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17th, 2014. from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone, welcome to "today." i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm matt lauer. >> we are watching what is happening in south korea this morning. there may be some survivors from that ferry disaster there. and the stories coming out are heart breaking, young kids tech messageing their parents in those final moment itself. >> yeah. i hope we can, the boat went over on that one side. there is a particular area of the boat they are concentrateing on pocket there is where survivors told you ru could be. >> it is our top story. let's go to seoul, south korea

with the latest. eunice, good morning. >> good morning, savannah. emergencteams used flood lights and flares to search the stricken vessel through the night. they are continuing their efforts this morning. the south korean coastguard says the visibility in the waters is less than 2 metres. they are laying tents so divers can reach the inner most parts of the ship to find survivors. those rescues have been taken to a monita island. painstaking and heart breaking, families in anguish this morning, waiting for any news. this parent saying they repeatedly said the same thing, nothings with new. minsters and lawmakers visiting here are useless after what was supposed to be a fun four-day field trip turned into a frantic race against time. one student shot this video. the water is widening, she creams. others teft texted parent, mom, in case i don't get a chance to

speak to you, i love you. dad, the ferry has tilted too much. i can't move. survivors taken to monita kendall island now sharing horrifying detate about their ordeal, this student saying, i almost got trapped. i was told i could go outside, i could jump through the water through the exit, but i couldn't. another saying, i tried to reach the window at the front of the cabin using a fire extinguisher, hitting it three times, but it won break. this ship water 480 feet long that sailed tuesday from a portcy near seoul just 12 hours after it departed, it sank in 120 feet of water. there is still no official explanation for why the ferry sinks, while zriefrs and distraught family members wait for the ship's captain hiding at sea apologized saying, i'm really sorry and deeply ashamed.

i don't know what to say. >> the government said three cranes were being moved to the site of the accident and would arrive on friday. although, efforts are ongoing to establish if there are any survivors. savannah. >> eunice if south korea this morning, thank you. let's turn to leiutenant arlow abramson the spokesman for the commanders in north korea. leiutenant abramson, good morning to you, sir. >> reporter: good morning to you as well. thanks for having me. first, i would like to say on behalf of the united states navy, our thoughts are with the families of the korean passenger ships during what we know is a doctor difficult and uncertain time. >> it's an incredibly difficult time, sir. i know there is the uss bonnham rashard is in that area. to what extent is the u.s. navy involved in search and rescue this morning? >> that's correct. we do have the uss bomb

erashard, an amphibious assault ship that has about 3,000 sailors and marines. they have an osprey aircraft as well as an mh-60 helicopters, currently, we have two mh-60 search and rescue capable helicopters that are contributeing to the search and rescue operation and we remain in very close contact with the on-scene commander. i also should point out, we have a very close relationship with the coastguard and the navy and we do rehearse these types of operations and we'll continue to support as required by if republic of korea. >> you refer to it as a search and rescue operation. i think that's the question everyone is wondering the morning. is there hope there may still be survivors there? >> well, from the u.s. navy perspective, as long as we are tasked to do search and rescue, which we are currently still doing, we still remain optimistic.

we still hold out hope that there will be some survivors out there. so we'll continue to work tirelessly alongside our part first and the republic of korean navy and coastguard until we're asked to stop searching, but currently our people are out there assisting in this effort. >> i don't want to put you on the spot, but i have heard given how quickly that ships turned over and sank, there is a possibility that there may be some air pocket itself. do you have anything to add to that? >> well, what can i tell you is, you know, every search and rescue operation is very unique and very difficult and as you know and i've heard and i've reported on, the area where this, these, the area where this occurred is the area of hay traffic and the weather today was not very good. so it is a very difficult area, but, again, our forces are trained to our search and rescue and we'll continue to support

the republic of korean five and coastguard as requested. >> leiutenant arlow abraham, thank you, thank you for your good work. we appreciate it. >> thank you, thank you for having me. now to the latest on the search for malaysia flight 370. today 11 planes and ships are being used to search the indian ocean. katie, hello. >> reporter: hey there, carson, a little breaking news to report. the oil break that ocean hills detected a few days ago, it has been detected and found to not be a part of the 370. they may stop the visual search on the water as early as tomorrow, but there is a little good news, blue fin 21 was finally able to make its first successful pass along the ocean floor. three miles below the surface blue fin 21 successfully finished its third mission

making it a 3d sonar map of the southern indian oaks seabed, after three aborted missions, this was the first 16-hour scan it was able complete. so far the robotics submarine has mapped 35 square miles. >> the visuals, there were many suggested on the blue fin 21 were very clear. not in finding what we were looking for, but what the seabed looks like. >> a close start to what experts say would be a long process. this really is a tech for the logical feat. >> a technological feat, a formidable challenge. if we have the technology. >> an oceanographer at the university of western australia says the most challenging aspect of the search is the sheer depth. >> it's 450 times of what we experience at the surface. so there are very few vehicles in the world which can actually go down to that death.

the blue fin can reach the limit of its capacity to be able go down to map. >> reporter: arena 6,000, in 2011, it found air france's missing black box some 13,000 feet below the surface. malaysia airlines flight 370 is believed to be a depth of 15,000 feet, mean physical they find something, recovering the black boxes, let alone wreckage, will be a massive undertaking. >> they're not going to be able to bring every single piece of equipment. >> reporter: and, of course, they haven't found anything yet, search leaders today announced a few moments ago, they were able to greatly reduce the search zone, leaving many to believe it might not take quite as long as anticipated. carson. >> katie, thanks for that, you had a jogging accident yesterday. we are wishing you a speedy recover

recovery. >> she's not good. >> she's not good at examiner examiner says exerciseing, apparently. >> it's hard for us, thank you so much. we turn to natalie. >> that situation in ukraine getting worse. >> it's escalating as ukraine's prime minister says three pro militants were killed overnight. the ukranian troops beat back a fascial guard on the sea. today talks got under way amid talks in geneva between secretary of state john kerry and russia's foreign minister along with officials from the ukraine and the european union. at the same time, the u.s. is preparing a few round of sanctions against russia. two fire trucks on their way to a house fire collided yesterday, monterey, california, sending one crashing into a restaurant. one restaurant worker said there was a loud bomb and a lot of shaking. at first she thought it was an earthquake. police are investigating a possible shooting in the kansas

city missouri area where as many as 20 drivers have been targeted over the last month. on wednesday, four people told police they to the they saw gunshots and saw a rear window had been shattered. police searched. they found no bullet or shell casings. authorities are offering information leading to an arrest in the recent shooting. 50 and more fabulous than ever this woke. ford is marking the 50th anniversary of the mustang and to celebrate, how do you do it? you go to new heights. on wednesday, a 2015 limited edition mustang was put on display above ground on the observation deck there of the empire state building. ford did the same thing 50 years ago, now to get it out of there and now it had to be taken apart so the pieces could be fit into the elevator itself. then it was put back together. unfortunately, to get it out again, they had to take it apart again. a man is facing armed robbery charges in florida

following an incident taker taken on camera. according to police, he said he had a gun and demanded prichgs drugs in sarasota. a customer saw what was going on and tackled the man, holding him until police arrived. police are thanking him, but they're not suggesting that anyone else try this, certainly, not the thing to do. we don't foe if he has a gun or not. >> not the thing to do. i have to say, i don't think i have the courage to do that. >> in a moment. >> still not a good this inc. to do. >> thank you, natalie. dylan has a first check of the weather. >> we have a lot of snow. talk about a little blast of winter. we range from 3 into north of minneapolis up to 15 inches of snow in parts of central and northern minnesota, driving through it, shoveling the stuff. it was a mess. luckily, things are improving. those whiteout conditions certainly made a mess of the

roads yesterday. now it's onto the cold. the cold air is surging in. we still have freeze warnings all across parts of the mid-atlantic. they stretch back into parts of western tennessee even into kentucky. so it is cold out there this morning. temperatures this morning are running around 38 degrees in charlotte. atlanta is at 34 degrees. close to freezing. ten you move up into the northeast. we have record lows this morning. >> that is going to be an issue, possibly again tomorrow morning, too. that's a look at the weather across the country. your local forecast is coming up in just 30 seconds. for boring ♪om ♪ ferdy gerdy ferdy ger boom! [ cluck, cluck ] ♪ no, we ain't got no room ♪ for boring ♪ for boring, we ain't got no room ♪ ahh! [ male announcer ] the all-new highlander. toyota. let's go places.

7:14 on the nose. happy thursday morning to you, i'm meteorologist christina loren. taking a live look. mostly clear to kick off the day in san jose. same blue sky over san francisco. little breezy here. but temperatures overall today will be comfortable. just a touch cooler than where we ended up yesterday. we're on our way to 75 later today and 78 for the east bay and 65 in san francisco. your sooeeven-days in moments. forecast. >> all right. dylan, thank you so much. well, if you haven't fired up the grill yet, you probably will soon. sorry to say we do have bad news when it comes to the prices of things like burger, ribs and yes, al roker is crying somewhere, even bacon prices are going up. nbc's kerry sanders is in okeechobee, florida. good morning. >> good morning, when it comes

to the cattle industry in the united states, florida plays an integral role, those momma cows give birth to baby cows. those calves are shipped out to the midwest, to texas, to california. but because of the drought, those baby calves that normally would be feeding and getting fattened up for the burgers on your grill, well, they're not. as a result, the price of beef is going up. >> reporter: barbecue season is just around the southeastern in washington, d.c. where juan manuel rubio and his friends never miss a chance to get together for a cookout. >> that's my main structure. the back bone of my social life. >> reporter: but from barbecues to butcher shops to restaurants americans are facing shock in the form of sticker shock. the average retail cost of beef is $5.36 a pound up 32 cents since january. and the highest price since

1987. texas cattle rancher jim guthrie blamed the southwest. >> people liquidated herds because they didn't have enough feed to keep the cow. >> reporter: pork price, also up, thanks to a virus that killed millions of pigs in the u.s. the retail price of bacon has spiked to $5.55 a pound. up 54 cents in a year. consumers are feeling the squeeze. >> yeah, definitely looking at the price. you have to save money wherever you can. >> reporter: still, some butchers say they're being cautious and won't raise retail prices too quickly. >> if i change them daily, customers would get upset. you adjust. >> i like my bake innocent morning. everything tastes good with bacon. >> reporter: foes those who can't stomach the rise in bacon and beef prices, the number one alternative in america is chicken. polttry expected to sizzle.

the statistics reveal that we have the lowest number of cattle in the united states. since 1951. now, the experts here at the okeechobee livestock market say that even if the drought lift ares, in all likelihood, we're going to see increased prices for beef for some time. that's because there's a growing middle class in asia, and they have a growing demand for american beef. savannah. >> kerry sanders and meandering cows this morning. thank you very much. now, to a new warning from the fbi and u.s. college students preparing to study abroad. it's a video with a serious message. peter alexander is in washington. >> hey, carson, 280,000 american students studying abroad each and every year. the fbi is now warning them they could be recruited as foreign spies. they've put together what is really a short movie based on a real-life spy story. >> reporter: the fbi is cracking down on espionage but they're not looking for your typical

007. >> i don't want to break any major laws. >> reporter: just this week, the bureau released a 20-minute video, glenn duffy shriver from michigan. in 2011, shriver was sentenced to four years in federal prison attempting to give information to chinese information officers wooed him with a job in shanghai. >> who cares? it's just an essay, as long as they pay. >> reporter: $70,000 later they encouraged him to work for the cia. at the end of the interview, a jailhouse interview with shriver himself. >> don't fool yourself. the recruitment is active. and the target is young people. see what happens. >> reporter: a former u.s. intelligence official tells nbc news chinese officers aggressively target dozens of american students each year. experts say china is not alone but russia and israel are known

to target students, too. >> the targeting of students, especially students in hard sciences has been apparent for a long time. scenes were shot in washington, d.c.'s chinatown and the dialogue can be cheesy at best. >> i think it qualifies as awesome. >> reporter: they have new warnings. >> it seems like another situation, creating a job for somebody, making a video about college students being spies. >> the bureau won't say how much the video cost to produce. but one former intelligence official told me it's infinitely cheaper, carson, than the consequences of that one naive student that takes the bait. >> peter alexander, thank you so much. >> that's incredible. >> stuff right out of hollywood. >> it is. who would even think it. you think a college student, what do they know? obviously, these countries are taking the long view. >> you have to make his

