. >> we're holding hands very tightly, because barbara's flipping out. she just found out five minutes ago she's getting a makeover.

what do you think? >> i'm speechless, really. i don't do anything with myself and i'm kind of a mess, so i'm very happy. i watched hoda and kathie lee every day, so i'm just, like, in shock, i think. >> all right. in shock, we're going to take care of you. >> thank you. >> you ready? >> i'm ready. >> she's going to have to get her act together. she's here with her niece, willow, and friends and her husband robert. let's take one last look at barbara before and bring back the new barbara baker. >> let's see, barbara. >> oh, wow. >> all right, everybody. take off your blindfolds. >> quite the change, huh? barbara, you want to look? >> get ready, girl. >> look at you. >> oh, my gosh. >> you look amazing. >> oh! >> what did she say?

>> looks like her aunt esther. >> we don't know her, but she must be a fox. >> haircut at its best. bangs straight across, pushed them to the side, made that bob really work. little bit of color, she started to go gray, so we just erased it away, and, of course, the most important thing to make yourself look more vital is color and all the makeup was done by eneto. >> look at your hubby. >> fantastic. >> yes. >> want to marry her again? >> absolutely. >> oh. >> you can give her a hug. tell us about the dress, jill. >> this is actually one dress that comes with a belt also from that company. and this was for you, i gave her a little leather. >> never hurts, always helps. >> leather and lace never hurts.

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it's not every day you can find us trolling craigslist, but turns out you can find just about anything online, and we mean anything. >> including crazy ads, some of them made us laugh out loud, others had us scratching our heads, so we wanted to share a

couple with you. >> the first one was written by two brothers who sat down with matt. >> we're looking for wedding dates for our cousin's wedding. we've been told by the bride bringing dates is mandatory so we won't harass all of my friends all night and stay under control. >> apparently there's a problem there. >> if you were wondering what's in it for me, they tell you, an excuse to get dressed up, open bar and food all night, eccentric, downright dangerous brothers, two brother dance moves and adventurous. there's a reason to stay home. they were going to take us, we said no. okay, this craigslist posting -- they were sweet boys. >> they were. >> from vancouver. >> it's titled "can we borrow your dog." that doesn't seem unusual, but the reason why they want to borrow the dog is a little weird. >> we bought some bacon and some coffee this morning, but due to being drunk we seem to have

misplaced it. we bought some coffee and bacon but due to being drunk we seemed to misplace it. we're drunk. >> we're 93% sure it's in our house somewhere, but where? if you have a dog that likes smelling and finding bacon, we would love to have him over. >> apparently this story ended up after several hours and moments of hard thought they found their coffee and bacon in the couch. >> in the couch. that's very funny, joanne, why don't you come on camera? >> good thought out segment. is it over? >> i'm loving this one. here's one you don't see every day, hoda. the headline reads, did you leave a prosthetic leg on the bus this morning? >> this is what it says, i found a prosthetic leg wearing a cowboy boot on the bus this morning. i hope you don't mind, but i went ahead and tried the boot on, magnificent. >> every girl can appreciate a comfortable shoe, can't they, hoda? the person posted the ad,

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welcome back. now taking a live look at a clear sky. overall, a little of the haze lingering over san francisco but highs today are going to be pretty warm with all that sunshine coming in so early. we are talking about different churs in the mid-90s, 95 on the

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we will have the latest on the cleanup efforts 11:00. jon kelley and i hope to see you in 30 minutes. and we are back with more of "today" on this wines day wednesday and we're ready to play who knew in honor of kathie lee's birthday, we have trivia from 1953. just do the math, the year kathie lee was born. she's across the street at the nbc studio experience store. she's ready to hand out $100 to those who get the answer right, for those who don't, the "scandalous" cd. here with me, "time" magazine's executive editor. very fancy, are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> we have a very special guest here today, he is from pennsylvania and his name is alfredo. are you ready, alfredo? >> yes. >> what transformative technology first became

available to the public in 1953? color tv sets, cassette players, light bulb, or c.t. scan? his family is going to help him. >> light bulb? >> no, but that's a great, great guess, but alfredo, it's your happy day, alfredo gets a "scandalous" cd! >> yes, he's got it. alfredo's lucky, the correct answer, tv set. >> the color tv, and it was an expensive proposition back in 1953. it cost about $1,000 for a 12-inch-wide television. >> did you have a color television at your house? >> no. >> let's move on. >> we didn't have a house. anyway, we lived in a cave, hoda. this gentleman is from kansas, right? i was born in 1953 in what city? was it new york? norman, oklahoma, paris, france, or bowie, maryland? >> let's try norman, oklahoma. >> that's a great city! i was born there. >> but he gets my -- everyone

