>> yeah. here's a live look from our chopper in the bay area. good luck to you heading out the door. we appreciate you waking up with us. good morning, on good morning. on the run. authorities in florida racing to catch two convicted killers who used forged papers to escape prison. out ridge from the family of a victim. and at knife point, the suspect leading the police on chase for miles. and digs are if dollars, steven colbert dings everyone. >> if pope francis were here, we would be wearing sweat pants in

a an i hop talking constituty fruity. >> laughs for a good cause. >> from nbc news, this is today. matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, welcome to today on a friday morning, i'm matt lauer. >> and i'm maria with natalie and al roker. and i don't want to sit next to natalie. because everybody said she looked like a young version of me. i want to sit next to al. oh, lord. we're not sisters. she's a young version. >> we have done digging. we went back and looked at the last time, to see the last time you co-hosted the today show. >> did i look like natalie? >> the top song was by the bee gees, carter in the white house, laverne and shirley was on tv. >> that's so mean.

>> it was july 15th, 1998. welcome back. >> good to be here. >> thrilled to have you. >> thank you so much. first to the top story which we're looking at. we have a lot going on. it's a man hunt for two dangerous inmates mistakenly released from prison. mark potter is in orlando. >> reporter: good morning. paperwork was filed here at the orange county courthouse ordering the early release of two dangerous criminals. as a result, they are out and being sought. they are convicted killers on the run. both serving life sentences for murder, but walked out the door. >> we are apprehending these guys and putting them back. >> they were released based on forged documents that reduced the sentences. it had the signature of a judge

who gained fame as the judge for the casey anthony trial. they had to have help from outside. >> anyone with any computer skills can look at a document and take that document off of the internet and lift the signature and paste it somewhere else. >> authorities say a third convict tried a d a similar sch earlier this year but failed. jeffrey forbes was serving time for attempting to kill a police officer. the state attorney's office says he tried to use forge ed documes to get out, but an alert detective foiled the plot. it is now clear that the use of formed documents to obtain release from prison is an ongoing threat. their mistaken release was discovered on tuesday, when a family member was notified of the release and called authorities. now investigators are trying to find out how the two men pulled it off.

>> it's very ingenius. it's a breakout without having to break out. >> reporter: now overnight, the family of roscoe pugh issued a statement saying they never because of the long sentence. authorities are trying to learn if other innates may have escaped early this way as they concentrate on the man hunt for the two escapees who walked out. >> thank you so much. amazing. in washington, lawmakers are talking about how to avoid a repeat crisis one day later. at the national zoo, it's reopening today, we had the shutdown, it came about as a result of an attempt to delay or defund obamacare. and the tactic didn't work. but we understand that while the battle was lost by certain factions of the gop, the war over obamacare is not over.

>> reporter: good morning, that's exactly right. we're hearing from republican senators, among them, senator ted cruz of texas, the architect behind the shutdown strategy. he's not done with obama care. the fighting over the debt ceiling has overshadowed a much bigger problem with obama care, the implementation process. the website is a significant pr disaster. the white house says there's progress being made, they're working on it 24/7. but the cost ballooned. that's becau more states are joining the exchanges. but tech experts also say that it simply doesn't work and won't work for months. >> and then there, and this is going to anger a lot of people, after all the dysfunction in congress over the last several weeks and all the work to be done between now and january

15th and february 7th, where is congress right now? >> reporter: a lot of americans will be frustrated when they learn they're in recess. the house is out until the middle of next week, the senate out for all of next week. we taught a picture of house speaker john boehner as he was taking off from the airport. they have a lot of work to get done. and what you've indicated, a limited time line. the good news is some republican and democratic leaders got together yesterday to start the conversation to come up with a smaller budget deal, it appears, in the course that have time. but other good news as well. at least the zoo is open today. we have that going for it. opening right about now. it says the humans and animals can't wait to see you. the panda cam is back up in business. you can't see the panda for yourself, go online. but overwhelmed with so many people trying to see it, try

again today. >> peter, thanks. we'll have much more on the shut down's impact on meet the press, the guest treasury secretary, jack lew. >> and now footage from the deadly siege on a mall in kenya. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engle is here with the story. >> good morning. have you seen the images? the images are clearly disturbing. but it's a rare fly on the wall perspective of what it was like in that mall when the gunmen arrived. moments before the attack, nairobi's upscale west gate mall looked busy, normal. until a panicked stampede away from a door. a vurt camera captured what they're running from. a gunman from al shabab, he shot a man behind a counter. he struggled to move until

another gunman came to finish him. as gun shots tore through the mall, trapped shoppers ran, falling over each othe in a restaurant, a few organized defenses. two armed men can be seen trying to protect the room as the hostage roundup began in the supermarket. a mother and her two children pushed a ca ed ed a cart. in it, what seems to be a wounded child. and teenage girl limped forward as a gunman ordered them to keep moving. through the first day with the gunmen seemed calm and methodical. talking on cell phones. kenyan police believe this were receiving instructions from aboard. as shabab leaders tweeted status reports to the world. this is the most accurate report to the massacre that would drag

on for four ter fieing days. the mother pushing the cart and the children all survived the atrocity. >> these are also extremely useful to law enforcement officials, including in this country. they can study the videos, how the gunmen moved, how they congregated with a similar situation. >> hopefully they can learn. it's difficult to watch them. >> all these cameras watching it happen over four days. >> thank you very much. and a big scare for a group of parents in arkansas. >> thank good they are okay. but a drive to school took a terrifying turn when a man armed with a knife high jacked their school bus. betty is here with the details. >> reporter: good morning. talk about a wild ride. he had the wheel and a dozen incident children on board. police were in pursuit with no idea where he would go or what

he might do. a police chase unlike any other you're likely to see. a string of cruisers in slow-speed pursuit after police say this man, 22-year-old nicolas miller hijacked the bus. the frightening episode outside little rock began thursday morning when he pulled a knife on a woman walking down the street and tried to carjack her, but she had no car. so he jumped on the bus, ordered the driver out of their seat and hit the gas. it went across two towns, but plus put up a road block. >> they deployed spike strips, he did not run over it. >> reporter: he gave up without a fight. none of the kids were hurt. parents were alerted by an automated message. >> parents, this message is to inform you that all students on bus 47 were safe.

>> reporter: all were released. >> thank god they are all okay. >> reporter: and many hope the suspect faces justice. >> i hope he gets help and make an example out of him. >> reporter: miller is charged with vehicle piracy, and aggravated all the assault and kidnapping. he's had run ins with the law already this year, he said people were chasing him, and the bus was the only way to get away. >> thanks all are okay. thank you. a federal air marshal is accused of taking inappropriate pictures of a woman. allen was on official duty thursday when witnesses claim he used a vchb to take a picture under a woman's dress. hefs charged with disorderly conduct.

and the edward snowden case, he said he left all the documents in hong kong and didn't bring them to russia. he said he turned everything over to journalists and didn't keep copies. they contained specific details about the u.s. surveillance at home and abroad. hundreds of thousands of kmufrts in the san francisco area will have to find another way to get to work. union leaders and bart managers are haggling over wamgs and benefits. 4 million people take it every weekday. it's the fifth largest in the country. and fires across australia. the raging fire haves killed one man and destroyed several homes hundreds of people forced to evacuate. unseasonably hot temperatures fanned the flames and threatened

towns including sydney. >> why it's a good idea to check on your car every onces in a while. the owner apparently abandoned the car -- there's a car under that -- about a year ago, it's completely overgrown as you see with ivy. car's become a social media sensation. police responded to the complaints. the vines were so thorny that the vehicle should be towed away instead, vines and all. i guess that's a lesson in taking care of the car, car maintenance. >> that's bad. >> way to go. >> natalie, thank you very much. snow to talk about. >> that's right. this is denver international airport. and you're going to see the snow coming down. 1-3 inches before it's all over. the good news is, all that flooding in colorado. a lot of ski resorts opening up. we have the snow coming in. we're looking at winter weather

advisories to the east of denver until about later on this afternoon at 9:00 a.m. winter weather advisories to the west as well. and frost and freeze warnings as well. we have a big change coming. cold front that's dividing the eastern third of the country with the western third. much colder air coming in behind the system. colder air coming from the north so we're going to see temperatures dropping out west. denver, 22 degrees below normal, kansas city, 19 degrees below normal. ahead of the system in the northeast, temperatures anywhere from five to ten degrees more than they should be. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

go. man's second best friend. brew the love. keurig. hey, happy friday to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. the time now is 7:15. you'll notice on the bottom of your screen we have scrolling information available to you having everything to do with bart. 76 in san francisco. getting into this weekend, oh, so close now. we'll see a nice warm day today and tomorrow. then temperatures drop sunday into monday. >> thanks very much. the duchess of cambridge is keeping herself busy as she prepares for the next week's christening of her son, prince

george. kate is turning heads as usual. good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt, sometimes people ask what is modern royalty for? you might say carrying on tradition and helping people. that's what they have been doing. new generation is really into the power of sports. and today she was at the olympic park for her first solo appearance since becoming a mother. katherine, duchess of cambridge, looking fit, three months after giving birth. cheered this morning to support her country's most promising athletes in sports that don't get recognition. >> it's amazing. >> reporter: 17-year-old ruben is the number one saber fencer, hopefully olympic-bound. >> i have one more to go. >> reporter: the princes have been big boosters was sports lately. as they settle into their new

life and a family, william left active military to focus on royal duty, they have moved into their apartment at kensington palace. and he knighted his first loyal subject. an ancient ceremony, got to use the sword. >> be careful i guess. >> reporter: and next week, a private event, the christening of baby george. here in the palace built by henry viii. and where elizabeth i was, and queen victoria married her true love albert, or princess diana's body lay before her funeral. >> should be an enormous moment of joy. we have a new prince, a new hope, and a new injection in the future of the british monarchy. >> reporter: the british press

has been full of stories about how they are breaking with tradition and not picking any royals to be god parents for baby george. they're choosing old palace of theirs. they won't be known until the day of the christening on wednesday. matt. >> michelle, thanks very much. a big charity event held in new york city last night. the alfred e. smith dinner. annual fundraiser for the catholic church. and steven colbert was the keynote speaker. and no one was safe from his humor. >> my god, i'm standing in front of dr. henry kisen jer and maria. you guys dating now, right? everyone looks so lovely tonight. it's like we showed up at the same halloween party dressed as the monopoly guy. the wall street guys have a get

out of jail free card. if the pope were throwing the party, we would be in sweat pants in the corner of the ihop splitting a rooty tooty fresh and fruity. chris matthews is here. host of hard ball. i have good news, it turns out that having hardball is covered by obama care. is mayor bloomberg here? he's a tiny man. the real reason he doesn't want drink cups larger than 16 ounces, he's afraid he might drown in one. >> that is the tone of that diner every single year. >> a lot of money, though. >> exactly. willy geist is in the orange room, he's in there while carson continues on assignment. good to see you. >> good to see you. maria, welcome back, we have

coffee, pastries, chardonnay. we are talking about new jersey politics and a concession speech given on tuesday night by republican candidate. he lost to cory booker, and his relationship with his wife during the speech you want to pay attention to here. >> i have spent the last 20 years of my life in politics. serving the people of new jersey in the way i thought i best could. >> brushing that dirt off the shoulder. >> that's steve, his wife of 32 years trying to console him. not in the mood for monslaticon, there are gifs brushing his wife's hand off his shoulder. he said i love my wife, it was a tough moment. the top story is booty call.

kardashian is there, but the kids are home. go to today.com to look that up yourself. >> appreciate that. >> thank you very much. coming up, a high profile trial getting underway. accused of killing his wife, but without a smoking gun. and has the mystery of the [ female announcer ] now you can turn pillsbury crescents

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korean. if you look in the middle of the screen, you can see the red, yellow and green to indicate how bad the traffic is. especially looking at bay bridge. you can see on the monitors there it is backed up. what's unusual is the commute is heavy and it started earlier thang2dñ normal. that's not a big surprise to caltrans. they were prepared for this. is it ucarmageddon? absolutely not. they do see things moving on the roads the way they expect it to when you have 400,000 people potentially gong on the roads who normally would be taking the trains. reporting live in oakland, bob redell, "nbc bay area news." an intriguing look inside and what is not so cool is the traffic out there. mike inouye, what are we seeing? >> this is the berkeley curve off of 880. a big funnel down here. this is how it plays out for oakland. north 880 is jammed up near the

coliseum. the maps will show you the speed through the area really cranking down for the east shore freeway. and also for 24, the west 5 is not too bad until you get to the maze. 24 is very low. christina has other stuff on her maps. what do you have? a cold start to this friday morning. good morning to you at home. taking a.h&ive look at the sunrise over the bay bridge. a pretty sunrise, but it is cold and temperatures will climb by 40 degrees heading throughout the afternoon. 84 in livermore, 82 in concord, 79 in fremont. we'll look at the seven-day outlook coming up in a few minutes. keep it right here.

