"today in the bay" back at 7:25 with a live local update. >> join us at 11:00, as well. have a great day. more questions than answers. the new call for tighter security around airports after a teenager stowed away on a 767 from california to hawaii, as many wonder how he was able to survive that harrowing trip. palcohol, the growing controversy over alcohol in powdered form. why a federal agency is having second thoughts about making it available to the public. and crossing the finish line. >> i'm just overwhelmed. i'm totally overwhelmed. >> we did it. we did it.

>> a triumphant day in boston for survivors of last year's bombings, as natalie takes us inside her own emotional 26.2-mile journey today. tuesday, april 22nd, 2014. >> from nbc news, this is "today," with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. and pass the advil. natalie is back from boston. way to go. [ applause ] >> congratulations. >> thank you, thank you. got the medal. oh, it was so great. it was fantastic. it was such an emotional event. and so many great stories out of the marathon, as we're going to see a lot more of today. really incredible moment. and the crowd got us through it. so inspiring. >> how do you feel? >> it hurts. don't make me go up the stairs fast.

>> funny you should say that. >> i need the doughnut one, though. >> whoa. >> been a while since you needed that one. >> somebody get a doughnut. >> i need to eat a doughnut, too. >> meanwhile, an american wins the men's side for the first time in over 30 years. meb keflezighi. >> 38 years old. and such a great story. you know, he's incredible. and he had the names of the victims of the boston marathon bombings inscribed on his bib number. so really inspirational. >> you're going to share much more of that story a little later on the show. congratulations. good to have you back in the studio. let us get, though, now to today's top story. new details on what led to that ferry disaster in south korea, as the death toll now rises. nbc's bill neely is in south korea with the latest on this. bill, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. the pace of the investigation here is quickening, with more crewmen detained. but there are still so many questions to be answered, and the pace of the recovery of the

dead has quickened, too. by night, by day, every day, the search goes on. the number of bodies recovered exceeding 100 for the first time. but investigators are still in the dark about why exactly this disaster happened. nine of the ship's crew have now either been arrested or charged. one has tried to kill himself. investigators now say the first emergency call was made not by the crew, but within minutes by a very frightened boy onboard saying save us, we're sinking. the focus is shifting from the captain, who had ultimate responsibility, to the mistakes of several crew in the first crucial minutes. at 8:48, the ship is suddenly steered right. it loses balance, tilting. seven minutes later, the first distress call, please come quickly, but the ship is listing fast. the crew tell passengers to stay

inside. minutes later, more distress calls. we're about to sink. hundreds still trapped. a disaster in just two hours. u.s. navy helicopters and underwater cameras are now helping hundreds of divers search very murky waters. with no debris from the ship, nothing has come up to the surface. the only thing you can see is this oil slick, clearly from the ferry. this officer buried today died in the rescue. most of the ship's crew survived. most of the passengers, like 17-year-old yang aun-yu, did not. and that has outraged this country. even the president saying that the actions of the captain and some of the crew were like murder. we expect more of the crew to be charged here soon. back to you, matt. >> all right, bill neely in south korea for us this morning.

bill, thank you very much. well, there are serious questions this morning about the 15-year-old stowaway who flew from california to hawaii in the wheel well of a commercial airplane. nbc's joe fryer is in san jose where it all started. joe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tamron. san jose airport is reviewing security measures and trying to figure out how a teenager breached the perimeter, apparently climbing over a fence before hitching a ride on the plane. some security experts are concerned it could happen at other airports. in the wake of a death-defying adventure, the city of san jose says it has no plans to file charges against the 15-year-old stowaway, but airline passengers have serious questions. >> you go over a fence, and then without being checked while the passengers go through the metal detectors. maybe there's some lapse. >> reporter: airport officials say surveillance video shows the boy crawling into the wheel well of a hawaiian airlines boeing 767 after possibly scaling an

airport fence. security expert jonathan tall says there are nearly six miles of fencing around the perimeter of san jose's airport, much of it topped with barbed wire and monitored by surveillance cameras. >> the cameras are not a security tool. they're an investigative tool, that after the fact, you go and look. >> reporter: as for the teenage stowaway, the boy told authorities he remained in the plane's wheel well throughout the five-hour flight to maui, losing consciousness while dealing with sub-zero temps and limited oxygen, experiencing what some are calling a type of hibernation. at his home in santa clara, california, relatives did not want to talk to nbc affiliate kntv. now the congressman for this district wants a nationwide study of the security surrounding airports. >> perhaps what we'll find is that most of the airports do not have perimeters that could easily be breached, but certainly at san jose, something went wrong and it can't happen

again. >> reporter: the teen told authorities he ran away after a family argument. because he's a juvenile, we don't know his exact location right now. but social workers in hawaii are working to get him back to california. >> all right, joe, thank you very much. >> let's bring in greg feith. he's a former investigator with the ntsb. good morning. >> good morning. >> it's one thing to scale a fence. although we don't want to see that happen. it's another thing to walk across a tarmac and climb in the wheel well of a flight that's being prepared to take off. who's in charge of securitwho's that area of the airport? >> well, on the tarmac, really, it's self-policed. there is airport officials. there is the operations department of the airport. but the employees have to be aware of who's on the ramp. they're looking for specific i.d. tags and uniforms and that kind of stuff. so to have a 16-year-old kid wandering around, he sticks out. and so the question is how he was able to move so freely for that period of time, because he

was out there for quite a long time before that airport took off. >> yeah, it's remarkable, though. he climbs up into the wheel well. i've seen footage, greg, of those wheels, the landing gear being retracted after takeoff. the tires and wheels are spinning. what's that space like? >> you have to make yourself real small, matt. that wheel tucks up into that wheel well, there's a lot of hydraulic lines. there's electronic or electrical cables in that area. he would have had to get way up into that wheel well either one direction or another, left and right as well as up and down. because you've got 3,000 psi of pushing that gear up and closing the gear doors on top of it, and they come up pretty quick. and like you said, those wheels are spinning. >> and so then the conditions once you get to altitude, very little oxygen. ridiculously cold temperatures. do you buy this story that he stayed in that wheel well the whole time and went into kind of a hibernating state? >> i have a real hard problem

with that, matt. only because two months ago, there was a guy that stowed away on a south african airways airplane, and on the way into dulles when the landing gear came down, unfortunately he was deceased and he fell out. it's very rare. and given the fact that normally people that are outside in the snowstorm die of hypothermia and exposure and get frostbite, how he survived at 50 below zero-plus without any kind of effects of hypothermia and frostbite. and the fact that we talked about hypoxia even with mh-370 and how fast the crew would pass out. i find it real difficult. >> just ten seconds left. what are you thinking happened? he maybe made it into a luggage compartment? a baggage compartment? >> that's happened before, where there was somebody in a baggage compartment. it is heated. it is pressurized so. you can breathe. he may have scurried out of there and then got into the wheel well in trying to keep, you know, hidden, if you will, once the airplane landed. because i would have expected

him -- he would have had to have been entwined in those hydraulic lines not to fall out of the landing gear unconscious when they landed in maui. >> a lot more questions than answers. greg, thanks very much. >> you're welcome. now to the crisis in ukraine, and key meetings this morning between vice president joe biden and political leaders there. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is here with more for us. richard, good morning. >> good morning. strong words from joe biden. he says that russia must withdraw all of its troops from ukraine's border, and says the time has come for russia to act. >> good morning. >> reporter: in ukraine, vice president joe biden said washington would stand with the government in kiev despite what washington says are russia's attempts to undermine it. ukraine, which toppled its pro-russian president earlier this year, setting off the crisis with moscow, is scheduled to hold elections in may. vice president biden said the

vote should go ahead. >> the people of ukraine should have the right to choose their own future. >> reporter: but ukraine is set to hold that vote, even as its territory is being lost to men in masks. moscow and washington have both agreed that militias in ukraine should be disarmed, but the militias continued to occupy buildings in eastern ukraine. the ukrainian government says the militias aren't standing down because they are russian troops and gave european monitors these photographs to prove it. kiev claims the photos show that some of the militiamen in the east are the very same men moscow used to take over crimea and other territory. take a look at the big man with the beard photographed in eastern ukraine last week. kiev says six years ago, he was with russian special forces in a war with georgia. moscow denies it controls the militias.

ukraine says they are part of a first wave, a russian takeover in disguise. >> well, richard, i've got to ask you about these drone attacks in yemen. they started over the weekend, and as i understand, this has continued and we have new details here. >> we have some new details. remember last week, we aired on this program a video from al qaeda in yemen, a very brazen video, about 100 militants out in the open, apparently unconcerned that they could be attacked. that video embarrass the yemeni government and annoyed many antiterrorist officials and seems weekend there was retribution. a sustained campaign against al qaeda, more than 60 militants killed in air strikes and drone strikes. as operations continue, u.s. officials say they got amazingly good cooperation from yemeni authorities. >> thank you very much, richard. natalie is here with the latest in the search for that missing malaysia airlines flight. >> tropical cyclone jack

swirling in the south indian ocean prompting officials to call off today's air search for missing malaysia airlines flight 370. they say heavy seas and poor visibility would make the air search potentially dangerous, but ten ships continued their search as planned. meantime, the u.s. navy's bluefin-21 was expected to complete its ninth underwater search today. so far, it has scanned around 2/3 of the focused search area, but it hasn't found anything of interest. president obama will make a stop in washington state today to tour the site of the oso mudslide. the president will visit with the victims' families, first responders, and recovery workers. at least 41 people were killed in the march 22nd mudslide. after his visit, the president will fly to japan to begin an eight-day trip to asia. two prep school graduates are in jail this morning, accused of supplying drugs to kids at affluent high schools and colleges in the philadelphia area. officials say timothy brooks and neil scott employed sub-dealers at five area high schools and three colleges who would then sell marijuana, cocaine, and

ecstasy. on monday, authorities confiscated drugs, cash and guns in a sweep relate ded to the separation. seven sub dealers were also arrested. forget masks, wigs and hats, one intruder in north dakota used an inside the box approach to disguise himself during a recent break-in. take a look at the surveillance video. you can see the man with the box over his head, literally parading through this bismarck restaurant. police say he used a rock to smash a glass door and pop open the lock. the box-wearing intruder caused a thousand dollars in damage, but the owner says fortunately nothing was stolen after all of that. >> where was jack in the box? >> he was jack in the box. >> you should look at all cubs fans. >> oh! wow! out of nowhere. >> kidding, kidding. speaking of cubs, some frightening moments in western india monday when a leopard popped out from the unlikeliest of places. the big cat was hiding inside a rooftop when it shot up through those tiles, scared everybody around there.

villagers panicking as the leopard pounced. it jumped from roof to roof, darting through streets, and then retreated into the bathroom of a hut. the forestry department eventually caught the leopard and released it into the wild. not where you'd imagine a leopard popping out of a rooftop like that. crazy. >> i had a squirrel in the attic last week. nothing like that. >> what would do you to get rid of a leopard? >> thank you very much. >> we're honoring our commitment to keeping the environment sustainable on earth day. >> this is the seventh year that we've celebrated green is universal, an annual week-long, company-wide energy awareness campaign. you can see the small sign of our commitment on your screen right now. we're going to turn our logo from orange to green. >> like magic. >> just like magic. >> voila. >> and every time it changes, an angel gets its wings. it's fantastic. it's really special. as we look at your weather, show you what's going on, we've got a couple of fronts pushing through.

