we'll have an update at 7:25 and every half hour after that. have a great friday. >> we'll see you then. good morning. breaking news. hijack scare. a 737 pilot sends an emergency signal to the ground as a drunk passenger tries to break into the cockpit mid-flight. that suspect in custody, the plane safe on the ground. moment of silence. president obama arriving in south korea this morning, paying respect to the victims of that ferry disaster, as questions arise about the life rafts on that doomed ship. controversial canonization. the catholic church set to declare pope john paul ii a saint in an historic ceremony at the vatican. but with serious questions being raised about his leadership, are they moving too fast? and, rivalry renewed. >> lochte and phelps neck and neck.

>> michael phelps faces a familiar foe, ryan lochte, in his first comeback final. the thrilling finish today, friday, april 25th, 2014. >> from nbc news, this is "today," with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> and i'm natalie morales along with al roker and tamron hall. savannah has the morning off. what a way to make a comeback for a guy who basically took the last couple of years. >> says he played golf, gained 30 pounds, but it's nice to hear those two names in the same sentence again, phelps and lochte, phelps and lochte. >> head-to-head the whole way, but we're not going to tell you how it ends just yet. you've got to hang on a little while. but first, we want to get to today's top story. frightening moments for the crew of a virgin australia flight headed to bali.

a passenger now under arrest after rushing the cockpit. nbc's katy tur is in perth, australia, with the latest on this. katy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. it was a flight from brisbane to bali, initially reported as a hijacking. and now we're learning it was a severely intoxicated australian man. drama in the air overnight when a 28-year-old man rushed the cockpit of a 737 virgin australia plane traveling with 137 passengers onboard. the man reportedly made it to the locked cockpit door and began pounding and banging, trying to get to where the pilots were flying the plane. pilots then broadcast this secret code to ground control of a possible hijacking. but before the man was able to get into the cockpit, the flight crew reportedly grabbed him and handcuffed him to a seat in the back of the plane. authorities later said the man the flight from brisbane to bali landed safely with everyone

onboard unharmed. the man was taken into custody where he's now being interrogated by indonesian officials. now, virgin australia issued a statement saying the flight was at no time in any danger, and that the man was unarmed. to give you a little bit of context, it's a national holiday here today, and it could be the guy just got severely intoxicated before he got on the plane. of course, though, it does not diminish how serious or how scary this situation was. matt? >> that's true. katy tur in perth on this story for us this morning. katy, thanks very much. meantime, president obama arrived in south kors morning, the second stop of his asian tour. a country still reeling from last week's tragic ferry disaster. nbc's white house correspondent peter alexander is in seoul. peter, good morning. >> reporter: natalie, good morning to you. that ferry disaster is really being seen here and felt here like a national tragedy. today, president obama expressed america's deepest sympathies to the people of south korea, with more than 300 people, many of

them high school students, dead or missing. at south korea's presidential residence today, president obama led his hosts in a moment of silence. as a show of solidarity, president obama offered items of remembrance, the u.s. flag that flew over the white house the day of the disaster, and a magnolia tree from the white house south lawn, a symbol of renewal to be planted at the high school that lost so many students. >> i'm a father of two daughters. i can only imagine what the parents are going through at this point. >> reporter: this afternoon, president obama offered this new warning, if russia doesn't deescalate the crisis in ukraine. >> is he going to use military force and the kind of destabilizing activities that we've seen so far? that's a choice that he's going to have to make. but we shouldn't make the choice easy for him. >> reporter: earlier, he laid a wreath at south korea's national war memorial. in this region, the unpredictability of north

korea's young dictator poses its own constant threat. korean leaders warning the north could conduct another nuclear test to coincide with the president's visit. kim jong-un remains an enigma. that's why these never-before-seen photos from kim's childhood revealed by north korean state media just days ago drew so much attention. the images shown as crowds cheered at a nationally televised concert. kim song min risked his life defecting from north korea 15 years ago. now living in seoul, he runs an anti-north korea radio station and still secretly remains in contact with a network of dissidents trapped inside. under kim jong-un, life hasn't gotten any better, he told me. for many people there, it's only gotten worse. they live their lives in fear. on that topic, president obama said north korea is not just a threat to this region, it is a threat to the u.s. as well. tomorrow before heading to malaysia, president obama will get a briefing from officials here at a u.s. military base.

matt and natalie, then he will visit with some of the 28,000 american troops who are stationed in this country. >> all right, peter alexander in seoul, south korea, thank you. meanwhile, we're learning more this morning about a deadly attack at a hospital in afghanistan that claimed the lives of three americans. nbc's keir simmons has more on that. keir, good morning. >> reporter: hey, matt, good morning. you're about to hear a statement that will leave you in awe of the woman who made it. the wife of a chicago doctor killed in afghanistan says she doesn't blame the people there or even the gunman himself. while his killing increases the fear that u.s. forces leave afghanistan, the militants will turn on non-military western targets. dr. jerry umanos spent nine years in afghanistan saving the lives of children. he worked in a nicu unit in kabul run by the christian charity c.u.r.e. he was shot dead thursday in his own hospital by policeman, thousands of miles from his family in chicago. >> our family has suffered a great loss.

our family and friends have suffered a great loss. and our hearts are aching. >> reporter: they released these pictures of precious moments together. dr. umanos was killed with two american friends, yet his wife says they forgive. >> we don't hold any ill will towards afghanistan in general, or even the gunman who did this. >> reporter: in afghanistan, the innocent are increasingly targets. 2-year-old abu shot four times, lost his parents during an attack on a hotel last month. now even doctors caring for children are in the firing line, but they will not leave. >> this doesn't shake our resolve to continue to love the children of afghanistan. the children of afghanistan did not do this. >> reporter: his charity even says that after the attack, fellow medics stepped in and saved the life of the gunman who just killed their friend. the white house has condemned the attack. the u.s. embassy in kabul described dr. umanos as a humanitarian.

but aside from all the politics, it just leaves you speechless. here's a guy helping afghan families, saving newborn children, training afghans to do the same and he is shot dead while his incredible wife says they won't give up on afghanistan. matt? >> yeah, no question about it. keir simmons in london for us this morning. keir, thank you very much. meanwhile, tamron is here with some troubling new developments in that ferry accident in south korea. >> yes. frustration is boiling over this morning for relatives of people still missing from the sunken south korean ferry. also, new questions today on whether that boat was safe enough to be in the water at all. nbc's bill neely has the latest. >> reporter: good morning, tamron. investigators here now suspect that life rafts on the sunken ferry may not have worked properly. evidence growing here that the ferry operators broke the rules and risked lives. the ferry sank with passengers trapped and life rafts unused. only 2 of 46 were launched.

investigators have now seized its sister ship and found life rafts and escape chutes were faulty. they raided government offices, suspecting officials were bribed to pass both ships as safe. they suspect the captain lied, that the ship was overloaded with cargo, and that the steering was faulty. do you think this ship was safe to sail? >> no. >> reporter: no? >> no. >> reporter: it was dangerous? >> yes, yes, yes. >> reporter: this marine expert says loose cargo unbalanced the ship. the cargo was too heavy? and it was not secure? >> right. i think so. >> reporter: anger is growing. parents of the missing targeting naval officials. why aren't you finding our children more quickly, they asked? at sea, the grim search for bodies grinds on. dozens of divers circling and entering the ship. more than 100 people still trapped inside. the operation here is focused

entirely on recovering bodies. it's only when they salvage the ship, raise it up, that they can begin to prove what happened with the cargo and with the steering. but prosecutors are in little doubt that negligence on and off the ship cost hundreds their lives. as further evidence of that, it appears the ferry company didn't spend too much money training its crew. last year it spent exactly $521. it didn't buy a lot of safety. tamron? >> all right, bill, thank you. a frightening scene in southern california when a school bus crashed near a golf course thursday. officials say the bus drove off the road up a steep hillside and crashed into trees. the students, all seventh and eighth graders were coming from an after school activity. a dozen people were injured. the bus driver had to be pulled from the wreckage. he and two students were hospitalized with serious, but thankfully nonlife threatening injuries. it could be a big day for

the future of college athletics. northwestern university football players will vote today whether to join a union. the national labor relations board ruled the players are university employees and therefore have the right to unionize. but the results of that vote may not be known for quite some time. the nlrb has agreed to hear an appeal from the university. the vote is likely to have huge ramification on how college sports operate. new york yankees pitcher michael pineda will miss his next two starts after the league handed down a ten-game suspension thursday. pineda was ejected wednesday night after the umpire discovered he had pine tar on his neck. while commonly used by pitchers to improve their grip, it is against the rules. and an extremely rare birth getting tons of attention at a northern mexico zoo. take a look. this is kumba, a rare cross between a zebra and a donkey.

the zoo says the zonkey is very unusual because the donkey and zebra chromosomes are not compatible. listen to this. the father, the zebra visited the donkey, wink-wink, daily. >> what did he do? drive over? bring flowers and candy? >> this is the movie where the lion and the tiger mix together. "liger." >> i never saw it. missed that one. >> let us know if you know. >> i knew there would be a chris rock joke in here somewhere. but that didn't happen. >> it's not "madagascar." >> that's an animated one. >> this is going very well. >> i always thought a zonkey was a cross between a zebra and a monkey. i'm kidding. >> this is going downhill. >> mr. roker has a check of the weather. >> crack-a-lacka. >> he's cute, let's leave it at that.

