that's what's happening "today in the bay." back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >> you can join us at 11:00, as well. have a great day. último minuto, 3 estadounidense against russia are ready to go as the crisis in ukraine escalates. the father of that teen of the wheel well of that plane, speaks out for the first time. what he says about the bow's dangerous ride and his motivation. are you kidding me? two weeks after first suspected of cheating trkt yankees pitcher

michael pineda is thrown out of the game after being suspected of pine tar on his neck. he is awaiting punishment today, april 24th, 2014. >> and good morning, welcome to "today" on a thursday morning, i'm matt lauer. >> i'm natalie morales, savannah has the morning off. everybody is talking about this one. gear, talk about being caught red handed, the pitcher for the new york yankees, michael pineda, tarnished. >> 13 years ago against the red sox, he has this stuff on his hands, take a look at this shot, does he think no one can see that? >> no cameras? >> it's right there on the neck. >> he got ejected. we will have more on the fallout and the reaction in the orange room a little later on.

we start with a story, a deadly shooting involving americans in the afghan capital. nbc foreign koempbt richard engel is joining us. >> good morning. this is a terrible attack. the surprised many people. this hospital has been operating in kabul a long time. a doctor is working seven years ago an american was there. he was greeting guest, other american, three other americans. as soon as these guests arrived, they entered the hospital grounds, then a hospital guard who had been assign bid the police, he had been assigned there just three weeks ago, turns his guns on the americans. he kills the doctor, he kills two of the guests, a father and son and he injuries another of the guests, a him who. then this police officer turned the gun on himself. he fired, shot himself in the chin. he survived that shooting. then the shooter and the woman who was injured were both taken pence the same hospital, where

he carried out the attack and are both are said to be in stable condition. >> there has been an increase on security forces, westerners, americans, civilians over the last several months. often the taliban will claim responsibility. from what i'm seeing, no such claims at this moment. >> no such claims yet. there was hasn't attack that happened a few weeks ago at the election, an american journalist an photographer were shot. the photographer was killed. >> thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> a big story there. thank you, richard. meantime, it is day two of president obama's trip to asia. he is attending a dinner at the imperial palace overnight. it included tough talks on the crisis in ukraine. nbc's chief correspondent chuck todd is traveling with the president. chuck, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. it's been a day filled with pageantry and diplomacy here with president obama in japan. it's happening, they're rolling

out the red carpet for mr. obama, including that steak dinner, asia is in the crisis if you crane. during his first full day in japan the president was filled with tough talks. on behalf of japan in support of their territorial disputes. he took on russia, vladmir putin would not abide by the geneva agreement and further punishment of russia is necessary. >> we have been preparing for the prospects we will have to engage if further sanctions. those are keyed up. there is a matter of days. they're in the loop. >> reporter: here the president is relying on one of his most famous supporters, ambassador caroline kennedy. nbc news sat down with the first time diplomat and she surprised by many by accepting the job. why this? >> i think this is such an important country and such an important region and i couldn't think of a more interesting place to serve. >> reporter: how much did you know before coming here, how much do you know? >> i knew a lot before i came. i still know not a lot.

there is a lot to learn. it's a complicated language. i hope i can be integrated into the culture. >> reporter: she angered some japanese with an attack of dolphin hunting. >> reporter: do you have regrets on that tweets? >> no, absolutely not. it's policy. >> reporter: you feel comfortable speaking your mind? >> i hope i'm an effective ambassador. sometimes that's behind the scenes and sometimes that's speaking out. >> reporter: kennedy considered running for the u.s. senate in 2009, says politics is not in her future. >> reporter: would you ever consider running after this experience? >> well, first of all, i wouldn't consider running in japan, no, i doubt i would ever run in the united states. >> reporter: i also asked caroline kennedy, whether she was ready to support hillary clinton in 2016 for president, given she did not do that in 28 and instead mr. obama. while she was hesitant to get involved in the campaign, ambassador kennedy says she was looking forward to hillary

clinton running and thought she would make a great candidate. >> chuck todd in japan, thank you. we are learning why a high ranking navy captain from the blue angels flight team was released of duty last week, jim miklazewski is at the pentagon. what do you want to tell us about this? >> the blue angels are supposed to be the top gun, a navy investigation is looking into allegations that one of its former commanders encouraged a boys will be boys culture of sexually explicit and rude behavior, putting a black mark on the blue angels. captain gregory mcohrter is a top gun graduate of the navy, who commanded the blue angels for two years. he is now being investigated for allowing lewd speech, inappropriate comments and sexually explicit humor among the blue angels. there are allegations that pornographic pictures were shared at the office and on the

internet t. five appeared to move swiftly after a former member of the blue aven gels filed a complaint last month with a navy inspector general, claiming the elite fleet of pilots with a hotbed of 68thing harass. and discrimination t. case is the latest involving a u.s. military commander investigated for sexual harassment and comes at a time when critics have accused the mill ter of not doing enough to address sex crimes and harassment targeting women. while serious, the oelgs allegations do not include any chargess of a sexual assault. the captain, in the meantime, has been relieved of his duties if coronado, california, pending the investigation. the blue angels air show in the meantime will continue on schedule. natalie, matt. >> all right. thanks so much. meantime the father of the california teenager who stowed away in the we'll well of a flight in hawaii is speaking out for the first time.

nbc is in santa clara with the latest. joe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. some have called it a miracle the boy survived a five-hour flight in the wheel well of a jet. he has not returned home here. for the first time, we are hearing from his father, who is thmpgful his son survived. can you talk about your son? until now the family has said nothing about the 15-year-old boy who hitched a 2,000 plane ride to hawaii. in an interview with voice of america, the boy's father says he learned his son was in hawaii when officials there called him. >> they told me that they were holding his son there on this plane and explained what happened. >> reporter: the father says he was as surprised as anyone when he heard about his son's harrowing flight pence the wheel well. obviously, a cab driver

originally from somalia, described his son as a small person with academic troubles. since we came here, he had learning challenges in school. i think he had a lot of education problems bothering him. another possible factor in the sudden dangerous departure the boy missed his family in africa. he was always talking about going back to africa, where his grandparents still live. we want to go back, but due to the current living conditions, we can't go back. the even to was home sick. >> it seemed like he didn't want to be here. >> reporter: none could have guessed the extreme measures he'd take to get out. the father said officials told him once doctors finish examineing and treating his sons, he can return home. no word yet on when that might be. matt, natalie. >> all right, thank you. there are some new developments in that tragic disaster, the ferry disaster, we have been following that now.

>> good morning the sad news continues, south korean students returned to class at the school where so mim itself of the ferry disaster attended. meantime the grim recovery efforts at least 170 bodies have been pulled from the water. more than 100 people are still missing. nbc's bill neely is in south korea with the latest. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, cameron. day nine of the search, agony for the parents of the missing. some of them went to see the search for themselves today, taking a vote until they were wage over where their children are trapped. their pain and frustration was dleerd. more than 700 divers are now trying to flee their children. one body recovered was that of a young frightened boy who was the first to ring 911 minutes before the crew did. prosecutors believe the ship was simply unsafe, its steering and the considering, they raided the

office of the maritime safety agency today and for those 16 and 17-year-olds who didn't take the vacation, didn't take the ferry, it was back to school today, but so many empty classrooms and so many missing friends. it's very tough for them. cameron. >> it's still so hard to believe. thank you very much. five people have been charged in a massive identity theft ring that defrauded the u.s. treasury of more than $10 million. officials say the suspect filed at least 2400 fake tax returns seeking $21 million in fraudulent refunds. before the scam was discovered the irs had to pay out nearly $10 million of the refund the suspects allegedly spent some of the money and sent some to nigeria. a frightening moment in china, an 85-year-old man is run over by a cement truck t. man, yes, was attempting to cross, is that unbelievable? he was trying to cross several

lanes of traffic the truck plowed right over him, ket going. a high school student saw what happened and rushed over to help, several other passersby helped carry that man off the street. he suffered serious leg injuries. listen to this, though, police say the driver may not be charged because he simply didn't see the man. and fool you once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me, for the second time this is so crazy, in less than two weeks, new york yankee's pitcher michael pineda was caught using a sticky substance pine tar, it helps pitch es get a better grip on the ball and it is against the rules. he can see the pine tar, and he checked it out for himself, he ejected the pitcher in the game, earlier, you might recall pineda was seen with what was believed to be pine tar on his hand, only

that time he got away with it. it is 7:12, okay. the first time, i couldn't believe he got away with it. >> krispy kreme. >> it only happened in the game between the yankees and the reds. >> they'll be paying attention to that. >> oh my gosh, come into the orange room, by the way, good to see you, guy, come on in, people were talking about such a bonehead move. he didn't try to hide it. plain and clear on his neck. he mentioned this is the second time it happened. april 10th it happened on the hand there. people are bummed, it sends a bad message, to do this after basically getting caught is embarrassing and disgrateful. if you break the rules, you should suffer the consequences, i'm sure many other pitchers do the same thing, which is true, by the way, but they're smart enough to do eight little more subtly. >> pineda is sending such a bad message to our youth, let's not

cheat, let's just play ball. there you go, more tweets are coming in. hashtag orange room. back to you, guys. >> you think he learned a lesson? >> i thought maybe he cut himself shaveing. >> i got a closer look. oh, i see it now. >> mr. roker, what's happening? >> we were talking about that fire danger out west. guess what, it's also here in the northeast as well. it's been very dry. this is cumberland county, new jersey and 1500 acres of the state park are on fire. they don't have this thing under control. no residents are affected yet. but take a look at how wide the red flag warnings are. it's been very dry from baltimore up into new england, upstate new york. it's been dry. we are going to continue to see windy conditions, a red flag danger is there. overnight, a lot of hail and damaging winds throughout the mid-plains. it will continue today as this system makes its way to the east

in omaha, chicago, stluchls we got the risk against the more severe weather. we are looking at showers and thunderstorms stretching from minneapolis down into central louisiana, but look at this area right now of where we're going to be. we are seeing severe weather. it's going to really stretch from st. louis all the way down memphis, little rock, paducah, on into nashville. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up. eucerin calming creme. experience the difference that over 100 years of skin science makes. calm, healthy skin starts with eucerin. nbc bay area microclimate

forecast sponsored by yakult. >> good morning i'm meteorologist christina loren. temperatures are cool but running five to eight milder than this time yesterday. you'll likely notice that difference. when you walk out your front door, want to show you a live picture the sky is already clouding up here in san jose and storm system on the way and temperature hit the 70s and mostly cloudy by the end of the day and rain arrives tonight into tomorrow morning. th and that's your latest weather. >> thank you, a.m.. now to politics and the presidential race in 2016, jeb bush, the republican government of florida, has given his clearest indication yet he is considering a run. nbc's andrea mitchell has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie with 300 million americans, other than those names clinton or bush, now it could boil down to the latest representatives of those political families. in another indication that jeb

bush is testing the presidential waters, he told a private fundraising bunp wednesday, quote, i am thinking about running for president. jeb, the son of one president and younger brother of another then jokingly asked, would you call and tell my mom? that was a direct reference to what barbara bush told matt last year. >> there's other people out there that are very qualified. we've had enough bushes. >> can a candidate run with a hopeful optimistic message? in my case, can one do it joyfully? >> reporter: bush showed in in nevada for the primary, meeting with a las vegas billionaire and gop donor, although conservative, bush is often at odds with his party's base. he endorsed the obama's common core education curriculum and he is passionate about the human side of immigration reform. >> yes, they broke the law, but it's not a felony. it's kind of, it's an act of love. it's an act of commitment to your family.

>> reporter: battered and criticism at the tea party's recent freedom summit in new hampshire. >> i've heard money. i've heard this, i've heard sex. i've heard anything. the one thing i never heard of was love. >> reporter: so how serious is jeb bush considering a run? >> i think he is opened to the idea of running now. i think there are very high hurdments he has to clear in order to run. he says he wants to run joyfully, in today's primarys, that's tough to do. >> reporter: if bush enters the race, his opponent could be from that other political dynasty. >> women have to dare to compete. >> reporter: jeb bush says he will be making a decision sometime on hillary clinton on whether she is ready for another race to the white house. >> it's getting more and more interesting, we're not that close. andrea mitchell, thank you so much. how about this idea? it's coming out of florida. it will have parents talking nationwide, should schools have

a dress codes? we are talking about the moms and dads, npc's kerry sanders is in ft. lauderdale, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning the schools here in broward county is getting under way, some of the parents are dropping their kids off, once they get on campus, that i have a whole set of rules, including a dress code. but now some school officials in south florida as you noted are asking whether, perhaps the parents should also live by a new set of rules? the school board is thinking about dress codes. what do you think about dress codes? >> i love dress codes. >> reporter: what about dress codes for parents? dress codes for kids at school, sure, but for parents? >> did you tell the parents that? to pick their kids up? >> reporter: not so much. it started in broward county, florida, when a school board member got sick of schools parents looking sloppy. >> i want to heighten our

awareness and have us taken to a whole other level. >> reporter: some of the biggest offenses, parents in jeans, low cut top, short shorts, women in hair curlers, even parents wearing pajamas. >> i don't like to see the women's butt cheeks hanging out and the men's boxers hanging out of the shorts. >> reporter: all of this prompted for us to call for a dress code for parents. >> we got to make it a definite. what we do makes a major impact on our children. >> reporter: on youtube, the idea of a dress code for parents got some people hot under the collar. >> you have a blank blank, what about the respect for the parents? >> reporter: still, word spread to monita palm beach county, where school board members met with parents on wednesday. >> overwhelmingly, i have not had anybody say something to me that they were against this. >> reporter: the issue didn't wear well with the school board. >> i want to make sure every school has invited the parents. whatever they're wearing, that

is secondary in my mind. >> reporter: the board quashed the proposal. in the end, it may be the kids at school who recognize it's time for the parents to learn a lesson. >> they come to school in shorts. it's not okay. in a church setting, maybe. >> reporter: why would you wear that? your kids have to look presentable. you have to look presentable, too. >> reporter: here in broward county the full school board has to take up the issue. there is a problem if this becomes sort of a rule for parents. how do you enforce it? and if you enforce it and you find a violator, how do you put a parent in detention? >> exactly. good point. >> that is a good point, kerry. thank you very much. coming up, are they behind the times? the government's proposal to regulate popular ecigarettes for the first time. a royal devastated by a sudden and tragic death in the family. we will have the latest report

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put some pants on and time to go. i would rather be safe than sorry. >> pretty frightening for peo e people. 11 people getting help from red cross. the fire start would a match that wasn't properly extinguished after lighting a candle. christina loren has a look at our thursday morning. >> so close to the weekend now and going to be nice around here. good morning to you. temperatures right now relatively mild especially when you consider at this time yesterday we're mostly in the 40s and plenty of 50s and 56 degrees to start the day in san francisco and headed towards the 70s for most of the cities across the bay area, except for right at the immediate coast and up in the north bay. that's where we're expecting our showers to develop first as of tonight. then as we head through tomorrow morning all that shower activity moves into the south bay for your morning drive. you do want to keep that in mind. all this heads out of here by friday night and then take a look at where your temperatures are headed. closer to 90 degrees by

wednesday. so, little something for everybody, mike, in the weather department. >> that's good news. soup to nuts, officially. looking over here towards the bay bridge. some folks say, oh, nuts when they look at this. nice, easy drive on the approach and east shore freeway off the berkeley curve, that's the slower drive. we look at the map and see a smooth drive through the area into the area and south 101 does jam up and the chp report mountain of dirt right there blocking and that's the distraction as you come past 2 and continue to build. back to you. >> thanks a lot. thanks for joining us, as well. see you in half an hour.

