in the bay." back at 7:25 with a live, local news update. >> join us at 11:00 a.m. have a great day. good morning. breaking news overnight. a potential bombshell in the mystery of flight 370. malaysian officials announced files were recently deleted from pilot's home flight simulator. as families of the passengers grow more frustrated and more desperate for answers. billion dollar deal, toyota agrees to a massive settlement with the justice department over sudden acceleration complaints that will save the world's largest automaker from criminal prosecution. damaging testimony of a ballistics expert says oscar pistorius's girlfriend was standing in a defensive position when she was shot. why that could be a major blow to the sprinter's defense. and twice as nice, two

winning tickets sold in the $400 million mega millions jackpot, one of the largest in history. the cities and stores with reasons to celebrate today, wednesday, march 19th, 2014. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good to have you with us. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. >> and it is day 12 of this mystery regarding malaysian airlines. it has really captivated the country and the world, actually. so many people with questions. we actually put the call out yesterday -- >> right. >> -- online, and said, all right, folks, send us your questions, and we're going to convene a panel of experts to answer them. >> a lot of questions than answers right now. >> and you can send your question by heading to our facebook page or tweeting us with #orangeroom.

let's get to the new information, though, coming out of this morning's news conference. it involves the pilot's home simulator and files that were deleted, also when the plane actually changed course. nbc's tom costello has all of this. tom, good morning to you. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. day 12, still no sign of the plane, but there is a new twist to the criminal investigation concerning that flight simulator in captain shah's home. authorities say some of the data was deleted in february, but it's not clear whether that was just routine maintenance or something else. >> yesterday -- >> reporter: new this morning, malaysian authorities say someone appears to have deleted some of the files from the flight simulator found in captain zaheerie shah's home, the same simulator that captain shah was sitting in front of in a youtube video. >> hi, everyone. >> reporter: what's not clear is who deleted the files and why. >> local and international expertise have been used to examine the flight simulator. some data has been deleted from

the simulator, and friendsic work to retrieve this data is ongoing. >> reporter: meanwhile, no clear answers on who programmed into malaysia airlines flight 370's flight computer the u-turn that took the plane off course. >> if i want to leave this route, it's as simple as pressing a button and now turning. you'll see, the airplane is now turning on its own and it's leaving. >> reporter: at flight deck simulator in anaheim, we asked retired american captain steven wallenstein to show us how a pilot would program in a turn back to kuala lumpur. >> linking the altitude. if i want to change the altitude, all i've got to do is set a different altitude in here. the plane will go to that altitude. >> reporter: with so much confusion about the basic facts, this morning some insight. the plane's u-turn after it lost transponder contact appears to have been a smooth, 20-degree turn, not an abrupt hairpin turn. u.s. government sources do not believe reports that the plane then climbed to 45,000 feet and ascended to 5,000 feet.

that radar data appears unreliable. and it's still possible that passengers slept through all of this, never knowing something was wrong. meanwhile, as the search focuses on the indian ocean, an alternative theory is getting a lot of attention on the internet, suggesting an electrical fire could have taken out the plane's coms and disabled the crew who were trying to turn back. autopilot then would have flown the plane on into the ocean. most experts, though, are skeptical. >> an electrical fire, while it's possible, you couldn't, i don't believe, disable all the systems very rapidly with an electrical-based fire. >> reporter: yeah, the internet is full of reports that someone has spotted this plane in satellite images sitting in a jungle or pieces of wreckage in the ocean, but malaysian authorities say so far, none of those leads has checked out. and importantly, everyone on board is still being looked at very carefully, not just the cockpit crew. guys, back to you. >> yeah, tom, let's just go over this headline, though, this morning. again, this report that files from the pilot's home flight

simulator were deleted. we all have computers at home. we've all deleted files, usually to free up memory. did they give any indication how long the forensics in this might take to see if they can retrieve what files were deleted? >> reporter: no, they didn't, and i think what's important here is whether they can -- you know, if you delete a file, you may just be deleting the headline, if you will, or the header. the question is whether you can go back in and find those pieces of data still inside the computer somewhere and then pull that all back together again. that's going to be the challenge for malaysian investigators. and importantly, as you know, the malaysians thus far have not asked for fbi assistance. and so, we believe that this is a malaysian operation. >> all right, tom costello. tom, thanks very much. >> the search for answers is hard for investigators and agonizing for the family of flight 370 passengers and they're putting pressure on officials to figure out what happened and get better information to them. nbc's keir simmons is in kuala

lumpur this morning with that part of the story. keir, good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah. good morning. before the news that tom spoke about there emerged, some really upsetting scenes played out here over the period of about an hour. some relatives came to the media to try to ask for help. they brought a sign that said they are getting different information every day. that sign was taken away by malaysian officials. the families were led away by malaysian officials. we don't know whether or not they were trying to protect them from the media. there are many journalists and camera crews here, or whether they were simply trying to silence their protest. a mother breaks down, desperate for news. "i want my son back," she cried at one point. and collapsing, taken away by malaysian officials. frustrated for 12 days, now furious, the chinese relatives have brought a sign saying, "we hope the press can help us. we can't stand it anymore." the families, in tears, have been taken into this room.

media crowded outside, just trying to talk to them. in beijing, another relative holds up a sign saying, "hunger strirks tell the troops, return our relatives." nbc's eunice yoon was there. >> reporter: anger was boiling over today. families have been meeting with malaysian airlines officials in meetings, but this one has gone on for an hour and a half as people challenge the authorities. >> reporter: but instead of clear answers, more contradictions over when crucial communications equipment was switched off and over the plane's direction. originally, officials said the aircraft's last location was the south china sea. then it emerged malaysian military radar spotted it flying into the andaman sea. finally, satellite communications saw it hours later possibly over the indian ocean. families left with nothing but speculation. "i hope that plane was hijacked," this relative says. "at least if it was hijacked, our loved ones will be safe." in the last hour, relatives in

kuala lumpur were taken through the hotel where the media are gathered, surrounded by photographers and journalists and ushered away. and before they were taken away, those relatives told journalists that they feel like they are imn prison, waiting in a hotel here, waiting for news. and who can blame them, savannah, after 12 days hearing just absolutely nothing about what happened to flight 370, where it is, who flew it, why they flew it in the way they did, savannah. >> keir simmons in kuala lumpur, thank you. so disturbing and heart heart-wrenching to see those families. and you can imagine their frustration. >> right. >> if they feel they're getting the run-around, getting different information all time. >> for us, it's a mystery, for them, heartbreak. >> we'll have more on that. >> and in our next half hour, we'll answer some of your questions, and there are so many questions, when it comes to flight 370. we've got experts in the fields of aviation and security. they're here, they're going to answer those questions in a few minutes. but right now, we want to talk about a major deal between toyota and the federal government. the world's largest carmaker

agreeing to a $1 billion settlement. that's tied to the sudden acceleration of some of its cars five years ago. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams has the latest on that. hi, pete. >> reporter: matt, good morning. the settlement announced this morning by the justice department and the transportation department is intended to resolve the government's concerns about how toyota responded to customer complaints that its cars would suddenly and unpredictably accelerate. since 2009, toyota has recalled more than 11 million toyota and lexus cars for this acceleration problem. several issues were suspected, including floor mats that caused the gas pedals to stick. the company's faced a wrath of lawsuits brought by car owners and their families, some claiming the problem caused deaths and injuries. during the last several months, the company has been settling some of them, and toyota has already paid a record recall fine after the government claimed that the company was slow to report the problem to federal safety regulators. the fbi was also investigating

that. now officials say toyota has agreed to pay the federal government just over $1 billion. these officials say in return for making commitments about future behavior, the justice department agrees not to bring criminal charges against toyota. >> all right, pete williams in washington on this story. pete, thank you very much. meantime, you're following what's happening in ukraine. >> troubling developments there as crimea's self-defense forces have stormed the ukrainian navy headquarters in sevastopol, a day after russia signed a treaty with local authorities to annex the region. nbc's richard engel is in ukraine with the latest. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. there are still hundreds of ukrainian troops trapped inside their bases in crimea, and today, russian forces moved to drive them out. pro russian forces took over the main naval headquarters in crimea today, putting muscle behind russia's first expansion

in decades. >> putin. >> reporter: in the czar's former palace last night, president vladimir putin officially annexed crimea and got a standing ovation. he said crimea has always been an inseparable part of russia. but in ukraine today, there is indignation and fear that russia will take eastern ukraine next. >> to work in crimea, here -- >> reporter: secretary of state kerry said the situation is similar to the days leading up to the second world war, and in the strongest possible terms, warned russia against invading mainland ukraine. >> as egregious as any step that i can think of that can be taken by a country in today's world. >> reporter: vice president biden has been touring eastern europe, and today the baltics, to assure nervous u.s. allies

one of the tickets was sold in maryland, and that is where we find nbc's kelly o'donnell, outside the lottery headquarters. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. so, imagine being suddenly super rich. that's what maryland lottery officials tell me is happening to the buyer of a ticket who

purchased that lucky piece of paper in southern maryland in charles county. sharing that luck and good fortune and that $400 million jackpot with someone who bought a ticket in florida, in brevard county. now, let's checkhe numbers, because maybe it's you. 11, 19, 24, 33, 51, with the mega ball 7. now, there are also a series of $1 million prizes, so worth checking those numbers. officials tell me that for the two tickets, that's a split of the $400 million. if you take the cash payout, it's about $112 million, certainly a life-changing, lucky day for the owners of those two tickets. natalie? >> kelly o'donnell in maryland. everybody's checking their tickets there. thank you. and take a look at this, a scary moment on the side of an iowa highway captured by a dashboard camera. state troopers had their emergency lights flashing as they investigated an accident, but see what happens there? the pickup comes flying into the picture, narrowly misses the

state troopers before eventually coming to a stop. then a semi truck failed to slow and rear-ended the pickup, hurtling it into the accident scene. fortunately, no one was seriously injured there. and if you think traffic is bad in your town, take a look at the lbj expressway there in dallas on tuesday. nothing express about it, as you see. cars facing all different directions, getting nowhere. nobody knows where they're going. the lanes had been shut down because of a crash further down the highway, and drivers are trying to turn around, but as you see, it only made things much, much worse there. police eventually jumped in to restore order. that is a mess. >> it seemed like a good idea at the time to turn around. >> turn around and go where? >> i'm not the only one that thought that? mr. roker's got a check of the weather. yeah, we've got more rough stuff to talk about. the good news is, spring is coming tomorrow. >> yay! >> at 12:57. chicago, ours the warm side of this system, so you're getting rain right now. that's the good news, rain and

snow showers later with a3 c3 tenemos sistema de presión baja with a temperature of 45 degrees. we have the low pressure system developing. a cold front making its way to the south. ahead of that, we have warm air coming up here. that will bring in more showers and more thunderstorms. behind it, we have colder air means more snow. it will not be all that heavy. we are lucky there. in fact, we are looking at snowfall amounts generally as you get into northern new england, 3 to 6 inches. we are concerned about icy conditions from new england into upstate new york. we will get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

7:16. happy wednesday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. good looking day shaping up if you like sunshine and 70 in san francisco. that's what we're expect. it's cold out there. you want to pull out the jacket, dress in layers. you can go straight to short sleeves if you're a tough guy. temperatures climb into the upper 70s everywhere. 71, san francisco. getting unseasonably warm out there today. as we head throughout this afternoon, high clouds stream in later today. temperatures will be comfortable. now to the latest on the tragic death of l'wren scott, mick jagger's longtime girlfriend. natalie's following that story

as well. >> the rolling stones are postponing their tour and for the first time, mick jagger is opening up about his agonizing loss. mick jagger posted a touching tribute on facebook to his late girlfriend, acclaimed fashion designer l'wren scott. the rolling stones front man wrote, "i am still struggling to understand how my lover and best friend could end her life in this tragic way. we spent many wonderful years together and had made a great life for ourselves. she had great presence and her talent was much admired, not least by me." on monday, 49-year-old scott was found dead from an apparent suicide in her new york city apartment. from australia, where jagger learned of the news, the legendary band announced the postponement of their current tour, writing "the rolling stones are deeply sorry and disappointed to announce the postponement of the rest of their 14 on fire tour of australia and new zealand following the death of l'wren scott." motive for the fashion designer's suicide remains unclear. her company was nearly $6

million in debt, and she recently canceled her fall 2014 show, citing production problems. l'wren scott's longtime mate says scott longed for a family, telling "the new york daily news," "she would tell me she wanted to get married and have a family, but she didn't want to get her hopes up or say it out loud to mick. she didn't want to pressure him." together for 13 years, jagger is now left wondering what happened. >> such a sad story. >> oh, yeah. >> awful. >> meanwhile, tamron is in for carson in the orange room. what are you talking about today? well, we're following up on the burning questions surrounding flight 370. i know you guys have some experts who will be in studio. so, we asked you on tuesday to submit your questions to us, things that have been on your mind or. there are a lot of theories floating around. a lot of people asked about cell phones, why haven't the passengers' cell phones been tracked thus far? others have asked about the crew, the inflight crew. what is their ability to contact folks on the ground if there is

some trouble? so, we're asking you to continue to submit your questions to our facebook page, facebook.com/today, #orangeroom. and again, as mentioned, matt and savannah will have experts in studio to answer some of these questions, many of them, honestly, quite intriguing. a lot of them have been asked by journalists. but you know, people at home give a different perspective sometimes. >> we'll get to those next half hour. tamron, thank you very much. meanwhile, coming up, a major development this morning at the oscar pistorius trial. what a ballistics expert revealed in court that could be very damaging to the defense. and maria shriver about a new report out this morning, revealing the real impacts and risks of alzheimer's for millions of women. statistics that may surprise you. but first, this is "today" on nbc. [ male announcer ] there is no substitute for experience.