>> let's show you what's happening out there. remember we told you yesterday about all these forest fires here in the northeast, they continue in new jersey. toms river, new jersey. this one finally under control. but for a while, 600 homes were evacuated. thankfully they're out. but the good news is there is some relief coming. as you can see on the radar, we've got showers and thunderstorms pushing toward us. as they do, they're going to start firing up later this morning into this afternoon, cleveland, on into washington, d.c. norfolk. we're going to look at strong showers and thunderstorms making their way into the northeast. here's what we've got, generally a wide area of rain from charleston into raleigh, but we do have the risk of severe weather right along the southeastern atlantic coast. we're not looking at tornados out of this thing, but we are looking at the risk of hail, damaging winds and a lot of heavy rain. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

nbc bay area microclimate weather forecast is sponsored by yakult probiotic drink. >> happy friday, you made to the end of the week. showers which will likely impact your morning drive but not impact your entire day. i say keep your umbrella handy but by 5:00, 6:00 tonight starting to clear out nicely. heavier downpours developing and rolling onshore here along the peninsula. all this getting ready to move over. 280 and 101 count on slick conditions and highs today will be on the chilly side. >> "napoleon dynamite." >> better late than never. it is an important weekend for the world's one billion

catholics. pope john paul ii will be made a saint along with pope john paul xxiii in an historic event at the vatican. but it's not without controversy. nbc's anne thompson is at the vatican this morning. anne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. at capacity, st. peter's square behind me can hold 80,000 people. but officials are expecting ten times that number to come here and witness history, because on sunday, the catholic church for the first time will canonize two popes together. all roads lead to rome for the world's catholics. the script from chicago joining one million pilgrims expected to jam the streets around the vatican to see popes john xxiii and john ii made saints. pope john opened the windows of the church to the world in 1962, convening the second vatican council that modernized this ancient faith. he led the church for just five

years. john paul ii served for 26, a major figure on the world stage, the pope from poland helped bring down communism. he was a charismatic leader with a more conservative approach to catholic doctrine. at his funeral in 2005, millions chanted sainthood now. drowning out dissent. >> voices of women, voices of sex abuse victims, voices of the more progressive folks in the church who felt they had gotten stomped on during the 26, almost 27 years of john paul ii's papacy. >> reporter: his failure to respond to the sex abuse crisis has some saying john paul should not be made a saint. cardinal donald wuerl of washington, d.c. says sainthood does not mean perfection. >> it's a declaration that the person is a virtuous and holy person. >> reporter: the historic ceremony will be broadcast in 3-d and followed on social media. it even has its own twitter

handle. but for this group of catholics from brooklyn, there is nothing like being here. >> we are the only people who could bring people together, one bread, one body, one lord of all. that's us. >> reporter: now, they will not only see two popes canonized, but they will also see two living popes. pope francis will preside over the mass. pope emeritus benedict is expected to attend. it will kind of be like a catholic all-star game. matt? >> it's like a double-header. >> anne thompson, thank you. >> that's one way to put it. it's been a remarkable week when you consider that the vatican, last sunday was easter sunday, so obviously a big event for catholics. and now thousands and thousands expected to gather over this weekend. >> this is a big deal this weekend. >> let's bring in vatican spokesman greg burke. greg, good morning to you. greg, can you hear me? >> reporter: good morning, matt, how are you? >> i'm doing well, thanks.

a lot of people are asking this is the fastest process to sainthood in the history of the catholic church for john paul ii? why the rush? why do it so quickly? >> well, i mean, rush is an opinionated word there, because there are things that have actually happened faster. the pope can do whatever he wants. i think there are two important things here, matt. one is, it's not a rush, but a number of people who wanted this. pope benedict, we thought was one of the most conservative popes in the world until he resigned, of course. but obviously a very prudent man. somebody who knew john paul ii for the better part and worked with him for the better part of 25 years. and he's the one who signed off on the normal five-year waiting thing. five-year wait before a process actually starts. so benedict did that. i think that's one sign that we were pretty safe. the other is just the enormous outpouring of people coming for john paul's death.

that's part of the saint-making process. it's not exactly a democratic process, but people do vote with their feet. >> when you go back and look now at john xxiii and the canonization of that pope, the normal procedure is two miracles are presented. with that pope, there's now been one miracle presented. i don't mean to make it an opinionated comment again, but, you know, why do away with the tradition there? >> yeah, you're good on that. that's one for pope francis to answer. but the pope essentially is allowed to do what he wants. john the 23rd has certainly been one of the most revered figures. it's often been done in the past as well, matt, so no controversy there. it's often been done in the past where a second miracle has been waived. it's waived all the time in the case of martyrs. i think it's the immense popularity, the immense importance of john the 23rd for the church, and it's also just an incredible sign of unity having the two popes together.

>> all right, greg burke at the vatican this morning. greg, thank you very much. we appreciate it. we'll have more from the vatican coming up on "weekend today." meantime, one of the nation's oldest magazines has announced a major change. "ladies home journal." carson, you have much more on that. >> i do. "ladies home journal." 131 years, one of the oldest american publications. al's graced the cover many times. >> yes. >> no longer, al. no longer. >> the ladies love him. >> this is kind of cool. first one right here back in december of 1883. that's their first issue. 50 cents a year. here's the most recent one. sally field looking good on the cover. our anchors graced the inside of the magazine throughout the years. here's savannah. this was good. on co-anchor matt lauer, he's like the older brother i wish i didn't have. >> nice. thanks for that, carson. >> hoda and kathie lee. the question on our facebook page is this. how many magazines do you subscribe to? that could be behind why the publication -- by the way, there

will still be digital and offer quarterly specials. none, i've totally gone digital. one to two, three to four, five or more. take this and let us know. you can #orangeroom. how many subscriptions do you have? any? >> i get a couple. >> one. >> two. >> i'm all digital. i get all of my papers, magazines online. >> what's the one, matt? >> i get wallpaper. >> i love that. >> good magazine. >> the digital thing is i like looking at a magazine still. >> when you're carrying it in your purse. >> carson, how many people do you have in the orange room? >> i've got a lot. the minions are at work today. >> man! >> say hi. it's friday. >> all right, carson, thank you. coming up, the nevada rancher hailed by some as a hero who just doubled down on controversial comments about race in america. and michael phelps' thrilling showdown with ryan lochte in his first competitive final since london 2012. but first, this is "today" on nbc. first, this is "today" on

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good morning to you, it's 7:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. the breaking news in east san jose where police say two robbery suspects believed to be armed and dangerous are holed up in a neighborhood. happening right across the street from robert sanders elementary school. let's get right to "today in the bay" chase cain. police are going door-to-door looking for the suspects. >> they're searching backyards and telling people to stay inside their homes and keep their doors and windows locked. this is rocky mountain drive here near mt. pleasant road. this is the area where they believe they have two suspects cornered. men who they believe robbed two different 7-eleven stores overnight and may have been trying to break into cars here in the neighborhood. once an officer confronted one

of the men, they, of course, took off running. so, that's why they have been searching this area trying to find these two men who, again, they do believe are dangerous. at this point, people in the neighborhood are not being allowed out of their homes to go to work. police say they're going to have to check with them and make sure it's not someone that they're looking for at this point. but, of course, we will be out here and continuing to keep you updated on their progress in thes search. laura? >> thank you very much. remains an active situation out there. let's check in with mike inouye he has a look at traffic in that area. is it affecting anyone? >> along the hill so far enough from capital expressway and 680 not to present a problem for a majority of the commute. we'll take you over to the peninsula where we have the wet roads that is an issue and also southbound 101 and a new crash will cause some slowing. west 84 around the ge plant and the rest of your bay moves smoothly and south bay and

green, wet roadway along the area. >> especially along the peninsula. as we head throughout the day today, these showers are going to lighten up and rain won't be as steady and by tonight, clearing you out of here. i do want to show you right now the bulk of the moisture is coming through and we have that yellow and red moving through marin county and also at the north end of the peninsula. that is what you will find. 59 along the peninsula for today and 60 degrees, that's our high in san jose. staying cool tomorrow and then big warmth next week, laura. over to you. >> sounds good, thanks so much. back with another local news update in half an hour.

7:30 now on a friday morning, 25th of april, 2014. wow, it's a pretty day here in new york city. that view looking in which direction, natalie? >> that would be looking south. >> south, that's right, from top of the rock, the empire state building in foreground here, one world trade sent fler the become ground. by the way, you hear that song playing? it's the "la la la" song. has nearly 300 million hits on youtube. the men behind it naughty boy & sam smith are here to perform it live on the plaza in our 8:30 half-hour. >> you want to go like this and go la la la la. cover your ears. meantime, let's take a lack at what is making headlines this morning. a drunk passenger caused a hijack scare on a virgin

australia flight overnight. officials say he tried to get into the cockpit, leading the pilot to declare an emergency. that man was taken into custody and the plane landed safely in bali. the officials investigating the cause of that ferry disaster in south korea are taking a closer look at the ship's cargo. there was reportedly far more onboard than an inspector says the ship could safely handle. they're also trying to determine if the life rafts on that ship failed to work properly. and the underwater hunt for malaysia air flight 370 will soon expand beyond the current search area. a robotic submarine has now scanned 95% of that site, but has yet to discover any debris. coming up, michael phelps runs into a familiar face during his first competitive final since returning to the pool, ryan lochte. we'll hear from them. plus, phelps's mom talks about her son's chances of competing in the next olympics. >> i love her. and vegas has hosted a lot of fight nights. now you can add a war of words

between george clooney and a casino mogul, mr. steve wynn. we're going to tell you what set off their public feud and what they're saying about it this morning. >> all right. let us begin this half-hour are a nevada cattle rancher that became a hero to anti-government conservatives for resisting an attempt to remove his cattle from federal land. then he made some startling comments. and while some of his top supporters are now distancing themselves, that rancher is not backing down. here's nbc's mike taibbi. >> reporter: clooichb bundy is not backing down, instead repeating his controversial comments. he became a hero to many anti-conservatives. >> it's time to take the guns away from these bureaucrats. >> reporter: bundy called it a range war, and with hundreds of supporters coming to his aid, it seemed that way when government agents gave up in attempting to

seize his cattle that has been grazing on federal lands, even though he owes more than a million in grazing fees and fines. >> i don't recognize the united states government as even existing. >> reporter: this week, the right's new darling talked about race. >> i want to tell you one more thing i know about the negros. >> reporter: comments gol viral about africans he says he saw outside a housing project. >> are they better off as slaves picking cotton, having a family life and doing things, or are they better off under government subsidy? >> reporter: the fallout has been swift, the distance from hero to pariah traveled at the speed of the internet, starting with his major supporters. senator rand paul called the comments racist and offensive. nevada senator dean heller called them appalling. even sean hannity, among several conservative fox news commentators, who championed bundy's cause, expressed disgust. >> i believe those comments are downright racist. they are repugnant. >> reporter: keith rogers, who's

followed bundy's case for years, says the rancher has one logical move. >> i think cliven has to look inside himself and he might be a bigger man by saying i'm sorry. >> reporter: the dispute isn't over about grazing his cattle without paying fees, but bundy's role as an unqualified anti-government hero is disappearing fast. for "today," mike taibbi, nbc news, los angeles. let's make a turn, get a check of the weather from al. >> we've got two systems that are going to cause a big problem. we're still talking about winter hanging on back through the rockies. can you believe this? we've got winter weather advisories, winter weather watches from california all the way to colorado. over the weekend, this system is going to dump up to 12 inches of snow in the mountains of california. as you get into the rockies, six to nine inches of snow. but ahead of the system, we've got a lot of moisture and a lot of volatility, so we've got rain back through the rockies, but look on saturday, the risk of