7:30 now on a thursday morning, april 24th, 2014. that's what we want to see. beautiful sunrise in ft. myers, florida. hope it's nice for your waking up as well. we're back here in new york taking a look at some of the headlines. these three americans were killed overnight at a hospital in kabul, afghanistan. a guard who was on duty suddenly pulled out a gun and started shooting. two other people were wounded in the same attack. president obama spoke out about the crisis in ukraine overnight during a news conference in tokyo. he accused russia of failing to follow an agreement aimed to ease tension and said new

sanctions are teed up. they're hoping to convince them to avoid an all out strike of the climbing season in the wake of last week's avalanche. coming up do herbal remedies actually improve your health? one of the nation's top hospitals is now turning to them to treat patients. should we be using them as well? i love this. dr. oz will answer that. >> more and more in the west are embracing practices from the east. >> dr. oz is the expert. he'll tell us. is there a gender gap when it comes to paying your kids an allowance? we want you to join the conversation on our facebook page and we'll talk about it just ahead on "trending." we begin this half hour with a tragic story, a death that has devastated the royal family. prince charles' brother-in-law died in a freak accident here in new york. we'll go to buckingham palace for more on that. good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt, good

morning. prince charles and camilla are in scotland right now. they issued a statement saying she is devastated. her brother was one of those who could move effortlessly among british and american royalty. he was friends with the kennedys and for example the queen's granddaughter was at that very party in that new york prior to his unexpected death. he was camilla's fun loving younger brother. while you may not have heard on him on new york and london's party scene he was renowned. a dashing young man in the 1970s romantically linked to caroline kennedy, friends with the super models of that era. but it was in india he found his life's passion, elephants, campaigning through the rest of his life to protect them. he hosted an auction at sotheby's tuesday raising nearly $2 million for his elephant charity. while celebrating at new york's fashionable rose bar he went out for a cigarette at 3:00 a.m., slipped, and sustained a fatal head injury. he died at manhattan's bellevue

hospital. william and kate in us an trail said they were saddened by the news. he was fiercely protective of his sister camilla and never spoke of her relationship with prince charles. >> he was deeply loyal to her. she always went to him with her problems. i think what really helped was that prince charles also valued his opinions. >> reporter: in a statement they said the duchess and prince of wales and all her family members are utterly devastated by the sudden and tragic loss. he was a tireless campaigner and conservationist. this morning the photographer bruce weber described him as an amazing guy. he was like the premier rebel bad boy of england, he said, who just happened to love elephants and beautiful women. and everyone in turn loved him. he was something of a playboy and a gossip but he never gossiped about his sister even during those very, very difficult years, those diana years where camilla was effectively the other woman he

never said anything about it. i bet he's taken some stories with him, matt. >> absolutely. he raised $2 million in that charity auction of those eggs. some of the eggs we have right on our plaza here that have been decorated by various artists. again, our condolences on a sudden death. >> absolutely. let's check the weather once again with al. >> today's weather is brought to you by taco bell breakfast. wake up live mas. we're starting in the pacific northwest where they are seeing a lot of rain over 8 inches of rain above normal and more over the next day or so. we're going to be looking at anywhere for the next 72 hours, anywhere from 1 to 4 inches of rain and mountain snows as well. winter will not let go. this same system, though, will be moving east. on saturday, it's severe weather from omaha all the way to san angelo, talking storms, tornadoes possible out of it.

and that risk continues sunday from austin all the way up to omaha and as far east as little rock. again, the threat of tornadoes, damaging winds, hail, and torrential 7:35 on a thursday morning. quiet conditions for us today. good morning to you. we're headed towards the 70s for most of your inland valley spots and along the peninsula. you'll hit about 62 degrees and cool and overcast for today in san francisco. there is a weather system tracking closer to the bay area as we see. 71 degrees in the north bay today and 65 in the east bay and right around 72 in the tri-valley. for today turning cloudy by tomorrow on and off showers and getting into the weekend and warming a touch on sundaynd the warm up kicks in for next week and 90s on the way. michael phelps, most decorated olympian of all time, makes his return to the pool today. the 22-time medal winner will compete in mesa, arizona, his first competitive race since the 2012 london olympics.

janet shamlian is there. good morning. >> reporter: he is calling himself the grandfather of today's games and downplaying expectations of how well he'll do. that is a tough sell for michael phelps. after all, this is a guy who has 18 gold medals. it's been almost two years since he famously hung up his goggles after london, but as of today, phelps is officially back. testing the waters. retired swimmer michael phelps, the most decorated olympian ever, 22 medals is as of today now unretired i just miss being back in the water. >> reporter: phelps said he was finished two years ago after a spectacular finish in london. >> michael phelps is going to win gold! >> reporter: but like basketball's michael jordan and football's brett favre, swimming superstar has decided to lay it on the line and go for the hollywood style ending, a return to greatness. >> michael has never been, is not now, never was, never will be afraid to fail. he's like, let's bring it on

now. >> reporter: the first stop is here in arizona, where phelps, who warmed up wednesday, will race in a few hours, after what he describes as an almost two-year vacation. >> i traveled. i played golf. i gained 30 pounds. >> reporter: his long-time rival will once again race against phelps. >> there is no doubt in my mind he'll put fast times up there. we'll see how it goes. >> reporter: is this a run for real? >> i guess i'm at least going with my mom whether i'm in the pool or in the stands. i guess time will tell. >> reporter: nothing would make his number one fan happier. mom debby phelps always in the olympic audience said in 2012 she is not ready for her son to say good-bye. >> it becomes part of your culture and part of your family. >> no one has won more! >> reporter: as the superstar looks to join the ranks of the comeback kids. his race today is the 100-meter

butterfly. he is the three-time defending olympic champion in that event so what would it be like to be one of the young upstarts today in the next lane? knowing you've got phelps racing against you. >> might be taking some self-ies in the pool. janet, congratulations to michael phelps, grandpa, back in the pool. >> we wish him luck. glad to see him back in the sport. up next, cracking down. the first regulations for widely popular and wildly popular e-cigarettes are being proposed this morning. and meet the duo who just set a world record in spectacular fashion. their daring leap off the world's tallest building. first, these messages. ♪ i've been eating egg mcmuffins ♪ ♪ since 1984 ♪ but when i saw taco bell made a waffle taco ♪ ♪ i figured i would get with the times ♪ ♪ so i got a haircut ♪ and i got some tighter pants

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we're back with e-cigarettes which are booming in popularity. the fda says it is taking the first steps toward regulating. tom costello is in washington with the details. hi, tom. >> reporter: hi, matt. good morning. a lot of people think e-cigarettes provide a much healthier alternative for people trying to quit smoking tobacco, but the fda says it simply doesn't know enough about these cigarettes to know if that's true. now it's proposing the first regulations for e cigarettes. it's the latest fad for anyone looking to get a nicotine fix. those are battery powered water vapors not tobacco smoke kband with a massive celebrity marketing blitz. >> i love being single but here is what i don't love, a kiss that tastes like an ashtray. >> reporter: e-cigarette sales have caught fire. $2 billion last year and growing, all of it without government oversight. but now the fda's proposed regulations would put e-cigarettes in the same class as tobacco, prohibiting sales to

anyone under 18, requiring clear health warning labels and no vending machine sales. >> at the present time the fda does not have the authority to regulate e-cigarettes, and some characterized it frequently as the wild, wild west. certainly, we feel that at the present time it is, let the buyer beware. >> reporter: health experts are especially concerned that 2 million middle and high school kids have already tried e-cigarettes, including joshua short, who switched from smoking tobacco. >> it's a nice feeling compared to a cigarette, because a cigarette when you're smoking it you feel dirty. >> reporter: e-cigarette makers insist they don't market to young people and claim this is an attractive option to smokers looking to quit. >> smokers historically have looked for alternatives, whether it is smokeless tobacco, cigars, or patches or gum and electronic cigarettes, you know, really satisfied many of the four points of addiction. >> reporter: the question for the fda, what health risks, if any, e-cigarettes actually pose. it could take months, maybe even

a year for these initial rules to take effect. importantly, they do not ban flavored e-cigarettes, which many believe only are meant to attract young people. they do not ban online sales or tv commercials, but the fda again says it still has a lot to learn about e-cigarettes. back to you. >> tom costello, thank you very much. dr. nancy snyderman is nbc's chief medical editor. good morning you to. >> matt. >> just proposals. they're not implementing them now but clearly they want e-cigarettes in the same category or class as tobacco products. do you think it is the right course of action? >> it's ironic the fda protects this overseas, something where we know used as directed cigarettes clearly kill us. the problem is the e-cigarette is really is the wild west as was said. over 250 manufacturers. when you buy one, you can't know if it has a -- the real question is the vapor. there are chemicals that help

make the vapor. the safety issue of those ingredients -- >> are you looking at e-cigarettes as something that can help you kick the habit of a real cigarette addiction or are you looking at them as more of a gateway product that might actually introduce young people to tobacco products? >> i have heard from so many people since we did this last segment saying, look. if it hadn't been. >> so have i. >> we've been inundated. a lot of people said i got off cigarettes since i had this. how is it different from the gum, my patch, everything else? those products are regulated. i think there is a valid question about getting off cigarettes with the carcinogens. nicotine is addicting. you can argue so is caffeine. it's the carcinogens in tobacco that kill you, and that's why cigarettes are such a problem. >> real quickly, by their own admission the fda says we don't know a lot about this product. >> they've never studied it.

>> are you surprised at cities and states already banning them from their smoke free zones? >> i think they are banning them because of the vapor issues because they think it is an irritant to people around them. long-term question is, have you seen an adult smoking a strawberry cigarette? i think not. when the e-cigarette manufacturers say we're not going after kids, seriously? then ban the flavors. i think the fda did make a big mistake if they are really serious about this not going after the internet war lot of kids are getting them. but this is a -- the battle lines are drawn, let me tell you. >> no question about it. >> this is a big fight. >> we'll see you soon. thank you very much. coming up on "trending" what is your choice of coffee saying about the person you are? we'll find out as we reveal our favorites. next, a throw back thursday prom edition in the orange room. this will not be good. right after this. ♪

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not very funny. >> dylan's prom was 1999. >> last year. >> beautiful. >> i guess you were discussing a story here in new york where a student got kicked out of their prom for wearing jeans and a discussion of proms came up which ultimately led to this. just wait for it. this incredibly beautiful photo. there is tamron. >> wow. >> with her prom date. where is this dude today, tamron? >> he was my best friend. i was dateless and he was dateless so we went obviously dressed as scarlett o'hara. we won best dressed because the teachers voted not the kids. >> that is a great photo and will be shown often for no reason. natalie? best friend as well. and we went to prom together. yeah. i had the curly hair look. >> looked good. let's keep going. matt? >> oh, whoa. back up again.

>> wow. >> that bow tie was actually a propeller i could fly to the prom with. >> look at the hair. >> disappears in the background. >> bad lighting. keep going. >> all right. well, al and i both didn't go to prom. >> oh. >> i went to prom with "60 minutes" that night. we talked about throw back thursday and prom. people started sending prom photos. look at the tin man's hand where it disappears here. this is good. throw back thursday. send your prom photos if you'd like to. >> always watch out for the tin man. >> i can't move my hand. coming up on "trending" how long is too long to keep your underwear? oh. >> wait until you hear how

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good morning, everyone. 7:56. i'm scott mcgrew. a man claiming to be the biological father of audrie pott is suing the girl's legal parents. michael claims the girl's legal parents sheila and lawrence poft wrongfully claim to be the sole heirs in the lawsuit they filed after audrie's suicide. apparently he wants a cut of it. she committed suicide in 2012 after she was sexually assaulted by three classmates. an 84-year-old man is facing attempted murder charges this morning. police arrested 84-year-old raymond at his home last night after he allegedly fired a gun shot inside a daly city medical center. you'll remember this entire building was evacuated. officers found bullet fragments in the hallways.

they're not saying what eventually led them to the suspect's house. let's check the weather with christina. good morning. >> good morning, scott, and to you at home. mostly clear over the peninsula and plenty of low clouds rolling onshore at the immediate coast. picture in san francisco camera holding steady, but that overcast sky starting to take shape. as we head throughout the day today, clouds will increase for the whole bay area, and hold off on the showers until tonight up in the north bay. 72 degrees in the east bay and 71 for the south bay for today. getting into this afternoon, mostly cloudy and rain on the way and clearing tomorrow evening and then a big-time warm up on the way next week. you'll notice that on your seven-day forecast. let's check your drive, here's mike. >> over here slow down southbound 101 as you come through san rafael at the top of your screen, just approaching the bridge there. i cut off the san part. over in the city southbound 101, cut off for a couple of lanes and that dirt spill still

getting cult ot off. here in the east, slower drive and there's your south bay. back to you. >> mike, thanks. another local news update for you in half an hour.

it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, herbal medicine goes mainstream. plus, who are the most influential people in the world? we'll unveil time magazine's list. some might just surprise you. and she's a model, a mom and oh, a hit musician. the former first lady of france, carla brunei sits down to talk life, love and music.