28-minute video put it in movie form for it to be registered. >> tamron is here. a selfie is getting attention. >> it is. overnight, somebody was creating a firestorm on twitter. yesterday, dr. jill biden was in the orange room. apparently she motivated her husband, the vice president, to take to instagram. so what did vice president joe biden send out via instagram on his first shot. there it is. his ray-ban, the caption. the vice president and the occasional aviators will be posted. so this is actually not from the v.p. his actual first shot at instagram -- a selfie with the president of the united states. pretty cool. in less than 24 hours, 47,000 people now following biden on instagram. but the kings and queens of instagram, justin bieber, 15

million. kim kardashian, 13 million. and rihanna 12 million. savannah, beautiful flowers. carson, and dylan keeping it role with the "today" show. there i am in london. so i have taken over our instagram account. and i'm shooting behind-the-scenes pictures for the instagram account of the "today" show. i know i'm out of time but -- >> in the dressing room -- >> to everyone's dressing room -- >> i got to clean. meantime, this story, get a load at this. imagine you're at a park, you witness this. this is actually a staged kidnapping. terrified onlookers thought it was real and they're now furious. plus, new courtroom drama in the trial of oscar pistorius. why his prosthetic leg took center stage. we'll have testimony. this is "today" on nbc. leg too center

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for more information and savings options, call 1-888-xarelto or visit goxarelto.com. good thursday morning to you, 7:26 right now. i'm peggy bunker, that breaking news as you prepare to leave this morning is about an intersection at lamaden expressway and coleman road. investigators investigate a deadly crash. police say one of the drivers was drinking and they got a call for help just after midnight and once the authorities arrived they found a man with life-threatening injuries and he later died at the hospital. the driver of the second car was also hurt. the crash remains under investigation but so far they say they think there was alcohol involved in this situation. we're told the intersection will remain closed for a couple of hours. and with that, of course, a lot of traffic tie-ups. >> we'll take you to the map of the scene you just showed.

coleman road and that will be closed until possibly 9:00 a.m. that is the latest update from bob redell who is out there. use meridian if you're heading up from highway 85 and the rest of your south bay shows a gentle build for the north bay routes. lighter street traffic and same thing traveling over towards the peninsula. traveling over the san mateo bridge and bay bridge toll plaza and looking at the tri-valley for a drive through livermore. christina, how is that weather out there? >> could not be better, mike. you made it to thursday. so close to that holiday weekend and temperatures are going to be comfortable. a lot of kids still off for spring break. fantastic conditions and show you nice, clear sky and same clear sky for all of our microclimates this morning. san francisco looking good at 54 degrees right now and temperatures climb into the 70s. 78 for the east bay today and 65

in san francisco and 73 degrees in wine country. really comfortable today, a touch cooler for your friday and then we have some changes coming your way as we get into that holiday weekend. saturday much cooler, little cloudy at the coast and just 61 degrees on saturday in san francisco, but closer to 70 for easter sunday and, hey, san jose, close to 80 degrees by sunday. so, we'll be warm out there, peggy, over to you. >> sounds awfully toasty. christina, thanks so much. another local news update coming up for you here in just about half an hour. have a great day.

♪ 7:30 now on this thursday morning. 17th of april, 2014. that's a pretty shot. wilmington, north carolina. somebody sent that in using the #todayssunrise. we hope you do that with a good looking shot of your area. here's making headlines. rough seas are slowing that frantic search for survivors in the ferry disaster in south korea. hundreds of passengers still missing this morning, more than 24 hours after that boat sank. and the robotic scanning on the indian ocean for flight 370 has finished its first search. and officials are trying to figure out what caused a deadly

explosion and fire in tennessee. it happened at a plant where several businesses have federal licenses for explosives and ammunition. that investigation is continuing. all right, coming up -- the terror that has turned to outrage for people who witnessed what they thought was a child kid mapping. it turns out the startling scene was all part of an online video. plus, pregnancy and parenting -- social media world -- you know, sonograms to a child's 1st, well, just about anything. how much is too much when it comes to sharing online. we're going to debate and join in. >> is it an intervention? >> the sonogram. >> i know. you get stuck looking at everything. oh, that's so cute. >> we'll get more on that. a good "hot topic" this morning. but we're going to start this morning with south africa and the murder trial of oscar pistorius. this is the final day of testimony before the court takes a lengthy break.

today, national correspondent jeff rossen is at the courthouse this morning. jeff, good morning to you. >> hey, savannah. good morning to you. as you mentioned big day because. -t is that final day before the recess. and the defense is trying to go out big. their star witness on the stand again today is a forensic expert and he's giving an alternate theory about the order of the bullets. but the prosecutor -- he's not having it, trying to pull his testimony and his integrity apart. >> reporter: inside oscar pistorius' toilet room the entire case comes down to inches. was reeva steenkamp standing or falling when she was shot? facing the door or at an angle? the defense forensics theory, reeva wasn't standing or defensive. she collapsed quickly after the first shot. >> thus, the impact of the bullet hit the hip and she lost voluntary control, he's unstable on one leg. she cannot use the right leg to move so she's collapsing.

>> reporter: in or the today, pistorius plugged his ears, unable to hear the details as the forensics expert held up the actual prosthetic leg he wore the night of the shooting. >> it's damaged at the front door, am i right? >> yes, my lady. >> reporter: but for the second straight day, the prosecutor attacked the expert's credibility on cross-examination. >> that's the problem. you want to give the court a version technically not an expert and you're not listening. >> this trial was so huge here in south africa. it's not just a battle of experts on the witness. this has become a battle of superstar is lawyers the prosecutor and pistorius' defense attorney barry roux. >> he's regarded as one country's top prosecutors. he has a reputation for being thorough. he will not take on a case until

he believes he can win it and he's also ferocious. >> reporter: nicknamed the pitbull, gerrie nel is known for his style. arrives to court by 6:00 a.m. every day. doesn't socialize with colleagues. and teaches little kids wrestling. ♪ >> reporter: a local radio station even created this rap song about him going viral on youtube. >>. ♪ they call me gerrie nel when i get you on the stand i will make you tell ♪ >> reporter: and then barry roux one of australia's most expensive lawyers. people on the streets surround you now to get photos about you. somebody made a parody of roux, too. posting it online with 2,000

hits and counting. ♪ >> he describes himself as a ted did bear. >> a couple of interesting guys. battling it out in court just a short time ago, court adjourned. so that means this two-week recess is officially under way. just to give you an idea of how much testimony we've had, the transcript is over 2,000 pages long. the judge says she's going to read it over the break which she can make a quicker verdict when the trial is finally over which will not be mid-may at the very latest. we're back here may 5th for you. >> thank you very much. let's get a check of the weather for dylan in for al. >> we've got rain that's going to develop in the southeast, and it's going to be heavy at time. it doesn't look like much today. we do have a stalled front across parts of the gulf coast. a couple of spotty thunderstorms

down around eastern texas but we are going to see this develop into more of an area of low pressure right through the gulf coast. that's going to ride along this frontal system bringing the moisture from the south taking with it that moisture from the gulf of mexico and we're going to see really heavy rains especially through the panhandle of florida early tomorrow morning. it moves in friday night and move east. so this is not going to develop into a northeast storm at all. it is going to make its we got a little rain in our forecast, not until next tuesday into wednesday, we need it. we'll take it. temperatures mostly in the 50s right now. take you outdoors and show you what it looks like in san jose. good to moderate air quality. air quality not going to suffer that much even as we continue this dry stretch of weather. clear and dry at the coast and temperatures today work like this. 75 degrees the south bay and 73

along the peninsula and hit 67 degrees in san francisco for today and temperatures 72 in the east bay. est forecast. >> all right, dylan, thanks. now, parents in washington state are outraged after witnessing a child abduction only to later discover it was fake. captured for an online video, now, the brothers behind it are apologize. nbc's joe fryer has the story. >> reporter: it happens in a matter of seconds. a masked man jumps out of a van, grabbed a 4-year-old boy from a park bench in sequim, washington, and then goes back to the van and races away. >> i've never run so fast in my life. >> reporter: tiffany sees it all. >> i was bawling i could not quit shaking. my entire body was shaking. i was so scared for that little boy. >> reporter: several parents chased after the van and called 911. they learn the abduction isn't

real and the kidnapped boy is related to the men in this video. >> we didn't think about the kids that we were endangering. jason and jeremy holden posted several on their youtube page. including a staged armed robbery. but they insist the fake kidnapping was meant to teach a lesson about abduction awareness. >> pretty much keep an eye on your kids. >> reporter: that explanation doesn't sit well with marc klaas whose 12-year-old daughter polly was kidnapped and murdered. >> i found no educational value to the video whatsoever. >> reporter: the brothers say they called the authorities shortly before the fake kidnapping to give them the heads-up but the officer who pulled them over didn't seem know. >> honestly i was told -- >> reporter: police are investigating if this was a crime. as your tiffany barnett --

>> my daughter is still scared. >> reporter: she just hopes the impact of this fake abduction was very real. for "today," joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. >> unbelievable. that police officer could have fired a gun at those people. who doesn't exactly buy that it was to teach others. set an example of what might happen. how about the electric guitar music playing in the background. >> it says we really didn't give it much thought before we did. >> tamron has got a lot of reaction to this. i agree with a lot of you. there are people on facebook who apparently see value on that prank on our facebook page. dawn says, while i understand people being upset, i also feel it was probably a wake-up call for some of the people in the park. so many parents are busy socializing or playing on cell phones they don't pay attention. kelly wrote, i don't think this is fun. another person, i may not agree

with what they did, but it sure made we stop and think. it wasn't done as a joke. it was done to make us open our eyes. we're asking that you go to the facebook page using the hash tag, let us know what you think. >> it was -- >> that's not the way to do it. >> yeah. i think that the kids who witnessed that, how scared they were, they thought it was real. coming up the duke and duchess takes a majestic view while cate finds time for photo bombing. and the hey! have an awesome vacation everyone!

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then again, it's not all fun. there's the everyday things. like your coffee and your milk. think about how much time you spend just shopping. then there are the manly stores where you can buy things you never use like power tools. whatever you buy, at the end of it, isn't always a cash register. for as long as anyone could remember, you'd pay for goods like this with cash or maybe write a check. then, of course, can begin to use credit cards. but now -- i'll have one of those please -- you can pay for this kind of stuff with the palm of your hand. actually, it's the veins in your hand. the latest technology reads your unique palm print developed at lund university in sweden and already being used there in 15 stores. >> i think it's really good. it's easy when i don't have my wallet with me. i can use my hand. so it's really fast and easy. >> reporter: you type in the last four digits of your phone number and then place your hand

on a bio metric reader preventing fraud. the plan is to take the technology around the world. >> can i pay with this? >> no. >> reporter: but they're not there yet. only credit cards. so for now, you'll just have to wait. for your credit card to work. now, i remember why i don't love shopping. i think like most guys, you know, to be honest, savannah, i'm one of those guys who likes to get in the store, get what i need and get out. i like this. i also like, by the way, when you get to the cash register and they ask for your money, you get to say "just talk to the hand." >> back to your breakfast, keir, i get cereal and the milk how do the cheese slices fit in?

>> snack time. >> interesting idea. you guys like it? >> i think it's great. i don't have to carry a purse around. >> fantastic. >> my kids are going to be scanning my hand while i'm sleeping one day. >> what would matt lauer say if he were here? all right, coming up on "trending" get ready to smile. the singing nun on "the voice." italy is back. we asked people a question, how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to, like, pull it a little further. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. i'm going to have to rethink this thing. it's hard to imagine how much we'll need for a retirement that could last 30 years or more. so maybe we need to approach things differently, if we want to be ready for a longer retirement. ♪ if we want to be ready for a longer retirement.

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good morning to you, 7:56 right now. i'm peggy bunker. updating you on that breaking news as you prepare to leave this morning, the intersection at almaden expressway and coleman road still closed at this hour as officials there are still investigating a violent crash. police think one of the drivers was drinking and they got a call for help just after midnight, once they got to the scene, they found a man with life-threatening injuries. they originally told us that the driver had died at the hospital, now they're updating the situation and saying the man is still on life support. the driver of the second car was also injured. the crash does remain under investigation this morning. they do think, once again, alcohol was involved in the situation. we're told the intersection will remain closed for a couple of hours and, of course, checking in with mike inouye right now, that will affect the morning commute. what is the latest around that area? >> this is vacation week. we have a little less surface

street traffic and we'll look at the south bay freeways and see general slowing northbound road and worst over 880. look to the map and closure at almaden expressway and use camden or meridian to stay clear of that intersection and blossom hill is your alternate to coleman. there's the south bay and still have the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza and expect that all day and mid-day game for the giants. >> nice out there, too, mike. temperatures for you in the 50s across the board, little chilly out there, not too bad. clear, cool start and giants flag getting pick up over the san francisco bay. a few more clouds will increase by this afternoon and between 7:00 and 8:00. as we head throughout the day, though, comfortable conditions and just a touch cooler than yesterday. peggy, back to you. >> all right, sounds good. thanks, christina.

another local news update in just about half an hour. we'll see you then.