wind gusts of 70 miles per hour, tornados possible. and it gets even worse as we move on into sunday. the area of precipitation expands and look at the risk of severe weather, from omaha to houston, but the strong risk of severe weather really fires up around memphis on into parts of oklahoma. we're going to be looking at these showers and thunderstorms firing up and making for really, really strong storms, tornados possible right on into monday. we'll continue to track it over hey, thank you, al. we love when you always keep us updated nationally. now, locally, we're tracking some pretty heavy rainfall, especially at the north end of the peninsula and most of this moisture is well to the north of 92. the heavier batches, anyhow. everywhere getting steady rainfall and give yourself extra time this morning as we continue through the next couple hours all this will push over the east

shore. moderate showers there and highs will be cool reaching high 50s to low 60s for today. >> and that's your latest weather. >> all right, al, thank you. it is day two michael phelps' return to competitive swimming, this after he faced off against a familiar foe last night, and it was an exciting one. nbc's janet shamlian is in mesa, arizona, again this morning. janet, good morning. >> reporter: hi, natalie. it's a local community pool here in mesa, but there was olympic-sized enthusiasm, as michael phelps dived into competition. and what a return. this guy takes 18 months off, swims like he hasn't missed a day, and yet there were a few potholes on the comeback road. just like all those unforgettable races, michael phelps in lane four, his old rival ryan lochte in lane five. >> so we are off the block. >> reporter: it was phelps diving back into competition in the final of the 100 meter butterfly, lochte at his side

stroke for stroke. phelps swimming toward a comeback. >> lochte and phelps neck and neck. >> reporter: at 28, with one preliminary win, this was a race phelps wanted. and it's oh so close. >> and ryan lochte has just edged out michael phelps in the comeback. >> reporter: for the world's most decorated olympian, out of the pool for 18 months -- >> i traveled, i played golf, i gained 30 pounds. >> reporter: it was his first meet since the 2012 london games, and phelps said he felt like a rookie. but to his fans, michael is back. >> i've been waiting here for, like, about five hours. >> we came out from long beach, california. and just to see this. >> reporter: also back, that easy pool side camaraderie with lochte. >> down there at the turn, i kind of peeked over and i saw him and i almost started smiling. >> why, because you were ahead? >> reporter: the big question on

everyone's mind, will phelps push to swim in the rio olympics two years from now? michael wasn't saying, and his biggest fan mom debbie was diplomatic. >> yes, mom? should we go to rio or not? >> whatever he wants. >> whatever he wants. >> that's a good mother. >> reporter: come on, you know, you know debbie phelps wants him to make that run for rio. phelps has one more swim today. it's the 50 meter freestyle. guys, they're expecting another sellout crowd. >> and that's his event, right, janet? that should be good. >> raise your hand if you think he's going to be in rio swimming, competing. competing? >> absolutely. >> i'm going to put my hand here. i say 50/50. >> unless he gets spanked. >> i'm rooting for you, michael. coming up next, what set off a very public war of words between oscar winner george clooney and billionaire mogul steve wynn. and on "trending," steven tyler gives a personal voicemail greeting that you have to hear. but first, these messa [ female announcer ] what if getting ready every morning was quick and easy?

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we're back now at 7:42 with a bit of an odd story. it was a high-profile blowout in las vegas that's making some headlines, a spat in public between george clooney and casino owner steve wynn. nbc's miguel almaguer has the latest. >> reporter: it was a vegas smackdown that had all the drama of a good hollywood script. >> did you have a hand in this? >> did i have my hand in what? >> reporter: in one corner, the world famous leading man. in the other corner, the billionaire casino mogul whose name looms large over the vegas strip. >> this is encore. >> reporter: the blowout happened right here, inside wynn's upscale casino restaurant, a table of nine having dinner earlier this month when it got ugly over politics. specifically, obamacare. >> i am surprised that george lost his temper. i am sure whatever steve did really pissed him off.

>> reporter: in a statement, clooney says wynn went on a rant. he called the president an expletive. that's a fact. i said the president was my longtime friend and then he said, your friend is an expletive. and at that point, i told steve, he was an expletive. clooney has raised millions for mr. obama, while in recent years, wynn has donated millions to those who ran against him. >> every business guy in the country is frightened of barack obama and the way he thinks. >> reporter: wynn spoke to journalist norm clark about the vegas fight night. >> he said that clooney got up and threw a hissy fit when he and wynn started debating over obamacare. he stood up and said a word that we can't say. >> reporter: there's one thing both seem to agree on, it was the movie star who walked out. but this morning, there's something else a lot of others seem to agree with. >> no fists were thrown.

it was just an argument with two rich white guys arguing about politics. they're going to be fine. >> reporter: a supersized blowout that proves what happens in vegas doesn't always stay in vegas. for "today," miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >> that story had everything. >> i love it. i would love to see them in a boxing ring. >> speechless. all right, up next, ronald mcdonald gets a makeover. but is that enough to help the fast-food giant's sagging sales? we'll talk about that right after this.

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in one of the nation's most famous food icons is getting a new look and a new outlet, twitter. nbc's john yang is in chicago with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. we're here at the ronald mcdonald house in chicago. i'm going to get a quick picture here, because i want to remember ronald just as he is right now because he's getting a whole big makeover. they're making him into a whole new clown, and he's all about social media. call it a mcmakeover. goodbye, baggy jump suit, hello, slim cut cargo pants and vest. and for more formal occasions, a

red blazer and bowtie. what's not changing, ronald mcdonald's big red shoes. you don't mess with classics. >> it was really time to update him and give him a little more of a sophisticated look. >> reporter: it's his first new wardrobe in nine years, and comes after the company reported a fifth straight month of declining sales at its u.s. outlets. >> when it comes to eating those delicious mcdonald's hamburgers. >> reporter: a big difference from his first appearance in 1963. by the way, recognize that voice? it's "today's" very own willard scott. in the fast-food wars, analysts say you may redress a figure as iconic as ronald, but never retire him. >> ronald mcdonald is their michael jordan, so no way do you retire your star player, especially when the stakes are so high. keep ronald in the game. >> reporter: sean price's marketing clients, include mcdonald's, though not on this makeover, which has been years in the making. it's the product of a broadway costume designer and comes as

the fast-food icon is getting some trash talk from competitor taco bell, using real life ronald mcdonalds. >> i'm ronald mcdonald. >> reporter: to complete the update, mcdonald's is tweeting ronald's musings using the #ronaldmcdonald. but social media can be a double-edged sword. just when you thought he couldn't be any creepier. amdo985 says he looks like a misguided dad. that's what was missing, mcd's, a taste in wardrobe. child nutrition advocates are also going after ronald mcdonald with the #momsnotlovingit. sorry. back to you guys. >> i like the old ronald mcdonald. john yang, thank you. >> you took a little bit of an issue with the fact that this is a new sophisticated look, right? >> he's wearing a clown suit. it's a clown suit. it's a good clown suit. >> cargo pants. >> carson is in the orange room

with more. >> it's not a clown suit, though, al. look how hip he looks now. this is like the ipod headphones coming out. >> you wear that. >> i'm not going to wear that. listen, it's not a beef, if you will, without the competition getting involved. jack in the box tweeting out, #mclifecrclifecrisis. >> jack in the box talking smack. >> a selfie. they've got this going out there, too. mcdonald's is putting a full court social media press out there. but the ultimate question, is what do you think? 57% -- oh, it's changing. now you're not loving it after john yang's piece has influenced america. but let us know. either way, i think the world will continue to revolve. >> and we'll continue to eat it. >> i like the original. >> not lovin' it. >> let's find out what the burger king said. >> all right, carson, thanks.

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a very good morning to you. 7:56, i'm laura garcia-cannon. a door-to-door search for a robbery suspect going on right across the street from robert sanders elementary school. let's get live to chase that scene. what can you tell us? >> they are still suching this area at this hour. police are asking people to stay inside their homes and keep their doors and windows locked while they search backyards, frontyards and underneath cars to find two men who they believe are responsible for two armed robberies overnight at two different 7-eleven stores. they believe they have those suspects cornered in this neighborhood along rocky mountain drive and mt. pleasant road. they say about three dozen homes that are sort of in this perimeter area where they believe they have those suspects cornered. they do considered these men to be armed and dangerous because they did show a handgun in at least one of those robberies.

that's why anyone in this area cannot leave for work right now. everyone is, again, having to stay inside their home and they say if anyone is in this area and they see anything suspicious, they should certainly call 911 right away. there are a lot of san jose police officers out here and, of course, we'll keep you updated all morning long. laura? >> thank you very much, chase. you can also tell it's raining out there. check the forecast with christina. >> check out the roads first. let's take a look over here. the live look shows you the roadways are wet and windshield wipers on and there is your green around the area. i've circled the area where chase is reporting and well off of your commute. building commute for the south bay and getting better for west highway 84 and livermore and there is the north bay, christina. low clouds and some drizzle. >> you know the radar definitely showing you widespread rainfall at this point. starting to clear out a touch, but getting some heavy downpours areas to the south of the golden gate bridge and clearing in sonoma county and low 50s and 60s for today and need your coat and umbrella all day long. clearing by tonight, laura, back

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, would you eat meatless meat? inside multimillion dollar push to get >> it is 8:00 on "today," and coming up, would you eat meatless meat? inside the multimillion dollar push to get americans to try something new on their plates. we'll give it a try. >> plus, going the distance to save man's best friend. nigel, eli, daisy. the remarkable journey the man who traveled a million miles to make sure dogs find the perfect home. >> and it's the hit song that has over 295 million views on youtube. this morning, naughty boy and sam smith are here to perform it

live on the plaza. today, friday april 25, 2014. >> we came all the way from south korea. we're the real housewives of north dakota! >> matt lauer, come say hi to me. >> cajuns love new york city. whoo! >> and we're back now, 8:00 on a friday morning. really, really pretty friday morning in the northeast. it is the 25th of april, 2014. we have a huge crowd here at the plaza. some of these people might be here because we have a performance coming up in our next half hour, sam smith and the naughty boy. >> just a lot going on here. this is really kind of the song of the moment.