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much it can cost to buy some alcohol. but what if all you needed was a little bit of powder and some water that you could put together like this, and then mix it up and have your favorite cocktail. good idea? at a baseball game, you can enjoy a beer with a base hit. or a daiquiri with a double-header. but for many, the idea of a powder that creates an instant cocktail sounds, well, like a home run. just add it to water and stir. for some the appeal is, it's convenient. it's alcohol, so you put it together and you have -- >> look at your mouth. you like that idea? for others, the problem is it's convenient. >> i think it's a bad idea. these kids can pick it up anywhere. >> reporter: p >> reporter: pal co-hall, the

powdered product cleared an important hurdle, but on monday the federal agency that approved it for sale reversed course. >> the air opens up the wine. >> reporter: but palcohol creator mark phillips says he remains optimistic. he tells nbc news the label issue doesn't mean that palcohol isn't approved. it just means these labels aren't approved. last year, retail sales of distilled spirits topped $60 billion in the united states. industry experts say palcohol could be a game-changer. >> the traditional beer, wine and spirits companies, this is a threat to their business. >> reporter: the idea of a powdered alcohol has mother s against drunk driving worried. >> it's easy to hide, it's easy to take into places and it's undetectable. >> reporter: on their website, the makers of palcohol say they're experimenting adding it to food, but they have yet to understand its potential. they also warn not to snort the

powder, saying it's not a responsible or smart way to use the product. as for potential customers, there's no shortage of ideas. >> taking it with you on a cruise. >> maybe on a train or a plane. >> traveling, camping, backpackers. >> to the ballet or maybe to the m. e.t.. >> reporter: so this isn't actually the palcohol. just to demonstrate how it can be made. so we don't know what it tastes like. but according to the plan here, if it ultimately gets federal approval, it still will be up to states to prove whether it can be sold and where it can be sold in each state, and it would be like any other alcohol, sold only to people 21 years or older. tamron? >> all right, kerry. thank you. this is very interesting. >> imagine kids taking the powder into the school cafeteria and mixing it -- i just think they're going to have to really look at this carefully. >> it's not just the labeling that's the problem. >> exactly. willie, people are joining

this conversation online. you're in for carson in the orange room. >> the reactions range from yours to, hey, grown up kool-aid. some people are very excited about this. >> oh, yeah. >> thank you, al, for the sound effects. let's take it into the orange room and show you what people are saying about this palcohol. amanda jackson says, i am nervous about palcohol and how people will use it. here's a different reaction. he says, it would be a shock wa wave to how people socialize. not necessary lay good one. i would say the reaction here is more towards the negative than the positive.ily a good one. i would say the reaction here is more towards the negative than the positive. coming up, the emotional reunion that natalie was able to finish after completing her first boston marathon. move over, diets. we'll show you how to trick your mind into eating less. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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this happened about 3:30 yesterday on northbound highway 85 and the chp says a minivan was pulled over on the shoulder when the jeep drifted off the road and hit that minivan. an 8-year-old girl inside the van was killed. police don't think alcohol or drugs played a role. we do want to get a look at your forecast for the day. meteorologist christina loren is here with that. >> good morning to you at home. some showers rolled through overnight and might find slick spots out there. overall clearing out nicely. san jose mostly cloudy sky there. in san francisco, temperatures today are going to jump to the mid-60s. let me give you a preview of the next three days. mid-day clearing for today, cool temps and 59 degrees and that's much cooler than average for san francisco. by tomorrow, we'll wake up with plenty of fog and nice, sunny finish. the same for thursday and then we get more rain as we head into your friday. you'll see that on your seven-day forecast.

it is looking thick, out there, anthony. >> this is oakland and this has been the theme for the past 30 minutes. if you have to do any traveling coming through 880 northbound. you may want to avoid this area altogether. side streets are barely moving along. this has been an accident at 23rd avenue and you can see even on the southbound side 880 slow from hayward and even fremont and continue to remain that way once you get past fremont, things continue to improve. peggy, back to you. thanks so much, anthony. another local news update for you coming up in half an hour. see you then.

we're back now at 7:30. it's a tuesday morning, the 22nd day of april, 2014. look at the glorious sunrise in the nation's capital. by the way, we'd like you to share your photos of sunrise with us. use the #todaysunrise. meantime, let's take a look at what's making headlines. the death toll from that ferry disaster in south korea has now topped 100 people. this as the company that operated the ship issued a new apology on its website begging for forgiveness from the victims' families. president obama will tour the site of last month's tragic mudslide in washington state today. at least 41 people were killed. officials just announced that two names remain on the list of people who are still unaccounted for.

and the duke and duchess of cambridge spent today in australia's northern territory, taking in an iconic sunset and the country's most iconic natural landmark. many pictures of baby george. >> he's so cute. let us begin this half-hour with our ongoing "shine a light" campaign. the emotional 118th running of the boston marathon. natalie got the chance to experience it firsthand, and she's back to work this morning. a little slow. >> a little slow. a little sore. but it was so worth it. so inspiring to see so many courageous faces, so many great stories all along the way battling mile after mile to take back a race that means so much to that city. and for the victims of last year's bombings, it was one more step toward healing. and i was there for an incredible reunion at the finish line for one family i've come to know and cherish. nearly 36,000 runners gathered in the little rural massachusetts town of hopkinton

to take part in history, the oldest and most prestigious road race in the world. but for so many, this year's boston marathon was about so much more than running. carmen okabo was in that crowd again. last year, she was just minutes from competing her first marathon when the bombs went off. carmen's family was at the finish line, including her sister celeste and niece sydney. both were critically injured. sydney's femoral artery severed. celeste ultimately lost both of her legs. their recovery began side by side in a boston hospital room. and continues today. >> i miss my legs. it's plain and simple. and there's nothing anybody can do except hold me, let me cry, and let me work through it. >> yes! >> they've been called boston strong. >> yes! >> woohoo! >> they call themselves corcoran strong. but as i've witnessed over the past year, their courage and

humor -- >> and she sticks the landing! >> go beyond labels. >> the first thing she said when i saw her without her legs for the first time, i just looked at her and she said, i can't believe i didn't see you finish this thing. and of all the things that, you know, you think your sister's going to say the first time you see her, she's just got blown up by a bomb, her legs are gone. >> what does that tell you about the kind of person she is? >> well, it does, right. it was almost like, i thought, i think we're going to be okay. like, you know, i knew there was a long road ahead. but that was an encouraging start. >> an encouraging start to a difficult year that found this family back where it all began. carmen at the starting line, celeste and sydney waiting at the finish. >> we dreamed of landing this spot and making it a happy place again. >> it's a happy place. >> my own run is to honor not only this family, but so many others like them. the boston marathon is a celebration of community.

26.2 miles of cheering fans and hills. the infamous and aptly named heartbreak hill begins at mile 20, just when your body needs it least. but on this day, spirit and perseverance trump heartbreak. >> come on, let's go. >> celeste and sydney running over the line in this 118th boston marathon. >> ordinary care you did it! >> we did it. >> tell me, what were you feeling? >> just overwhelmed. i'm totally overwhelmed. >> you did it. we did it. >> i did this for every single person who can't run this race, for whatever reason. they don't win. hate doesn't win. it's always love that wins. and we got our city back. arkansas. >> and we finally saw carmen finish. >> and we finally saw her cross

the finish line! >> it's so great. they taught me so much over the last year, and as i was struggling at heartbreak hill, i kept thinking of them at the finish. i kept thinking, if they can do it with what they've been through the past year, and all of the survivors, then i'm going to make it up that hill. >> how much money did you end up raising with crowd rise? >> i think over 60,000, plus we get 10,000 from adidas as well. >> that's fantastic. >> amazing, and thanks again to all the viewers who were so generous with their donations. really just an incredible achievement by all. and the city dade great job. >> social media lit up when you ran across the finish line. i was watching social media, and it just blew up with people. she did it! go natalie, go! >> i was looking at the footage. i saw the pigtails. i was like, that's her. >> that and the bright orange. couldn't miss me. >> and the time was amazing. people have been raving about your time. even with your injury. >> thank you. yeah, that wasn't the part that was hurting.

everything else hurt. >> all right, congratulations. by the way, willie, #bostonstrong and #gonataliego were trending all day. >> all day. you can pick any one of a thousand great stories yesterday. this one really jumped out at us. wesley lowery is a reporter for "the washington post." used to work for "the boston globe." captured something as a man collapsed near the fish line. he goes down, but as fellow runners approach, they stop to help him. couldn't get his legs back. so one by one, runners stopped to pick him up. one on each arm, one on each leg. they physically carry him, first walking, then jogging across the finish line at the boston marathon. if that's not the spirit of that race, i don't know what is. what a great story. >> and you saw that throughout. there are so many stories along the way. all of the athletes with disabilities. two people pushing them along and helping them. it was incredible.

>> also incredible, the weather. you couldn't script that. >> it was a little warm. >> it was beautiful. >> toward the end especially, a lot of people collapsing at the end. >> start off a hero, and then boom! >> it was a good start. >> good news is the weather ended up perfectly for most folks until toward the end. out west, we've got a danger to talk about. fire danger. look at this. las vegas, today, windy and 82 degrees. the wind is going to be the big story today. you can see we have red flag warnings. we've got fire weather watches, high wind warning from california all the way to texas. those winds, as this front pushes east, it's going to mean a critical fire danger from el paso to pueblo and everywhere in between. so it's going to be rough. low relative humidity at 10% to 20%. sustained winds 20 to 30 miles per hour and this unseasonably warm weather. hey, happy tuesday to you.

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beginning. they see. we're also giving group two slightly bigger plates and enough plate. and watch. hoop spoonfuls of pasta right out of the gate, their plates is mac with cheese. it's amazing. thing they see. >> reporter: exactly where you matters. >> we find about 70% of what people are taking end up being the first three foods they see. >> reporter: when they're finally full, we bring both groups together for the big reveal. we've been secretly weighing the food in the back to see what you guys ate. this group here with the bigger plate and the bigger spoon ate 56% more food. jaw-dropping, i know.

56% more food. most of it pasta. the group with the smaller plate and the smaller spoon, an average of 890 calories per person and person. group number two with the bigger plate, 1,520 calories per person in pasta alone. >> i'm going to the gym today and starting a diet tomorrow. . >> i thought because i had a larger plate and it looked emptier, i wasn't eating as much. i thought i was doing good. >> reporter: is the natural inclination to fill that food up? >> like when you're small, your mom would fill up your plate and you just eat it. >> a big eye opener. >> reporter: for all of us, smaller plates, smaller spoons, smaller waist. can you trust your own stomach? >> no way! we eat with our eyes and our mind, not our stomach. >> as you can see, even just using smaller plates can work wonders. trimming you down, experts say, by one to three pounds every single month. you'll disappear after a while. best part is you won't even realize you're eating less, and this isn't just for restaurants either. you can actually use these tips

at home with your own family. bring out the salad first and use the smaller plates. >> that really gets me. the order of the food. and now i'm thinking back to the buffets i've been to and i do stock up on that first dish. >> and you're ballooning up, too. >> you've really got to go on a diet. >> that's great. >> jeff, that was great. thank you very much. >> think before you eat. coming up on "today," from a $25 million monet to a rare violin, a firsthand look at the treasures of one of america's wealthiest and most mysterious women. >> it's fascinating. plus, our orange room goes green for a great cause. right after this. green for a great cause. rif you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, like me, and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain. this is humira helping me lay the groundwork.

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well, good morning, everybody. i'm scott mcgrew. the family of the boy who stowed away in the wheel well of a plane said the young man may have been trying to go to relatives in africa. that plane was, in fact, going from san jose to hawaii. it may have simply been the first plane that the santa clara teenager saw on the tarmac. investigators think the boy was unconscious for much of the trip on sunday morning. since the plane reaching atitudes of 30,000 feet and he was in an area of the plane that was not pressurized. could have gotten as cold as 80 degrees below zero, as well. on this earth day, apple will recycle any of its old products for free. executives also announce the plan to power all stores and offices maybe even data centers with solar and wind energy, which will make christina very happy. good morning. >> good morning to you. our wind mills this morning out in the east bay getting a

healthy workout. i want to show you the storm system is clearing from north to south and as a result nice and cloudy to kick off your day in san jose. meanwhile, we're clearing in between over the bay and through the east bay hills and let me show you the coastline and north bay where we're entirely clear in san rafael at this hour. microclimates making a big impact on your temperatures today. rather chilly out there. in san francisco 59 degrees and 64 degrees for the south bay and 65 degrees and mid-60s on the peninsula for today and the same goes for the north bay and the east bay becoming sunny as we progress throughout the afternoon in the tri-valley. let's check your drive, here's anthony slaughter. >> every highway looking at an accident or major slowing. 880 northbound right at the 280 connector slew of accidents there and we also have word of another accident you can see at oakland at 23rd avenue keeping things slow and just in we're finding an accident over on 84 in 280 in redwood city.

>> we'll look forward to that. we'll have that local news update, coming up.

♪ it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, dirty dollars. the real reason you should never put your money where your mouth is. then, picture-perfect. a look back at 25 years of "people" magazine's most beautiful. so who should grace the cover this year? and "the property brothers" are here. the hgtv stars are live on the plaza with some ways to make your home more appealing and more efficient today. tuesday, april 22nd, 2014. ♪ because i'm happy >> good morning, michigan! >> virginia! >> southern california. >> good morning, massachusetts! >> sorry we left you at home, dad, in st. louis.

let's go, blues! >> whoo! >> hey, al, remember me? >> we skipped soccer practice to be here. >> and all we want is a hug from al! >> i'm the rubik's cube master. 2 buenos dias, estamos de april, 2014. welcome to our plaza. welcome to a really nice day here in new york. >> nice day. >> tamron matches our arch. very nice. >> not even close. >> i attempted to jump and you heckle. have you guys been getting the tweets from the fans of these property brothers? >> lined up along the sides. signs with people saying they want to meet the property brothers. they're hot. >> they're going to give you tips on redecorating your home in an ecofriendly way in just a

little while. >> very nice. let's head inside to natalie for a check of the top stories. >> good morning to you guys once again. we learned overnight that the first distress call from a sinking south korean ferry boat came not from a crew member, but a frightened boy with a cell phone just minutes after the ship began to tilt. his call was followed by 20 others from students aboard the ferry. the captain and several crew members are accused of abandoning the ship after telling passengers to stay in their cabins. more than 100 bodies have now been recovered with about 200 victims still missing. airport security is getting a closer look after a teenager said he flew from california to hawaii by sneaking into a jetliner. nbc's joe fryer is in san jose with the very latest. joe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. officials here at san jose airport are reviewing security measures after what happened here early sunday morning. it appears a 15-year scaled the fence here and then got into

the wheel well of a boeing 767. that hawaiian airlines flight travelled five hour to maui despite sub-zero temps. the boy survived telling authorities that he lost consciousness during the flight. he's now in the custody of hawaii's child welfare services which is looking into the matter. and trying to get him back to california. meanwhile, a congressman for this district says he would like to see a nationwide study of airport perimeters. he wants to know if more needs to be done to keep the flying public safe. back to you. >> joe fryer in san jose. thanks so much, joe. the u.s. supreme court takes up a challenge today to state laws that ban spreading falsehoods in political ads. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams is in washington with more on this. pete, good morning. >> reporter: natalie, good morning. at the heart of this case is a fundamental question about free speech and making tough claims about a political opponent, is there a right to lie? >> corrupt claim. the moment her hand came off the bible, it went into our pockets. >> reporter: bare-knuckled

attacks have always been part of american politics. >> for six years, ruiz led protests attacking thanksgiving and our american values. >> reporter: the actual words of thomas jefferson attacking john adams were used to imagine what a tv ad back then would have looked like. >> he's trying to marry one of his sons to a daughter of king george. haven't we had enough monarchy in america? >> mr. boehner's comments are outrageous. >> reporter: but in 2010 when congressman steve drehouse was running for re-election, he struck back when an anti-abortion group prepared to put up billboards like these from other states and ran radio ads attacking him. >> steve driehaus croated for -- voted for taxpayer funding of abortion when he cast his vote for the health care reform bill. >> reporter: he complained under an ohio law that bans false statements about political candidates. 15 other states have similar laws. opponents say they violate free speech.