♪ it's it is 8:00 on today. drama on the royal tour. two men detained and questioned for acting suspiciously at the blue mountains of australia. plus, sharing is not caring when pregnant moms and proud papas share too much information about their bundle. does everyone want to see the ultrasound pics? and she's a talk show host, author and queen of hot topics. wendy williams is here live, thursday, april 17, 2014. ♪ >> hey, alabama!

>> good morning, tennessee! >> hi to my cousins back in maryland. >> sisters from south carolina in the big apple, woo! ♪ >> i'm ashley. i'm a cancer survivor. >> i am kenny, i'm a cancer survivor. just one wish! >> hi, mom, i'm on tv! >> we love the "today" show. good morning, it is a chilly ursday morning. do we have a good spring break crowd on the plaza this morning. it is spring break. >> kind of springy. >> you're getting in on complaining about the weather, that's not a good sign. >> without a parka wrapped around our face. what we're not whining about, a couple lovely ladies in the orange room. look who is here. >> edie falco and we'll talk to wendy williams in a second.

counting crows, "mr. jones" my pick today. >> a good one. >> 21 years since that one. >> no! >> let's head in side to natalie with a check of the top stories. good morning to you guys, good morning everyone. stormy seas make the search difficult for 300 missing from a sunken south korean ferry both. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. rescuers are facing harsh weather conditions as they step up efforts to find any passengers alive. the south korean coast guard says visibility in the murky waters near the sunken vessel is less than two meters and fast currents are impeding hundreds of professional divers searching for survivors. out of 475 people on board, 179 have been rescued. 286 are missing and 10 are now confirmed dead. families of passengers on board,

mostly students on a field trip, are gathering on the nearby jindo island. they're outraged by what they call slow government response. some students sent text messages from inside the boat saying they loved them. the captain faces criminal investigation. but there's no confirmation on the cause of the incident. natalie? >> thank you. this morning, investigators say an oil slick found near the search air for malaysian flight tested negative for the missing plane. the search could end today after finding no sign of the plane or 239 on board since it disappeared march 8th. an unmanned sub is still mapping the sea floor under the indian ocean. today, critical talks got under way in geneva between secretary of state john kerry and russia's foreign minister along with the european union. they're preparing a new round of

sanctions against rush. putin said he hopes for a political and diplomatic solution to the crisis in ukraine. he was asked this by none other than edward snowden during a tv event. >> does russia analyze or store in any way the communications of millions of individuals, and double that simply increasing the effectiveness of intelligence or law enforcement investigations can justify placing societies, rather than subjects, under surveillance. >> putin responded russia is not carrying out mass collection of citizens' data. the man arrested at boston ceremonies is at a psychiatric facility. kevin edson was acting strangely when stopped tuesday. last year's bombs were made from

pressure cookers. it carries a sentence of 20 years in prison. australian police stopped a man steps from the duke and duchess of cambridge. william, kate and baby george were in australia. they spent time with victims of the brush fires. and earlier in the week, one young man got photo bombed during a trip to new seal and. 8:05, let's check the weather with dillon dryer in for al. >> we have two special kids here. are you happy to be here in new york? >> we are really happy. >> i am really excited to be here. >> we are happy to be here. you're raising awareness to end childhood cancer. >> we are doing end one wish, to end childhood cancer. >> thank you for being here. so happy you both are here. they said it is cold, it is true, it is cold here on the plaza this morning. we are seeing even colder

temperatures, in green bay, wisconsin, today's pick city, where it is in the 40s. we have rain showers. we lose the threat of snow, as we go into the weekend temps barely get close to 50 degrees. the weather is quiet after a major snowstorm in parts of minnesota yesterday. we're going to see very cold temperatures across the eastern half of the country, 10 to 15, almost 20 degrees below average. even down into georgia. temperatures only in the 60s. looking at 30s in northern wisconsin. that cold front reinforcing the cold air. have to keep an eye on the stalled front in the gulf of mexico. that will be a rain event. coul 8:06. taking a look out the window in san francisco, what a pretty day shaping up. now, we do have a little bit of low cloud cover starting to develop. back here, we actually have the golden gate bridge. you can vaguely make that out. but overall, this is going to burn off very quickly, the wind will pick up, and we'll see a

nice, sunny day. temps right now mainly in the upper 50s, 75 in the south bay, 73 for the peninsula, 65 degrees, a cooler day for you in san francisco. but we keep this sweet spring stride going all the way through monday. your latest forecast. >> j >> and that'sus the latest forecast. coming up on trending, girls just wanted to have fun, including nuns. "the voice" battle you have to see. and wendy williams on turning 50 and her steamy brand new book. >> loving that yellow. and special edition of steals and deals, speaking of loving to buy things. 79% off great things for moms. first, these messages. off ofgi. off ofgi. but first, these mes the best part about going to walt disney world just might be staying at a walt disney world resort hotel... from royal encounters to royal rooms...

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after 15 months' of work. this actually happened at yahoo!. the company's chief marissa mayer hired him. he was let go from the company. he got a massive payday. most of the costs come from luring de castro away from a company. we reached tout yahoo! they had no comment. just to be clear, it's unclear why he left the company. >> but you have to really like somebody to pay that kind of money to make the split. >> yes. >> $58 million. >> it's not a good example of fiscal responsibility for the company either. >> if you have to pay $58 million, isn't there some other job -- louisiana senator mary landrieu is in the middle of a tough re-election campaign. and her first ad is getting attention for all the wrong

reasons. it show the defiant land drew standing up during a senate hearing. there's just one problem, the ad doesn't use the actual footage from that senate hearing. land drew staged a re-do of the meeting re-enacting the remarks for the campaign. here's the ad, take a look. >> when you were cheated out of oil royalties. >> you might have to sit here and listen to the federal government say we can't share a penny with you. i will not rest until this injustices is fixed. >> well, for the ad, as you noticed there landry changed her appearance, even fixed the line that she apparently flubbed. landreu said. >> i'll say this, the lighting is better than in the hearing room. >> yeah, the jacket was even the color. >> you guys know the song

"royals." >> yeah. >> well, it is the breakdown from the new zealand singer lorde. because of the title, everyone assumed it was about these folks. but as it turns out, i love this story, her initial inspiration was this guy. you know who that is? the great george brett, hall of fame baseball player. lorde said she spotted a photo of him with the royals. she thought it would be cool. lorde has been trying to meet him even receiving a signed jersey. tuesday, what happened -- they got a chance to meet. major league baseball tweeting this photo telling lorde she is finally a royal. >> they play that song so much on the radio. i wonder if george heard it and thought it was about the kansas

city royals. >> he didn't. >> that makes it even more cool. i was like getting tired of it because they play it so much. now i can hear it all the time. i love it. also a few weeks ago we introduced you to sister cristina. a nun who auditioned for the italian version of the "the voice." get ready. she's back. she's just a nun looking for a little fun. ♪ oh some girls when oh girls just want to have fun ♪ >> i love it. >> such an inspiration. the 25-year-old catholic nun beltinging out the cyndi lauper classic "girls just want to have fun." i love her version of it. guess what, sister cristina won this battle. >> of course, she did. >> the italian "the voice"

winner here who ever that ends up being, have eye a little showdown. >> organization that helps kids with cancer. ♪ all right. we're back with our ongoing series which we call "the social." and this morning when sharing goes overboard. >> when we're kids we're taught that sharing is a good thing. and here at appleseed's play space in manhattan, some proud

parents have no problem sharing a lot. >> every time it's this 1 month birthday, he does a picture with a sticker on it. the first time he lifted his hat. or the first time he smiled. you can't help it. every time i take a picture, i'm like, everyone has to see this picture, it's adorable. >> i never cared for it. i didn't like it. i was pretty against it. then i had a kid, and then i understood. >> for some like yours truly the sharing starts early. >> you know what, i've become one of those, i'm the person who shows the ultrasound picture. you can even throw an ultrasound party with dozens of family and friends. >> he's covering up his face with either an arm or leg. >> even birth itself can be an open book just ask twitter employee claire diaz-ortiz had made news by live tweeting her own labor. seemingly everybody put everything online for the world to see.

we're a click away from sharing everything that in the moment feels important. and we end up sharing so much of ourselves. more than other people are truly interested in seeing. >> parenthood is no different. >> there's no one more narcissistic than a pregnant woman and a new parent. >> unfortunately, all of those tweets, updates and photos can lead to monumental burnout. >> i think it gets to a point, it's great, all right, i'm going to move on now. >> if there's an occasional photo you don't mind seeing when little johnny first scrapes his knee, but every time little johnny picks his nose, come on. >> we put the issue to you. it turns out this is funny. 60% of you say it's annoying when other parents overshare about their children or pregnancy. yet 60% also admit to oversharing some or all the time. so we're guilty of it and we hate it, apparently. here to help us out etiquette

expert tom foley. good morning. i have ultrasound pictures and i really love to share them with people. >> is it proper etiquette to show perfect strangers? >> the nice thing, especially if you've got tons of facebook friends you can really restrict the circles that you share to. i advise that. if you got 3,000 friends maybe 3,000 don't need to see the ultrasound. >> should you maybe wait for somebody to ask, oh do you have ultrasound pictures? >> exactly. >> the great thing, remember the days where we had these, remember, you whipped these out. you were trapped when you're with somebody who had one of these. now, if you don't like what you're seeing if you think somebody is sharing too much, you just hide their updates. and the person is not offended either. >> what's a reasonable amount of sharing, for example, posting

your kids pictures and their accomplishments on facebook. >> there's definitely a fine palestine between posting and boasting. you want to keep the gross stuff off the facebook. the diapers the spitups. >> the bathtubs. >> yeah, live tweeting the delivery. that's a little bit much. >> yes. >> don't even think about it. >> #pain. >> yeah -- >> please don't give too much ideas. >> the gross stuff didn't go on. he just said that. >> i have to say i was a single person for most of my life. i would think it was a little bit annoying when people put too much on. i don't know -- maybe it was my issue, it kind of made me feel bad sometimes, i don't know, if it's too much. >> i love seeing the pictures. if it's a scrape, an ultrasound -- it's the plan. >> there is a line. but that's the line you got to fine. >> but your friends love to see

those moments. they're probably not your friends. >> nowadays there aren't many friends that -- >> i think you get a lot of parents who put a whole warning scenario and explain how awful their morning is going. >> the complaint is different. but look at my kids' cheeks -- i love that. >> see you right after school. okay. 56% said once a day is too much to overshare. a few times a week, 22%. once a week, 11%. less often. apparently once a day, a sweet spot. >> yeah. >> i like to say, don't spend too much time looking at the screen when you're not looking at the child. enjoy the moments. post, yes. but don't dominate your day with posting. >> thomas farley, thank you very much. meantime when it comes to speaking your mind, wendy williams has that market cornered.

and she's going to tell us about her new project. and wendy's daytime talk show. >> how you doin'? not good until somebody brings me my rings. my need my flower rings, oh, my gosh, this messy show. messy is good, right? beyonce's baby brother may be home. that's messy. selena gomez fired her parents, that's messy. and nene washingtoned off the set on "dancing with the stars." that's messy, too. it's time for "hot topics." >> say it like you mean it, wendy williams is here. good morning. >> good morning. >> i can't believe you and i have met and spent time. >> and meet you from trl and now. >> you've got a steamy romance novel, and we're going to get to

that. how do you continue to look so great. you've got a big birthday coming up? >> the big 5-0 in july. >> how do you feel? >> i feel wonderful. two ways you you celebrate 50, either depressed or share it with the world. girls at 25 look at the world, oh, we look like we do 25. >> have you been working out? >> yes, i lost about 30 pounds. it took two years. >> how? >> nothing special. just cutting back. one piece of cheese instead of five. >> your show is fantastic. it's been renewed for another three years from now. congratulations on that. >> yes, we're in the fifth season. thank you. >> the romance novel. you've written books before but nothing like this. >> this is my seventh. it's a novel. we come from radios, theater, the mind, i enjoy painting a picture, sharing a story being descriptive and flowery with my language. kimberly kind is supply main

character. she's an assistant district attorney here in new york. he's she's addicted to pills and she loves booze. not just any booze, but jamison. her mother is a crack head but out there, her father say drunk and her brother is addicted to sex. she's having an affair with her boss. she lives in manhattan -- >> too bad there's no -- >> she falls in love with aim criminal but a hot criminal. >> and that's king. >> king is a cross between justin timberlake and david beckham. >> there we go, is that king? >> king, mm. >> what's the relationship between kim and king?