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coming up, was this winter as bad as we all thought? >> how much trouble, first, your local news.

>> very good morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. police are investigating the city's tenth homicide of the year and the second in the past 48 hours. officers say a man stabbed to death early near st. james park in the downtown area, found in the middle of the road lying in a pool of blood. no word on a suspect or motive. san jose, one major step closer to moving homeless off the street and into hotels and motels. the city council voted to take a closer look at a pilot program that would give vouchers for motel and hotel rooms for temporary housing. a lot of details to work out, like which nonprofit will run the program, which hotels will participate and how much it will

cost. someone in the bay area has become an overnight millionaire, not on stocks but the lottery. a ticket matched 5 of the winning numbers. whoever has the ticket will get $1.9 million. a look at the winning numbers, 11, 19, 24, 33, 51 and the megaball of 7. not bad for getting five numbers, right? >> not bad at all. good morning to you, everybody at home, live picture here palo alto sunrise. just spectacular. you'll notice not a cloud in the sky. hazy but overall, we're nice and clear from the coast through your inland valleys. cold as a result. later on, peel it off, temperatures into the upper 70s everywhere except san francisco. still going to hit low 70s for today. as we head through the week, temperatures are going to stay mild, it's the last day of winter. and, yeah, temperatures are going to drop off as we head through friday into the weekend. rain on the way. still in the forecast tuesday

into wednesday. here's mike. >> shot from emeryville, smooth incline. backup at bay bridge, benefiting the span it itself. the far shot, interstate 80, off 101, merge -- i mean the split, black smoke from underneath the freeway. we're tracking that. but it sound like an initial report, maybe a car underneath the freeway but nothing beyond that. smooth drive on beau sides of the bay, picking up volume. tri-valley, extra slow west 58 through dublin. >> i'll be back in a half hour with another update.

7:30 now on a wednesday morning. 19th of march, 2014. and that is a postcard-worthy sunrise in new london, connecticut, this morning. looking into the long island sound, pretty shot. don't forget to send yours in using the #todaysunrise. meantime, let's take a look at some of the headlines. malaysian officials looking into the home flight simulator of the pilot of flight 370 say that some files were recently deleted. investigators are working to retrieve them. still, though, more questions than answers. we're going to have more with a panel of aviation and security experts coming up. officials in seattle plan to review rules for helicopter pads following tuesday's deadly crash near the space needle.

crashed right after takeoff, killed two people on board and injured a third man on the ground. and if you bought your megamillions tickets in maryland, down in florida, check them carefully. that's where two winners were sold in last night's drawing for an estimated $400 million. meantime, maria shriver shares a stunning new report that is highlighting the dramatic impact of alzheimer's disease on women. >> and really surprising figures in that. we'll talk about that in a bit. we begin this half hour with the latest twists and turns in the murder trial of oscar pistorius. let's get to jeff rossen. jeff, good morning to you. >> hey, savannah, good morning to you. it could be one of the biggest days in court yet, and the most damaging testimony yet against as car pistorius. a crime scene expert saying reeva was in a defensive position, a position like this inside the bathroom when she was shot and that the bullet that killed her likely came at the end of the shooting, which means she may have been screaming

before she died. oscar pistorius could barely stand to listen today, head in hands, reeva steenkamp's family emotional, too, of course, as this ballistics expert revealed his bombshell conclusions. what really happened that night in oscar's house. >> holding the firearm -- >> oscar says it was all an accident, he mistook reeva for an intruder, that she must have been going to the bathroom. but this expert refuted that today. >> i tried -- but the wound on the hip, the too low for that. how i came to the conclusion that most probablily the wound on the hip was when she was in a standing position between the door and the toilet seat. >> even more disturbing, he says reeva was trying to protect herself. >> if you look at the

position -- the defensive position, it's like this position. the wound on her left hand fell between the two fingers, separated here and she was facing down. it also penetrated. >> reporter: then there are the bullets. oscar used bullets known for deep impact. >> you get maximum wounding from this type of ammunition. this is how it opens up. now, these are the two bullets fired. >> oscar's defense team fired back giving alternate theorys, one of them, that the injuries didn't come from the bullets but rather falling on to the magazine rack. >> caused by the magazine rack, your theory would not be correct. >> my lady, i still say i'm sticking to my theory. >> how damaging was this for oscar today? >> the testimony today was very damaging to the defense. the expert did not crack under

the pressure and painted a picture of reeva's cowering for her life in the corner. >> can they come back from this? >> perhaps with their experts, but it's going to be difficult. >> reporter: also this morning, we are getting a closer look inside oscar pistorius' life. a police tech expert took the stand today. he analyzed oscar's ipad. in the days before the shooting, the search history on those ipads includes luxury cars and free pornography. prosecutors announced they need more time, they need to postpone this trial until monday to consult with their witnesses, matt and savannah, saying they plan to rest their case early next week and then it's oscar's turn. >> thank you. let us turn now to al and get a check of the weather. >> reporter: "today's weather" is brought to you by soma intimate, sizes 32-a to 44-g.

>> let's go to twin falls, idaho. i've never seen anything like this. there is a bridge over the twin falls where the river bridge, 50-mile-per-hour wind gusts take this semi and literally put it on its side. it happened to a second truck, as well. finally, state officials closed the bridge until the winds finally die down. let's show you what's going on right now in the pacific northwest. you can see more rain pushing its way in there. you're looking at mountain snows. in fact, the cascades will pick up another 1 to 3 feet of snow. so great skiing there. but look at what's happening with our temperatures. we are fairly mild going into today, tomorrow, but in the northeast, jet stream dips down to the south. so cold air returns as we get into early next week. a western ridge builds, temperatures anywhere from 10 to 20 degrees warmer there. the bad news is, we are looking at the potential for another

winter storm some time mid next week. and the cold air will be there to support it. hopefully that will change. we'll update you, of course. dylan will update we're tracking a storm as well but not until next week. as we finish off winter, today's the final day. good morning to you. temperatures winter-like to start but we're going to bypass averages to the tune of 10 to 15 degrees, as we head into the warmafter noon expecting chilly conditions, clear all day. clouds overhead. temps 10 to 15 above average. added high clouds for the evening. overall, a beautiful night to check out stars here in the bay area. >> that's your latest weather. by the way -- i'm just tired of saying this stuff. was it the worst winter ever? would you say yes or no? >> not ever, but in recent memory, yes. >> in the last five years, i'd

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back now at 7:41 with a question being asked around the world, what happened to flight 370. this is confounding the experts in the field not to mention the investigators. >> a lot of you have sent us your questions to try to answer them. tom casey a former american airlines pilot who flew the 777, former ntsb investigator, former secret service agent who served on the details of the last three presidents. nice to have you with us. boy, did we get a lot of questions about cell phones. people wanted to know why we can't track them. aaron 011 asked, can't you track all the flight 370 passengers' cell phones. >> you can't. because above about 2,000 feet, you've got to remember, that the signal coming off a cell phone is line of sight. it's got to ping a tower. above about 2,000 feet, the fact the phone is only about 5 watts, doesn't have enough energy. >> a lot of people wondered if this landed somewhere, wouldn't

that be a clue? >> yes, that's correct. it would ping. and we would track certain we were looking for. we would track their cell phones and pings off the towers and through the network provider, they can tell you where the location of the person. however, assuming there are towers where the plane is landing, wherever it may have landed. >> if we're in a row moemote ar may not have that. >> popular questions, terrorism. interesting though, they weren't asking questions did a terrorist get on the plane and blow it up. is there concern it's been stolen to be used at a later date as a weapon or a bomb? >> that's a great question. only because no one has taken any credibility for it yet. if it is terrorism, why hasn't anybody raised their hand? so one of the theorys is because perhaps there's something to be used -- they're going to use -- there's a greater plan, basically in place and there's more to follow. >> tom, seems somewhat fanciful. how could you really pull this

off as a practical matter? >> well, as a practical matter, you could pull it off. the big question is why. you could take a gps. you don't have to have a great deal of knowledge about the airplane if you hijacked it, for example. you get in the cockpit, take out a hand held gps, preprogram to discrete location, take it across the border and drop off into the mountains. >> and you have to hope nobody saw this plane land at that discreet location. and what happened to the passengers once they got to the ground? >> of course. >> and 239 people is no easy feat. >> plus, we have a lot of eyes in the sky looking for something out of the ordinary, like a 777 being where it shouldn't be. >> could it have been as simple as a fire in the cockpit? >> that's a strenuous theory. that's reasoning back ward to make something out of nothing, in my view. is it possible? but way out on the fringe.

>> the theory is, what, the fire starts, smoke incapacitates the crew on a turn around. >> because you have such a short time line. you're not going to have this blazing fire from a wire fire. wires burn very slow and recently with all the new aircraft, they have to have self-extinguishing wire. the actual insulation can't continue to burn and can't put off noxious fumes. >> why would the transponder go off in different orders if there were a fire? >> they wouldn't. and anyway, it takes about a nanosecond to get a may day out. >> the crew had an airplane on fire, yet they were able to call air traffic control and say we've got smoke in the cabin, smoke in the cockpit, we're coming back to miami. >> one of the things we hear in our society is hackers. hackers. great believer 41 asked, can the computerized route be controlled from either the electronics cavity beneath the cockpit where a person could've hid. and we add to that, what about

from the ground. can you hack into a plane's navigation system from the ground? >> no. and i'll tell you, there's such a thing as a whiskey compass. lindbergh used it to get to paris. and if the plan begun to suddenly turn because of external control, the captain would reference the compass to the false heading, and figure out that something was happening. >> i don't understand the whiskey compass. >> just a little compass that the boy scouts carry. and every airplane has it. when you take the runway, you have to check the runway direction against the whiskey compass. means a heading of 140, planes have taken off in the wrong runway in the fog because of a detriment. they didn't check the compass. >> and the faa requires these pieces of equipment, the avianics be shielded. >> if the flight crew feels

threatened outside the cockpit, is there a way for them to communicate with the ground? if something's going on in the cockpit, can they alert authorities on the ground there's a problem? >> the flight attendant? >> no. >> why not? >> they don't have a radio. >> should there be a radio? >> they have an intercom to call the cockpit and the cockpit would make that call. should they have a radio? >> in this day in age after 9/11 given what happened in the back, yes, because at least it gives you another form of communication. people are trying to get in there and commandeer the aircraft. >> can i ask a quickie that's my own personal question. even if it crashed into the ocean, wouldn't the debris field be so far dispersed, i don't know if it would be impossible to find, but much, much harder to find. >> especially in the indian ocean sea state. from what we know now, the sea is very rough. that wreckage would be thousands of miles from origin. >> isn't that better for searchers? because you're better off to pick off a stray piece of wreckage?

>> no, if you remember 447, they have big debris fields, now this is spreading out. instead of a cluster of debris, you only have a door. that's going to be very hard to find. >> this thing continues to go on, we'll bring you guys back and answer more questions and talk about more comments from our viewers. thank you, all. we appreciate it. coming up, charla nash opens up about her chimp attack years ago. up next, we've added green to our orange room. up next, we've added green tif you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, like me, and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain. this is humira helping me lay the groundwork. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for ten years.