>> if someone tells a real whopper, some exaggeration, some spin that just doesn't pass the smell test, you know that stephen colbert and jon stewart will do more with that than any ohio election commissioner ever could. >> reporter: ohio's attorney general is mike dewine. his office is defending the law even though he says he's against it. >> it's used as a tool to really inhibit free speech and to try and intimidate your opponent and to try to gain publicity before an election. >> reporter: today's case is about who gets to sue, and later today, the court hears a challenge brought by the networks, including nbc, to aerio, the software that allows watching broadcast television live on mobile devices. natalie? >> pete williams at the supreme court this morning, thank you. a russian firefighter with extra time on his hands rigged this unusual contraption by attaching several high pressure hoses to a small trampoline. take a look at what happens there. his colleagues turn the water jets on and presto, homemade hovercraft.

pretty cool. i think we need one of those on the plaza. it's 8:06 right now. let's get a check of the weather once again with al. >> "today's" weather is brought to you by mass mutual, a company owned by its policy owners. >> boy, talk about a time capsule. what's your name, young lady? >> jayden. >> and this was you at a year old? >> yeah. >> and how old are you now? >> 12. >> you look fantastic. good for you. all right. i don't know if i can pick you up now with this bum shoulder, but it's nice to see you. thanks for bringing that. that's great. let's show you what we've got happening for today. we're looking at our good friends, pittsburgh, p.a. they're going to be looking at clouds, showers, thunderstorms this morning. then just cloudy skies, coming off just a bit. as we look at the afternoon temperatures, it stays cool around the great lakes into northern new england. pacific northwest on the chilly

side. hot in texas in the southwest with temperatures in the 90s. as far as our weather is concerned, wet weather from new england all the way down to the gulf coast. windy along the central and southern california coast. wet weather in the pacific northwest with a little mountain snow there. gorgeous through the panhandle of florida. 85 in miami. your hotel had no hot water? >> none. >> wow. >> and everybody is still standing close by you. >> they're moving away. 8:07. good tuesday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. this is san jose, where we have some lingering clouds. meanwhile, take a look at this. we are clearing out nicely in san francisco. you'll hit about 59 degrees there for today. the north bay, 64 degrees for you. beautiful, clear sky already over mt. tam this morning. as we progress throughout the week, temperatures are going to be cooler than average. and as we head throughout friday, another round of rain on the way. nice and dry for saturday. more rain expected on sunday. >> and that's your latest

weather. >> all right, al, thanks very much. coming up, we're going to head across the street and check out real treasures up for auction. at christie's. their owner the late huguette clark was mysterious and one of the wealthiest women in the world. >> i think it's so fascinating. i can't wait to see it. plus, a quarter century of beauty. we'll take you through 25 years of "people" magazine's most beautiful issue ahead of our big reveal of this year's pick. also ahead this morning, drama on "the voice" last night. did you guys see this? the mic fails in the middle of a live performance. we'll take a look at it. but first, these messages. >> she did great though. [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. i hope he's saving.

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you'll see a uniformed officer stick out his leg to trip a student. the student tumbles to the ground. the officer is not finished. he tries to trip a second student. as one of the teens limps off the field, the officer moves on. he shoves two female students. one of them falling to the ground. the police department tells our austin affiliate kxan the officer has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. >> why? >> why would you do that? >> all caught on tape. >> just as a crowd control measure, it's a terrible thing to do. >> i know. >> you're not stopping anything by doing that. >> could be hurting other people. >> as they're trampled. >> it's more dangerous. do you think it's possible for people to change? we tend to think folks get crankier as they age. well, you know, kind of like this, for example. take a look. >> i want you to get up right now and go to the window, open it, and stick your head out and yell, i'm as mad as hell and i'm not going to take this anymore! >> that's right.

one of the most iconic angry old men from the movie "network." >> also crazy. >> crazy and cranky. but contrary to what we may think, scientists say people actually tend to get nicer as they get older. they call it the maturity principle. so from the ages of 20 to 65, apparently we become less angry and neurotic and more agreeable and emotionally stable. these differences are often sparked by career advancement and being in a committed relationship. but researchers caution that these changes don't happen overnight. so do you teach an old dog new tricks? >> i think you just don't sweat the small stuff. right? >> thank you so much. i love your tie. >> thank you. >> i think people most of the time say when they're older, i don't care what people think as much. i'm going to be blunt. i'm going to say what's on my mind. but this is nice to know that we mellow with age. >> i think so. matt, this next story, i don't think you're going to want to hear this. you may want to close your ears. you know the expression put your money where your mouth is? scientists have found 3,000 reasons why that is not a good idea.

after analyzing the genetic material on dollar bills -- i'm holding it with tweezers for a reason. they have found 3,000 types of bacteria. that's the most that any study has ever detected. the most common species was linked to acne. they were traced to pneumonia, food poisoning, staph infections. researchers say they were surprised to learn that microbes could actually grow on money. >> cool. >> like this dollar bill. here you go. >> at home, annette doesn't even like me to put my billfold down on the counter in the bathroom or the bedroom. she likes a paper towel. >> dirty money in there. >> a baggy. >> now i'm really going to hear about it. >> all right. so a tv station in tennessee thought it would be a good idea to have live rabbits on set for easter. didn't go so well when rabbits do what they do. >> dinner outside -- >> oh, wait a second. he can't do that up here. they can be up here. okay?

you've got to stop that. speaking of babies, we want to congratulate joe baker. >> nice segue. >> how nice. >> look, they're dancing. that's what happened live at our affiliate wbir in knoxville, where my wife deborah roberts got started. rabbits apparently feeling no shame. even as the station tried to cut away to the baby announcement. >> i like the way the one anchor tells the other, he has to stop. >> make that stop. >> exactly. >> trying to catch a ride. i love the segue to the baby story. >> is that a euphemism for something? >> i think so. >> let's move right along. >> tamron hall, ladies and gentlemen. our buddy jimmy fallon is at it again. he's edited together clips of our buddy brian williams to rap songs "rapper's delight." remember a couple of months ago. "good vibrations" among others. on monday, a new classic. brian doing the song "gin and juice" by snoop and got a little help from some of our own.

♪ ♪ with so much drama it's kind of hard ♪ ♪ being snoop dawg and not leaving until 6:00 in the morning ♪ ♪ sipping on gin and juice laid back with my mind ♪ ♪ on my money and my money on my mind ♪ >> that was brian with d.j. nat nizzle. >> there you go. >> i love it. i'm going to own that. >> just spitting lyrics all day long. >> kate snow was in there, too. >> richard engel from a war zone doing snoop dogg. >> that's right. >> incredible. >> later in the show, brian took issue with the video, pointing out that he has never used the word hippety. >> has he ever used the word funky? >> he uses that at least once a night. >> he named other rappers he'd like to cover. he said luda. jimmy fallon was surprised he

knew who ludacris was. >> he has a team of researchers. >> google. knew ludacris. >> he also said he wanted to do pat boone covers, too. >> and that's what's trending today. we're back in 30 seconds. 3 f2 la revista dará a conocer su to get you ready, a look at a

tradition, a quarter century in the making. 25 years of beautiful. michelle pfeiffer was the first. gwyneth paltrow the most recent. julia roberts received the honor a record four times. in 2003, halle berry became the first african-american to be named the most beautiful. three men have also graced the cover. mel gibson in 1996. tom cruise in 1997. and leonardo dicaprio in 1998. so, who will be this year's most beautiful person in the world? jess cagle is "people's" editorial director. he's here with us now. good morning. good to see you. >> thank you. good morning. >> beauty is in the eye of the beholder. so what goes on behind the scenes when you pick the cover? >> a lot of arguing. there's a lot of arguing for a long time. but we look around at who's hot. we look around at who our audience likes. but ultimately, it's a gut decision. who is the most -- you want to

surprise people, but you also want people to agree with you. you also want people to argue about it. you just try to find someone who's going to capture the guys and feels right. >> so interesting. only three men have been on the cover so far. i didn't know that, mel gibson 1996, tom cruise '97, leonardo dicaprio 1998. are you shutting out the fellows? what's going on? >> i don't know why those three guys were on the cover. because when the issue launched in 1990, the editor at the time, lanny jones, decided they wanted a counterpart to sexiest man alive. which was a very successful franchise. it was also another issue they could introduce color photography into people magazine because at the time "people" only used black and white photographs. so they launched this big photo-driven issue and it was meant as a counterpart to sexiest men alive. so it has traditionally been women. i think when tom and mel and leo were all on, they were just so hot that you couldn't deny that they were the most beautiful people in the world.

>> who's going to argue with leo slipping through the cracks? not me. >> it's mostly women. >> last year's cover girl, cover model was gwyneth paltrow. social media lit up. so many opinions. so many people felt she didn't deserve it. she is a person that creates reaction no matter what she does. what do you think when people disagree so strongly? >> i think with social media the last couple of years, i think that every single choice you make is now going to seem like there are so many haters out there and so many people that disagree, because those people who do disagree have the ability to share their feelings in such a huge way. there was a huge outcry when we did bradley cooper on sexiest man alive instead of ryan gosling one year. >> really? >> yeah, so they get very vocal. gwyneth is very polarizing. her detractors were very vocal, but it sold very well. >> yeah. >> i think people that support gwyneth may just not be as loud. >> interesting, julia roberts graced the cover four times. do you put a cap on how many times a celebrity can appear? >> no.

julia roberts will no doubt be back again -- >> as she deserves it. >> she deserves to be on as much as she wants. sometimes you look at who sells. so clearly, she sells. >> oh, so that's the formula, too. who will sell. >> well, you know, i care about that, yeah. i care about that. >> of course you do. you want to move the magazine. okay, so, we will reveal tomorrow this year's pick. you want to give me a hint? nobody's watch -- well, just millions of people are watching. just millions of people are watching. >> i'm sure that nbc's really happy to hear you say that, tamron. i will say it's a woman. okay. that narrows it down. she's never been on before. >> okay. >> what are you waiting for? that's all i'm going to say. >> just give us one more. come on. >> she's beautiful. >> okay. >> she's beautiful, tamron. so beautiful. >> all right, you've got the hook in me. jess will be back with us tomorrow for the exclusive reveal of this year's cover. and we want to know who you'd pick. share your choices with the #orangeroom. hmm. now let's go over to matt.

he's across the street. tamron, thank you very much. we've made our way to christie's auction house for a closer look at a remarkable collection. it has all the makings of a hollywood mystery. reclusive heiress dies leaving behind a massive fortune. but it isn't fiction. it's the fascinating life of huguette clark. huguette clark, her name and life cloaked in mystery, as one of the wealthiest and most secretive women in america. she died in 2011 at the age of 104, so private, this is believed to be the last photo taken of huguette clark in public in 1928. she was 22. the daughter of a copper baron, clark left behind a fortune worth over $300 million, including three sprawling estates, perfectly manicured, but left unused for decades. a seaside mansion in santa barbara, california, worth $84.5 million.

a 52-acre connecticut retreat worth over $14 million. and perhaps the most stunning, three apartments in the same building on new york's famed fifth avenue. 42 rooms worth $54 million. she had $75 million worth of personal property, including a $25 million monet painting. despite these luxurious homes filled with fabulous possessions, huguette clark spent her final time on this earth somewhere else, choosing to live in a new york city hospital for the last 20 years of her life. all right, the clark family treasures are now up for auction here at christie's, including a rare treasure from the music world. let's begin our tour with multiple grammy winner joshua bell. he's one of the world's most renowned and celebrated violinists. good morning, nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> say hello to my little friend. tell me about this. >> well, i just grabbed it out of that case. i feel like a kid in a candy

shop. this was made in 1731 by stradivarius. it was played by rodolphe kreutzer. so it's got an amazing history attached to it. >> you've owned three of these stradivarius violins. >> i own one now. >> each one has its own personality. can i hear the personality of this one? >> well, this one, i love the low and the bottom. the g-string, as we call it. ♪ >> it's got a rich, warm quality. >> any idea on the price of something like this? >> i don't know. they're saying it might go for around $7 million to $10 million. which is a bargain compared to that over there. >> as i move on, will you continue to play a little bit for us? >> sure. yes. >> joshua bell. thank you very much. i want to say hi to brooke lampley for us. head of impressionist art here at christie's. this is a beautiful monet.