we're back, 7:30 on a friday morning, october 8th, 2013. and we have the sunrise over charlotte, north carolina, to show you. pretty there. and we to want know what it look like where you're waking up #today ease sunrise. and there's the photos, upn't screen. happy to have maria here and al roker and natalie. savannah is on assignment. we to want look at the stories making news. a massive man hunt for convicted murderers who used fake documents to escape from a florida prison.

and take a look, snow in denver. al said they can expect around 3 inches by the time it's done. people are waxing up their skis. >> and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have started meeting privately in hopes of getting a permanent budget plan. >> and mystery solved, one man's surprising discovery after he decided to put the big foot myth to the at the time. and the florida sheriff who arrested two girls in connection with the tragedy bullying case took his message to parents last night. coming up in the next half hour, take a look at the issue. is the problem of mean girls getting worse, and your some parents looking the other way when it comes to this. >> you raised young ladies. you know what it's like at school. >> there are mean girls. >> you know what they deal with. >> girls are tough. a high-profile murder trial underway.

a doctor accused in the 2007 death of his own wife. if the -- it's the state's first ever televised criminal case. miguel is in provo outside of court. good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning. it took prosecutorers more than six years to build the case and go to trial . other the next five weeks, plenty of drama. allegations of betrayal and, of course, murder. >> this case is a puzzle with many pieces. >> during opening arguments, prosecutors portrayed him as a cold-blooded, calculating kie i killer. a man who told fellow inmates he could get away with murder. he looked like the picture-perfect family man. >> he gave her drugs, and she died. >> reporter: he married a beauty

queen, eight children, but his waif wife came crashing down when his wife, michelle, was found dead in the family's home. >> who's in the bathtub? >> my wife. >> reporter: her death was never rule had homicide. but her daughter long accused him of murder. >> he killed my mother who was my best friend. the most incredible person. >> reporter: after michelle underwent a facelift, prosecutors say martin mckneel overdrugged and drowned her in the bathtub. but they say he was at work. in court, they hammered home the coroner's report. >> none of the medical examiners believed that michelle's death was due to a homicide. >> reporter: with michelle's plastic surgeon and his former colleague taking the stand thursdays, a key witness could

be jipsy willis. she was his motive more murder, they said. she moved into the home after her death and attended the funeral. >> the two of them exchanged 20 text messages on the day of the funeral. after the funeral, the defendant was jovial, laughing and smiling. >> it's critical you set aside yo your emotions and evaluate the case based on the facts. >> reporter: a case six years in the making that's gripped a community and torn a family apart. this case has turned family on family. the daughters have been in court holding up a picture of their mother. they are poised to testify against their father. he and his mistress were convicted on fraud charges in a separate case. if convicted, he faced life in prison. >> and lisa is today's legal analyst. good morning. >> good morning.

>> this is a circumstantial case. there is no smoking gun here. what's the strongest aspect of the prosecution's case against dr. mcneil. >> if this guy's innocent, he has a lot to answe he's accused of pressuring her in the facelift, overseeing the medications, almost overmedicating her once. he maybe gave her so many pills that she died and got rid of the pills. >> yeah, but circumstantial cases are difficult to prove. this is a murder case. what is the weakest part of the case? >> that's true. and causation is going to be a problem. showing he overmedicated her and did to intentionally. my wife was recovering from surgery, she was in a lot of pain, we were controlling that by way of medication. yes, i gave her the pills, but with a good intent to try to help her heal. >> and by the way, he says he

has an alibi, he was either at work or driving his daughter to or from school. >> that's right. but apparently his office is only about five minutes away from the home. and if you kill somebody by giving them a lot of pills, they don't necessarily die instantly. not like a gunshot. i think the prosecution can find enough time to show he's good for the crime. >> and having the mistress move in posing as a nanny shortly after the death. if he was on trial for being a heel, he would be convicted. there's a higher standard. >> he's not accused of being an adull cherer, but as a killer. it doesn't help him. >> lisa, thank you very much. >> big story. a check of the weather now.

okay, al, take it from here. >> well, we're looking at the gulf coast getting a lot of rain. a couple of reasons. we have a stationary front just off the gulf. we are looking at subtropical jet stream bringing a lot of moisture in and up right through the gulf. so we're going to be looking over the next 48 hours at rain and heavy thunderstorms developing right along the gulf coast. more showers and thunderstorms moving through central texas, anywhere from an inch to two inches in some spots over the next 48 hours. the rest of the country, low pressure out of new england, bringing rain. patchy, dense fog in the appalachians. strong storms in mid texas. out west, you cannot ask for 7:37, happy friday morning to you. temperatures will be chilly the next couple of hours and then

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and he said they didn't exist until he saw one 25 years ago. >> long hair, going on two legs. a huge man. >> reporter: still, many have called the yeti a myth until now. one year ago, brian sooiks decided to put the yeti myth to a test. >> this is the starting point. this is the famous photo of the yeti. >> reporter: he gathered samples, like the hair of the hymn lay yan yeti, or what folks said was the hair. >> if it's exciting, we will find it. >> reporter: he tested dna, and suggested there's a hybrid creature out there. it was an arctic bear that lives tens and thousands of years ago. it may be a descendant. a bit like this museum piece. >> it's a bear. >> reporter: independent experts say his theory is reasonable. but the professor is still

search, but he believes other yetis may be related to humans. what a discovery it would be to find a lost race of humans in the himalayas. >> or anywhere else. that's why i'm doing the work. >> reporter: his year-long quest provided somenses a. but there's still mysteries. the creature of the mountain. for today, nbc news, london. >> it's big at your house. >> my kids are obsessed with big foot. they think he lives near our house. >> real or not real, do you think? >> i hope it's real. because there are so few things unexplained, it's great to have something to put your finger on. >> he's in scotland riding the loch ness monster. >> i don't believe, but i don't want to ruin it for your kids. watch the big foot file on sunday, november 17th at 8:00

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the fact that we are here for the first time since 1998, we head down to the orange room for something special from willie. >> yes, we have dug deep into the archives to find maria. it is flashback friday. >> welcome to a friday edition of today, i'm matt lauer. >> and i'm maria shriver. >> what are you doing? >> i felt such pressure now. >> how was your trip with the first lady? the interview with the thomas edison historic site. >> it was very historic. >> it was a historic site. >> exactly. >> you were amazed at the history there. >> yes, i was. people take a picture. >> this is the first and last time you will see me sitting on the bus. >> on a bus. >> on lots of buss. but it was a good time. nobody asked for either one of

you. >> we missed you. >> has it only been since '98? >> it's that the worst we can find of maria, doing okay. a lot of people excited to see you this morning, maria. >> see? >> you like that -- it's almost as big as -- >> yeah. >> the shoulder pads. >> an outward gasp. >> and i was the size of a bus. >> willie, thank you very much. coming up on trendi intrending, would you go to lengthen your career? the female model working as a male model. and bob hope's iconic home is up for sale. it's beautiful. >> and at 8:44, john gri sham hitting broadway, and why his wife thought that wasn't a good idea.

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it is 7:56. good morning, i'm jon kelley. bart on strike, and that means no trains and also means a lot of traffic out on the roads this morning. we'll talk about that and get right to mike inouye. fill us in on this. it is friday, we expect a lighter volume of traffic. and thank goodness for that because we have this heading through oakland packing in past the coliseum. we'll take you to the maps to show you this is approaching the bay bridge that's the problem right now. incidents around the bay otherwise are relatively quiet. here from the bottom of the screen is the stretch from 880 northbound from san leandro to westbound 880 itself. the 24 is slow and the east shore is slow as well. we have a couple incidentson the peninsula 280 near ocean. that's causing drama into the city via 280, which is unusually slow there. and 101, more traffic coming

across the san mateo bridge from the east bay side"o where folks are using that as an alternate. we have slowing westbound, but you can see the red zone on the left. and across the bay, there's 92 slow into foster city, but not so slow on the peninsula. the dumbarton bridge is looking good and not a lot of slowing past the area into fremont. the south bay is looking really good as well. the bart strike and the approach to the bay bridge is the big issue. and the feeder roads throughout the area. christina, what does the weather look like? hey, mike. look at the clouds over the san francisco bay. you can see the tiptop of the san jose bridge there. we have mostly clear conditions. it is just right over the bay we are seeing low clouds. no flight delays for your getaway friday here or at any major airport across the nation, we are right on time. that's good news when dealing with the bart strike here in the bay area. 84 degrees in livermore today. 85 in fairfield. 76 in san francisco. staying nice and warm for today and tomorrow. then cooler on sunday.

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it's 8: on today, coming up from the schoolyard to cyber bullying, are mean girls meaner than ever before. come on guys, give her a break. why one of the world's most stunning super models says she can't get a man. inside a piece of hollywood history. bob hope's mansion of memories for sale today, friday, october 18th, 2013. we've been driving since yesterday to be here today on the "today" show for our birthdays. >> we came all the way from st. louis and we love the "today" show.

>> crazy. >> he put oi ring on it. >> announcing i'm pregnant. >> all the way from paris, tennessee. >> good to have you here on rockefeller plaza this friday morning. savannah is on assignment this morning. >> wow, it's exciting. >> how did the early morning treat you this morning? >> nice, i loved it. have my coffee. people are getting married and getting pregnant. >> on the plaza. >> exactly right. >> things have changed since 1998, haven't they? great to have you here. we got a lot to get to. let's start with the headlines of the morning. natalie is inside with those. good morning, again. >> good morning to you once again. a man hunt is underway this morning for two convicted murderers that escaped from a florida prison using what

officials believe were phony court documents. joseph jenkins and charles walkers were both serving life sentences. the men were released based on forged documents that reduced their sentences. a third inmate apparently tried the same thing earlier and officials feared the use of forged documents could be more widespread. shoppers are seen rushing for cover in newly released video of the mall siege last month in nairobi kenya. there's a panicked stampede away from the door. one terrorist can be seen casually walking up to a man cowering on the ground and then firing. the four day siege left at least 72 people dead. >> a high risk sex offender who fled canada has been tracked down in seattle. u.s. authorities are now ordering him to register or face possible arrest. >> reporter: seattle police say officers found michael sean stanley thursday when staff stopped the convicted sex

offender from trying to contact a guest and called the police. >> he is considered a violent sexual predator. >> reporter: he's been the subject of a search for more than two weeks. he cutoff his electronic monitoring bracelet and fled to seattle. and while his whereabouts are known, stanley has not been arrested in the u.s. the reason, canadian authorities declined to extradite him. he will be forced to register as a sex offender and could be arrested if he fails to do so. >> we can't arrest someone when the person issuing the warrant won't come get them. >> he has a long history of sexual offenses against women and children. after his release in canada he was monitored by police and required to wear an ankle bracelet at all times. local residents say the community is on edge.

>> we're all strong street savvy and city savvy people around here but you never know what's lurking with things like that. >> stanley has not committed any recent crimes in the u.s. at this time he is homeless but police say he told them he has a plan to get himself off the streets soon. six people including a small child were killed this morning when a police cruiser collided with their car at an intersection near columbus ohio. the cruiser was responding to a robbery call and did have the flashing lights and siren going at the time. one police officer suffered a serious head injury. >> a close call for dock workers using a crane to lift a boat in a russian port city. they were taking it slowly but their crane wasn't up to the task. suddenly it buckles and drops the cargo and then collapsed on top of it. >> you'll love the next story. family pride paid off for a grandfather that placed a bet on his own grandfather.

he made an $80 wager that his grand son would one day play for their welch national soccer team when the boy was 18 months old. this week, grand son harry wilson, now 16 years old is the youngest athlete ever to play for whales. grandfather claimed his pay out and announced he was retiring early as an electrical energy. back to matt, maria, and willie. got to love that story. >> not a lot of pressure. >> you have to be thinking ahead there. >> i didn't know sports books took that kind of action on 18 month old kids. >> apparently they're desperate these days. >> mr. roker is at the other end of the plaza. >> a big friday crowd. the blue devils. >> the blue devils. >> what are you guys all doing here. >> we're on a field trip from richmond, virginia. >> okay. that's good. nice to see you.

and they have the little blue devil. let's see what we've got coming up. pick city in the day, you happen to be in the greatest city in the nation, new york city. your weekend looking fantastic. clouds on saturday. cooler on sunday but plenty of sunshine. rest of the country, afternoon temperatures that will see highs getting up into the 90s in central florida and down in extreme southern california, really chilly making its way through the rockies where we've got snow today. rain in northern new england. otherwise gorgeous day up and down the east coast. west coast is spectacular today. 64 in seattle. 76 d.c. look for a high of 77 >> 8:06. happy friday morning to you. you made it to the end of the week. we have really good-looking days ahead. especially today and tomorrow. if you are looking for sunshine and warmth, this is high atop san bruno mountain. we do have fog, though. it has returned to the golden gate bridge and the immediate coast.