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tamara is in the orange room with a decided green tint this morning. >> it does. >> almost like we're in florida. we're like actual oranges. i need a stem. >> you should see our special guest today. my career has eventually reached the top. >> oh. >> yeah, babe, because of you. >> that's so nice. >> get what, kermit is now on social media, matt, savannah and al. take a look. he has his own twitter page. >> i do. >> is it @kermitthefrog. >> which makes sense because that's my name. >> yeah, yeah. >> i was going do be al roker, but it was already taken. >> how many followers, kermit? >> you're only following -- you're not following anyone. >> no one follows me except miss piggy. >> you should follow us. >> it should say one. check this out. >> yeah. >> yes, indeed. >> people are asking kermit questions, guys. here's the first one. read it. >> it says, as you get older,

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good wednesday morning to you. 7:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. richmond could have the highest minimum wage in the entire state. city council voted to raise the minimum wage to 12.30 an hour. a second vote will take place next month. the increase would span three years, make it the highest in the country. richmondness current minimum wage, 8 per hour. san francisco cracking down on e-cigarettes. the board of supervisors unanimously approved a plan to ban electronic cigarettes from bars, restaurants and businesses. it will treat the products like traditional cigarettes. the board will vote again next week for final approval. the ban could become law next month. let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren looking good. >> looking great. clear, dry north wind kicking in. camera shaking a little bit as that wind increases. temperatures are going to warm up, offshore flow in place for

today. it's going to be nice, 10 to 15 degrees above average. no 80s but upper 70s on the map. high clouds return around sunset 7:20. this is the last day of winter and it's going to be warm. 79 in south bay. peninsula 78. good in the north bay, up to 77 there. 73 for the east bay. tri-valley, nice and green out there. still 77. rain on the way tuesday, wednesday. mere here's mike. >> things have slowed down around the bay and across the bay, west 92 san mateo bridge. chp reports a crash along that span. we do see a slowdown there. already slow across the dumbarton bridge and on the san mateo side. folks heading into slower drives. approaching the bay bridge, oakland slows for north 880 and west 580. east shore freeway. mountain view, shoreline, a crash between middle field and central expressway.

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just $139 a month. ♪ it's 8:00 on "to it's 8:00 on "today." coming, women and alzheimer's. marie ra shriver on the new report that shows the real risk women face each year. >> i had a whole plan. all of a sudden, that was not going to happen. and speaking out, charla nash, the woman who miraculously survived the chimp attack now has her day in court. >> i feel like i lost out. i feel like i'm in a cage. >> the latest on her road to recovery. and taking a bite out of crime. the witness who ate the evidence. now facing two weeks in jail for his courtroom snack. "today," wednesday, march 19th, 2014.

>> happy, happy, happy to be in nyc. >> do a flip for matt. ♪ >> aloha, maui. >> texas loves "today"! >> hey, everybody, from south carolina, we're here and we're not coming home. we're back now, 8:00 on this wednesday morning. a kind of overcast, gray day here in the month of march. but we will show you something that is hot off the presses. new inside of "people" magazine. who is that blushing bride? >> gorgeous. >> what a pretty picture. gorgeous. >> stunning, stunning. >> it's surreal to have your

wedding picture in "people" magazine. that's neat. >> it could be worse. it could be "popular mechanic." >> garden. >> that's stunning. >> it's neat and an honor to get to do that. thank you to "people" magazine. let's get a check of the top stories. >> gorgeous bride once again, savannah. in the news, a new layer of mystery in the disappearance of malaysia flight 370. defense minister revealed files were erased from the home of the pilot. the jetliner's scheduled u-turn was programmed into the computer 12 minutes before the co-pilot said good night to air traffic controllers. pro-russian troops stormed main naval base in crimea this morning and raised the russian flag. meantime, vice president joe

biden is in eastern europe, assuring poland and other u.s. allies that nato will protect them. seattle is ruling its rules for helicopter pads in the city following tuesday's deadly crash of a tv news chopper near the landmark space needle. the ntsb is investigating the accident which killed the chopper pie sxllot and photogra and killed one on the ground. investigators looking into the 2007 disappearance of madeleine mccann are making a new appeal to the public, based on a possible link to other crimes in the area. nbc's katy tur is in london with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: hey,there natalie, it is quite a big development in the 2007 disappearance of madeleine mccann in portugal. a lot of questions about why this wasn't known sooner but police announcing they have a

man who had an interest in young, white girls. detectives here don't know who the man is but appealing to the public for more information. he's suspected linked to four crimes in 20010 in resort towns. in four of the cases it's believed this unidentified man sexually assaulted five girls between the ages of 7 and 10 years old while in their beds. the man is described with tan, messy, short dark hair and spoke english with a foreign accent. mccann disappeared just before her fourth birthday. she would be 10 years old today. >> katy tur in london for us. thank you. first lady michelle obama and her daughters are headed to china today for a week-long visit. the trip will focus on educational and cultural issues. although mrs. obama is not expected to address china's human rights record but they say her visit brings with it her own story and american values. the arizona diamondbacks are

taking ballpark snacks to a whole new level. the d'backs reportedly cooking up the d'back dog. it's an 18-i. corn dog stuffed with cheddar cheese, jalapeños but at $18 it sounds expensive but comes with a side of fries. let's sent it back to everybody on the plaza. what do you think? >> i'd like to try that. >> absolutely. >> natalie, thank you very much. millions are very thankful the last day of winter has finally arrived. certainly felt like one of worst winters in as long as i can remember. >> here's the deal. spring comes tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon, 12:57. we're going to look back and say, good riddance to what winter was. >> reporter: it was the winter that seemed like it would never end. >> 49 states below the freezing mark today. >> reporter: and introduced us to these viraled words -- >> polar vortex.

>> polar vortex. >> reporter: storm after storm after storm. 23 named bit weather channel so far, slamming towns with their snowiest winter seasons on record. chicago, the third snowiest. philadelphia, second. several inches of ice and snow criming atlanta with bitter temperatures reaching the south. even in green bay, january and february, the second coldest in nearly 70 years. >> i have never experienced cold like this in my life. >> reporter: not up in the air, more than 103,000 flights canceled since december 1st, according to flightaware.com. 25,000 more than the past two winters combined. on the roads, potholes. >> costs me $600 to fix my rim. >> reporter: and pileups. municipal budgets busted with morton salt shipping triple more than last year. and ice busting up. >> in some places it's more than a foot thick.

>> reporter: freezing over 91% of the great lakes, the most since 1979. heating costs skyrocketing with experts estimating the cold could cost $5 billion in lost productivity. but would you believe, this wasn't the coldest we've ever seen? in fact, accord to noaa, this doesn't even crack the top ten. only ranking 34th coldest for the lower 48 states. the reason? the west, where drought has dried up the land. >> that's one of the worst years i've seen, yeah in many years. >> reporter: and california actually seeing its warmest winter on record. little solace for those of us hoping old man winter will let it go. >> the good news is, even though it wasn't the coldest winter ever, thanks to you guys, it was the whineyest. >> so proud. >> the irony of watching that while we freeze out here. >> yes. and our whining is reflecting what people are saying. we're just a mirror. >> are you guys whining? >> no!

>> are you cold right now? >> yoe! >> they're cold, just not whining about it. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. we don't have much to whine about at all here. 39 in half moon bay. as you make your way out that front door here is what you can expect. temperatures in the upper 30s. we will be 10 to 15 degrees above average. highs come in about 3:00 p.m. and a few added clouds for the evening commute. 78 on the peninsula today. for eating evidence? well, meet the man who's about to find out. and maria shriver on an eye-opening report, the increased alzheimer's risk faced

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we're back, 8:12. time for what's trending today. here's a story that begs the question, what would you do? crimestoppers is an organization that works to prevent and solve crimes. now one of their executives in florida finds himself in trouble with the law this morning. that's because he brazenly refused a judge's order to turn over important information in a cocaine case. richard refused because crimestoppers protects the identity of its anonymous tipsters. >> this is where it gets really interesting. instead of sharing the tip with the court, he swallows it. he tears the note, tears them, shoving them into his mouth and eats them in former court. they found the former police chief in contempt of court and

now faces two weeks in jail. >> well, he's standing by his decision. he says anonymous tipsters reporting serious crimes trust him not to reveal their identities. >> if you do it in this case, the question comes down the road, well, you did it in this case, why not the next case? well, i'm not going to do it in this case. >> he has until tomorrow to turn himself in. he says he'll bring a toothbrush and pajamas to court in case he is actually sent to jail. >> wow. >> you have to wash it down. >> big piece of paper, too. >> what about passing judgment? >> okay. far different from that but interesting, still, a big change is coming to nbc's "the voice." chris martin will joinous man carson daly and the four all-stars later this month as a mentor. the show had other guest advisers in the past but this time the mentor will help all four teams, foand coldplay fron

man -- >> woo hoo! >> i love coldplay. i can't wait. we love shakira and she'll be performing live on the plaza one week from today. i think that's the official beginning of spring. >> maybe you've seen this viral video. a little boy who has no trouble finding his voice. all little mateo wants is cupcakes for dinner. who doesn't? he uses an interesting tactic in the debate with his mom linda. >> linda, listen, listen. >> you -- >> listen, linda. >> okay. >> then you're not listening to me. >> you're not listening to me. >> generating 4 million views on youtube. they appeared on ellen's show on

tuesday. she surprised him with all the super hero themed cupcakes a 3-year-old could eat. yes! by the way, linda says he only calls her by her first name when he wants to get her attention. >> it works. >> and other's attention, 4 million. >> that kid is going to be a sugar high. >> what a cutie. >> that's trending "today." we're back in 30 seconds. >> well, more than 5 million americans currently live with

alzheimer's disease. a number that is expected to more than triple by the year 2050. and this morning, a new report is out highlighting the disease's dramatic impact on women, both as patients and caregivers. maria shriver underscored that connection with her 2010 shriver report and has details. >> when you're in your mid-50s. you're looking at retirement and what's going to happen after you retire. john and i had a whole plan. and all of a sudden that was not going to happen. >> for the last six years, angie has watched the man she loves slowly disappear. in 2008, her husband john, a successful cpa was diagnosed with alzheimer's disease, leaving her as the full-time breadwinner and care giver and struggling to cope. >> care giving is lonely. i was working, i was trying to manage the bills. i'm still trying to manage on one salary. and social security.

>> now, new data shows women continue to bear a disproportionate burden of this disease. according to the report released this morning by the alzheimer's association, 60% of caregivers are women, more than double the number of men. 3.2 million women have alzheimer's makes up more than half of all patients in this country. >> age over 65, 1 out of 6 women will develop alzheimer's disease in comparison to 1 out of 11 men. that highlights women are at the epicenter of this disease in many ways. >> when a woman reaches her 60s, she's twice as likely to develop alzheimer's as she is to get breast cancer. and federal funding, well, it's ten times greater for cancer than alzheimer's. for care givers like angie, the toll has been devastating. >> my husband's gone. i'm a widow, and i have a child. >> unable to care for john on

her own, she recently moved him into a full-time facility not covered by their insurance. the monthly bills consumes 60% of her salary. >> it's a big burden. there's not enough homes that are affordable. it's all on us. i just don't know what's going to happen. >> "today," maria shriver, nbc news, los angeles. >> we want to talk to dr. nancy snyderman who is nbc's chief medical editor. >> good morning, savannah. >> there's a lot that's interesting in this report. for you, what jumped out. >> there's so many, i brought cards today, the numbers in this report from the alzheimer's association are astonishing. let's talk about the big number. more than 5 million americans are living with alzheimer's disease. and it's projected that number's going to triple by the year 2050. and the economic repercussions to society are huge. maybe as much as $500 million when you take into effect everything. so let's then go to number two.

and that is a woman's lifetime risk. at 65, a woman's lifetime risk of developing alzheimer's is 1 in 6. compare that to a man's lifetime risk, which is 1 in 11. and you may say, well, why the difference 1 to 6 and 1 to 11. it really has to do with life span. women still live longer. so since age is still the number one driving factor for developing alzheimer's and because women are caregivers, the burden still falls to women and that's that 1.6 number. people think how do you die from alzheimer's? it's because your brain stops telling your body what to do, and almost 500,000 people every year die from alzheimer's. it's a significant number because there's no known cure for it. pharmaceutical companies are racing to try various treatments. there's nothing great out there. all we can do right now is some kind of early intervention with lifestyle. but, as we talk about the things that are going to get us in

life. and you and i talk about breast and ovarian cancer over the years, it's important to remember that women are twice as likely to develop alzheimer's as they are breast cancer, even though breast cancer gets the big -- >> that's what leaps off the page to me. >> right. so breast cancer, obviously, can affect women all through their lifetimes, but is also age dependent. but to think that we focus so much on breast cancer and rightly so, alzheimer's is twice as likely to hit -- >> there's information interesting about traumatic brain injuries and whether or not that can be an indicator or even perhaps a cause of early onset alzheimer's. >> so we've talked about traumatic brain injuries and concussions and the mild cognitive signs that can happen to people in their 60s as early precursors. but overall remember whatever's good for your heart is good for your brain. smoking, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure,

all of the things that can hurt your heart and kidneys can bring on alzheimer's early. take care of your heart, you have a better chance of preventing alzheimer's. >> big report. >> thank you so much, appreciate it. >> you bet. >> send it over to matt. now an update on a connecticut woman who was mauled and disfigured by her friend's chimpanzee. this morning, charla nash speaks out to get a financial settlement to help pay for her recovery. kristen dahlgren with the latest on that. good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. well, charla nash has appeared several times on "today." injuries so bad, she had to have a face transplant. this morning, we are getting a look inside her recovery, the progress she's made in five years and the battle she is still fighting. >> i feel like i'm locked out. i feel like i'm in a cage. >> five years after the attack that took away her eyesight and most of her face, charla nash is coming forward ahead of an important hearing friday. she wants lawmakers to see her and the struggle she still has.

