have a great day. >> announcer: this is an nbc news special report. good morning. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie. 7:00 on the east coast. we have breaking news. we have our national correspondent kate snow. we understand this was a student that they believe perpetrated this act. >> they said the student is in custody now.

we just heard the student may have been a sophomore at the school. everything is very initial right now, savannah, we don't have a lot of details. we know up to 20 people may have been injured, potentially stabbed. some of them may have been in a stampe stampede. one student just told nbc news that students were running and streaming and rushing out of the building. some people might have been caught in the scuffle. the initial report was a student had come in and gone room-to-room and classroom-to-classroom and stabbing people with injuries. school was in session at 7:00 or 7:30 and it lasted for up to 20 minutes. >> you talk about some of the injuries being cuts and bruises which was a chaotic situation. 20 minutes, someone room-to-room with a knife. that's a very long time. the call came in at 7:13. requesting medical an siessistat the school. several people have been taken to various hospitalized.

some air lifted away to the school. >> many of the injuries are not superficial. they are life threatening. four hospitals receiving victims here. some of the victims actually had to be air lifted from the scene. >> we know of four people that had to be air lifted from the scene. as you say, seven victims, we're told in life-threatening situations. >> in this area, they shutdown the elementary school. they are using it for some kind of staging area because as you can imagine, now we have parents, frantically coming to the school, wanting to see if their children are okay. >> they are actually asking parents not to come to the school at the moment because they don't want anymore traffic at the school than necessary. they want to keep the roads and the parking lot areas around the school free for emergency responders. >> the school web site states a critical incident happened at the school. additional information will be

released as soon as possible. keep our campus clear of traffic. >> up to 20 students have been wounded in a mass stabbing incident at a pittsburgh area high school. we know several of the injuries appear to be severe. as you mentioned, not superficial. we know a student, allegedly a student, is in custody and now being questioned by police. >> this has been an nbc news special report. some of you will return to the "today" show. we have more coverage on nbcnews.com. we're back at 7:03 on the west coast. we will have more on the stabbing in pittsburgh as the information is available. we have breaking news as well in the search for malaysia air flight 370. two signals picked up overnight

in the indian ocean. nbc's tom costello has latest for us. >> savannah, good morning. this was the australia team which heard the pings here. that was the same area where they heard them over the weekend. one ping for five minutes and one for seven minutes. and this part is important as well. it was picked up by the australian ship, the "ocean shield," and the "ocean shield" is pulling this pinger locator two miles beneath the surface of the ocean. however, the signals were weaker than expected. that might suggest the batteries are starting to die. this morning, new clues in the 33-day hunt for flight 370. >> "ocean shield" has been able to reacquire the signals on two more occasions. >> overnight, australian search coordinators announced their ship "ocean shield," equipped with the u.s. navy's towed pinger locator, or tpl, picked up two more underwater pings like this on tuesday. after detecting two initial pings over the weekend. commanders say they're now

confident the signals came from a man-made device. >> it's consistent with a locator on a black box, so that's why we are more confident than we were before. but, we've got to lay eyes on it. >> to do that, they'll need to detect more pings to narrow the search area. a challenging task with the pinger batteries fading fast. only then can they map the ocean floor and hunt for wreckage. >> the better "ocean shield" can define the area, the easier it will be for the autonomous underwater vehicle to subsequently search for aircraft wreckage. >> this is one of the most remote areas of the indian ocean, and at 15,000 feet, the ocean depth is a huge challenge. the empire state building stands 1,250 feet tall. the maximum known depth a sperm whale can dive, 3,200 feet.

the "titanic" was found at 12,5000 feet of water. they found air france 447 13,000 feet down. if it's there, flight 370 could be 15,000 feet below the ocean surface, nearly three miles down. meanwhile, the search for debris continues on the ocean surface and in the air, but more than a month after flight 370 disappeared. still not a single piece of wreckage. >> the longer this goes, the harder it gets, but we've already eliminated a lot of the area and we're continuing to search area as we're assigned every day. >> the underwater terrain is called broken ridge. the depth of the water is one to four miles down. it is so remote, they have done very little charting in this area. the trouble is it's never been thoroughly charted because it's so remote. because it's so remote and because it's so dark, the experts say it could take a week

to three weeks. savannah, back to you. >> all right, tom. thank you so much. let's turn to bob hager, he covered aviation for nbc for 20 years. if they have four different instances of ping sounds, why isn't that sufficient right now to put that bluefin-21 under the water and start mapping this location? >> well, once you start mapping, it takes so long, so you've got to really narrow that search down. so if they've got four, they'd just like to get a lot more so they can get the area smaller and smaller and smaller where they have to map with the sonar. >> because they're definitely running up against borrowed time here. we've passed the 30 days that the pinger must be able to make sounds, so the sounds are getting fainter. if they never get another ping again and this is the search area, do you think it's doable to find the black box? >> i do. i think they've got enough now that they will find it, it will just take more time. but i think now they'll find it eventually. i didn't always think that. but with all these pings that they got so far, i mean, they're in the area. they'll get it -- it may take a lot of time, but they'll get it. >> you may have answered my last question, but how confident are you now, the fact that we've heard four distinct pings.

does that make you feel fairly confident that we may be able to find the black box? >> i think -- there was a time when we never know what caused this, but i do believe that they're going to get these boxes. then there's the question, will they tell you what happened? but they might. >> some painstaking work ahead. bob hager, thank you so much. over to matt. savannah, thank you. now to the murder trial of oscar pistorius. prosecutors are getting their first chance to question the olympic sprinter on this, his third day on the witness stand. "today's" national investigative correspondent jeff rossen has covered this trial every step of the way. jeff, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt, good morning to you. this is the most powerful day in court yet. perhaps the biggest yet. as emotion and fireworks rain, oscar pistorius once again breaking down on the stand this morning. he told the court how he thought he had an intruder in the house, grabbed his gun, and in his words, "before i knew it i fired four shots." today he revealed reeva steenkamp, his girlfriend, was still breathing when he found her in the bathroom. he carried her downstairs, she

died in his arms. just a short time ago, moments prosecutors came out swinging. listen to this. >> my lady, i've made a terrible mistake. >> you made a mistake? >> that's correct. >> you killed a person. that's what you did, isn't it? >> i made a mistake. >> you killed reeva steenkamp, that's what you did. >> i made a mistake, my lady. >> you repeated it three times. what was your mistake? >> my mistake was that i took reeva's life, my lady. >> you killed her. you shot and killed her. won't you take responsibility for that? >> i did, my lady. >> then say it then. say yes. i shot and killed reeva steenkamp. >> reporter: at one point today, the prosecutor actually showed a very graphic photo of reeva's head after the shooting. pistorius sobbed and through those tears, he basically screamed at the prosecutor, why are you showing me that? why are you making me relive the

torment of that night? he says, i was there. pistorius got so emotional, they will have more on it throughout the day. >> all right, jeff rossen in pretoria. jeff, thanks very much. we're going to have more on today's developments in this emotionally charged case coming up. meantime, natalie is here and you've got new developments on this frightening series of highway shootings. >> really scary news out of kansas city. police are looking for a suspect or suspects who are linked to a number of shootings on highways in the area. nbc's john yang is in kansas city with more for us. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. a lot of anxious drivers here in kansas city. drivers tense in this area, this is what they call the grandview triangle here in kansas city. three interstates of big state highway all come together here. and this is also where about half of the incidents took place. >> a foot higher, it goes right through the window. >> reporter: a manhunt is escalating this morning for the suspect in a number of shootings along kansas city area highways. police announced tuesday that there's a connection among some

of the 14 incidents that have taken place over the past month, but have not said what those links are or how many of the shootings are related. >> that definitely seems like a high number to me and something that we obviously should be putting some resources towards to get that to stop. >> reporter: while nobody's been killed, three people have been injured and that number could be much worse. according to one police report, a victim discovered a large bullet hole on the left passenger door where her daughter was sitting. >> people have actually been struck by bullets. it's just a miracle that no one's been killed at this point. >> reporter: most of the eyewitness accounts point to a lone suspect firing from another car, possibly wearing a ski mask. while another report refers to a car full of suspects passing a semiautomatic pistol back and forth. and with the person firing that gun still on the loose, drivers in the kansas city area are eager for an arrest. >> you can hope and pray that they get something taken care of and puts this to an end.

>> reporter: all of these incidents have taken place between 5:30 and 9:00 at night, making the evening rush hour particularly intense. natalie. >> very scary there. john yang in kansas city, thank you. president obama and first lady michelle obama will travel to texas today to attend the memorial service for the victims of the ft. hood shootings. last wednesday, army specialist ivan lopez shot and killed three people before taking his own life. the president will make remarks at the service before moving on to houston where he will attend democratic party fundraisers tonight. a big shake up at the secretsecre secretsecrehe isecret service. several agents protecting president obama on the trip to amsterdam last month were sent home after a night of drinking. in florida, two staffers were

accused of drinking before the obama arrived in florida. we have another massive auto recall to tell you about. toyota is recalling more than six million vehicles globally for a variety of problems with nearly 30 models, including the rav 4 and the yaris. no injuries or crashes have been reported, but there have been two fires connected to a defective engine starter. the ultimate warrior died at the age of 54. james hellwig changed his name in 1993. he was one of the biggest stars in the 1998s. he was inducted in the wwe hall of fame this past weekend. the cause of his death has not been released. uconn doubled down one night after the men won the national

championship. the lady huskies finished off their perfect season tuesday night, beating notre dame 79-58, winning the title for the second year in a row. it is their fourth championship in six years. uconn was simply unbeatable this season, going 40-0. huge congratulations to them as well. you called it title town? >> it is no question, the basketball capital of the world. it is nice to see the celebration did not get out of hand like the night before. after winning the national championship on monday night, the tv anchorman anointed them with another title on tuesday. this is one they were not expecting. take a listen. >> the uconn huskies are the 2014 naacp national champs. [ laughter ] >> that is fox news anchor heather childers. of course, uconn won the ncaa championship, not the naacp title.

>> but for the grace of god. >> we could fill an entire show with mistakes we made on the air. you don't want to see played over and over. >> and now a dvd. send your -- no. let's check it out. boy are we looking at warmer weather coming in here. why? the jet stream is up to the north. it allowing warmer air. as that happens, it allows that warmer air to stream up into the southwest. look at what we're going to be dealing with, especially from the midwest to the southwest. these temperatures, omaha 77. phoenix will be 98. palm springs 100 degrees. that's 14 degrees above normal. tomorrow more of that warmth. but look at the good news. that warmth makes its way to the east. omaha 67. by tomorrow, albany will be looking at 66 degrees.

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happy wednesday to you. right now temperatures are mostly in the 50s. we are headed towards the 70s and $ 80s today. bi by the time we met back here tomorrow morning we will have rain on friday. >> all right, al, thank you. >> let's get to the trip down unws. he took part in the first official engagement and it was a play date.

here is nbc's sara james. >> reporter: it was a pint-sized royal engagement, but a big step for a future king still crawling. it's the role for which he was born. prince george showed no hint of jet lag, holding the floor and impressing the sole american parent in the group. >> he's a lovely little boy. he's very intrepid. >> reporter: the center of a gaggle of babies too young to be starstruck by his royal credentials. all ten chosen because they live in new zealand and born around the same time last year. >> did you meet prince charming? >> i did. >> was it great? >> reporter: little amelia howe refused to reveal state secrets. protecting the prince's privacy. and the fact he might have taken her blocks. >> as she bit in, she put it down because it hurt her. the prince might have picked it up. >> reporter: her parents say on this day, the duke and duchess of cambridge were just mom and dad. >> can you tell me about kate, about meeting the duchess? >> i'm kind of in awe, to actually speak to her on a

one-on-one level. she's so down to earth and she was actually genuinely interested in amelia's welfare. >> reporter: while george has become used to riding in the back seat, it was his parents who took the back seat at today's event. similar to his father 30 years ago when he came to new zealand and australia on his first overseas tour. he's wowed the crowds at his birth. was adored by family and close friends at his christening. and in his first public royal engagement, baby george's performance earned him a rating of prince charming, all before his first birthday. for "today," sara james, nbc news, wellington, new zealand. >> all right, begrudgingly i say it's cute. >> how can you fight that? >> i just hope one day the palace masters the task of getting a good photo opportunity. >> they're pretty good. >> they'll get the hang of it. coming up, we'll get more of this morning's fireworks of the oscar pistorius trial as the prosecution gets its first chance to cross-examination the olympic sprinter.