78 in oakland. a touch cooler and the low clouds and we'll see even more low cloud cover to kick off your sunday morning into monday, and look what happened to our temperatures. dropping like a rock between saturday and sunday. and that's your latest weather. >> so much energy out here. >> working the crowd. >> a super model, this stunner says she can't find a man. >> and also we have issues for teens and parents, has bullying become a path to popularity? i hope not. >> and a peek inside the home of one of the all time greats, bob hope. that's right after this. ogle, w? glossophobia, is the fear of public speaking. ♪

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slumb slumber. when we sleep, our brains get rid of the junk that piles up during the day while we're awake. the study appears in the journal of science and may which is linked to the buildup of toxins in the brain. so you think it's true that when you're sleeping at night your brain is like the garbage disposal of brains that it gets rid of all the junk. >> i wish. i wish it would get rid of all the junk that i wouldn't wake up with all the junk still there, so i don't believe this. >> you have to get a good, like, eight hours of sleep. >> solid sleep. which means we all have dirty brains around here. >> you cram in so much information every day that your brain naturally just kind of expels it at the end of the day to make room for the next day? i think it has to. >> lake the disk gets full and data falls off. >> and that's why you say who did you interview today and you can't even remember. >> you'll know i was here. >> never forget.

>> natalie. >> also on twitter, what's a model to do? here are two stories about what happens to beautiful women. okay, the first one, this is interesting, 31-year-old model who wasn't finding much work. so she decided to reinvent herself as a male model. well, now she hides her curves, accentuates her strong jaw and says the unusual move has helped her career. she told "the new york post" unlike female models male models don't need to look as young. >> a man or a woman. >> does she go to the castings telling them that she's a woman or she tries to fool them? >> her name is elliott taylor, too. >> models always have to take off their clothes so someone's going to figure out she's a female model. >> well, her story's out now so no fooling anyone. then on the other side of this, the world's most gorgeous women. is she also one of the loneliest supermodels in the world? the stunning 28-year-old says

she just can't seem to find a man. real problems. right? she told one newspaper, i don't understand it. i look great, i'm cool, i like going out, i like being at home, i like going to movies, like eating. what's wrong with me? why am i alone? to which men everywhere responded, we can help you! >> this is a call to action. step up, guys. >> step it up. >> you have a 20-year-old son, don't you? >> yes, i do. there you go. why can't she find a date, guys? what's up with that? >> for her? >> yeah. >> i think maybe people are intimidated because they assume she's got ten dates. >> eshe did date leonardo dicaprio, too. maybe heartbroken from that. >> we all like to think we're hip parents, right? do your kids think you're cool? >> of course. >> very much so. >> not so much. >> i fall into this category. a quarter of parents say their kids see them as uncool. here are the top five reasons.

okay, so for example, number five, you own a sensible car like a minivan. true. yes. your outfits -- my daughter says i wear mom jeans. true. >> you wear mom jeans? >> i don't think they are, but -- >> dad jeans. >> exactly. you don't know new song lyrics. actually i do. >> you're good on that. >> you can't work your iphone. i cannot do that. and you don't know the number one song on the charts. anybody know? >> right now? >> kay kaye ti perry? >> miley cyrus. >> number three. royal. >> i hear that all the time. >> and "the fox" number six. >> is it really? >> that's our bad. our fault. >> you are cool. >> there you go. >> as long as we're talking about what's trending, we want to bring you up to date on a campaign that willie, al, and i have launched on the third hour here. >> al is reluctant on this. >> i'm all right. all in. >> we heard last week the oxford dictionary is looking for new

words so he invented one and nominated it on the air. it's a verb meaning to be completely lost in a digital device. needless to say, digin is sweeping the nation. it wasn't that long ago the internet was a mystery, even to our "today" show anchors. >> allison, can you explain what internet is? >> two decades later, a whole new language born of the internet age -- blog, tweet, cloud, and hashtag, all part of everyday vernacular. how about digin? >> it means to use social media. for example, willie, go ahead. >> hey, natalie, what are you doing over there? natalie, what is that? this is going to take off. >> i'm digin right now. >> but to make it official, according to the people at the oxford dictionary, a newly

invented word would have to be used by a large number of people in an array of different sources, such as newspapers, books, and magazines, as well as more casual contexts such as personal blogs and electronic communications. so we're doing our best for digin'. >> we asked you -- >> people love it. >> at the very least, if we don't make it in the dictionary, i'll win an academy award for my acting. >> i was going to say. >> natalie, what are you doing right now? >> you get a word, i want a word. >> you and i have to try. >> you can have a word, too. >> i want a word. >> i'll bring a word. >> that's what's trending today. still ahead, a look behind the gates of bob hope's famed los angeles home, and we're busting some style myths when it comes to full-figured fashion. >> that's good. but first a tragic case of bullying in florida has led to a lot of reflection about what teens and tweens are facing every day. it seems so-called mean girls

aren't going away. but somehow growing more vocal. here's nbc national correspondent kate snow. >> reporter: in florida, a mother mourns. >> not having becca, i -- she should be here. >> reporter: her daughter jumped off a tower after authorities say she was relentlessly bullied by other girls. this week a 12- and 14-year-old were arrested. >> how many of you have been bullied at some point in time when you were in school? yeah. the overwhelming majority of you. >> reporter: last night, the outspoken sheriff behind the arrests told parents at becca's old school it has to end. >> i do think it's a reflection of something much bigger that's happening in our country and in our society. >> reporter: these young girls agree. this morning they start performing a musical with an anti-bullying message at schools outside new york city. part of their motivation, that the so-called mean girls are getting meaner.

>> i think the mean girls are getting meaner because with all the social media that's going on these days, it's a lot easier for rumors to spread. >> reporter: amelia says someone targeted her. >> she just would criticize if i wore shorts with cowgirl boots. she'd say that's so ugly. why would you come to school? at one point on the bus it just got, like, physical. this year we decided to home school because it was just enough. >> reporter: meanness, they all agree, has become a path to popularity. >> well, i feel like most mean girls, they do it for power. >> and i feel like some people are just sucked in, like my friend, she's been my friend for year, and recently in her middle school she's popular because of some of her mean friends. she's not a mean person. but when she's with them, she's mean to other people. and she feels like she has to be mean. >> reporter: parents, they say, often look the other way. >> no, some parents just don't get the memo that you need to address this, otherwise if nobody addresses it, then it's

just going to keep going on and it's just going to continue to get worse. >> reporter: for becca's mom, it's too late. >> the best legacy for my daughter is for all parents everywhere to monitor their kids, to make sure they know everything that they're doing. that's one of the things that i wished i had stayed more on top of. >> reporter: her daughter's birthday is tomorrow. she would have been 13. for "today," kate snow, nbc news, new york. >> so how do you break the cycle? dr. sue varma is a psychologist. shell by holiday reports for channel 1 news, which broadcasts to students. good morning to both of you. is is there power in being mean? >> there is power in being mean. i've been talking to girls about this the entire week and a lot of them describe bullying, female bullies, as vicious, backstabbing, gossipy. there's a verbal element to female bullying and also online, the girls say this happens a lot on social networks, and it gets

females power. >> how do we change that? i mean, is it parents who have to get in and break it up thems? how do we give the power to the good girls? >> parents can break it up. one of my favorite answers from a young girl this week was you can be yourself, the more confident you are, the more empowered you feel, the more secure you are, the less that bully will get to you, the less power that bully will have over you and the less it will tear you down. >> are girls struggling with more self-esteem issues than ever before because they can billion bullied at school, online, trying to please boys, trying to be good girls, they don't know what to do? >> yes, absolutely. cyber bullying, social media has its impact, creating permanent and public and lasting humiliation. so a lot of what parents need to do is to be able to a, monitor what's involved, and b, bolster that self-esteem and confidence. a lot of times you see kids that are vulnerable to bullying may have a history of anxiety or depression or may develop self-esteem issues or confidence

or academic problems as a result of the bullying. that also makes them more susceptible for continued bullying. >> what is it do you think is that the ath the root of all this? is it just the anonymous way that you can bully today? is it that girls are more anxious than ever before? >> yes. and i think the fact that there is more accessibility to this because of the internet option, but also because a lot of times children really are looking to peers. and at the age of 11 from onwards, we don't look to parents for approval anymore, we don't look to our teachers. we're looking to our peers. this gives the bullies a lot of attention and reinforcement. if the bully knows i can reinforcement. if they know i can go online and create more fans, so to speak. >> and you don't leave school and get away from the bully. that bully is in your phone, they're on your computer. >> as a mother, i have two daughters and two boys and the boys are always commenting about how mean all the girls are. my daughters say don't get

involved. other people tell you to get involved. some say don't go on their facebook and look at their text messages. others say go in and get involved. >> that's a big question. i think a big thing parents can do is be careful not to isolate your child. it's tempting to take away their facebook or move schools. >> you're saying don't do that? >> i think you need to take bullying seriously and consider those options but if you isolate -- if you're being bullied and you're isolated that sort of gives the bully the power. >> let's talk about that. people say we're not an empatheic society and culture. how do you teach empathy. >> it's part of emotional intelligence. as we go to the work force that's something we'll take with us. parents can help identify and validate your child's emotional experience. you may not always agree with their behavior but you can teach

them to identify and self-regulate their own emotions. and that's a big part. another thing is to teach them to walk a mile in somebody else's shoes. >> use the kitchen table to talk about how would that make you feel, try to find out what's going on in school. talk to them about feeling -- >> talk to them about feelings and showing them physical affection. that's key not only on an emotional level but neurobiological level. oxytocin helps us identify and connect with other people. >> role of fathers. >> i think fathers play a very big role in empowering young women. >> i think most fathers don't know that. tell me what a father can do if he sees his daughter closing down and feeling anxious, lowering her self-esteem. >> the first thing is recognize it. be aware of it. pay attention. if your daughter's sleeping habits are changing or social habits are changing. be in touch with it and reach

out. have a conversation. be able to talk about it and offer her a way to. >> okay. thank you both so much. the bottom line here, talk to your kids, pay attention, be involved in their lives and a particular shout out, i think to men to be involved with their daughters. also, coming up, we're going to take a look at bob hope's house. it played host to stars and presidents and we'll take a

good morning to you. it is 8:26. this breaking news, of course, is the bart strike. no trains are running and more people, of course, are on the roads. let's get an update from mike. good morning, mike. >> good morning. good morning. you know, the brunt of the commute all focussing on the approach to the bay bridge. let's look at this. this is oakland. northbound 880 heading up the coliseum. really, really slow right now, but just starting to see that turn as far as the speeds go. they're starting to come up. we'll look at the maps. 8 dsz 80 into the bottom of the screen coming at us. san leandro up towards the coliseum, you still have them registering into the 20s. we're starting to see the 30s. a little increase in speeds, but then againrl approach that. also an approach off of 580 and the east shore freeway. the caldecot tunnel looking

good, and the toll plaza is moving nicely. the earlier crash is still registering on our sensors. north 280 into san francisco, but not a lot of drama, and look at this, a nicer flow for 880 heading up to the san mateo bridge. heavier flow of traffic. folks trying to get away from the bay bridge. they are moving nicely. it's a lighter volume for this friday, and that what kind of saves us for the bay area. the south bay not seeing a lot of problems. you do have your friday commute building a bit. it will start to rerecede about 9:00. that's good news for this area. coming over to the peninsula, there is the san mateo bridge. back to you. >> okay, mike. thanks. great job.