♪ thursday, april 24th, 2014. >> all the way from alabama, good morning. >> hey, florida! >> hi to everyone back on the farm in maine. ♪ >> today is my last birthday in my 20s. happy birthday to me! >> it's my 14th birthday! >> hi to my son in afghanistan. hi! >> we're back now at 8:00 on a thursday morning, 24th day of april, 2014 and is spring break still going on because we have a massive crowd here on a thursday morning. >> do you hear my good song? >> bryan adams, summer of '69. >> that brings back memories. >> absolutely. >> were you born in 1969?

not even close. you were? wow. okay. carson? >> no. >> not yet. >> matt, what about you? >> oh, yeah. 12. all right, great. >> also want to remind you, next week, we have more of our ongoing love your selfie series as with we talk about body image and what we see in the mirror. >> and older version of me and maybe a younger version of my dad. >> the guy from mtv. >> there are days where i think my ears are too pointy and el fy. >> man boobs. more dwayne johnson like. >> that's the most painful thing i've ever done. to talk about yourself and your vulnerabilities and how you feel. >> you're going to love next week. you get a whole week of it. let's head inside. tamron's got a check of the morning's top stories.

>> good morning, everyone. three americans are dead this morning after an ambush inside a hospital in afghanistan. officials say an afghan security guard assigned just three weeks ago, opened fire on the americans. his victims included a doctor and father and son who were visiting the hospital. the gunman was arrested. attacks on civilians in afghanistan escalated this year as forces prepared to leave that country. this morning, president obama has said he has teed up new sanctions against russia. the president spoke in japan, where he rals reaffirmed the u.s. commitment in the country in its dispute in china over a group of small islands. a possible new lead in the search for flight 370 has fizzled out. officials in australia confirmed today that a metal object that washed ashore on a beach was not from the doomed plane. the so-called object of interest had been found about 1,000 miles

from the suspecteded crash site. the father of a stou away teen is commenting for the first time about his son's journey from california to hawaii in the wheel well of a jet liner. the father sa santa clara taxi driver from smaomalia. he said his son may have been trying to fly back to africa because he missed his family. a florida boy nicknamed mr. awesome has become the focus of a global campaign to share his smile and spirit. for his family, it's as a way of easing the pain. five months ago, this was a newly drawn self-portrait. now, it's a rallying sim wol boll for his legacy. that of promising life taken too soon. >> we believed he was going to change the world. >> he died just seven days after his 7th birthday.

a victim of a freak pool accident. investigators are looking into the possibility of a malfunctioning pool light. thanks to social media, his story is now gathering the attention he didn't get to do himself. >> these people we don't even know have decided to share his love so to me and my wife, he is chan changing the world. >> to honor him, his family made this video comprised of poignant every day moments from his brief life. and his drawing is popping up in tributes online and even on the side of miami's american airline's arena and for one night, home to the boy the world is getting to know too late. one his father nicknamed mr. awesome. >> he had that power. >> powerful story. two veteran daredevils say it was a dream come true this week

when they base jumped off the world's tallest building in dubai. others have already made the leap, so, they had a temporary platform at the top adding enough height to set the record, 2,017 feet. it is 8:06. another check of the weather with dylan. >> thanks, tamron. add that to the list of things i will never do. we are looking at pretty decent weather today, down in maryland, our pick city of the day. today looks nice. about 62, then late day showers on friday, then saturday, the sun returns. it is starting to warm up around there. a little cool in new england today. hot in southern texas. highs in the 90s and through the middle of the country, the 8:06 on a thursday morning.

you're so close to the weekend now. and we're going to see a pretty nice weekend. we're going to have good air quality, courtesy of some showers on the way. holding off on those showers until we hit tonight, and mostly impacting the north bay. 54 in the south bay. meanwhile, with the 70s today in the east bay. tri-valley looking nice and comfortable there. as we get into this weekend, temperatures will stay nice and cool. mostly cloudy for today, rain for tomorrow, and next week, the warm-up is on. 90s by wednesday. that's your latest forecast. >> thanks. how question? is there a gender gap? we'll talk about this in trending. when it comes to giving your children allowance do you pay your boys more than your girls? plus, herbal remedies going main stream? dr. oz with some of the nation's top hospitals and why they're now turning to them and working them into the health regimen? does she miss her role as first lady? carla bruni opens up about her old title, her new music, and

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what is your name? you have such a good -- good looking this young man is. what's your name? >> tyler. >> michael. >> alice. >> are you going to show us how to swipe on the big thing there, alice? just like dylan. i'm going to start a little day care in here, guys. what's your name? >> kate. >> lauren. >> what are you looking at? >> a game. all right, guys, good to have you guys here and if you have your daughters or sons at work today, hello to them and back you. >> they're going to be upset they didn't come to work. not good. >> we know about a pay gap that exists for adult men and women in the work world, but there's surprising new numbers this morning revealing that gap actually begins during childhood with the allowances we pay our kids. in a new survey, 70% of boys say they get an allowance. that's compared to just 60% of

girls. >> what? >> okay, it's true. even though another study finds that girls do more chores. so, basically, girls are doing more for less. this sounds kind of familiar, right? we asked you, do you think a gender gap exists when it comes to kids allowances? 87% say no. 13% saying yes. we have a whole discussion about allowances this morning. >> we pay our kids the same amount, but my daughter does more for her allowance in terms of chores than my son does. >> wow. >> really. >> my dad said do you have a roof over your head? yes, that's your allowance. >> put a price tag per chore. like a scale. if one wants to do more, they can earn more. but it's still, 5 bucks per thick thing. >> are you going to change the

pay scale so your daughter gets more? >> i'm going to tell the kids that the carson scale is now in effect. >> yes, you owe me. >> extra. >> we have it every day. sometimes, multiple times a day. so, what does our coffee preferences say about us? dylan? >> just little cream, a little sugar. >> grande skim latte. >> black coffee. >> i'm the same. throw a little cream in that. >> a blog called i love coffee did a survey. latte drinkers tend to be neurotic and indecisive. that is not you though. >> why? because we like a little cream, a little foam? >> i think you like a lot of little things. >> not only does madagascar cinnamon on top. >> sometimes. >> all right. >> survey found that folks who like their coffee black are

straightforward, quiet and simple. meanwhile, frapacinno drinkers are trend setters and also make unhealthy choices. >> there's no easy way to make this transition, so let's just jump in. so, guy, how often do you buy new underwear? apparently, may not be often enough. in a british survey, men said they keep their underwear for an average of seven years. >> yuck. >> that's absurd. >> 22% admitted to wearing the same pair several days in a row. >> anyone? >> that's just foul. >> anyone? >> it's happened. it's not a habit, but it's happened. how often do you buy underwear? >> it's just getting good. >> exactly. >> really soft. >> confess to actually wearing his so long, they were full of

holes. >> financially, as a necessity, but no. >> i don't think that's what he said. >> good to know. thanks. >> now that we've aired our dirty laundry, we're back with dr. oz in just 30 seconds. for years you've hea rd for years, you've heard about the benefits of alternative health treatments. now, one of the top medicine tall institutions in this

country is turninging to them. we're going to talk to dr. oz about that in a moment, but first, more on the cleveland clinic's >> a yoga class is not something you'd expect at one of the top hospitals in the country. but at the cleveland clinic eastern and western medicine are practiced alongside each other at the center for integrated medicine. the latest edition? that's right. herbal medicine. >> there are more ways of healing than just our conventional medicine. >> herbal treatments have been used in china and other eastern countries for centuries, with much success. and now western doctors are embracing more of those practices here. >> it doesn't have to be an either/or. we're seeing i think the best results often when we can combine both philosophies. >> reporter: the cleveland clinic is among the first hospital to dispense herbal remedies alongside traditional medicine, but it may not be the last. nearly 40% of americans now use health care approaches developed

outside of main stream medicine. while there is little scientific research on using herbs as medicine in the u.s. doctors here at the cleveland clinic believe chinese herbs can be very effective when properly monitored and administered. >> i think there is a misconception it is something natural, it's safe. that is not always the case. they really need to be under the guidance of, you know, an integrated physician who has experience and training in this field. >> here to walk us through some of the most popular herbal remedies, dr. oz. good to see you. >> good morning. >> 5,000 years people have been using herbal remedies in eastern cultures. are you surprised it's taken so long to make main stream medicine here? >> part of the challenge is in america we want quick fixes now. a lot of these therapies grew up over time and are more subtle. your mood is not perfect. you need more alert. you don't just feel as fast as you used to be. those aren't the kinds of things we have easy fixes for.

this is a globalization of medicine. >> we'll look at some of the herbal remedies. rules for use? if you're using prescription drugs do you have to check with a doctor first? >> one of the biggest complications is they do affect pharmaceuticals. these things are powerful. you need to talk to someone knowledgeable in this area. not all doctors are. >> cinnamon. i say good on apple sauce. you say every diabetic should be using this. >> diabetics and prediabetics. one in three people can hear our voice right now are in that category. cinnamon helps the liver deal with insulin better. it is very natural and straight forward. it was in the bible. this stuff is effective. >> mint. >> wonderful for bellies. moms know that. it helps gastric secretions, helps intestines relax a bit. you can take it in a tea form. it is easy to do every day. another major benefit of herbs you don't have to take a pill. >> do you need massive quantities to have a real effect? >> not with mint. however, talking about rosemary and sage which are both valuable for the brain, you do need higher doses than normally in an

herb. you want to concentrate it and get the oil. the clinical trials were done that way. >> when you say good for the brain it sounds a little bit like gobbledygook. how can they help the brain? >> sage, interestingly, take oils of sage. give it to folks and test their word memory. dramatic improvement in their memory. rosemary is one of the best ways at improving alertness. in the trial in oil form, aromatherapy, rubbed it on the arms for three minutes and kids did a lot better at math. >> what about parsley? >> great for the eyes. it helps protect the eyes from uv. here you don't need the high doses. also a good diuretic. a little parsley will help you get rid of extra fluid that swells you up. >> last? >> this is nature's valium. it is called valerium. it is very popular. it is very helpful to relax people, one of the most popular

herbal therapies out there. >> why aren't more people using these things? >> i adore them. quality control wasn't there and i did an incredible sting which we'll see early next week on the show where i went out to meet a person making these products that aren't really real making tens of millions of dollars. they are driving on your dollar. the cleveland clinic and other major institutions are incorporating this and it's making it safer. this is the world's medicine, it's been there forever. we should take advantage. >> good to have you here. let's take a turn now to a fascinating woman. carla bruni the former first lady of france. these days she is focusing on her music, writing, singing, and touring. we sat down at new york's town hall where bruni is performing tonight. we had a very revealing conversation. ♪

>> reporter: what inspires you to write these days? what are most of your songs about? >> my songs are about life. they're like little postcards of life. you know, so desire, love, loneliness, but also maybe joy and fun. ♪ >> reporter: what's it like to be on the road for you? now we're in your venue. >> oh, yes. well, to be on the road is fantastic. >> reporter: carla bruni knows a thing or two about life on the road and in the spotlight. >> i like to change places, discover ew places. >> reporter: change and discovery, ongoing themes for the former super model. she traded catwalks and covers for an entirely different type of world stage in 2008 when she married then french president sarkozy. do you miss that time?

>> not at all. >> reporter: in the past two years since her husband left the presidency, bruni has poured her heart into her music. you said to me one time your music is very simple. >> yes. >> reporter: do you still feel that way? >> yes. my lyrics are not so simple but my music is definitely simple. >> reporter: her style, a blend of folk and pop -- sultry, romantic, poignant. every time i've ever spoken to a musician, plays guitar, piano or something they have something they play as soon as they sit down with the instrument. something that their fingers do naturally. >> yes. >> reporter: get the guitar and show me your natural piece of music. what is the first thing you always do? >> oh, my. i would go -- ♪ ♪ sometimes it's hard to be a woman ♪ you know why? because it is very nice to warm the voice. ♪ giving all your love to just one man ♪ >> you like the one man ♪

>> you like the classics. you love the ballads. >> like you can hear the counter. >> reporter: let me change genres on you. classic rock. >> classic rock? >> reporter: go ahead. >> oh, my. ♪ >> reporter: not bad. go right for the stones. i like it. it's okay. a lot of stones music on your ipad? >> well, complete stones, complete beatles, complete dylan. complete clash. >> reporter: you're of that generation. >> my generation. >> we see eye to eye on music. little french songs, her fourth album, was released last year. and bruni is now touring the u.s. for the first time. accompanied by her guitarist, she gave us a preview of her show. ♪

>> reporter: her music and lyrics, thoughtful and elegant, much like bruni herself. embracing beauty beyond her career as super model. you're in your mid 40s let's just say. >> yes. >> reporter: you have always been described in articles that i've read about you as one of the most beautiful women in the world. >> oh. >> reporter: how do you feel about beauty as it pertains to age? >> well, of course age is not easy to cope with but it is not only related to beauty but to everything. energy. i also believe that a woman and a man, they don't really lose their charm. i think charm is much more important than beauty, because it is related to charm, experience, and intelligence. i hope, you know, that i can keep some charm.