"fifty shades of grey." >> hot steamy sex. she's a pill popper. she gives her her career for him in four months. dumbbell. but the sex scenes are good. i'm hoping if people buy this book, they lose themselves in it. >> you're in the news for your comments in your experience in "dancing with the stars." >> season 12. >> what's what the issue for you? >> there was no issue, except that, you know what, when they put you in the room and you have to talk to the camera about your experience, the one-on-one with the camera -- >> that professional. >> yes, i was letting people know they script you what to say, i would look at my partner tony doand say, i didn't say th. >> "hold me in contempt" wendy williams, good to see you. coming up, we've got eddie

falco in the house. and steals and deals coming up af good morning to you. 2 8:26 right now. i'm peggy bunkers. crews have blocked almaden expressway and coleman road have blocked it off as they continue to investigate a violent crash. they were called just after midnight and found a man with life threatening injuries. they originally told us one of the drivers died at the hospital, now they say that man is on life-support. the driver of the second car also hurt. that crash does remain under investigation, but we are hearing so far that investigators do think alcohol played a role. right now we do want to check in on the traffic situation around that area, and as well as the rest of your bay area commute. good morning. >> good morning, peggy. we start with the san mateo bridge. this is a dramatic slowdown that just started about 20 minutes ago. we see it continue to build here

westbound, moving a little better than the last five minutes. this is the hayward side. we'll look at the map and see the peninsula side as well. the only thing reported in the area, west 101. the interchange, reports of a crash over on the shoulder about a half an hour ago. that may be enough of a distraction to cause all of that backup. the rest of the bay, typical build in most of the usual spots. lighter than normal build in the rest of the bay. there's that closure we were talking about, peggy, almaden expressway at coleman. peggy, back to you. >> another local news update coming up in half an hour. in the meantime, have a great day. a.

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10 degrees below average. thunderstorms in southern florida tomorrow. that's saturday. we will start to see things turning around. a few spotty showers in the upper mid-west and through walk state and oregon. we will start to see warmer temperatures move in, get back into the 60s in the northeast. back into the 70s and '80s in the southeast, by easter sunday, we are going to see a lot of showers right down into central texas. the rest of the country is fairly quiet, a couple showers and temperatures again will start to moderate 8:32. good news for you. we've got some rain on the way next week. that will keep your hillsides nice and green. still nice and green through sunol this morning. a clear day, a gorgeous day shaping up. right now we're starting out mostly in the upper 50s. we are headed towards the mid-70s. a touch cooler than yesterday, but really not bad at all. room temperature. it's right around 72 drivewegre. 73 for the peninsula today. 78, a comfortable day in the east bay, with some changes

coming your way as we get into this holiday weekend. sunday looking much warmer than what we're expecting on saturday. and that is your latest forecast. no . and that is your latest forecast. now, let's head on down to mr. willard scott. >> we are here in beautiful south florida, buechel captiva island. how sweet it is. mary ashton from washington state. she is 101-years-old, loves to fish on the yellowstone, lynn wood and josephine paul and they are have eden, oklahoma. 75 years they have been married. they love to bowl and they love to travel. hey, here's rena from floral park, new york. we wish her a happy 100th birthday, love as good as joke and being the center of attention, i mean, that's what i call one happy person. robert simon, reston, virginia,

100-years-old. he loves reston, i remember the day it opened up. ruby robinson from alton, illinois. i love illinois. 100-years-old today and she loves to study the bible. herself a handsome man edward atcousin, he is from freedom, new hampshire. 100-years-old today. watches hockey teams on tv with his cat toby. that's it for now. happy birthday to you, if it's your birthday, now, back to new york. >> all right, willard, thank you so much. now to the story of a remarkable teenager who survived a rare cancer, the fight that led her into the lab and a discovery that could one day lead to a cure. here's nbc's anne curry. >> reporter: little allah na simon was 12 sen he was diagnosed with a rare cancer.

>> they were able to diamondback knows me. >> years of practice. >> reporter: it mostly strikes young people. >> i found it scary through five years, the chances of survival are actually pretty slim. >> reporter: now, after surgery, doctors say her cancer is gone, but if some ways, it never fully left her. >> it's a part of who i am. >> reporter: at 16, allah na began searching for a cure, with the help of her father sandy, a biophysicist at rockefeller university and a small team of researchers. >> this was annich she had to go after. >> reporter: allah na had an idea, what if she used young people's dna, cleaner than adult, with mutation being visibility. >> here we have a protein highlighted in green. >> reporter: after lifting samples from 15 patients, the new york genome centers found

all shared the same mutation. >> this is a possible root towards a treatment and certainly towards a diagnosis. >> reporter: allah na co-authored a paper with her findings published in the journal of science, an achievement that doesn't surprise her parents could you have stopped her if you wanted? >> you know allah na. would she answer my call to something. no stopping. ro no stopping and now harvard-bound aerial acrobat soaring to new heights in her search for a cure. >> what else could someone want to go and save people's lives. >> reporter: anne curry, nbc news, new york. and coming up, award winning actress edie falco on furs jackie, pierceings and more, up next, deal savings on everything from flowers to jewelry. yes, we are just in time for mother's day, first this is a

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♪ well, we're back with a special mother's day edition of jill's steals and deals. here to walk through the bargains, jill martin, editor and contributor to "people" and "style." >> this is very exciting a special mother's day edition. everything will arrive in time for mother's day. do we have a mommy as here? very exciting. the flowers, red hot mama for arrangements. you get two dozen red roses ships overnight, totally fresh with a vase. deal $27.99. 55% off.

>> great deal. and they're real. >> totally. shipped overnight. so they'll be fresh. >> okay. >> this is a beautiful gift. marquise by waterford vase. sparkling crystal vase. it's great for entertaining if you're having a mother's day party or any party. >> or giant cocktail for dads. how much? >> the retail, $100. the deal, $27.99. this is the first time doing this together. >> it is. that is a heck of a deal. under 30 bucks for waterford, not bad. >> necklaces, these are beautiful, retail, $225 to. and these are the phrases, love, believe, happiness, faith, with a white sapphire stone you can see right above the saying.

celebs include jennifer aniston, penelope cruz. the deal, $49.90. we day version of these ones and they blew out. if you want, go on today.com right now. >> what's next? >> all the women, all the led of the "today" show, moms, nieces, everything. you see beautiful stationery sets. five color themes. printsed on white or ivory. heavy stock. 50 cards and envelopes. the retail $125. the deal $37.50. that's 70% off. this is a great gift not just mother's day but for anyone. >> moms can write thank you notes. >> i'm tripping. >> that's okay, stop tripping, jill. >> this is major. the retail, $96. for bathrobes, 100% organic

cotton. comes in a variety of colors. available in small, medium, large or extra large. the retail, $96. the deal, $29. that's 70% off. >> that's a great deal. >> who's a mom here? >> moms, raise your hand if you're a mom. >> we are giving away to the moms in the plaza for being so fabulous, everyone gets a robe. >> you get a robe. you get a robe. and you get a robe! >> happy mother's day! >> that's nice. >> happy mother's day. >> perhaps the best deal of coming to the plaza for jill's steals and deals. >> it's freezing, put them on now. >> let's review the projects. flowers, vases from waterford, necklaces from mary margrill, and stationery and the robes. questions about it, head to the

steals and deals page at today.com. thank you, jill. coming up, award-winning actress edie falco but first this is "today" on nbc. ♪

♪ we are back at 8:45. we've got golden globe and emmy winner edie falco. she became a household name playing tony's wife on the hbo series "the sopranos." and now she shows up a pill-popping nurse jackie. >> the day of my one year anniversary, they got me a nice cake. i took a pill. >> ooh! my first relapse i went on a three-month bender. it was so much work. >> all the hiding trying to catch the next high. >> oh, explaining to my husband where the money went. >> trying to cover the high,

instead of just relaxing into it. >> that was the worst. >> edie falco, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i'm so expressed. nurse jackie is back off the wagon. >> what are you going to do? >> i want her to be on the straight and narrow. i want her to be happy. >> i know, those aren't necessarily the same thing. i think we're trying to accurately pour traaccurate ly portray the drama of trying to get clean. >> relaxing is part of the recovery. >> not for everyone, but many people, it is. >> you've talked a lot about how you relate in some ways to this character because of a past addiction. past struggles with that. >> uh-huh. >> i'm sure it helps the performance but is it hard to revisit those hard places? >> you know, i've been asked that. and it's not. i don't know why. first of all, it's very far away from me. but the truth is, every time i have to do a scene that involves

that stuff, it makes me even more committed or more strongly, you know, inside of my sobriety mode. you know, being off the stuff. it's a ways away from me. >> "nurse jackie" of course say comedy. a cashing comedy. i love that you kind of give your showtime bosses a hard time saying it's not a comedy. >> i'm going get fired before this broadcast is through. it's a lot of funny stuff in. it has to be categorized so i stay out of it. >> exactly. obviously, we know you for nurse jackie and carmela soprano. i was thinking about your career. you were a struggling actress for years and now these iconic back-to-back roles. do you ever think back to those days and kind of pinch yourself now? >> i do all the time. i'd waiting, all the time,

saying this is your life, falco. i have to go to a restaurant today, i don't have to clean up and marry ketchup bottles. >> i was going to ask you on the flip side is there anything you miss from those days, romance about the early days of struggle? >> there's a little bit. not the struggle part. being anonymous in new york. you know, you sort of build up a tough kind of -- not that i don't want to be nice. i was less concerned about not appearing not nice. >> and more relaxing. >> you go about your day in new york, you kind of muscle your way through. i'm just a little more self-aware now because if i'm recognized i don't want to appear to be the jerk that i sometimes feel i am. i'm not saying anything else today. >> do you miss anything about carmela beyond the long nails and the hair? >> i miss being a part of that family, casting crew alike. we were together a long time. it's a strange business when the show ends that you're promising

to keep in touch and very rarely doing that. so i miss my buddies. >> and i've got two little boys -- >> a boy and a girl. >> boy and a girl. now i'm in trouble. sorry, honey. look how cute with the red hair. >> they're pretty spectacular. my son is 9, my daughter's 6. kind of like that's the whole thing. >> she's adorable. i'll be sending flowers later. edie falco, thank you so much. good to have you here. >> coming up next, could you quit sugar? a chef who shares her sweet and healthy sugar-free recipes but a chef who shares her sweet and healthy sugar-free recipes but first this is "today" on nbc. you can either haveon high-end or low-price.