it's 8:30 on a friday morning. it's the 18th day of october, 2013. i think it's a chamber of commerce day here in new york city. not a cloud in the sky. beautiful. we have a big crowd out on the plaza. saying hi to the folks back home getting ready for a nice new york city fall weekend. i'm matt lauer along with maria

shriver who is here while savannah is on assignment. we're here with mr. roker, mrs. morales and mr. geist as well. >> glad to be here. >> straight ahead, i shouldn't say this. can't wear a miniskirt or s stelletos if you're full figured? is that the truth. >> that's what they're saying. not here, not me. >> i've seen you in a couple of miniskirts. >> no, you haven't. >> back in the day. >> but do you know how long we have known each other? 30 years. >> like you two. >> we worked together in 1987. >> wow. >> i wasn't born yet. >> 38. >> oh my gosh. >> he's the baby of the bunch. >> author john grisham trying

out new things. his first broadway play and sequel. what has him worried about his new book. >> and giada de laurentiis is here. she's here with soups to help us warm up. >> and the questions you should ask if you're in the market for a new home right now. >> mr. roker, how about a check of the weather? >> let's show you what we got for you today. we have been asking you to send in #today sunrise. these are the great pictures you're sending in so we can get a look at your sunrise. our weekend ahead, a little on the wet side. down in the gulf coast, southeastern atlantic states, gorgeous weather in the western 2-thirds of the country. and then sunday, sunday, another fantastic day eastern half of the country. we're looking at wet weather all the way from the plains down into texas. sunny and cool in the pacific northwest to mountain snows in interior sec

>> 8:32. happy friday morning to you. we have a good-looking day shaping up. we want to start with the live picture. completely clear this morning. he temperatures are going to be have been warm this afternoon. it's still chilly enough for a coat with 40s and 50s. you just bypassed the coldest point of the day. 79 in fremont. highs coming in about 3:30, 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon this time of year. 80 in san jose, and right around 79 in fremont. and that's your latest weather. >> all right, al, thank you very much. bob hope, one of the most popular entertainers in history. now the home where he swapped jokes and sipped cocktails with presidents and other stars is up for sale. it is the first time television cameras have ever been allowed inside. take a look. >> reporter: behind these iron gates, each one branded with a giant h sits a massive house that for nearly 75 years

belonged to one family. the historic home of bob and delores hope, now for sale. >> thanks for the memories of rainy afternoons. >> reporter: for the legendary star of tv and film there was no shortage of memories made in this home. the place where he raised all four of his kids. today, ten years after bob's death and two years after delores, the hope house is on the market for $27.5 million. >> the standing joke was whenever bob left town, delores would remodel or add on. whenever he would come home he would say where is this room? where is that room? everything is different. >> reporter: here legends like liz taylor would hold court and by the piano musicians would

sing with bob. here in bob's study, george burns, johnny carson and milton burrel would sit around and share jokes and argue over who they belonged to. >> he lives in this star studded stretch of the neighborhood. >> when my wife and i lived here from new york city we called our friends back east and said we were moving bob hope adjacent. >> reporter: the house is staged for selling with the hope's furniture art and antiques recently auctioned off but the property bears permanent symbols of their passions like delorse's rose gardens and bob's backyard golf hole he would fondly show case. a house with a legendary reputation just waiting for a new owner to make new memories. for today, joe friar, nbc news

los angeles. >> i just hope someone doesn't buy it and gut it. >> it looks perfect. >> in good shape. >> beautiful. >> all right, how any body type can look fabulous wearing everything from stripes to leggings. but first this is "today" on nbc.

okay. we are back at 8:38 and we're here to debunk a popular fashion myth. we've all heard certain trends don't work on full figured bodies but the folks at in style say you can rock any look you want no matter what your size is. okay. she is the magazine's beauty editor and she is here with us this morning. true? i don't believe it. >> curvy women can do it all. we're going to show you. >> all right. first, we're going to begin

right here and we're going to begin with stripes, right? >> yeah. >> we'll begin with stripes and we're always told don't buy stripes. >> y>> yeah. so it's all about the width of the stripe. a curvy woman should do a thicker width because it's more proportional with her frame. tend stripes can make you look a little larger so thicker stripe. this is about two inches wide. we love this look. it's gorgeous. >> it's all about the size of the stripe. >> it's all about the size of the stripe. exactly. >> all right. myth number two, miniskirts. >> curvy women heard they can't wear miniskirts. they should. >> only if you have good legs? >> well, no. it's all about the shape. this is an a line skirt. it hides your hips and accentuates your waist. you can pair it with tights. >> so much has to do also with comfort with your own body and

your own self-esteem. >> and confidence. >> absolutely. okay. there you go. looking beautiful there. okay. stripes, make them big. all right. now we're going to talk about another myth. another fashion myth. dresses that emphasize your waist. >> i like your attitude girl. >> she has the attitude today. you don't need to wear a dress that emphasizes your waist. you can do a straight dress or shift dress as long as there's something interesting about it. make sure it's not too long. this one stops right above the knee. otherwise it can look like a sack. she also has a short sleeve. it's nice to balance it out. >> another myth about stelletos. there's a myth that you can't wear them. but every woman can wear them as long as you can walk in them. >> exactly. they're sexy and pair them with a tight. she is wear the black booties with the tight and that makes

her taller. >> why is that important? it makes your legs look thinner. >> thinner and longer. >> is this a fall look? >> it's a great look for fall. with the tights and the booties it's perfect for fall. >> and i like, one again, the attitude. the attitude to match. to rock it. we'll take a look at another myth. what's our myth going on here? that we shouldn't wear leggings. >> that you shouldn't wear leggings or oversized tops. this is all about playing with proportion. if you're going to do a blousey top you want to do tighter pant. >> also she is pairing stelletos with the leggings. it's about playing with your proportion. >> so often we're referring to plus sizes. these are normal sizes in the united states of america.

these are curvy sensual women. i think we have to change our language around this category as well. >> totally. >> looking great there. that's right. confident once again. now to bring attention to the face with jewelry. >> jewelry. totally the accessory, statement, necklace can embellish any outfit. >> final myth. i think it's number four. >> yes, it's all about sweats looking sloppy and this is totally false. especially during a time now where designers are really embracing sweats. it's a sweatshirt. >> that's a sweatshirt. >> a sweatshirt but it's embellished with jewels. it's really fashion forward of the moment right now and we're pairing this with boyfriend jeans which is something a lot of people think that curvier women can't pull off but they're comfortable. you want them to hit at your waist. >> why do we call these boyfriend jeans? >> because they're loose and comfortable and usually distressed in the knee area.

>> maybe bar rafaeli, she can't get a guy so maybe she can put them on. >> put on the boyfriend jeans and get a boyfriend. thank you for coming and the models that rocked it. it's always good to debunk myths. thank you for coming. >> thank you. >> up next, we'll be talking john grisham on his new broadway debut and why his wife was against him doing it. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

song of the season, the rink at rockefeller center open. nice to see. best selling author john grisham is making personal history with a new thriller and broadway debut. >> jamie caught up with him for a look behind the scenes. good morning. >> good morning.

john grisham is a baseball fan. so for him, this is a double header. a new book and new play all at the same time. but for those that think success was always so easy, grisham told us he used to go door to door selling his first book. >> reporter: john grisham is used to his books being blockbusters. >> do you think the jury should convict carl. >> objection. >> turn him loose. >> reporter: but he admits he can't believe his very first book, a time to kill, is opening on broadway. >> i stay out of the way and let the pros do it. but it's still pretty cool to be on broadway. >> reporter: we tacked along to watch rehearsals and meet the cast, including familiar faces. former senator fred thompson and the veteran actor. >> it's a nice revisit of a lot of the characters. >> i hope i do it justice.

>> reporter: it's hard to imagine now but when he wrote the book it was far from a best seller. >> i had never written before. i didn't know when i started if i was going to finish it. i didn't know when i finished it that i would ever get it published and then i didn't know if it would ever sell. >> it had a slow birth. >> it was almost a death. they put in 5,000 hardback copies and i bought 1,000 copies to try to sell out of the trunk of my car. >> literally. >> i went to 35 libraries in mississippi for tea and cookies and at some libraries i would sell two or three copies and at some i'd sell 30. that was a big day. >> his next book, the firm changed all of that. it's success relaunched a time to kill. >> how many copies have sold? >> probably close to the 12 million in 40 some odd languages. >> wow. >> reporter: but while he always wanted to write a sequel, grisham was looking for the

right story and he also had to convince a certain someone. his wife renee. >> renee was not too keen on a sequel because she said when you wrote a time to kill, you were that young lawyer and i'm not sure you can recapture the authenticity of what we were living through 30 years ago. and i said i hear you but i'm going to try. and she said, you know, most sequels don't work, which is true. >> she was really encouraging. >> she is pretty blunt. i said, okay, let me write a few chapters. i think i can convince you after a few chapters. and i did. >> reporter: the result is sycamore row and a trial that keeps you guessing. >> i have a bone to pick with you. you kept me up all night. >> i love to hear that. >> without giving too much away, it starts with a death of a man and he has a secret. >> he made a lot of money and left everything to his housekeeper and once that

explodes, the town wants to know what was really going on. that's the first two chapters and that's all i'm going to tell you. >> you have to read. >> yeah, you have to buy the book, okay. >> reporter: after 32 books he is still selling and hopes his latest book is as good as his first. >> how worried were you that it would be -- >> still were ied. i hope for all of those that are fans of a time to kill, i hope it delivers for them and it's satisfactory for them. >> there's something reassuring that john grisham had to go door to door. inspiring for struggling young writers. if you suffer see a writer sitting in a bookstore all along, talk to them and don't buy one book, buy two books. >> he bought 1,000 of his own books. that's crazy. >> wow. >> it's so interesting to hear people's angst when they get

going and starting out. >> even after 32 books. he still gets it but it's a great book and i read it and it's fabulous. >> thank you very much. good to see you. appreciate it. up next, gi i can too big. too small. too soft. too tasty.

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today's kitchen doing cooking with the incredible giada. >> that's right. >> that's right. she is going to cook something. >> she is a today contributor and she is warming us up with fall soups. >> can you not cook? >> i cook a little bit but not really. >> you have a daughter that loves to cook, though. >> yeah, she loves to cook. she has a little website. >> okay. this is for catherine. >> i follow instructions well. >> i'm going to give you some. >> okay. >> will you top it for me. >> top it? >> so the idea is stuffed artichoke soup. you can touch it. >> okay. >> so make it look like that. >> so basically you take all the things from the stuffing of an artichoke. >> put whatever you want. this is all you have to choose from. >> okay. >> i'm going to get started. leaks, a little olive oil and you guys know what leeks are?

>> well, a lot of people use onions and you like leeks. >> matt did his homework. i only like to use the white part. this is fibrous and chop it up. it's sweeter for artichokes because they tend to be sweet. so i use frozen artichokes. you can use fresh but you aren't going to want to clean them. maria for sure isn't going to want to. you let it cook and puree it. >> that's it? i thought it was going to be hard. >> the ingredients are salt, pepper, chicken broth, artichoke. >> yeah. >> what i do is really it's the potatoes that have to cook, a make it nice and creamy and blend it all together. >> good. >> okay. you have another soup now. >> this is more up your alley mat. so it's panchetta and onions.

>> maria is saying all the italian words in my eyes. >> it's an italian cook. >> is that all the fat of the panceta in there? >> all the fat. it's good. canned tomatoes and rye bread. it gives it a nice texture. >> you said frozen tomatoes and bread. >> no, i said canned tomatoes. >> canned tomatoes. >> you already made a mistake. >> basil to make it spicier and chicken broth and let this cook for 20 minutes. a little under actually. >> this is a whole meal. >> this is a whole meal. >> is it okay to keep it in the fringe? >> a week, yeah, you can freeze them if you want to and then just defrost them. >> and there healthy.