♪ >> wow. >> she is charming. a very good morning to you. 8:26 now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's take a live look right now at oracle arena, soon to become roar-acle arena tonight. the series is with the clippers, tied at one game a piece. tip-off is at 7:30. also 7:30 tonight, the sharks with a chance to sweep the kings in los angeles to advance to the second round of the stanley cup playoffs. let's check that morning commute now with mike. >> all right. good morning, laura. we're seeing a traffic slowdown, southbound 880, coming into the south bay through fremont. typical pattern for most of your bay. but a big issue getting out of

san francisco. the maps will show you, overall, no big surprises, except for right here, this section of southbound 101 getting out of san francisco, because of that dirt spill, still blocking your two right lanes at bayshore boulevard from southbound 101. look at these travel speeds as you're coming out of the area. your travel times are the same coming across oakland from sfo. that's a tough drive. use 280 if you can or avoid the area if you don't have to drive through that section for southbound 101. we continue to follow that cleanup. we have a busted sweeper truck down, laura. back to you. >> thank you very much. we'll be back with another local news update in half an hour. have a great thursday morning.

' back on a thursday morning. 24th day of april, 2014. a sunny morning here in new york. you know what? it doesn't feel like spring. it's cold out here. >> really? >> carson and i going jacketless. >> that was your call. >> we all do what you do. great. >> it's warmer than the 8:00 open. a good sign. >> we're inching closer to

sunshine here. >> great crowd here. we got a lot of great kids. big brother, big sisters program. coming up jenna bush hagar shares a very special story tied to that great organization adorable. plus, one of the stars of the new spiderman blockbuster is in the house. b.j. novak. you recognize him of course. join the crowd this morning. "time" magazine is unveiling their list of the 100 most influential people. we have your first look at their picks. gracing one of the covers is beyonce. she was actually profiled by facebook's cheryl sandberg. >> other names making a very diverse list, vladimir putin, serena williams, sharrell williams, and seth myers. we'll be there at the gala to talk with them. >> now dylan has a check of the weather. >> i'm going right into the sun. >> so much better over here with the march of dimes.

can you tell me what you're here for? >> i'm briana. this is my son john and my husband. we're here with march for dimes and marching this weekend. please join us. march for babies.org. >> fantastic. thank you for being here. you certainly picked the right spot to stand in too. we are going to see a pretty decent day today with the sunshine helping us get into the 60s. we are watching some rain for tomorrow as we get closer to the weekend. the middle of the country is looking like it'll dry out. but we have to keep an eye out for some possibly strong storms especially once we go into saturday and sunday. we are looking at a slight risk of severe storms right through the plains states down into texas. biggest threat will be for some hail, damaging wind gusts, and isolated tornadoes. there is a better risk of a tornado outbreak possible on sunday. you can see 8:32. happy thursday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. temperatures today are going to

be comfortable, but that sky is already clouding up. and we're expecting mostly cloudy conditions. by about lunchtime, all across the board, 70 degrees today along the peninsula. a beautiful day shaping up for the south bay. we'll hit the low 70s here, tri-valley is at 72 degrees. 65 in the east bay. and a comfortable day, a little on the cool side, in san francisco right around 62 degrees. rain moving in as of tonight. tomorrow at this time, we're tracking showers on the radar. that is your latest forecast. now we'll head down to willard scott where it always seems warm. >> we love sunshine in south florida. you can't beat it. vivian berkeley bless your heart 100 years old today. vivian is from shaker heights, ohio, and she has taught sunday school for over 30 years. bless your heart. hey, here's anthony luglio. anthony is 100 years old today. west palm beach, florida, just across the state from where we are, happy birthday. the man is a very accomplished artist. he draws. he paints.

he does sculptor. here is thelma robbins. she is from gloucester point, virginia. i know that town. 100 years old today. and she just got her driver's license when she was 50. here we have vincent dransfield from west caldwell, new jersey. 100 years old today. his secret to longevity, every night before bed time a glass of ovaltine. little orphan annie would like that. you all remember? annamarie mancuso from st. george, utah, 110 years old today, celebrated her birthday in vegas, baby. don and dorothy burgess from elm, washington state. 75 years they've been married. they love the sun and they love warm weather. my advice, move to arizona. from sunny florida, all we have to say is -- that's all, folks.

now back to new york. >> all right, willard. thank you very much. now to our special series, one day, one deed. in honor of national volunteer month. today our contributing correspondent jenna bush hagar is hereway compelling story about one volunteer. good morning. >> good morning. that's right, matt. when he walked into her life 20 years ago at big brothers big sisters here in new york he had no effect he would have changing the course of one life forever. >> i grew up actually not having a clue who my father was. i was still trying to find my place in life so my mom decided to sign me up with big brothers and big sisters. that's when i was fortunate enough to meet jeff. >> reporter: he was 12 when he met jeff, the big brother little brother teaming was a good match. they've been close for nearly 20 years, but the relationship evolved slowly. >> a lot of trust i think he needed to see. >> reporter: it took some time just to really form a

relationship. >> yes. that is a very common thing for kids who, you know, get an adult plopped down in front of them and say hi. here is your mentor. >> i've always seen the bigger picture. i'm here. i need you to show me a way to get out of this situation. i need to find a way. i'm willing to do whatever it takes. the first couple of years, we were probably following the normal script of the program. as i started to turn a teenager, he kind of stepped up and took a huge role, because i did have some troubles in high school. then also he sat down and had guy talks with me. >> reporter: once your relationship evolved he talked to you about his dreams. >> one of the things we worked on and talked about was him dreaming big. >> he set me on a path, found out i really love cooking, and actually helped me find the school that i went to. >> does it make you so proud? >> i am very proud. i am prouder of him. >> i do definitely think if i didn't meet jeff things might have been very bad for my.

>> reporter: he said he could have gone down one of two paths. he could have gone down a much darker path. >> i definitely wonder whether i was going to get a call one day saying he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> i very well could have ended up in prison, on the streets. more than anything, him giving me an opportunity to escape that might be the biggest gift of all. >> i never in a million years thought that 20 years later he would have graduated from high school, graduated from college, gotten married, had a baby, a wonderful career. >> he is more than just a brother. he is a father to me. >> reporter: valerie stark is the social worker who 18 years ago selected jeff to be lindell's big brother. valerie made this all happen. >> it's all valerie. >> well thank you. >> reporter: you played this role of something that maybe you didn't know you were going to play. you know, maybe you just wanted to volunteer but instead you filled this void.

>> maybe there were times when i was less of a big brother and more of a figure in his life that really became like a more driving force. i never quite thought of myself as a father. >> reporter: you thought you were younger than that. >> i felt younger than that. all we want to do is open up the world for him. i think if the world, if the blinders could come off of him, he could see, he could find his way. >> reporter: and lindell couldn't be more grateful. >> the young kid from the bronx 20 years ago is this young man at 31, you know, having a good life, and it's directly because of him. i would just look him in the face, you know, give him a hug, and tell him that i love him. >> lindell and jeff are with us now. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> i had so much fun watching your face watching that story. this guy meant an awful lot in your life didn't he? >> yeah he did. he actually changed my life.

you know, i owe a great deal to him. >> it's wonderful that you guys have stayed in such close contact as well. >> yes. >> he was at your wedding? >> yes, he was. >> and helped you tie your tie? >> yes. actually had no clue how to tie a tie. we figured it out when we were together. he was standing on a chair -- i was standing on a chair behind him leaning over to tie the tie. you don't know how to do it for a second person. >> full disclosure, i was a big brother and i love this program. i think everybody thinks this means a lot to the little brother. talk about what it meant in your life. >> when i first joined the agency after i moved to new york, big brothers big sisters had a model that worked for me and my flexibility in terms of work and what i was able to give. so i was just doing a good volunteer thing. i never in a million years thought i would have this life long relationship. it took us six months to kind of get in the groove. so there was no way i was going to walk away after we just

started making it happen. >> think about the magic. the woman in the piece, valerie, the social worker who picked you two and said you would be a good match. >> yes, right. >> it is extraordinary. you've seen her. have you ever had a chance to thank her? no, we actually were talking about it. i haven't seen her in about 20 years my gosh. >> it actually made me very emotional because she was a lady who worked one-on-one with my mom. >> oh, yeah? well, valerie, will you come in here, please? because maybe lindell there is something you'd like to tell her yourself. >> oh, my. >> thank you. good to see you. >> so good to see you. >> sit down, valerie. sit down. >> you haven't seen her in 20 years. >> wow. >> how are you? >> good, good. >> i can't believe you're here. >> oh, i am. jeff got me here. >> i know he did. i was so excited to finally see you after all these years.

how are you? >> good. are you? >> i'm great. >> valerie wharks does it mean to see him doing so well? >> it is -- i'm going to start being emotional. you know, jeff has kept me updated all of these years on all of the wonderful events that happened in your life between your career and now you're a husband, a father, and i just need to tell you how incredibly proud i am of you and i just feel very privileged to be a part of your life all of these years. >> thank you. >> i really do. it's so wonderful. >> thank you. >> all right. that does it. >> it's so great. it really is. >> look at you. >> valerie, thanks for making this reunion possible and making this union possible in the first place. >> of course. of course. >> lindell, congrats. >> thank you. >> thanks for sharing this story. you, too, jeff. such a great program.

>> thank you guys. up next b.j. novak opens up about his surprising new role. first this is "today" on nbc. ♪

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back at 8:44 with a very talented c.j. novak, actor, author, and producer best known for his work on the hit nbc comedy "the office" but is showing a different side in the new movie "the amazing spiderman 2" playing a tough and very demanding boss. >> you're late. >> trams are so slow. >> don't you realize we're responsible for an entire city's energy? >> i noticed that. the power grid was designed by me. >> you designed it. sure you did. i'm spiderman. now get to work. >> good morning.

good to have you here. >> first i've seen of the movie. >> you haven't even seen it yet? that's surprising. you act in the movie but they don't let you see it. >> that's right. >> perhaps for good reason. kidding. small role. but important because you actually lead jamie foxx's character to go off and be the bad guy. you play a part in that. >> yes. you could not have the movie without my role. without me as an actor but not my role. >> what was it like to be part of this film? >> it was kind of overwhelming. i showed up onset and there is so much secrecy that i didn't even get the full script. i had to sort of do my own thing about my character. i was able to talk to the director about what i thought i was piecing together but it was cool to be part of something so global and alive in the imagination of so many people. >> there are interesting similarities that go back to your character to this guy as well.

>> i did find some overlap unfortunately i could draw on. my character ryan in "the office" was also sort of drunk on power at a very young age. i think that is the story of this character i play here. he, i think, yeah. >> drunk on power. >> at least that's how i saw it for sure. >> i love your personal story for a lot of people who don't know about you and how you kind of came to fame. harvard grad, a writer by trade, but also started off playing the clubs doing standup comedy. >> yes. >> i understand one night a heckler actually did you a big favor. >> well, it was more a sign of how pathetic i was at that stage of my career. i was so bad on stage. this was very early. i've improved. i was so bad a heckler stood up and yelled, slow down. take a breath. ask us where we're from. the heckler was actually trying to help me, which was so much sadder than a heckler who considers you an equal that they can heckle.

>> it worked, right? >> i asked where she was from. she said kansas city. it was a woman. i said -- it got worse. >> the comedy routine gets better though. >> i wound up here, yes. >> you have great friendship and chemistry still with a lot of "the office" cast. you actually went to high school with john kaminsky and played little league. >> yes. >> who hit more home runs, you or him? >> i hit a memorable home run early on. one of those things where you show up early on the first day. >> yes. >> i hit a huge home run like the first practice. and i was forever more the kid who hit that huge home run. >> take that, john. right? then mindy, who i understand, i mean you obviously are on her show a lot as well. >> yes. >> you would love to work on something with her again. >> i especially keep proposing, mindy if you're watching, i am always proposing that the two of us write a book together. she is such a great author.

and i am such a great aspiring author in that field. i think that -- there is this book of letters between two great french philosophers. ask carla bruni about it. and my thought, they're arguing about the greatest issues of their day. i think a book with mindy and i arguing about what we think are the great issues of our day would be a lot of fun. >> that's good. you guys have great comic timing. speaking of, you're a man of words. and instagram, you're apparently very active on instagram. i now follow you. pictures and text. >> it is the opposite what it is supposed to be. >> not about the pictures. more about the text okay. >> so you took some this morning. >> yes. these are greatest hits. it looks like of my instagram. i can't resist back stage. >> some of our scripts and copy? >> this i felt was a little unfair to carson. look at all the scripts matt gets. then at the end, carson, ad lib.

carson, make it up. we ran out of time. >> that's the story of our life. you discovered a secret around here. >> yeah. >> is that how it works? >> we're kidding. b.j. novak, great to see you. good to have you back here again. and the amazing spiderman 2 opens nationwide on may 2nd. can't wait to see it. back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. in a mo. this is "today" on nbc.

back now at back now at 8:51 with a new kind of apple farm. the tech giant is polishing its image and going green in a very big way. >> okay. >> reporter: all the cool convenience of your smart phones and tablets come with a hidden price -- power. but downloading apps and information in the cloud no longer means polluting the air.

is it possible to have green internet? >> sure it is. absolutely. >> reporter: lisa jackson, who once led the epa, now runs apple's environmental initiatives. the company that brought you the ipod and ipad is shrinking its carbon footprint, building the nation's largest privately owned solar farm to run its data center in north carolina. >> we think this is an opportunity for us and for our sector to leave it better than we find it, to actually help people convert to cleaner energy without even knowing they're doing it. >> reporter: these solar panels help power billions of messages, hundreds of millions of photos, and millions of facetime chats every day. all that activity is processed through data centers. rows of telecommunications equipment that are blue ribbon energy, using up to 2% of all the power in the country. jackson gave us a first look inside the core of apple systems. how hot is it?