>> also a bargain. >> talk to me about this painting. >> this was painted in 1907 and comes from his water lily series, when he moved in 1883, but later, he would devote himself for over 30 years to just painting the surface of his lily pond. >> the violin was found in a closet. where was this? >> this was in a sitting room. and it's been -- it had been in the apartment on fifth avenue for so many years, it has not been publicly exhibited since 1926. >> it's unbelievably beautiful. can we just mention there are a couple of other renoir paintings as well. >> there are two renoirs. three that we're offering from the clark collection. this is a still life with chrysanthemums and a young lady with a parasol, both painted in the 1870s. great early impressionist dates. both like the monet absolutely pristine, kept in perfect condition. sequestered away for so many years. and now it's exciting to bring them to the public. >> an amazing collection from a

very mysterious and wealthy woman. brooke, thank you very much. joshua bell over there, thank you very much. a good tuesday morning to you. it is 8:26. i'm peggy bunker. los angeles parpt police say 49ers player alden smith was asking for trouble. they say smith was done with a screening about nine days ago when he asked tsa agent ifs they needed to search him further, when they said, no, it's not necessary, smith apparently said, well, why not, i have a bomb? the los angeles police department's criminal conspiracy unit has now taken over that case. no word yet whether formal charges will be filed against him. and checking in on your traffic, i know we've got a couple of issues out there. anthony slaughter is monitoring those. >> they don't call it traffic tuesday for nothing. this is right near redwood city.

in fact, there was a two-car accident or a multiple-car accident. two lanes are now getting through. you can see the backup. it extends all the way for about six miles. in fact, it's stop and go from this point on, all the way to the 380 connector. that's six miles, stop and go. if you're doing any traveling, you want to avoid this area at all cost. 280 at sand hill moving through redwood city. >> we have another local news update coming up in about half an hour. stay tuned for that. have a great day.

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it's 8:30 now on a tuesday morning, 22nd day of april, 2014. a look at some of the people gathered on a really pretty spring morning here in new york city. look who's joined us outside. hop-along here, walking a little bit like this this morning. >> i was like, ah, oh, ah. >> what's sorest without being too personal? >> my quads. going up and downstairs is pretty impossible. >> feet okay? >> feet are good. >> i'm surprised you're in

heels. >> the feet are okay. not pretty, but they're okay. >> that's impressive to be in heels. >> i thought you'd be in birkenstocks this morning. coming up on this earth day, what you can do to make your home more ecofriendly. we'll get useful tips from the wildly popular property brothers. and i love that their fans are out here. >> oh, my gosh. >> people are obsessed with the show. >> i watch their show on hgtv morning tonight on the weekends. >> i can see why you watch the show. >> it's my thing. >> it's like one direction out here with wallpaper. >> meet the jonas brothers. >> it's huge. plus, carson's going to take us backstage for a very revealing look at the drama, the suspense of those live shows of "the voice" in a way only he can get us backstage. first, mr. roker, looks like a gorgeous day, but looks can be deceiving. >> they can be, but this time, not so bad. let's show you what we've got going on for today. we're expecting some wet weather in the pacific northwest. windy conditions along the

california coast. wet weather making its way into the northeast. mid-atlantic later today. sunny and mild from the plains into the central plains. tomorrow we've got a slight risk of strong storms. texas all the way into nebraska. wet weather and windy in northern new england tomorrow. more rain in the pacific northwest with some mountain snow there. sunny and warm through the southwest. gulf coast looking great. nice and mild southeast into the mid- 8:32. happy tuesday morning to you. bay area microclimate's making a big appearance this morning. fierce wind in san francisco. meanwhile, we have clearing clouds at this hour in san jose. by about lunchtime today, we'll be mostly clear here in the south bay with clouds lingering over the local mountains and that's about it. highs mostly comfortable, in the mid- to upper 50s at the coast. meanwhile, a touch warmer, but still requiring a jacket for most of the day. 64 in the south bay, 56 in the east bay, and 59 in san francisco this afternoon. >> don't forget, get that

weather any time you need it, go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. hey, what do you say we take a look at some smuckers jars courtesy of our good friend willard scott. >> on the island of captiva, fla, at the south seas island resort. what a lovely day. ottilie gordon is 100 years old today, dix hills, new york. we wish her a very happy birthday. her secret to longevity, a little scotch whiskey once a day. i love that. picks you right up. rebecca caston, teaneck, new jersey 103 years old today. and has never had a sunburn. how about that? she better come to florida. we have plenty of them down here. joseph bolotin. he is from hermitage, pennsylvania. his wife never lets him sit down except for once in a while.

he's been standing up for 92 years. happy birthday to you. this is stam stawisky from los angeles, california, 100 years old today. loves watching ucla games on the tele. can't beat that. the lovely dorothy harrison. and she is from greenville, south carolina. one of the really nice towns in this country. 100 years old today. and she loves all sorts of good things. spending time with the family is her favorite especially. ralph johnson from boyertown, pennsylvania. 100 years old today. and he has been to all 50 states. can't beat that. that's all from florida. now back to new york city. >> all right, willard, thank you very much. time now for "the voice" on "today." the live eliminations kicked off last night with performances from the top 12. this morning, carson shows you what was happening behind the scenes. >> the live shows start right now! >> yesterday was the first night

of live shows, and as usual, backstage was controlled chaos. ♪ >> voice tailgate, baby. >> before going live on nbc, the artists got a chance to connect with fans via twitter, instagram and vine from "the voice" tailgate. >> repeat after me. now go. >> what? >> our friends from "weekend today" dropped in and jammed with the house band. it was lester on base. with erica, dylan, and jenna handling vocals. and i use the term vocals loosely. anything can happen on a live broadcast. kristen merlin learned that first hand when her mic failed during her live performance. >> no one had heard anything i just sang, but i just kept going with it because, you just have to expect the unexpected. ♪ i don't want you to leave will you hold my hand ♪

>> but 12 will become ten when two artists are sent home tonight. >> i just tried to give my all. >> let's hope i make top ten. >> i left everything out there on the stage, so, you know, all i can do is just wait like everyone else for the results. >> for "today," carson daly, nbc news, los angeles. >> i hope ellen survives. >> she does look a little like ellen. the presence of mind to keep singing, wait for the new mic and not get flustered, pretty good. >> that's a pro. >> no question. we should mention, you can vote on nbc.com for your favorite artist. that's until 12:00 eastern, 9:00 a.m. pacific time. you catch the results tonight, 8:00/7:00 central time here on nbc. up next, you go in for toothpaste and leave with two bags full of stuff. how to avoid getting caught in the trap at the grocery store. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

beautiful skating in spring. right now, formation fever. back at 8:38. have you ever gone into a drugstore to pick up a few things and leave with everything but the kitchen sink? tarin is here with ways that retails get you to spend more. good to see you. >> good morning. >> it's so interesting, i read last night, 70% of purchases are made in-store. when you go in, you're picking up all kinds of things. so it sounds like a losing battle, but is it? >> it can feel that way. the first thing you need to remember is to make a list. if you go into a store trying to remember what you need, you're going to find things to buy. even jotting things down before you get out of the car is going to help you not spend money. >> so pre-planning. >> that's the way to do it. >> so we have a grocery store setup here. and you're going to show us some of the tricks of the trade. the first thing sunsi is undersg the size of the store. >> they're larger than ever. that means more shelf space and

that means more temptation. when you see something you want to buy like seasonal items, you want to say, do i need this and is this the best place to buy it? because often party stores and sporting good places, those are where you can get a better deal. the list will help with that, too. >> so here's our virtual store. you walk into the store. the first thing you see are these items. they look seasonal. beachware and such, but are they really? >> yes, that's the thing. they want to lure you in. it's right in front of you when you walk in. you feel like if you don't go down that aisle, you're missing out on something. so before you start grabbing things and putting them in your basket, pause. look for would have been the kiosks that you can find in the sto store entrance and scan your loyalty rewards card so you can buy without feeling guilty. >> this is so tempting because you think oh, i need another beach towel. >> it gets you in the spirit, absolutely. >> next on our journey is the makeup counter. these days you see someone positioned all the time. >> drugstores are taking a cue from department stores and having seams people in lab coats

selling you that $10 lipstick you didn't even know that you needed. but the thing here, if you want to treat yourself, it's not the end of the world. pick an item that's going to give you rewards points in return. at stores like walgreens, you get 5,000 points, that's $5 off your next purchase. it's about being smart and making sure that you're going to get something in return for. >> what i've noticed with the drugstores, i'm the queen of samp samples. i love samples. it satisfies the urge to buy something. >> they call this the power aisle for a reason. it's not just the sweet and sparkly stuff. it's the pampering items. it's the toil tetries. store brands that have the same active ingredients, they're often a dollar or two cheaper. that's another way to save on the spot. >> so it's the generic and generic does not mean lower quality. >> not necessarily. >> next up on our journey, looking for some milk because the drugstores these days carry it all. >> they do. they have everything. one of their tricks, it's called loss leaders.

it's an item purposely marked down, like the $2 gallon of milk, and the hope is that you buy that, you think you're saving, and then you shell out for the marked up items that are all around it. so go in, grab the milk, get the good deal but stay away from the single serve items. get those at your grocery store instead. >> that's so interesting. so they have this at a lower price but all these other tempting things marked up, they'll make their money up on what you've bought. >> once you know this trick, it's really easy to spot and hopefully avoid. >> i feel so armed with information. okay, next up. these are always tempting. >> it's like you're almost there. you're at the checkout. this is the last hurdle. and how do you not want to dip your hands in and take these goodies? it's like a dollar each. >> who couldn't use an extra hand sanitizer? >> exactly. the point here is to think about whether you really need this and whether you can get it for somewhere else less. when you're at the checkout line, instead of looking around, go through your coupons. you can download app on the

spot. manufacturers have coupons all the time. and if you have a coupon, it will offset the cost of something like this at the end. >> this is so interesting, because these stores are designed to get us to spend the money. we get that. but if we're armed with the information, we come out saving some cash and still getting the things we want. >> exactly. you really just to have been smart about it. make that list. check for coupons. and always ask yourself in the moment, do i really need this and can i get it somewhere else for less. >> really did need the lipstick but the model walked away. darn. thank you so much. greatly appreciate it. up next, from pillows to paint, how to spruce your home and healthy environment at the same time. but first, this is today on nbc.

we're back now with some new ways to make your home more ecofriendly, as we celebrate not only earth day, but green week

here at nbc universal. here to make some greener choices with you are the hosts of hgtv's series "the property brothers," drew and jonathan scott. guys, good morning. >> good morning. >> your tweet followers have been killing me all week. >> we told them to attack you with tweets. a brother from another mother. >> people think about making more ecofriendly choices in their home, they think it's going to be time consuming. >> they need to quit being lazy. it's easy. we're going to give people tips about what to do. but it basically comes down to choosing the right products and stuff that's going to be environmentally friendly. i am in the mood for ecofriendly opportunities right now. that's why i'm wearing my hemp man thong. >> too much information. >> it all starts with wallpaper. >> why is that ecofriendly? >> this is 100% paper and you can also find ones that are recycled materials. don't get wall paper that has vinyl. >> it won't go through a heavy chemical process. >> all you have to do is line up your pattern. you apply a little bit of glue on the back, not too much.

>> not overapply the glue. >> once it's up there, spread it out, roll out all the bubbles. and then wipe the seems. >> this is really easy enough that you're not going to have to spend more money by hiring a professional to fix your problems? >> a monkey could do it. drew, maybe not. a monkey could do it. >> a lot of people like the look of a painted wall as opposed to wallpaper. how do you like painting ecofriendly? >> the big thing is with the paint itself, if you go no voc, it means volatile organic compound. it means it's safer. in the long run, it's better for you. >> you can find it anywhere? >> every brand has them. the vocs can cause respiratory problems and head aches, so it's better to have something like this. this is exclusive on the "today" show. you're going to see drew do some work. >> this is my good painting jacket. >> use the right paint for what you're doing. we roll the panels, use a trim brush on the inside. that is the easiest project

someone can take on at home. >> that's the most work i'm going to do. >> talk about some ecofriendly materials. tell me about this coffee table. >> anyone who knows jonathan knows he loves to troll back allease for dates. i mean, recycling materials.ys . i mean, recycling materials. >> i love repurposing materials. if you have a hobby -- >> that's like the kind you find at a supermarket. >> he sand it down, stained. you can even finish the bottom. put antique chest paces. you're minimalistic, so put nothing in there. >> i have no interest, exactly. you put the wheels on the bottom, which makes a nice portable coffee table. >> you can spend anything from five bucks to 25 bucks depending on the style you want. just go bargain hunting. >> the only thing i paid for were the casters and the glass. why are the pillows ecofriendly? >> same thing, you want materials that are natural. cotton, hemp, wool.

these pillows -- you can buy couches that have the stamp of approval from the fcc. >> so with the leftover material from your man thong, you made pillows? >> exactly. i made the whole thing. >> you don't want to cuddle too much with this pillow. >> you have a nice sleep on that right here. >> talk to me about flooring and how to make it as ecofriendly as possible. >> i could talk for weeks about bamboo because it's such a renewable source. it will grow almost four feet in 24 hours. it is incredible. >> while it's on your floor. >> you put this down and it spreads out. it's a grass. it's not actually wood. so the nice thing is, it's just as durable as wood. it's solid. it's beautiful. variety of patterns. very easy to put together. >> you need two people to put this together. one to click it in and one to hold the hammer over top of him. >> is it expensivexpensive, mor expensive than a hardwood floor? >> surprisingly, there's a range, too, but very comparable. i've had situations where the bamboo is actually more affordable. >> you've had some situations.