>> they're healthy. >> what do you have there? this is the soup and -- can you say? it. >> yogurt. >> and then i just take a little and -- actually maria, why don't you do it? >> thank you. >> you get to do something too. >> you said you couldn't cook. >> that's right. >> there you go. >> she can garnish. and then a little bit of basil right on top. see how nice that is? then a lemon chicken soup. a friend made it when i had jade. in fact, would you like to try it? natalie came in earlier and got a bowl of it. this might not be up your alley matt. but maria might like it. >> go for the tomato. >> i'm going to end up with a noodle hanging down my chin. it is a little spicy. it's good, though. it really is. thank you so much. and can we say thank you to you

mar yee i can it is 8:56 right now. we do want to update you on the bart strike. no trains are running, of course. snoo more people on the roads because the trains are not servicing. 400,000 something people that we have in the morning commute. here's 880 through oakland. let me show ow the maps the slowdown. the red zones are starting to disappear. we have oranges and yellows still going on. disabled vehicle across that upper deck of the bay bridge

caused slowdowns and you can get through treasure island, and things are slow down the east shore freeway and starting to increase. watch 580 and north 880. still slow from 880 and off of the castro valley y. things are improving towards the san mateo bridge, which had a good flow of traffic this morning, and more on the peninsula, and the south bay pretty standard for your friday. we all have our little tricks. mom swaps one of my snacks for a yoplait. i don't mind, i mean it's orange crème. and when mom said bobby was too edgy... 'sup girl. i just swapped him out for tyler. 'sup girl. mom never questioned bobby again. two can play at this game. [ female announcer ] swap one snack a week for a yoplait. and everybody wins. yoplait. it is so good.

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in the bay area. visit devry.edu. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is today's take with al roker, natalie morales, and willie geist. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today on a friday morning, october 18th, 2013. >> before we get to our main topic -- >> yes, sir. >> natalie, you shop a lot online. >> yes. >> more than you bargained for. >> i had a true confession to make. remember we were talking about the survey that a lot of us do things online and don't want others to know what we do online. i said i was guilty of shopg online. >> just shopping. >> for clothes. my husband will walk by and i'll minimize the screen quickly.

yesterday i'm shopping online and looking for a specific dress from a certain designer, female named designer. >> sure. >> so i put in a search for the name of the designer.com. i'm not going to give you the name because what it lead me too was live porn. >> live porn. >> and who happens to walk by me right in that moment, my husband. >> who is thinking, all right. >> not only am i now caught shopping but i'm shopping and watching porn at the same time. >> you are the greatest wife in the world. >> meanwhile, this was a well-known designer and you put the name in there and you're like this is unreal. >> so what did you order? >> and then i tried to minimize it -- i was trying to get rid of it and it kept popping up and i kept hearing the noises in the background. and my husband is like the fbi is going to show up at our door right now. i'm like i'm blaming you. >> as you pointed out, it was a

multicamera shoot. very nicely directed. >> different homes at the same time. >> wow. >> so now i'm really guilty. >> the funny thing is you have so many details about what you saw, i don't believe that you minu minimized it that quickly. >> no, i was trying to get rid of it. >> it took 40 minutes. >> then it would take me to another couple and another person. >> that's fun. >> oh my gosh. it was unbelievable. unbelievable. >> but i think when you start taking notes. >> i was like maybe my computer is infected. >> it is now, with something. >> so i'm upstairs in hoda -- >> hoda's dressing room. >> i was on hoda's computer. natalie says i swear type in the name of this designer so i did and sure enough. >> live. >> wow, live. it is live and -- >> a lot of people at 9:00 in the morning doing things they shouldn't be doing so

explicitly. >> grocery shopping. >> let's move on. >> right. >> cleaner topics. >> yeah, this doesn't sound that clean. according to the wall street journal there's a new trend, food makers are eager trying to win over men who are doing more and more of the grocery shopping. they have coined the term called manflunec manflun manflunecers. >> christina. >> how much is milk? >> expensive here. $5 or $6. >> you're buying the organic kind. >> i do all of the shopping. >> you do all of it? >> yeah, yeah. i think we -- >> you do the cooking too. >> i do the cooking too. but you have to look at, i don't know last year's calendar to find a time deborah went to the store. >> deborah, you can respond if

you'd like. >> it's all good. i like doing it. >> they say because more and more men are doing the shopping and the cooking as well that they're starting to size up certain portion sizes like meat or produce, things that would attract men to the produce or the meat they want to size up a little bit. >> they're changing the labeling and packaging. >> larger portions, darker color schemes. >> live porn on the back. >> that works nicely. >> twisted and sick. >> it is. >> you set us on a course this morning. >> i had to share because i still feel so guilty. i need a shower. my computer needs a shower, clearly. >> we need to scrub that computer. >> i'm interested in your take on this. should you offer a pregnant woman a seat. seems like an obvious answer. but a pregnant british politician was forced to stand

for 40 minutes. >> she is seven months pregnant. >> she is britain's equality minister. she arrived late and stood during question time while hundreds of other politicians sat. >> so they know she is pregnant. >> they know. >> they know her condition. it's very visible. >> there were a lot of tweets and reaction to it over there. one reporter said quite remarkable that no one offered her a seat. shocking lack of manners and decency. swenson did tweet later about to get on the tube. seat offers welcome and not sexist but i was happier standing at prime minister's question section today. every time i get on the subway and a woman gets on and she is pregnant, i always stand anyway because i don't need a seat. >> what if she is not pregnant or does have the baby. >> i look at the guys sitting there, get off your rear end. >> this is the way i was raised. one of the things my dad said is if you see a woman come on the bus or subway you get up and

give them a seat. >> that's just a woman. people with kids or lots of packages. i'd rather frankly be standing up than sitting sometimes on a new york subway. >> me too. but you know what happens, everybody is lost on the subway. they have the ear buds in, they're reading a book. >> they're digin'. >> more on digin' in a moment. >> just get up. >> it's just common curtesy. >> okay. how about eye contact. are you into eye contact? >> we talk about this. we have a lot of studies on appropriate eye contact. >> for our next segment. >> speaking of, making eye contact willie. >> according to a study, eye contact makes you less likely to win an argument. it flies in the face of what we have been told. a new study, participants watch videos of speakers expressing controversial opinions. the result, people less likely to shift their opinion when speaker made direct eye contact. i think it's direct constant eye

contact that's so creepy. >> when you don't look away. >> when you never blink. >> no negotiating when you're intense eye contact. >> i think it creeps people out. >> my kids, we do that a lot. we have staring contests. who can blink first. it's silly. but we enjoy it. >> don't be weird and stair the whole time. >> right. >> look away. >> look away. >> like if somebody isn't listening to you, if they're staring you do, you feel like it's not registering. >> they're just waiting. >> waiting for their open. >> so i was distracted earlier. >> a wonderful, sweet young lady walked in wearing a costume for halloween that a lot of us are like, wow. but apparently there's question about whether we're taking sexy too far. >> we are. >> in the halloween costumes. >> so there's one website where

you can dress up as a sexy pizza for example. >> pizza. >> are you all right wearing that? we haven't put you in a bad spot. >> no, of course not. >> you look good in it i will say. >> that's a spicy meatball. >> you never thought what. >> pizza could be sexy. >> i guess it can. carrot too. >> corn on the cob. >> first i thought it was a p parody but on the website there's no parody about it. >> it's kind of cute if you think about it. >> sexy bathtub. what the heck? >> that's a shower and the shower head i guess. >> wow, that's terrible. >> i don't see that one at all. >> okay. moving on from that but you look great. >> thank you. >> digin'. >> digin' is the word we all launched.

al, you missed it that day. >> i did. >> but the world has been digin' every day. >> i'm being dragged along. >> al is coming around on digin'. the popular daily news letter the skim included the word in it's morning e-mail today. quote of the day, digin', that's the lead on their news letter today. >> soft g. >> soft g because it's way better than bacne. try using it in a sentence, just not sporadically. >> i think it's going to happen. i feel good about digin'. >> do you? >> and the oxford dictionary responded to us and they said well if it catches on and people are using it, we would consider it. >> ifs in there. >> a lot of ifs. >> we have to beg people to start digin'. >> but people have did not digin' since we launched it on friday and i have seen it on my twitter feed every day. >> tens of people. >> tens of people floating

around the world. >> keep digin' folks. we believe. >> get us in the dictionary. >> you and the captain can make it happen. >> how about weather, al? >> how about it. >> let's see what's happening as far as our weather is concerned. a beautiful day today. things looking great. plenty of sunshine and out west, look at that, showers and thunderstorms down through the gulf coast. so we're going to be looking at that making its way through. we're also expecting to see plenty of wet weather making its way -- is this supposed to go the other way. >> there you go. we've got beautiful weather along the eastern seaboard. mid-section of the country we'll be look at wet weather. we do see a slight risk of strong storms in the central part of texas. west coast is where we're looking at spectacular weather today. 76 in los angeles. 74 we love that al. the time is 9:10.

beautiful friday shaping up with temperatures ending up in the 80s today and tomorrow. the last day, though, throughout the morning, can you see fog over alcatraz. by sunday morning completely cloudy skis return. beautiful start here in san jose. just a little hazy. i'm happy to report we have good to moderate air quality all across the bay area. 82 in concorde for today. fremont looking good throughout the rest of the weekend. temperatures are going to drop off between saturday and sunday. that's your latest weather. >> one of our viewers had a similar experience to natalie while searching for her son on dick's sporting goods online. >> how could that possibly go wrong. >> she is digin'. >> people were late. not like we need to do that. >> coming up next, your ticket to hollywood. did you hear about gwyneth paltrow's feud with vanity fair?

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when it comes to taste, philadelphia sets the standard. we are back with the ticket to hollywood. celebrity photos, sweets and sneak peaks that are all the talk. >> to kim kardashian showing off her post baby body, we have it all covers. good morning. >> good morning. >> let's get right to it. let's talk about academy award winning actress gwyneth paltrow about to become the subject of a vanity fair story which may not be so flattering. >> this has gotten a lot of buzz and the new york times reported that gwyneth sent out an e-mail for her famous friends. she sent an e-mail saying don't talk to vanity fair. if they ask you to talk about me don't say anything. it's interesting as to why she would say that and the editor of

vanity fair says she forced our hand. we're going to run this story. we don't know what the story is about. >> how is it forcing his hand? >> you know, it just seems like the sort of very insidery hollywood feud. >> gossip. >> and people looked ativanty fair to say you're being much tougher on celebrities. it might have people very scared. >> they have done that in the past. >> right. they talked about the troubles that brad pitt's movie had. they talked about tom cruz and scientology. they're real journalists and they probe and ask real questions and it could have people scared. >> she couldn't get to one friend quickly enough because jay-z is on the cover this month. >> jay-z is his own man. he is still going to do his vanity fair cover. so i guess that message didn't get quite through. >> she is moving into the lifestyle area and recently martha stewart had something to

say, basically, a back handed compliment. >> and i love martha for that. she is always like i'm really the queen of this and that's basically what she said. she said gwyneth is pretty and creative and i've never eaten at her house or hung out with her. i'm sure she wants to be a lifestyle person wbut i'm the oe that started this. let's get it straight. not a lot of people in love with gwyneth right now. >> here's number one on today.com, the booty call seen around the world at this point. >> yes. >> kim kardashian. >> bootylicious picture. >> i like how we blur. >> i know, al, in that picture it actually looks like she has a wedgey which is not sexy at all but she just has -- she has a

lot going on. >> you think? >> she has her own zip code. >> but the best part is her boyfriend kanye west tweeted heading home now. >> in capital letters. >> all caps. >> that's a good one. >> good response. >> if you look at the picture again someone tweeted out does kim kardashian live in the back of a sushi restaurant. >> i was wondering where she was too. >> zac efron has a romantic comedy that will make you scream, all of us together now, awkward. >> awkward. >> what's going on here. >> the movie is that awkward moment and it's about modern dating and hot guys in new york. what's interesting about this is zac efron started with high school musical, right? very bubble gum, all american. this trailer which is like, you know, nc-17 almost is crazy. f bombs, c bombs.