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all right. do you ever find yourself reaching for one sweet treat like a cookie, and then suddenly you've eaten the entire box? has somebody been watching me. sarah wilson found sugar to be addictive and cut it out of her diet in 2011. now with the book "i quit sugar." good to have you here on "today." >> thank you. >> why did you quit the sugar? >> i was feeling foggy in the ahead. i was seriously addicted to sugar. eating the healthy sugar, honey in tea, granola and bananas but i was seriously addicted. >> how do you know you're addicted? >> because you're putting all of

that in your coffee? >> and because of the sugar. when you're terrified about the idea of not eating it, then you know it. >> what's the detox? >> it is tough. studies are showing it's more addictive than cocaine and heroin. so it can be tough. which is why i put together an eight-week program. >> what do you feel about? >> i've got a clear head. i can get through the day without a slump. but i'm still eating. >> what are we making? >> we're making a chocolate treat. i'm going to give you something if you can talk and do something at the same time. >> i can do that barely. is there a sugar substitute in these recipes? >> we do. the difference between that and sugar it contains fructose, fructose is the harmful part. we're going to put that in there now.

what you see is butter and coconut oil. you're a pretty trim guy. say you were having issues with losing weight, coconut oil is your friend. it's fantastic for sugar cravings but it's also really good for speeding up the metabolism. >> so brown sugar? >> i'll explain that in my book. you can use regular cocoa. what i'm doing while you're stirring that, i'm going to get berries here. just frozen berries you can get from the supermarket. around about a third of a cup. >> do you have a preference of frozen versus fresh? >> i like frozen, because it actually keeps them together. they're really easy to buy. we just put a few of them on the plate. >> in case want to see the raspberries up close, we have a gopro. there you go. >> and then coconut on here. just shredded coconut as well.

what i'm going to get you to do is pour this on here. you don't have to be too precise. >> okay. >> how's that? >> beautiful. we put that in the fridge or freezer for about 15 minutes. hardens. and then -- >> you make like a bark -- >> we make a bark. >> no sugar? >> no sugar. >> now, some people have made some really fantastic easter eggs as well. this idea, a great easter treat. anyone who is willing to come out with a sugar-free easter egg for somebody, this is the way to go. you can make that. it's fantastic. >> what's next? >> around here, we are making a sugar-free cheesecake. so we've made a base in advance. it's essentially nuts, coconut and some butter as well as some almond meal. so it's no sugar. over here, we've got cream cheese. now, i make my own cream cheese. it's really nutritious. it's full of enzymes.

it's like a probiotic yogurt. you can also use philadelphia cream cheese from the supermarket. and then i put it here. >> just easy to find? >> really easy to find in the supermarkets in the baking aisle. where you find your baking goods. we've got coconut cream. you can use coconut oil as well which is easier to find. and a little bit of yogurt. >> let's get this done. i'm not sure how. >> around we'll just blend it. >> i'm not really handy in the kitchen. we were wonderful if you'd be able to eat to successfully eat sweats sans sugar, sarah, but you proved it's possible. >> it is. in the fridge, voila -- you've got sugar-free cheesecake. >> nice to have you today "i quit sugar" you can find the recipes and more, today.com, the

website. what do you think, cheesecake, no sugar. >> ooh. >> how are you doing? >> it's a winner. >> my vote good morning to you. it's 8:56. i'm peggy bunker. a wreck is causing major backups in san jose this morning at the intersection of almaden expressway and coleman road. it's completely blocked off. also, investigate a two-car crash. police originally told us that the drivers of one of those cars died a to the hospital, but now they are reporting that man is still on life-support. investigators do think that alcohol was a factor in this crash. and getting a look at your

forecast for the day. christina loren's here with that. >> hey, good morning, peggy. good morning to you at home. it's thursday. we're almost to the weekend. a nice day shaping up. a little cirrus cloud cover here over sunol, but otherwise a nice, fis day. lots of sunshine coming your way. temps right now in the 50s, headed towards the 70s. hope off great one.

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it's love, your way. 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 thursday morning. it's april 17th, 2014. i'millie geist along with natalie morales and tamron hall. al roker is off today. he'll be back monday. we got to put a button 0 the story yesterday. my sister libby was in labor while we were on the air. good news. the baby is here. williams robert riles. my sister olivia and her husband kevin. 8 pounds 1 ounce. he's happy and healthy. his brother russell. >> she's got a 20-month-old and

a newborn. >> libby's going to be busy. i believe they're watching today. i'll be at the hospital to see you guys. >> could that be a better hollywood name? billy wiles -- destined. also a story we loved, we showed you a great video of a medic wrapping care instructions to a young girl with a cast on her leg. he called it cast jingle. ♪ you know it i got it right. there's a chance it could still be tight don't hate ♪ just elevate ♪ ♪ just elevate for 15 minutes ♪ if that don't work you can come back to the clinic let's check the note in the back to see you ♪ ♪ which is what, two weeks? >> three weeks. ♪ don't get it wet that's it. >> got the ricky lake name in

there. we asked for your help. we tracked down the man. he's army staff sergeant charisse stokley. he joins us from new york. staff sergeant stokely, thanks for being with us this morning. >> before we go any further, i want to say one thing, this year will mark two decades, 20 years he's given to the united states military served in iraq and afghanistan. >> thank you foremost for that. >> thank you. >> tell us about this rap. where did the idea come from? when i was stationed, i had a fellow friend who when he was stationed he just ripped off things. i said, i got something i can do. we flew from hawaii back to new york. i wrote the rhyme and then it took me another two weeks to get the courage to sing it. >> how often do you get to perform it, do you change the

words around or stick to the script? >> i change the words around. i have a hard time remembering. >> sergeant, willie said that you had flow yesterday, that you could spit some rhymes as they say in the hip-hop world. i'm going to put you on the spot to see if we can get a sample of it live. ready? >> sure. >> here we go. one, two, three -- go. ♪ rules to follow, rules to follow to make the cast last don't get the cast wet don't stick nothing in it if it did, you got to deal with it like usher, man you got it bad. dirt and sad it's pretty sad. don't come to me, you can come back if your phalanges turn blue. one and two, try to cast off not too hot like the rockets that blast off. don't take the cast off. a tribute to eyes rock from side to side like people with hands do.

you got to be careful like girls are careful with their hairdo trust the skills i got it right. don't hate just elevate don't sign the papers to send me to ricky lake just elevate for 15 minutes. if that don't work, you can come back to the clinic. that is the end of the cast jingle. let's check the note when the doc want to see you ♪ >> yeah! >> and your smile is infectious there. we love it. >> stop it. stop it. >> i got one more for you, i hear you do disney show tunes as well for patients, is that right? do you sing disney songs sometimes? [ laughter ] >> hip-hop! >> this is a whole team effort. >> you are adorable. look at you. [ laughter ] >> okay. you're a sergeant, we know you have to be strong and tough for the country. but, listen, that smile could

melt anything. thank you, sir. >> i've got to tell you, kids who come in with broken limbs, it can be a scary thing. you put a smile on their face. sergeant, job well done. you put a big smile on our face as well. thank you. >> thank you. >> i'd break a leg just to see him. >> i know. >> he's the best. >> all right. switching gears here. interesting question, a question that chelsey clinton asked all the time. she's 34 years old. in a new interview she now is perhaps opening that window that she may think about running for public office. she told "fast" magazine that she currently supports her home state. but she thought maybe i'd is ask the question to myself and come to a different answer. i think recently, she's been saying she kind of closed that door a little bit but now it

sounds perhaps she is sticking her foot in it just slightly. >> i think if you're asked that question, not just one of the answers, you say, i don't know, maybe i will. and now she says, run for office. >> she's very busy. she's helping with the clinton global initiative, of course. she's very involved in that. besides the question of when are you going to have kids which is the one she gets asked every day -- >> by her parents. >> -- she's a very impressive woman. she'll do what she wants in life. >> she's under a lot of pressure, i would imagine, with that sort of legacy. you know, children of political figures. you know, that's the question they always get asked. >> now, she's what, 32 -- >> 34 now. she's lived such a wonderful life, responsible life, giving to others. i bet she's gotten used to the pressure. to willie's point, you've been asked this question so many times, you say, maybe. leave me alone. maybe.

>> and she probably wants to give back. >> and i think watching her father and mother go through the process of running for president, being president. there might be something to say, you know what, i'll leave that to my parents. >> they did a great job at it. meanwhile, we were talking about this earlier, vice president joe biden and al is not here for this. this kind of makes me sad. joe biden has joined instagram yesterday. first, his team posted a pretty artsy picture of his ray-ban, i wonder if that's product placement. like the samsung thing. nevertheless, the actual real photo, the second one posted was from the vice president. look at this, toothiest selfie in america. they posted this around 9:00 a.m. and there were around 40,000 people following the vice president on instagram. >> that's great. >> one politician you want on instagram, it's joe biden. saturday night, it gets late. who knows what's going to

happen. he's out at the bar having a couple beers with his buddies, he's got the group shot. >> that's something that al would do. mr. vice president, you can do selfie, instagram, come here to host the show, we'd love to have you. >> jill biden was on yesterday. >> she had a great experience. >> or at least he has to put an instagram picture with al roker, if he can't make it on, send al -- >> it's like chelsea clinton. another story just quickly that caught my attention yesterday and i sent it out to you guys. jessica simpson has posted a photo of her fiance eric johnson and their beautiful daughter maxwell. look at the photo, in one of the photographs, johnson is tossing the 22-year-old up in the air. i don't know how high. people are saying several feet. jessica tweeted out max and

beach, yikes, she has no fear. >> my husband does that still all the time. >> and they're 10 and 5. >> i said the child was 22 years old. she's 22 months. >> it's terrified me. >> i usually do it over a pool at least. like in the water, if you drop them, they -- >> my husband does it near the light fixture. near the kitchen cabinets. i'm like stop it! >> two boys and you wonder why they're backflipping off the sofa. >> it makes them stronger. >> you land on the floor -- >> a ten-foot drop on your head, it's good for you, kid. >> it's going to make you real tough. all right. let's get a check of the weather from dylan in for al. >> hey, parenting by natalie morales, right? >> get it together, kid. >> my dad threw me up so i think it works.

we are looking at some streams of moisture that are moving off the pacific and into the northwest. this is actually going to make for a very soggy couple of days. especially across parts of washington state and boo oregon as well. we've got the moisture streaming onshore. you can see seattle. along the coast, moderate rain. portland seeing rain as well but we are looking for half an inch up to an inch in parts of the immediate coast and inland, not a lot, but a couple inches as that moisture streams onshore. elsewhere, across the country, we are starting to see the snow come in, a little leftover showers. the temperatures 10 9:10 on a thursday morning. looks like a postcard here over san francisco. the coast is the nice and clear. but, hey, this is actually live, where we live. love it here in the bay area.

some high clouds right now, over the sunol grade. those should clear out as we head throughout the day today. they're just very high, wispy clouds, kind of creating a thin veil over the local hillside. as we head throughout the day today, what a treat we have in store for you. temperatures will jump out of the upper 50s into the mid-70s. 75 in san jose. and that is your latest forecast. back over to you, guys. >> dylan, we'll talk to you in a bit. up next, a powerful new tool you may have had all along that up next, a powerful new tool you m[ male announcer ]ong that this is jim. a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but now, with once-a-day xarelto jim's on the move. jim's doctor recommended xarelto. like warfarin, xarelto is proven effective

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if you're above the age of 24, i hate to break it to you, your brain is already on the decline. >> that's one of the headlines that came to our attention. dr. kelly peterson and emergency room physician dr. davis. good to see you both. short videos like those on youtube may be a tool to diagnose autism. why is that effective? >> the home video is a tool that aided patients in terms being autistic earlier. not making eye contact, not playing with toys appropriately. it was found that 95% of the time accurately identified children who were autistic. this would be a wonderful tool in may going the diagnosis earlier. right now, the average age of

diagnosis is age 4. but the average treatment time is age 2 or 3. >> what are the symptoms and signs they're looking for? >> they're looking for things like being able to maintain eye contact which is a important tool. poor language skills. not playing with toys in an appropriate way. and not responding to social cues as well as others would. >> earlier, we intervene and help to treat kid's autism, the better they do long term and adjusting. >> dr. davis, the next one i mentioned in the lead-in, cognitive decline can begin as early as 24 years old. >> that's scary. the study takes into account using video games as well as we get older we lose the ability to concentrate and sort of multitask. they think as early as 24 years old this can happen. now the problem i have with the study, very small decline at age 24.

the next age they measure is 15 years later. yes, by 40, you should have a little bit of a delay. what's good about the study, although we lose some ability to focus or concentrate, we're smarter at sort of taking the issue at hand in making decisions. whatever the challenge would be used, experiences from before, to sort of make a rapid decision, although it may be a little slower, delayed in making that condition process, we use our past experience to shape our goals or make our decision based upon the question at hand. >> so we can gain some new skills as well then? >> in a way, we can. but also we use what we have in place to make a decision. so that's good. we lose a little ability in sort of the rapid response in what we're thinking but at the same time, what we have in place from previous experience, we use that to make a decision given to us. >> next one, 1 in 20 adults dr. peterson is misdiagnosed in at outpatient clinic. that's a big number.