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7:30 now on wednesday morning, april 9th, 2014. we are following breaking news from pennsylvania. a mass stabbing at franklin regional high school in murrysville, pennsylvania. just outside of pittsburgh. >> a lot of information coming in right now. here's what we know at the time. a student believed to be a sophomore and armed with knives, apparently went rampage-style, a description from someone on the scene went class-to-class. wounded many and several believed to be life threatening because of where they were stabbed or slashed. we are hearing from medical officials that hopefully these students will all recover.

>> we want to get the latest and we have dan stevens on the phone. he is the emergency management official. good morning to you. dan, what can you tell us about what these victims are going. >> right now, we have 20 students that were injured. four of those students were flown by medical helicopter from the scene to local trauma centers. none of the students appears to have life threatening injuries right now. this is breaking. this is a fluid situation and we will be maintaining this information as we go through it. it's important that everybody realizes this is an investigation that will be ongoing and we want to make sure we give good factual information. >> i understand you got the first call at 7:15. how long did it take for officials to respond? can you describe what the scene

was laike when the first responder got there? >> the first call we got was from the school resource officer. the school has a resource officer who is a murrysville police officer, an armed murrysville police officer. he was on scene immediately. immediate response. he identified the patients and identified the actor. between himself and one of the school security officers, they took the suspect into custody. >> can you confirm he is a sophomore? a student at the school? >> he is a 16-year-old sophomore, that is correct. he was taken into custody by the murrysville school resource officer and security officer. other officers arrived on scene and took him to a secure location for additional questioning. >> has he said anything about a possible motive, mr. stevens? >> again, that at this time is still being investigated. he is being questioned by murrysville police and westmoreland detectives.

>> very quickly, mr. stevens, what is your understanding of what exactly unfolded this morning? the student showed up and started stabbing people? >> that is what i have right now. it is very fluid. we are gathering information and doing interview was students and teachers in the hallways. we want good and clear concise information. we want to give you have correct information. i know there is a lot of other information out there that is absolutely false. we are trying to curtail that other news. >> you said we should be cautious with it. from what you are hearing, none of the injuries appears to be life threatening at this time. we will keep posted for more information. >> we will keep you informed. our local an fiaffiliates are updated. this is a fluid situation. our thoughts and prayers go out

to the families and loved ones involved. >> i appreciate your time this morning. daniel stevens with westmoreland county emergency management. we will continue to follow this and give you the information throughout the morning. it is a busy day. we want to turn to another emotional day for oscar pistorius as prosecutors in his murder trial got the first chance to question the olympic sprinter on the witness stand. nbc's jeff rossen is with us from pretoria, south africa. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: hey, matt, good morning once again. day three of oscar pistorius on the stand, and this could be his toughest day yet. doing battle with the prosecutor. cross-examination, as he mentioned, now under way. and within seconds, that prosecutor was basically yelling at him to take responsibility for killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. pistorius told the court this

morning she died in his arms. >> pistorius said he called 911. >> i remember to get to the hospital. i picked reeva up. i don't recall carrying her some way, but i remember getting to the second flight of stairs. i had my fingers in her mouth to help her try to breathe. i had my hand on her hip. i was trying to stop the bleeding. >> reporter: but it was too late. >> reeva had already died whilst i was holding her before the ambulance arrived, so i knew that there was nothing that they could do for her. >> reporter: reeva's mother is sitting just feet away in court. the pain she must feel right now hearing this. >> mr. pistorius, did you at any time intend to kill reeva? >> i did not intend to kill reeva, my lady, or anybody else for that matter.

>> reporter: but the courtroom fireworks were just about to begin. the cross-examination begins. >> my lady, i've made a terrible mistake. >> you made a mistake? >> that's correct. >> you killed a person, that's what you did, isn't it? >> i made a mistake. >> you killed reeva steenkamp, that's what you did. >> i made a mistake, my lady. >> you're repeating it three times. what was your mistake? >> my mistake was that i took reeva's life. >> you killed her. you shot and killed her. won't you take responsibility for that? >> i did, my lady. >> then say it then. say yes. i killed -- i shot and killed reeva steenkamp. >> i did, my lady. >> reporter: at times today, the back and forth got testy.

>> i wouldn't think of every implication. >> reeva doesn't have a life anymore because of what you have done. she is not alive anymore. >> reporter: the prosecutor showed this sky news video to the court. pistorius on a shooting range just months before he shot reeva. >> screams of delight, but listen to the man that sounds like oscar pistorius. >> the same happened to reeva's head. >> reporter: the prosecutor showed a photo of reeva's bloody head to pistorius. we, of course, are not showing it here. >> i have taken responsibility. my fingers touched her head. i remember. i don't have to look at a picture. i was there. >> reporter: huge gasps in the

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in a sheer panic, she used this to save her son from a heroin overdose. when ann heads out the door of her boston home, she has her purse. inside the bag, a dose of narcan. >> this is the narcan. >> there was a time when ann never heard of narcan. back when she thought addiction happened to other people's kids. >> i had perceptions until it happened to my family. >> her son was 21 when he became addicted to painkillers. we that was expenses, he switched to heroin. >> here in the house, where did you have it? >> i used to have it on top of my fridge. >> right here? >> right on top of the fridge. >> ann never imagined she would have to use it so soon. three months later, her husband found their son unconscious in his bedroom. >> my husband came to the room and he screamed.

he said he is not breathing. i ran downstairs to get my narcan. i administered it in his nostrils. i was fumbling. i could not do it. >> were you shaking? >> i was shaking really bad. i can't explain it myself. something takes over. there is nothing else to do. it was just hard. as a parent, you feel very -- and i know i did not cause it, but you feel like you failed your kids. >> ann said they gave them chest compressions as he looked dead. they said she saved her son from permanent brain damage. she carries this photo to remind her of how close she came to lose him. ann got her narcan from groups

created by joanne peterson. >> how many parents in your group saved? >> 23. five since january of this year. >> in the back room, they teach parents how to read the signs of an overdose and put a kit together to push narcan. >> how many people are here because someone they love has used heroin? pretty much everybody. how many people have narcan in your house? wow. >> according to the cdc, more than 10,000 opioid overdoses have been reversed nationwide with narcan. 18 states expanded laws to access narcan, others have resisted. in maine, only medical personnel can administer narcan. at the press conference last month, the governor said family members should not have access. >> do you believe it should be distributed to parents with a

child? >> no. it is an escape. it is an excuse to stay addicted. i think we need to treat and let's deal with the treatment and not say go overdose and if you do, i'll save you. do, i'll there to save you. >> with all due respect, governor, if it can save one life, why would you not support that? >> i've said my piece on it. >> reporter: but now a stunning reversal. tuesday the governor's office told nbc news he will now support proposed legislation to allow immediate family members to have access to narcan. for anne, having it made all the difference. >> what we did with the narcan was the most crucial part in this. without the narcan, everything else will have fallen by the wayside. it's just nice to have a son. >> reporter: it must be nice to have him back. >> yeah. >> anne's son is doing well now. he has a good job. anne says he is sober. as for the new fda drug, ed

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but first, carson is in the orange room with more. >> spring breakers today continues. we've got #breaktherecord. you guys are getting involved online. let's recap what happened so far. monday, this is leah gramanis, she was trying to break the record for heaviest vehicle pulled in high heels bay female. unfortunately, she came up short, but still raised great money for women in need. you're an inspiration to all, she certainly is. tuesday, we had the brothers out here. the kennedy brothers. eric, t.j., and sean. they broke the record for highest trampoline bounce by a teen. they did a nice job even in the rain yesterday. karen wrote this, congratulations, and to do it in the rain. wonderful accomplishment. keep them coming. matt, what do we got today? we're shaving heads. >> that's right. we're shaving heads, carson. we're going to begin today's challenge right now. we have david alexander here, a master hair stylist and barber from atlanta, georgia. we've got people volunteering here. we have a lady back here trying to convince natalie to shave her head.

>> good try. >> the current record is 72, right? >> yes. >> you're going for 73. >> 73 at least. >> let's put 60 minutes on the clock, folks. and david, are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> three, two, one -- [ applause ] all right. one and a half down, 72 1/2 to go. coming up on "trending," the rat

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good morning everyone. the power of social media helped track down a suspect accused of stealing a laptop and a phone from a san francisco cafe. this video shows the suspect snag the woman's things after she got up to go to the restroom. she said she was gone a minute. she posted this on her youtube and facebook. the suspect was arrested monday. no word on what charges will be filed. >> let's check our weather this morning with christina. >> good morning we are watching the weather for you across the area. mostly clear and cloudy. fogged in this morning. not all day. we will clear you out by lunch time.

result ares of our longer day. we have higher pollen levels. we are in the moderate range but expecting the high levels to come back to the bay area this weekend. 67 degrees in san francisco. not a bad day shaping up but cooler than yesterday. >> looking over here toward north 101. we are starting to see better movement. this is the arrow showing you the area. allen rock on the southbound side could cause more bdes traction. that could mean more slowing as well. the rest of the bay is showing a good build. zooming in towards the hills. crash between 280 and highway 75. back to you. >> all right mike. more legal news coming up in a half an hour we'll see you then.

it's 8:00 on "today," and coming up, homecoming. the family at the center of the dramatic and controversial high seas rescue arrives back in the u.s. today. will they respond to the growing wave of criticism? plus, beauty in the eye of the beholder. a social experiment where women wear special patches to make them feel more beautiful. so what happened? the results may surprise you. and singer, songwriter, grammy nominee, the beautiful and talented janelle monae sings for us on the plaza today, tuesday, april 9th, 2014. ♪ >> good morning, we love the

"today" show! we love janelle monae! we're so excited! >> it's my 18th birthday. i'm here all the way from brazil. ♪ >> good morning, jersey city! >> hi everybody in our hometown in ann arbor, michigan. >> hi, new orleans, i love you. now we're back outside now. 8:00 on a wednesday morning. we have got a great crowd of people here in the safe zone here, not in the shave zone behind us, where david alexander is on his ninth head shaving right now. >> wow. >> yeah, nine. >> how many heads does he have to -- >> 73. >> about 40 seconds ahead? >> yeah, he's cruising. they've only got 72 people back there. >> you might have to jump in.

>> it might get interesting. >> carson! carson! carson! >> let's get a check of the morning headlines. here's natalie. >> all right, good morning to you once again. following news in pennsylvania, where 19 students and one security guard were hurt during a stabbing rampage at a high school. it happened at franklin regional high school in murrysville, 15 miles east of pittsburgh. at least for students suffered serious injuries. the suspect was taken into custody and is being questioned. >> what we try to teach and talk about is, the first thing you want the students to do is to run. you know? upon my arrival and the other officers that's what we saw. we saw a chaotic scene outside. people running everywhere. so, yes, the fire alarm being pulled, probably assisted with the evacuating the school. that was good that was done. >> the suspect was subdued by the school's assistant principal

and a security guard. prosecutors launched their cross-examination of pistorius this morning. he described how steenkamp died in his arms after he shot her repeatedly, thinking he was a burglar. pistorius said that it was a terrible mistake. there is new optimism this morning that the wreckage of malaysia flight 370 will be found. an australian ship pulling an american signal detector heard pings for first time since the weekend. they're confident it came from a man-made device and now 33 days into the search, the task is to narrow the search area before the batteries in the plane's black box recorders run out. the family at the center of a dramatic rescue in the pacific ocean will be back on shore

today. miguel am ager has the very latest. >> reporter: good morning. when the kauffmans arrive they'll take their 1-year-old girl to the hospital to be medically evaluated. it was supposed to be the dream trip and turned into an ordeal and a fight for survival. a phone call from a navy ship with encouraging news about 1-year-old lyra kaufman and 3-year-old sister, cora. >> they're happy and loving this time. >> reporter: on march 20th, they set sail for the south pacific. in charlotte, documents the family's struggles in her online diary. day one, imagine doing your normal stay at home day only your entire house is pitching about. day six, we have no one else to blame for bringing a 13-month-old to sea than ourselves. day eight, i think this may be the stupidest thing we have ever done. >> she didn't think this was going to be easy. but i also don't think she expected it to be so hard, so

quickly. >> reporter: day 14, the final entry. if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. >> lyra got sick and she said that it was like salmonella like symptoms. >> day 16, 900 miles from mexico a call for help. a rescue team plunges into the ocean. for three days the team rides out the rough weather in a cramped, crippled sailboat. day 19, the uss van der griff arrives. they take everything on the rescue boats and then watch as the rebel heart sinks below the waves. >> we were all concerned especially for the little ones, you know? it's a great dream for an adult, it's just sometimes you have to wait. you know? >> reporter: the navy said the family won't speak to the media when they arrive today. but in a tweet, they said they'll address the press after the family had time to catch their breath. >> a lot of people want to hear

their side of the story. thank you. an artist who loves to paint without paint created an unusual tribute to actor jackie chan for his 60th birthday this week. the artist collected 64,000 chop sticks and strung them into the martial arts action hero. show chose it as a symbol of global chinese culture and because jackie has used them as a weapon in the kung fu movies. look at the picture there. looks perfect. 8:06. let's get a check of the weather with al. >> today's weather is brought to you by mass mutual. a company owned by the policy owners. >> we're at 15 heads shaved. if they need another one are you going to volunteer? yeah, what's your name? >> sandy. >> where are you from? >> utah. >> everybody would be talking about you, sandy. we'll hold you to that. let's show you what we've got going on right now. 16 heads shaved.