>> wow. >> we have a very blurred friday. >> what's happening in this photograph. >> i can't really tell you all the details but let's say he popped a little blue pill and was having trouble using the facilities. >> four hours of trouble. >> they popped a blue pill he and his friends but it's going to get a lot of buzz because one of the co-stars will surely be in the award season race with his movie. so they're ramping up the buzz right now. >> real quickly "12 years a slave" opening up. >> talk about oscar buzz. that's the movie to see. if you're not doing anything this weekend go see this movie. >> hard to watch. >> hard to watch but important to watch. >> a free black man gets captured and resold into slavery. >> grim stuff but great direction. >> all right. always great to catch up with you. >> thank you. >> coming up next, i'm going to get you caught up on the headlines you need before you head out the door this morning. >> and if you're planning on

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good morning to you. bart is on strike on this friday. people are having to board buses at nine stations in the east bay as they head to work in san francisco. it also leads to more traffic on the roads. let's go it mike for a look at the roads. >> two firefighters are recovering from minor injuries after battling this house fire in east palo alto this morning. four people inside the home on lotus way made it out okay. the cause is under investigation. this morning dozens of people left homeless by yesterday's massive fire in redwood city. they are expected to learn when they can get their belongings. the fire broke out early yesterday morning at this

apartment complex on wideside road. some people living inside climbed over?z# the balconies t escape. four people were hurt, but all are expected to be okay. fire marshalls say the fire started in an apartment on the fourth floor and then quickly spread because the building sdbt have any sprinklers. the cause is under investigation. we'll look at your forecast and mike with the roads after your break. [ female announcer ] now you can turn pillsbury crescents into an easy dinner with crescent dogs. just separate, add hot dogs, cheese, roll 'em up, and bake.

lookin' hot, c-dog. pillsbury crescents. make dinner pop. [ hans ] toaster strudel! [ angelic music plays ] don't overthink it. [ hans ] warm, flakey, gooey. toaster strudel! welcome back. happy friday to you. taking a live look here. a clearing sky over alcatraz, but you will notice we do have clouds out there this morning. it will keep our temperatures down a touch from yesterday's highs. 84 in livermore. 76 degrees in san francisco. staying nice and warm for your saturday. then temperatures really start to drop off sunday into monday. we'll level off tuesday into wednesday. seasonal averages. it's a clear start as of sunday. here's mike and your morning

drive. >> 880. reports of a stalled tank tanker truck. maybe have around that stretch and once again past the coliseum, but things greatly improved over the last half hour. no problems. you have the backup at the toll plaza and proving that bart strike has sent a lot of folks to the bay bridge. back to you. >> okay, mike. we'll be back at 9:56 with our next local news update. see you then.

welcome back to today. >> wow. >> there we go. now we're in the spirit right now. the reason we're in the spirit is because we asked you earlier this week -- are you still eating the reese's pieces? >> i am. >> over here, our orange room staff put out this big bowl. >> you can't stop it. two or three. >> let me get in there real quick. >> we asked you to send in your elaborately decorated home. >> boy did you show up. >> look at this. people are going nuts this year. >> i love it. >> one highlight -- >> scariest house there is right there. >> how about aaron o'brien's home, 22 hand carved pumpkins. 22. >> and the orange lights.

>> beautiful. >> nicely done. >> let's head north to our friends in canada. >> that's freaky. >> yeah, all the decorations homemade. it's her third year doing this. halloween display is not as popular in canada as in the united states. >> so she is the only one on her block. >> either that or it's something out of the walking dead. >> keep sending in the photographs. good work. >> send them to #orangeroom and we'll put them up. >> we appreciate them. >> let's check in with our orange room staff. how is digin' doing. >> doing all right. six tweets a minute. >> just the beginning. >> this is just the beginning of a ground swell that's going to bring digin' no america and the world. all right. let's show you what we've got going on. saturday, sunny skies through the northeast. rain down through the southeast up into the ohio river valley.

out west, you'll be spectacular and then as we move ahead, sunday, sunday you're going to be looking at a gorgeous day up and down the east coast. rain down in central and southern florida. southern texas as well. again, outwest, gorgeous stuff. the first flakes flying across northern minnesota on i 9:32. good friday morning to you. i'm christina loren, and we have a gorgeous day shaping up. temperatures still ranging about five to ten degrees above average at this time of year. that means 78 degrees on the way to oakland. 80 in san jose. still holding on to the mid 80s in places like livermore. change, though, beginning saturday and sunday. dropping by about five degrees sunday. low clouds return, and they'll level off to kick off next week. and that's your latest weather. let's head back over to willie and natalie. >> we'll take the baton. thank you, al. >> if you are thinking about

buying a new home, maybe hitting a new open houses this weekend, well, you'll have a lot of questions. >> he is here with the five must ask questions before you make that offer. good to see you again. >> yes, you too. >> let's talk a little business here. what kind of fees can i expect if i'm going out and looking at open houses. >> any buyer can expect to have an appraisal fee. you should incur an inspection fee. it's not mandatory but every buyer should get an inspection and there are closing costs. if you have a realtor could be negotiated and put into your loan. >> how much do i owe the realtor? >> realtors we don't charge up front. we get paid on commission at the sale or purchase or the home. >> right. >> so as a buyer don't get discouraged thinking i have to come up with the money for my realtor. they only get paid on commission. >> also keep that money in mind when you're putting an offer in on the home. >> correct. >> how long do i plan to live on

this home is another question you need to ask yourself. >> yes, every buyer should want to know how long am i going to be here because if you're going to be in a home forever, it's my dream home, my family, we're going to live here and die here and pass it to my kids, you may want to look at a shorter mortgage, a 15 year mortgage or even 30. if you're going to be leaving that area soon, you're in transit you may want to take a larger mortgage, actually, a 30 or 40 year mortgage and stretch your payments out that way you're paying cheaper monthly fees because you will get out of there soon. >> what about adjustable rate mortgage? >> yeah, if you're going to be there awhile, you don't want an a.r.m. you want as much principle as possible to pay it off. if you're looking to be more aggressive and you're moving jobs then you can take an a.r.m.

because you'll be selling soon. >> a lot of times there's things you want replaced by the seller. what kind of negotiation can you enter into about fixing things? >> typically as a buyer you won't talk to the seller. either your attorney will talk to the seller's attorney or your agent will talk to the seller's agent. thing you can expect, your roof, water heaters, anything to do with the foundation, major appliances, major things you can get negotiated. >> so that's fair game to say i want you to replace the roof before i buy this place? >> you can ask for anything but the seller is looking to make their best deal also. you really want to stick to your major appliances. >> okay. now another big question to ask is how can i tell if the home i want to buy has good resale value? this is if you're not planning on being in the home for a good time. >> yes, very good question. if you want to know if your home will have good resale value,

look at comparable homes in the area and what they sell for. a lot of us are caught up looking at what the house down the street is listed for which means nothing in our business. we use comparable homes based on what other houses in your area are actually selling for. >> location, square footage, all of the comparable numbers. >> location, square footage, bedroom count. does that house have a pool, garages, all of those things matter. >> all right. the best dressed realtor we know. >> he really is. snazy. >> got to coordinate. >> if you have home buying questions, here's your opportunity to tweet them with the #homebuying 101. she going to stick around and answer them coming up. >> coming up next, the toys your kids will be begging you to buy them for the holiday. award winning

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year. >> this is the crew. >> we have been playing with toys all year. looking at a lot of toys. we have over 100 toys this year. something for every budget and every age. the first grouping here are toys for toddlers and sitting up babies and this is often the hardest area to shop for because it's hard to find things age appropriate. and this is right on target. it's a very easy toy for making something happen. it's got a little bit of music but not too much. >> elephants. >> yeah, he's in the fisher price car which is wonderful. great for going in and out. it has a shape sorter and also the beginning of a pretend setting and you want to encourage them to pretend going on an imaginary run for pizza or something like that. that's how you build language skills. >> this is from playskool and the balls pop out. our kids walked away with it.

but they pop up. >> we're just losing kids. >> i love it. >> now you two dads know the very hungry caterpillar. >> sure. >> this is a game based on that. the idea here is to throw the fruit at the caterpillar. now, 3-year-olds are going to walk over to it and put it on. >> that's what i would do. >> but 4-year-olds enjoy the active play of doing it. >> if you're looking for a doll this season, i love these dolls from toys "r" us. they celebrate being girls. they're not trying to be older than that. they're all going to paris. it's a multiculture collection. they're $39 a piece which is really great. >> a lower price point. >> yeah. so we have a lot of those dolls on our list as well. but really high quality. here is building. one of the best areas we looked at this year. now, this is a basic lego set. a lot of people when they go to the building aisle they buy the biggest box and for a beginning

builder that's the wrong place to start. start with a small set like this. it's a really interesting build if you're a real lego expert. different ways to open. >> and by the way, if you're the parent of that child, you're going to help -- >> that's what i love about parents. this is a very parent-child project to do. >> but you're not going to be overwhelmed. >> exactly. >> these are cool. >> this is from mind storms and mind wear and we have lots of actual marbles. so this is very cool. it's an open ended puzzle you can do in lots of different ways. the colors appeal to boys and girls. >> which is very important in building these days. >> right. we want girls to be building because we want them to have the same skill sets as boys when they get to harder math and future engineers. crafts, always fun. >> make your own. >> i dreamed of this toy when i played with hot wheels with my brother. you can make your own. you pick the color of the car you want.

again, a parent-child toy. but really fun to do and then sam is working on flower color lights. and it's really what we love about it is its battery operated. there's different types of lights to have as well and it's a nice room decoration. >> my daughter would love that. that's the cool one. >> what is over here? >> these are the toys that keep on giving. this is heads up. the kid versus to balance their -- you can try one too willie. >> good. >> the idea is to balance and you're going to add different -- and you're going to add more books to the top. it's what i call the doolittle toy. >> there you go. >> games that keep on giving. >> and we didn't lose one kid. very impressive. all right. stephanie, thank you so much. coming up next, he takes over kitchens all across america. now he's taking over ours.

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dish that packs a lot of flavors. robert irvine has been spending the last 25 years cooking his way across the world. >> now he is heading to sin city and inviting you on board the restaurant express which is his latest cooking show where they try for an executive chef position in las vegas. >> good morning, robert. >> good morning. >> you're going to show us an express recipe. >> with today's life style we're so busy that this is a dish that can be done well in advance. put in a plastic container and put in the refrigerator and pulled out whenever you need it. >> okay. sounds good. >> tomatoes in here. >> it's halibut. >> we have pumpkin, great nutritional value, onions and tomato in there. a little bit of white vinegar. >> okay. >> here's the cool thing. >> this makes the kick. >> that gives the acidity. so we have celery leaves and

fresh horseradish to give us a kick. >> right. >> most of us throw away celery leaves. you say keep them. >> keep them. that gives it that great flavor. so while that's doing it's thing here. i've got halibut cut into small pieces. we do that so it cooks really fast and, al, you know, we like golden brown. a little bit of cumin. a lot of people don't use it and pepper. >> delicious. >> so we turn it over because we want seasoning on both sides. >> want it seasoned, yeah. >> halibut you can buy at any grocery store. >> absolutely. >> my daughters -- >> any particular oil you like? >> i use grape seed oil. it's better for you than olive oil. it gets to a higher flashpoint and has no flavor. >> so you're tasting whatever you're cooking. >> you're tasting the fish. we're not doing this all day. a lot of people break the sere and that caramel golden brown look gets ruined. >> let it sit. >> let it sit and let it do it's

thing. you can see the edges of the fish starting to brown up a little bit. we have let me juice, salt, pepper, and a little oil. corn fritters if you want corn fritters. food is supposed to be fun and it's supposed to be functional. >> look at that. >> and it takes seconds. by the time we have done this -- >> any other fish you like? >> well, i love doing it with salmon also i. has a lot of fat in it. good fat and i like to eat food like that. my daughters love this. they do the prep the day before. i get them to dice things up and get them in the kitchen and involved. this can be done the day before in a plastic container in the refrigerator. >> and i bet it's even better the next day. >> it's better because the flavors melt. you can do this not only on the fish but we can do it on

sandwiches. we can do it -- >> in less than two minutes it's cooked, right? >> done. >> people overcook fish a lot. i know you don't like when people overcook fish. >> i don't like it. a little bit of jam on there. we can use this on sandwiches also. it's not just for fish. >> just make a big thing of this and use it as a condiment. >> look at that. >> how simple. how easy is that? >> these are corn fritters. >> yes. >> these look so good. >> perfectly cooked on the inside. love it. robert irvine. great to see you. >> we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. ♪