>> this is information that just came out. it's hard to assess how often misdiagnosis are made. this study was able to extrapolate some data for us by looking at three articles. one was mistakes made in the primary care setting. and one was delaying diagnosis of colon cancer and lung cancer. it found 5% of the time there's a delay in diagnosis for patients with these these issues. so about 12 million american americans and 6 million of those are potentially harmful outcomes. so, it's a wake-up call. and it's potentially opening the door to tune into where along the protocol a physician is making these errors, how can we improve the quality of our health care. >> and the same question is, how do you become more proactive when you go to the emergency room or an outpatient clinic then? >> correct. this is predominantly looking at the outpatient clinic and this is the first of its kind on a scale to determine when

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let's clear things. >> hey, good morning to you. clear and breezy at the coast for today. look at that stunning picture coming in from san francisco. you can just look at that all day. day game happening at at&t park. gorgeous conditions for today. we have some clouds, temperatures are comfortable in the upper 60s to low 60s for now. headed the towards the mid-70s before the day is done. you'll notice on your seven-day forecast, scrolling at the bottom of your screen, tomorrow will be a touch cooler and we are going to warm you up significantly as we head into easter sunday. so good-looking conditions there. we'll take a close look at your forecast coming up today. at 11:00, lots going on, lots of changes including rain. stay tuned for that. first, let's check your drive. say good morning to mike iknnou. >> good morning, christina. this has gotten worse, westbound

92 across the san mateo bridge, it is jammed up solid from the hayward side, all the way across the high-rise. the high-rise itself looking a little better. we'll show you on the map how far this goes. there's another issue, another crash, a fender bender at the high-rise. that's the third for the morning in the westbound direction for 92. tie things up from across the hayward side. use the dumbarton bridge, much more smooth. the rest of your day moving pretty nicely some backup at the bay bridge toll plaza, and some slowing from fremont down into the south bay. laura, back to you. >> thank you very much. back with another update in half an hour. see you then.

♪ welcome back to "today." it's thursday morning. the 17th of april, 2014. i'm here with natalie and tamron. al will be back on monday. a question for you -- do you think that's true? >> i do think it's true. some live up to the adaptation. it's hard to capture that in a two-hour movie. a new study says 75% of men would rather watch the movie than read the book, of course. but women prefer the book. it was a british survey on april 23rd. the film diversion of "the da vinci code" some say didn't live up to the hype of the book. on the other hand some people say "bridget jones diary" met

the standard of the book. >> i agree with that. >> you do? >> yes. >> i would the "harry potter" series has definitely lived up to the books. the movies have been fantastic. the books are as good as the movies as well. pretty incredible. i think "the hunger games" as well. >> i went with "to kill a mockingbird. that is a classic. gregory peck. >> here's the problem, i haven't seen a lot of movies often. so my favorite book of all times "the scarlet letter" and the movie is the like the one i saw. and it's terrible. >> and "mrs. doubted idoubtfire.

." >> i've never seen ghost busters. i'm going to make a film bucket list when i'm in the nursing home and no one's visiting me -- >> right. >> my favorite book of all times and the movie was really rough. "the scarlet letter." >> in a good way? >> "harry potter." >> i think "harry potter" and "the hunger games" not talking classics. >> yeah. >> i was trying to think of classics. there's been so many. i always love reading the books first. >> yeah. >> and then just going to the movies anyway. >> like mystery? >> something different. i just finished "divergent" and i loved the book. >> and "the godfather." >> oh, yeah. >> amazing. >> go to orange room.

#orangeroom let us know your films, books, adaptations. >> dylan, you got one? >> i was going say "the godfather." i saw the movies then i read the book. >> what's going on with the weather? >> back to the weather. tomorrow looks like a fairly quiet day across much of the country except the southeast. a storm is going to move in and produce 2 to 3 inches of rainfall. but the rest of the country looks pretty good. still on the cooler side. we will start to see a gradual warming trend. temperatures in the northeast should get back into the 60s. a couple of lingers showers across the southeast and a few spotty showers in minnesota and into wisconsin but it's warm through the plains. sunday, easter sunday for a lost us we'll be enjoying warm temperatures. a couple of showers in texas. eastern half of the country, western half of the country does

. 9:33. i really love this picture of san francisco. so happy to get to show it to you, because, as you know, we're a couple weeks away from that may gray pattern here in san francisco. but not today. temperatures looking really good this afternoon. we're going to climb out of the upper 50s and low 60s, where we are right now, into the upper 70s, so really comfortable conditions out there. 78 degrees in the east bay. 75 in the south bay for today. and a touch cooler today at the immediate coast, 65 degrees. looking good all the way across the board. we hit that sweet stride. and that is your latest forecast. thanks. >> all right, dylan. thanks a lot. heather graham has appeared in more than 80 tv shows and films like "boogie nights." "swingers" and "hangover." >> and now californication is in its seventh season alongside david duchovny. and her character is full of surprises. heather graham joins us this morning. all right, heather. it's a tough one because you can't give away what your role is just yet. that's coming this weekend.

tell us, joining the cast here, seventh season, what it's like? >> it's great. david's so funny. the creator is amazing. i had a great time. the first episode, they reveal that david has a son he's never known about. so i'm in the next episode. >> oh. a little tease. >> a tease. >> for people who are catching on, maybe now binge watching, they've heard a little about the show, give us a little background about the show. >> basically, david duchovny has a lot of sex with a lot of people. >> now we'll get everybody to binge watch right now. >> he is such an interesting character. at first you don't know if you really like him. he has this wonderful side. there you are. >> there you are. >> there you are. >> and in addition, of course, to being an amazing actress. you're busy on twitter. i think your profile said actress and big nerd. what does that mean? >> yeah. >> first of all, i can't keep my eyes off this outfit. >> i'm wearing a cape.

a shirt that has a cape. it's kind of fun. >> just leave it up in there the dressing room. tell me what big nerd means? >> when i was in elementary school, i had neck gear. that's where you have braces, then -- did you ever see "16 candles"? i had braces. and over the neck. it was like a rubber band. it pulls your teeth back. and it's like a wire thing that goes out of your mouth and around the back. right. that's nerdy, right? >> what was that for, though? >> it's for my teeth. trying to fix my teeth but i had to wear it to school. >> now, you have neck gear and you've kept the title you've been named a bazillion times the sexiest woman on the planet. >> i think when you grow up how you see yourself as a teenager or kid you always feel that way about yourself. even though it's cool that people might see you this other way, you know inside you're a big nerd. >> just sorry we don't have a picture of you in the neck gear.

we want that up immediately -- i heard now, with twitter, you announced you got funding from a film that's all you. writing, directing, action. >> yeah, i'm so excited. as a woman in the business here, sometimes you feel like you want to say something. and there's not a lot of shows written by women or movies by women. it's fun to get to write something. hopefully, we'll be shooting this summer. >> it's a girl's movie, right? >> yeah. >> it's about the woman having a lot of sex, not the man. >> no! >> and you're into transendental meditation. i can't say it, but -- you can do it. >> i've been doing it a long time. i actually worked with david lynch on "twin peeks" a while ago. it really calms you down. it helps you find that peaceful place inside of yourself, when

you're life is crazy it reminds you to be really centered, i guess. >> peaceful. >> i heard people say it's totally changed them. >> and it gives you great balance. >> i follow the path of light. we're getting all religion here. we'll talk about it after the show. >> yes. >> can i ask you a question about the cambodia children fund? >> thank you for asking me. yeah, i work for this charity called the cambodian children's fund. my friend who was in the entertainment industry, quit his job, sold everything. moved to cambodia. started this school for kids working in a garbage dump. cambodia, everyone is so poor there. the kids have to work at age 5. there's a lot of trafficking. it's very disturbing. he gives the families a little bit of money to keep their kids in school. he's rehabilitating the whole community. he's got free medical care. free education. maternal health. ever since he's been there, no woman has died in childbirth.

i've been there three times. if you want to sponsor kids, you can go online, you can e-mail them. it's the most fulfilling. it's incredible. >> that's wonderful. >> you turned out, thank you. >> thank you. >> you can catch the final season of "californication" on show time sunday night. if you're on the hunt for easter activity, we've got creative ideas to keep the entire family hopping. yes. after this. look at that. those are the cutest bunnies ever. that. those are the cut if they see that dinner's gonna be good they'll wanna eat it right away. and country crock makes sure your mashed potatoes will be creamy and delicious every time. it stirs in easily, to give mashed potatoes that rich buttery flavor and smooth, creamy texture.

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everyone through the bubble wall and down they go. it gets everyone active and running around. right after you've eaten all of that. >> this is great. >> okay. guys. next thing. coloring the eggs, right. some fun ways, creative ways to color eggs that aren't traditional way. the first thing you have, use kool-aid. >> i've already about this. and you don't need vinegar because the citric acid in the kool-aid works. it's fun. you don't have to worry abstaining the hands. it will come off. this is probably my new favorite way to color eggs. you take the shaving cream.

foil, make the egg candy, and plop it right into the color. take the egg. right in. drop it in. let it sit for a moment. then when you take it out, it makes these beautiful watercolors. >> oh. kids love playing that. >> that's great. >> okay. over here, we have two other kids. >> instead just everybody's individual baskets filled with candy, the fun way to get them outside is to create an obstacle. >> we've created a scavenger hunt. in your home, your apartment complex, we've taken this radio flyer and made it into an easter basket. all of these outside toys from nerf and look at this. >> natalie pointed out she had eggs in her backyard and all the

animals ate them. >> yeah. >> let's come over here to our crowd here. >> so, this is super fun. a craft that's so easy using all of those plastic eggs that you have. >> yeah. >> ways of creating little characters. the favorite characters. the minion squad. that's great. you can see we use crafts you probably already have. >> okay. when you're -- >> okay. one of my go-to crafts is paper. because they make these kids that are so easy. if you're not big at that, use the grun masks and paper dolls. and the last thing at the very end of the table, sort of new trend in jewelry. so we're stringing beads together and making jelly beans. all you need is elastic thread. >> these are cool, because it's

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how many times have you done this, you need ice to cool down your drink, you reach into your freezer, you grab it with your bare hands. we all do, right? >> we all do. 60% admitted to doing that. i'm right there with you. it turns out the ice grab can be sketchy for your health helping us to figure out if your kirch would pass the inspection, peter delucia here in new york. good to see you. >> let's talk about it. i do this, you reach in, you want ice water, lemonade, iced tea, whatever it is. you reach in. >> what's the concern there? the concern there, people can get ice, ice isn't going to carry bacteria or germs it's frozen, but it does. it's frozen. whatever is transferring on your

hands the big transference of bacteria is right into your ice. you out it in your drink and that's floating around in there. we've had hepatitis a outbreaks in restaurants. this is a red violation if you're putting your hands in the ice. you need to use an ice scoop or 0 glov gloved hands. i don't want you to be a germophobe, make sure you clean that on a regular basis. if you're going to take that from inside your refrigerator, leave a scoop or handle in there. just a scoop, you can make your friends or possibly your family sick. >> we've got a quiz here. >> that was question one, how often do you or do you watch your citrus fruits, limes, lemons? >> no, i watch apples. >> i know i'm supposed to but i think i also -- >> great point about the apple.

typically, you take an apple, you're going to bite right into it. >> right. >> lemons, limes, oranges, you are don't think about washing them. from when they're harvested, to the time they get to your kitchen. think how many hands have touched them. and the nooks and crannies on them, you really want to make sure you give them a good washing. you want to wash them. get a scrub brush, scrub them off. and cantaloupes have that net-like skin, we had a listeria outbreak with that. give them a good cleaning, too. lemons and limes, you toss them in your drinks. >> yeah. >> you're making a bacteria brew. number three, do you have a dish towel by your sink? >> yes. >> it's going to be one of the defendantie dirtiest things. you're making chicken cutlet

you've got a little egg mixture and the salmonella on your wipe board. now you're cleaning it with your hands. you dry your hands with that towel. >> one more quick one. >> all right. how often do you clean your kitchen floor and what condition is it in? do you have grout, tile floor. >> tile floor. you want to keep that floor nice and clean. think how much you track in on it. your kids walk on it, keep it clean. ♪