>> i'm hoping that the legislation will allow me to have my day in court. that i will be able to have a judge listen to the evidence that is brought before him about the vicious attack on me. >> reporter: in this seven-minute independently produced video distributed to the connecticut legislature, nash appeals to lawmakers. she wants them to reverse a decision from a state commissioner which barred her from suing the state. she says the state should've seized the dangerous animal. but the commissioner ruled that no law in place prohibited ownership of the chimp. >> i'm trying to work the best i can to have my sanity. and i just -- i want to be as normal as i can be. >> for nash, everything changed

february 16th, 2009. she was helping with her friend and employer's chimpanzee when the 200-pound animal attacked tearing off portions of her nose, lips and hands. meredith followed her medical progress on the "today" show. in 2011, nash had a face transplant. >> i apologize, i'm looking at your face and i'm in awe. how are you feeling? >> i'm doing good, but i've had a lot of succeetbacks. >> they say sometimes, the face glows. i don't really think it's me, it might be the donor that's a part of me is really enjoying this second chance here. >> the 60-year-old single mother hopes friday's hearing is another step toward easing what she can never fully get back. >> i miss waking up in the morning with the sun.

i miss just -- i really miss seeing a whole lot. >> now, in 2012, nash received $4 million from the estate of the chimp's owner, but nash is asking the state of connecticut for $150 million for additional medical costs. the office of connecticut's attorney general released a statement today saying while we have the utmost sympathy for charla nash, test. test. a very dangerous precedent exposing the state and taxpayers to unlimited liability and costly litigation, matt. >> all right, kristen dahlgren. thank you very much. obviously, she has made an enormous amount of progress since we saw her last on this show. >> hard to believe. >> incredible to see how far she's come. coming up, bill and

a very good wednesday morning to you. i'm 8:26, i'm laura garcia-cannon. a man that set dozens of fires is set to be in court today. patrick brennan set 13 fires between january 8th and 10th. they include a five alarm warehouse fire. several people in last night's meeting were credited with catching brennan. they posted flyers and turned in surveillance videos in that string of arsons. >> it looks like a still shot for the westbound side, but on the eastbound side coming toward

us traffic is moving. reporting earlier of a crash on that span, but i still see it jammed up in the toll plaza. 92 does move well and the centers are starting to move up. it is just past the toll plaza. more folks are taking the dumbarton bridge. here your northbound routes to the south bay continue to build. you see traffic jamming up. all roads into oakland still slammed. thank you for joining us. more news in half an hour. have a great wednesday morning.

♪ 8:30 now on this wednesday morning. it is the 19th of march 2014, and that's a special day, because it is the last day of winter. good-bye, winter. good riddance! don't hurry back. >> really. >> it's only going to feel like winter for a couple more days, huh, al? >> by the way, it will heat up on our plaza, because shakira is

coming march 26th, a week from today, live concert on our plaza and we look forward to that. and our hips don't lie. meanwhile, coming up, bill and giuliana rancic have shared a lot of intimate news with us over the years, from her battle with infertility to breast cancer to the arrival of their son. so, what does the future hold? we'll catch up with them in a couple minutes. >> very nice. plus, looks like kermit's made himself right at home in the orange room. we're going to be spending more time with kermie. he's getting to know the mascot of the orange room, gold fish. it's wednesday, which means hoda is here early with a treat for our crowd. hoda, where are you, crazy lady? >> you know what these orange vests mean? cartoons deserted me today, but we've got kids who want to check out something. matt, we've got one for you. rachel from ft. collins, colorado, says "i want to see matt lauer because he is so fine." all right, next up, we have

vicki and larry coates. they say they want to see hair and makeup. >> yeah, so do we. >> but you know what? next up, jenny -- we're picking, where's jenny berman? jenny and berman from abbeville. you guys, these two lucky people are coming with us. are you ready? come on! come on! come on! >> uh-oh. aww. >> are you ready? >> yes! >> christmas lights, how could i not pick them in we'll be inside in just a second. where are you going? where are you going? we'll be inside. >> hoda, you know what? she must remind you of your co-host, because they're lit up, too. >> are you all ready? >> yes. >> all right, we're going to deck them out. we're going inside. >> we'll get an update from you in a couple minutes. let's get a check of the weather. all right, let's start off with today. we've got a little bit of wet weather, snowy weather making its way into the northeast, the great lakes. wet weather and snowy weather in the pacific northwest, sunny through the southern tier of states. going to be spectacular. phoenix, arizona, got 83

degrees, 81 in miami. then for tomorrow, some snow continues in the western plains, icy conditions in northern new england, sunny and mild for the southern half of the u.s. with nice, warm weather through the gulf coast. that's what's going good morning to you. time now 8:33. a beautiful day shaping up. mostly clear, a little breezy, but it's that dry north wind that will bring our temperatured about 15 degrees above average as offshore flow increases for the next few days and this is the last day of winter. the sun will set tonight about 7:20. temperatures just a touch warmer than what we're expecting today. 77 in the tri-valley, and 73 in the east bay. well, now to history made in sochi, this time at the paralympic games. evan strong led a u.s. medal streak in the debut of the men's paralympic snowboard cross, and after losing to russia earlier

in the week, rico roman and the u.s. sled hockey team redeemed themselves to the 1-0 win in the gold medal game. evan, rico, good to see you guys. congratulations. >> good morning. it's good to be here. >> thank you for having us. >> rico, let me start with you. >> yes. >> you eventually lost your leg after an ied explosion. and you never played hockey. did you ever imagine your life taking this turn so that you would be at the gold medal ceremony for u.s. sled hockey? >> never. never in a million years would i think i would be representing my country again in a positive way, and you know, going out there with my team. and you know, i'm so fortunate to have sponsors like team liberty mutual that with every setback, there's a chance to come back and rise from it. so, i've just been very fortunate to be a part of it. >> your team lost earlier. did you know that you had it within you guys to reach down and go ahead and beat the russians? >> definitely. we had some bad calls, we thought, in that game. we felt like we out-played them.

and my hat's off to my team. i did not do this by myself. those other 16 players on my team are what brought back this gold medal today. >> and evan, you made history, claiming the first gold medal in the games. team usa sweeping the podium in snowboard. what was that like? what did that feel like? >> well, to be able to share my passion of snowboarding with the world, bringing it to the pinnacle of sport, and then being able to take a podium, like, so proud. and being here and being able to share this excitement with all my friends, my family and like the hartford, it's almost top of the world. >> it's interesting because you grew up in hawaii, and you win a gold in snowboarding. >> yeah, right? >> i like that. >> yeah, so, board sports translates to board sports. i grew up skateboarding. my mom gave me my first skateboard at age 5. naturally, i did surfing. so, after my accident, i wanted to keep living and i wanted to experience more and more, so snowboarding was just a natural progression. >> well, you guys have certainly lived life to the fullest, and we are so proud of you.

thank you so much. >> thank you guys so much. >> for your service. >> thank you. >> we appreciate that. rico roman, evan strong, same to you. >> usa! >> usa! savannah! all right, al, thank you so much. well, coming up next, we're going to check in with bill and giuliana rancic. plus, on "do it right today," the secret to making the ultimate egg sandwich. but first, we have an exclusive sneak peek this morning at the movie adaptation of the best-selling novel "the giver." it features an all-star cast, including meryl streep, jeff bridges and katie holmes. take a look. >> great suffering, great pain came a solution, community, where disorder became harmony. >> the way things look and the way things are are very different. >> what do you think would

happ happen? >> i cannot prepare you for what's going to happen. >> there's something missing from our lives, something that has been stolen. >> when people have the freedom to choose, they choose wrong. >> and "the giver" hits theaters august 15th. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

we are back now at 8:39 with a couple we've gotten to know well. the rancics are back. and picks up with the couple facing tough decisions about the future of their family. and guiliana and bill are with us. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i know, we left you in the last season with a little bit of a cliff hanger. you were talking to your surrogate about whether she would be in for another baby. do we learn the results of this? >> the very first season of the new season is her responding to us and letting us know whether or not -- >> we'll watch to see what happens. >> april 1st, matt. >> we would love to tell you guys, we tell you everything. but you'll find out first episode. >> men and women view babies differently, okay. women often feel an emotional, almost gravitational pull to have a child. men are more practical or impractical about it. what are your views on this? >> you know, i think obviously

having duke changed our life. it was the one thing we've done that affected every decision we made that point on. i'm not in a hurry for baby number two. >> you're not? this is news to me, rancic. >> well, no, this is part of -- like you said, the normal discussion that men and women have in a marriage in a relationship. >> was there any doubt in your mind you'd like to have another if you could? >> i would love to have another. i realize -- we struggled so hard to have baby duke. i think we'll still call him baby duke when he's 13, by the way. i realized what a blessing it is. i would have five if i could. i don't know if that's in the cards for me. >> it's a lot of tuition. >> seven seasons, right? >> yeah. >> seven seasons of living with cameras following your every move. do you for lack of a better expression have some kind of a reality check at the end of each season, look at each other and say does this still work in our lives? >> absolutely. and i think our show is so

different. we made a deal from the first day we started shooting the show that we're going to use the show for good and not evil. that's something we've been able to accomplish the last seven seasons. we've tackled fertility issues, breast cancer, and there isn't a day that doesn't go by where someone says, thank you, my wife went in and got a mammogram because she watched your show. or, thank you, our family knows what we're going through as we suffer infertility. >> reality shows are hard. and it has to do with what your foundation is like before you start the show. we had such a solid foundation that actually every season i feel like we're even more secure and more confident doing the show together. whereas if you have a shaky foundation to begin with, the show is going to tear you apart. >> as the baby gets older, does that change the calculus at all? as he is older and goes to school, is it something you want to continue to do? >> i don't know. >> probably not. he's not going to be raised a hollywood kid. it's not in the cards. >> well, it's always good to catch up with you two.