phoenix, arizona, look at the temperatures. flirting with 100 right through friday. sunny and hot. as we look at the rest of the country today, got plenty of sunshine. midsection of the u.s., some showers along the southeastern atlantic coast. afternoon highs into the 90s, 100s and 80s in southern florida. 40s northern new england with weather making its way through the plains. lots of sunshine through the gulf coast. spring breakers good news. 77. a litt we're looking good today! temperatures are going to be about 10 degrees cooler than where we ended up yesterday. yesterday was downright hot. we hit the 90s, even in the south bay. today, the low 80s. and it will be significantly cooler at the coast, with the return of that onshore flow. low clouds are thick out there this morning. 67, that's it for you today. in san francisco, i want to show you the trend for the south bay. because tomorrow we're going to nudge your numbers up a touch and we'll bring them right back down friday into saturday. a much cooler weekend taking shape, a light chance for showers on saturday.

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than when they go to a professional. probably should take more ownership of it, i would imagine. >> yeah. >> unbelievable. >> just one as opposed to thousands. >> and taking your time. >> people just don't want to do it, though. it's homework. they don't want to do it. >> and it's so hard to do. >> okay, whining over. on tuesday, we showed you what happens when a little baby goes through the car wash for the first time. all right. here's what happens when a grandmother takes her very first ride on a roller coaster. take a look. [ laughter ] >> okay, that's contagious. that's 78-year-old ria van den brand, she's from the netherlands. the video is part of a marketing campaign that will eventually see ria taking her first trip on an airplane. it's good thing she had that

reaction. >> she throws up. >> mr. bearer of bad news. so you think your morning commute is rough? check out this next video. might want to put down your cheerios before you watch, though. >> ah! >> oh, my gosh. >> that one lady says no problem. >> so a rat gets on a subway train here in new york city earlier this week. a lot of people screaming and squealing on chairs. no one realized it was in their midst until the subway door closed. everybody had to wait for the next stop. unfortunately, it was an express. >> that rat is as big as a cat. >> so a rat gets on a subway train. i thought you were doing a joke. hey, pal, what's with the long

face? >> let's end on a high note, shall we? when a 17-year-old lost his wallet during a miami marlins game last week, he was sure that he would never see it again. but a few days later, the wallet which contained his school i.d. turned up at his high school, and with that wallet, the teen actually got a note and a little surprise inside. >> that's nice. an anonymous good samaritan writing, "i added $20 to it so you would know the world is a great place. when you get the chance, do something nice for someone else." the teen is trying to figure out how he's going to pay it forward. >> see, we're not all bad news and rats. a little something to make you smile. >> unless the teen had $80 in the wallet to begin with. >> carson! >> it's matt. he started it. >> that's what's trending today. come up next, what if you could wear a patch that would make you fee

"today's" love your selfie is brought to you by dove. dove wants every woman's encounter with a mirror to be a positive affirmation of her beauty. and now to our ongoing series on women and body image, which we call "love your selfie." the folks at dove are at it again with what they say is a first of its kind social experiment. they invited ten women to wear a patch for two weeks that they told them would help them feel more beautiful.

and the results were captured in a new short film, "dove patches." for many women, looking in the mirror can be nerve racking. >> i almost avoid mirrors lately. >> i definitely pick out a lot of bad things with myself. >> everybody wants to be younger. why can't being older be good? >> so psychologist dr. anne carney cooke teamed up with dove to try and unlock the powerful feeling of beauty inside women. >> we invite women to be part of a research group testing a revolutionary product. rb-x is a beauty patch developed to enhance the way women perceive their own beauty. so there's two components. one is a beauty patch. and another is a video diary you're going to keep each day. >> after the first few days, the women didn't notice many changes. >> it felt like just a normal day. >> so far, not feeling more beautiful. >> but by day four, their attitudes started to shift. >> one of my co-workers said that i looked really pretty and

i thought that was really cool. >> my arms are one of things i usually try to cover the most. >> i feel beautiful, no matter if i'm sick, tired, or the fact that there's a pimple on my nose. >> at the end of the experiment, the women checked in with dr. cooke to share their thoughts. >> what is your feeling like now coming back after two weeks? >> definitely been a life-altering experience. >> i've definitely opened up something inside of me to make me feel this great. >> only there was one surprising catch. >> do you have interest in knowing what's inside the patch? >> i do. >> and if you can just turn that over. can you say more? >> oh, my gosh. there's nothing in the beauty patch? >> i was really expecting there to be something. to really see that there's nothing in it. it's crazy. >> demonstrating once again

beauty comes from within. >> i wanted it to be about me. and not a patch. >> and so it was. psychologist and body image expert anne car fee cooke is with us now along with three of the participants you just saw, chris thompson, britney o'brien, and kaitlin donovan. ladies, good morning. we're already crying in here. did you bring me the patch? >> you don't need one. >> apparently you don't need one. ladies, did you really feel a difference after a few days in how you perceived yourself, britney? >> yes, definitely. i noticed one of the things i was doing, i was taking more pictures. i made a point to avoid the camera. i was always taking pictures of my kids and things like that, but i wasn't in most of them. and i started taking pictures and being out with my daughter and enjoying it. it was great. >> chris, did other people notice a change within you? >> i was at the grocery store one day with my children and i always get compliments on them. but an older couple said oh, you are beautiful and so are your children. i was like, wow. i appreciate it. >> doctor, what did you take away from this experiment?

you've been doing research for 30 years. what did you take away from what happened here? >> well, with the dove's patch study, i think it's just very clear that beauty is a state of mind. and when you feel beautiful -- again, and this experiment, the patch, what was set up is that you're going to feel more beautiful. once women felt more beautiful, each day they made different choices that made them feel better about themselves. so if you're in that state of mind, the women did things like instead of looking outside, what's the number on the scale, am i okay, comparing themselves to others, they just started to really focus on their own signature strengths. and their own sense of beauty. so again, once you're in that state of mind, you often make different choices and the compass of directions within you. >> i thought it was very profound the reaction you all had. but i also wondered, was anyone

kind of mad? did anyone think boy, i got tricked and being manipulated in some way? >> absolutely not. >> no. >> kaitlin, what was your reaction? >> i was a little shocked -- i was pretty shocked. i never felt that way before. just about myself and just having that much confidence. so i thought maybe there was, like, caffeine or something. but just knowing that that was all me, it just felt really good. >> do you feel, chris and britney, like there's some staying power with this? that the lesson you learned is going to continue to be with you? >> yes, it already has. >> definitely. >> it was really interesting too that as kaitlin was saying, that when you're not so focused on your body and criticizing it and comparing yourself to others, you have a lot more energy, and i felt like the women traded trying to have the perfect body to having more vitality because, as she said, when i gave her the patch and i said, you know, do you want to know what the

ingredients are and it said nothing, she was shocked because she said, i could have sworn it was caffeine. i had so much more energy. >> it's nice to spend energy on feeling good about yourself. ladies, doctor, thank you so much. good to have you here. >> thank you. >> we want you to share your favorite photo and one thing you love about yourself, since we've started this conversation. just use the #loveyourselfie. now our special weeklong series spring breakers today. this morning we're going for that guinness world record attempt. david alexander is right here. he's hard at work shaving heads, the most heads shaved in an hour. he's on 37 right now. all for a very worthy cause. a charity to fund research for childhood cancers. take a look. back in 2000, a dare between friends to shave their heads to bring awareness to children's cancer became the st. baldrick's

foundation. now it's grown to hair-raising proportions, shaving more than 350,000 heads, 41,000 of those female, funding life-serving research and showing kids with cancer, it's cool to be billion dollar. >> do you remember when you used to have hair. >> yeah. >> and it started to fall out. >> yeah. >> how did you feel when it started to fall out? >> sad. >> a year ago, the meroni family had a house filled with healthy energetic little boys. but last summer that changed. >> having pain in my legs. i couldn't play basketball. >> a doctor suggested they take joseph for blood work. >> she was reading out all these things and still never said the word "leukemia." still never said the word "cancer." so finally, i was like, is it

cancer? is it leukemia? and she said yes. and -- >> leukemia, a word no parent wants in their 6-year-old's vocabulary. >> did you know what that meant in the beginning? >> no. but now i do. >> but now you do. >> countless tests, surgeries and chemo therapy followed. at a st. baldrick's event in november, his dad christian and brother shawn and thomas all sheered their head in support of their big brother. >> they shaved their head. >> just last week, they got a phone call with some good news. joseph is in remission. >> you get to a point where you think all the news you're going to find out is bad news. >> bright news for the maroni's and their little superhero. >> team joseph! >> we're back here on the plaza watching how it's going. david alexander is flying. i'm not going to talk to him because he doesn't want to take a break. but let me tell you, there are

flames coming out of that buzzer. literally, there are flames. mike janella is the adjudicator for guinness world records. how's it going so far? >> he's on pace. he had 37 through halfway. that would get him the record if he keeps it up. >> you're there to make sure he gets the head completely shaved. >> that's right. >> dave, how you feeling? >> my arm's tired. >> i can imagine it's tired. >> i'm ready for carson, though. get him down here. >> we're going to get him over here. by the way, i like looking at the faces of the guys in line here. you're doing the white knuckle thing over here. what's your name? >> nick. >> all right, nick. you happy about this? >> i am. >> good luck. david, you keep it going, man, all right? >> thank you, sir. he's switching out clippers every few heads to make sure he doesn't get a clogged blades and he can do a nice, smooth cut. what is he now, 40 something? >> this is number 42. >> 42 right here. david, i think you're going to do it.

keep it up. we're going to check back in. also coming up, tony and emmy winner kristin chenoweth. a very good wednesday morning to you. 8:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. a former presidential candidate stopping by the bay area today. 12-term u.s. congressman ron paul will speak at cal state east bay this afternoon. he has presentation will focus on his views of the american political system. he's also scheduled to speak at the commonwealth club in san francisco tomorrow. speaking right here, right now, mike inouye's got a look at the morning commute. >> 92 across the water is moving smoothly. you can see the low clouds. patches of dense fog in some areas. we're looking towards half moon bay on the map, get there or coming from there, highway 92 is really jammed up, traffic control, only your westbound lanes are available for both directions, because of an overturned big rig, somewhere between 280 and skyline. that's a problem there.

but a smoother drive around the rest of your bay. the south bay does show a big slowing northbound 880, 101, bogs you down and 101 continues to recover after an earlier crash. that's starting to calm down now as well. back to you, laura. >> thank you very much. we'll be back with another local news update for you in the next half hour. we'll also take a look at your morning commute as well as the weather. going to be a little cooler today. we'll keep checking in with christina. have a great wednesday morning in the meantime.

we have something pretty exciting going on out there today. >> david alexander is out there trying to beat the record of 72 head shaves in one hour. right now, he's on pace, still has about 21 minutes to go. he can make that record.