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driver died at the hospital, but now say he is still on life-support. investigators believe that alcohol was involved. other news now. crews digging through the rubble of our former kntv studio after search dogs hinted they may have found human remains. investigators arrived just about a half-hour ago to begin that search. the building caught on fire on sunday and the burned beams were broken down earlier this week. the man killed last night in a boating accident in redwood city has been identified as 39-year-old yong sun of burlingame. he was taking part in a race hosted way local yacht club when the boat crashed into a bowuoyb. let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> what a beautiful day. if you have the day off, maybe at home with the kiddos, a gorgeous day to get outdoors. we're already at 65 degrees in san jose, on our way to about 75. about 10 degrees of additional

warming. as we head throughout the day today, 65 in san francisco. a little on the cool side, but you're getting that beautiful clear sky. and as we continue throughout the next few hours, the warm-up is really going to start to kick in. so keep that in mind. you could probably go straight to the shores, please, at this point. let's check that drive, see if there's any improvement. it's been kind of rough out there, mike. >> things are shifting around. it's rough right now on the east shore freeway. we're looking at westbound 80, had a stall around palace at the bottom of your screen. things are jammed up approaching golden gate fields past university, towards that live camera around ashby avenue. the rest of your approach towards the bay bridge starting to smooth out, but a backup at the toll plaza. here's a look at the rest of your bay, slowing through the south bay. starting to recover, a new crash at the hayward site has just cleared. >> toot news update in half an hour. we'll see you then.

from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. it is thirsty thursday, april 17th. we have got terrific show today, music -- >> we like it. we like it. >> the emmy and tony winning actor tyne daly with us today. she's in a new broadway show. and actress chloe grace making her off broadway debut. >> quite the little starlet too. big congratulations. today is a big day. it is my mom's birthday. can we say happy birthday -- ♪ happy birthday >> that's a throwback.

look at her hair. we decided to do a throwback picture. and in addition, that's where i got the hair. in addition, it is also alana's birthday, our executive producer's baby girl. we have big news in the tori spelling world. >> yes. i haven't seen what we're about to see. >> tori and her husband, they have -- they were separated for a bit and now trying it repair the relationship and doing it on a reality show called "true tori". >> he just got out of rehab for issues. and he confessed apparently to cheating on her with a 28-year-old woman last december. >> just now starting to release some clips from this upcoming show when we wondered what it would be like because this is a really critical part of their marriage. >> a raw time. >> yeah. >> take a look. >> i just want to tell you something. it's a girl, and she's claiming that she had an affair with dean in toronto when he was there.

the girl has come forward, put her name in the story, she's giving all the details about her two-day affair with your husband in toronto and it is going to come out next week. christmas. >> yeah. >> i'm just always so uncomfortable when, you know, when people don't take the time privately away to do your healing and that sort of thing, i like tori. you know that. i just feel bad for the family, but i -- you have to ask why are we -- why are they doing it? i wish they would given an answer for that. we'll try to help people. i know she's trying to save her marriage, i'm always all for trying to save the marriage, but i truly see cameras and i think that's the fastest way to ruin everything. >> we talked about this, every time a camera shows up somewhere, everything changes. >> it changes the whole dynamic. >> it happened in the news

division. i remember every time there would be a protest and signs were down on the ground and sitting there and they would watch us roll up and there would be chanting and screaming. the cameras show up, the dynamic changes. we'll be curious. they just started filming things. we'll be seeing more of that. >> like real time too. that interview might have happened a week ago, it is pretty quick turn around for these things. >> talk about things i love and you don't. okay. "the real housewives of atlanta." something happened in "the real housewives of atlanta." it can get wild. this is a big deal. there is an arrest warrant issued for portia. kenya -- they had one of those reunions. reunion shows. kenya and portia apparently had a run-in. kenya called the cops, 911. >> i'm going to in a minute. >> okay. and said she's been assaulted. all right. there is audio of -- no, not

yet. there is audio of the 911 call. >> i need a policeman. >> portia williams. >> portia williams? okay. >> yes. >> okay. so anyway, portia was mad because apparently kenya said something about her husband or ex-husband or something. anyway, there is apparently -- police are now charging portia with a count of battery. this is escalating to criminal activity. the most widely watched housewives franchise of all of them. >> i have a hard time believing any of it is real, any of it. >> she was booked and released. she was booked. >> they were doing the reunion show, she never would have had the altercation to begin with. >> you're right. let's watch the reunion show.

>> i said what i said. >> when you said is [ bleep ]. >> you're a -- from the '90s. >> you do not have the right to talk. >> no, no, no, no. >> when you get up on each other's chest, i would win. nbc reached out to bravo and, you know what, we -- >> we haven't heard from them. >> no, we did. >> i didn't want our record to be broken. >> you know what they said? no comment. >> i would rather they not call. unless you have a comment -- >> do not call us. >> we could get andy on the phone. andy cohen, we have him on speed dial, actually. >> we should. >> he wants to come back and host with you, elvis. elvis. i did a radio show with him yesterday. elvis duran. he was saying, could you go it another funeral so i can come on and hang with hoda. so bad. he's so bad. i said everybody is nice and healthy, but he wanted me to say hello. >> tell him hi for me.

>> this is something we are excited about. we cannot believe there are -- how many? 12 ladies. 12 women in the world who actually believe that the person that they are interacting with is harry -- prince harry of england fame. >> a show called "i want to marry harry ". >> who doesn't? >> these girls joined this reality show. i thought the concept they were audition and they would meet him. they already met him. >> they're in the hot tub with him. barbecues, swapping spit. >> they think harry is next to them in the hot tub. it is unbelievable. all right, so we see harry every day in the news. anyway, here is a commercial. let's see. i want to see what he looks like. >> they could win a royal fairy tale wedding and they believed us. >> that's prince harry. >> fri really hope i have what takes to pull it off. >> you won't believe how far we go to convince them.

>> it's real. >> you're going to want to be there when he reveals the truth. >> there is one more thing you should know. >> "iwanna marry harry". >> i don't care. >> it looks like him. if you're not studying him. he's tall, he's got the red hair. i don't know how -- look at the split. >> it's close. >> but not exactly. >> do they ever watch the news to discover he was, like, in antarctica. he's not in a hot tub with you. he was in antarctica. but, no, no. some of them say, in fairness, well, i want to do this because even if i don't marry harry, it will be good for my acting career or my singing career or my -- >> okay. >> time will tell. >> i'm going to make you happy right now. you're going to be happy. this is an ihoda you're going to love. have you ever had -- don't play

it yet -- have you ever had one of these great days, where it is a perfect day? >> yeah. been a while, but yeah. haven't you used this one before? >> no, it is older. it is van morrison throwback. it is throwback thursday. "days like this." ♪ there will be days like this when there's no one complaining ♪ ♪ there will be days like this ♪ ♪ everything falls into place like the flip of a switch ♪ ♪ well, my mama told me there would be days like this ♪ >> little more. >> i don't mind. i like it. ♪ when there is hurt there will be days like this ♪ >> i don't think there is hapier

human being other than the 12 girls in the hot tub with harry. >> one more verse. >> no because we have to do okay or not okay, hoda woman. okay. is it okay or not okay to complain about beg too pretty? >> oh, lord. here is what we had to say about it. >> i think the benefits far outweigh the negatives. be grateful. plastic surgery is expensive, i know. >> here's what i have to say. no, it's not okay. waa, waa. >> wow. >> stop whining. >> wow. >> here's the thing. when rob lowe says it in an article, what's missing again is tone. rob lowe is so self-deprecating. >> i did something with him and the great actress eileen agagre and the kid was maybe 14 at the

time, just so jaw droppingly gorgeous. and you can't -- it is not like he can't notice that, right? >> right. >> when he says something about his looks or something, he's being self-deprecating. >> right. >> and lighten up. >> all right. we got to give a shoutout to our derby hat contest. we'll announce our kentucky derby hat contest once again. this was last year's winning hat. now, you can make your own hat. don't make one like carrie's. make your own. send photos of your original hat and creation for a chance to win a trip for two, round trip airfare, three nights in a hotel and you get to go to the kentucky derby, attend the derby events. >> it is a lot of fun. you have until next thursday to submit your creations. for details, go to klgandhoda.com and press connect. >> all right. >> two lucky ladies are getting all do dolled up by our hair and mackup team. don't miss our "ambush makeovers." and the award winning tyne

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few years ago and fell in love and he made this play for me. it is wonderful. >> your character evolved so much throughout the '90s on stage. tell us about how you start and how you wind up. >> she starts with closed fists and at the end of the play there is a little light at the end of the tunnel. it is tragic and heart breaking, like me. >> is she having difficulty accepting certain things as reality in her life? is that what's going on with her? about her son is it. >> i'm looking at myself. i got lost. >> nobody listens to me anyway. >> looking at your wig. a good wig. >> you enjoy the stage, the live reaction, the audience right there. >> i do. love being in the room with the people i'm telling story too. film is frozen. live is i'm there. they can't save it or zip

through the dull bits. they have to take the trip with me. i take it with them. so that's really fun for an actor. >> more and more in the world of reality, so-called reality television, you cannot fake theater. it is so real. and so intimate. >> it is there. and they're there. and also the best part is you get to learn your job. in television, and film, every day you're making up a little piece of it. a couple of five minutes, four minutes, two minutes. this way you learn your job from beginning to end and it is like surfing. you get on the wave and go all the way -- >> ebb and flow, yeah. >> it is so terrific to see you here. why have you not taken ayer off since 1968? >> i'm trying to stay out of the way of the children. >> you have three daughters? >> three daughters and they're grown up and they have their lives. i have to, like, not interfere too much. if i was around all the time -- oh, there they are. >> are any of them in the business? >> one hanging on my shoulder in the pink that's catherine, she's an actress. the middle girl is studying alternative medicine, she's my

youngest. my other daughter is a dancer and a potter and has grandchildren. >> oh, my god, what a great life. >> life is full for tyne. and everybody wants her. >> i know. >> first choice for everybody for everything. >> tyne, thank you so much. >> are you in a limited run? open for business? >> everybody you know, it is a beautiful story. >> we'll try to get there. >> true american play. rare. >> thank you. thank you. >> great to see you. it is thursday. that means it is "ambush makeover" makeover day. she's been acting since she was 7. you think you're the only one. chloe grace moretz sits down with us after this. ♪ bell rings twice ♪

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herself, working with martin corpses sa scorsese and tim burton. >> she was in the remake of "carrie" which also starred julianne moore. >> now she's making her off broadway debut in "the library," directed by steven soderbergh. you only work with, like, the greatest directors. how are you? >> i'm good. how are you guys? >> we're good. this is brand-new. brand-new. how are you feeling? >> it is great. amazing. truly interesting to do something fresh and new never done before. in the rehearsal process, we had a lot of change. we had new scenes every day. a lot of people that i was working with do, like, hamlet

and, you know, amazing shakespearean pieces that don't change. interesting to have this kind of live production where you're always learning something from it. and we're all kind of -- >> and creating it together in a sense. >> which is interesting. spontaneous. >> tell us about your role. you usually play sort of dark roles in movies. and such a bubbly effervescent young lady. >> i think because i am a very happy person, i like to play the darker characters because it is real acting for me. very opposite of who i am. so basically i play a girl ned caitlin gabriel. she is involved in a school shooting. and she survives. but her best friend and, i think 12 others, die. and she, before she even wakes up out of a coma, she is accused of a conflict in a sense. so basically the story really revolves around what is truth and if your truth isn't told,

how can you survive, how can you then live your life if what you believe is true isn't happening. >> where do you go, in your imagination as a young woman who by your owne admission had a great family life and none of that stuff touched you, where do you go for inspiration for stuff like that? >> you know in that sense it really just acting and it really is finding things that you can grasp on to. at the end of the day, it is a fictionalized story. so i don't want to get too real about it, but we have gotten a lot of information from columbine and a lot of it is based on that, and we have -- i've done a lot of research through that and talked to a survivor and she's been an amazing help for me and she's really helped me through this process. and i want to be as true to it and honestly i want to do this play to be the voice of the victims. because that's never who's told in these shootings. >> always about the shooter. >> we never hear what the victims are going through.

>> i can't believe you're 17. you're inned my senten ed in mi can't believe you're 17. the maturity in all of that. do you have siblings? >> i have four older brothers and raised with my mom as a single parent. i came from a very strong household. i have a very big upbringing. >> can we lighten it up? you work with great actors. we want to play a game with you called "who knowknows". >> okay. we want to see if you know whose nose it is. >> that's impossible. this is people i've worked with. >> the nose. >> scorsese? >> no. >> alec baldwin. >> oh, my gosh. >> another one. kermit the frog. >> the next one. >> julianne moore. >> yes! >> time for another one. >> whoa -- >> oh! >> all right.