>> i know, right. >> i'm going to get a little baby advice from you off camera. or you can tell us now. >> we always have advice, savannah. don't get us started. >> take turns getting up in the middle of the night. a lot of couples both get up. you've got to have a game plan the night before. >> another thing, too, we do something called checking in with each other. literally every week, we just look at each other and go, hey, honey, checking in, how's it going? what am i doing that's annoying? i noticed -- >> guys, try it and tweet us. let us know if you like it. i'm telling you, check and just say, honey, what is working this week and what's not working? not just the bad, also reinforce the good. >> you've got to avoid the internet baby banter. it'll drive you crazy. milestone, how come my son isn't talking or running, it'll drive you crazy. >> and i've been on the internet already. >> we want to give you a little

gift, savannah. we have some, where are they? so i'm sure your child will have a beautiful, colorful life. so my life story will be a good one. i can already guess that. >> it's going to be so good that -- >> oh, my gosh. >> i love as he's saying we aren't raising hollywood kids. >> you raise a hollywood kid. >> thanks, that's adorable. great to have you. good luck with the next season. you can catch the season premiere with the cliff hanger being answered tuesday, april 1st on e!. thanks, guys. next, have you heard of the meat umbrella. >> really delicious. why you've been eating chicken wings wrong all these years. we'll check in on much more. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

we're back now 8:46. day two of our special series, do it right. from wings to eggs, it's all about making every bite more delicious. host of the cooking channel's web series, you're eating it wrong. and creator and host of the sporkful of food podcast. good morning. >> hi, matt. >> your butter's burning and you spill stuff all over your shirt. >> i wore this shirt because it's the same color of buffalo sauce. >> blending right in. we're going to start with scrambled egg sandwiches. how wrong can you go making a scrambled egg sandwich? >> you'd be surprised. the traditional scrambled eggs are supposed to be light and fluffy. when you make light and fluffy eggs and try to put them into a sandwich, what happens? >> fall apart. >> has that happened to you? >> yes, it has. >> it's a painful experience. >> yes, it's left quite a mark. so first of all, do you put milk in the eggs when scramble them. >> the opposite of the light, fluffy scrambled eggs.

i want a dense egg. i want these eggs to have two sinkability. i'm going to throw all this technical mumbojumbo. >> you want your teeth to sink in? >> right. and that's going to fit perfectly into our sandwich. we've got the bread already buttered here. what we're basically doing is making this a classic grilled cheese with an egg patty in the middle. >> you can do this without the cheese, right? >> you could, you could. but i wouldn't recommend it, frankly, because the cheese is an adhesive. >> a bonding agent. >> fusing the egg to the sandwich. plus, as i'm sure you know, cheese is delicious. >> right. and good for you. >> that's right. i think we're about ready to go. we're going to put the egg patty down in here. >> and you allow the egg to somewhat melt the cheese? >> yes, but you're also going to return it to the stove. thank you. and now you can make the grilled

cheese. and it's going to look like this. >> okay. so little twist on it. and, again, the egg stays nicely in there. >> that's right. >> are you telling me people don't know how to eat chicken wings? >> i am telling you that. >> you lose your right to have posable thumbs. what do they do wrong? >> well, first of all, there's two types of wings. there's the mini drumsticks and the flat. most people gravitate toward the drumsticks, you throw them in your mouth and eat them. >> these are my favorite. >> why? >> because the meat, they're more tender. >> you're right. there's a better fat to meat ratio and better meat to bone ratio. the problem is there's meat trapped inside and we need to set it free. >> that's what your tongue is for. >> no, i have two techniques to show you. one, split the bone. >> is this how you got this all over your shirt? >> it is. stand back. stand back, the bone splitter. pull out the clean bone. and what you have here is a

clean, like a chicken rib. unfettered access to chicken meat. >> do you do that in the kitchen for your guests? >> wings are going to get messy, i have the evidence. >> all right. >> then there's one called the meat umbrella. this will impress your friends at parties. take the wing, hold by the small end, big end down, you want to squeeze it tight all around and you're going to give it a good push all the way down. and you're going to clean these bones. and look at that. look at the bones. clean bones. >> you need to work on the meat umbrella. i like the bone splitter better. >> fair enough. >> what are we doing wrong with pizza? >> well, mayor de blasio got in trouble. >> wrong way. >> you think so? >> fork and knife. >> i talked to a pizza authority about this, new york pizza legend. he said knife and fork is okay when it's still very hot, then you pick it up and fold. >> i disagree, but that's all

right. do you drink milk with pizza also? >> let me show you -- that's not good. >> let me show you, though, inside out fold. i'd love for you to try this one with me. >> instead of folding it this way, you like it this way. >> that puts the cheese and sauce on the outside and directly on your tongue. >> no. >> it's a totally different experience. >> okay. but that way also is messier. >> right. as we've proven, i'm not worried. >> what about people who take the end of the pizza and fold it in this way? they do one of those numbers? >> it's probably going to provide you with an interesting textural experience. what i'll do is remove the crust. at the beginning of the pizza eating experience, lay it down in the slice and fold it over. >> i like that one. that's good. >> you like this? >> nice texture in there. >> careful, you just dripped. >> wouldn't surprise me. >> dan, thank you very much for correcting the way we've been doing things all along.

>> thanks, matt. >> we'll dive into beauty tips friday on "do it right today." and up next, we've lined up surprises for our badckstage pas guests. >> come on. we're going. come on. come on.

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time to check in with this morning's recipient of "today's backstage pass" and hoda is with that recipient. good morning. >> we've got jenny. come on, brennan. we're taking -- >> i'm sorry. >> hold on, girl. we're going to take you to the make-up room. this is where the magic happens. nine miracles a day happening here. are you ready? are you ready? >> first of all, i don't understand your continuing success, if you know what i mean. that's about it. what is this your fourth? >> you're going to want to cover up that black eye. >> yeah. all right. >> we've already busted in on a feud. jenny and brennan are here. what's this here? >> look who's now phony nice to everybody. this pig a few minutes ago. >> you're not even phony.

>> you are just unbelievable. i want the world to know the real you. >> all right. all right. >> piggy, these are two of our special guests, jenny and brennan from south carolina. they're getting their make-up done. they're coming to get their make-up done. what do you think? >> you don't need any make-up. >> aww! >> unlike this one. >> yeah, save it all for piggy. >> relatives are in the kitchen, too. they're in there cooking your relatives. >> i don't know whether to be nice to you. >> they're all in the hormel family. >> piggy, you have a movie, right? >> yes, i do, "muppets most wanted." >> whatever. >> why did i come here? >> these two lucky girls are going to get our makeover team. getting a few make-up tips. all righty?

how about that? >> yes. >> thank you for coming to see us. nice talking to you. >> nice talking to you. >> back to you, guys. >> here's a make-up tip, stay out of our make-up room. >> actually how it sounds in there when i get in there. >> a lot of yapping. >> no question. well, we'll see you next hour, right? >> next hour coming up. talking about the potential benefits of chocolate pills. a new study investigating good wednesday morning to you. it is 8:56 i'm peggy bunker. if you're in the south bay this morning you may see or smell smoke in the there. there is a controlled burn in the isabel valley area. that is not far from the lick observatory building.

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from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist, and tamron hall. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on this wednesday morning, march 19th, 2014. good morning, i'm tamron hall, along with al and natalie. willie is still enjoying spring break with the family. very nice. spring not near. >> although, yeah, spring actually arrives tomorrow, 12:57 p.m. >> we're counting down. >> what are we doing to celebrate it? >> i don't -- i think a party. we'll have a little party. we're going to go out. >> dropping some balloons. >> that's right. >> i'll be there. >> you'll notice that tingling in certain parts of your body. >> tingling sensation of us

thawing out. >> you're alluding to other winter weather. >> we'll warm up tomorrow, friday, cool down over the weekend out east. out west will stay really warm. and then there might be a little something -- >> to be continued. >> it is to be continued. and also, sadly what's to be continued is the mystery of flight 370, the malaysian airlines flight. again, guys, new what they're calling new twists. i think we need to get another description at this point. every day it's something new, something described as a twist. the flight simulator in the captain's home was actually seen in a youtube video. malaysian authorities now say some of the data on the flight simulator was deleted back in february. okay. now, here, red flag, red flag. we delete stuff from our computers all the time. we delete things on our iphones all the time to make room for data or we don't need it anymore. it's not clear why. but given, again, all experts i've heard from and many of you

have interviewed them, as well, someone with great expertise would've had to pull this off. and we're also learning that this turn made by the plane that u-turn took place, the programming of it, anyway, took place 12 minutes before the co-pilot, the person they believe was the co-pilot because we don't know, the person believed to be the co-pilot said good night to air traffic controllers. i don't know what to think anymore. >> our former ntsb investigator who is an nbc consultant says that pilots routinely program in alternate routes in case of an emergency. >> yeah. there's been so many different theorys. people asking maybe if there was a cockpit fire, is that something that could've, you know, the smoke could've overcome the pilots and some sort of alternate program kicks in, then. a lot of people with different theorys and questions. but a lot of experts, again, are saying that doesn't make any sense either. there's no explanation. >> most disturbing are the video coming out with the family. >> some of them threatening a hunger strike, they feel that

the malaysian government has been negligent in providing them information. there's also some concern of data sharing between the countries. look at this woman. that is heartbreak. it really is. and it's easy, i think, for some people to become detached from the emotion and think about this as a mystery. millions of people going online trying to figure it out. that's someone's family member there. >> it's a mystery, it's intriguing and you try to put the pieces. but to them, it's heartbreaking. for some of these families, this is their only child. >> the guy from texas, his girlfriend and brother said we have to believe he's still alive. and i said this last week that it appeared there was great negligence or incompetence on the part of the malaysian government. i wanted to pull back because as a journalist, you don't want to be so strong in an assertion. but it appears that all of these experts have come to the conclusion that if -- if the

malaysian government opened up a little bit earlier, maybe some of these gaps could have been filled sooner. >> well, what's interesting, too, as tom costello pointed out earlier, they have refused help from the fbi. so i think -- >> right. >> if you have no idea as to what is happening here and time is ticking. 12 days, that and the black boxes only have, about a third of the battery life already gone within 30 days. >> you have countries with technologies far exceeding what you have available. >> absolutely. it's time to say we need the help, even though the ntsb has been there helping. they need more help. they need the experts on criminal investigation there to help out. >> absolutely. but to a lighter note, the megamillions, two winning tickets sold, one in florida, one in maryland. >> these are not it. >> no. unfortunately. >> darn. >> the winning numbers, 51, 24, 11, 33, 19, and the mega number 7. they haven't revealed the winners. the winning ticket in florida

was purchased at sonoco gas station in florida. maryland ticket in charles county, we don't know anything else. maryland officials say that winner manually picked the numbers, did not choose the quick pick. >> that means you go in and give it to me, give me the number. >> no, that's the quick pick. >> oh, so you put it in yourself. >> whether you've got it written down or did it spur of the moment. >> takes a lot of work. >> exactly. >> what is it with florida, though? the woman in her 80s, she won at a publix. >> i think they probably buy more tickets in florida. >> you would bet me. >> i will bet you. >> what are the odds of that? >> we need to know the state or city where you're most likely to win and plan a road trip. >> i think a lot of retirees wanting to buy in tickets believe more in luck. >> our stage guy jerry -- >> jerry.

>> went, and had a bunch of people put money in, bought 20 tickets, $20. we have four tickets with the mega number. >> yeah. >> what does this mean in money? >> and one has the meganumber and the match. >> so total, these three tickets, $4. >> how much did jerry spend? >> jerry spend $20. >> we are out $16. jerry is out $16. >> yeah. it was great because natalie keeps saying we. we gave him nothing. >> jerry -- >> go buy yourself a cup of coffee. >> what are you going to do with all that money? >> how about this? springfield, virginia, cleaning out his wallet, finds $1 million power ball ticket. he's been carrying around a stack of power ball tickets, bought the winning ticket back on march -- that's $1 million smile. >> that's $1 million smile. >> i don't know what the statute of limitations. >> i bet it varies state to state. bottom line -- >> these are mega.