>> they all look great. also, sheryl sandberg sparked a big debate by saying lean in when it comes to women's careers. she is back with us, for advice with graduates. kristen chenoweth is here to tell us about her new animated role and janelle monae will bring the house down, with not one, but two live performances on the plaza. >> look forward to that. let's get a check of the weather. >> all right. a garr gorgeous day in the gulf coast. we have heat in the southwest. rain making its way across the plains. windy conditions in northern new england. gorgeous day into parts of the rockies with temperatures in the 80s there. then as we move into tomorrow, again, more wet weather around the great lakes where it will be sunny and mild in the pacific northwest. the heat is on for the spring breakers along the gulf coast into the southeast with plenty of sunshine. mild conditions. temperatures again in the 80s.

in fact, interior sections of the southwest, up to near 100 degrees. phoenix tomorr hey, we hit 96? saratoga yesterday. so, yeah, our warm days for the most part are done. after today, in particular. we're going to hit the low 80s, down about 10 degrees from yesterday's high, and the reason why is because you can see here from our san francisco camera, onshore flow has returned, we're going to get a nice ocean breeze throughout the day today. good air quality, open up the windows in your home if you're so inclined. those low clouds will hit the coastline for the next couple of hours. mostly sunny by noon and cooler by 5:00 to 10:00. sunset tonight at 7:40. >> and that's your latest weather. meantime, got some nice friends visiting from kshb, our nbc affiliate in kansas city. the news anchors, and kaylene

handles the weather. you brought us some great kansas city stuff. >> kansas city has a lot to offer. barbecue, of course. we brought several different flavors for you to try so you can make your own decision. >> ice cream. >> once you've had the barbecue and it's spicy, we brought some ice cream to cool you down. the champagne bottle, we can pop the cork. >> you have a lot of baby stuff. >> savannah is expecting. we brought some chief, royals and sporting kc. we brought some baby gear for savannah as well. >> guys, thanks so much. we're going to bring this in for you. >> thank you very mup. we really appreciate it. meantime, sheryl sandberg caused a fire storm with her book "lean in." she delivered a blunt message. men still run the world and women need to take control of their careers. this has gone on to sell nearly two million copies. started a movement. women from ceos to stay-at-home moms have formed more than 16,000 lean in circles around

the world. but of course, sandberg also faced some criticism from some who said she didn't fully understand the struggle to balance work and family. now sheryl sandberg, the mother of two, has set her sights on the next generation with her new book "cle"lean in for graduates" so good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> what does lean in for graduates mean? i remember graduating from college and i would be happy to have any job. >> since the book has been published last year, so many women want to lean in. but especially if they're young and the tough economy, ask how. how do i find a job? how do i figure out what i want to do in the first place? how do i negotiate for myself if i'm a woman?

>> how can you negotiate if it's a first job and you have no leverage and there's ten people who would do it for less. >> you can negotiate, but if you're a woman you have to do it the right way. one of the chapters in the new book is by kim keating, and she tells women how to negotiate without facing that penalty women face because we don't expect them to advocate. things like use we, not i. explain why the compensation is not just important to you, but will help you do a better job. >> we have some pictures of you from your high school and college graduation. roll them. >> that should be scary. >> you write a letter to the graduates, a personal letter. you say in the book, you know, when i graduate young. a marriage that didn't work out. something that was a painful experience for me. but one i grew from. i think what matters is as we come into the work force, we know that this can be the generation that can get us to equality. and that means we have to give women and men the tools, but especially women, to get paid the same as men, they deserve it. to get the same opportunities as men to, get into jobs like yours and mine. >> you tell the graduates, "this is your time, generations of women are rooting for you, i'm rooting for you, embrace leadership, lean in." i know you've heard this

criticism before, but in a way the subtext is you need to lean in, you need to do something. if you don't get ahead, it's your fault. as opposed to, frankly, institutional barriers that exist. >> i think these are false tradeoffs. we need all kinds of change. we need public policy reform and institutional change. but a lot of those changes can come about if there were more women in leadership roles. we know that when companies have more women, and even middle management, those companies have better work life policies for women. so i believe we need reform and i believe women can help us get there. >> you ow, when "lean in" went out, not only did you sell books, you added a phrase to our lexicon, and something in our culture now. but you were really criticized in a lot of corridors. did all of that sting? >> i think the real risk here is not too much controversy but too little. i knew when i put out this book that i was hitting on really personal issues. this is about who we are as individuals, as parents, as colleagues. this is about the expectations we have for our children. and i think the fact that there's been such active debate is great. and the fact that so many women are taking action.

16,000 circles in 72 countries, they're in kosovo and saudi arabia and michigan state university. these are individuals who are taking action every single day to lean in and make their lives better. >> well, for better or worse, everyone's very interested in what you're doing in particular. the business press is all abuzz because you have, i guess, unloaded about half of your facebook stock and some people read the tea leaves and say is she planning to leave facebook soon? >> i'm glad you raised this, because there's been some confusion. a good chunk of what was sold was all for taxes. so there's just confusion on that. and i have really plans to stay at facebook. i love my job. i love what we do every day to connect the world. and i love being able to work on lean in in my personal time. >> the other big rumor is that you might be running for political office. would you rule it out? >> i'm not running for office. again, i really love my job and i have no plans to make any changes. >> would you rule it out? >> i have ruled it out. i don't think that's for me, but i do really believe in what i'm

doing. >> sheryl sandberg, always a good conversation starter, and now this is addressed to the next generation. "lean in for graduates." thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >> and we should mention that sheryl and some of the women who contributed to the book are actually going to help us with the summer series called "finding your first job today." if you are a soon-to-be grad or recently received a diploma, go to today.com for more details to get some great advice. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. coming up next, the lovely and talented kristin chenoweth on her new role. and our barber approaches the finish line of the guinness world record attempt.

the head shaving continues. we'll check in with david alkpander in a little while. meanwhile, kristin chenoweth is a tony and emmy winner and a proud member of the oklahoma

hall of fame. in her latest role, she plays an opera singing poisonous frog in "rio 2." it's difficult, because gaby is in love with a villainous bird named nigel. >> you're the only one who knows what it feels like to be all alone. m misunderstood. you're the evil to my lethal. >> i can see why they call you gaby. where are you, you filthy fowl? hoot. >> oh! >> kristin chenoweth, good morning. nice to see you. >> you, too, matt. >> so you play a frog that can't be touched, but this week you couldn't be touched literally. you're just recovering from strep throat. >> strep throat and bronchitis. my voice has never been lower. >> you feeling all right now? >> i'm better. it's certainly nice to be out in this weather. >> isn't it great? >> you want my coat? >> maybe. >> in a second, i'll give it to you. >> thank you, matt. >> so let me make sure i understand the poisonous thing. if i put my hands all over you, do i die instantly or only after

my wife finds out? >> i say number two. >> number two? >> if she kisses anyone, she'll kill them. which, i mean, who doesn't relate to that? >> exactly. i've been in that situation. and it's cool, because first of all, it's a great movie. >> thank you. >> it really is. the sequel is fantastic. there's a bit of a romeo and juliet feel here. it may not be the montagues and the capulets. >> but she's a poisonous frog and in love with this bird. she can't kiss him.

he doesn't really know she's alive. i don't know if women out there understand this. i certainly have been there. >> you've been through there? >> of course. haven't we all been hurt? but she can be stalker-ish. >> you added a twist i didn't expect. >> there you go. >> you have fun doing this? >> i love it. >> fun to use your voice to create a character as opposed to just singing a song. >> yes. this is a new character from the first movie. when they called me in and said you're going to be playing a new part, i thought a bird, of course. i'll be playing a bird. but no, it's the frog. >> we need you to know that savannah is deathly afraid of frogs. did you know that? >> yes, i know. >> you are her worst nightmare in this movie. >> i'm going to kiss her with tongue. >> with strep throat and tongue. you brought a little something? >> i did for her. >> you shouldn't have. >> hi, savannah. >> hello! how are you? >> oh no, you're dead. i actually have a gift for you. i hope it doesn't bite. >> it's alive? >> i'm just -- >> why don't you open it? there are no frogs in this movie, right? >> me. i'm the frog. poisonous. >> oh! honestly, i was afraid it was going to be alive. now that's just sweet. i'm not afraid. >> of course. >> thank you so much. >> she looks like she's had a

little plastic surgery in the lip area. but go for it. >> kristin chenoweth, thank you. you're going to be back a little later with kathie

the toyota concert series on "today," brought to you by toyota. >> janelle monae is a little soul, a little funk, a little bit rock 'n' roll. this morning, she's brought a little samba beat to the plaza from the sound track of "rio 2." nice to have you. >> thank you so much for having me this morning. >> what have you been up to? we had so much fun with you last time. i know you were about to go back on the road. >> yes, i am. i'll be on tour this summer. lots of festivals. i see all my fans out there. they got up early this morning and they're always on the road with me. they follow me everywhere and i

love them so much. >> it looks like you had a lot of fun making this movie and singing for the movie. you brought a rather large group with you this morning. >> yes. >> i just want to share something i saw a few minutes ago that was so nice. you all gathered for a moment of prayer inside. >> absolutely. we always give thanks. for these opportunities. there's so many incredible artists. for you guys to have us means the world. >> you took the words out of my mouth. >> and i'm thankful for "rio 2." go see the movie april 11th and we're going to do "what is love." >> you introduced it better than i could have ever introduced it. janelle monae. ♪ what is love if it's not with you know when you're alone ♪ ♪ you feel it too

in your arms is where i long to be ♪ ♪ because being with you gives me sanity oh listen to me darling ♪ ♪ i wake up every morning thinking about the way you feel oh oh i wonder if you know it ♪ ♪ what good is the party if you're not around listen to me now ♪ ♪ what good is love if it's not your love what good is love ♪ ♪ if it's not your love i can't imagine dancing without you ♪ ♪ if you ain't right here standing next to me oh listen to me darling ♪

♪ i wake up every morning thinking about the you feel ♪ ♪ oh i wonder if you know it what good is the party if you're not around ♪ ♪ listen to me now what good is love if it's not your love ♪ ♪ what good is love ♪ if it's not your love oh oh

what's the point if it's not with you ♪ ♪ i know when you're alone oh oh yeah what is love ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> janelle monae. too bad she doesn't bring anything to the party. she's going to be back with a little more music later on. but up next, will he make it? we're going to check in on that guinness world record attempt. but first, this is "today" on nbc. exquisite.

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and surprisingly affordable. get the good stuff, at a price you'll love, at t.j.maxx. back here on day three of spring breakers today. it's all about shaving heads. >> we've been watching this man david alexander hard at work for nearly an hour. is he going to set the record for most heads shaved in one hour. >> how is our time? >> this is the record breaker right here. this is 73. >> awesome. >> he's just got to finish this one head to set the record, at least until we find out from mike. >> 30 seconds. 30 seconds left. >> let's do it. >> 20 seconds.

>> and you're good. chausz [ cheers and applause ] >> yes! yes! >> david, come on over here. mike, come on over here. put down your clippers for a second. >> how you feeling? >> good. >> i guess it doesn't make any sense talking to you until we get the official word from the adjudicator for guinness world records. >> the official word is that with 11 seconds to spare, you broke the record. this is for you. congratulations. officially amazing. >> thank you. >> how do you feel? >> great. i'm a little hairy. >> yeah. >> carson needs a little trim. >> a few more seconds to spare, i was about to jump in. you did it. congratulations. what a great foundation, too. you've got to be proud. thank you to everybody here, all 73 of you. >> well-done, folks. >> heads never looked so

beautiful. >> exactly right. >> david, thank you so much. mike, thank you very much. tomorrow, we're going to attempt a record for the largest exercise ball class right here in the plaza. so stick around, guys. >> i'm telling you, that's a lot of hair down there. >> i know. what happens -- that is unbelievable. >> how do you guys feel back there? [ applause ] >> oh, look at her. >> you take care of it. >> have a seat, sweetie. >> gina, gina, gina! >> that's perfect. >> i think we've established that bald is beautiful. >> exactly. >> a cancer survivor, she's

doing great. >> never looked more beautiful. >> look down just a little bit. >> tamron and willie and natalie here. what's coming up? >> we've got more on that breaking news out of pittsburgh. we'll have all that and more. but first, your local news and weather.

well, good morning, everyone. 8:56. i'm scott mcgrew. this afternoon, frustrated nurses are san francisco general hospital will rally for more staffing. the protest begins at noon outside the emergency room at the hospital. the nurses say the hospital is dangerously understaffed and say conditions are unsafe for patients. let's get a check of weather this morning with christina. good morning. >> good morning.

patients and everybody out there, just want to make sure you have that ready to go this morning, with some thick, low clouds right at the coast, but you might leave your house to a completely clear sky inland. ridge is going to break down by this afternoon, and as a result, we'll get a nice, cool sea breeze, the kind of weather that makes you want to open up the windows. good air quality today, feel free to do so.