has a story has a cd! >> i know you don't care about where kathie lee was born. kath, what were you doing in paris? >> my father was on the staff of general eisenhower in paris and my mom and dad are very much in love and i'm a product of that. thank you. >> all right. >> where are you from? >> northern michigan. >> northern michigan. what was my given name, katherine lee martin, katherine lee epstein, katherine lee abramowics or philbin? >> epstein! >> oh, well, you don't get the cd, oh, well. >> does your parents have any other names in mind for you? >> no, you know, and the lee is from my daddy's middle name. i'm delighted to be named after my daddy. >> aren't you glad you came? let's go back to kath. >> why is she here? anyway, i keep going? all right. what famous advertising character debuted in 1953?

the morton salt girl, captain crunch, the pillsbury dough boy, or the coppertone girl? >> the coppertone girl. >> yes, how did she know that? >> the company had been around for decades but really took off when the girl arrived in the ads and did you know jodie foster got her start in a coppertone ad in the '60s. >> i didn't know. >> i didn't know that either. which magazine was founded inning chicago in 1953? ladies' home journal, life, playboy, or chicago magazine? >> playboy. >> and they've never called me! >> happy birthday to you. so playboy. >> playboy, you know who they did call? marilyn monroe, she was the first centerfold in playboy. >> she was? we learned a lot. time for one last one. >> ft. lauderdale, florida. >> which audrey hepburn film was released in 1953? funny face, sabrina, roman holiday, or breakfast at

tiffany's? >> breakfast at tiffany's? >> that's all right. he's going to get a lullaby album. >> roman holiday. >> they meant the role for elizabeth taylor, but audrey hepburn was so awesome in her screen test, she got the role and won an academy award. >> amazing, amazing. time for one more because it's your birthday. >> i don't know what it is, but a little girl named lana, she is from -- where are you from, honey? >> louisiana. >> let's do our take our picture shot, ready? here we go. here we go. sassy girls. >> adorable. kath, come back across the street. thank you so much. do you wish your guy would show more emotion? get him to open up to advice for relationships, matthew huk is going to be here after this and relationships, matthew huk is goingone day, i want to win and the science fair. and? and then go to college and study science. way to stay focused!

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often feel like i'm waiting for my guy to do his plans to make mine. should i tell him how i feel or go ahead with plans not worrying if he should join? >> it's a great question and a common thing between men and women where very often women are more detail oriented, men are spur of the moment, like to plan last minute. a woman thinks about what she's wearing a week in advance, guy is not thinking about it the day of. it's a common frustration. the guy, first is positive reenforcement. first time he plans anything, no matter how small, show him, i love it when you do stuff like that, it's so sexy. that will change his mind. >> pavlov's dog. >> the other thing you can do is value your time more. say you want to go on holiday with the guy and say, look, i want us to go away in august and he says, well, i don't know. i'll think about it. say to him, okay, look, you've got until this time to think about it. after that, i'm going to go on

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this is what happens when two chicks from the city go duck hunting and leave their tweezers at home. >> not pretty. >> who would have thought that a reality show about a family that sells duck calls -- >> hit it! >> -- could turn into such a hit. >> apparently somebody was very, very smart about the robertson family of "duck dynasty" attracted nearly 10 million viewers for last season's final episode. a lot more than we get. >> a lot more. they are back in tonight's premier of season four. in that, their kids throw their parents a surprise wedding in honor of their 40 -- is it 49th, you guys? anniversary.

take a look. >> good job. looks awesome. >> yours look too -- >> smug? >> here comes the cake. >> somebody say cake? >> hey, babe. >> where have you been? >> i had to get dressed. >> you look nice. >> you look like an idiot. >> i'm wearing the same thing you are. >> but i make it look good. that's the difference. >> all right, here we are. >> women with whiskers are not a deal breaker. >> with us we have phil, willie, jase, jeff, and uncle si. in the back we have jessica, missy, korie, and kay robertson. look at y'all. what a family. >> wow. >> what doesn't fit? we think the four in the back doesn't fit with the group in the front. >> congratulations on having one of the biggest, probably most unlikely hits that television's ever had.

>> we were as surprised as everyone else. >> wow. >> you didn't think it was going to go, right? why did you think it was red necks like us? >> that's me, exactly what i said. >> agreed. >> who thought it was a good idea? raise your hand? why, willie? >> i'm a business guy, i thought it would help our business to promote our duck calls more. this family is odd, to say the least. >> in a good way, though, in an adorable way. >> one thing that's caught a lot of people's attention, not only are we all turned on to duck hunting, but there's a segment you guys don't shower, which is one of my favorite times to read about. how long do you go during duck hunting season without bathing? >> we do it for a few days just to get in the spirit of the wild. >> get a little crusty. >> my dad does it the whole season. >> how long's the season? >> 60 days. >> 60? >> kay, what's that like for you? >> i do make him wash his beard. >> you do?