>> i've had a lot of situations. we could talk about this. >> exactly. >> this is more durable than typical hardwood as well. >> last tip here, take care of the thermostat in your home. >> the thing i love, though, it's not just the thermostat. i have an app on my phone where i control temperature in my home from anywhere in the world. i control lights, alarm, anything. >> people spend a lot of money on programmable thermostats and everybody can relate to this. all you end up doing, you can't figure out how to program it so you just bypass it and that defeats the purpose. there's a lot of brands like this, nest, they actually memorize your sleep patterns and so you just set it a couple times and it knows you ursually get up at this time. >> jonathan needs something like this. >> i'm so alone. >> he's been all over you today. he really has. >> go easy on me. >> drew and jonathan scott. thank you very much. "the property brothers." we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

back now at 8:52. the new workout obsession across the pond that could catch on here in the states. nbc's katy tur checked it out. >> reporter: no one ever said it would be easy. and if they did, it was probably too good to be true. >> up to ten pounds in 48 hours.

>> reporter: but just because it has to be hard, it doesn't mean it can't be fun. ditch the treadmill, say goodbye to the rowing machine, and drop your spotter. staying in shape has never been more entertaining. at least for londoners. so what about riding a bike in the same place for 45 minutes without going anywhere? they say that is fun as well, when you do it like this. let's see. >> here we go. >> reporter: long the mecca of serious cycling, the uk now has cycle, with a p. take out the drudgery and add lights. music. and a screaming -- make that motivating instructor. >> push! >> you get lost in almost like a club scene and then you kind of finish. your lights come up and you realize that you're just drenched in sweat. >> it's like having fun, but you

end up working out, by accident. >> reporter: don't like the dark? how about a pop-up gym. a view of st. paul's. >> we pop up and do classes, just like awesome things like this. outdoors, rooftops, iconic locations in london. >> reporter: too calming? try an exercise raid. get high on endorphins and health smoothies, all before 8:00 a.m. >> i think clubbing at the start of the day is -- >> the way forward. >> there's no hangover either. >> reporter: dancing away the pounds. saluting the sun. and mastering that climb. >> come on! >> reporter: it may still be work, but it hurts so good. for "today," katy tur, nbc news, london. send me back to new york for a snowstorm. >> sweating sounds so much better when you're british. >> looked like fun.

that's cool. coming up, the dynamic duo joan and melissa rivers are in the house. >> oh, they're here. >> what happened to you? >> i just walked the marathon. [ laughter ] you passed me. i saw you. >> and melissa. >> i cannot believe you are at work today. >> oh yeah. no rest for the weary. massage later, ladies. >> i was going to say how you made it back, that's staggering. >> and she's wearing heels. stilettos. >> excuse me, i wore them the whole time. >> what's on your mind, ladies, for the next hour? >> we're going to talk about that nobody's watching our fourth year of our true. >> not true. >> it's true. we're buried on saturday night. >> she doesn't like the time. >> even homeless leave their boxes, you know what i'm saying? so we're here to say, i'm begging you, somebody stay home

and watch. please. >> and there's reason to watch. you have a bucket list. but you don't call it that. >> you get to watch me have a nervous breakdown. >> wow. >> all right, so it's joan and melissa on the next hour with these guys. check that out. >> brace yourself. well, good morning, everyone. 8:56. i'm scott mcgrew. there will be no basketball at the bay bridge. the warriors have announced a new and different plan to build an arena in san francisco. golden state purchased a 12-acre piece of land on third street from salesforce.com. this means the team has canceled plans to build a stadium on pier 30. the plan, which you see here, ran into political and environmental opposition. let's check your weather

with christina. >> hey, good morning to you, scott. good morning to you at home. still mostly cloudy in san jose. meanwhile, we're nice and clear in the north bay. that's san rafael there on the end. 52 degrees, though. still cool enough for a coat. later on today, you'll probably need that jacket, all day long in san francisco. 59 for you. 56 in the east bay. 64 in san jose today.

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 tuesday morning, april 22nd, 2014. some green t-shirts out there. it is earth day. i'm willie geist along with natalie morales, al roker, and tamron hall. natalie morales, ladies and gentlemen. back from the boston marathon. >> thank you. >> do i have the time right? three hours, 34 minutes, 45 seconds. >> that's right. >> is that about where you thought it was going to be? >> no, because i was hurting going in. and so i wasn't sure. i had set a goal for 3:30. but everybody told me don't expect a personal record in boston. so, you know, i'm so happy with that time, because i was just looking forward to a finish at

that point. >> well, you were hurt and it's just a brutal course. >> it is a brutal course. >> everybody that has run a lot of marathons say it's the worst of the worst. >> it's beautiful, you go through breathtaking landscapes, but it is the hilliest course. i've done new york a couple of times and this one was ten times harder than new york. it was crazy hard, but crazy good. it was amazing. and the crowds were so inspirational. i mean, the posters all along the route. every time i felt like i was broken, and i was broken many times along that route, i would look up and see the little kids with their hands out wanting to high five you. and you've done new york. you know how it is. they just keep you going. but boston, there was not a spot that was not covered by people. i mean, it was unbelievable. a million people strong. they say it was double the crowd size that they had over the years past. and i think that goes to show you there was no moment of hesitation, that people wanted to be out there with their kids, right there on the lines, wanting to be a part of it. it's such an incredible

experience. >> what was that like when the corcoran -- >> it was so emotional. i couldn't really see that moment until i saw the tape here this morning. but i saw them as they kept walking and they were still in tears. it was unbelievable. >> we should point out, natalie has raised something like $60,000 now, which is just incredible, for last year's bombing victims. she raised almost $4,000 while she was running alone. >> good! >> i know adidas chipped in, so it's even higher than that. >> yeah, it's higher than that now. >> it was a personal achievement for you. >> they do such an incredible amount of work to be continue to support the victims. so i'm happy to take part in that. >> and the #gonataliego was trending. i remember thinking this is about her time and looking online. >> the rallying cries were

great. it really got me through it. i've got to give a shoutout to uda pipeg. that's not her. we'll get to him in just a moment. but she jumped in at mile 15, and mile 15 to mile 26 ran with me and kind of coached me. there she is. i was like, what a great friend. she got a bib number and said i'll come in and help you and coached me throughout the rest of it, the moments i really needed her, she was there almost holding my hand. another great story from the marathon -- >> before you go. hold on. we've got a few things for you here. >> you guys are going to give me a pedicure? >> because you've done so much for everyone else, i spent this weekend -- i did my research, you know i'm an online shopping junkie. this is not product placement, but they're organic because it's earth day. they are supposed to be most soothing things. you jump in a hot bath. get the kids to make cookies for you. add a little bit of this. have your husband give me some

wine. these two will come over -- >> i don't think my husband would like that. >> massage your feet. >> and there's more. because you are an angel, i got you a foot massage at angel feet. >> i need angel feet. that is so nice. prop up those toes and relax. >> al and i wanted to share some of our favorite products. not as organic or earth day. here's a big old tub of mineral ice. that goes on real smooth. >> are you kidding me? >> ben-gay is doing some exciting things. >> and it smells so good. >> how about a pain patch from the good people at ben-gay. this is the ben-gay gift basket. and we're happy we could do that for you. >> this stays with me. >> and congratulations to meb keflezighi, first american male to win the marathon since 1983.

>> and to see him, 38 years old, the oldest marathoner since the 1930s. and in fact, many people thought his running career had peaked. and he ran with the names of the victims inscribed on his bib. he said he wanted to do this for the people of boston. so a great win for him. he's an incredible story. >> he is great. and that picture of him with the flag draped over his shoulder was stirring. it's beautiful. we're proud of everyone and obviously we're very proud of natalie. >> thank you. another story we're talking about around here. this is bizarre. it's perplexing for so many reasons. but the mystery continues with the 15-year-old stowaway who flew from san jose, california, to hawaii. he says he was inside the wheel well of this commercial plane. the boy reportedly scaled an airport fence. they have security video that shows him jumping the fence. authorities say they had no plans to file charges against him. from everything i've read, his condition is okay. he could have obviously died there. the boy told authorities he was in the wheel well throughout the

five-hour flight in maui. he lost consciousness while dealing with sub-zero temperatures and limited oxygen. so nbc's aviation expert, former ntsb investigator greg feith said this morning he has questions about the wheel well story. there's some people who believe he was in the baggage compartment of the flight. but to me, why would he make up the story? it's incredible in itself. >> and how would he get into the baggage compartment? >> greg said there was a way in. >> i do think he made a great point. what greg said was -- i mean, obviously that's where the wheel is coming down and going up and there's a lot of hydraulic lines through there as well. he said, unless he was hooked on to a hydraulic line, if the boy lost consciousness, as he said he did, he could have fallen out easily. >> that happened in london. that actually happened to someone who was running away from africa and his body was found. it was horrible. >> to be able to survive this. they've had a hundred or so cases of this. maybe only 25 have survived, though. so that's what's truly remarkable. >> i think because he's unconscious, he's out of it and they are questioning him. why make up where you were on the flight?

>> maybe he doesn't remember. crawled into the wheel well and then lost consciousness. >> 80 degrees below zero. no oxygen at 38,000 feet. when the wheel opens, you fall out with it. >> a five and a half-hour flight from san jose to maui. >> when that wheel comes up, it's spinning at about 100 miles per hour. >> he says he didn't know how long of a flight it was. he just got on the first thing he saw. >> he's a very lucky man. >> you can imagine his parents had to be worried sick. my goodness. the next story, it's been a rough year for new jersey governor chris christie, but i think this is good news for him. he's named father of the year by national father's day/mother's day council. he and his wife mary pat have four kids ranging in ages from 10 to 20. son andrew is a sophomore at princeton university. sarah will be going to the university of notre dame. they've got patrick and brigitte. going to be receiving the award on june 4th, along with another honoree.

look, you can say what you want, but at the end of the day, i've seen him with his kids and he's a great dad. >> he's a great dad. >> his son -- his younger son plays hockey in new jersey, and my son used to play as well. my husband said he would see him at the games often. so like any other dad. there's hockey games on the weekends and you go do it. you support your kid. >> surely people can separate his job from being a great dad. >> there are those who can't, but should. >> let's not forget, mary pat. there's a mother of the year in that equation. >> she is a very strong woman. >> congratulations to the christies. how about this story. yesterday the annual easter egg roll. a wonderful event every year at the white house. president obama, the first lady hosted a group of children on the south lawn of the white house. as all presidents have. a life-sized easter bunny joined in the fun. >> now we see what you mean. >> what's the word here? for some people, the bunny was a little scary. >> he was. >> he was sort of lurking everywhere over the shoulder of the first lady and president.

>> whoa! >> where's the secret service when you need him? >> this was the meme online. just the one eye over the shoulder of the president with the caption "soon." >> those eyelashes don't make those eyes less evil. >> those eyes go down. i thought, why was that scary bunny at the white house? >> here's another one. they're trying to have a nice moment. >> he showed up in their bedroom. >> i've done this event for years. what's great is they have all these cartoon characters. you know, kind of like mascots. and they all have public relations people. so you'll have somebody come up, i have charlie brown here for you. would you like bugs bunny? >> i wonder what demands they make. >> it's amazing. and some of them kind of start tussling for camera time. it's fantastic. >> that needs to be a reality show. >> who's the man behind the bunny? or the woman. >> we don't know. >> there's also a mrs. bunny, too. >> oh yeah? >> oh, yes. >> we don't want to get the two

of them together, because we see what happens. >> there you go. soon. all right, let's check your weather. see what's going on right now. soon. >> you're scaring us. >> we've got some showers making their way to the east. it's not going to be anything too terrible. we've basically got a cold front coming down, pushing to the east and bringing some hit or miss showers and maybe a thunderstorm or two. here in the west, we've also got a couple of fronts that are actually going to not only bring showers, but very windy conditions and that's going to make for some fire danger today into tomorrow from the southwest all the way into texas. rain today in the pacific northwest. midsection of the country, central plains into texas, going to be spectacular with temperatures in the 70s and low 80s. wet weather in the gulf coast on into new england. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happenin hey, good morning to you. the time is 9:10. taking a live look at san

francisco. and as our camera kind of pans up, you can see, it's a little shaky overhead. we have some wind out there, some ripples out there on the san francisco bay, but it's a nice, clear day. and as we head throughout the afternoon, deceptive sunshine on the way. temperatures right now, mostly in the 50s. we're headed towards the upper 60s as we head throughout the afternoon. 64 in the south bay. 63 for the peninsula. and 59 today, that's it, in san francisco. >> and that's your latest weather. >> all right, al, thanks. coming up next, a cup of shrinking violets. we'll try to coax them out of their shells. the mother-daughter duo hanging out in the orange room turned green room for earth day. joan and melissa rivers, right after this. ready for action? take osteo bi-flex®. osteo bi-flex® nurtures and helps defend your joints° because it's specially formulated with joint shield (tm)... so now you can keep doing... and doing...