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all right, a digin' update for you. >> this is huge. >> i have big numbers for you. >> i'm here. >> let's go inside the orange room. as of right now, more than 5200 mentions in the last hour. >> 10 tweets per minute. >> wow. >> but since last thursday when

natalie and i invented it on national television. >> well, let's give the producers credit. >> with the help of our producers. >> it was a team effort, 762,000 facebook mentions. >> but we need to get this into the lexacon. >> movies, tv. >> i feel like there's a chance. think about all the words that get added every year. some are ridiculous. >> bacne. >> you're going to start using it on the weekend? >> that's what we're leading with tomorrow. >> digin'. >> so we have that and in addition, a little base jumping. >> who is? me? >> not me. you'll never see me base jump. but we're seeing more and more. they'll jump off in west virginia and we're going to be there this weekend. >> crazy. >> there you go. >> wow. >> i'll be digin' about that. >> i'm not doing

so what can i get you? we'll take something tasty and healthy. ♪ ♪ if you wanna go and fly with me ♪ ♪ it's buzz the bee on your tv ♪ ♪ oh how did i get this way? ♪ hey! must be the honey! ♪ there's a party going on in your cereal bowl ♪ ♪ o's can help lower cholesterol ♪ ♪ oh why does it taste so great? ♪ ♪ hey! must be the honey! ♪ ♪ hey! must be the honey! ♪ hey! must be the honey! >> good morning to you. it's 9:56. we have new details about a gruesome crash that pinned down 6-year-old twin boys leaving one in critical condition. police say a 90-year-old man hit the gas instead of the brake

striking the young twin boys. it happened yesterday afternoon on a busy santa cruz avenue in downtown menlo park. one of the boys was taken to stanford hospital in critical condition, and he is still fighting for his life. doctors there performed surgery for several hours. the twin brother only suffered minor injuries. the driver was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs and has not been charged at this time. anthony slaughter is stepping up to the plate for christina loren with a nice sunny day on tap for us. >> it will be a beautiful afternoon once we get to the afternoon. temperatures very similar to where they have been all weeklong. 84 in livermore. 80 in san jose. 76 in san francisco. beautiful sunshine across the board for everybody. kind of warm for this time of year. especially at the coast. we will stay warm in the weekend with temperatures on sunday, and it will be bright and a little for cool as we start off next week. let's check the roads. >> 880 is a treat. now, thanks for helping me out

as well. traffic center this morning with all the craziness for that bart strike, and slow traffic. things are calming down now. especially since they moved that tank frer the roadway and headed past high street. let's look at the maps. we did have a lot of slowing here southbound towards fremont. north 101, still bogging down past the airport, and then an earlier crash. still a sticking point for the rest of the east bay. slowing down the east shore freeway, and the bay bridge toll plaza and traffic -- >> thanks. we'll be back with our next local news update in about 30 minutes. that means you can expect to see us again at 10:26. until then, enjoy the "today" show. [ male announcer ] progresso is so passionate about its new

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is full of lime and -- >> here you go, frank gifford. i'll see you later. shoot, my eye got stuck. anyway. >> so these are always kind of fun. there was another survey out that talked about what are the five things very, very successful people do before 8:00 in the morning? they went and looked at what a lot of the -- like margaret thatcher, robert iger, frank lloyd wright, what are the things you do? forbeslisted the five things before 8:00. >> they get up very, very early and they -- >> number one, exercise. okay. number two, which i never do, is eat a healthy breakfast every morning. >> don't do that. >> number three, visualization. for a few minutes, they meditate, they get quiet time. >> is that prayer? >> it could be that too. >> they map out their schedule for the day. >> this is one of the coolest

ones, i think, they plan their day but make it top heavy. so the most daunting task they put first, knock it out, as opposed to i'll do it after lunch, after my meeting. sometimes you put things later in the day you don't want to deal with. >> these are people that seem to be able to map their own day, you know? most people can't. most people work a 9:00 to 5:00 job, have children and, you know, it all sounds great, but these are people that have control over their lives in ways that many, many people don't. >> that's a good point. >> but anybody can pray. you get out of bed, you can pray. >> i can't stop looking at this halloween costume, so i think we have to talk about it because it is so crazy. this is a genius idea. we want to go on record saying it. >> even though we didn't think it up. >> no, we didn't. halloween is around the corner. these were created by a guy named mark rober. he was the guy that helped create the curiosity rover. >> right. that was on mars. here it is. you take -- this looks like a regular t-shirt, okay?

look closely at the eyes. okay. hold on. now, guess what that is? >> it is called digital duds. >> you won't believe it. it is an app. in the t-shirt, you put your hand in there and -- get that baby right out of there. >> pull it out? >> yeah, pull it out. >> let's show when we got going on. it is velcroed. >> it is? okay. i didn't want to -- >> okay. what it is is -- it is an ipod -- can you see it? you download the app, treat app and you play the animation. we have two crazy looking guys -- oh, my god. >> there is joseph and -- >> oh, my god. >> and gerard. >> look how hot these two are. >> tell me when i can breathe out. >> the double chin. >> gerard, nobody does it better. thank you, guys. look how cute they are. >> you can buy these online.

$29.95, digital duds. >> dudz. >> that's a clever, smart idea. did you know more and more and more men and i'm looking around to see if i see telltale signs are having botox, hoda woman? is that a turnoff to you? >> i don't love it. >> why? >> because i like guys who are -- >> tell me. tell me. >> i like guys who i'd like to watch them age the way they age. right, tommy? >> any man admits here? probably not. only tommy. between 2011 and '12, botox for men increased by 6%. but it is a trend, an upward trend. >> like a dirty little secret. they sneak into the botox place, get injections. >> women lie about it at the beginning. but most women are pretty open about it now, don't you think? >> i think so. i think men are finding even with the economy being troubled and trying to get back into the job market at an older age and people are losing jobs and

looking to get back in. >> there say lot of age discrimination. there just is. i just think it is fine to do it. you don't have to lie about it, you know. >> would it affect you at all if frank said i want to get botox? >> no, like, first of all, like frank gifford is going to get botox. i was sitting with him the other night and i noticed -- he looks unbelievable, but i've encouraged him to go do, like, laser, to get rid of precancer ous stuff and all. he said, no, they'll burn it off. >> burn it off. >> he's vain enough to work out every day. from the back, he looks like he's 30 years old. and he turns around, he's still great. but i with like him to do a little bit more. i would. >> what about pedicures? >> no, no one will go near frank's feet. no. he's had -- he lost more nails from cleats stomping on his feet. you know what they used to do, during the games, they rip them off. >> rip your toenails off.

>> wrap it and make you go play. yeah, yeah. so frank is gorgeous until his toenails. >> that is -- >> i knew i was in love with him because i'm such a maniac about hands and feet. i knew i was in love with him. >> you mind if he wears sandals? >> yes. that's for me to see and in one else. >> vera wang, vera wang has a whole new bridal collection and -- >> is this the first time it is all pink? >> she chose pink as her color. she was inspired by dresses she saw and it made her feel good about it. they range from corals to whatever that color is. >> peony, like a peony flower. she claims it is flattering on all skin types. we'll have a little -- >> what do you make of the pink? >> you know what, it is such a personal choice. most people shouldn't be wearing white anyway, let's be honest. i think -- that looks like that might be -- that's beautiful. a lot of people have been

married before and have worn the white the first time. if it is your sixth or seventh time, i think it is fine to wear a different color. >> this is sue rogers, from arkansas, she married her son scott in vegas on patrick's day and wore a green dress and looks beautiful. >> next is netra from lake charles, louisiana. she had a pink and -- wow. she is going all out. >> she's from louisiana. >> of course. and finally chandler from virginia beach, virginia, picked a purple dress because she said she loved it. and it is your day, you wear what you want. >> i think it is cool. we'll have a whole bridal segment fashion show and show you, talk about trends and dresses and stuff, because it is fashion week in new york again. it seems like it is always fashion week. >> food and wine week too. >> it is? >> yeah, apparently. no one invited us. >> kw what i think it is time for? >> your friday funny. >> okay. be ready with the -- during the

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of your own life. she is lori gerber, life coach with the handle group. >> how are you? >> thank you for having me. >> a lot of people struggle with this. >> there is only 24 hours in a day. >> for everybody. >> no matter what. that's what you have to deal with. >> it is so funny. i think what we do is we prioritize everybody and everything else before us. that makes sense. your kids have to be here at practice, your boss wants you here, your husband needs x and you fall way down on the totem pole, don't you? >> or you put yourself first in everything that nobody wants to be around anyway. for those that have the other problem -- >> at the handle group, we manage the voices in your head, the most important thing you have to do, take your focus off of, that's take the focus off the brat. five more minutes in the pool, i want five more minutes in the pool, but it is not the pool, it is the internet games, it is the browsing, the frittering away of time, eating cookies mindlessly and we say yes to that instead of what is important to us.

that is universal. time with the people we love, exercise, health, spiritual time, doing important actions for the things that are important -- >> stop and smell the roses once in a while too. >> sometimes we feel like when we're filling our days, i don't have time to exercise, what do you say to that? >> it's not true. you'll see you're often make a choice of something really not -- >> what are we talking about a lot lately, hoda, people don't want to be told the truth. they have their excuses and they like them. >> exactly. >> you have to be able to call bs on those excuses. sometimes -- sometimes we're afraid to say no to someone. we call that the chicken. >> they might say can you come to the pto meeting and head it up and someone has to and they're asking you because your daughter is going to be there. >> your priorities will be inspiring to other people if you stick to them. you're going to end up falling apart anyway if you don't balance. >> you don't have to bake them.

there are delicious cookies. >> i'm empowering people to say no. and what you say yes to is what you actually want to design promises about. we have our clients that make promises and consequences if they don't. i get to be like the family dinner. one more e-mail, one more e-mail. i set it up with my family, i'm on miami, exactly on the dot at 6:30 or i pay my kids 20 bucks. they're looking at the clock and they notice. at work -- >> at work -- >> never late. we listen like -- >> we're raising brats in our society and chickens. they become adult chicken brats. >> if we practice what we say we're going to do -- >> chicken brats. just clarifying. >> i want to. no! >> this is why we have to model for our children making and keeping promises. you can make a fun consequence.

doesn't have to be anything harsh. it can be something simple like -- >> some people feel like they're being selfish when they prioritize. in other words, they feel like they're letting somebody down. a lot of pleasers out there. >> you will. that's life. >> eventually if you spread yourself too thin, you will let someone down in a much more ugly massive way than if you -- >> stuff can kill you. >> we don't realize the consequences of our choices. we ask people to make up artificial fun consequences. you don't do your exercise, you lose your wine or coffee. >> we just tuned out. >> it will make you feel better and remember to do your workout. >> your own personal brat. >> thank you very much. >> you're welcome. our bosom buddy is going to help hoda with your bra straps. all about bras. i was living with pain -- all over.

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bobbie thomas. hello. >> hi. i watch from home and i'm texting you during the show. my skin.com has 20 different skin matching shades. i got a couple to figure out which one you are. i think it is the front one that will match a little better. but this is great because if you are going to have a peekaboo moment, women of color should know there is something more out there than just white, black and nude. this is something that joanne la markia around here tried and loved. this is a strapless bra, the cust custom genie, it stretches. see the straps here, there are holes all along the seam so you can put any configuration you want on this bra and you get three for the price that -- >> black, white and nude. >> that looks like it will fit one. >> you and i have that problem.

you and i have girlfriends that are large and in charge. and i do love this bra. minimizer strapless bra. i have to complain when i asked for this segment to get samples in to show viewers, they changed the cup to molded and padded and all i have to say is -- >> bring it back. >> we don't need padding. >> we want minimalization. this is where your bra strap will slip inside. a little silicone piece you put under your dress. it won't move around and pop out, hoda. and then last but not least if your bra has this problem where the -- >> always your favorite one. >> the wire comes out and it hurts, instead of throwing an expensive bra away, this is the most brilliant idea. just a piece of padded fabric that will help you save your bra. and there are a few markings on mine, so check it out. >> that was excellent. >> no more excuses. >> there you go. singer, actress lorna lust

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look at the roads. two firefighters are recovering from injuries after battle aing house fire in palo alto this morning. the fire was on lotus way. the cause is under investigation. we'll check the weekend forecast and mike will look at the roads after the break.