>> about 103 degrees in here. >> reporter: and this is why data centers are so energy intensive? >> keeping the machines cool is what we're after. >> reporter: while yahoo, facebook, and google all use some green energy for their data centers, only apple is using 100% renewable power, earning most improved from green peace in its recent survey of internet companies. >> if they can get all the power needed from renewable sources that is a green light for the rest of us. to say why don't we do that for other things. >> reporter: here in north carolina the solar panels work with biogas fuel cells and create enough electricity to light up nearly 14,000 homes a year. >> part of the grid, many days if the sun is like today we are generating excess power and can put that on the grid for other customers to use. >> reporter: kinder to the earth and customers, combining innovation and environmental protection to gain a competitive edge.

for "today", nbc news, maiden, north carolina. >> a little of the heat in here right now. we're all complaining. back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

b.j. novak was just here. he has a great book out called "one more thing." stories and other short stories. a book to check out. >> the gang is all here for the next hour. highlights? >> big lineup. kate walsh.

from "private practice" and ""grey's anatomy"." now she is on "fargo." and olivia newton john. >> so excited. >> oh, boy. we'll get to that. first these messages, your local news, and weather. good morning, everyone. 8:56. i'm scott mcgrew. you still have a chance if you want to work at the 49ers' new stadium. tonight, levie stadium officials will hold another job fair at the santa clara convention center. they're looking to fill about 900 positions. if you are interested, you have to register online before you show up, so give that one a

google. let's check in with christina this morning. >> and i'm giving google plenty of time every day, looking up everything, including the potential for some showers now over the weekend. we know we're coming in with some showers tomorrow morning, but we also have another round expected now saturday into sunday. and much cooler weather as well. so enjoy the 70s for today. 70 degrees, straight up along the peninsula. cool and cloudy, with showers tomorrow. hope you have a great day.

welcome to today on a thursday morning april 24th, 2014. nice crowd on the plaza. i'm willie geist with natalie and tamron. al had to leave a little early today. you followed this pine tar situation with the new york yankees and red sox? >> how could we miss it? how ka anyone miss that? >> biggest robbery in baseball. the yankees pitcher michael pineda was ejected from the game last night for having pine tar the sticky stuff guys put on

their hands and gloves sometimes to hold the bat. he put some on his neck. you see the umpire going up and touching the neck feeling it was pine tar. pitchers are not allowed to use any foreign substance to change the trajectory of the ball. it is cheating. pineda cob suspended now. there is no mandatory suspension in major league baseball but this is the second time this has happened. two weeks ago, also playing boston, pineda, this time at yankee stadium, had a little bit on his hand. this time red sox manager john farrell said there is something fishy. sent the umpire out to look and he has this sticky stuff on his neck. i don't know how he thought he'd get away with it again and to put it in such a conspicuous place is probably not the smartest thing to do. a little move to the neck. in the old days you know they'd use vaseline, put it on the bridge of your cap and they can't see it. >> that move. >> some guys would do it. then other guys, more blatant, would have emory boards in their pocket and kind of sand down the

ball. >> or sometimes put it in the inside of the belt a little bit, too. >> yes. >> pineda said it was so cold in boston last night he was merely doing it to grip the ball not to spin it a different way or influence the way it traveled. he doesn't think he was cheating. >> it is 9:00 eastern time. he needs to be suspended by now. we don't need an over night investigation. imnot saying that because i'm a texas rangers fan. i'm saying it because i am a purist. i don't like cheating. listen, we know what it is. >> he has admitted it. >> yes. >> i get the cold excuse. we know it's pine tar. let's hear the suspension. >> you know it's not allowed. you've just been warned two weeks ago. i mean, pretty obvious. >> what i thought was interesting was the yankees' own reaction. joe girardi the manager and the gm said we're embarrassed. this is humiliating. he is so dumb. how could he do this? twice now. we have to have a long

discussion. >> why is there an investigation? because it's the yankees. >> whoa. it is personal. it is texas rangers. how about a happier baseball story? >> let's get to it. >> a player for the minnesota twins gave his mom an incredible birthday gift last night. they were watching the game in the stands as the twins took on the tampa bay rays. his mother was being interviewed by fox sports on her birthday and he hit a home run. watch this. >> it is gone. happy birthday! >> so cute. >> what you didn't hear though, the woman doing the interview said it's your birthday. wouldn't it be great if he delivered a home run or big hit for you? not two seconds later the pitch goes down the middle. gives the home run to dead center field. >> there you go. happy birthday, mom.

>> i love that. they won 6-4. >> and no pine tar. >> wow. >> they kept it clean. president obama certainly often had some strange photo opportunities but this one may take the cake. it is actually awesome. the president is in japan on a state visit. yesterday he met a robot. take a look at the president -- you figure it out. >> it is a pleasure to meet you. >> well nice to meet you, too. the president followed the protocol. >> it is so life like and so human you don't know what to do. >> i love the president did the mr. roberto.

>> this went on for a while too. the president had to have some patience. the robot showed off dance moves and played a little soccer. it took him about 20 minutes to kick the ball. the president is just standing there with a smile on his face. >> i get it. >> long pause. all right. kick the ball. come on. >> boom. give him credit there. >> this is like the creator's kid. you meet someone and they say, my son can say his abcs in spanish. do it. >> you're like, okay. and the kid is like -- >> trying to be polite. >> on command, right? >> not even a robot can do it. >> let's cut the robot ceremonies down next time, guys. you know about the honeymoon period to any relationship and marriage. >> when everyone is in love and it's all flowers. >> exactly. strolling through daffodil fields hand in hand. well, now there is scientific proof there is a honeymoon period, beginning and an end.

a new study shows 14% of men experience a clear honeymoon effect. at the beginning of their marriage they were very satisfied but after 30 months, two and a half years, they were extremely unhappy. >> what? >> the same change occurred in 10% of women. a couple things to note. >> completely unhappy? >> yes. 14% which means 86% are happy. we kind of came into that backwards. >> right. >> i think, you know, obviously not extremely unhappy but it's not white hot passionate love all the time. >> no. >> but you certainly love your husband or wife in new and different ways all the time and it grows. >> absolutely. i think so. when you have kids together you learn to love them in even deeper, more meaningful ways i think. >> i agree with that. >> a longer love, meaningful love, not more spectacular than the white, hot passion, you know that truly in sickness and health the person is going to stick around. if they only like you with fake lashes and nice lip stick, you know, do you really want that person?

in your case of course no lashes. but is the guy going to love you when you wake up with your hair a mess? that is special obviously. >> you're right about the kids thing. i've never been more impressed with dina than after we had kids. they blow your mind in a totally new way and show you sides of themselves you didn't even know were there. >> to see your spouse really be a stronger person. >> yes. >> it's incredible. >> 14%. >> ah. 14%. >> 86% still are happy. >> there it is. >> there you go. we like that. we also like crazy videos around here. we have two pieces of crazy video to show you. take a look as heavy wind blows -- yeah. this is a port-a-potty. >> oh, no, no. >> ah! tuesday afternoon the video was posted online. it would have been funnier if a person were in there. anyway, thank goodness nobody was injured. all porta potties are in place.

>> did it stay upright? imagine looking out your window and this port-a-potty goes by. >> what just happened? >> this is something that caught our eye. an elderly czech man is lucky to be alive. after a walk across a train crossing there, this is crazy. he was lightly struck if you can be lightly struck by a train. >> my gosh. wow. >> anyway, what you see is a small, black dot flying across, if you can play that video again, here we go. you see this little thing? it's the man's shoe. and amazingly, he suffered minor injuries. we don't know all the details but that is frightening. to describe as being lightly struck by a train. >> when your shoe falls off like that. >> you're hit by a train. >> the wind, velocity i guess. how crazy is that? >> incredible. i'm glad he is okay. you'd like to see him put on the jog when crossing the tracks. pick it up a little bit. >> scary.

caught our eye today. >> absolutely. we have a little housekeeping. something that happened on the show on tuesday, joan rivers was a guest on this program. during our interview she made a comment at the expense of the cleveland kidnapping victims. they have asked her for an apology. as this morning joan has not given one. we regret her comment was made on our air deeply and truly. i hope our reactions in real time show the way we felt about her attempted joke if you want to call it that. this is a live broadcast every day. we can't control what our guests say. joan has been a guest on "today" many times but we do not absolutely do not condone what she said this week. i hope it was clear at the time. we'll make it clear again we didn't find what she said funny and didn't approve. >> our heart felt apologies to the cleveland kidnapping victims as well. now for a check of the weather with dylan in for al today. >> good morning, guys. a little windy and breezy in the northeast. that's going to play a role in today's top weather story. we are looking at a possibility of seeing some very strong winds today helping fuel some fires.

try and move this forward. we've got our red flag warning from delaware up into parts of albany, new york, hartford, and southern maine looking at the possibility for any fire that developed to spread very quickly. it's dry, windy, and those are perfect conditions to spread fires. that is something we'll watch out for today. on the flip side we have heavy rain. minneapolis right now moving into parts of western wisconsin and even into northwestern missouri, an area where we'll focus today just for the possibility of some stronger storms as this area of low pressure gets its act together and starts moving eastward. you can see by friday, tomorrow morning we are looking at some of those showers to weaken a little bit. today there is the possibility of showers all the way from the upper midwest right down into texas and into parts of louisiana but our slight risk of strong storms will be right in this area in red from st. louis right over into jackson, mississippi. the biggest threat, damaging wind gusts, and some hail. any tornadoes would 9:10.

happy thursday to you. i'm meteorologist christine loren, taking a live look. clouds are increasing over san jose, near the shark tank. let's go, sharks, tonight. also, expecting some pretty nice conditions for the first part of the day in san francisco. it's a little overcast. the temperatures are in the 60s right now. we'll hold on into the 60s in the city. elsewhere, forecasting the 70s. showers are expected to develop as of this evening's commute. heavier rainfall on the way as we meet back here tomorrow morning. that is your latest forecast. back over to you guys. >> thanks a lot. we'll talk to you in a little while. up next she hung up her white doctor's coat from "gray's anatomy" to become a trophy wife? kate walsh is here to talk about the new show "fargo" based on the movie. really cool show. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] fresh, local milk, real cream, and no preservatives.

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spin-off of a popular series. >> now you can find kate in the new mini series "fargo" based on the academy award winning film. looking good there, kate. >> kate plays an ex-stripper now trophy wife and mother of two who finds out in true fargo fashion her husband has been murdered. >> basically live in the north pole and then he has the nerve to -- i'm not kidding. i'm going to sing at his funeral. ♪ >> kate walsh, good morning. >> good morning. >> i know you are a big fan of "fargo" and they were somewhat involved in this as well. this is sort of a reimagining of "fargo" right? >> yes. noah wrote all the episodes. the coen brothers are i think executive producers and it's

been incredible. fx has been incredibly supportive and it's perfectly written. it was really a fun role. i auditioned for it. i was like oh, i'll go do a crazy high kick. >> you do it well. was that part of your rehearsal? >> i love -- people are like did have you to work out and get in shape? >> no. i really clung. i was out of shape -- probably a little bit out of shape. >> all you have to do is watch that 15-second clip to see how much fun you had playing that part. such a departure from how we know you. >> yes. >> for a decade wearing the doctor's coat. you got the cigarette, kind of falling out of your robe there. >> yes. >> what a blast. >> it was really fun. martin freeman, most of my scenes where him, and he is incredible. the whole cast is amazing. tom hanks, the cast. >> fargo, one of the greatest movies of all time not just for

the last 20 years, does it keep that sort of mix of humor and darkness? >> yes. and noah kind of captures that tone incredibly well. super dark and then super funny at the same time. kind of a bleak commentary on the world. it's just amazing. we shot it up in calgary. yeah. it's a blast. >> you've been really busy. as dr. montgomery but then now also starring in a new movie directed by courtney cox which opens tonight in tribeca. >> yes. >> tell me about that. >> called "just before i go" and it's, i describe it as a hilarious and totally heart felt movie, an r-rated comedy. she is incredible and it is the first comedy where you laugh out loud but it also kind of gets you and it's touching and moving and heart felt. yeah. it's incredible. she is amazing. you know? i mean, she's obviously a great

comedic actress, but she is a director with such command of the set and has such great instincts. it was a pleasure and great to work with her. >> you're going to play "two truths and a lie." take it away. >> come on. >> okay. >> all right. >> wait. okay. so i say it? >> yes, yes. you tell us. >> okay. >> three things, two true and one a lie. we have to find out what the lie is. >> okay. >> i can't remember the third one though. >> just make it up. >> okay. here we go. mix them up in my head. i once spent the night in jail for throwing a ball through a mirror in a bar in chicago. >> yes. that happened. >> i do yoga with my cat pablo. >> definitely. >> and my dog swims with a life

jacket in the pool in los angeles. >> they all sound true. >> you got a good poker face. i'm saying the cue ball is true. second story about yoga and the cat. i think maybe the dog with the life jacket is the lie. >> i think so too. >> i was going to say that so i'll go no cat yoga. >> ding ding. >> i do pilates with him. >> there it is. >> can you give us a quick version of the night in jail? >> in my youth. be really clear. in chicago. i was with a friend about to move to new york and we maybe had a couple drinks. we were playing pool and playing the piano and things got out of hand. i decided to stop the madness with throwing a cue ball through a mirror. playing the piano. i threw a cue ball through the mirror. >> it was very quiet.

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grabbed my phone and head out. put the pants on and it's time to go. rather be safe than sorry. >> good thing he got out. 11 other people, all believed to be students, they're getting help from the red cross. crews say the fire started with a match that hadn't been properly extinguished. we'll have a look at weather and traffic right after this 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. why? look atchya. what is that? you mean my honey wand? [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. matter of fact.