within a year of the drawing. >> so the bottom line is, check your drawers, check your drawers. >> thanks for clarifying that. depending on where people keep them. >> yeah. >> might keep that for safekeeping. >> check your drawers. your wallet, check my drawers. if there's $1 million in there, i'll check them. >> crazy. oh, my goodness. >> there's more than a power ball winning lotto ticket in there. >> it was going so good. >> dark natalie. it's been about a week. >> natalie. >> speaking of dark natalie, have you guys heard about this on the front page of the "new york times" today, it's called secret. it's out for only five weeks. hot app in the tech world. it allows users to anonymously

share juicy posts with their online social circles. so here's how it works. it connects people anonymously, as we said through their address books or smartphones. messages appear only as from a friend or friend of a friend. >> yeah. >> yeah, exactly. and identified by the city or state where they originated. some examples, one of our p.a.s or producers went on and downloaded the app. and one of the secrets that was shared is i got stuck in an elevator for two hours with my boyfriend and the guy i'd been secretly having an affair with for six months. >> uncomfortable. >> okay. >> how do we know these things aren't made up? >> we don't know if they're made up. >> why are you on an app telling a secret and you know, by the way, everything on this phone, nsa, can be traced. it doesn't matter. you have an i.p. address on your computer. >> that's true. there are a lot of these apps

now, with like snapchat where they -- where things just disappear. >> snapchat was hacked, remember, a few weeks ago. again, it doesn't go away. i keep all of my old phones. i have a bag, no kidding, like a motorola from 1980. i'm not giving up any of these phones because i know there's some really smart kid out there going to find that phone in the trash. >> what are you hiding on that phone? >> stuff i'm not putting on that app. i know how to hide my secrets. >> a lot, not $1 million. not yet s. >> do you want an app that actually allows that app to go in and access your address book? >> right. that's the other thing. with instagram and the other websites, they ask you, do you want to allow into your photo album, your contacts, you're giving it all away. >> that's right. the luckiest cop ever or what? check this out. a careening truck runs off the

road, narrowly misses a police officer on the side of interstate 880. watch this. trooper jeff hernandez' vehicle was struck and he was taken to the hospital, treated for minor injuries and released. >> oh, my gosh. >> crazy. >> again, a semi -- >> semi rear ends that pickup truck and, boom. >> it's amazing. >> and it's one of those videos i wonder if the officer wants to see it knowing how close you came to death. that's terrifying. >> thankfully he's okay. if i were him, i'd go out and buy a lottery ticket. >> and hide it in your drawers. al. >> excuse me. i got caught up. i thought i'd hang out with you for a little while longer. let's show you what we have right now. chicago, you're seeing a lot of rain currently because we've got this system pushing through. that's the good news for chicago. you're on the warm side of this system. so rain, you may see a few snow showers. but you've got this low pressure

system developing, cold front stretching all the way down along it. and with that on the backside of that system, we are looking for colder air funneling on in as it does, but ahead of it, we've got warmer air. that's good news for those folks. however, as this system makes its way to the east, we are going to be expecting to see more rain from cleveland on into syracuse. but as you get up into the upper elevations of new england, cold air will start to funnel in. and so we are going to be looking at a decent amount of snow. this isn't going to be a major snowstorm. however, upper sections of new york state, on into new england, another 3 to 6 inches of snow. and we're going to be looking at some freezing rain, 1/10 to 1/4 inch that can cause big problems on the happy wednesday to you. temperatures today will be comfortable. unseasonally warm by 10 or 15 degrees in most cases. 71 in san francisco.

78 on the peninsula today and 77 in the tri-valley. really warm conditions. tomorrow, the first official day of spring going to be just about as warm if not warmer. next five days we start to drop off after friday, saturday, and sunday and rain moves in tuesday into wednesday. est weather. >> all right. thank you. up next, the controversial study about those so-called healthy fats and heart health. we'll get behind the scenes right after this. [ woman ] i've always tried to see things from the best angle i could. it's how i look at life. especially now that i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin but wondered, could i focus on something better? my doctor told me about eliquis for three important reasons. one, in a clinical trial eliquis was proven to reduce the risk of stroke

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he was a matted messiley in a small cage. ng day. so that was our first task, was getting him to wellness. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. from contractors and doctors to dog sitters and landscapers, you can find it all on angie's list. we found riley at the shelter, and found everything he needed at angie's list. join today at angieslist.com from possible causes of autism to adhd and childhood obesity, there are a lot of health headlines to talk about this morning. >> sure are. a "today" contributor and the assistant professor of medicine at nyu langone medical center. >> good morning to both of you. let's start with a study that's going to be surprising to a lot

of people. questions something we've been told a lot. fatty acids and good fats help with heart health. but there are some question as to whether there's truth to this. >> yeah, this is a study that really kind of shook things up in the cardiology community. for years, we've been telling people, you've got to stick to the good fats, the saturated fatty acids, like the omega 3s we talk about. and now the study is calling that into question. it's a metaanalysis. they've compared studies and pooled the results. i'm not crazy about it when they do that because they're kind of like comparing apples and oranges. bottom line, supplements they found had no effect. taking the omega 3 or omega 6 did not decrease the risk of heart disease. and even when it's in your indict, they didn't find an effect. don't really bother with the supplements, we don't have great data on it. i think the mediterranean diet that has a lot of the omega 3s and omega 6s are good. i would still recommend doing it. >> don't stop. more studies need to be done.

this was an analysis. we have to go back in and isolate other factors to take into consideration. we didn't extrapolate high blood pressure, diabetes, these are all contributing factors. i wouldn't stop doing what you're doing right now. more needs to be done. >> isn't that why we -- i hate these studies. we're told one thing and then six months later it's this. stop it! >> it is very frustrating. but this one in particular, the american heart association, they're convening two discussions and coming up with recommendations. hopefully they'll have answers for us. >> what about this new study regarding adhd medications? >> okay. so we know adhd is rising, childhood obesity is rising. and the question is, is there a link? and this study looked at insurance data. and at the diagnosis of adhd, they found the children that had adhd did have an increased risk of obesity early. those treated with stimulants didn't have the obesity early, but later in adolescence had a rebound increase in obesity.

there is a link. what does that mean? well, parents and also clinicians who are treating children with adhd need to be on the lookout for obesity, encourage, you know, the proper diet, exercise to stem that tide. >> i agree. but i think part of the study, too, the fact that adhd itself had a component of it. and that may lead to behaviors such as overeating. i think it's tough to say it's helping you gain weight with this study. it is something to take into consideration. but i'm not sure there's a direct link. >> here's something i know has made a lot of headlines. environmental factors. this is something, again, a lot of parents are opening their eyes to what is out there in the research when it comes to this. >> i think it's good more is being done with autism. and yes, environmental factors do cause all types of issues, but i think it's, again, it's a

hard line to draw here to say that environmental factors is directly linked to causing autism. so -- >> yeah, this study didn't in my mind prove an association. but it's -- we do know that for autism, both genetics and environment play a role. in this particular study, they tried to say, well, those who had autism had a higher risk of malformations which were associated with environmental factors. it was a lot of extrapolating. i don't think it proved it. but in the autism community, we're looking for answers, obviously. it's a very tough disease and we want to know what's causing it. >> and we end on a lighter note. a study launched to test chocolate pills. >> i didn't know there were chocolate pills. >> why? >> we're always talking about dark chocolate and how it's good for you. these are the antioxidant compounds. the truth is, you would need to eat a lot of dark chocolate to get the benefit. so this study is actually looking at a very high concentration of those minus the sugar, minus the fat in a pill form. it's actually sponsored by mars

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welcome back to "today" on this wednesday morning. march 19th, 2014, i'm tamron hall along with al and natalie. willie has the day off. and something caught our eye regarding how you present yourself. your individuality. how you dress for success. >> i was always told to dress for the job you want, not the job you had. >> jacket and tie. >> dress up. >> well, a new harvard study from the business school actually found that wearing clothing, quote unquote, outside the norm can lend you an air of influence. you know, people, for example, will see this beautiful top you have on and say, wow, she's got pow. boom, bang. >> boom, bang. >> exactly what they say. >> a new study found wearing

sweats in a luxury store, sweat pants, would get you more respect as opposed to showing up in gucci or armani. if you've got on the sweat pants, the salesperson thinks, they are the part. >> what do you have on? >> we did that medieval times we did that. and so -- >> what are you saying there? >> i'm saying, look, i love -- i love a good middle age. i love a good middle age. that's right. all men must die. >> yeah. what advice do you give kids about individuality? >> i think it's important to be an individual, to obviously have your signature look. but at the same time, i think it is important to sort of dress a little bit like everybody around you. i mean, really -- >> well, look -- if you're going for a job interview, you've got one chance to make a first impression, you should be clean, be neat, especially -- look, if you're going in to be a chef or something like that, you don't want to wear a suit and tie. but you want to look

presentable. >> presentable and standout. i think that's the key, though. >> i like to wear hammer pants. >> hammer pants? >> exactly. >> steve jobs a, had the signate look. >> if you look at the original mac or apple with woz, steve wozniak, they were in corduroy jackets and ties. >> once you get the money, do whatever you want to do. and nobody's going to judge you. mr. roker with a check of the weather. >> all right. i like to dress up when i do the weather. >> you're like one of the best dressed men easily. >> oh, go on! stop it some more! you crazy. anyway, we've got ahead of this frontal system. we've got warm air. so a lot of rain. although in some of the upper elevations, icy conditions. out west, another frontal system bringing rain into the pacific northwest with some mountain snows. nice and mild through the gulf coast on into texas and into the southwest. that will continue tomorrow. a mix of rain and snow again,

pacific northwest, snow showers through the great lakes, sunny and mild southeast all the way down into florida. if you are taking spring break, boy are you in luck down there. that's what's going's what's god happy wednesday to you. temperatures today will be warm. i'm talking about just about perfection today. a little warm, not too bad. 79 in the south bay, 78 for the peninsula, and 78, the lice pla be on the water today. 73 in the east bay, and the north bay a comfortable 77 degrees a we head into this afternoon. it's the final day of winter. we're kicking off spring tomorrow morning and it's looking good. >> all right. i have a question for you guys. how many times can you wear your favorite pair of jeans before they need to be washed? two times, five times?

>> never. >> a lot of people say never. >> if you're out riding cattle every day. >> given what we do. well, we've got surprising answers to that and more here to test our knowledge and give us the guidelines is the executive editor at "all you" magazine. good to see you. it's all you, take it away. >> thank you so much for having me. at "all you," we are all about helping you enjoy life for less. and part of that is taking care of your things so you can extend the life. and, you know, we're going to dive right in. here's our first question. how often should you watch your duvet cover or comforter? a, once a week, b, once a month, c, once every two months? >> i say once a month. >> b. >> you're right, once a month. so the reality is, that, you know, dust -- you know, oils, they all get into your -- yeah, exactly. dead skin. once a month is really what you

want to do. in 130, 150-degree water. and if you don't use a top sheet, then you're going to want to wash them once a week just like you would your sheet. >> flush it in the dry cycle, too. >> exactly. >> we're right on track there. >> number two, how many times can you wear your jeans before they need to be washed? two times, five times, you don't ever have to wash your jeans. >> five times. >> i would say five times. >> on the money. so jeans, you don't want to overwash them because they're going to lose their color. but if you don't wash them enough, they're going to lose their shape. five times is the perfect rule of thumb. >> five times. >> and, yes, five times, you want to turn them inside out so they retain all of their color. and then let them air dry, use a steam iron on hot and that way they'll like soften. there's nothing worse than putting on a crunchy pair of jeans. >> i hate that. >> if you have designer jeans,

sometimes you can let them go a little bit longer, they can retain their shape longer. >> next? >> how many times can you wear your bra? al, this is for you, before it needs to be washed. a, one time, b, four times, c, seven times. >> four times. >> you're right. you're winning this quiz. so four times. basically, what you want to know is a lot of people, let's air our dirty laundry here. don't ever wash their bras. >> ew. >> yes, this is what we've learned through a quiz. >> anonymous quiz. >> no one really wanted to tell their names. but what you want is every time you wear a bra, give it 24 hours break to have the elastic regain its shape and then have a couple in rotation. you can get four wears out of a bra before you need to wash it. >> there's a lot of sweat in there. >> i know. >> wash that thing out. >> not put it in the dryer. >> that's the best way to do it. >> how often should you wash your hair?

a, every day? >> i'm out on this one, too. >> b, every other day. c, once a week? >> every other day. >> is this for men and women? >> it's the same for men, women and children, too. that's the surprise here. >> i say every other day. >> you are right. so shampoo strips your hair of its natural oils. you want to wash it every other day, but, you know, if you're like me, sometimes you wake up and you kind of feel like you need to clean it a little bit, you can use dry shampoo. you can also take a shower and pretend like you're washing it and just not actually use shampoo. >> i wash my hair, i have ethnic hair, you can't wash it every day, you have to wash it once a week. it depends. >> what ethnicity? >> the key is not every day, maybe less than that. depending on your hair type. >> i think we're out of time. >> so much fun. we have some lovely parting gifts for you. >> all right, thank you. >> up next, the power of -- the

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why is it so hard for us to say no, especially when friends and family are involved. it can be pretty tough challenge. >> that's right. there is an art to saying no effectively.

good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> you researched the subject. so many of us struggle with it. why is it so hard to say no? >> we want to be pleasers. we want people to like us, we want to be part of the group. we don't want to be outcasts. goes back to being little kids. you want to be with it. we feel guilty if we say no. >> same difficulty for men and women? >> some women have a harder time with it. because in general, they're more nurturing. and women are tending, and that no is a rejection and can affect the relationship. women are more hesitant to say no. >> i'm terrible at saying no. you're better at it. >> it's been years of practice. >> years of learning to say, no! why is it so important to j say it? >> can you imagine a day or week or month you said yes to everything? eventually, you'll have nothing left in your tank. set those limits early, boundaries. it can lead to irritability and

anxiety and depression. >> for example, you don't want to say no right away. there's the power of the pause. >> power of the pause. >> or if you get cornered. people will come up to you and corner you. >> wait two or three seconds, okay, now i'm considering your answer. and a lot of times it'll take the sting out of the rejection that's coming. >> how do you cushion that a little bit? >> you should practice beforehand, as well. you should sort of have it in your back pocket, a sort of no and excuse that sound good so you can deliver it well so then you would say no, i would love to drive your kids on sunday to the game, but i'm taking my mom shopping, she's not feeling well. something like that. >> lie. >> little white lie. >> okay. sometimes, isn't it better to say no and not give anybody an excuse? just say no and call it a day? >> sometimes it is. and what helps with that is body language. they're asking you the question. shake your head, yeah, but no, no. >> but you're saying, no, i can't do that. >> you got it. >> no, no, no, no.