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 a wednesday morning, april 9th, 2014. i'm willie geist along with al roker, natalie morales, and tamron hall. there is a big story developing right now. multiple stabbing victims at a high school in pennsylvania. >> that's right. this happened this morning at franklin regional high school in murrysville. the stabbings happened in multiple classrooms and hallways. there are reports right now of at least 20 injured. >> the hospital spokesperson confirms some of the injuries are life threatening. victims are being treated at several area hospitals.

>> one person said the ages range from 15 to 60. we can tell you a suspect is in custody and that the suspect sadly is a student. >> we're learning from our nbc affiliate in the pittsburgh area that inside the school, students describe it as one student saying i was walking in the school and a stampede of people were running after me. they were screaming, go to your cars, someone is stabbing people. >> we'll have more on this as it develops. >> meanwhile, new clues in the search for flight 370. overnight, australia search koo coordinators announced they were able to reacquire the ping signal on two occasions. search leaders say their now confident the signals come from a man made device and it's consistent with the locator on a black box. again, this took place in one of the remote areas of the indian ocean at 15,000 feet. the challenge is huge right

there. >> like three miles. >> "the washington post" put this in perspective. the empire state building stands 1,250 feet. the maximum known depth a sperm whale can dive is 3,000. the titanic was at 12,500 feet. they found air france 447 13,000 feet down. we're talking about 15,000 feet. very difficult to recover. it's been almost a month now. >> and there's no guarantee that's flat surface. it's a volcanic area. could be in a crevice, a valley. besides the actual topography of the ocean, the depth is going to cause big problems. >> officials today said the ping is faint. that's obviously a concern. even though the experts who make the black box say in many cases it can extend past 30 days. the search teams overnight say it was a faint ping, famore fai than what they heard before. >> the most positive news,

though, they feel somewhat confident this time around that they actually have perhaps the biggest breakthrough yet. fingers crossed they actually find something. >> every time we get a shred of information, i just think about these families thinking oh, maybe this is it. even if it's not a rescue, it's a recovery. >> some closure. at least it's the beginning of trying to understand what actually happened. >> but there still could be months. could be at least a month before they -- if this is the area, just recover the black boxes. >> and then analyzing that data, assuming they find it, it could take a long, long time to put it all together. on to some good news. we saw just the most adorable baby video/photos you can possibly imagine. william, kate, and prince george in new zealand on their three-week visit to new zealand and australia. having a little play date. the prince enjoying time with ten other babies and their parents as they mingled there. of course, the other babies

don't even know who he is. >> not impressed. >> don't steal his toys from him. the babies all about 8 months old. just look at those cheeks. >> can you imagine a play date with prince george? >> apparently all the babies selected were born around the same time as the prince. but look at his size in comparison. look at his little arms. and his head. >> they were kind of chunky monkeys, my kids as well. but it's interesting, when the royals did arrive there, i don't know if you saw the picture when kate stepped off the plane, there was a slight wardrobe malfunction as she visited down under, quite literally. >> oh. hey, now. there it is. >> we went there. >> but natalie's back. >> it sells itself. >> missed you. >> every once in a while, i bring her out just for you guys. >> thank you very much. >> can you imagine the stress of being one of the other parents? play dates are hard enough. the baby's like, don't punch the royal baby.

please don't punch the royal baby. don't throw a fire truck at the royal baby. >> i see it the other way. if you're kate and will, you don't want the royal baby to hit the other kid because then people say look at this privileged kid, he's a bully. >> so one of our faves, batkid is back. love batkid. 5-year-old miles scott, a kindergartener in remission from leukemia. the make a wish foundation threw a celebration for this young boy. folks dressed as the comic book characters the riddler and the penguin. guess what, entering san francisco giants park, at&t park in a bat mobile painted lamborghini. it is bruce wayne, let's face it. he threw out the first pitch before the san francisco giants' home opener. and the pitch -- all right! way to go, young man. >> nicely done. >> fantastic. >> he should come visit us on the plaza and bring his lamborghini here.

>> that's a heck of a bullpen car. in the '80s, the yankees had the pinstripe dodge. a lamborghini? that's the next level. >> i would have gone in a dodge dart. >> oh, gosh. something else to talk about this morning -- >> your allergies are really bothering you. >> you know, it's so weird. every time i start work -- start work. i know, my eyes start to run. and it's been going on. and i don't know what's happening to me. >> should do an air allergy test. >> i think it's what happens after i turn 40. al's getting me some tissue. thank you. >> tissue? >> we were talking about the fact that i do my own makeup. what i'm afraid of right now is this eyelash is coming off. >> oh, no! >> want me to take retail baby for you here? >> yes. >> no, i got it. just know that if anyone tweets a picture of me out with my

eyelash off, i'll never talk to you again. >> it's there. you're good. >> here's the story. this is nothing. some mom right now is worried about the fact that she's going to have to go shopping today, run a few errands with a toddler on an infant in tow. but, don't you worry. apparently a new study out says that there's a benefit of retail therapy for babies. this according to the new oxford university study. the research found that shopping trips can actually help a child's development as much as painting. a lot of these art clubs are popular right now. or even drawing activities. they're pointing out, mom, don't wear that. you look great in those jeans. and social skills. because they're chatting it up with all of the employees who think your kid is cute. i added that in. a story in "new york" magazine joked when your infant's friends are all headed to a fancy art camp, hold your head high knowing that he went to forever 21, and that will equally enrich that child's life.

so -- >> my kids hate shopping with me. there is no way. >> i don't think the study said they enjoy it. it's good for their socialization. they may hate it. they may cry. you shouldn't feel that you have to apologize for bringing your child because you're actually socializing your child. >> you're traumatizing your child. >> i'm going to use that now. >> you think so? >> no kid wants to go -- no child wants -- voluntarily wants to go shopping with mom. this extended from my family all the way to my teen years. my father -- for me to get the car for the evening, i would have to take my mother shopping. >> but riddle me this. no kid wants to go to school. >> the riddler. >> no kid wants to go to school. you still make them go. so if the benefit is that the child becomes more socially aware -- >> shopping? school? wait a minute. >> i'm thinking about my fashionista. >> a play date is much more social than shopping. >> i'm just telling you what the study says. >> those british. oh, come on.

come on. >> oxford not good enough. >> it helps my case when i want to shop, al. >> do not do that to your children. >> i'm begging you, don't do it. anyway, look at this heat. we are talking about spring fever finally break out today. jet streams way up to the north. that's good news. and so we've got these warm winds coming in up from the south. look at that. albuquerque, 82. omaha 77. that's 16 degrees above normal. and it continues tomorrow. palm springs will be at 98. phoenix, 100. that's 17 degrees above normal. and look, it's moving to the east. good news. cincinnati tomorrow, you're going to be at 72 degrees. 9:09. good morning. i'm meteorologist christina

loren, taking a live look at san jose. overcast sky, but that's going to be turning mostly clear in just a matter of an hour or so. you're going to have to wait until about lunchtime, maybe a half hour beyond in san francisco for that sky to clear. nonetheless, we'll see a nice finish to the day. fog will cling to the coastline, at least until noon. then we'll see lots of sunshine. sunset tonight at 7:40. that fog will roll right back in. but, hey, tomorrow, a touch warm warmer. hope you have a fantastic wednesday. elite. have autoglass damage? trust safelite. go online to safelite.com to schedule now. >> we got a chance to embarrass one of our fellow worker. >> have you seen the new "esquire" magazine? >> is that me on the cover? >> sorry, that's tom hardy, the actor. there's a great little thing in the inside here for you. men we love, because there's -- can i say this word on tv? there's a badass beneath that

baby face. have you ever known matt lauer to quote jay-z? that's why we love you. >> i have no business on that list. spike jonze. >> you're at the top. >> you're at the number one. >> for the record, i just passed matt in the stairwell and he said, i'm not a businessman, i'm a business, man. so yes, he has quoted jay-z. that's very embarrassing and thank you very much. >> you go ahead and take that for your collection. >> put it on e-bay. >> some eyelash action. >> you have never looked better. never looked better. >> thank you. >> i feel good about my tats. >> by the way, how many times did you lie? >> oh! >> nice transition. >> did you like that? we're going to tell you why lying is not such a bad thing always, right after these messages. dentures are very different to real teeth.

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from an early age, we're taught not to lie. but believe it or not, we all lie in some way every day, and men on average tend to lie twice as much as women. >> we laugh, but we know that's true. but if no one's getting hurt, lying isn't always as bad as we think. it can actually help you get ahead in life in some ways. leslie jane seymour is the editor. reading that lying isn't a bad thing is counter to everything that we're taught to have a moral compass, everything you teach your children, things we teach ourselves as adults. so? >> this is talking about in business, and there's a difference between spinning something that's a little fib kind of thing, and i'm not saying you've got to go in there and defraud your company. there's a survival mechanism that you have to do in business, where you can't tell the god's honest truth every second of the day. i grew up doing that. i was a very good girl. someone would say to me, how much are you making?

i would tell them because i thought i had to be absolutely 100% honest all the time. and you get killed in business that way, as you know. you can't be like that. you have to protect yourself, you have to spin little things here and there to protect you and your business. >> so in life general, you either lie to get out of a tough situation or to get into a better one. is that the same case in business? >> same case in business. people lie in business for a few reasons. normally they're lying to get ahead. sometimes they're lying just to cover your back. if you missed an assignment, you're late for work. same type thing. you're trying to avoid a painful situation. give something a little more tasteful. >> you alluded to the fact that you would always be very honest, but that got you in trouble in your career. >> yeah, yeah. in magazines, you're booking celebrities all the time for the cover. i'll tell you the truth is, if anybody who doesn't know it the agents who handle celebrities are not always the god's honest truth tellers of the world. one time i was booking a cover. i had the girl ready we had done the photo shoot.

and the agent called me and said that a direct competitor was going to run the same person at the same time and it was okay with them, ran into the direct competitor at a party and said thank you, i'm so glad we're doing this. she looked at me like this, are you crazy? get a call an hour later and the publicist says now you can't have the interview, you just blew it. and i was like, what the heck just happened to me? and what somebody on my staff said was that they were planning on pretending like they didn't know that i had the same piece, and when it came out, the agent would pretend. >> so are we talking about lying, or spinning? >> it's a difference. >> there's definitely a subtle difference. it's a lie, because it's not the whole truth. but it's really more of a spin. if you're not hurting anybody, then it's more of a spin. so generally, those people think it's okay because nobody's getting hurt. just doing it to get through the day and it's okay. >> what are the specific traits of someone who is a liar? which we all are to a certain extent. >> people who are really good at

lying ten to be more selfish, self-absorbed. they like to be admired. they like to be the center of attention. a lot of times they're very envious. and the big thing is they lack empathy. they can't really tell when they're hurting somebody's feelings, or they don't really care. >> that's when it gets out of hand. >> so that leads me to the question, if you are lying, even if it's a small lie, are you really getting ahead? or will this all catch up and have a negative result in the end? >> it depends. i mean, obviously there are those people -- and we all know them -- who get lost in the whole thing. and really have lost their moral center and their compass. and that's where you don't want to go. these again, very small little things that are protecting people, or smoothing over the edges and leaving things out. that's different. got to be careful. >> yes, absolutely. >> by the way, that is a spectacular dress. >> are you lying to me? >> no, i'm not. i said that earlier. >> i painted it myself. >> it is. >> and i love you.