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to a whole new level. >> we'll get into that in just a minute. one thing she can take off the list, driving her daughter melissa absolutely nuts. while living together under one roof, joan and melissa, joan knows best, question mark? joan and melissa, great to see you. >> good morning. >> joan, you were just complaining when you were on the couch a few minutes ago that there's not enough business being done on saturday nights for your show. we're here to drum that up. >> thank you very much. >> what is it like living under the same roof as your daughter? why would you two do this? >> four years later, you're like. everyone's going -- >> but still in the same stupid little room. those women in the basement in cleveland had more space. it is just the worst. >> you just lost al completely. >> too soon? >> you be the judge. was that why you were knocking the wall down? >> there's no room. >> it never intended to be a residence downstairs.

it's my guest room. in the guest room, it's got the en suite bathroom. >> for three days, it's nice. for four years, not so much. i agree with you. >> i was trying to get out of the house and not have her feel guilty. >> they have a door. >> how can you throw your 80-year-old mother out of the house? >> that would be shameful. >> i get the sense watching you two -- i mean, you guys work together. you live together. does it ever get to be a little too much? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> there's therapy. >> it does get to be too much, but -- >> it's mother-daughter. it's a real mother-daughter relationship. >> and i try and respect certain boundaries. she does not. >> and we have cooper. >> cooper is the glue that keeps it together. he is adorable. >> thank you. >> so down to earth. >> look how big he's gotten. >> he's a teenager now. >> he's a teenager. >> he is 13. >> and we live in malibu and it's so hard. you know, like to chastise or to

punish, like that's it, you go outside for that and you wash the limo. you're in malibu. what do you say to him? >> he's very grounded. he's a very good kid. and i honestly have to say -- i know this sounds bizarre, i'm raising him a lot how my parents raised me, which is -- well, i'm trying to breed the insanity out generation by generation. >> how's that going? >> slowly. slowly. >> looks like you're doing okay. >> don't want to repeat the same patte patterns. >> also, a little fear doesn't get hurt. if he doesn't get as, he knows he has to wax grandma's back. >> oh! >> exactly. >> wow. enjoy your cheerios. >> super. >> what about this magic act? >> we did for charity -- i started out as a magician's assistant. we've all started in such funny places. and so we did a magic act and i actually sawed her in half. >> no, you didn't, you shrunk me. >> i shrunk you.

>> you trusted her to do this, melissa? >> no. but my mother is a very persuasive woman. and anyone -- sometimes you do something just to not have to listen to your parent. >> yeah. >> but it was for charity. >> that's good. >> now, tell me about this bucket list, which is not what it's really called. >> no. there's an f in front of it. you reach a certain age where you say, i'm going to do what i'm going to do. as long as it doesn't hurt anybody, i'm going to do what i want to do. and i wanted to do a porn tape -- >> it hurts me -- >> a porn tape. >> spank your spanx. it's coming out on dvd very soon. >> oh, you've already shot it. >> ted and alice, jim and anna. >> wow. >> whoo! >> so you can catch joan and melissa -- "joan knows best" saturday nights on we tv. >> if that doesn't get you to watch, i don't know what will. >> trying to breed the insanity

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aerio gives subscribers in 11 cities access to live tvs on their smart phones and tablets for $8 a month, but the networks say it is stealing their programming by taking free signals and sending them over the web. aerio says broadcasters can't stand in the way of innovation. just in time for earth day, apple is going green. apple will now recycle any apple product free of charge. executives also announced a push to power all stores, offices and data centers with solar and wind energy and send less electronic junk to landfills. if you've ever dreamed of riding a magic carpet, take a look at this. a russian firefighter attached high pressure hoses to the frame of a small trampoline, and then look what happens when the water is turned on. he rises above the ground on his own magic carpet ride. it is a whole new world. pretty incredible. coming up, it's cold one day, rainy the next. how to dress for spring

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over on highway 85 before a crash that killed a young girl. this happened around 3:30 yesterday on northbound 85. the chp says a minivan was pulled over on the shoulder when a jeep drifted out of the road and hit it. you can see the devastation there. an 8-year-old girl inside the van was killed. investigators do not think that drugs or alcohol were involved. we'll take a look at weather and traffic coming up after the break. good morning nelly! woah. hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat! now you on the other hand... you need some help.

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>> things are really slow, especially at the bay bridge approach. the maize is still stop and go, and that's the case not only here, but coming in from berkeley and oakland on 880. recovering from several year ago accidents downtown, right at 23rd and also at the embarcadero. that will continue to remain slow for the next hour. down from fremont, starting to improve, especially on the southbound side. in palo alto, though, still stop and go in certain spots. scott, back to you. >> all right, anthony, thanks. another local news update for you coming up in half an hour.

welcome back to "today." it's tuesday morning, april 22nd, 2014. i'm willie alongside natalie, al, and tamron. as we told you earlier, today is earth day. so the u.s. environmental protection agency, the epa, and the nature con ver san si teamed up to promote the outdoors with #natureselfies. so we asked you the viewers to post photos of your favorite outdoor space and tell us why that's special to you. we've got some of them in the orange room, green room today wall. let's take a look at our first one. carly shaffer and toddler daughter at old faithful in yellow stone. >> i love nathat. >> i like the pigtails most of all. >> kind of channelling natalie. >> exactly. how about this one from jennifer

frazier bernstein in the guadalupe river in texas. and margie leer at the grand canyon. >> that's nice. >> there's nowhere better. i get flashbacks of the high wire walk that we did. >> well, we didn't actually. >> we asked no cameras. this is for us. >> stayed low to the ground, but we walked the canyon. >> and then another from donna sharanag. an underwater selfie. the ship wreck in grand cayman. >> i've been there. >> i was doing the orange room today, i was in for carson. they said let's get a green room shot. so here i am. >> that's you in nature? >> happy me in nature. are the astroturf really screams nature. >> how long do you any the plants live in the green room? >> i think they're fake. >> you were watering them. >> it's all show biz. >> all right, mr. roker, how

about another check of the weather. >> as we check out your environment outside your window. wet weather moves into the northeast. ed my atlantic states down under the gulf coast. sunny skies near the florida panhandle. windy in southern texas on into southern california. more wet weather in the pacific northwest. tomorrow, we're expecting a risk of strong storms from texas into nebraska. pacific northwest has another system moving on shore. windy and wet in the pacific northwest. and we still have some clouds lingering over the east bay hills. this is sunol, but you can actually see them moving with the naked eye. their moving out of here quickly. we're going to see a nice, sunny sky, just like we have right now in san rafael, all across the bay area. as we progress throughout the day, still nice and cloudy in the south bay. we head throughout the next couple of days, which is what we can expect. lots of sunshine for today, but deceptive sun. cool temps and a breezy windchill factor as well. sun and early fog for tomorrow, and as we head through thursday, cool air mass remains.

>> and that's your latest weather. willie? there is an app for just about anything you can dream up, whether you want to get in shape or you're trying to figure out what to do with all the pictures on your phone. >> here to help us is mario armstrong. >> good morning, folks. >> on this earth day, a good day to take those nature pictures. you'll tell us where we should put them. >> that's a great idea. >> let's start first with streaming music. there are a lot of these apps out there, but this one sounds really cool. this is beats music. how is this different? >> there are a lot. this is a little bit different because it's all about personalization. you can play music off your phone, but this one is all about you pick your favorite artist, who you love, who you hate, what you like. but also it understands a little bit about your mood. right now, we're looking at different music that i can place based off of what the experts chose off of some of my choices. but it also can read the mood that i'm in and play a sentence. so it felt like this morning that i'm in the air and feel

like punching walls with beautiful people to country music. >> what does that mean? >> i don't know what the sentence means. but it means i'm excited, amped up, want to have some great, up beat music. so if i play that sentence, it will play songs that mimic that. a lot of other highlights. you can do the basics, like going through typical genres. >> it's $9.99 a month? >> for one person. i do like the family plan. it's right under $15 for five different people, up to ten devices. >> just don't punch any of our walls, if you don't mind. let's talk about the photo app pickstix. >> i like this one. >> this is the ability to make your smart phone photos into collages, so it's a free app. right now i'm putting in pictures. you pick the frame or the layout that you like and then you can basically add the images to those frames. >> just touch the box.

>> it pulls up your photo album. you can just grab a picture and put it right in. what's beautiful about this is not only can you e-mail this or send it over social media, you can actually print it. you can send it to walgreens or something like that and make it a nice gift. >> i didn't know that. i never did that. okay, next app. this is an app for entertaining and educating the entire family called sky guide. >> i love this. we're talking about hanging out and doing fun family activities. you take your phone and become an amateur astronomer. so it know where is you are gps-wise. but it can also do cool things with the layers. so you learn all about the constellations. you point it to the sky. as you see, it's moving. and you can learn -- >> kids would love this one. >> they would love this. a lot of mythology in here that you can learn as well about some of the solar system. it's really cool. >> makes you look very smart. >> how many summer nights have you spent misidentifying stars? >> that's great.

>> when you can see the stars around here. >> how about planning your wedding? appy couple. >> i wish i had this app and everyone that's getting married should at least check this out. this is an app that creates your own wedding app and website for everyone. so basically, you can put in everything. you can put in your events, when you're having your bridal shower, travel, lodging. the ability to take rsvps for all your guests. but my favorite feature, while people are shooting pictures at the wedding, if they use the app, those pictures will show up inside of the app. so you're paying for your professional photographer, but all your family and friends are taking cool pictures in the moment from your smart phones and you get to see all of those images in the app. >> half the time you never see all these pictures that have been taken. very cool. >> that's fantastic. i'm a big fitness buff and i love a new fitness app. you brought one to my attention called hot five fitness. >> the reason i grabbed this one is because i don't have a lot of time to work out and i don't

look as fit as you do. >> come on. >> i've got five to ten minutes a day is all i can do. >> you're a specimen. >> this app does exactly that. they have great videos in here. they label it from easy to hard to medium. so you would know exactly what you're dealing with. you can make your own favorites of things you like. the timers are set for five minutes and it will count down. it will calculate all of this good stuff. i can put in calorie count and all of that as well. but i like the fact that you can go from strength training for abs all the way over to yoga as well. >> five minutes, all you need, right? >> and you can go up to 45 if you want to. but you can start at just five minutes a day. >> i'm downloading that right now. all right, mario armstrong. >> good apps. >> thumbs up all around. >> anybody want to get remarried? >> no, no, no. >> an app could do that. >> i'll just do the constellations. >> stick with that. coming up next, from exterminators to swing sets, is it worth it to use ecofriendly products around your home and

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with bamboo. bamboo is the fastest growing plant almost on the planet. it can regenerate in three to five years. very sustainable. very durable. very hard. even harder than some hardwoods. and it's very resis tetant to moisture. very good flooring. >> and then you've got reclaimed wood. >> a lot of people are going to reclaimed lumber. guys make a living out of just taking old barns down. you can't find this anymore. this is the history. some of these species are 100 to 300 years old. and look at this. this came out of a barn that was burned down. you can still see the burn marx. it keeps younger trees than ending up in a landfill. it's reused. very earth friendly. >> does that mean it's going to be more expensive, ecofriendly? >> generally speak, yes. reclaimed lumber is a good example. it's going to be more expensive because of the history. bamboo has come down in price, more comparable to hardwoods

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look. >> it's a great way to wear warmth but also your summer clothes now. it's whimsical, but also classic and crisp. i want to show you how to transition into a spring look. she's got the floral button-down. and unwrap that. this spring, what's especially hot, circle skirts with sneakers. she's going to show that off. a little selfie t-shirt. who doesn't love that? got it? sneakers are so on trend for this spring. thank god, because they're super comfortable. >> she looks great. >> let's bring out justin. he's got your classic pants. >> this is a great look for the guys. put on your jacket.

start with the old navy jean jacket. really classic for the guys. your bulkiest item can actually go first and then you can continue to layer and mix and match as the day gets warmer, or if it's night versus day. justin, hp you out there. >> in this case, it's getting cooler. >> exactly. this is a sleeveless hoodie. a great way to add warmth. only $20. >> i love that you said the heavier look can go first because your mind would tell you thinner and then your way to the heavier. >> for the spring, it's the opposite. >> naomi is up next. this is beautiful. >> looking fabulous in this maggie london dress. black and white, so on trend. here's a trick with black and white. if you want to layer, all you have to do is make sure your black and white are the same colors. you don't want to match white with cream. but you can mix and match different black and white patterns. so we're talking floorals and stripes. it will look great and it's a great way to wear your

sleeveless items now. just add a little belt. >> that's 30 bucks? >> 30 bucks from avon. that's great. >> next we have sinae. >> i find the guys are really anxious to get into their shorts. so one way you can do this is add the warmth on top. so now, let's take off layer number one, which is a coat. now he's got layer number two, the cardigan. and if it warms up even more, hand that off to me. the cardigan. let's see your warm weather look. just a plain t-shirt is really crisp. add the sunglasses and he is ready for the spring. >> the fedora is all the rage. everybody's wearing them now. >> absolutely. >> all you need is a messenger bag to put your layers in. >> i'll be standing there hanging them up. >> thank you very much, you look very nice. >> okay, next, we have kristen. camo is very hot this season.

camo and stripes, which i would never pair together, but this looks great. >> you can mix and match them. for spring, camo is really big. if you don't want to get into the shorts or skirt just yet, you can do the pants. these are from old navy. the sleeveless shirt and dress are really on trend for spring, so throw that on. this is a great way you can wear it now by mixing with it the three quarter length shirt and then just tie this up. and then as soon as it gets warm, you can take off that layer and just wear this sleeveless. >> i love the chambray sleeveless, because last year it was the full sleeve version that was so popular. this is the new incarnation. >> you can even do the sleeveless chambray dress over the pants. it will work. challenge your layers, ladies. >> you've got to be a little brave. come on out, everybody. good job. >> very nice. >> thank you very much. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

this is crazy. >> you guys look great. >> welcome. >> i am so unbelievably proud of you. >> what was your time? >> 3:34:45. >> with an injury. >> that's how long i took at lunch. >> we both had good days. >> i would have loved a little chardonnay. >> we're so proud of you, sweetie. >> thank you. >> we'll tell you how you can drop a dress size. >> run a marathon. >> 31 day -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal.