>> he won't tell y'all, but occasionally he does. >> ladies in the back, do you guys like the beards? you do? what is it about them that you like? tell me. >> i feel safer with the beard. >> why? >> well, if we're out and go to a movie late at night or to eat, nobody's going to mess with him. >> they might ask for his autograph. >> is it weird, you guys, with all the attention? uncle si, when you walk down the street, are people mobbing you for pictures? >> can't walk down the street. >> do people come to your house and stuff? >> all the time. >> tell us about that. >> i'm asleep, okay, my wife gets up, so i wake up and i hear -- i look at the clock, it's four minutes after 12:00, midnight. >> yeah. >> i said, something must be wrong with my hearing, i know i didn't hear that. >> oh, my gosh. >> no. >> do you let them in?

>> you don't have body guards yet? >> no. >> just don't answer? >> didn't answer. >> you need a big dog. >> i'm going to get a fence, a sign on it, and a big dog behind the fence. the sign says i'm not responsible. >> what do we have to remember? >> we have dogs that alert us to whoever's coming and you have to admit in our part of the country, lots of weapons, so if you are into robbery, rape, or mayhem, wrong house. >> i don't think so. >> faith is a big, big part of your whole family life, isn't it? >> we'd rather have a bible study with you, but if you want to rape our women -- >> we get it, we get it. i'd love to come to bible study with you. no intention of hurting anybody. >> we took a weird turn. >> he's invited smith and wessen to the bible study. >> we'll have a bible with you or shootout with you. >> okay!

>> congratulations on your tremendous success, you guys, and thanks for coming to see us. you can catch new episodes of "duck dynasty" starting tonight at 10:00/9:00 central on a&e. ready to kick up your workout a bit? >> these women are going to show off their signature moves. >> first, this is "today" on nbc.

they are some of the fittest women in the country, women's health magazine recently went on a search for the next fitness star and the five finalists are here to show us their signature moves. >> before we crown the winner, we'll find more about the search from michelle, editor in chief of "women's health" magazine. you're on the hunt for the next jillian michaels? >> exactly, we needed some fresh talent, so we launched the next

fitness star search and got thousands of entries. these five stood out from the pack. >> each one of the five is going to show us one move. now stacey's first. from minneapolis, minnesota. you've had two kids? >> two kids. >> shut up. show us your move, girl. >> we're going to do the sumo spot with the twist. take it down. i specialize in functional training. what i love about this total body move is you're working your legs, your seat, your core. you just squat, lift, and twist. >> all right. let's move on, got to go through it quick. let's go to tarah lee, 31 years old from aurora, colorado. obese most of her life, she lost 91 pounds. can you believe that? >> show us your moves, girl. >> i love to do a lunge to squat combo because it works every muscle group in your legs. i also like to add something to it, get the calories burning. really get those calories burning. >> next up, girl, jam and jelly

murphy. she's our next contestant, 26 years old, lives here in new york city. your move is more aggressive, it's a high kick? >> i'm going to be honest, i changed it last minute because i heard you guys say yesterday you wanted to work the backs of your arms, so my favorite move is a reverse plank, goes just like this and works the back of your legs and back of your arms and you're holding it asymmetr asymmetrically. >> looks like a table. eat off your stomach she's so flat. >> kit is 30 years old, a pilates instructor from l.a. show us your move. >> this is my pilates fusion move. you take your legs out wider than your hips and come down. this is stretching out the legs while working the legs, stretching the side body, but i'm also holding a jump rope, so you can do 30 seconds of jump rope in between. >> oh, my god. final one, she's 33 years old from houston, used to be a

financial analyst but said to heck with that. anyway, show us your move, sweetie. >> this is inspired by surfer bodies because it's incredibly healthy, fit, and super healthy. what you do is go on a seated position, put your hands on your side, knees bent, and go ahead and crunch in. >> crunch in. >> in and out. >> michelle is going to announce the winner right this second. she's got the envelope, please. you do it, michelle. >> the winner stands to be featured in a dvd series for women's health and featured in the magazine. >> and gets a crown. >> and the winner is stacey clarke! >> oh, my god. >> stacey! stacey! >> tiara. >> i don't know why there are wine glasses, nothing to do with anything. >> congratulations! >> this is a gift for you. >> congrats to everybody. >> you're all adorable. tomorrow, country star luke

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