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taking a look at the headlines, another huge vehicle recall this morning. this one coming from toyota. the company is recalling more than six million vehicles worldwide because of potential problems with the driver's air bag and separate problems with steering and seats. the recall includes 27 toyota models, including the corolla, the rav 4, matrix, yaris, the highlander and tacoma. no reports of injuriy ies relat to these recalls. a computer bug known as heart bleed breached encryption technology and may have exposed millions of pass words and credit card numbers, potentially making them available to hackers. one security expert calls the scope of the threat immense. others are advising internet users to change their online passwords. pepsi reportedly plans to

scrap high fructose corn syrup in its drinks and replace it with sugar. it plans to roll out pepsi, pepsi vanilla and wild cherry made with real sugar. it comes amid declining soda industry sales and concerns about some consumers about the use of high fructose corn syrup, sweeteners and other artificial ingredients. the energy department expects gas prices to drop about a penny a gallon to an average $3.57 a gallon. as the economy improves, officials expect americans will be driving more than they did last year. and take a look at this gymnast who is just burning up the internet. this is lomoniqua hill. she's getting a lot of buzz with this hip-hop routine consistently scoring tens. she has five perfect tens in her whole career. she is impressive to watch. coming up, some fun easter

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a very good wednesday morning to you. 9:26 now, i'm laura garcia-cannon. police in san jose on the hunt for a hit-and-run driver who killed a man early this morning. it happened just before 2:00 near the intersection of seven trees boulevard in east capital expressway. streets in the area were shut down for several hours as investigators collected evidence. they've since reopened. police do not have a description of the vehicle that hit and killed the pedestrian. security experts urging people to avoid doing anything sensitive online, like banking, until a majority security flaw is fixed. it's called the heartbleed bug and it's now opened in sfl software. that software actually meant to make it harder to steal your data. researchers from the saratoga

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9:28 now. we're starting to see our temperatures climb everywhere, except for right at the need coast. you're at 250 in half moon bay, 54 in san francisco. the reason why, we're getting the sunshine throughout your inland valleys. it's still nice and cloudy in san francisco. that's a digitized picture. i know! the clouds don't usually take right angles. that's just unnatural! 81 in the south bay for today. peninsulas at 80 degrees. 66 in san francisco. and we're looking good to hit the 80s, just about everywhere, except for right by the water with onshore flow persisting. today, that's 73 in oaktown, 85 in the tri-valley. here's mike and your drive.

>> that was kind of an impressionist view. >> we've got the impressionist very slow and it is for west 92 across the san mateo bridge. there's a big motorcycle, basically, with those ferryings on it. a touring motorcycle that crashed, blocking one lane. the driver is conscious and breathing, that's all we know right now, and a very slow drive across the span. farther over between 280 and skyline, we have that overturned rig that's still all over the roadway. traffic control north, it's the alternate. over here in the south bay, a smooth drive on the freeway. >> thank you very much. let's say good-bye until our next local news update in half an hour. we'll see you then.

welcome back to "today" on a wednesday morning. it's april 9th, 2014. i'm willie along with al, natalie, and tamron. we absolutely love this next story. "the huffington post" has a great list up right now. 15 best texts grandparents have ever sent. you ever texted with a grandparent? it can be very interesting. among our favorites, one grandmother texted, can you get me some long life milk on your way round, please? grandchild replies, bit optimistic, you're 87. grandma replies, you're out of the will. >> grandchild texts, we're almost there, ten minutes. grandparent asks, what's your cell number? grandchild texts back, you're

texting me, laugh out loud. come on. >> grandpa texts, what does a semicolon and parentheses mean after okay? the grandchild means, it's a smile. he replies, oh, okay, i'm not up on all that stuff, lol. >> well-done. >> pretty hip grandma right there. >> you've got to check it out. it's quite entertain. time for me to do the weather. >> you don't want us here next to you? >> this isn't like texting me. >> get off my lawn, kid. >> for today, windy conditions through northern new england, central plains, wet weather makes its way through the plains. we've got a gorgeous day out west. 77 in los angeles. 98 degrees in phoenix today. tomorrow, more wet weather around the great lakes. cool conditions northern new england. but boy, if you are spring breaking it from the mid-atlantic states, gulf coast

on into the southwest, you have spectacular weather, plenty of sunshine. temperatures anywhere ten to 20 degrees above the average. 9:32. taking a live look at the bay bridge. you can see where all the low cloud coverage is clinging to the coastline. and then we're starting to see those clouds break apart, right over the san francisco bay. those low clouds at the coast mean temperatures today are only going to hit the 60s in san francisco. elsewhere, we're going to hit the 80s in the south bay. 79 degrees for the peninsula today, a nice-looking day shapishape ing up. throughout the next couple of days, we have some changes coming our way. especially by friday and saturday, we fall into the 70s. maybe some showers on saturday. >> and that's your latest weather. guys? >> thanks a lot. now to our six months to a six-pack challenge where we help you get that tight stomach you've been looking for. our three contestants, kelly, tamara, and ralph have been working so hard. and today, we're going to help them strengthen up their cores.

>> and today, joy bauer has revamped some of their fattening favorites without sacrificing flavor. and fitness trainer jeff has three core exercises that everyone can do at home. good morning to all of you guys. i am just blown away at the transformation already. kelly's pants are falling off. that tells you how good it is. let's start with kelly. when you first started this journey, how much did she weigh? >> she started at 177 pounds. this morning, she was 142, so she's down 35 pounds. >> wow. >> incredible. >> and this is since january 1st. >> just a couple months. >> come over here away from the table. look at the pants. look at her belly, how flat that is. >> it is a flat belly challenge. >> totally flat. >> absolutely. >> what is your craving, kelly? what was the one thing you couldn't live without? >> love pasta. love the heartier foods. love lasagna. three great ingredients in my eyes. cheese, meat, pasta. you can't go wrong with making it, love eating it. have learned throughout this

that my serving size was usually this and i'm learning that was wrong, it should be like this. >> i took on the challenge, because portion size is a problem for kelly, i decided to make lasagna love muffins. because you automatically have your portion control here. there's only one noodle crisscrossed at the bottom. i used whole-wheat noodles and increased the volume of the muffin by adding spinach and zucchini, low-fat dairy. >> i can't have lasagna. >> traditionally, 550 calories per small square. this basket, one love muffin, is 220 calories. so really, if you want to have a second portion, you can. >> you have to cook the noodles first. i cooked the noodles first. i sliced one in half and crisscrossed it at the bottom. tell me what you think? >> delicious. i'll take these home for dinner. >> perfect.

okay. >> pretty good. >> let's move on to tamara. what was the weight coming in january 1st and where are we now? >> tamara started at 178 pounds. this morning, she's 152. she's down 26 pounds. >> nicely done. >> nice. look at you how much you've changed as well. what was your food issue? >> cinnamon rolls. i love them. i love them. i love the icing. i love the dough. just anything that you can put on a cinnamon roll. i would usually get two, one for each thigh. and i love them. >> a girl after my own heart. >> a challenge for me. a typical cinnamon bun with the glaze is 880 calories. and will food your system with 15 teaspoons of sugar. so what i've done here is i made little silver dollar pancakes with pumpkin and nonfat yogurt. the glaze is light cream cheese mixed with a little bit of maple syrup and chopped pecans. so the original 880 calories, this one -- are you ready?

148 calories. >> oh, my gosh. >> it's so good. >> what was the icing again? >> light cream cheese mixed with a little bit of maple syrup and cinnamon. >> so good. so good. >> you like it? >> so good. >> and one for each thigh. >> you can have two servings for breakfast in the morning. >> there's your breakfast. >> so good. >> look at this guy. >> ralph started at 200 pounds. he's now 166 pounds. he's down 34 pounds. >> wow. >> unbelievable. >> i see that six-pack there already. >> getting there. >> what was your big craving? >> there's no such thing as a bad devil dog. i didn't meet a devil dog i didn't like. i just wolfed them down on a regular basis. >> what did you do? >> a regular double dog, 160 calories. but the ingredients are suspect. high fructose corn syrup,

transfat. i made these little chocolate loaves. and then i used cocoa powder and apple sauce. and then all you're going to do is -- he's going to dig in. each one 130 calories. >> you can't turn that down. >> i've waited a long time for this. >> you don't eat a devil dog with a fork. >> i do. >> and three grams of fiber because of the whole-wheat fiber. >> that's amazing. ralph, drop the devil dog, get over here and work out. come to work out. all right, your turn. >> the biggest mistake that people make with working their core is they don't think three-dimensionally. the job of your core is to keep your spine stable. everybody thinks that this is working the core. that actually does nothing honestly. if not hurt you, by the way. so the first exercise we have coming up is going to be for the back. we're going to work back, sides, and front. for the back, what kelly's going to do is hang forward, extend the bar over her head.

now stand up. this works the entire back side of the body. >> and stabilize the core. >> your core has to work the entire time because it's trying to stay straight. the next exercise we have is for the side. and this looks deceptively easy. you can hook a band or a bungee around anything that you have in your house. actually, just because we're tight on space, i'll do this instead. but what tamara is going to do is press straight up. the band is pulling her over this way. her core has to fight to keep her straight and balanced just like that. >> and real quick, what's ralph doing? >> ralph's doing the toughest one. ralph is going to saw his body back and forth without bringing his bottom in like that, but really just rotating back and forth on the elbows while keeping his body straight. also a great way to clean the floor and get exercise. >> okay, you guys look great. thank you so much. jeff and joy, thank you. coming up -- by the way, all of the recipes are on our website today.com. of the recipes are on our website today.com. we damage your hair?g might don't be. new pantene brings

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eggs, which you'll empty out. if you want to grab your cake batter. you can do this with any cake mix that you like. you only want to fill it about half to 2/3 full so it's got room to bake. >> al playing hurt, by the way. he's a warrior. so what's the next move? >> you pop them in the oven. when they come out, they look like this. you can eat them, just crack the egg, and have a cupcake. or you can grab some frosting and put it on top. >> we would like to. >> we just heard you've never had a peep. we're going to rectify that after the segment. >> you've got to have a peep. >> america's finest export. >> that is really good. >> you call all your friends in britain, tell them what they're missing. >> i'll let them know. >> leave them out for a couple of days, they get crunchy. >> oh, goodness.

this is delicious. >> you didn't finish it. >> i'll finish it later. >> she's trying to run a segment here, al. >> next up is a video from the hey caylee youtube channel. she did a lot of crafting and tutorial videos. over 300,000 subscribers. she's also the host of the number one talk show on youtube called the mom's view. so what we're going to make are these easter egg string decorations. all you want to do is grab your egg shaped balloon, and take some of the string and you'll dip it into the liquid starch. >> how do you make liquid starch if you're at home? >> the bottle. >> put that in there. >> i remember grandpa saying, i remember when we used to make liquid starch! >> you'll leave it to dry overnight. the next morning, it will look something like this, which we can pop right now. >> you pop it? >> you pop the balloon.

you want to let the air out a little bit slowly. >> look at that. >> and it eventually ends up looking like that. >> that's very cool. >> yeah. >> this is a little secret i'm told if you lose the back of your earring. >> it is. this is to make your life easier, it comes from a youtube channel called list 25, which does a variety of 25 lists, educational and entertaining. one of the tips is how to use lost jewelry. by using a vacuum cleaner and stockings. so we've got some vacuum cleaner. if we just turn on this. put the stocking on that. there we go. and you'll see -- >> look at that. >> i think you've got a bigger problem if you've got that many backs laying around. >> that's true. a very popular video with over 1.2 million views. >> thanks. >> thank you. >> take a couple for your friends back in england. >> oh, thank you.

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they are the father-son team who stole the show in dallas with their dancing at monday's national championship game. talking about big rob and trey. >> and they are with us now to show us some of their moves, rob and trey. good to see you all. the game was pretty good, but the real stars that night are standing with us right now. i think you all agree with that. what have the last 36 hours been like for you? >> it's very hard to put into words. we are -- i mean, we went from trying to decide if we were going to get cotton candy to popcorn, the very next day we're on a plane. we're on the "today" show.

i have no words. >> which one of you is big rob? >> that would be me. >> so that was spontaneous inside the stadium? >> yeah. it's not uncommon for fans to see me on the screen, but my first time incorporating my son. ncaa, basketball's biggest night. we thought it would be great to try to change it up. if they put us on, let's do something fun. no idea. >> show us your moves. >> let's do it. >> come on, trey. ♪ makes me wanna say oh oh oh oh oh, my god ♪ >> big rob and

a very good morning to you. 9:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. the power of social media helped track down a suspect accused of stealing a laptop and phone from a san francisco cafe. this security video shows the suspect in a blue and white

shirt snag airion moon's things as she gets up to use the restaurant. it happened last night. moon says she was gone for less than a minute. she posted the video on youtube on her blog and two days later, someone noticed the same suspect in the financial district. paul renard was arrested on monday. no word yet on what charges will be filed. let's check that forecast, how are we looking, christina? >> it is warming up there so quickly at this hour, laura, everywhere except at the immediate coast and the places where we did have some of that fog this morning. san martin, for example, is 11 degrees cooler than san jose. and the reason why is because that's where the low clouds really developed and hung out for most of the day. as that sun starts to make an appearance, you'll still warm up into the 80s, even in san martin and gilroy. count on that. 80 for the peninsula. 66 in san francisco. strong, high pressure is still in control, but it is starting to weaken. so you will notice a cooler day as a result. 81 degrees in the north bay, 73 for the east bay. onshore flow will persist again. as we head throughout tonight,

that means the clouds will be back. 73 degrees, strength ening, in fact, in the east bay. as of this evening, as that cloud cover rolls back in, we'll drop like a rock. >> looking at a slower drive, slower than westbound across in towards the haze. this because of an earlier crash on the foster city side. still recovering after lanes clear. we see the high-rise moving a little more smoothly. over on the map, we see on the peninsula, also, we have a big slowdown for 92 around highway 35. all eastbound lanes have now been opened. a slower drive across that bridge. and in the south, reports of power down on surface streets. >> another local news update for you in half an hour. hope to see you again.