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good morning to you. it is 10:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. sad news to report. san jose police say a baby died after the infant was accidentally left in a car for several hours. officials say the baby's father was supposed to drop the

9-month-old baby boy off with a babysitter before going to work, but he forgot. he parked the car on the street with the infant strapped in his car accident and went to work. when he returned at the end of the day, he found that baby unconscious. the child later died. the father has not been taken into custody and the investigation is ongoing. crews are digging through the rubble of a former kntv studio after search dogs hinted they may have found human remains. investigators arrived just about a half hour ago to begin the search. that building caught on fire on sunday and the burned beams were broken down earlier this week. an arson suspect was also arrested. we'll have a look at weather and traffic after the break.

back down, around that final stretch of the workweek, and temperatures today are going to be nice before we hit that weekend. it's a holiday weekend, and temperatures are going to be just perfect this year for your easter plans. we're mostly in the 60s right now. 60 degrees for the east bay, 65 in the south bay. as we get into this afternoon, it will be nice yet again. and then we're really going to boost these numbers up by sunday. we have some changes coming next week as well, some rain. i'm going to tell you all about it today at 11:00. stick around for that. let's check your drive, here's mike. >> a lot better news for westbound 92 across the san mateo bridge. it's flowing like it should now, close to the speed limit across the high-rise, had a dramatic slowdown over the last hour and a half. but things looking really good now. the dumbarton bridge, actually about the same. northbound 101 very slow, and a late-morning crash tied things up for that direction. and bay bridge toll plaza

expected continued backups because of the giants game at 12:45. laura, back to you. >> we'll be back with local news at 11:00. we will see you then. little friend visiting me today, colin mchale and riley and sullivan. we'll give a shot of them at some point. >> in the meantime -- >> there they are. >> in the dark with their mom terrence. they own cinnamon lee, the dog that -- >> that little baby that grew up. >> we're back on thirsty thursday with another incredible edition of our "ambush makeovers." >> two lucky ladies were swept off the chilly plaza and into the hot seat in our makeup room for a brand-new head to toe look. looking their magic, as always, "today" contributor and stylist to the stars, louis licari. >> and "today" contributor and contributing editor for "people style watch" and author jill martin. >> hi, kiddos. >> gorgeous woman, right? >> please, stop it.

stop it. >> so hat oz on as on and glove. >> i'm sure spring is moments away. >> it has got to be. >> one of the lucky ladies is linda chance, 53 from capel, texas. she worked as a nurse for 22 years. she said she's actually wearing scrubs, she actually is wearing them. she also says her daily beauty routine takes less than five minutes. she's married with two adult sons and she's ready for a glam new look. let's listen to her story. >> i saved linda from the freezing cold. you tell me you're really excited. >> i'm super excited. super excited. yea. >> break it down. you haven't colored your hair in 15 years. >> i once colored it a long time ago, didn't turn out well, so i just have been growing it out for the last three years, just to see where it ends up. here i end up on your show and you'll do me over. >> what is your husband's name? >> peter. >> peter, she's going to look different. >> i really, really, really need

a makeover. thank you. awesome! >> oh, my god. i'm excited too. her friend samantha is here with her blindfold on. keep it on for a second. here is linda chance before. let's see the new you. >> wow. >> oh, wow. >> right here. where are you going, doll? >> right here. >> perfect. >> you're good. you're good. samantha, take off your blindfold. >> she's over here. >> oh, my goodness! >> here you go. right here. >> you look fabulous. >> oh, wow. >> do you see yourself? >> no, not yet. >> you're right over here. >> oh, my gosh. >> wow. >> this is a different person. >> it is. >> tell us about the hair. >> i saw you looking in the

monitor. but what we did here, we had ray do the haircut. classic bob. she had long hair, it was doing nothing for her. so all of a sudden she has instant style. then, of course, she was starting to go a little bit gray. >> it happens. >> it happens. >> you would be out of business if we didn't go gray. >> what i did is i used a single process color, less than 30 minutes. we don't have much time. look at the -- >> you could not have picked a better woman. she's the most giving mother and wife and so i'm so excited. thank you for loving on her. >> i love this because she's not dressy, she told me. we wanted to go more casual and give her pieces she'll actually wear. great from adriana papel. the jeans are nydj and great necklace. >> beautiful. just beautiful. >> walk over there. >> second lady is alesha, 45 from plano, texas.

she's the stay at home mom to her four kids. mornings often involve getting ready very quickly. back in the day, alesha said she rocked cher hair but hasn't changed her hair or makeup in at least 12 years. >> cher hair. >> cher hair. let's see her story. >> okay, so mother's day is coming up. you say mom really deserves this. >> well, she does a lot for all four of kids and it is nice have her around as a stay at home mom, always there for us. >> how nice is that to hear. that's really special. i think day to day we just kind of go around doing all the mom things and so it is nice to know you're appreciated and i think it will be a real treat. >> are you ready to be pampered for three hours? >> i am. i am. i'm very excited. >> all righty. alesha is here with her twin daughters, kate and erin. 13th birthdays on april 6th. congratulations. here is a picture of their mom before. alesha. now let's bring out the brand-new alesha.

>> wow. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. okay. kate and erin, take them off, look at your mom. >> oh, my gosh. >> yes. you want to turn around. you look beautiful. >> oh, my word. >> i love the hair. >> so cute. >> what do you think? >> beautiful. >> wow. >> spin right around and look right there. >> teenage daughters tell you the truth too, i found. all right. louis, i love her hair. >> thank you so much. the biggest tip is haircut for her face shape. this gives you a perfect oval. you look great. then her hair, she did keep it brown years ago, started to go blonde with the graying process started. but i thought this was so much better. made her come alive. then, of course, gave it settle makeup, always keep it light. >> beautiful.

>> and this dress, jill -- >> i know. you like the dress. you wear the same one. >> adriana papel again. >> that is adorable. >> i love on both of you. incorporates two trends, lace and a statement necklace. >> hers is two sizes smaller than mine. thanks a lot. >> and wigorgeous, gorgeous. >> thank you, louis. thank you, jill. everyone has a story, wait until you hear the one we're about to tell you, everybody. >> first, these messages.

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it happens once a month. now it is time t meet our newest "everyone has a story" winner. michael wrote about his struggle with the autoimmune disease called transverse militis. >> instead of letting it defeat him, he overcame obstacles his

way. we'll meet michael and his wife in a moment. fis first, let's listen to his story. >> this is my story about tm. 46 years ago, i was 17 years old. i came home from work while i was pumping gas in detroit because my arms hurt so badly. i couldn't grip anything. i took a six hour nap hoping i would feel better. when i woke up, i was paralyzed from the neck down. i could only turn my head, breathe and yell for help. i thought i was dying. well, 46 years later, i have to say i have had a blessed life. my wife of 42 years and my boys have kept me going. i always had a strong and positive attitude that i can do anything. i do have some bad days that creep in from time to time, however, all i had to do was to look at my family and that kept me going. i practice my walking every chance i got. it would take me a while, but i was determined and i did it. i had to retire in 2003 because of my tm. and now i can devote my time to

something i'm really passionate about. i'm setting up a foundation. our mission is to raise money to support spinal cord research. one day we will be free from a disease that is so traumatic on patients and families. having tm has been very difficult. however -- >> 22.3 kilometers. >> you can live a productive and fulfilling life. you can choose to let it defeat you or rise to the occasion and overcome the obstacles presented to you. >> michael is here with his lovely wife luanne. we're delighted you sent in the letter, mike. don't give up out there, everybody. tell everybody what you told me this morning, that you had written to everybody. >> i had. i had written to everybody. >> your sense of humor captured us during the phone call we had. it is apparent here today. that's got to be just such a strong force in your lives.

you seem to enjoy all the moments. >> absolutely. if you can't have a little bit of humor when you're, you know, paralyzed or -- it is all about attitude. you have to have a great attitude in order to survive. >> luanne, he had already had his his diagnosis when you met on a blind date, right? >> that is correct. >> tell us about the moment you met. >> he was a new kid in town and started a job with striker corporation. and she asked if i would show him around. and that's how -- >> you sure did. >> i did. >> you had a cane then and just had a little wobbly or -- >> yes, yes. i was walking with a cane and, you know, the funny thing about it was it was a blind date, and i went and i knocked at her door, and this was the day of the hippies and i had the tassels and the first thing i said was tie this. >> you look a woman in charge. >> yeah.

like i just tide ted the knot or entire life. >> you knew then? >> i did, but she didn't. >> i think by wearing the blue ribbens, you're trying to let people know what, exactly? >> there is a devastating disease out there called transverse myelitis. kim made these for us. she has tm, she's in atlanta, georgia. tm is an autoimmune disease that affects the spinal cord and it is like a sleeper cell. >> do they know what causes it? >> no, they don't. it just sneaks up on you. age, zbrdiscrimination, no. >> did they know that's what it was or did it take a long time? >> it took a long time. it took a long time. at first they thought i had polio, they diagnosed me with something called polyneuritis

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we're back with "everyone has a story." we're honoring michael and mic.

broadway star andy kelso from kinky boots is here to sing. ♪ when life deals you a crippling hand ♪ ♪ what are you going to do ♪ ♪ are you going to be bitter ♪ ♪ or are you going to be better ♪ ♪ the choice is completely up to you ♪ ♪ no one knows for certain ♪ ♪ when they wake up in the morning ♪ ♪ what the day ahead of them will bring ♪ ♪ no one can predict the pain that comes without a warning ♪ ♪ and completely changes everything ♪ ♪ no one could have told me ♪ ♪ in the blinking of an eye ♪ my own life would never be the same ♪ ♪ but i decided then and there to live and not to die ♪

♪ and not to search for somebody to blame ♪ ♪ when things go wrong ♪ ♪ i'm going to rise i won't listen to the lies ♪ ♪ i can be better every day ♪ ♪ because i am strong and i'm wise ♪ ♪ and i opened up my eyes ♪ ♪ so i know no matter what ♪ ♪ i'll find a way i'm gonna rise ♪ ♪ now i don't know for certain ♪ ♪ what is awaiting me tomorrow ♪ ♪ but i know i'm the kind of man ♪ ♪ who's going to face each challenge every test and sorrow ♪ ♪ and go on and live because i can ♪ ♪ because i can ♪ when things go wrong i'm gonna rise ♪

♪ i won't listen to the lies ♪ ♪ they say i can't be better every day ♪ ♪ because i am strong and i'm wise and i opened up my eyes ♪ ♪ so i know no matter what ♪ ♪ i'll find a way ♪ i'm gonna rise i'm gonna rise ♪ ♪ i'm gonna rise >> yea! thank you, andy. >> love it, andy. >> another surprise for michael and luanne in just a moment. >> great job. >> first this is "today" on nbc.

test test. we're honoring a very special couple today, michael

and luanne who were just treated to a p we were just treated to a performance by andy kelso. also is david friedman and -- what do we call you the keyboardist? >> yeah. >> and david wild. >> what did you guys think? >> that was awesome. i mean, the lyrics that kathie lee wrote, she couldn't have nailed it any better. >> thank you, sweetie. >> what about that bouncy little melody, david? >> when you come back to red mountain, we'll advertise that. >> we'd love that. >> she leans over. this is their best song. >> well, we have a surprise for you guys. we'd like to show our appreciation for you. so so lu ann we decided to send you and your side kick to new orleans. to the lowe's hotel in new orleans. so you were just talking about

gumbo a second ago. >> we're going to feed you, honey. >> you'll be in the heart of the french quarter. and also dinner, and you can go to the swizzle sticks bar, as well as the local tour. so you guys just fall in love all over again in new orleans. >> they're in love right now. >> i know. >> one of our producers who shall remain nameless -- >> looked at the couple and wondered what was it? >> i wished i had married somebody else. >> it was all said in jest. >> it could be any of the producers. >> this is to represent your gift. >> thank you so much. >> god bless you all and your family. have a blessed easter. and tomorrow we have emmy winning actress margot martindale and joey fatone. and plus glamour college woman of the year. >> have an awesome thirsty thursday, everybody. thank you, dave, thank you, dave. thank you, andy. god bless you guys.

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right now at 11:00, a third cadaver dog scours what is left of the old kntv studio in san jose, looking for anyone who may have been trapped inside that burning building. plus, what investigators have learned about the deadly sailboat accident on the bay. and new cell phone video from the sinking ferry in south korea shows the moment that some say cost hundreds of people their lives. good thursday morning to you. thank you for joining us at 11:00 a.m. i'm peggy bunker. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we begin with some sad news. san jose police say a baby died after the infant was accidentally level ft in a car several hours. officials say the baby's father was supposed to drop off his 9-month-old son with