[ rustling ] shirt. shoes. shades. ah! wow! now that voice... my voice? [ auto-tuned ] what's wrong with my voice? yeah man, bee got swag! be happy! be healthy! that's gotta go too. ♪ hey! must be the honey! [ sparkle ] sweet. 9:28. welcome back now. we have some clouds really starting to increase over the san jose area. meanwhile, it's already overcast in the city by the bay. this is san francisco. and we're going to continue to cloud up as we head into this afternoon. a storm system is on its way to the bay area. and that's going to bring us some rainfall, as of this evening, to the north bay. but for today, 62 degrees, overcast sky in san francisco. 69 degrees along the peninsula. beautiful conditions there and 71 for the south bay today. getting into the oakland area, likely could become problematic later on, as we have those warriors back at it. tonight, let's go, warriors. the temperatures will be chilly out there, 56 degrees. that's it for you today.

71 in the north bay and the tri-valley is at 71. today at 11:00, we'll time out that storm system to your doorstep. right now, let's check your drive. here's mike. >> and some crazy changes over the next few days as well. over here, not so crazy for the south bay. the bottom of your screen, north 101, by the airport, and into mountain view, that's your typical slowest spots. the peninsula, southbound 101, recovers after that massive pile of dirt was cleared from your right two lanes. still recovering getting out of san francisco. getting into san francisco, still slow as well. down the east shore freeway and approaching the bay bridge. and oakland, northbound 880 moves pretty smoothly. laura, back to you. >> thank you very much. we'll be back with another local muse update in half an hour. hope to see you then. have a great morning.

welcome back "today" on a thursday morning, april 24th, 2014. we are not above jamming. that's what we do around here. >> like the story of my life. my new song. >> a little late on that. it was kind of like the summer jam or christmas jam. >> it's for running. >> a good song. we agree on that. >> we dubbed it a classic. yes. >> i'm willie. natalie and tamron. you know that by now. al left a little early today. how frustrating is it for you when you accidently leave home without your wallet and leave your credit card, something like that? an australian company has partnered with visa to create a prototype of the power suit so

you never have to worry about that again. it has a cashless payment chip built into the sleeve. can it be laundered? >> an excellent question. >> i wonder. >> hopefully you can pull it out when you send it to the dry cleaner. >> i guess you just swipe it right through. >> you're in a business meeting and then you go pay for something in front of your colleagues and you just go like that to pay. >> that is a power move right there. >> the prototype right now, just a suit for men. >> of course. >> can work one into your dresses. >> if i wore sleeves. but we never wear the same thing over and over again. >> or if we put it in a bracelet or a watch or like adam said maybe a fuel band. something like that. >> what they're doing with a lot of these apps and stuff, i think that's the way people will go. >> i like that.

>> let's send it over to dylan for the forecast. >> you wore wrong suit. >> did it work? >> you wore the wrong suit today. >> looking at the weather as we head into the weekend it's a little unsettled on friday. the middle of the country looks fantastic tomorrow. we have scattered showers moving into the ohio river valley and east coast and also the pacific northwest stretching right down into central california where we're going to see some showers on friday. as we go into the weekend we are looking at a frontal system that could produce very strong storms. this area in red from parts of nebraska right down into central texas, that's where we could see some stronger storms break out by saturday afternoon. but then on sunday, we have an even bigger chance of stronger storms. it says strong risk from texas right up again into eastern nebraska and we could see possibly a severe weather outbreak that could produce plenty of tornadoes. that is an area we have to keep a close eye on for sunday. the eastern third of the country looks really nice.

the temperatures staying in the 9:32 on a thursday. showing palo alto a little bit of love at this hour. you can see, it's mostly cloudy out there. and we have an overcast sky to show you, meanwhile, in san francisco. as you can see, old glory getting a little bit of pickup on that foggy breeze. temperatures are going to be chilly in san francisco, due to that limited sunshine, only hitting the low 60s there. elsewhere, we'll be about 10 degrees warmer in the south bay, here at 71 degrees. 71 for the east bay and 69 degrees, comfortable conditions, along the peninsula for today. as we head through tomorrow, rain on the way. we'll talk about that in moments. that is your latest forecast. willie and natalie, back on over to you. >> just swipe it right over. thanks a lot. there are a lot of misconceptions and pretty wide theories out there when it comes to health. what are the facts? >> here to break it down for us, an assistant professor of medicine and a founder and medical director of the atlanta

center for holistic and integrative medicine. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> first, before we get to the theories, where do they all come from and how do they take on a life of their own? >> i think a couple reasons. number one, in the age of social media and the internet it is so easy to disseminate any theory you may have and you'll find some people that will promote it and spread the word. also, there has been a real erosion in the doctor-patient relationship and the trust there. unfortunately these days doctors don't have as much time to talk to their patients and answer their questions so people are seeking answers elsewhere. >> i would add to that for a second. patients are super frustrated and really think they don't have options. >> right. >> and that lack of options sends them to the internet, sends them on discussion blogs to find answers on their own. >> let's dig into some of these. let's start with this one that's been out there for a long time since ever got a cell phone basically and it says cell phones can lead to cancer. >> right. we hear this a lot. there have been some studies looking at this issue and basically they have not shown a health risk yet.

i say yet because cell phones are relatively new. when we were in college we didn't really have these and people are using them more than ever. so what i take away is no we don't have evidence right now that it's dangerous, which is a good thing, but for children especially whose brains are rapidly developing, they have rapid cell turnover, they're much more susceptible to radiation damage. i certainly recommend for children but even for adults limit your use. be prudent about it. try not to keep it near your head often. if it is starting to get warm you know that is a sign you're using it too much. >> and there are studies under way currently involving children as well so perhaps we'll know more as the years go on. we should say the ctia, wireless association provided this statement saying the peer reviewed scientific evidence has overwhelmingly indicated that wireless devices within the limits established by the fcc do not pose a public health risk or cause any adverse health effects. anything else you think we should be thinking of especially when children are involved? >> i think the bottom line, cell phones and the radio energy or

radio frequency waves, we really don't know the long-term consequences just like the effect of electronics on a child's developing brain. so i think the safest bet is to keep those away from children. minimize their use. and really just those should be used for emergencies. even as adults we shouldn't be on them quite as much as we are. we are using them much more than ever before. that is also concerning. >> let's move on. the next theory, that the fda is actually working with the pharmaceutical industry, pushing more prescription medication. true or false? >> well, i think that, i don't think it's true, but it is true that it is very expensive to get a drug passed by the fda. it requires a lot of extremely expensive clinical research, which the natural medicine world really doesn't have those kinds of resources. yes, we definitely see more prescription drugs getting through the fda than natural remedies. we have to remember the fda is one of those thankless jobs. okay if they don't pass enough medications for us, we say they're dragging their feet or not doing what they -- if they do push things through, then we have safety concerns, we blame

them for not keeping us safe. ultimately their first priority is to keep us safe and when it comes to a lot of the natural remedies we don't have the large scale research we need to prove they're safe and effective. >> and to speak from my perspective as an integrate if doctor and seeing over 5,000 patients, i know my patients are frustrated. they want the information and to know what their options and they don't want the side effects profile and want things that will work with the body rather than against the body. do we blame the fda? i'm not so sure. we really want the research there so we can justify using some of these remedies i know work because i've seen them work over and over. the fda issued a statement using the best possible sigh nesn evaluating new drugs for approval before they can be sold not only prevents products with potentially fraudulent or unproven claims from reaching the american public but provides doctors and patients the information they need to use medicine wisely. our next one is very controversial. we hear a lot about it in the media. that is vaccines cause autism.

there is a definitive study a few years ago that said this is not the case. >> right. >> yet that theory is still out there and pretty pervasive. >> this is probably the most troubling for me because the fact that people believe in this theory, they don't vaccinate their kids, and we are seeing a resurgence of diseases like measles, mumn pleaps, whooping which can be deadly. so it is very clear research has disproven this theory but i understand why it has come about. we are seeing a real increase in the diagnosis of autism. the thing is when autism is diagnosed around 18 or 24 months is when kids are getting those vaccines. this is more of a coincidence if there's been no proof autism is caused by vaccines. there are probably some environmental factors. unfortunately we don't know what those are yet. but there is also a genetic component. >> i have to weigh in on this one. again, seeing my patients over and over again autism is core. when you talk to people in the country it is an inflammatory

bowel disease, a gut disease. what is happening is there a tipping point for each patient. that story is very unique. some of it is genetic. some of it is food. some is other factors we don't really know. vaccines may play a role for those kids. that's the part that is very confusing for all of us as physicians and parents and everyone to really decide what the right thing is to do. >> to be clear, it hasn't been proven that it's an inflammatory bowel disease. that is a theory. i think we all want to see more research on what is causing autism. however, right now there is no proof that vaccines are playing a role. >> we should read the statement of the american academy of pediatrics on this. they say additional research is supported to investigate genetic and environmental factors that may affect the developing brain. while it is likely there are many environmental factors that influence the development of autism vaccines are not the cause of autism. this has been proven through many careful and repeated studies.

>> the bottom line both of you doctors advise parents to get the full range of standard vaccines. >> i do. >> and talk to your pediatrician. >> i think you need to have a conversation with your pediatrician about your child and your child's risk farktors and overall health. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. coming up next, i can't wait. >> are you ready? >> yes. olivia newton john is joining us right after this. peoi go to angie's listt for all kinds of reasons. to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare. now that we're expecting, i like the fact i can go onto angie's list and look for pediatricians. the service providers that i've found on angie's list actually have blown me away. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. some comto make theirtificial yogurt sweeter. but here at chobani, we think mother nature is sweet enough.

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it's phenomenal. just one week down? >> one week. >> down in vegas. how did it feel? >> actually it was great. it was really wonderful. i really enjoyed it. >> surreal? >> the first week, you're in vegas and it's a big deal but we had a great time. the audience was great. >> i definitely plan on coming. >> do you want to sing for her? is that later? >> i'll be a pink lady. >> you can get up with me. >> i think the two of you should be pink ladies. >> you drive an r.v. we'll hit a couple stops and our final destination is las vegas and then we'll be pink ladies on stage. >> you can be -- >> i'll be the black jacket. pop the collar a little bit. >> we've invaded your show. >> okay. >> absolutely. we love it. >> i was admiring this. you kind of have the bad sandy look here with the leather pants and everything. >> all courtesy of a wonderful

designer who did all my clothes for vegas. my more glamorous sandy look. >> i am amazed at how incredible you look. what is your secret? >> good lighting in here. i'm very fortunate. i'm married to a man who -- my mother looked good even in her 80s. i'm lucky genetically. >> happy for you. >> i'm lucky. >> the show is so much fun for people who followed your career. you've sold 100 million albums i just read which is outrageous. four grammy awards. it's not just "greece" we don't want to give that impression. there is a little physical in there. we get the full range of your career in one show. >> yes. it's my life through my music. i started out in country music much to my amazement. i do country music and i had two very successful films "grease"

and "xanadu" and i do some from my albums and from when i was really young working the clubs in england, kind of bluesy things that people probably didn't even know i did. it's just a journey. a little snap shot of my music. >> do you have a favorite song? i mean, there are so many top hits. >> it is really difficult to pick. it's like children. they all have a different meaning at different times in my life an love them all for different reasons. that's what's great about doing the show for me. i have fun doing it. >> what about hotel -- inthe show is about the music of the past but your journey both as a woman and musician continues. tell us about -- >> it is interesting. that i'm in a hotel first of all and we have this actually bitter sweet story. my nephew, my sister's son. unfortunately i lost her a year ago. and we were recording this over the last 12 years and every time i'd go to australia, he is a singer/song writer musician he'd give me a demo and say would you do this for me?

we'd do it for fun. we made this cd over the last 10 or 12 years and decided to put it out as a tribute to her. now it's just come out and is available at the hotel and online. >> well, we are all just starting to plan our road trip to vegas. we're just riding. >> i was ready for her to go all sandy on you. >> you are very restrained. >> i'm in awe. >> one other thing about summer nights, every single ticket goes to your cancer organization. >> it goes to the wellness program so people who are going through cancer, it's been my dream to help build this hospital over the last 12 years now. and it's an amazing thing. so people when they come are contributing to this. it's great. >> wow. >> can i say one thing? on may 3rd i'll be in indianapolis doing a walk, a

mini marathon for my other nephew who started a program to show the correlation between breast canser and prostate cancer because they are very much the same. we are trying to encourage people to encourage their partners to do regular self-exams and check-ups. we're going to do this mini marathon and people come and the money goes to that you're everywhere. olivia newton john. we just love having you there. >> i love having you there. >> see you in vegas. >> i'm in. thanks. >> we'll be right back are you ready grandma? just a second, sweetie.