on this track is the great sam smith, who is on "snl" recently. probably one of the more eagerly anticipated releases coming out in a while for sam smith. he's doing great. the crowd is here. >> another reason is this jacket. i love that jacket. >> i might rethink this jacket. let's turn it over to tamron hall. she is at the news desk. tense moments overnight from bris lane, australia to bali when a passenger attempted to get inside the cockpit. nbc's katy tur is in perth, australia, with the latest on the flight emergency. >> reporter: good morning. initially reported as a hijacking but we're learning that it was a 28-year-old australian man who was severely intoxicated and he tried to break into the cockpit, pounding and banging on the door. fortunately he was not able to do so. the crew subdued him and handcuffed him to a seat in the

back of the plane. virgin australian issued a statement saying the flight was never in any danger at any time. they added the man was also unarmed and landed safely in bali. now the man is in the indonesian authorities. they are questioning him right now seeing what exactly happened. tamron. >> thank you. president obama arrived overnight in south korea where he led a moment of silence for victims of last week's ferryboat tragedy. the president attended a citizenship ceremony for the 20 members of the u.s. military and their families. and laid a wreath at a memorial for those that died at the korean war. earlier, the president wrapped up his visit to japan without clinching a key trade deal. the wife of an american doctor killed in afghanistan thursday says her family and friends have suffered a great loss but do not harbor any ill will against the man accused of shooting him. the doctor spent nine years working at a private christian

hospital in kabul treating children and training afghan doctors. officials say that he was murdered thursday along with two american friends when he the hospital security guard opened fire. 2 million people are expected at the vatican this weekend as pope francis elevates two popes. john xxvii 23 and john ii to sainthood. some people oppose the fast track for john paul who died in 2005 after helping to defeat communism in eastern europe. and they wanted more time for history to judge his response the priest sex scandal. church officials deny my claims that john paul failed to combat the abuses. pro-football buffalo bills are pacing a season without cheerleaders. the company that manages the buffalo jils has suspended operation after five former cheerleaders filed a lawsuit this week. they claim they were underpaid and mistreated. the women worked hundreds of hours for free and subjected to groping and sexual comments at

mandatory events and had to submit to a, quote, jiggle test so their boss could critique their bodies. the team has had no comment. late night host seth myers is going prime time for one night only. this "saturday night live" alum has been tapped to host the 2014 prime time emmy awards. the awards will air right here on nbc. mark your calendars. prince william, duchess kate and baby george headed home to england after their nearly three-week trip down under. prince george looking dashing in his red sweater and pinstripe shorts. he seemed distracted. hess parents waved good-bye to well-wishers, his father noted george can be grumpy on plane rides. he has been excellent on that trip. let me send it back to everyone hanging out on the plaza. >> grumpy but adorable. >> we can all be grumpy on planes. >> mr. roker in front of a nice section of our audience here.

>> yes, indeed. good cause. parkinson's unity walk this weekend. >> absolutely. tomorrow at 10:00, central park. 72nd street. to get mo-- you can come tomorr join us. you can donate. >> i like one of your supporters here. who is this? >> will. >> i willie. all right. named after willard scott. there you go. let's check your weather and see what we have for today. we are looking at wet weather in indianapolis. nasty morning. nice day. partly sunny and 64 degrees. as we check out the rest of your day today. afternoon temperatures nice and hot. texas, central florida into the southwest. chilly through the pacific northwest. and the cascades. temperatures 40s and 50s there. signatures in the northeast. and chillier as you get up into 8:06. happy friday to you.

well, the spot that we're watching is right now starting to push to the south of sonoma county. still getting those showers in marin county and you can see here, in the south bay, we're starting to get some of the heavier rainfall indicated here by the red and orange. a pretty good line of showers and thunderstorms moving over the santa cruz mountains. that's going to work its way over 17. over the course of the next half hour, count on slick conditions there. wherever you're headed, bring your umbrella and that jacket. temperatures only climbing in the mid- to upper 60s. a couple of low 50s out there. atest weather. >> all right, thanks, al. question for you guys, do you have a problem eating solo? >> i don't love it. >> i've got an inflatable friend. >> nice. >> this has gone very wrong. coming up, we're going to tell you in "trending," there's a restaurant that has tables only for one. >> that would be a good idea. >> it's called a diner. then the big names making an expensive bet. are you ready for that meatless meat?

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to all the delicious recipes you bake. because inside every carton is the goodness of blue diamond almonds. almond breeze. almondiciously good! we're back now, 11 after 8:00 with what's trending today. an awful lot of unscripted moments at the white house these days, but a surprise from a 10-year-old girl at an event hosted by the first lady is getting a lot of attention this morning. the emotional moment even catching mrs. obama off guard. take a look. >> okay, you right in the front. >> my dad's been out of a job for three years and i wanted to give you his resume. >> you are so sweet. oh, my goodness. good job. all right. i will take it. >> so the first lady hosted this event for children of

administration staffers. she took the resume with her as we left. we should note the girl's father worked on president obama's re-election campaign and her mother still works for the administration. even so, the moment is striking. a lot of people around the country who obviously are looking for jobs. it's one of those moment where is a little girl tried to do the right thing for her dad. i think that's really sweet. >> yeah. no word yet on whether or not there is a job prospect there, but fingers crossed for him. >> yeah. let's say that you're traveling and you find yourself alone in a new city. would you ever go out to a restaurant to eat by yourself? if you answered yes, then we have just the place for you. it's called een maal, meaning one meal, and it's billing itself as the world's first eatery for diners dining solo. the owner says she wants to erase the stigma that eating alone is a sad affair and she is hoping to open a similar restaurant here in the u.s. later this year. i think this is a great idea. >> i'm going to open up a chain called losers. >> whoa!

>> carson! >> it will be people like myself and my dad and we'll go -- >> i eat out all the time alone. i love it. >> you have to have an environment that's inviting to that. a diner. you can eat alone. but you don't want to be at a four top by yourself. >> i eat at the bar all the time. i worked at a mall, so i would take my break and go down to the food court. >> nothing wrong with that. >> why did you call it losers? >> that's the feeling. you get that feeling. >> we don't see this side on "the voice." you're mr. happy. >> the honest side. >> i could eat at a little dive in my neighborhood. but i have to put a big l on my forehead? >> you have to embrace it. it's a term of endearment. >> a term of endearment? >> i eat alone all the time. >> who goes to the movies alone. >> i do. >> matinees. i do matinees. >> you don't? >> i haven't. >> i stream it on netflix, but i'm there alone.

anyway -- >> i love it. okay. great friday. anyway, as painful as they can be, everyone seems to love a juicy breakup story. and for a time, we all thought this was the absolute worst way to be dumped, thus you would be a loser. take a look. >> burger broke up with my on a post-it. >> on a post-it? >> uh-huh. yep. read it and weep, my friends. >> i'm sorry, i can't, don't hate me. >> who could forget that scene? still one of the best shows ever. post-it decades are long gone. turns out, social media giving people a new way to dump their partners. instagram. an instagram posted this, before and after shots, one with his girlfriend. a second where he cropped her out. he tagged it with a #transformationtuesday. she later commented on the post, asking is this your way of breaking up with me? >> yes.

>> texting is bad enough. but then you add the photo to it. >> and she had to ask him. >> he's not making a lot of friends on instagram after that either. >> if he's looking for a date, good luck. think for a second about your voicemail greeting. >> what happened? >> just back to your russian comment. >> there you go. i'll be in the corner. come and join me. think about your voicemail greegt. maybe your voice sounds nice on it. maybe you have a little music playing in the background. but however good you think it is, it cannot match this woman's greeting. take a listen. ♪ mary isn't here right now so leave a message at the tone and include your name 'cause she don't wanna miss your call ♪ >> there you go. that's on "the tonight show." surprising a fan by reworking the lyrics to aerosmith's "i don't wanna miss a thing."

mary clearfully sholy in shock. >> all of us, we all like that. >> that is great. >> that's awesome. >> and that is what's trending today. and we're back. meet substitutes have been around for decades, but getting the masses to chew on mock meat has been difficult. nbc's craig melvin is here with

more. >> looks like chicken, right? >> tastes like chicken, right? >> we'll see. we're going to get you guys to do a taste test in a few moments. but bill gates and the guys who started twitter, they're already sold. they are betting millions that this could change the world. >> this is the beginning of the ultimate free range chicken. >> chickens and chows might like this plant outside columbia, missouri. >> it's all loaded into the system right here. >> in the world of mock meat, ethan brown thinks what's sliding off this conveyer belt is the perfect fake. just don't call it that. >> i sort of bristle at the use of the word fake when people talk about our product. i completely disagree with that. it's an assembly of amino acids, fat and water that is just like what you get out of an animal. >> his product is a hodgepodge of proteins from mainly this, peas and plants. >> it doesn't look like a pea to me. >> there's no starch to it and there's very little fat. it's all protein that's been extracted from the pea.

>> the extract is then put through a secret process. it's a high-tech recipe that caught the attention of the men who started twitter. they've invested millions and so has billionaire philanthropist bill gets, who blogged about how impressed he was and even met with brown a few times. >> he said if you can drop the price of this well below meat and get international contribution, you can make a huge contribution. >> reporter: they have also put their money where their mouth is in another plant-based food company. hampton creek foods uses plants to replace a different staple, eggs. their eggless mayonnaise helped the company raise more than $30 million from private investors recently. >> it is a growing trend, more and more they're looking to appeal to the vegetarian audience and the wider audience of consumers who are interested in healthier products. >> but brown knows, to take a bite out of the $177 billion animal meat market, his chicken has to taste like chicken. and his new ground beef crumbles

like beef. >> for me, it's been on getting the texture right, so it's seamless for people. they can put it in their favorite dish. >> as a self-proclaimed connoisseur of good food, i decided to give beyond meat an honest try. >> that really does taste like chicken. >> it's convenient. it's already cooked. is all you've got to do is heat it up in a pan with a little bit of oil. >> this is really good. and their beef -- >> this is chili. >> can't taste the difference. i would eat this chili. this is actually chili i would eat. >> the biggest hurdle, converting carnivores, getting people to accept their plant-based product as meat. to do that, they're trying to win over consumers one taste at a time. so, with no cholesterol, no transfats, no hormones, makers of beyond meat say that their product is healthier. they also point out with the soaring cost of meat at 5.49 for a 12-ounce bag of this stuff, it's almost charlie gibson cheaper than chicken. critics say while all of that may be true, it is still actually a processed food.