>> the body language is going to help you, as well. and also, sometimes, i think a lot of people do is, you know, you do make the excuses, you say it's not going to work for me. and it's important to kind of be up front sometimes, as well, right? >> sure. >> just say i'm sorry i cannot do this. >> you don't really owe anybody an answer. and that's where you get yourself in trouble backtracking. >> you don't want them to take it personally. >> exactly. listen, sorry, i can't do that. it's not a rejection of you, it's just for me, it doesn't work. >> and sometimes we give them the consolation prize of, well, you know, maybe next time. >> i do that all the time. >> and so now, you've given them a reason to come back at you and hit you up again. >> you're in it for next time. like maybe is another bad word. because it means no to the person saying it and yes to the person hearing it. they think next year. >> what about people who won't take no for an answer? >> there are a lot of those. >> who keep coming at you. >> body language, talk slow and soft and deliberate, direct eye contact that lets them know i'm

serious about what i'm saying, that's not going to work. >> i'm serious, no. >> so now you've said, no, but now you've got whiplash. >> all right. >> i've got to practice. >> thanks so much. >> great to have you guys here. coming up next, six simple steps to healthy weeknight dinners for your family coming steps to healthy weeknight dinners for your family coming up after this. the best part about going to walt disney world just might be staying at a walt disney world resort hotel... from royal encounters to royal rooms... and pirates to paradise, the magic never has to stop. and this summer, you can save up to 30% off a select walt disney world resort hotel room. book your stay now and discover how close the magic can be. someonoikos man.n handsome... once you go greek... it's on the house. i'll pay you back reeeeal soon.

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with the kids, the thought of spending the evening slaving away in the kitchen is exhausting to read and imagine doing it. >> that's right. well, we've got cynthia here with a simple, six-step program that will help you build easy, nutritious, and most importantly delicious dinners for the entire week. cynthia, good to see you. >> absolutely. great to be here. >> with a little prep, you can be ready to go for the whole week? >> six simple steps. let me tell you what they are. first, you're going to choose a healthy complex carbohydrate. can be a whole grain, like wild rice or sweet potato. that's going to give you filling, fiber, but only keep the portion to 1/2 cup. then our next step is learning to add green. for a hot dish, it could be steamed spinnage or any kind of salad greens. that's going to add a lot of bulk to the meal and little calories compared to the starchy foods. and they're so filled with nutrients for potassium, vitamin "a," then a lean protein is your next step.

a plant-based protein like beans or lentils, a hard boiled egg, that will keep your metabolism, so that meal sticks with you. and then we're going to add more vegetables. we're going to add color, texture, broad spectrum of nutrients in the meal. whatever you have frozen is fine. >> okay. >> then we're going to add a healthy fat. it could be avocado, extra virgin olive oil, nuts, that will help you stay fuller longer and help you absorb vitamins, including vitamin "b." >> once you're armed with the six, let's launch into the weekday. >> salsa, marinara, something to bring that all together. you probably have a lot of these things in your home already. here we have the mediterranean chicken pasta salad. we've got spinach as our base, healthy whole grain pasta there. you can use a brown rice pasta if you want to go gluten free. lots more vegetables in there. and then we've got a balsamic vinaigrette for our sauce.

and you can add a little goat cheese on top. >> nice. >> very simple. >> that's great. terrific. >> all right. second salad here. >> we have a tuna pasta salad. you can use a different shaped pasta here, but canned tuna. for the sauce here, we have guacamole and humus. >> if you're not a fan of tuna, what do you use? >> hard boiled egg instead. >> okay. >> now a healthy taco salad. doesn't look a traditional taco salad. we have mixed greens, we have quinoa. you can do a half and half with the protein, maybe half beans, half meat. adds more fiber to the meal. >> what's your sauce? >> well, our sauce is going to be a salsa which you can actually buy or make your own and add a little hot sauce on there. add a little kick to it. >> look at how gorgeous this is. we have a shrimp and wild rice salad. we have actually water crest

here at the base, you can do grilled or broiled or even boiled shrimp, some wild rice, and then we have some pesto for our sauce here. just drizzle that over the top. and for our good fat, we have sliced almonds. >> i'm a taste tester. >> and then for flavor, we have fresh mint leaves. anything you have, any kind of herb or spice you have at home, you can toss it in here. and finally, this is our sweet potato black bean bowl. >> okay. >> and we're going to add marinara sauce to this. which you might not think of this kind of combination. but it's amazing. >> yeah, you don't think about it. and i love you incorporate the sweet potatoes, as well. >> baked sweet potatoes on a bed of spinach. and put a little bit of spice in there, a little bit of cinnamon. adds flavor and aroma to the meal. >> good idea. >> thank you so much. you can find the recipes on today.com. we'll be back in a moment, but first this is "today" on nbc. >> very good. that's nice.

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9:56. right now i'm peggy bunker. that breaking news is out of the south bay where a homeless man once accused of killing a

teenager has been released. he will not be charged in the case. they decide he did act in self defense when he stabbed a teen to death. he got into a fight at morgan park in campbell. he said he was being ticked in the head repeatedly before staffing the teen. and cracking down on e-cigarettes. they have been banned from bars, restaurants, and public places. they will vote again for final approval. checking in on your weather forecast, christina loren is here with that. >> i towant to be outside, pegg. 69 in oakland. our air quality could not be better and our air temperatures today for this final day of winter will be unseasonably warm.

71 in san francisco, 79 will be the warmest and 77 not far behind. let's check your drive with mike inouye. >> things working better for the rails. b.a.r.t. and cal tran back on after a system wide computer delay. fremont shows better movement. speeds better than they were over the last half hour. clearing up by the time you get to mission and moving better at 237 itself. so that is better that what we typically see. the rest of your bay moving smoothly. thank you, mike. i'll have another local news update for you in half an hour. see you then. good morning nelly! woah.

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from nbc news. this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a. hello everybody. you're half way through your week. good news is winesday wednesday. bad news, miss piggy is here. >> what's she doing here? >> i don't know. security. i want her excused from the building. >> we brought lucky members in and they were confronted by you and piggy feuding.

>> be nice to everybody. >> you're not even phony. you're a big phony. >> you are unbelievable. i wish the world could know the real you. >> i don't like you either. >> i like you. >> piggy, these are two special guests from south carolina. they're getting their makeup done. >> really? oh. >> what do you think? >> you don't need any makeup. you're perfect the way you are. unlike this one here. >> save it all for piggy. >> years and years ago it all started. she put the moves on regis. >> she did? >> she did. >> i did? >> right? >> i'm watching you. i'm listening to every line you -- >> you let it happen. you're an enabler. this pig goes after anything in pants.

>> i'm not wearing any pants. i don't understand. >> then you're safe. >> wow. >> i'm scared. >> don't say anything about my kermit. don't worry. i'll protect you. >> i'm worried about you piggy. kathie lee has it out for you. >> i think you should be more worried about your friend there. >> how about this. the pork is going to fly, okay? all right? >> you're on nbc. there's a pig flying. wow. >> we're going to see you in a bit. we should give a shout out to our friends that got their makeups. y'all look so good. >> all right. bye. hold it down. by the way it's march 19th. i was wrong about it being the

first day of spring. it's tomorrow. >> i thank the lord i had such an amazing daddy. hard day for my mom, brother and sister and everybody that loved him. the depth of your pain i've discovered in life is commensurate with the depth of you your love. i know you feel that way about your daddy. >> i was talking to a girl in the gym that lost her dad a couple of months ago. she's having a tough time. she told me a story. she gets on the subway with her dad's portfolio. it was in a bag next to her. she was on her phone, 9:30 at night. she works at wall street. her stop came up, and she didn't realize. she grabbed her purse and her foot got stuck in the door. she realized the portfolio was on the train. she's crying. she calls her mother and says

stop all the accounts. something tells her to get in a cab. she hops in the cab and tells the driver, go to the graham station a couple of stations down. she sees the ticket guy at the subway and said look, i have pay bag. can i go down? maybe someone did something. >> the guy said good luck lady. >> she goes down. the bag is on the platform. someone took it off the train and threw it. she said there's a god in heaven for her dad. >> we were going to talk about savannah's baby. instead, we took a different turn. >> we're so happy. that's amazing. savannah is in people magazine. it's a beautiful picture of her. >> full page spread with her husband mike and little baby on the way. i couldn't be at it. she kept this a secret and didn't tell us until i had to be

down in florida. hoda was there. >> i want to say something about her brother and cameron. i took that picture. i took it. >> wow. >> on my iphone. >> you know how bad i am at taking pictures. one came out. i couldn't believe that it's in there. did i get credit? where's my photo credit? i don't see it. >> that's the one i sent to her and tweeted. i can't believe i have a picture in people magazine. >> you've had a picture of you in people magazine. >> who cares? >> they got a story in about scott, the long time girlfriend of mit jagger. shocked. it seems everybody -- talk about despair. a lot of questions remain. we're getting answers on justin bieber. >> there's a slow drip of info out of the police department. you remember when he was walking

the line and looked teetering. he claims he hurt his ankle skateboarding. the miami police department released documents from the associated press. they believe he was kond sending. bieber asked the officer, what were you doing when you were 19? >> you're going to make me say what he said. the police officer said he allegedly said i wasn't driving around in a lamborghini at that age. justin replied, i bet you didn't have millions of in your bank account either. >> who says that? >> any way. so that's that. probably true. it's unnecessary. i really hope we start different stories to share about this kid soon. >> me too. >> if not for himself, for his

mother. don't put your mother through this. >> honestly. let's get to the voice. the voice is is doing great in the ratings. >> kicking you know what. >> other things aren't doing so well. the voice is. battle rounds again. again, this is two team members from the same coach go head to head. shakira had her team. let's take a listen. ♪ you're cold as ice ♪ you're willing to sacrifice our love, love, love ♪ ♪ some day you'll pay the price i know ♪ ♪ i've seen it before ♪ it happens all the time ♪ you close the door, leave the world behind ♪ >> it's very even to me. i guess i would have gone -- i didn't get to hear her sing.

i'm now seeing her breasts. i'd go for her. >> i would too. >> who did shakira choose? >> clarissa. jeremy was sent home. nobody saved him. >> next battle was usher. brittany versus milissa. ♪ when i get it i better be satisfied ♪ ♪ give it to me right or don't give it to me at all ♪ ♪ i don't think you understand ♪ how it is for me to find a man that thinks he can ♪ ♪ so give it to me right ♪ or don't give it to me at all ♪ ♪ no, no, no >> that's right down the middle for me. >> i'm picking brittany in the pants. >> is she the african-american

lady? >> i can't tell. >> and they announced -- >> who did they choose? >> this battle is milissa. >> let me remind you brittany is available to steal. >> oh and shakira. >> i need to know who's going to believe in me. >> i prefer like 175%. >> you need someone that understands the type of artist you want to be. >> i'm going with adam. >> she went with adam? >> i'm so confused. >> shakira wanted her in the very, very beginning. >> i'm sorry. so she didn't go with shakira. she betrayed her. >> i think she might have. >> so there. >> the drama continues.

okay. last night they made an announcement that chris martin, front man for cold play is joining this season of the voice as -- not a mentor -- what do they call him? >> an advisor. he'll advise all teams not just one or the other. >> you know what will be fun? we don't know a lot about him. his pirnersonality is unknown. >> i agree. he electrified the crowd. i didn't know him other than who he was married to. you're going to like these. supposedly there are three specific questions you can ask your partner to know if you're truly compatible. harvard mathematicians got together. >> they said if you answer the same on these three questions you're in a good relationship. here's the first one.

have you ever traveled alone to another country? >> that's ridiculous. 18% of people have passports. nobody is flying anywhere. that's what they say. >> what's that supposed to tell you to make you compatible. >> you're a lone ranger. you like other lone rangers. >> number two, do you like horror movies? >> apparently if you both do, you're meant to be together the rest of your life. >> i adore my daughter. you know that. i hate horror movies. she loves them. she's got a starring role in one coming out this october. i don't know if i want to see it even though my daughter is in it. she loves it i can't stand it. >> number three. do you think it would be fun to chunk it all and go live on a sailboat? >> i get seasick. >> chunking it all is when you're getting seasick.