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> it's a happy day around here. not just because it's winesd wednesday, april 9th, but any time kristin chenoweth is with you, it's a good day. broadway and film star. >> plus we'll have an actress that you're going to say i know her from somewhere, but you'll go where is it? we'll tell you all about her. >> she has a great book out. and roseanne barr. who says you don't get better with age? like a fine wine, hoda. you know what i'm sayin'? >> roseanne barr, we remember her as, you know, in a role, in

the sitcom. >> yes, of course. >> you picture her -- if you close your eyes, that's probably what you think of when you think of her. >> that's how we saw her for many years. she appeared at a press event yesterday to promote her role on "last comic standing." >> look at her. >> wow! her appearance -- >> she looks great. >> she looks fantastic. >> really, really great. >> 53 years old, i think. 61. even better. and she's lost over 200 pounds since she had gastric bypass. >> she looks really good. speaking of someone who looks really good on the cover of "rolling stone." >> naked. >> julia louis-dreyfus. >> we hope we have that. >> she is on the cover of "rolling stone." and if you look at her on her back, she has the constitution written out. now, that's not in great taste, but here's the great thing about her. sometimes if you love the person, you go oh, my god, she's so funny. >> like if ellen did it. >> if ellen did it or she did it, you're, like, into it. >> if miley cyrus, you have a

problem with it? is that what you're saying? >> look, it's funnier with her doing it. i don't know, the great thing about her is you guys know the show "veep." >> love that show. the mouth on that -- >> i can't -- is it on yet? it's back? it already started? >> it's back. here's a look at season one. >> i've met some people, okay, real people, and i've got to tell you, a lot of them [ bleep ]. >> how are you going to vote? >> the way my principals and coaches tell me to go. which way do you think that should be? >> experiencing some severe chest pains and we need to get you to the west wing immediately. >> i'm so sorry. >> she really is brilliant. >> if you've never seen it, that's just season one. >> you've got to be turned on to it. i've only seen season one, but it's hysterical. >> it's the third season on hbo.

>> she is in great shape. she's got a fantastic figure. >> she does. speaking of body parts. sometimes people pause our show at certain moments and then save the freeze frame. >> oh, i hope not. >> and put it out for the masses to see. >> i hope not. >> jamie massy sent us this. on facebook. nice placement of cocktails. >> i have got to get some new brassieres. that was yesterday. that's hysterical. >> that was perfect. >> gosh, thank you for that. i needed a good laughy-poo. >> jimmy fallon got a good laugh at our expense. >> as usual. >> again. let's see what he had to say. >> finally i heard nbc is coming out with a new show similar to "america's funniest home videos." an nbc show where everyone stumbles around and falls, or as it's already known, the fourth hour of the "today" show. >> the man is brilliant. certainly he could get -- he

could come up with something better than that. >> we are an easy zeitgeist. what was one of the things i wanted to do? the 78-year-old grandma in the netherlands had never been on a roller coaster. and it actually ended up being part of a television commercial, but she never really had been on a roller coaster. >> she had never been on a plane either. she was afraid. she said, well, i'll start on a roller coaster to get over her fear. >> this is a commercial for vodafone. take a look at granny on the plane -- i mean on the roller coaster. >> whoo! >> she's so cute. >> i love it. >> joy. >> what if she had a heart attack, though, while this was happening? >> she was enjoying herself. >> what a way to go.

apparently she later did go on an airplane, too. i wonder if she laughed her way all the way to london. >> you know what? what a blast. what a great idea, though, to look at firsts, things you haven't done your whole life and you wish you could. >> some of my firsts, though, i wouldn't want televised. >> of course you wouldn't. okay. so in new york city, if you've ever ridden -- >> thank you, jerry. >> -- if you've ever ridden the subway, it's unlikely this happens. usually you see rats in the subway tracks, like if you're standing waiting for the train, you go ew, gross, there's one, there's one. very rarely do they wind up on the train, but some morning commuters were surprised that one did. just take a listen, and then we'll take a look at everyone's reaction. >> this is a mouse, right? >> no, it's a rat. >> people are just sitting there. >> i would be up on the chair in a minute.

no way. >> hoda, hoda! ah! ah! >> oh, please. >> couldn't you have them so they moved, jerry? a little bit of motor action? oh, my god. >> give it up for blake. >> i gave you one of my best screams, and they don't even move. that is sad. >> okay. but wait. >> oh, let's just put it to our -- oh. >> oh, it vibrates. >> oh, in that case. >> it's a lap mouse. >> that was gross, jerry. >> thank you, jerry. that was just pitful. >> by the way, on subways, that would be terrifying to have been on that thing when a mouse ran by. have you ever been in the presence of, like, a mouse or a rat or anything yourself? >> oh, yeah. i've seen them. we've had personal visitations on occasion.

yep, yep, yep. they're nasty little things. all right. from last night on "the voice." >> yeah. >> i never want to see that again, jer. >> these are the playoffs. so they had five singers perform. this is on team blake. not that we're biased. so he had to send two of the people home. now, it was a great night for sisaundra, one who's been really terrific. we're going to let you watch her, and of course she got chosen. let's watch. ♪ ♪ the hudson river rise ♪ i'm in a new york ♪ i'm in a new york ♪ state of mind >> she's going to bring it home. >> wow. >> yeah. yeah, bring it home, baby. ♪ new york state of mind

>> she hit notes grandma didn't. that's really great. we said from the very beginning this one could carry the whole thing. she was amazing. >> she is great, but there's not really a huge front-runner. that's what i like about this season. >> really? >> usually there's one. she's great, but there are so many great people. >> she also was a backup singer for celine dion. she's got great presence and experience. >> remember, how many are gone? one more is gone? two more. >> two are going to go home tonight. >> two are going home. only one survives. let's see which one. ♪ tell my mother ♪ tell my father ♪ i've done the best i can ♪ if our love is sanity ♪ why are you my remedy ♪ baby i don't care

♪ have you ever seen california pick a spot on any old map ♪ >> wow, wow. >> you know what i think? >> who had to go home? >> one goes home, right? two go home. >> two. >> i think the guy who was saved was the cowboy hat. >> me, too. >> that's jake. >> ryan, i think, went home. >> right now is the toughest decision that i have ever had to make. >> right now is the toughest decision i have ever had to make. i'm going to go with jake. >> jake worthington. third and final spot on team blake. >> you know what it was? you have to watch the show in the entirety. thank you, by the way. we heard them very well today. you -- you just have to go with such a visceral experience that you get from someone, and the minute -- he did one thing. i don't know if it was a modulation or what, when he just kicked it, and that was the only time you felt like a whoa.

>> you woke up. >> got to go with the visceral. >> we do have some sad news from the wwe. there was a passing of james helwig. he was just recently i i think inducted into what is the wwe hall of fame. >> he was the ultimate warrior. that's what everybody knows him as. >> yeah. he actually defeated hulk hogan, and that's where he got a lot of his notoriety. anyway, it was really strange. he collapsed yesterday outside of an arizona hotel. he was walking to his car and just died. >> young man. 54 years old. >> he has two kids. anyway, it's just a real sad passing. i know -- >> i'm sure they'll be doing an autopsy. >> to figure out why. >> we wish his family all the best. >> okay. all right. coming up she's appeared in more than 08 tv shows and films. you know who judy greer is. >> one of the confessions of the biggest co-stars. >> you know who this is. tony and emmy award winner. she's got a cute movie called

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she's appeared in some of your favorite movies and tv shows and was probably just on a commercial you saw today or yesterday. >> we are talking about judy grier who's had more than 80 film and tv roles, making us laugh as the bff in romantic comedies like "the wedding planner," "13 going on 30" and "27 dresses." >> yep. and she's also gotten a little raw on -- >> ooh. >> -- yeah, on the hit sitcom

"arrested development," and took a dramatic turn in "the descendants." >> if you're thinking that's judy grier, that's the premise behind her book. it's called "i don't know what you know me from." "confessions of a co-star." >> it's so nice to meet you. >> it's nice to meet you. >> we loved you in "bridesmaids" even though you weren't in bridesmaids. >> do people walk up to you and ask you? >> yeah, more than i thought. it's nice to be included in that group of women, of course, you know, that people think i should have been in that movie. >> but down deep, you're kind of bitter, right? >> well, you know, when i think of the residual checks that those actresses are probably getting. >> just a hint of bitterness. >> i think it's great that you can be placed in so many different roles. >> oh, yeah. >> do you like playing the bff of so many people? >> i do, yeah. it's fun. i mean, you get more days off. yeah, you meet a ton of different people. you always have the funny lines. >> and you get some anonymity, too. you don't have to put up with

some of the things -- not to say a-list, but the really well known. >> yeah. that life is tough. >> i know. hoda and i can barely deal with it. i know, back off, yeah. >> you have some great stories in your book that are fun. one of them -- well, we loved a bunch of them -- but the one about j. lo. you apparently go into bathroom stalls, and you are next to a lot of famous people? >> yeah. when you say it like that, you make it sound like i sort of stalk around the ladies room. >> it's a little weird, creepy. >> it's all been very organic the way it's coming up. but in "the wedding planner," they had a bathroom on the set that was our office. one day during a break, i think she was, like, i'm going to go to the ladies room. i thought, i should probably do that, too. >> while i have time. >> and while she's going. i really didn't think of it that way, though. i just followed her in and we went into the bathroom like you do when you're girls. >> together. hoda and i like to do that, too. >> what happened when you were in there? >> then we went to the bathroom, and then we washed our hands,

and then she left. she's a much faster peer than i am. she was in and out with quickness. >> did you want to say something to her in there? >> i don't know. it's weird, right? >> when ellen was in the bathroom, and i didn't know what to say. oh, my god. >> you said nothing. nice flow. that's all you can really say to anybody. don't you think? nice flow. compliment people, hoda. it will get you far. but then people -- a lot of people apparently say oh, you're so much prettier in person. >> yes. how are you supposed to respond to that? >> i don't know how to respond to that. i say thank you. but sometimes if it's late at night and i've been out with a man and i say yeah, that's not really a compliment. >> one of the great stories in your book involved ashton kutcher. it made us fall in love with him again. >> tell me about it. >> tell that story. >> when i was shooting this tv pilot for "misguided" which did get on the air but then was immediately canceled. wah, wah.

we were shooting the pilot. ashton was my boss. he was producing. he wasn't acting. late one night, he said what are you going to do if this show gets picked up? i'd love to buy my dad a harley. he really wants to buy a motorcycle. he said if the show gets picked up, i'm going to buy your dad a harley. >> that's never going to happen, right? >> when our show got picked up, we have a big party for all the advertisers and his assistant slips me a card with my name on it, and there was a picture with a harley inside. and it said call this number to pick it up. >> isn't that great? >> are you kidding? a lot of people say nice things, but they forget. >> i say a lot of things and forget all of it. i was really shocked. and he's got to be way busier than i am, so that was pretty awesome. >> whose comedic work have you just really sort of been insp e inspired by as you were developing your career? >> i mean, i always loved, like, "when harry met sally" and "tootsie" and "moonstruck." i know they're kind of older

films, but that's what i watched when i was young, thinking those are real comedies. >> you're still young, and you are a delight. and the book is really entertaining. >> great. thank you so much. whoever you are, jane greer. it's an adorable book. coming up, we play "who knew?" >> and the bee teeth actress with a larger-than-life the day we rescued riley was a truly amazing day. he was a matted mess in a small cage. 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

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welcome back. now, a cooler day shaping up for the bay area. temperatures mostly in the upper 70s to low 80s, everyone except for san francisco. you'll be in the 60s for today with low clouds, clinging to the coastline, until about lunchtime, maybe even 1:00. cool breeze for today, slight warming tomorrow, and then we have a chance for rain. we're going to dive into this forecast, tell you what that means for where you live and your weekend, coming up today at 11:00 right here on nbc bay area. first, though, let's check your drive. here's mike. >> christina, a quick look at the bay bridge. we have the toll plaza and the approach. as we look at the wider shot, the approach down the east shore freeway, also still slow through berkeley and the berkeley curve on our maps. as we quickly take a look at that, that's about the slowest spot for the east bay and the south bay continues to show an improvement, except for north 87th. i just told my friend jennifer, she said, is it always slow on 87, and i said, yes, it is.