taste test. let's start with the chicken salad. up top. so taste both of those. make sure you get a piece of the chicken. it takes you guys forever. so which one is real, matt lauer, and which one is fake? >> this is real chicken, that's fake chicken. >> this is real. >> real on the right. >> how about real is on the left. >> no. >> real is on the left. >> is that true? >> matt knew. >> there you go. >> carson daly, you got it wrong. >> it's great, though. >> i guess you are a loser after all. >> let's go to the beef. >> wow, that's crazy. >> you guys are -- it's like being at my house. >> you're not supposed to talk with your mouth full. >> no, you're not. >> and the company says --

>> it's hard to tell. >> real is on the right again? >> real is on the left. >> again i got it wrong? >> the real beef is on the left. the beyond beef son the right. the company is also coming out with hamburgers so you won't be able to tell the difference. >> and they're coming out with a fake ronald mcdonald. that's kind of cool. >> that's very cool. >> it's good. >> impressive. >> let's go over to natalie. >> all right, matt, thank you. now to more of our ground-breaking body image series "love your selfie." would you ever take off nearly all your clothes and let the whole world watch? style and image guru gok wan wants you to give it a shot. we're going to talk to him in just a moment. but first, gok's make truth. he's got some moves, that's for sure. because gok wan manages the near impossible, getting women of all ages, shapes and sizes to strip down for all the world to see. >> when you stand on your own in front of a mirror completely naked, if you can accept that reflection, you are in such a

more affluent place to feel so much better about your life. >> his hit british tv shows, including "how to look good naked," broke new ground, and now gok's become an institution in britain and far beyond. >> it's my mission, or i've made it my mission, to try to help every single woman in the world feel better about herself and correct all her wardrobe woes. >> in the world according to gok, it's a multi-step process. >> it's about making women feel perfect and beautiful. >> looking, learning, and loving by embracing the body you've got, imperfections and all. >> give everybody a new belt or a great pair of trousers. it is not about that. it's about understanding the body that holds those clothes. >> gok wan, good morning. >> good morning, how are you? >> i'm great. as we saw in that tape spot, you were on a mission when it comes to mission. you want to make them look good, feel good, and look good in their own bodies, in their own skin.

how as a man did you decide that this was going to be your mission? >> you know, i've always loved women. i've always got on with women, and when i got older and started my career as a stylist, women's wear was the perfect choice. dressing either models or singers or real people, i just found there was a correlation with everyone. not every woman feels great about the way that they look. using clothes as a tool to make someone feel better is one thing that teaching them to love themselves without those clothes is a completely different thing c . >> that's a very uncomfortable thing for women to do, to peel back those layers literally. why is it kind of important to get into the deeper issue that's troubling women? >> because if you think about clothes, clothes are wonderful. i love fashion. i've worked in fashion for a long, long time. but they just cover up what's there already. you've got to learn to embrace what's there. it's not about loving your body. it's about accepting the parts of your body that you don't feel that comfortable with. because every woman around the

world, whether it's you here in america or in the uk, women's bodies change constantly. so having a relationship with that and understanding what you look like in the mirror and accepting that will put you in such a much better place to accept who you are as a person. so when you do dress yourself and you walk high and the confidence is there, it's real confidence. it's not confidence that's been masked with the latest designer bag or the best shoes or the sexiest dress. it's about the entire package and that's been my mission. >> i know you had a chance to work with some women in the u.s. here yesterday. we'll get to see that transformation next week. what was it like for them experiencing gok wan? >> it was incredible. number one, we had a great day. number two, they were all absolutely amazing. it was a really inspiring session. i learned a lot from those girls as well. i've been doing this for a long time. but every time i meet a woman and we work together, you learn so much. i worked with one girl in particular, but we had a whole group of ladies as well. all groups of shapes and sizes. the whole point was to show one

woman, bella, that every woman does feel the same. parts of the body you accept, parts of the body you don't. you'll see next week exactly how she got on. >> so you show them, even though you're telling them to strip and get down to what's bothering them. but then you give them the garments, the right garments to put back on them to build them back up. why are you then redoing -- like basically giving them a makeover if you're saying you have to love yourself? >> because in the regular styling makeover, instead of it just being about the dress or the coat or the shirt, it is about stripping it all back. working on the psychology, how we feel about bodies. so when you dress yourself afterwards, the clothes become an accessory. effectively, you wear your clothes. your clothes don't wear you. and that's always been my motto. >> right. >> and it does work. yes, with bella, it was all about the swimsuit. because every woman out there is terrified. >> hate the swimsuit. >> you don't have to be. you'll see next week exactly how to get it right for different shapes and sizes. >> i can't wait for that reveal

next week. gok wan, thank you so much. great work. we'll be expanding our conversation on beauty and body image all next week on "love a very good morning to you. it's 8:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. the mystery behind the deadly shooting of a popular east bay dog walker appears to be order this morning. police have charged stephon lee and mario floyd in the shooting death of judy salomon last summer. the men allegedly tried to take solomon's cell phone after she used the phone recording them committing a crime. when she wouldn't hand it over, police say they shot her in her car. the arrests came after an eight-month investigation and tips provided by members of the community. it's a soggy commute out there. is it affecting traffic? >> it is. but folks are doing what they're supposed to do, driving a tad bit slower. we see past the oakland coliseum, the mist, drizzle, wet roads and the slowing traffic

around high street. same thing goes for 580 approaching the maze. look at the bay bridge toll plaza where we have the backup. and this is a lot heavier than we've seen for a few weeks on a friday. misty conditions will cause folks to slow down a bit and a lot of schools have done with their spring breaks, we're looking over here toward the westbound 92 heading over towards the peninsula, a smoother flow of traffic there, but no delays and a little bit of a build through the northbound through san jose. but starting to sort itself out on this friday. >> good news. we'll be back with another local news update in half an hour. see you then.

8:30 now on a friday morning. it's the 25th day of april, 2014. for a moment, i thought maybe. but no. that's a bad idea. >> sir mix-a-lot. >> natalie is here while savannah's been taking time off. she's back monday. huge crowd here.

a lot of the people here to see these guys over here. >> nice. >> naughty boy & sam smith, these guys have the most popular song in the world right now. it's called "la la la." once it gets in your head, you will not stop sing it. the video has 250 million hits on youtube. and they're here to perform it live for us coming up in a bit. also ahead, the new warning tied to a spike in measles cases around the country. strong words from the cdc for parents who are not vaccinating their children. plus, one man's devotion to dogs. we're kicking off a series called finding your first job today. if you're a soon-to-be college grad and looking for your first big break, head to today.com and share your story. >> we'll get an overwhelming response to that one, no question. let's see what we've got for you, starting with saturday. looking for strong storms, a risk of those storms from texas

on into the plains states. wet weather in the pacific northwest. rain in northern new england. sunny and warm through the gulf coast. sunday there's a strong risk in the lower mississippi river valley. that risk slowly moves through the east. more rain in the pacific northwest. sunny and hot as you make your way through southern texas. nice and warm along 8:32 now. taking a live look at the radar. lit up like a christmas tree this morning. some heavier downpours, really starting to come in along the peninsula, especially areas to the north of highway 92. let me zoom in for this batch right here. really starting to impact places south of 92. it should be in oakland as we head throughout the next half hour. overall, temperatures are going to be cool for today. right now, we're in the 50s. we're going to stay in the 50s for many places. low 60s today out in the east bay. >> we have a boisterous crowd here on a friday. look at all these folks.

oh, my gosh. you got your ears pierced in new york city? what's your name? >> alex. >> let's see your ears. oh, very lovely. very nice. where are you from, sweetie? >> lexington. >> kentucky? >> massachusetts. >> massachusetts. okay, there you go. very nice. now let's go inside to natalie who just got her ears pierced. >> a little while ago, though. thank you, al. call it a sign of the times. after more than a century in print, an iconic magazine that has traced the evolution of women in america is making a drastic change. nbc's stephanie gosk is here with more. good morning, stephanie. >> good morning, natalie. "ladies home journal" really set the standard for successful magazines when it was first published, but the announcement from parent company meredith that it will cease regular publication after 131 years makes it just the latest digital age casualty. published for the first time in 1883, as the "ladies home journal and practical housekeeper," it became the

first u.s. magazine to reach one million subscriptions, with its focus and popularity, the "ladies home journal" was the stop for anyone looking to connect with the american housewife. >> for over 130 years, "ladies home journal" has really been a go-to place for women to find out everything for their homes, their lives, their well-being. >> reporter: during world war ii, the government relied on the journal's pages to spread important wartime messages, like buy war bonds, and don't waste food. first ladies have graced the covers for generations. not to mention quite a few of our colleagues. but its history is not without controversy. in the '70s, the magazine was the target of a famous sit-in. roughly 100 women accused the publication of being woefully behind the times. the magazine rebounded from the negative attention then, but today, the realities of the digital age have proven harder to overcome. even with the relatively high circulation, 3.2 million, ad sales are dropping in the double

digits. >> "ladies home journal" in particular reaches one of the oldest audiences. the median age of their readers is 57 and advertisers don't want to reach baby boomers. >> the journal will only appear quarterly on newsstands and online, making the monthly magazine that millions of women read for over a century officially a thing of the past. if you're one of the 3.2 million with a subscription, there are still three more issues left, may, june, and july. then your subscription will transfer to one of the parent company's other magazines, like "family circle" or "women's day." matt, it's going to be an important choice. >> for me, i'm going to struggle with that. but i'm going to miss having magazines. i know this is going the way of the digital. >> i love the apps. i read a lot of magazines and i love reading them on the apps. >> you tear stuff out. you have a folder. >> i have recipes. >> a person still says, i like

the brick cell phone or the pager. things change. it really is. >> making us seem like the dinosaurs here. >> some guy is saying i miss my pager. >> al still has his pager and answers it. >> let's go to the orange room where another dinosaur is lurking. carson? >> al, you going to be okay? >> i'll get to you. >> the results of our survey, how many magazines do you subscribe to? almost half say none, i've gone totally digital. or like matt, just one magazine coming to the house. "wallpaper," i think that writes in. julie says, i like digital, but there's something i still like about a magazine, sitting on the patio, glass of wine and turn the pages. al, you okay? >> i'm much better now. i feel happy. >> page him. just check it out. >> carson, thank you. a new warning for parents up next with the measles cases

surging at the fastest pace in nearly two decades. and then, coming up, we've got a live performance coming up on the plaza from naughty boy & sam smith. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

we're back now with the alarm being sounded by the centers for disease control over the measles. this year alone, 129 people have been infected in 13 states. it's the biggest outbrek to begin a year in nearly two decades and the cdc is now urging parents to vaccinate your children. "today" contributor is an assistant professor of medicine at nyu langone medical center. measles was eradicated in this country back in 2000. here we have the biggest outbreak in a couple of decades. is this the beginning of some kind of national health crisis, or is it being blown out of