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first plane the santa clara teenager saw on the tarmac. investigators think the boy was unconscious for much of the trip on sunday morning, since the plane reached altitudes of 38,000 feet and he was in an area of the plane that was certainly not pressurized. it could have gotten as cold as 80 degrees below as well. on this earth day, apple says it will now recycle any of its old products for free. executives also announced a plan to power all stores, offices, possibly even data centers with solar and wind energy as well. speaking of solar and wind, let's check in with christina. good morning. >> oh, we've got lots of both across the bay area right now. especially that wind at the immediate coast. right now, temperatures are chilly as well. grab your coat, wherever you're headed. 56 degrees in san francisco, and that's where we have some really fierce wind at this hour. you can see our camera getting a violent shake. that's because of that strong wind. meanwhile, san jose is nice and steady, but we have some clouds lingering, as an area of low pressure clears out here. that's what's keeping our air

mass nice and unstable and keeping our winds whipping. our temperatures will be comfortable, hitting the mid-60s across the board. let's check your drive. here's anthony. >> as you were mentioning, that wind making it hard to make out, but there is a stall off to the shoulder on 80 westbound approaching the maze, but the camera from time to time shaking around, we're kind of in a little bit of a break. you can make that out as you look from oakland, 880, it's showing slowing on the northbound side, and this is what everybody's trying to get to. and it's still stop and go with improving conditions in the fast track lanes. scott? >> anthony, thank you much. another local news update for you coming up in a half an hour.

from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. welcome to booze day tuesday, april 22nd, 2014. happy earth day. >> oh, yes. >> we are recycling today with danny seo. should be interesting. >> we're going to help you drop a dress size by memorial day. we're all trying to do that. >> yeah. i don't ever want to do anything madelyn says to do. and 31 days to become a happy wife. you can still take the test on

klgandhoda.com. and press the connect button. >> you have about 15 minutes. >> this person is a happy wife. >> in knoxville, tennessee, something funny happened on our nbc affiliate. we love everybody in knoxville. wbir. they got a surprise. they brought some rabbits on the set. it was easter. rabbits do what ran dbbits do, don't they? >> you got to stop that. let's go to the -- >> we will announce the third rabbit's name in nine months. >> it is a weird -- bambino likes that position too. i got to be honest. but -- i love it, the animal on the receiving end never seems to care. >> doesn't care, yawning. and stretching. >> we can't tell if this is -- >> it is for real. no, it's real. we have confirmed it. >> okay. >> this is real. you're not going to believe

this. how many times have you seen is it an ape or baboon, the coolest ape, roasting marshmallows. >> we know he's a primate. >> called primate clank of the kingdoms. this ape started a fire. >> named kenzkenzie. >> lit the match. of course he did. look how calm. and kenzie has a trainer. so this is all documented. now, oh, yeah. okay. and then the fire. >> i know. people are cynical. >> the trainers say this is what -- look at his lips. already has the marshmallow on it. >> he knows to be careful because it is hot. you know what i wanted so much -- can i just say, i wanted -- what? >> no, go ahead. >> i wanted him to pull back and have two other apes, one of them playing the guitar and one of them -- the music was, like, they're all in this together

saying kumbaya. >> it is real, though. we keep saying -- it is real. it is totally real. the trainers say this is not first time kenzie has done this. he often skewers marshmallows, puts them on a fire and -- >> he's been able to light a campfire and roast marshmallows without assistance for a while now. >> he's lighting a match out there. >> going around starting forest fires. i bet they don't clean up their refuse either, afterwards. >> i bet you're right. >> there is a style war. >> it is bad. >> smackdown between kate middleton, the duchess, and mindy -- >> kalin. kate is in an lk bennett dress. just so happened that mindy wore that dress on her show "the mindy project". >> first. >> yes. so mindy decided she was going to instagram it.

this was the caption. miss duchess, whoever, i wore this dress last week. what's next? my doughnut print pajama bottoms? come on. >> she's adorable. >> mindy, yeah, yeah, yeah. we haven't seen any of these. this is fun for us to see them when you see them. >> miss america's got talent, china has their own version. prince george, who we love -- >> we don't have video of him today. >> he may have competition. a 3-year-old, this kid is just 3, showed off some cool dance moves. let's take a look. ♪

♪ >> hard to believe he's 3. >> who was the guy from south korea who had the huge hit? i wonder if he was like that as a kid. >> this is very gangnam style -- yeah. this is very sophisticated choreography for a 3-year-old. the reason he changed it up is that the judges had remotes in their hands, every time they were done they would click it and the kid would have to do another -- >> look how fast his mind worked. >> he was adorable. have you ever had a dollar in your hand and then you picked up a bag and picked something else up and you just wanted to -- you didn't have an extra hand to keep your dollar so you put it in your mouth. >> i can't remember doing that. money is the dirtiest thing on the planet. >> money is dirty.

while you've been at the checkout counter and trying to find an extra ten and reach in your bag and -- anyway, 3,000 types of bacteria on $1 bills. you know what they can cause? >> acne. >> gastric ulsers, pneumonia, food poisoning and staph infections. >> that is so -- >> that's by noon. >> microbiologists found that about 6% of english -- >> at levels of e. coli on it that is comparable to a toilet seat. >> not american money. >> her's the thing. you're holding it your hand, you're putting your hand on your eye, you're getting it all over you, anyway. whatever is on there. >> why are we talking about this? >> wanted to let you know it's gross. >> i already knew this. crazy facts about sleep. sleepies is educating us on crazy sleep facts. >> as a new parent, new parents lose in one year's time almost

44 days of sleep. in one year. think about how many hours. and this is interesting. most people dream in color, but there are 12% of the people who actually dream in black and white. >> you know what, i thought -- >> yeah. >> you look good, hold. >> so do you. >> i like black and white. >> i look younger. >> skinnier. >> you know the crazy thing that nobody tells you and nobody warns you, that that's not going to be your worst time for sleeping. >> when is your worst time? >> now? >> my kids have been home for the easter holiday. they sleep just fine. they're off, they're great. now that frank and i are at a certain point in life, i probably lose three months of sleeping now between the snoring, which i thought was all but -- and the getting up for the bathroom that happens a lot more as you get older, babies are easier than husbands. >> so what do you do? what happens when he snores? >> i would have gotten up and

gone into cassidy's bedroom but cas sidy was there. >> i think a lot of people sleep separately. >> it's over. >> you need rest. >> oh, i really did have a fantasy a couple months ago of taking the extra pillow and smothering him. i did. i admitted it on my podcast. i was so mad. i admitted it to him the next morning. >> wanted to cover up his face with your pillow? >> well, women, by the way, need one extra hour of sleep than men do. >> we need more. nothing's fair. >> some people, though, no matter what's on their mind, they can close their mind, turn it off -- >> and get up, go to the bathroom, do whatever, and come back and right away. >> here's another reason why you are losing sleep according to another study. people are binge watching tv. now you can watch on netflix all of the --

>> that's what i should do. >> you should. they have all the great shows on. veep is on. >> hoda can't stop talking about it. >> i can't repeat any of it. it is so funny. you have to watch tonight. i watched three episodes yesterday and rewound them and was watching them again. i thought i should watch nightly so i can be smart for a minute. and i went back. i couldn't stop. it was so good. 82% admit binge watching late at night is keeping them up because -- >> that's what people do. >> -- that's what happens. >> we talked about the letter that kim novak wrote about being bullied. we asked you what you thought. >> you remember her picture before and her picture after. people hadn't seen her in many, many years, she called it bullying and the majority of people on the facebook page degreed, they said it was bullying. >> some wondered what the actual dictionary version is, to frighten, hurt, or threaten a smaller or weaker person. >> smaller or weaker. >> back to that one more time.

that's interesting. to frighten, nobody tried to frighten her, i don't think. to hurt, yes. cruelty hurts. or threaten. one of them. one out of the three. i guess smaller or weaker -- i always thought it was over a period of time as well. but that doesn't mention that. and i think cruelty -- >> yeah. i think when you are -- i think people see it -- they have difficulty seeing a movie star or a celebrity being bullied because they're not weaker, they have power, they have a bigger voice than everyone else does, if someone says something terrible, it is like, so what, but i feel bad for her. she was really hurt her feelings. >> yeah. the world changed so much as we talked yesterday from the time she was a big movie star, when there was a few magazines out that, you know, airbrushed all kinds of things and stories and social media changed, absolutely, and not one person whether you're famous or not should ever go out of your own home without thinking you're going to show up some place, some how. >> i know. and i think you have to kind of

harden yourself around it. i think if you ingested every single thing that somebody said that was unkind -- >> thicken up. >> it is green week. >> you know what this is? >> an eco bone. a environmentally friendly way to play with your pets. >> don't do that. you know why? the tv is on at my house. and blake -- it makes him crazy. honestly, it makes him crazy. don't do it. he'll be barking up in his crate. he hears that sound -- >> oh. that one? >> stop it. >> they're made of 85% reengineered, recycled fibers. >> it is bambiko. >> $9.50. that's adorable. >> do you want to drop a dress size by memorial day? >> get in your thong. >> yes. >> we'll get you fit in five weeks so join in. and a happy wife say happy life. and join in on our bonnet -- we

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more and more women are doing it all and having it all, or are they? a successful career, a couple of kids, great husband. >> in the hustle and bustle of it all, it is easy for your marriage to take a back seat and you have to stop and ask yourself -- >> are you happy? >> arlene pellicane is the author of "31 days to becoming a happy wife." >> we asked her to bring along her apparently fantastic husband to weigh in. so nice to have the two of you. >> 15 years of marriage, three children. and you're happy. >> i am very happy. yes. >> and are you happy, james? >> i am happy. >> early on in your book you

talk about how you had to learn your happiness is not going to come from him. >> right. >> explain that a little bit. >> many times we think, i married the right guy, he'll make me happy, he'll say the right things, he'll comfort me when i need it, he'll do everything perfectly and he doesn't do those things and you're so disappointed because you didn't marry a mind reader. so what are you going to choose? how much responsibility will you take for your own happiness? >> i can only imagine it really was that way, you were that man, that knight in shining armor. did she explain to you something was changing? >> we figured it out like every other couple. one thing we did right from the get go is we fought fair. >> you did? >> never raised your voice, you said, never wanted it to get out of hand. >> you said that didn't work. >> it didn't work. i didn't see it very productive. i decided to do it a little bit different. >> you're pointing out some thins that i think are unique.

what was the biggest takeaway your readers said, wow, i didn't think about that. >> one, there is no ceiling on joy and happiness. i had people pick it up and say i'm happy, should i still look at this and then read it and realize, i didn't -- i've been underappreciating that about my marriage and there is more joy to take away there. and i think the thing to look at is, hey, this isn't as bad as we think it is. many times we're complaining and we look at the negative things instead of looking at what is right about this relationship. >> and what you think is what you do and what you are. you talk a lot about control issues. and that's always a little bit of a -- a red herring because people -- women don't want to be door mats. don't want to be -- word submissive sets people off like crazy. >> who drives? >> he drives. do you see the red light. why are you accelerating to the red light? he drives. >> and what about in most things?

>> exactly. i would say primarily james, but the way i view it is the driving allegory really works, if you're on a freeway and yielding to the traffic and it is not because that car is better than this car, we want order. we don't want chaos. and so he's a very good listenering and i feel like i'm heard, i'm understood and can move forward on our decisions. >> something you also share is a spiritual basis for your relationship. and so that gives you a place, always something bigger than you that you're accountable to. how important is that for the two of you and how important is it to most people, would you say? >> being -- having a faith in god is huge for us because we can go back to say, hey, what -- not just how are you acting, but i'm feeling this and i'm accountable for my own actions, not just his. that gives a lot. god gives you hope and strength when you really need it. >> there are basic things too that couples can do. a lot of us are on our mobile devices.

you have basic stuff, like put those away. >> put it down as quickly as you can. the first is the mobile device. >> have more facetime together. i would be on the computer after the kids would go to bed and he would be like why are you or the computer, this is our time together, turn it off. >> do you listen to each other when you say that? >> we do. you're, like, you're right, that's good for the marriage, i need to turn this off. >> and be more playful in intimate situations is one of them. can't do that unless you turn off your mobile device. >> hello. >> and what are a couple more? >> stop comparing yourself to other couples, don't look at the other person, well, he did this and she seems happy. you don't know. don't compare yourself like that. and be creative. have a plan. do something purposeful as a wife. many people have goals in their career, with their kids, what about your marriage? what is new on your marriage resume in the last three years. >> a great book. easy to read, great takeaway, you know, little prayers at the end of each chapter. it is a great read. >> sweet. congratulations. >> thanks.