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and to eat healthier, and it was a real easy switch to make. if you well, if you want to destress, rekindle romance or get active, we have information for you. >> mark murphy, travel expert, and our good friends and a psychiatrist, good morning to you both. let's dive if. let's talk with stress. >> it's work hard, play hard, certainly, it can be less

stressful, but talk about what you want from the beach, if you have a good conversation, give yourself time, relax, negotiate it if you are with a partner. >> you recommend hitting the big city? >> go to chicago, one of the great cities in the world. take a boat tour and take in the variety of architecture. mentally it will stimulate you. you can two to the art institute and do other wonderful things in chicago. >> that boat tour is a-plus. you got to do that. >> you can save yourself $200 bucks. >> it's all gone. how about rekindling a romance what do up want to do and not to do? >> understand most couples say, they actually have more sex. they have more time towing. it's important. so try to communicate before, avoid conflict and just spend time together. >> mark, what do you do? >> i wouldn't have sex in the rainforest, go to puerto rico. stay at the resort. it's an hour. we go to the rainforest.

the peace, tranquility, the science, connect with each other and go for a plunge. >> not from me. >> in the water at the bottom. >> recap, no sex in the rainforest. got it. >> all right. how about if you want to fit in some exercise, jen? >> you think travel, active travel, make that time to get up and move, walk places, walk, jog places, utilize the fact that you are on vacation. >> where do you go? >> kelani oceanside resort on the big island, you have a great retreat, it's a non-profit, a great value. it's hard to find sometimes in hawaii. you can find it and experience the nature. >> thanks so much. we are back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

well, good morning, everyone. 9:56. i'm scott mcgrew. a man claiming to be the biological father of teen suicide victim audrey pott is suing the girl's legal parents.

michael laserrin claim the girl's parents wrongfully claimed to be the sue heirs in a lawsuit they filed after audrey's suicide and apparently he wants to be part of it. the 15-year-old committed suicide in 2012 after she was sexually assaulted by three classmates. an 84-year-old man is facing attempted murder charges this morning. police arrested the 84-year-old at his home last night, allegedly for firing a gunshot inside a daly city medical center. the entire building had been evacuated. officers say they found bullet fragments in the hallways. they're not saying what actually led him to his house. >> let's check in with christina this morning. >> good morning to you, scott mcgrew. good morning to you at home. that clear sky we had about two hours ago, a thing of the past. take a look at palo alto. clouding up completely here. meanwhile, we're nice and overcast in the city, getting that foggy breeze. winds are going to crank ahead of an area of low pressure, slated to bring in some showers

as of tonight. tonight, in the north bay, we'll have to wait until tomorrow morning here in the south bay. those microclimates making a big appearance for today. 62 degrees in san francisco versus 71 here in the south bay, 71 for the east bay, and 69 degrees, those clouds will continue to thicken up as we head throughout the day. can't wait to tell you all about this today at 11:00. 60 degrees for tomorrow, up to 90 by next wednesday. that's a big climb, mike. >> all right. christina, looking at the latest update, it is a big changes that's going on right there. we had some subtle changes here, westbound 80 through berkeley. we have a report of a big rig versus a jet, but no one was hurt. it's over on the shoulder now. a little slowing through berkeley as a result. a little lag there. the rest of your bay looking really good, especially the south bay. over the last half hour, things really have started to clear. >> we'll have another local news update coming up in a half an hour.

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can't even show a clip. >> yeah, you got to tiptoe around all the words. >> also, all the gadget yos you need to organize your kitchen. >> time magazine picked its 100 most influential people. and the big reveal happened today. influential can mean a lot of things. it can be entertainers, people influential not like that, putin is one of people on the list. on the cover is beyonce. >> yeah. >> she is the titan and cover girl. she has transformed, you know, a lot of things in the music industry. she is something special. >> definitely. definitely. who else is on there? >> pharrell williams is on there in his hat. >> ready for him to make a new fashion statement. let's get -- let's have something different. >> and i bet he will mix it up. he wore that one a little while ago. we also had seth meyers is also recognized. and so is steve mcqueen. >> director for 12 years a slave. and miley cyrus, she is

influential. icon category robert redford, yep. and -- >> carrie underwood is in the icon category. that's got to be such a great honor to be recognized. >> of course. absolutely. we want to congratulate olivia wilde and jason sudeikis. they are parents of a brand-new baby boy. >> what is so funny, everybody has their own way of letting the world know they have a baby. this was a picture she tweeted. this was her tweet. ladies and gentlemen, otis alexander sudeikis has left the building. and in parentheses, she wrote, i am the building. >> this is their way of getting around the first shot, paparazzi kind of thing or too soon to tweet or -- >> who cares? >> get it out there. >> he's there, let them doe what they want to do. >> i'm a little pooped. >> hoda went to iowa yesterday. >> i went to cedar rapids. i left the show, jetted to cedar

rapids and came back in one day. >> i know. >> it was -- it was great. this iowa leadership conference they have there right outside of cedar rapids. it was a great organization. i didn't realize they said last year maya angelou spoke, i'm blanking on everything. martha stewart spoke this year. they had gloria steinem and other people. look what they brought me. that got the biggest applause. they brought a glass of wine. >> you're allowed to talk about it. >> there is diane, she's the lady who ran the whole deal, that was the board of directors. nice group of ladies. >> how did the speech that i wrote for you go? >> it was perfect. i played music for these guys like tend to do. i played "days like this," nice people. >> i'm proud of you. okay. what is this hbo go thing? >> hbo go is something you get on your ipad or your phone. you can get hbo -- >> to go? >> yeah. so anyway, there is a new commercial for them about hbo go, but also about what it is

like to watch kind of a risque-ish type movie, if you're with your parents in the room, either you're watching it, your kid, somebody walks by or your grandparents, whoever it is. hbo captured this moment in a commercial. take a look. >> only people left in this world -- >> you know, nana and grandpa joe are first cousins. >> the point being, you can use hbo go to privately stream your favorite shows. >> so here is a question. when -- when does a guy sound the sexiest to you? when is the voice so seductive, you go, who is that? what is that sound, a beautiful voice? there was a study done at albright college and they found that women that speak in a romantic tone have a -- >> lower and breathier sound. yes. and people seem to just love it.

i don't know. what do you think? i don't know. >> they say -- >> i have a low husky voice anyway. >> they say when men try to sound sexy -- >> they aren't. >> it is a total turnoff. don't do it. women like men who speak with confidence. those are the kind of voices -- >> nothing worse than thinking a guy is hot, we won't say the person we all agree around here, very hot guy. >> yeah. >> heard him speak for the first time -- >> and it's over. totally over. and we're not going to say his name. >> in. >> we're not. >> you know who we're talking about? okay. we won't say it. >> the modern day gentleman, according to country life magazine, some of this i agree with, some i don't, listed the ten dos and don'ts of a gentleman. >> here are the dos. they always put others at ease. they're always at ease themselves and therefore they put others at ease. i agree with that one. they're always on time. >> yes. it is rude not to be. >> they dress for the occasion. >> okay. all right.

here are the don'ts. they do not wear a pretied bow tie. they do not tweet. they do not use hair products. they do not ever write with a ball point pen. >> i don't understand any of that. the bow tie -- who cares? >> who cares? >> who is your -- who epitomizes a gentleman to you? >> i don't know if he epitomizes a gentleman, but i like -- you know who i like. >> blake shelton. >> yes. he's not so buttoned up but he's gentlemanly. >> who is mine? >> yours is a man we all like to call hugh. jackman. >> he's always -- >> absolutely. here's what i love about my ihoda today. it is an old song that became new again. >> uh-oh. >> we aren't going to -- >> doesn't have a rapper in it? >> we're not going to put the words up. we'll have a music video. it is a girl band. what is the girl band's name is

the question? we're going to watch it. it is called -- ♪ keep it coming do your dance do your dance ♪ ♪ do your dance quick mama ♪ ♪ come on baby tell me what's the word ♪ >> here we go. you know this song. ready? ♪ pretty ladies around the world ♪ ♪ got to show all the boys and girls ♪ ♪ come your mother your sister ♪ ♪ and your mom too because we're about to throw down and you know just what to do ♪ ♪ wave your hands in the air like you don't care ♪ ♪ do your dance do your dance ♪ ♪ do your dance quick mama ♪ ♪ come on baby tell me what's

the word ♪ ♪ word up ♪ everybody say when you hear the call ♪ >> word up. >> word up is classic. >> i never heard it the first time. >> it is better -- it gets better and better. i love when young kids remake old songs and they think they discovered it. >> years ago, cody said, you got to hear this guy, unbelievable. i said, what's his name? he said bob dylan. >> can we talk about "okay" for a second. look at the baby. >> that's our guy. all about baby george. >>, oh, my god. >> is it okay or not okay to enhance your abs with makeup? >> here is what we had to say about it. >> of course it's okay. if it's okay for your face, why isn't it okay for your body, hoda woman? >> no, no, you're wrong on this one. no, it's not okay. we only want to see what you really got. said the woman wearing spanx. >> yeah. and a whole load of makeup on

that face. >> not a load. >> a load. >> ridiculous. i want to know if the covers with george on are going to outsell everything. i would buy the magazine. >> he's joyful. his favorite toys and favorite play dates. >> so we have got a prop for you. kiehl's has a rare earth cleansing mask. they have made limited edition labels for it. >> $23 and 100% of the net profits, up to $50,000, goes to recycle across america. >> all right. >> are you sick of selfies? i'm sort of over the selfies. until next week, we'll do love your selfie one more time. >> an astronaut posted this -- this selfie, look. there he is. and there -- >> that's difficult to do. >> he tweeted it. >> we'll make a pass for him. that's something unusual and -- >> i wonder how he did that with

the gloves on. it must be hard to maneuver. wouldn't you think? anyway. we're bringing back the love your selfie series. we want to see your selfies showing what you love about you. post on our facebook, wall or tweet with #loveyourselfie. >> it is thursday. you know what that means? >> "ambush makeovers." two ladies see their gorgeous new looks. >> and two words for you, dean cain is with us. >> there he is. my budget and i are good. but it wasn't always that way. ahh!! ahhhhh!! let! go! let! go! no, budget! no! but thanks to fingerhut.com we got approved to shop with low monthly payments. they've got over 50,000 choices from brands like samsung, dyson, dewalt. all you gotta do is click on over to fingerhut.com. get the credit you deserve to get all kinds of great stuff.

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well, our day just got a whole lot better. sitting with us now is the very, very handsome dean cain. >> we love our dean. as always, he's got a lot going on. dean plays a crook in the movie "the dog who saved easter" from the popular kids series starring the canine zeus. >> and you can catch him in "god's not dead" about a student who faces challenges by a college professor. >> and still in the top ten at the box office. so good to see you. what a surprise though, huh? >> that was an absolute shocker, because they didn't spend a whole lot of money. wasn't a $50 million budget but made $50 million at the box office. it is a sleeper. and it is just exciting as can be. >> yeah. you saw the script, your character is not a kind man, we should say. did you -- when you saw that, did you say, yeah, i think i would like to play this guy?

>> you play a character like that, you're clear on what you're doing. he is -- he's the bad guy in a sense, he's someone who, i don't want to give away anything from the film, but he is someone who is the other side, if you will. >> completely selfish human being. >> yes. as are many people out there, so maybe they can -- maybe look at that and identify. >> did you have an idea this would be a hit when you were in it? >> honestly, no. i do a lot of projects and you hope they do well. but this one just has -- just has exploded and it is a faith-based film and i guess people are looking for that. >> most importantly about the film, how is cassidy gifford? >> she was fantastic. >> she shot it like you did, two and a half years ago. there is cas. looks so young to me in this. >> looks little. >> oh, my gosh. >> -- graduating class and my third choice school. >> we're just going to watch the movie. >> sorry, dean. >> that's all right. >> dean has other things --

>> he does. we want to know, first of all, did you find big foot? >> tell us. >> $10 million right here in my pocket. no, we did not find big foot. we looked for him. there was some interesting characters on that. but that one team who did win, they got $100,000 and they're still looking for him. >> well, tell us about the easter dog story. >> easter dog story. number four, number five in a series of kids' dog movies. i'll do any sort of project, large, small. >> i know. you're working all the time. >> yes. this is a wonderful thing. my son is of the age where he doesn't sit and watch it anymore, but there are a lot of kids who enjoy the dog movies and i love making them. >> what is your role in this? what do you do? >> i'm chief bad guy. i want zeus and i want -- >> oh! >> yeah, silly comedy, but a lot of fun. >> how do you choose your project? you are all over the place, big foot, god's not dead, the dog thing. >> and then right now hit the

floor. >> hit the floor? >> hit the floor, in the middle of it and it is scandalous this year and exec starring and producing in a movie called "merry x-mas," soon to be ex-loex -- >> ex-lover? >> high jinks ensue. >> hercules and superman is in "god's not dead". >> yes. and we were the last two up for that role. kevin sobel and i were the last two that read. >> do you still read for everything or do they -- >> it depends. it really depends. like a project i did a long time ago called "the broken hearts club," i had had to fight to get in the door, a low budget project but a great project. it depends on the project. >> we're cheering you on. come back and see us again. >> you didn't do me. do mine. >> coconut oiled. >> okay. >> yes she is. >> get ready to see some amazing before and afters. two lucky ladies show off their

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they say the kitchen is the heart of the home. who wants to be there if counter tops and cupboards are clutered. >> here with great products to keep everything in its place and give you extra space is consumer lifestyle expert sissy biggers. >> hi, girls. >> little smaller, a little bigger when i'm with you guys. here is the fun part about the kitchen. it is the heart of the home. my kitchen this weekend looked like grand central station with an open buffet. so it is all about the real estate. the countertops are real estate, the drawers, the shelves, maximizing. let's go vertical. our paper towel holder is also your digital home. you got your ipad up there, which can be a cookbook, so that

eliminates cookbook space or your monitor for your television, recipes. >> smart. >> in your drawers, you want collapsible. this is the winston chop from joseph joseph. it goes completely -- almost completely flat. rinse and chop, double duty. and from oxo, collapsible silicone, which is great. everything must be flat. >> genius. >> this is joseph joseph. this is their nesting, want to nest. >> you put them inside one another. >> color coordinated. easy to keep track of the tops and bottoms. this is my small obsession. the ball jar. this is their heritage edition. you have vintage kitchen or cottage look, you can put your staples, sugar, flour, your rice and raisens, pretzels on top of the counter. >> cute. >> this is a turn table, the trick here is always put your tallest in the middle, and then

this is your bgo to turn table. >> where does this go? >> in the cupboard, the countertop. someone says where is the olive oil, it is on the turn table. >> get it yourself. >> right. >> these are bamboo drawers that roll, so you can put these in a shelf to roll out, to create a new drawer and then from oxo again, the expandible drawer dividers. so you're dividing pots and pans. this is something your kids will love here at "today." and in your drawers also, this is from the drawer store. you know that drawer that catches everything in the kitchen? >> yes. >> the junk drawer. >> why not keep it organized, using the different separators. easy way to grab things. >> why not indeed, sissy? >> next up, this is the grip it. this goes on your fridge. and it magically holds your notes and pictures -- >> magnet? >> magnetized with a marble

holder inside. it is quite magical. it is called a grip it. >> what did you put up there? >> me. >> showing off. >> i was in the orange room. this is the epicurean magnetic wall mounted knife holder. so that way you can get your knives away from little people and high up. and easily magnetized. >> they stay up there? >> this is the grook. this holds all of your brooms and dust mops, collapsible from capawela. i mounted here. that can hold up to 16 items. >> that's smart. >> and here i am in my show, this is the tea stand. it holds 100 tea bags and you can store it this way, lay it down in a drawer, all there. >> instead of boxes. >> this one, adhesive hooks to gain more space. this is from organized living, an under the shelf shelf which we love, using the vertical space. this is a wonderful little

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this morning, the musical icon confirmed he's added a show at candlestick park to round out his currently out there world tour. the show is set for august 14th. it will be the last concert ever at the stick before it's demolished. tickets go on sale may 5th at 10:00 a.m. candlestick is where the beatles played their final concert together back on august 29th, 1996. count me in! we'll have a look at weather right after this break.