proportion? >> it's definitely alarming. let's look at the numbers. before we had a widespread vaccination program, we were seeing 500,000 cases a year. once vaccination became more widespread, it was about 60 cases a year. now in the first four months this year, we're already over 120. those numbers are considered an outbreak or an epidemic. >> in california, 58 cases. new york, 26 infections. washington state, 13. some other states, texas, massachusetts, new jersey, and so on. 13 states. do you see any pattern or any reason that jumps out at you when you look at those 13 states? >> well, when you think about states new york and california, the population is bigger. but people that are traveling internationally tend to come to these places. and unfortunately, the more sort of sophisticated states are where some parents are thinking, maybe i don't need to vaccinate my child, which is a mistake. >> in california, of the 58 cases, 25 of those were people who had not been immunized. 19 of those weren't immunized because of philosophical reasons. let me read you something that

william shafner, an infectious disease doctor said. he said the low rate of immunizations because of rumors and conspiracy theories and said that young parents today haven't seen these diseases and they don't respect or fear them. do you agree with that? >> i do agree with it. people don't think of these diseases as deadly, but they absolutely can be. we're talking about measles, muches, whooping cough. a resurgence of diseases that really should not be around anymore if people are doing the vaccines that they should be getting. >> are young doctors trained to recognize the symptoms of these diseases, because they haven't been around in a while? >> it's tough. we learn about it in medical school, but if you don't see something often, you're not going to be thinking about that first off when you see a patient. so this is a wake-up call for doctors and training programs to recognize these symptoms. >> once you're infected with the virus, how quickly do these symptoms present themselves? >> usually within seven to ten days. the symptoms are fever, runny nose, sore throat. sounds like a typical cold and that's the problem here.

but then several days later, you're going to develop that characteristic red splotchy rash. starts in the face, goes through entire body and white spots in your mouth. >> the message from the cdc to parents is get your children vaccinated. >> absolutely. there's really no other reason for it. >> doc, thanks very much. coming up next, a touching story. we'll meet a man who's driven more than a million miles to save the lives of unwanted dogs. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

today's american story with bob dotson stars in rhode island, a remarkable trip that saved 74 lives. >> are you ready? >> no. >> reporter: some journeys lead to a better life. >> good home, new life.

>> reporter: some, to life itself. these dogs were destined to die, before greg maley began a remarkable odyssey. >> new england or bust. >> reporter: twice a month, he leaves his home in zaynsville, ohio, hugs his wife and son, and drives 4,200 miles. >> he's going to new york. he's going to be a yankee. >> reporter: linking volunteers who rescue unwanted dogs. >> good boy! >> reporter: with others who offer a loving home. >> daisy! >> reporter: greg is as constant as the need. >> right in your arms. >> reporter: he's made this trip every other week for nearly a decade. that's more than a million miles. imagine driving 42 times around the world. some nights, you can see those miles on his face. to succeed, he has to count on more than his fingers. >> savannah. >> reporter: an army of

volunteers show up at each stop to walk, feed, and love 74 dogs. >> this is sweet lori. >> reporter: greg charges so little for his service, it barely pays the bills. some weeks it doesn't. but -- >> i like the world i've created. i'm happy in it. >> reporter: a world where a dog named nigel can keep a single mom and her 5-year-old daughter close. even while christine davies was deployed with the national guard in kuwait. >> what does it say? >> woof, woof! >> reporter: they fell in love with nigel's face on the internet. gave lily something else to talk about besides missing mom. >> we talk about all excited we were, all the places we were going to take him. >> reporter: of all the puppies in the world, why did you pick nigel? did you like his eyes? >> they're brown like mine, and my hair. >> reporter: greg saves thousands of dogs like nigel, but every year, backyard breeders produce millions more than they can sell. most are abandoned. some shelters in the south are

so swamped with strays, nine out of ten are killed to make room for more. greg doesn't just haul pups to a better place. he beds down next to them in the truck, cuddling little ones to keep them calm. >> i'm going to make sure they're happy, i'm going to make sure they're bouncy, i'm going to make sure they're clean. >> reporter: before they greet their families. >> when the dog comes out of the truck, i want it to be just like the plate coming to your table. >> reporter: a feast of happiness. that's a lesson he learned while working in his family's restaurant for 27 years. greg's wife adelea was once a waitress there. she still works long hours, getting him ready for the road. >> it's hard. you know, single mom status every other week. >> reporter: but she knows what it takes to deliver smiles. on day five, in a putnam county parking lot, greg presents one more. >> he's wagging his tail for you. >> reporter: there are some moments in life that develop

slowly, like a tear. >> nigel! >> nigel! >> reporter: after all the anticipation, the longing, lillian's puppy became more than a picture under glass. >> she's going to remember nigel when she's 80. she won't remember me or any of this, but she will remember nigel and nigel will have taught her something. >> reporter: to surrender a dream leaves life as it is and not as it could be. for "today," bob dotson, nbc news, with an american story in warwick, rhode island. >> nigel lacks happy. >> so since it's friday, i'd like to conduct a quick vote for guy of the week on the show. we give it to greg. that's fantastic. >> love it. mine came from a kill shelter down south. she ended up with us. >> greg dotson with another great story. >> amazing story. coming up next, we've got a great concert for you. naughty boy & sam smith performing their smash hit "la

la la" on the plaza. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ready? happy birthday! it's a painting easel! the tide's coming in! this is my favorite one. it's upside down. oh, sorry. (woman vo) it takes him places he's always wanted to go. that's why we bought a subaru.

(announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> we're back here on the plaza. critics starting buzzing about this song "la la la" after it climbed very quickly to the top of the charts in the uk. >> that's right. it's the newest single off of

naughty boy's album hotel cabana and it features sam smith on vocals. we're happy to have both of them here with us this morning. good morning, guys. >> hey, guys. >> naughty boy, if i can call you that. it seems odd. >> you can call me mr. naughty. >> i like it. and i have to say it with a british accent. 295 million youtube hits, i believe. did you know you had a breakout hit on your hands? >> no way. neither of us are actually in the video. to be honest, that whole album is a conceptual album, so we wanted to recreate the whole wizard of oz and just something a bit different. something for everyone. >> sam, you have won some of the most prestigious awards in the uk this year. it's been an amazing year. but you came across the pond and were on "saturday night live" recently. what was that like for you? >> the scariest night of my entire life. >> why? >> it was just horrible. like doing tv is tough. but that was -- it was live and

there were seven million viewers. i was very scared. >> you nailed it, by the way. >> thank you. >> you did really well. >> and mr. naughty, again -- >> you can call me naughty boy. >> you are known for spotting great talent, including emily sanday. >> i've been a fan of sam even before. it's nice to be part of someone's journey and to witness it from my perspective. >> can we be part of the journey now? ladies and gentlemen, naughty boy & sam smith. >> take it away. ♪

♪ la la la la la la la na na ♪ ♪ la la la la la la la na na ♪ ♪ hush, don't speak when you spit your venom keep it shut i hate it ♪ ♪ when you hiss and preach about your new messiah 'cause your theories catch fire ♪ ♪ i can't find your silver lining i don't mean to judge ♪ ♪ but when you read your speech it's tiring enough is enough ♪ i'm covering my ears like a kid when your words mean nothing ♪ ♪ i go la la la i'm turning up the volume when you speak ♪ ♪ 'cause if my heart

can't stop it ♪ ♪ i find a way to block it i go oh oh oh ♪ ♪ our love is running out of time ♪ ♪ i won't count the hours rather be a coward ♪ ♪ when our worlds collide i'm gonna drown you out before i lose my mind ♪ i can't find your silver lining i don't mean to judge ♪ ♪ but when you read your speech enough is enough ♪ ♪ i'm covering my ears like a kid when your words mean nothing i go la la la ♪ ♪ i'm turning up the volume when you speak

'cause if my heart can't stop it i find a way to block it ♪ ♪ i go oh oh oh oh oh oh oh i find a way to block it ♪ ♪ i go oh oh oh la la la la na na na ♪ ♪ i'm covering my ears like a kid ♪ ♪ when your words mean nothing i go la la la ♪ ♪ i'm turn up the volume when you speak ♪ ♪ i'm covering my ears like a kid ♪ ♪ when your words mean nothing i go la la la ♪ ♪ i'm turning up the volume when you speak ♪ ♪ 'cause if my heart can't stop

it i go ♪ ♪ la la la na na ♪ ♪ i go oh oh oh i find ta way to block it ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> naughty boy & sam smith. guys, thank you very much. we're a very good friday morning to you. 8:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. a new police substation funded by facebook opens tomorrow in menlo park. the facility will mostly deal with low-level offenders and provide wi-fi and atm, have a limited branch of the san mateo credit union. the public asked officials for those amenities at neighborhood meetings. so they're getting what they want. well, we certainly want the rain. and we're getting a taste of it

today, christina? >> yeah, you know, we aren't going to see all that much rain through the next couple of months. temperatures right now in the 50s. widespread rainfall, just about all day long. temperatures are going to be cool as well. looks like a return to winter. 57 degrees in san francisco, where crews are out there, trying to get that field ready for tonight's game.