>> we're going to have another local news update, it's going to be a newscast, at 11:00 a.m. i'll join scott mcgrew then. right now, a big hello to pat 556. ♪ here's the story of a lovely lady ♪ and we're back with more of "today" on this wednesday. ready to play a trivia game we call "who knew?" tomorrow is national sibling day. we're going to test your knowledge of famous siblings. kathie lee is across the street. she's going to hand out 100 bucks to those who get the questions right. for those who don't, they get a kathie lee cd. >> not just any cd. >> it's a good one. here is tim stack who happens to have two brothers. >> i do. >> yes, you do. tim, we asked our viewers this question. >> okay. >> okay. >> those are my brothers, sorry, and my mom. and me. >> how cute. >> they're taller than me, but i'm on tv, so i win! take that, tall people. anyway, sorry. >> name all the -- we asked you to name all the kids in "the brady bunch," which i already

did, but let's do it again. what are they >> greg, marsha, peter -- >> you're reading them? you don't even know them? >> i'm sorry. >> you don't know them? >> no, not really. sbra. >> greg, peter, bobby, marsha, jan and cindy. >> this is a lovely lady from south carolina. which pair of sib lisings were e first to nominated for the academy awards? >> shirley maclaine and warren beatty? >> stop it. >> yea! you see? they turned the beat around. okay, the correct answer, jake and maggie gyllenhaal. >> yes, they both won. they were nominated. jake was nominated for "brokeback mountain," and maggie for best supporting actress for "crazy heart." they actually were in "donnie

darko." >> true or false. peyton manning has won more super bowl titles than his brother, eli? >> false. >> yep. yep. >> so what's the correct answer, mr. sports man? >> i know, i know. perfect question for me. i just love sports. yeah, peyton has only won one super bowl. so i guess that's bad. and eli has won two with the new york giants. both against the patriots. sports. >> i can tell tim cares so much. you're from cincinnati, right? which pair of sisters missed their high school prom because of a "saturday night live" gig? was it dakota and elle fanning? jessica and ashlee simpson or mary-kate and ashley olsen? >> "b." >> good try. ♪ >> the correct answer, mary-kate and ashley. >> they hosted "snl" in 2004, and they joked in their monologue they joked because of

that. they later went to nyu. >> that's so cute. >> they later went to nyu but they. d dropped out. they're so rich. they don't need college. >> happy birthday, sweetheart. let's see if i can find the right card. in "star wars," who is luke and leia's father? darth vader? o obi-wan kenobi? >> darth vader. >> darth vader. >> his real name is anakin skywalker, during a light saber duel, as you do. then he chops off his hand. >> back across the street. >> she is from minnesota and has ten siblings and your mom is here, too, right? god bless you. which of the following celebrities does not have a twin brother or sister? kiefer sutherland? kate hudson? vin diesel?

or gisele bundchen? >> there can't be two gisele bundchens. >> there apparently are. i know. excuse me? >> the correct answer is kate hudson. >> kate hudson does not have a twin. gisele does have a twin. her name is patricia. >> are they identical? >> i don't think so. she has an older brother, oliver. >> thanks, tim. we love it when you're here. here's some trivia. what should your kids be eating every day? we'll have the answers. plus tony and emmy winner kristin chenoweth [ female announcer ] intense illumination. sublime softness.

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animated film "rio 2." >> so cute. >> take a look. >> only one who knows what it feels like to be all alone, misunderstood. you're the evil to my levil. >> i can see why they call you gabby. where are you, you filthy fowl? whoa! >> oh! >> oh, it's so cute. we love having you. your voice is so distinctive, too. i bet they didn't even think of any other actress. >> i don't know, but i was, like, are you serious? i'm going to play this pink poisonous frog? >> and you wore chartreuse through the whole film. we all can relate to that. we all have done our naming through the years. >> yes, we have. this time it's on her, and she can't kiss him or touch him or she'd kill him. i always say she's a little bit

of a stalker because he doesn't love her back, but she just won't give up. >> it's an adorable score, and i sing a love song to him while he's sleeping that is classic. >> everybody loves you when you're asleep, you know. >> and your operatic voice. how many octaves do you have, missy? >> i love that you're asking this question because you know. >> no, i think it's got to be four at least. >> i sing from a low "e" to a high "e." >> so how many is that? >> that's four. >> wow! >> can i count my octaves? >> how do you do it? you're itty bitty? >> you're just a peanut. stop it. the littlest you've ever been. >> am i shrinking? >> a little. but not the reap thson that i'm shrinking. you're working for it. >> you know how we talk about her cute boyfriend. >> oh, my gosh. we were there at the academy awards, and who comes waltzing by by this lovely poisonous

frog. he's very cute. >> a little bit on the risque side, given what he's working on, "50 shades of grey." >> he's one of the producers, right? >> he's one of the producers. >> tell everyone what happened when you took him home to norman, oklahoma, to meet your parents who are very baptist, as i remember. >> they were very sweet. they don't know what "50 shades of grey" is. >> it's a hair color. >> pretty much. she would agree. he's doing this movie. they wanted to know, what's it about? dana was like uh, uh, uh. i said, it's this book. it's hard to explain. you'll just have to read it. she goes" 50 shades of grey." that's not what i think it is, is it? and she used the "p" word. >> what word? >> porn. and at that point my boyfriend had a heart attack. but it's not. it's very tastefully done. it's not that. it's a good book. >> did you read it? did you read the book? >> when she wasn't reading the bible, yes, she was reading that

book. >> that's me. >> that's you. that's kristin. >> i was on tour and i would not even give an encore. i was, like -- i would read, read, read and go do another show. what's wrong with me? >> it's juicy. kath, you've got to get in there, get into it. >> who has not read -- i love you. and let me get back to the frog. >> please, please. >> this is an adorable little movie. and how are you feeling? because you took that -- and david letterman, i know some people are mad at him because he dropped a sandbag near you and thought it was hysterical. what was that about? >> you know, it weighed about as much as a pillow. >> really? >> it scared me when i saw the clip. >> oh, did it scare you? >> i jumped and i looked at your face and i said, my god, is she going to have posttraumatic? >> but i do look up wherever i'm at now. >> she's an unbelievable trouper. >> everything's okay? you're back in business? >> i'm back in business. it's taken a while.

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all parents want their kids to eat healthy, but do you know how much your child is supposed to be eating every day? >> stop worrying. we have a guideline to take you from pre-k to the 12th grade. >> manuel is a registered dietitian for toolkit sponsored by pierson. >> and madeline bernstrom is a health and diet editor. welcome to you both. this is a smart segment. so we're trying to figure out what our kids need through the years. >> starting with pre-k.

>> right. and requirements are different. don't ruin your kid. parents, your lives are already over with eating. >> hey, your lives are over. >> we enjoy a meal or two still, right? >> what does a little kid need from ages 4 to 8. this is a plate -- this is a typical meal for them. okay? and you want to avoid the clean plate club. if this is too much, don't force them to finish. but they need to get more requirements, an additional serving a day of each. >> let's talk fats. >> fats are so important, brain development, growth, you know. and so many other things. and we have some healthy things here. let's watch allergies. walnuts. >> a lot of kids do have those nut allergies. >> almond, avocado, put it on a sandwich, it's delicious. >> what about tuna fish in the middle, let them scoop it out.

>> then we have iron foods. kids run the risk for iron deficiency. >> really? little kids, you don't think about that. >> they need iron foods like beans and dried foods and of course broccoli. but what kid eats broccoli? >> not many. >> this is where role models come into play. every time i'm around, my nephew is eating broccoli. >> man up. okay. >> because kids don't eat a lot of meat. i know this is a new kind of beef jerky which is called krave with a "k" because it comes in flavors like black cherry and barbecue. kids don't really like a lot of fruits or dried fruits, they're like potato chips but they're fruit. also with little kids, don't force them to eat. you may need to talk to your pediatrician. they may need to have a vitamin, which is not a bad thing. >> what is this, middle school? >> can i have this plate, please? >> yes. >> we're going to compare. here's our 4 to 8. then we're going to look at the

big kids. the middle schoolers are somewhere in between. >> yes. so here we have now 9 through 13. growth spurts. they're more hungry. they really want to eat. you know, girls are age 10, they're hungrier. >> they're going into puberty. >> you want to have healthy snacks throughout. let's have options like sweet potato fries and greek yogurt and fruit. you want to have options and things they can pick and eat. >> and it's important for them to eat when they're hungry, not when you're hungry. >> you want to keep them on a schedule, though. >> yeah. >> that's true, too. >> structuring and then having some snacks around really helps. >> so now we have here 14 to 18. >> this is a typical meal for them. >> the thing here now, they're socializing. they're skipping meals all the time. >> they're dieting, unfortunately. >> they are. >> dieting, eating is not a priority anymore. >> what should they do? >> what we need to do is have

healthy options again. big knack snacks on the go and k to family time. set up rules. in the morning, sit down, eat with the family. >> thank you. madeline, thank you. >> thank you. coming up, the best wines for easter and passover to bring or to serve. >> our wine guy ray is here. first this is "today" on nbc. let's face it,

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two major holidays are right around the corner. monday at sunday, jews will mark the start of passover while christians mark easter the next sunday. >> whether you're hosting dinner or sunday brunch, we want you to have delicious wines to pair with your feast. editor for "food & wine" magazine, ray isle. >> hello to you. i'm glad to be back. >> we're glad you're back. starting with passover.

>> the first couple are passover wines. the first one, sparkling for passover has always been a problem. you've seen the black bottle you see everywhere. they finally released a kosher wine for passover. it's affordable, about $15. crisp, very champagnelike. you know, beautiful kind of acidy fruit. >> hoda will be the judge of that. >> i like that. >> that's pretty tasty. >> sweeter. >> it's got a little bit of sweetness. >> i like that. >> and then we get to israeli wine, actually. >> they're making some lovely wines now. >> this is the fusion. it's merlo plus cabernet. again, about $15, very affordable. you know, not -- you know, people associate with passover the big sweet reds. >> yeah. >> this is a real wine. this is a really -- you know, delicious. >> i like that. >> that's not my favorite. >> too sweet ? >> too acidic for you?

>> this is your thing, i think. >> well, not really, but i can't talk about it. >> this is kind of cool. this is called the tribe. it is a california chardonnay from lodi made by jeff morgan who's making some terrific napa cabernets that are kosher. >> this is kosher, too. >> kosher for passover. it's a bit of a splurge, $30. those are 15 and 15. affordable enough. >> there's a range. >> always with wines, if you go to the wine store and ask for a case, 12 bottles, you tend to get a discount which cuts the price down. for big entertaining holidays, that's a great tip. easter to me is reverse and spring and rose. that's where i go, you no he,kn start with. >> that doesn't even look like the color of rose. >> it's a big, juicy rose with a lot of kind of bright cherry fruit to it.

again, this is about 13 bucks. just a lovely, juicy line that i think is wonderful. you guys are skeptical about it. >> how does this compare to a regular, a rose that we're used to? >> that's going to be a little richer, a little darker, sort of sweeter twut. rose fruit. it's typically provence. >> what would you serve that with? >> with hors d'oeuvres. that's the start of the meal kind of thing. and also, because it's suddenly nice weather. you could drink it outside on the porch. >> how much did you say? >> and that is about $13. and then barbara, a california version of an italian wine variety. easter is always ham or lamb basically, one of of the two. you want a wine that's not too tannic but has some oomph to it. that's affordable so you can serve it to a lot of people. $10, $12. and to me, i mean, it's a little acidic without food.

acidity in wine, you need that food to counteract the acidity. >> i just used my imagination and just had a lamb chop. is this a port? >> 10-year-old tawny port. a splurge for dessert. it's $36, but you can find it for less than $30. >> you don't drink a lot. >> take a sip and it's great with chocolate eggs, which is key for easter. >> thanks so much, ray. great to see you. >> tomorrow, academy award actress goldie hawn. >> a tribute to the life and work of billy graham. several of his grandchildren are going t ♪

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