>> upchucking it all. >> thank you jerry. >> i think things like what are your values? do you believe in god? do you want to have children? what is your goal in life? do you like horror movies? >> thank you harvard mathematicia mathematicians. what would we do without you? we're cooking burgers next week. we need your help. go to our website and press the connect button. voting ends next tuesday. >> by the way, these look delicious. >> what are they? >> we're about to find out. it's a roman catholic feast day commemorating the life of st. joseph. these are like little doughnuts. they look a little -- >> you going to dip in anything? >> definitely me.com delicious.

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♪ that's what we do in hollywood ♪ ♪ everybody knows that's the sequel is never quite as good ♪ ♪ another feature attraction ♪ lights to lights, roll camera, action ♪ >> they're still here. still promoting the heck out on the next -- >> when we have movie stars on they never like to watch themselves. they love it. >> we're dancing along. we love it. yeah. why don't you keep us going. for my big solo? >> there's a reason for that. >> when you were a little pig let. >> you be nice. i've got my fist clinched. >> you know what i've got? right in that snog, hard to miss. kermit, did you know as well as like she always wanted to be a star? did did you always want to be a star? >> when i was a tad pole, all i

wanted was to grow legs. get rid of the tail, get some legs. >> what's up with the chemistry between you two? >> chemistry, biology, just working i think. >> yes. absolutely. >> we're in a committed relationship. >> we are getting closer and closer with every moment. >> i'll be over here. yeah. >> there's always somebody in the relationship that's clueless. in this one, it's kermit. kermit doesn't know about the -- tell the truth. >> this pig has been everywhere if you know what i'm saying. this pig -- this ain't her first rodeo. >> what? >> hey, hey. kermit likes an experienced woman. that's all. >> are you clearly saying -- >> he is the only frog in my life. >> he is? >> yes. >> kermit, are you all right with that? >> i didn't hear what you said.

i'm just a guy amongst a lot of estrogen. i'm going to stand over here. i'm going to be right here. >> tell us about the other guys on your list. >> i've got a few crushes. >> tell us about the other guys on your list. >> don't say blake. don't say blake shelton. >> he's mine. if you want him, you've got to come through me, okay. >> don't say hugh. >> i'm going to say it again. hugh. >> why an eighth movie? >> that's what i thought. what are we doing? why are we 345making an eighth movie? >> no, it's great. tons of great muppets -- there he is there. the incomparable. >> you didn't invite us.

>> next time. >> what about me? what about you? >> miss piggy of course. she's in the film. >> thank you kermit. >> better late than never. >> probably the best movie we've ever done and best we will ever do. i'm officially retiring. >> what? >> what? please. say it's not true. >> to everyone here. if you want to see me, you'll have to see this movie. >> she's not. she's not. >> you have to see this movie. >> she's just trying to get you to see the movie. that's all. >> this woman will never retire. her ego won't let her. >> there's probably an old line. old pigs never retire they just -- >> make another movie. >> if you're interested, it opens this friday in a theater near you. a frog, pen, to a pin full of

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welcome back now. the time is 1028. a beautiful clear day here in fran. i can't find a cloud in the sky. san francisco 71. what a perfect day we have. the final day of winter and we're pretty close to records across the bay area it is that warm. typically we see about 62 degrees, but today 77 degrees. we'll talk about that and rain today. >> all right, christina, we don't have a cloud, but we have a car. this will close out our morning. this stall on the left side of your screen happened in the early morning commute and now it looks like a tow truck is helping that car off of the roadway. there is slowing through berkeley, westbound. also late slowing through oakland and the rest of the area

north of the san mateo bridge is slowing. >> thanks, more local news coming up in half an hour and at 11:00. see you then, bye. we are back with more on this winesday wednesday. we're ready to play our trivia game call "who knew." we've got a pop culture quiz for you. kathie is across the street. she's going to give out $100 to gets the question right. who cares? here to help me in the studio is the animal planet puppy bowl ref dan. who am i holding here? >> this is josh from the north shore animal league, eight weeks old, terrier mix. you are in love. >> i'm in love. we have puppies all up for

adoption. we asked this question. name the family dog in the jetsons, the 1962 tv series. comet, astro, star, orbit. dan, reveal the correct answer. >> the answer is astro. he was a great dane voiced by don who voiced skooby doo. >> loved him. >> this lady is from charlotte, north carolina. which of the following presidents did not have a pet terrier while in the white house? >> i think it was bill clinton. >> no. actually it's her birthday. you can. >> right on. okay. bill clinton. >> he had buddy and sox. it was a chocolate lab. sox was the cat.

obama has two dogs who appeared on puppy bowl this year and helped with our kickoff. >> are you talking? >> back across. >> you are from nashville right? which of the following dog actors, that sounds awful, is not on the hollywood show? >> i'm going with strongheart. >> all right. the correct answer here is? >> beethoven. i know she laughed at dog actress. on the hollywood walk of fame, they want you to call them dog actors. >> pretty lady from boston. charlie brown's dog snoopy made famous in the "peanuts" comic strip had a brother named what?

>> it's a good day for me. >> woodstock was the bird. >> the other dog? >> spoopy had a drifter brother with a mustache and hat. that was spike. he was interesting named after charles boyhood dog. special place in hall of fame. >> cute guy from north carolina. this plays during a romantic scene during which classic animated movie? >> clifford the big red dog, fox and the hound -- >> lady and the tramp. >> everybody knows that. >> excellent. >> as long as we're talking about dogs kissing, good time to talk spading and neutering pets. please spade and neuter. >> time for more one. >> which artist or group sang the 2000 hit song "who let the dogs out?" . >> baha men.

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. some level of anxiety in children is normal like worrying about a math test and monsters in the closet. what happens when that anxiety leads to trouble sleeping and stress? >> here to help, from parent and child magazine, and director for toddler development as well as the author of "how toddlers thrive" that makes it sound like your experts. we're talking about kids and anxiety. common sense has you think if a parent is stressed or anxious, a

child would be. those go hand and hand. >> kids can pick up on our own anxieties. it's important for us to try to stay calm even if you have to fake it. >> children look to parents to be the guide and compass. when we're stressed, they're stressed. >> we're the center of their world basically. when we read something, should we read like "oh my god --" >> bring it down. we can monitor our reaction to it. this is the real world. children read the newspaper and watch tv. >> sometimes all a kid needs is to see a headline of a school shooting and obviously be terrified. >> right. it's important to reinforce they are safe. yes, things can happen, but we are safe. i'm going to take care of you. >> it's one thing for a child in

a lovely neighborhood and lots of security. how does somebody battling all that's around them in an urban development area, where you hear gunfire -- it's dangerous to get to school. it's a different kind of parenting isn't it? >> very much different parenting. it puts that much more on parents to keep the child's world small and safe and keep the news out as much as possible. >> tell the difference between a normal kind of stress that's okay -- sometimes you're not aware your child is creeping into something serious. >> if they're taking a test, it's normal to be worried. it's normal to be shy or feel anxious. if they're coming to your bed, vomiting, can't sleep because they're worried or stressing out. this is crossing the line. >> maybe there's a bully they don't want to tell you about at school or something. how do you get a child to verbalize the fear?

>> talk to your child about what's underlying. ask about their day at school and check with their teachers who often have information the child doesn't. >> what's the right thing for a parent to do if the child isn't talking? >> first check with the teachers. that's the place they are a lot. talk to your pediatrician. >> if children have enough anxiety getting in their way, consult with a therapist. >> sometimes it's a matter of someone say abusing them saying if you tell anybody i'm going to hurt them. >> people cannot be -- if the child will not talk -- often isn't from a serious reason they won't? >> it can be. it's up to parents. this is the scariest thing for r parents. is this normal is the biggest question. if you're concerned, consult with somebody. pediatricians is the place to start. >> the world is a different

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check this out. a lot of people during the ice storm, horrible winter. gutters are fall ago part. here's a way to upcycle into a spring garden on the fence. what i love about these gutters, they're designed for outdoor use. drill a couple holes underneath for drainage. it's as simple as taking strawberry plants, lettuce, herbs. >> have your own herb garden. >> when they grow, they'll hang down. >> it's an awesome idea. that's a great idea. >> you're one for one. next. >> cool. >> i love this. this is great. >> these are shovels. imagine broken snow shovels. like what do you do with them? take a drill bit and drill into a tree. >> does that kill the tree? >> no. trees are really good at healing themselves. so over time they're going to

grow back over the base. you don't need glue, concrete, anything. put plants on here. >> drill holes? >> feel careful walking by. that can be sharp. >> they're pretty dull after the winter. put light, cocktails. >> i'm exhausted from the pig. all right. >> what is this? >> stray gloves. this one is for you. you're over here. what you do, when you have your stray glove, take an old pillow and stuff it with the stuffing like muppets. you take craft glue. look at this. big eyes over. >> i can't add a lot to this. >> the more you add the better it is. so you just fill the whole thing. >> do not criticize me.

i'm making -- >> do you see the giant eyes? that's an old ping-pong. fill with a baby food jar, and it stands up right. >> does it have a name? >> it's peace. it's a peace sign. okay. look, you can do this. cute eyes. >> i like it with a ring. >> you're still talking. >> if you have kid, beware of small things. this is a old coffee can. when you spray it, it gives a ceramic texture. this is really cool. we're going the to garden together now. >> what's this? >> you're going to take an old jar. into the jar lid not the jar. you mist with water. take like little herbs like this one. i've got water crest. you want know sprinkle? sprinkle the seeds on top.

water it. you flip it upside down. >> did you water it? >> i can't get it back on. >> you see what happens. in a very few short days you end up with homemade green house. how great would this be for the kid's project? you never have to water it again. >> nice talking to you danny. >> hope you got a lot of rest over the winter. >> i did. thank you guys. >> benedict betrayed our country but was he seduced by his wife? >> i think so. >> we tell you about the best seller "the trader's wife." first, this is "today" on nbc.

everybody knows benedict arnold that betrayed america and fled. >> did you know arnold's wife

peggy was the master mind behind the treason? we hear the incredible story in the best selling book "the traitor's wife." >> it's based on a true story. you tell it so well. you weed in lots of characters. tell us the threat of the story. >> absolutely. the raw history is something people are more or less familiar with. you know to be called benedict arnold is not a good thing. what people didn't know was that there was a juicy back story. his wife, beautiful, intelligent, charming young woman. the british spy was her former lover. it was a love triangle. >> the way you tell it is so unique. you don't tell it through her

perspective of his. you tell it through a third party. >> peggy, the traitor's wife is the fascinating character you are seduced by and impulsed by. i don't want to tell it from her perspecti perspective. who would have better access to her? her maid. >> the one that change as her drawers. >> she's in the bedroom and watches the seduction with the spy. >> she's a young girl that comes from nothing. she's dazzled by peggy, her beauty and wealth. she's important to the story. >> she has to stand up for herself. >> what's fascinating about you -- i was wondering if you read a lot. i loved how you went off in the woods, were an observer, a bookworm. >> absolutely. that's how i was inspired to write this story.

when benedict and peggy were plotting this treason that would have ended the revolution. i grew up in their hometown. when i was in the area and discovered hey, he had a wife that was actually a more interesting character, i thought that's a really good book. >> you were outside in the woods. there's a sign or something that says benedict's route? >> exactly. >> that's crazy. >> yeah. there was a beautiful portrait of peggy on the historical marker next to it with this hair do and beautiful ball gown. it was drawn by the spy. i thought why is his wife drawn by his conspirator? >> she was a shut. every great novel needs a good shut. >> what does your dad think of the book? >> he's a character obviously. >> what was fun is he's such a history buff. he always taught me history growing up. it was fun to teach him something. we both love that.

>> he's so supportive. >> where's you're mom today? >> she's watching. >> hi mom. i know it will be made into a motion picture. we're excited. so good. tomorrow from "drop dead." >> and the cast of "rock of ages." the best products from [ yodeling plays ]

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