from nbc news, this is "today's take," with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist, and tamron hall. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on a friday morning. it's april 25th, 2014. that's a big live crowd on the plaza today. >> sam smith and naughty boy. >> good reason. sam smith and naughty boy putting on a show. i'm willie geist, along with al roker, natalie morales, and tamron hall. man, they're good. >> it sticks in your head. >> i'll be singing that song all weekend long. >> it's almost like it has tar pitch on you and sticks to you. >> has what? >> tar pitch. >> sticks to you. >> pine tar. >> i was trying to give you a

way out of that. >> tar pitch. >> pine tar. >> it's also called pitch. >> it was intended as a smooth segue. >> but instead, not so much. >> it didn't go over the plate, al. >> thank you. >> pass ball. so yesterday we told you about michael pineda ejected from a game against the red sox for having pine tar, not just anywhere, but smeared across his neck. >> very visible. >> he would go up to touch it. put it on his hand and throw the baseball. he said it was because the weather was so cold at fenway that he had to grip the ball. unfortunately, you're just simply not allowed to have what they call foreign substances. so he's been suspended ten games. will miss one, maybe two starts depending on how the rotation turns out. >> set up a lot of debate on sports radio yesterday. a lot of players have come out and said that they use pine tar, that it's widely used, it's well-known. >> it's legal on bats. >> but they also -- if they

don't use pine tar, they're using other things. >> could be a claim that he got on his hand from a bat. and then he went like that. to get a bug off the back of his neck. and it just transferred. that's what happened. >> i'm going to suspend you for ten shows for that argument. that's terrible. >> to natalie's point, some of the players were saying yes, they all use it, but they were faulting him for the stupidity. they were like, don't be so brazen about it. yes, we all do it, but don't put it on your neck. >> might as well take a bucket. >> slathering it on. >> just dip in ball. >> the big vat of pine tar. >> but it's kind of like a cartoon. it says pine tar on the bucket. >> well, big papi was talking about this. he came out in "sports illustrated" yesterday and said it's not a big deal, using pine tar. his teammate dustin pedroia said he has pine tar on his bat. you use it on your bat. it's the pitcher using it as a foreign substance, perhaps influencing the way the ball

travels across the plate that's the problem. now ten-game suspension, as expected. >> it's illegal to use it. so therefore it's an illegal substance. >> and no one is protesting this. pineda is saying, i took the ten games. >> yeah, i got caught, so whatever. >> so there you go. what was really incredible, the comeback in the pool. michael phelps we're talking about. everybody's been waiting to see what he would do. after 18 months out of the pool yesterday, michael phelps returned to the water for the arena grand prix event in arizona. it's a local community pool there. and he had the fastest qualifying time, the 100 meter butterfly. in the final race of the day, narrowly beaten there, as you see, by his friend and rival ryan lochte. they were head-to-head -- >> lochte! >> lochte got him in the end. >> but it's such a friendly rivalry. i think rivals make them better. in fact, there was a great press conference after the fact where ryan said at one point i was looking over and i had a smile on my face because i saw you. and then michael said, well yeah, that's because you were

ahead of me, right? >> looking back at you. >> laughing and smiling because i'm ahead. >> he took 18 months off, played some golf, gained 30 pounds. and then goes in and still -- >> strong. >> how good is he? >> anyway, phelps's mom debbie was there to cheer him on. here's what she had to say after the race. take a listen. >> yes, mom, should we go to rio or not? >> whatever he wants! >> whatever he wants. >> that's a good mother. >> so cute. >> i'll tell you what's good in rio. carpaninas. >> what? >> the drink. >> i think debbie and i will hang out in rio. >> you're already planning your trip. >> so look eight head. debbie phelps and i. >> what goes into a -- >> it's like a rum, but an international rum association doesn't recognize it. >> scandal.

>> it's made from a different sugar. >> put it on your neck. >> when you throw a pitch. >> that's what we'll be having later today. >> sounds like you're ready for one. >> i need one. but anyway, it's going to be exciting to see. today there's a 50 meter butterfly as well, so michael phelps competing in that. that's his signature event. >> i'm impressed by the community pool. really? i'm like, am i the only one who wants to join that community fool? >> lochte dropping by. >> head to arizona. the pools are important out there. >> so we'll hit on our way to see olivia newton john in vegas, we stop in arizona at that community pool. >> so how about this? ronald mcdonald getting a makeover. >> yes, he is. >> not liking this. >> the fast-food wars. they decided to update ronald's wardrobe. so he's now got cargo pants. >> slim fitting cargoes. >> some pictures of this thing. he's got this jaunty jacket,

cargo pants. the shoes stay the same. but now it's a more updated look. >> it's a thinner, trimmer look, too. >> yes. >> and people -- >> oh. he changed into a baby? >> that's amazing. that's a real makeover. >> he looks like george in that makeover, doesn't he? >> that's the old look -- no, this is the new look. he's got kind of a vest thing working. >> and he also i guess has some headphones. >> people are not lovin' it as much. we went #orangeroom to ask people whether they liked the new look or don't like the new look. let's take a look. 38% lovin' it. 62% not lovin' it. >> do you think that reflects the sign of the times? if you ask people over the last makeover he had, people would have said they don't like it. change is hard. >> people don't like change. >> but he's still a clown. >> was there a big uprising?

were people angry about the current outset? >> sales are down. >> i don't think his outfit is the problem. i'm just throwing that out there. >> exactly. >> bonus points. the original ronald mcdonald. >> willard scott. >> that's right. another willy. >> can i confess to something? i was driving home late last night from connecticut -- >> i know this story. >> and i pulled into a mcdonald's. and i ordered the big mac meal. and the woman at the register said, you know, this month, buy one big mac, get one free. and i said i don't eat two big macs. she said, it's free. two big macs. >> you ate them both? >> at 10:00 at night. >> i moved in on the second one. i didn't complete it. i have to confess. >> you nibbled off the edge? >> one beef patty, not two. >> and a doctor pepper about th

tall. about an hour drive. >> so you had a big mac attack. >> did you have a pepcid ac after? >> no, i didn't. enjoyed that slice of americana. >> but he went and took his trade final. >> it was desperation time. but it was delicious. anyway, we got off track. >> now we've actually teased this from ronald to that other picture. >> it all comes together with -- oh, how about this. baby george and the family. because they've now just become the family. baby george and those parents of his. they've headed back home after a long three-week tour of australia and new zealand. look at those thighs. i'm obsessed. i've moved from the cheeks to the thighs. the 9-month-old got his first tooth. and it's been -- a couple of pictures, you'll see -- that's mom and dad. look at the bottom. the white dot. >> i can't see it. >> oh, look. you can see it. >> that could be some cream corn. >> it could be drooling because he's teething. >> his parents say he's a grumpy

flier, but he's been an excellent baby, at least on photographs, on all of the pictures that he's taken. they've changed planes in sydney. the staff carried the gifts on to the flight. got the wombat, he seemed to love that. he's also going to receive a smaller wombat a little bit later. i don't know. >> he just tossed i. >> he wanted the real wombat. >> the bottom line is, he's -- i don't even want them to go home. i want him to come here so i can pinch those cheeks. oh, my gosh, he's a cute baby. >> you keep eating the big macs. >> hey! >> whoa! >> i had one big mac. i mean, you have two big macs. >> she's pinching your cheeks. >> he needs another big mac. >> it was good. don't hate on the big mac. >> i love a quarter pounder. >> mcrib. >> the quarter pounder.

that's number two. >> show of hands for the mcrib! i really love the mcrib. >> i had a shaq attack. i had the shaq burger, the original. >> you ran a marathon, though. you deserve it. i was like, i'm going to shake shack's. >> i feel like we need a food segment. >> it's friday. >> but we digress. all right. so yesterday after i left the show, i went to the meadowlands in new jersey across the street to metlife stadium. you know, kerry heacary hart is biggest star in freestyle. this is me on the right dressed like a storm trooper. that's cary on the left. he didn't hesitate at all. i was like, are you sure this is cool. he said put your gear on, man, we're riding. >> must have done fine. >> no hospital trips. the things these guys do, it's

not just guts, it's talent. they go over these jumps. there in front of 75,000 people at the meadowlands flying through the air doing twists. he did a backflip on his bike in competition. >> was it your first time in a bike like this? >> oh yeah. >> did you catch air? >> define air. >> you would have gotten more if you hasn't had the big macs. there are is pre-big mac. anyway, they'll be at giants stadium saturday night. >> when will we see the video? >> next week or the week after. >> so we will see video of you catching air? >> you will see me catching a little bit of air. >> mr. roker, lots of weather to talk about. >> there sure is. >> got to be watching for rough weather in the midwest. >> before we get to that, we still have snow to talk about. we've got winter weather adviso advisories, winter storm watches from california to colorado. i mean, this is nuts. look at the amount of snow we're talking about. up to a foot or more in the mountains of california, and as you get into the rockies, up to a foot as well.

and then ahead of this, we've got severe storms that are going to be kropgcropping up. denver looking at rain. 75-mile-per-hour winds. tornados possible stretching all the way from iowa down into texas. the even worse part comes in on sunday. we've got the risk of a wide area from omaha, dallas, jackson. but a strong risk. we look -- it probably will be tornados in this area from texas on into parts of memphis, on arkansas and into 9:12. you made it to friday. and look at this! we have quite a bit of rainfall, still coming through the bay area. we told you it was on its way, and we're going to be dealing with these showers, as we head throughout most of the day. and i just want to show you, getting a little bit of improvement up in sonoma county, but everywhere else, still dealing with that heavy on and off rainfall. and will likely do so until about noon. then the showers will begin to break apart.

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taylor swift and the jenner girls kylie and kendall. but she's not following anyone anymore. on instagram, she has zero people that she's following, which is a little bit bizarre. she has posted some cryptic instagram messages, one that talked about self love and self worth and that sort of thing she took from a mary j. blige lyric. so some people are a little bit worried about selena. we hope she doesn't go down that typical young hollywood path, the meltdown thing, the britney thing. >> maybe she just realizes sometimes social media people can be mean. >> yes, that's true. >> and stay away from it 678. >> and tmi. >> yes. >> exactly. >> some of the people, though, she was defriending were her real friends. >> oh yeah. >> they weren't just random people. >> no, it's not random people. she has zero people that she's following now. that includes people like taylor swift and kylie and kendall jenner. these people that she's photographed with all the time. vanessa hudgens is one of her good friends. she's not following anyone. which is really weird. >> okay, by the way, nbc news

confirming that justin bieber flying in from japan to l.a.x. was detained by u.s. customs officials for a few hours. do we know anything else about this? >> he was detained for four hours. the thing is, customs is saying this is a routine thing because he has all of these legal issues in the u.s. for someone who is awaiting trial for several different issues, they say that they would do this for anyone. so he was detained for four hours. he has trial dates throughout the spring and summer, so he's going to be a busy little boy in court this summer. he's going on tour in court. so, you know, there's the egg incident. there's the dui. there's the assault on an alleged assault on a limo driver in toronto. so he has a slate of bad boy issues this summer. >> let's move on to some happier news. a great academy award winning actress getting married over the weekend. >> this was a shock to everyone. jody foster is so private, so we would be shocked by anything she does because she never talks about it. she married her girlfriend alexandra. they've been dating for about a year.

this was a surprise to everyone. they got married last weekend. her rep confirmed it. this comes on the heels of jody last year at the golden globes coming out. she said in her speech, look, i came out a thousand years ago. you guys just didn't know about it. this is a glimpse into her private life a little bit. >> let's take a look at the photo of the week. she shows the carey clan at easter time. mariah carey. a great little photo here. >> nick and mariah love a good theme. their kids are so cute. moroccan and monroe. they're getting so big now. it's hard to believe that they are so big. they're just adorable. i'm sure in their easter basket there was like a gold bar or a huge diamond or something. >> that's pretty good. >> knowing mariah. >> they've released the first five minutes of what is a big anticipation in our household, how to train your dragon 2. >> this is going to be huge. it's coming out in june.