. welcome back now and happy thursday to you. clouds steadily increasing in the north bay and all across the bay area. as the storm system gets organized, that will bring us storms overnight. but 71 today in the south bay. 70 for the peninsula today. and 62 degrees in lovely san francisco. temperatures today will be comfortable. tomorrow, those numbers crash into the low 60s, even inland, as we head throughout the weekend, cooler than average, upper 60s coming your way in the south bay. a mix of sun and clouds and a very slight chance for showers saturday and sunday up in the north bay. but here is the big weather story. we're going to tell you today at 11:00, temperatures approaching the 90s and quickly. we're talking about these readings. as of tuesday and wednesday of next week. so that roller coaster weather ride continues. we'll show you what that means for your microclimate today at 11:00. right now, i'm going to send it back to you, laura. >> thanks so much, christina. we'll also have a full look at

the day's news at 11:00, for our full broadcast a half an hour long. hope to see you then. have a great morning. we're back with more of "today" on this thirsty thursday, ready to reveal our "ambush makeovers" for the two lucky ladies. >> they were plucked off the plaza bright and early and surprised with head to toe new looks courtesy of our crack makeover experts. "today" contributor and stylist to the stars, everybody now, louis licari. and filling in for jill who is on vacation, style expert and author of "the cheap chica's guide to little aliana vasquez. >> it turned into november again. >> a little chilly. but spring is in the air. we'll pretend. >> we'll take it. you had a nice group. our first lucky lady is lynn

bright. lynn is 60 years old, from montgomery, alabama. her daughter ambushed us on the plaza. begging us to give her deserving mom a brand-new look. let's take a listen. >> you guys came to the plaza with a purpose. and that was to ambush makeover your mom. why do you want this for your mom? >> she is so wonderful. she cared about people all her life and i want her to be taken care of and s is perfect for this, and she is amazing. >> we're going to do that today. how excited are you? >> i have such a mixed emotions. obviously know that i would love to have this done, but so embarrassed by it. >> you're in great hands. you're going to have so much fun. >> oh, my gosh. >> no reason to be embarrassed. >> lisa is all ready. keep your blindfold on for a second while we bring your mom out. here is lynn bright's before picture. all right. lynn, let's see the new you.

>> wow! all right, lisa. you ready? take off your blindfold. >> mom, are you ready? >> kleenex! >> oh, my gosh. ready? spin right here, sweetie. take a look at yourself. >> oh! >> oh, my. >> maybe our stage manager can get us some kleenex, please. >> both stand right here together. >> tell us about -- >> thank you, mackey. perfect. >> all right, louis, tell us -- >> she was very concerned with keeping her hair length. you can keep your hair length, but just reshape it and make a big difference.

richard danny did this today. >> fantastic. >> what do you think? >> amazing. >> i love the bangs. >> the dress is awesome. >> she had never owned a little black dress in her lifetime. >> never. >> every woman has to have one. >> how do you get through life without one? >> she was a judge. retired now. so i wanted to give her a beautiful little black dress that felt elegant that was multipurpose in her wardrobe. this is gorgeous. and perfect. >> that's beautiful. >> i love your relationship. a big round of applause. >> yes! >> go stand right over there. thank you. >> thank you. >> she's 46 from massachusetts. her daughter told her mother that has had the same look since she was born 17 years go, so she asked us to give her a glam new style. let's take a listen to her story, please. >> now this is a challenge because i don't even know who the mom is. who is the mom here? >> okay.

angela why don't you want this makeover? >> i had the same haircut for probably the last 15 years and i would love to have some -- >> time for a change. girls, how ready are you for this? >> oh, my god, we're so ready. she's so excited. she talks about it all the time. >> let's do this. >> all right. she's here with her daughters nardina, angelina, ramore and their friend angie lou. one more look at angela before and bring out angela now. >> wow. >> wow. >> fantastic. >> all right, take off your blindfolds. >> oh, my god. >> want to see what they see? >> yeah. >> turn around. >> oh, my god. look at it. >> they go right to the hair. so cute. >> spin right around.

>> okay. >> with angela, you know, obviously, the hardest job is you have a pretty girl you have to make her absolutely gorgeous. >> gorgeous. >> what i did here is i just gave her a pinch of warmth to make her blonde hair a little more strawberry. she always want ed -- so we use the curling iron and the makeup. >> what do you think? >> looks so good. i love it. >> please go get her some kleenex. >> thank you. >> and the outfit? >> i think color energizes a woman, no matter what the color is. cobalt blue, everybody is crying. cobalt blue looks stunning on her. here you guys go. and the fit on this dress is perfect for her silhouette. really accentuates her curves from london times. >> thank you. big round of applause. >> don't throw away the leftover easter candy. we have great ideas.

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house liaison jonah ryan on hbo's hit comedy "veep". >> just renewed for two more seasons. this season he was fired for writing a juicy gossip blog. take a look. >> okay. >> updating more than i'm actually dating. the president is giving his state of the uterus address. where will the others fall in. maddox, conservative. where does selena myers stand? the first call could rule them all. >> such a loveable -- >> you are. >> how are you? >> i'm great. thank you for having me on. >> hoda turned me on to the show. she talks about it constantly. congratulations. >> did you know it was going to be this kind of runaway success? >> i don't know. i guess -- i don't know, i try not to look too far into the future about those kinds of things. i think our cast clicked right away. >> let's be honest, you were

happy to have a job. >> i was. >> you weren't thinking, you were thinking thank you, god. >> i had a call sheet, that's what i was excited about. >> when you watch this thing, it looks like there is so much improv that you're throwing things out there and spit balling. that's what it feels like. is that what is really happening on the show? >> a fair amount. what you see on the screen is 10% improvised. because they give us freedom to be loose with the script, especially in later takes. but we have an incredible team of writers that puts amazing scripts together. and so i want to give full credit to those guys. they give us the opportunity to make it sound conversational and -- >> they have a take that fits what their needs and then they have fun with that. >> they'll say, stay faithful to the script, hit the beat. >> nobody likes you on the show. >> nobody. >> they have all these names for you. here is some of them. i like reading them. jonad. world's biggest single cell organism, long tall sally. unstable piece of human scaffolding. giant mangled ska e ed scaffold

didn't have time to add details like self-respect. >> you don't give a rip. >> you have to separate yourself from what you hear as if it is not actually directed at you, especially the physicality. i lived with my face for a long time. i look like a bird of prey that gave birth to a muskrat. that's what i look like. i get that. >> you do not. >> your character does. >> your character does. >> you have to have that separation of, like -- when the cameras stop rolling, i'm very handsome. >> in real life, you have twins. >> i have twins. >> somebody finds you irresistible. >> how long have you been married? >> coming up on six years. that's harper and in the back is marty. >> is this your biggest acting gig yet or did you have other things before this that were -- >> very small things, but this is the -- this the first television job i've had. >> you said you had films but you were edited out. >> edited out.

>> be real here, okay? >> yeah, i basically this is my first television gig and my first big gig. >> everybody on the show, are they friends? it seems like you would be off camera. are you? >> we get along quite well. we shoot in baltimore, so we're sort of family in baltimore, but we hang out in the off season. i was just at walsh's house the other day. >> are you anything like your character at all? is there any part of you that is like jonah? >> maybe, maybe a little bit. horrible thing to admit, maybe a little bit. not super -- >> what do you think of this character you play? >> i don't think she likes him. i think it is hard for her to watch sometimes, some of the really awful things. >> yeah. it is a lot of fun. >> thanks. thanks so much. >> give our love to everybody. two big fans here. you think the claws come out in washington, d.c.? >> our viewers share real life cat catastrophes. >> and a do you have candy left over from easter? >> we have creative i was to ei

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all right, do you have leftover peeps staring you in the eye every single day? >> or broken up chocolate bunnies you're finding hard to resist despite your diet? et. >> it together. grab the kids. we'll show you how to use it all up once and for all. >> here with some creative ideas diy expert and founder of ps i love you erica domisek. >> it is all about love today. and what we love doing is repurposing things we have at home. today, we have a lot of easter candy at home, right? so bunnies. let's get into it. we have so many bunnies from our baskets. we're going to repurpose this. we have ears, and what we did is we broke it up, chopped it up on a knife, on our chopping -- we're going to do a little diy double boiler, put it on there.

you can add a little butter, you can add -- we'll melt it down and really melt it down. this will take a couple of minutes to do. >> fondue? >> we're going to make fondue. you want it keep the heat real low. don't let it get too hot. we have a couple of minutes. our dipping fondue. >> what is this? >> this is coconut oil. you can mix this in, the option of butter or coconut oil. this is fondue. you can dip your strawberries, fruits, salty pretzels, fun to do with the kids. >> yes, hoda. >> she's with the kids now. >> i'm sorry. they're eating. >> how are they? are they yummy? >> good. one of my favorite things are peeps. we have so many leftovers after the season. what do we do with them? tie-dye rice crispy treats. we melt these down, put them on

the stove, low heat. we melt them down. we have gone ahead and done that here. do me a favor, put that in there for me. >> the rice crispies? want to do that, michelle? dump that bowl in there. >> stir it up. peeps come in so many different colors. there we go. i like to get messy in the kitchen. >> that's what hodi does. >> me too. >> we have them separate, we have pink, purple and yellow. fold them together in a large pan to create an actual tie-dye. >> i like it. >> this one is really fun. i know you ladies love your cocktails. >> oh, no. >> what do you do with all the leftover jellybeans besides eat them? you make some fun cocktails and some skinny cocktails too. soaks they overnight with a little vodka in a mason jar, make a little liqueur, and pour them over cocktails the next day. and for kids -- >> look at the jellybeans.

>> jellybeans and seltzer. and we have some paper, make a little template, glue them down. you have art work with jellybeans. >> what do you think of that? >> i like that one. >> you do? you want to try it? >> michelle, you take the other one. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. cheers. >> cat behavist jackson galaxy answers your questions.

when the fur flies when cat behaviorist jackson galaxy takes on frisky felines on animal planet's "my cat from hell". >> this year he's taking his catskills to new york city to help frustrated cat owners. here you zbloe hego. >> he's going to help some of our viewers by answering your

questions. welcome. >> these guys were available, right? >> these guys are available, new york city animal care control right now. they have a lot of cats for adoption. you guys should be out there adopting no matter where you are. >> when you're assessing a cat, the first thing, you assess the cat or do you assess the cat owners? >> 50/50, really. for sure. cat behavior doesn't happen in a vacuum. energy in a home dictates what is going on with the cat. >> it seems to me, they seem to be lone rangers. a lot of them seem to like to do their own thing and not be crowded. >> cats are incredibly loving, but they master the art of like detached love. you know what i mean? they don't have an attachment to the outcome -- >> i like that one. >> there are ways, some viewers are asking, how do you know if your cat loves you? is there something they do? >> cats say i love you and i own you at the same time, you know what i'm saying? if they have confidence in their ownership of the territory and the people, that's how they show

love. cats show love in predictable ways, nose to nose contact. the cat i love you is this thing where cats will blink at you, to show you i'm vulnerable to you, i'm comfortable. and you can blink right back at them. and they'll do a little blinking and it is like our little way in with them. just a slow blink. >> so you say you do something called play therapy. is that what we're doing here? >> we're doing play therapy right now. >> i don't know about the cats but i'm having fun. >> these cats are 3 months old, maybe 4 months old. this is a primetime for them to learn how to hunt. they're natural born hunters. >> they're hunting. >> prey therapy. that's what it is about. we teach them to be confident little hunters and they will be confident big cats, you know? >> some people, they have a cat in their home and want another cat so they don't feel alone. you introduce a second cat and all hell breaks loose. >> it is a bad thing?

>> it can be bad. >> for the most part cats need other cats in their lives. these guys now are learning from each other what is play and at what point do i say back off, buddy? that's the kind of thing that happens at this age. >> hoda and i do that. >> yes, we do. >> back off burk, buddy. >> if you have two cats, should you have two litter boxes or do you mix it up? >> they're like, poop here, pee here, they'll do whatever they want. but the formula is for every cat, you have one extra. it is just -- >> are they easier to train than dogs? >> no. no. they're harder. because the bottom line is they could care less about pleasing you. that's the difference between cats and dogs. they don't care about pleasing you. so there has to be something in it for them in order for it to work. >> one viewer, she says her cat pees on her bed. do you think she has a problem?

>> she has a huge problem. if she's in the bed, it is a much bigger problem. to figure out why your cat is peeing on the bed, fist go to the vet and make sure they're not sick. cats with separation anxiety pee on the bed a lot. if you're gone a lot, get another cat. >> you're interesting. >> yeah. you're all fascinating. >> all right. >> the new season premieres this saturday night on the animal planet. >> tomorrow, a special hour called you asked for it, everything you want to see more of and less of. >> relationship advice from matthew hussey and e. jean carroll. >> and cheap travel destinations. >> have

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