welcome back here on this friday. anthony slaut irin the weather center for christina loren right now. you'll notice our temperatures a little cool out there. definitely want to grab that jacket if you are still about to

head outside. still only 59 degrees in san jose. later on, though, the south bay back to 80 degrees. livermore close to the mid 80s. it will be very warm all across the board today. of course, we'll have that seven-day forecast coming up at 11:00. meantime let's go to mike and looking at the roads. >> good morning, anthony. we're looking at san jose. light volume right here for 101. there is a concern just north of that traffic. we have things backing up from just about alan rock all the way up to trimble where there are a couple of fire engines on scene. an injury crash still blocking some lanes there. south 880 is starting to move6!o much better as speeds coming back into the 50s and towards the limit towards the dunbarton bridge. oakland cleared township the earlier stall that has cleared, and the bay bridge toll plaza, we'll have a look, and there's a little backup there, but nothing dramatic. we did have a lot of the folks going here because of the bart shutdown still in effect, and we'll see it start to build as more folks head back into the city starting in a half hour. back to you. >> it was pretty ugly this morning, mike. thank you so much, and you can expect to find out the very

latest on this bart strike coming up in about 30 minutes a! 11:00. jon kelley and i hope to see you then. we're back on this try day friday with more of "today." here with some simple projects you can do yourself for 50 bucks and under is home improvement expert and host of home wizard eric strober. >> welcome. >> this is what i want to talk to you about today. this is a good example of a friend i did for my house. my kids love it. this is some wood, with some paint. let's see your paint skills. you can go ahead and paint your 2 by 4, 2 by 6 material before, cut it to size and assemble that swing in a matter of minutes and before you know it, you got kids all around swinging. >> i love to spanpaint. i love to paint. >> you're got at it. >> your neighbors may not like

it, but, yeah, yeah. >> okay, good. stop now. you can do it all day. look how nice that looks ultimately. again -- >> hoda. >> sorry. >> oh, gosh. >> come on, let's do another project. >> okay. >> for mailboxes, i've done this, a traditional mailbox, you can fancy it up with some tile, glue it on there. you can get these at any big box store. try it on your end. you can try it. >> i'll try it just for fun. >> comb on this mastic which is easy to do. >> what is that? >> mastic. it is an adhesive, goes right on the mailbox. >> peel this off? >> leaf it on. place it any way you want or do single or individual pieces if you want to give it that nice feeling. we could take a little more time, but that's basically ultimately -- >> looks good. >> not bad. >> for a couple of dollars, fancy up the mailbox. >> cool. that's going to heat up the

mailbox when the sun starts hitting that. >> i'll tell you what's going to happen, if the rain hits it, it will watch off and look clean and will look fantastic. grout it after that, grouting is very simple. apply the grout into the cracks like that. 45 degree angle with your float and rinse it off with a sponge and then you got the nice cracks filled up. looks beautiful, right? you can buff up that haze and get the finished look. this is exciting because nighttime is a great way to enhance the way your home looks. if you have a little bit of lighting, it can improve the exterior. you can light a tree like we see here and at night it gives you the dramatic look and feel to the property, right? >> and doesn't have to be electric. those solar ones are great now. >> right. >> and what is so nice about the solar stuff is it is basically one light for about $46 here and if you're around a corner where you don't get sunlight but still want to have light, they now make it so that the panels can go around the corner of the

house and get the sun during the day. at night, it still lights up. >> very cool. >> this, no wiring necessary. just plug it in the dirt and then get your light at night and again, for 45 bucks, you can did a dramatic transformation on the exterior of your house. >> i love that. we did that. >> the other option is to wire it with a traditional transformer, but that's a lot more effort and work and money, obviously. i think that's a great option. and then these are great because these are l.e.d. light strips and these culley come in six foot lengths and they're about $40 for a six-foot length. you can find different price points. what happens here is you never have to replace this lightbulb. >> ever? >> about a 15 to 25-year period in terms of how long they last. you can adhere it to the bottom of any railing, can hide it and get that dramatic lighting transformation. >> all new stuff. >> i think it is fun. i want to hire you guys for my next job.

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whether you're getting married indoors or on the beach or this is your first time down the aisle or not, the dress is often the main event. >> on average brides spend about $1200 on their dress, but all the ones we're showing you today are less than that. here with the latest trends from new york's bridal fashion week is the knot fashion editor jenny ma. >> what are some new trends? >> there are tons of new trends. we're fresh off bridal fashion week. i saw a thousand dresses. i picked my four favorites to show you guys. i'm wearing all the trends right now. this dress by antonio gaw, a little teaser. >> that's for a bride? >> yes. but it is a little short, but -- >> adorable. >> short but we'll get to it. should we start? >> let's start.

>> sparkle is one of the trends. we have rebecca coming out. >> serious sparkle is huge, really glamorous, a bride that really wants to stand out and shine. this dress is by morey lee and guess how much it is? >> very expensive because of the beading. i'll say 300. >> 949. so it is a little -- it is more than 100 but -- >> look at the back. >> it looks gorgeous. >> the jeweled headpiece is -- >> that we paired it with enchant enchanted, if you wear a long veil, it will snag on your dress. where something more manageable. >> we have megan. she's wearing a barely there color. >> that blush. >> isn't that beautiful? >> i love that. >> a little sheen. did you see severia wang's runway show? >> we talked about it. >> pink dresses, down the runway, not for every bride. this is a great way to get a little bit of color. unexpected. >> that is -- can you show us the back of that please,

sweetie? so pretty. >> $1,198. >> what about the cuff bracelet she's got on? >> we paired it with the -- higher necklines are making a huge comeback. you don't always want to wear a necklace. >> perfect. looks great. let's bring out kimberly next. she's got a -- we're talking floral embellishment. >> we have been seeing this all season, a lot of floral embridery. mini 3-d flowers. so romantic, so feminine. and look what she's holding. a fabric bouquet. isn't that really cool? yeah. >> you can keep it forever. >> keep it forever. won't wilt and you can make it with heirloom fabric from your mother's dress or grandmother's dress. that's autumn and grace bridal. >> beautiful. thank you. >> thank you. >> we have short and sweet.

emily is coming out with that. >> sassy. >> somebody intends to have an exciting life. so, i mean, this is aria, $975, such a great look, really flirty. it is great if you're having a city hall wedding, second wedding, don't want something very formal. or you can change into this for your reception. >> for the reception. >> you can dance. look at her fabulous shoes. you need amazing shoes with a short dress. >> looks great. >> badgely mischka. >> beautiful. >> isn't that great? >> those are great. thanks, jenny. thank you, ladies. >> you're all beautiful. singer and actress lorna luft taking the stage with her sister liza minnelli for the first time in 20 years. she's going to tell us all about it right after this. what if we took all this produce from walmart, and secretly served it up at this produce stand in the heart of apple country. it's a fresh-over. come on in, tastes some apples. tell us what you think.

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and made the career of her own. >> now lorna luft decided to use her talent to pay it forward, reuniting with her sister liza minnelli for a two-night special event to raise money for breast cancer. it is the first time they're performing on stage together in 20 years. >> good to see you, lorna. >> thank you. >> i know the first one was this past monday and the second one is this monday coming up. how did it go? because liza hurt herself in rehearsal, right? >> she's fine and she's great and she's home and everything is fine. >> she was going to be with us today, she sends her regrets. >> it was an amazing experience. the audience was so with us and just an incredible -- it was a reception that i was taken aback by. >> but you knew the audience was going to be there for you. >> i did. but not to a point where it was definite. and to raise that amount of money, we raised over $120,000. >> that's fantastic. >> which is so wonderful.

>> we'll talk about why you raised this money. can we just go back to tony, back when you and your sister performed, so many years ago, and watch a little of that, okay, just to remember what it was like back then. ♪ let me tell you something sister, remember my name ♪ ♪ no twister going to steal you away ♪ ♪ my sister >> i look at the hair color. >> what hair color was that? >> you're covered in pink for a reason. it was ten months ago that you found out that you had breast cancer. >> yes. >> tell us about that. >> i found a lump. i knew something was wrong. but i was so terrified, i was so scared that i didn't do anything. >> you were in denial. >> i was a big river in egypt. i really was. and people would say, you got to go and you got to go do this. i said, no, i got to go to new york or london. i was so scared.

i was so afraid. >> you thought because there was no family history of it and you nursed your children, you would never have it. >> never have it. then i found out i had it. >> you had it bad. >> i had stage 2a and a grade 3 tumor. so when i found out, i was lucky enough to have fantastic doctors who led me down the path of education. and once i found out about what i had, and that i was going to be fine, all right, i then put myself into taking care of my own health care. and it -- it's really -- it's eye opening. it's life altering, and then you have -- you're in charge of what you have to do. and once you get the education about what is happening to you, you are in control. and it gives you some -- >> sense of power? >> a very big sense of power. >> the funny thing, i remember

when i was telling my boss, that i had it, i remember what he said. he said i know a lot of women with breast cancer and they have one thing in common. and i said what's that, he said they're still here. the diagnosis used to be -- i'm not saying it isn't terrible for a lot of women, but it used to be a death sentence. >> it was so scary. when i had the -- when i found out i had to go through four months of chemotherapy, that terrified me because chemotherapy, of course, has, you know, side effects, but it has that look -- it has a reputation. >> did you work through it? did you take off the four months while you had the chemo? >> i took off the four months with the chemotherapy. i lost my hair, i lost, you know, everything, you know, my eyebrows, eyelashes, everything. >> it comes back. >> it comes back. i didn't know things. i found a website that was called tourdiva.com that had everything you could ever imagine for, you know, breast cancer survivors and while you're going through it and what was amazing is i didn't know

about any of this. i would find things. i would find -- >> there is so much out there now. >> we're so happy you're with us. >> thank you for coming to see us. >> give liza our love. have a great time on monday. >> thank you. >> sold out, i understand. a spicy treat straight from the past. >> kathie lee's favorite fondue made in a pumpkin from -- >> one my favorite people in the world, andy medina.

we're in "today's kitchen" with flavors for the fall. it is harvest season, with pull contin pumpkins at their peak. why not put them to work outside and inside. >> served in a hollowed out pumpkin and sure to please your

guest, it is my very good friend, andy medina. >> andy, so excited. kathie has been raving about this dish since you made it -- >> a couple of weeks ago. we had a big party and -- >> what did you do? you took a pumpkin -- >> well, what i like about this, because you can get pumpkins once a year, that's what makes this so special. >> okay. >> there are two great ingredients about this, which i like, which are the new mexico chili you put in here, only grown in the fall and pumpkins. >> you appreciate it all the more, because you can only have it at this time of year. >> exactly. like you can have the chili anytime, but the pumpkin you can only get once a year. >> you hollow out the pumpkin. >> we clean it out . >> get all the gook out. >> get all the gook out. what we want to do when you get all the gook out, you want to make sure you don't thin out the walls too much. >> okay. >> you're going to cook those walls. >> right. >> here is a clean one. >> it will look like that when you're finished. >> okay. >> the most important thing is making sure we don't thin the walls out too much because this is our bowl.

>> our bowl. >> our bowl. you got how much water? >> about an inch of water in there. after we pour the fondue in there, we're going to cover it lightly with tin foil and cook it up. >> for about an hour. >> yes. we're going to add our ingredients, the flour, cumin and paprika. >> what are you adding to that? >> some chorizo in there, dried. stir that up, incorporate it all together. this is new mexico green chile. i order this every year, it comes from hatch, new mexico. i'm from colorado. this is a great -- >> dump that in there. >> it makes it special. >> pour that all together, we incorporate it all. >> okay. >> until the flour is a little toasty. what you do is pour in the chicken broth. >> mm-hmm. >> stir it up. >> looks so good already. smells like -- >> it is just -- it is the most delicious thing you've ever had. it is so much fun. everybody was fighting over this. >> what is this? >> this is a mozzarella and a

combination of monterey jack cheese and cheddar. >> dump it in. oh, my god. >> it is deadly, but delicious. it is worth it. >> you take all this in and put it back in the pumpkin? >> yes, i do. get it to where it melts a legal bit. >> so it is really not that difficult at all. you made me think this was -- >> we got to try it. we have a few seconds. come on. >> pour it in, cover it, andy, or no? >> cover it with tin foil for an hour an take it off and cook it for ten more minutes. >> can't wait. while you're enjoying that, andy made me the greatest margarita. >> the most delicious. you get a little side of the pumpkin with it too, don't you? >> yes. >> so delicious. >> get in there. how is it? i like it watch people eat. >> you can't believe how awesome it is. everybody from the grandma to the little kids were diving into it. >> this recipe, hard to remember everything, will be on our

website, klgandhoda.com. next week, we have julie andrews, christie brinkley and a alyssa milano and neil sedaka. >> and gavin mccloud. have an awesome weekend, everybody. god bless. [ male announcer ] with at&t,

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right now at 11:00 bart trains at a standstill, and, of course, they're not moving because bart workers are on strike for the second time in just four months. thank you very much for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm marla tellez. chaz cain is talking to frustrated commuters in san francisco, but we start with nbc bay area's christie smith life in oakland with the war of words between bart and the union. christie, i'm sure it's a battle out there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marl why. the workers have been out at the lake merit bart station for