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plant shopping center, monterey road and curtner, that man pronounced dead at the scene. we have a crew on the scene. we'll bring you the var latest information during our next newscast at 11:00. a look at weather and traffic coming up after the break.

welcome back now. temperatures today are going to be on the cool side. we're going to see plenty of clouds clinging to the coastline and over your local mountains. and then as we head through about noon to 5:00 p.m., clearing you out nicely.

we have good air quality courtesy of the showers that came through yesterday. sun's going to set at about 7:48 this evening, and temperatures will be on the cool side, so make sure you have that jacket with you. we're gearing up for more rainfall, a heavier round as we head into the week. all about it today at 11:00. let's check your drive and say good morning to anthony slaughter. >> just a few minutes ago, there was an incident in san jose on 101 northbound, and it's right at monteio expressway. and it's involving a tesla and a white sedan. in fact, the chp reporting there's a fire. not sure if the tesla is on fire or the other car. but this is causing backups back to 880, the interchange there. once you get past this area, things start to improve. 101 is moving smoothly. southbound still bogged down quite a bit, but no problems once you get past that accident. oakland, still recovering from several accidents earlier, but the good news is once you get past downtown, the bay bridge does start to pick up. >> thank you, anthony.

more local news coming up in a half hour at 11:00. we'll see you then. we're back on this booze day tuesday with more of "today." before the break, we gave you a brain teaser and showed you this sentence with five seconds to count the fs. >> if you answered six, you were correct. if you answered four or five, it's because your brain likes to take short cuts and probably took the fs that sound like f and ignored the oned th es that sounded like v. >> you can find more brain teasers at natgeotv.com. we found two ladies who want to get fit, beverly kelsey is here. >> 36-year-old mother of three who says she's ready to lose the

baby weight once and for all and wants to lose those sweat pants. >> that's right. and luanne yost is a 51-year-old real estate appraiser from pennsylvania who is ready to gettiget her diet in check. coaching them along is madelyn fernstrom. >> so, ladies, it has been an up and down road for both of you and you're done, you're ready. >> yes. >> motivated. >> you got your slickers on. which is very flattering. >> and the goal of this is, we're not talking so much about weight. it is more about getting into the dress. doesn't take a lot. it is a reasonable goal. so beverly brought along this lovely dress she is trying to get into. and luanne brought what everyone has, little black dress. >> love it. >> so this is really our goal the next two weeks. everybody knows what to do. people don't know how to do it. we're going to -- >> what are we talking poundswise? >> a dress size can be anywhere

depend upon your size, anywhere from 6 to 10 pounds. are these -- were these in your closets or did you buy them and you want to get into them? >> i had mine for three years. i wore it once, so i would really like to get back in and have it look presentable. >> i'm a mom of three little ones, so i didn't have dresses anymore. i noticed for the segment i didn't have dresses anymore i got a nice one i really want to try to fit into. >> that's cute. >> we're going to team up. i'm team beverly. >> i'm team luanne. >> we start with some things that are trigger foods for these two ladies. it is always the things that are harder for us to resist that can bring us down. we'll test your knowledge. >> where are we -- >> you stand by your girl and we're going to go from start to finish. >> okay. >> we're ready. >> question one. focus on candy. >> come here. >> you guys are here. i'll sit on the side.

>> there's an idea, madelyn. which one must you be because it has more fat for the same size serving, the two fun size peanut buttercups or caramel nut bars? >> we won! >> 20% more fat. >> okay. all right. >> i can't see with these things. >> now, the baked goods. >> these two. >> these two. >> which one must be beaten because it has the highest sugar? >> and luanne and -- >> oh, okay. >> the cupcake got it because the brownie has more fat. >> which one of these snacks must be beaten because it has more fat per serving. >> get in here. get in here. it is the egg roll!

>> yea. >> i wanted one of those. >> what the heck? >> frozen treats. which one of these frozen treats must you beat because it has higher calories than the other? ice cream sandwich or two of these popsicles? >> two of them? >> two of them. it is the ice cream sandwich. >> thank you. >> these fun pops are a good snack. >> who doesn't like this? >> we have cheese puffs and corn chips. which one must be beaten? it has more calories for the same serving? cheese puffs or corn chips. it is the corn chips. kathie lee and liouisianieuanne rocking today. which one must be beaten because it higher fat, the cheeseburger

or the sandwich. the sandwich has more fat, about 50% more. >> so we have time for one more? >> how do the breakfast meals do you have to beat because it has more calories, the pancakes or the -- luanne, you would be right. this has more calories. and the winner is -- >> who won? >> we did. >> no. it was a tie. >> it was a tie. >> a tie. >> all right. we're going to be doing that for five fun weeks. and if you're ready to drop a dress size and want to go along, go to klgandhoda.com. >> we're celebrating earth day with fun ways to make sure your party is a total up cycle. >> and never a second chance to make a first impression. >> the rules to live by when it comes to selling and buying a home. [ male announcer ] new gain flings! smell so amazing,

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come up, we're going to see that that big pricing that we have been seeing over the last four months is probably going to begin to cool. >> house construction and house buying is a real leading indicator of where the market is going. >> right now, we can't build enough house s. i think builders are pretty happy. >> let's talk about some rules. if you are a seller, you say the first impression, of course, is, like, the most important thing. >> absolutely. i think buying a house is sort of like dating a woman. if you don't like how she looks, the first minute, you're out of there. and i can tell you that you have -- >> that's cold. >> i know, right. >> cold but accurate. >> i think that, you know, that first 30 seconds, you pull up to a house, and it does not look good, you don't even want to go in. >> you wasted your time, yeah. that's what they call curb appeal. >> absolutely. curb appeal is hugely important. >> you walk inside the house, what is the first thing? looking at the walls, looking at things like that first? >> i think probably when you come into a house, it is going to be walls and floors. that's the first thing you see.

walls and floors have probably the biggest impact in making your house sellable. if you have sort of new carpet, if you have freshly painted neutral walls, i think that's going to appeal to most buyers. remember, you're selling to the herd, not to a zebra. >> if you -- price is such a huge issue, obviously. how much -- say you got a price in your mind, but all of a sudden curb appeal is so great, how often can you change that person's mind to spend a little bit more money just because of the curb appeal? >> i think that depends on the agent you're working with and certainly depends on where your own head is at. for me, i tell my clients up front, we're going to decide what our line in the sand is because if we get to that point, we're done. there is always more fish in the sea. >> let's talk about buyers in the market. what is the most important thing that a buyer should have in mind? >> i think right now one of the biggest things out there is getting a precommitment letter. not a preapproval letter there are so many buyers in the marketplace. over the past year, a third of

the market has been catch buyers, investors back into the marketplace. getting a precommitment is when you put everything in and you have the loan underwritten all the way, except for an appraisal. meaning it is as good as money. that makes you more competitive in what has amounted to be a pretty tough marketplace. >> people want to move -- they'll go that guy. you. >> you got to have the right real estate agent. that can be a real problem. >> real estate is so local. having a local expert is a big, big deal. as an example, i still sell and not everybody is going to like me. having good chemistry with your agent, making sure that agent is going to be somebody who wants and does the things you want, that's a big deal. >> who doesn't like you, though? come on. >> no shame in changing. you're not going -- it is going to be a bad experience areawise. >> we got to go. >> their video has 2 million views. >> a grammy nominated band mercy me gives you shaking with their

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. put your party hat on. it is time to celebrate. not only is today earth day, but guess who's birthday it is? >> danny seo. author of "upcycling celebrations" and he'll show you how to throw a fun and festive party. >> and soon to have a magazine. >> of his own called naturally danny seo. >> very fancy. >> coming out in july, thank you very much. >> what are we doing here? >> we're having an earth day birthday party. you take your old cereal boxes ma and make a little hat. make a cone shape like this and curve it to make your party hat. you take a little bit of craft glue along the edges and painter's tape. so it doesn't stick. it sticks but doesn't leave a

mess. you have fun little party hats. >> and added a little -- >> how did you maybe the poof? >> little newspaper. little string and -- >> i want to give you one. >> i don't understand how you made newspaper do that. >> it is just a couple of scissor, twists and a turn and you get little poofs. very simple. >> okay. >> all right. >> check this one out. old garden hoses, do you love these little baskets? >> that's cute. >> so easy to make and no special tools. a hose and zip ties. >> oh, my gosh. >> these turn out great. >> isn't that fun? >> you can demo this, have -- you have old bandannas, kids' t-shirts, you're making fabric bowls. >> what are we making? >> you're covering it with saran wrap and you just coat the whole thing with a lot of modge podge

group or thick craft glue. >> right on there? >> literally -- >> just pour it. >> you can pour it on. >> trying to be nice. >> see what happens. >> sorry. >> a lot of cleanup here. >> the more you do, the better -- you want it to be really, really thick. >> hoda should be doing really well. >> careful. jerry has to clean it up. >> that's a lot. but -- >> then what happens? >> wait for it to dry, peel it off and you have beautiful fabric bowls. check out this. this is a great party favor bag. take a shopping bag, paint it in chalkboard paint and write happy birthday on the front, put your gift inside, don't have to buy a bag to do it. >> that's good. >> this i really love. check this out. if you take an old zipper. >> oh, my gosh. >> it is a little tote bag. >> that's cute. >> oh, my gosh. that's adorable. >> clever, clever, clever. >> and now check this one out.

so -- >> if those are kathie lee cds, i'll be very angry at you. >> i saved my kathie lee cds and they're in a vault. you take your old cds and we're going to make mosaic with them. and you dpglue them on the insi of the tray. and you take the mosaic mix, and you just smear it on. >> smear it. >> like this. >> you wipe off the excess and look at this beautiful tray that you have right here. >> come here, danny. come here. >> come here, baby. >> not 21. >> happy birthday, danny. >> let's get the party started with great music to get you moving. >> a live performance from mercy me. happy birthday!

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on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> the grammy nominated rock band mercy me is on a roll with their latest single "shake" which you're about to hear, already getting nearly 2 million views online. >> it is off their eighth studio album "welcome to the new." the band members are here. barry, robbie, bart and miles. >> congratulations. did you know when you recorded this one that it was going to shake up things? >> no. we're not big dancers, so, yeah, we just dance for our kids and that's about it. just kind of funny that we have this song. >> how are the concerts? are the fans going crazy? >> they're awesome. we took time off to release the single, didn't tour much. we started a few weeks ago and were blown away by the response. >> can't wait to hear it. >> we have our camera guy who already bought tickets. he's excited. here they are, mercy me, singing "shake." ♪

♪ i just can't believe where my life was at ♪ ♪ all that i know is that my heart was broken ♪ ♪ and i don't ever wanna go back ♪ ♪ ain't no explanation how i saw the light ♪ ♪ he found me and set me free ♪ ♪ and it brought me back to life ♪ ♪ blame it on the transformation changed down to the core ♪ ♪ his love is real and i can't sit still ♪ ♪ cause my name's not shamed no more ♪ ♪ great got almighty gonna change me ♪ ♪ great god almighty he changed me ♪ ♪ you got to shake, shake, shake like you're changed, changed, changed ♪ ♪ brand-new looks so good on you so shake like you've been changed ♪ ♪ come on shake, shake, shake shake like you changed ♪ ♪ maybe he came to you

when everything seemed fine ♪ ♪ or maybe your world was upside down ♪ ♪ and hit you right between the eyes ♪ ♪ no matter what it happened ♪ ♪ at 7 or 95 ♪ move your feet because you are free ♪ ♪ and you've never been more alive ♪ ♪ you got to shake, shake, shake like you're changed, changed, changed ♪ ♪ brand-new looks so good on you ♪ ♪ so shake like you've been changed ♪ ♪ come on and shake, shake, shake like you're changed, changed, changed ♪ ♪ brand-new looks so good on you ♪ ♪ so shake like you've been changed ♪ ♪ come on, shake, shake shake like you're changed ♪ ♪ shake, shake shake like you're changed ♪ ♪ shake ♪ great god almighty gonna change me ♪ ♪ great god almighty he gonna change me ♪

♪ great god almighty he gonna change me ♪ ♪ great god almighty he gonna change me ♪ ♪ no matter what it happened at 7 or 95 ♪ ♪ move your feet because you are free ♪ ♪ and you've never been more alive ♪ ♪ you got to shake, shake, shake like you've changed, changed, changed ♪ ♪ brand-new looks so good on you so shake like you've been changed ♪ ♪ you got to shake, shake, shake like you've been changed, changed, changed ♪ ♪ brand-new looks so good on you so shake like you've been changed ♪ ♪ come on, shake, shake, shake like you're changed ♪ >> great god almighty. gonna change me ♪ ♪ great got almighty he gonna change me ♪ >> yeah!

>> that was awesome! >> thank you. >> that was really great. >> really great. >> coming up tomorrow, find out who made the cut for people's most beautiful. >> and how to stop the overwhelmed and handle stress better. >> maybe if you could get some sleep. >> maybe. >> congratulations, guys.

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and that breaking news is in san jose, where police are investigating the city's 12th homicide of the year. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. this morning, officers found a dead man at a warehouse park near the plant shopping center at curtner avenue and monterey road, injured in such a way that police are sure it was intentional. nbc bay area's kris sanchez live at the scene with the very latest. kris? >> reporter: hi, there, scott. we just talked with police and they said homicide investigators are on the scene and this appears to be the case of a man who was killed and suffered some sort of injury that is consistent with the fact that this was not an accident. the homicidenv