america ferrera, kristen wiig, gerard butler, and it follows our lead character and his friendly dragon. they find some new dragons and drama enseuues. >> we've got a quick clip. >> come on, yeah, you wouldn't hurt a one-legged -- you're right. you're right. you win. he's down! and it's ugly! dragons and vikings! enemies again! locked in combat to the bitter -- ahh! ugh. you know that doesn't wash out. >> aw, so cute. >> a lot of people can't wait to see that one. before we go, the tweet of the week comes from katy perry to her 52 million twitter followers. >> you have to see this video. it is amazing. it's for her song "birthday." so she dresses up at five different birthday performers. the worth birthday performers in the world, she calls them.

one of them is a bar mitzvah d.j. she is so convincing, you forget that it is katy perry. it is amazing. she's a 90-year-old flapper. a valley girl princess who is the worst face painter in end. >> she reveals to the kids at the end. >> and they lose their minds. >> the tweet says guys prepare yourself, because it's time to bring out the big balloons for your birthday. >> oh yeah. it gets raunchy. >> thanks as always. coming up next, i'm going to get you caught up on all the coming up next, i'm going to get you caught up on all the news y ♪ ♪ new hershey's spreads. bring the delicious taste of hershey's chocolate to anything - everything - you can imagine. explore the endless possibilities of the delicious chocolate taste that only hershey's can deliver. with new hershey's spreads, the possibilities are delicious.

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and a good friday morning to you. it's 9:26. i'm peggy bunker. experts say the drought is forcing rats out of hiding and into the light of day. regulars at the park in san francisco have been complaining to the city about the numerous rats that are crawling around that park during the day. experts say the rodents are searching for any kind of water. >> we saw a big old rat. >> there's no water source for them right now. so they're going outside to get it. and they eat plants, they eat meat, but they're going to the dog parks because there's water bowls. they're going to the horse stables because there's water. >> now, the port of san francisco says it is looking at installing rat-proof garbage cans and also working with an exterminator that does not use poison. a 21-year-old man accused of

throwing a firecracker into a crowd of people at at&t park will be back in court for a preliminary hearing today. he pleaded not guilty last week. last weeking with investigators say he tossed a lit firecracker on to a busy walkway in the middle of a giants game. at least five people were hurt. he's been charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor. let's get take a look at your weather and traffic coming up right after the break.

welcome back now. the time is 9:28. the showers have not really let up, except for up in the north bay. starting to get a little bit of a clearing sky over in county and in san francisco, with the bulk of that moisture is racing into the south bay. and we're going to be dealing with it here. at least for the next hour or two before things start to lighten up. all this shower activity is racing off towards the east. and by this evening, will be mostly dry. but we're still fair game for his or miss showers all the way throughout tonight. temperatures today will be chilly. 59 degrees in the tri-valley. and 59 in the east bay for today. major changes coming to your

forecast. big warm-up, you can see that on your seven-day right there at the bottom of your screen. let's check your drive. here's mike. >> that rain has come through oakland here. we still see windshield wipers going on. they're slowing because of that. look at the san mateo bridge, also with water on the lens and a slower drive westbound. things are mutualing much better than they were a half hour ago. southbound 101, slows towards university and embarcadero, where there was an earlier stall cleared from the lanes. recovering around the bay, seeing that friday commute kicking in. the east shore freeway, westbound 80 down towards berkeley. >> we have another local news update coming up in half an hour. have a great friday.

welcome back to "today" on a friday morning. it's april 25th, 2014. good-looking crowd outside on the plaza today. i'm willie along with al, natalie, and tamron. got a piece of video we think you're going to like. a virginia couple inspired by taylor swift when they made the announcement they were expecting their second child. nate and erica eaton from richmond, virginia, broke the news in a parody song to the tune of taylor swift breakup anthem "we are never ever ever getting back together." check it out. ♪ oh oh ten months pat we got this down ♪ ♪ oh oh oh good thing 'cause we're telling you ♪

♪ we are having another baby are having having having ♪ ♪ another baby you're shocked so are your friends ♪ ♪ so are our friends so are we ♪ >> natalie, they're a lot like you in that -- >> they can't carry a tune? >> and today don't let that stand in the way of just going for it. >> their exuberance. >> good for people who have exuberance and can't carry a tune. >> i love that two people found each other and they are so similar. aren't they the cutest couple? >> i was going to say, the breakout star of that video is the baby. she's like this the whole time. smiling and happy. >> they need a variety show. >> happy until that little brother or sister shows up. why did you have a baby? let's look ahead to your weekend and show you what we've got going on. we have that risk of strong storms stretching from texas all

the way into the plains. some wet weather along the pacific northwest coast. much of the eastern half of the country going to be gorgeous. a few showers tomorrow into the northeast and new england. again, warm weather through the gulf coast down into the southeast. and then we move into sunday, and this is where we're really concerned, why we have wet weather in the pacific northwest, mountain snows, and again, the eastern seaboard looks fantastic. we've got this strong risk of storms right into text, into parts of northern louisiana and central arkansas. this is going to be a very dangerous situation. dylan dreyer will keep you updated throughout the weekend right here on "weekend today." of course, your nbc affiliate well, we have some pretty steady rainfall continuing to move over parts of the bay area. starting to get a little bit of a clear sky. some improving skies over santa rosa, all the way south to san francisco. starting to let up a little bit. but here in the south bay, we're just starting to get active and

will continue to stay active for the next couple of hours. so attractive cautiously. if you're headed out and about, conditions are slick out there. it will be cold as well. you'll need your jacket. 60 in the south bay. scattered showers for the peninsula. 59 degrees there. same for the east bay, a touch warmer for your saturday. >> and that's your latest weather. guys? >> all right, al, thanks a lot. tamron and i were just talking this morning wondering aloud, when will someone finally make a doorbell for dogs? it appears our time has come. >> may, love, and oscar will be very happy when i get home. here with some of the most unique products that can really help you around the house, the senior editor at better homes and gardens magazine. as soon as the cameras started, my friend ella started pulling. ella weighs about 150 pounds. >> she's a big gimpl. >> let's let her test out this pebble smart doggie door. >> come on, ella. >> what's the idea behind this? >> the dog hits the yellow target with their snout, the

doorbell goes off inside. so you know that the dog -- >> do it, girl. >> oh, my. >> here, hold this. >> i got her. >> come on, mama. >> you know the dog needs to come back. >> good job, ella. >> so that's the pebble smart doggie doorbell. >> all right. >> then, who wouldn't want an anti-microbal floor mat? these are going to take all the toxins and allergens off your feet before they get in your house. >> for your pet? >> no, for you. >> for everybody. >> or your pet. >> this bubble finish helps wipe off the dirt, too. anti-microbal. really, really smart. >> nobody likes cleaning the fish tapgnks. >> you don't have to with this one. this is an awesome ecosystem. so the fish does his thing and all those wastes filter up and

feed the plants. in turn, the plants take the fish waste out of the water so you never have to clean the water. >> that's genius. >> it's $50. an amazing gift for a kiddo. >> al? >> oh, no. >> someone's home? >> good morning. >> i'm sorry. >> no problem. >> i love this fish tank. >> a little teeny tiny smoke alarm. it's the first alert atom smoke alarm. that will wake you up. really tiny. can go in any room. you're deaf now. i'm sorry about that. the battery will last for three hours on this. you can put it anywhere. >> even though it's tiny, it still provides enough to keep your family safe. >> next really way cool product is the tego power card. this thing is the swiss army knife of chargers. so you see that it has like three different -- put it out here. it has three different heads for charging. it will hold enough charge for

this thing to give your phone or ipad 10% or 20% emergency charge. it's like the size of a credit card. >> and it fits the different sizes of phones. >> yeah, it's cool. the family charger you need. >> a lot of people enjoy outdoor music this time of year. it's time for checking out -- >> brace your ears. >> this one's not quite so ridiculous. this is the 2.0 speaker. there's a small version you can mount on your bike if you're ready to rock out during a bike ride. and you can take a call on it. it's got a speakerphone in it, too. >> wireless? >> it is wireless. so in theory, it should work. >> so you sync it to the phone. what are we listening to? >> we're trying to listen to pharell. is it going? >> yeah, it is. >> there we go. >> that's a good sound, too. >> the last 16 hours worth of music, you take a phone call or -- it's got enough juice to charge your ipad or iphone.

the big guys is on like a kick starter for $150. >> that's a good sound. >> it is. for it's really cool. >> you can leave it on. >> another cool thing for bike. this is the smart corn. you plant it to the bike and it is both an alarm and a light. you turn it on. you turn it on. it's got a strobe like. if you just hit it back here, that's the "excuse me," and if you hold it down more -- that's the get out of my way and don't run over me alarm. >> no one's going to ignore you with this. >> it's tiny. you can take it off the bike to recharge it. lots of different cool colors. >> this is great for kids, too. >> it is great for kids, anybody who wants to be great on their bike. >> and the sound is so

irritating. >> between that and the smoke alarm, we're all deaf. >> all right, thank you so much. these are really good ideas. >> these are cool. >> thanks so much. coming up next, len berman with the wackiest moments in sports over the last month. be right back. do you know what happens when you eat activia everyday? ♪ ♪ activia helps regulate your digestive system. because when your tummy smiles, you smile too! activia. feeling good starts from the inside. but he's got such sensitive skin that you worry about what you use in the laundry. my tide, downy, and bounce all come in free & gentle. so we get a cleaner, softer blankie. uh oh. [ female announcer ] tide, downy, and bounce free & gentle.

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>> unbelievable! >> on your mark. it's nolan ryan, one of the all-time greats with the first pitch. perfect! way to go. get set, at the st. petersburg grand prix, look out for the incoming tire. >> oh, my goodness! >> duck! play ball. the second-best catch of the month. the san diego ball girl saving fans in the front row from certain death. great grab. and of course, the best catch was in pittsburgh. with his bucket. >> boom! >> he saved some of his popcorn, too. >> very nice. our oops of the nth. this is nick young of the lakers. and this is really cool, because turns around, says hey, look at me. look at me. i missed. and in france, going for the longest car jump in history.

and -- >> oh! >> nobody got hurt. >> here are our mascots of the month. this is cool. in minnesota, say ah. he gobbles up the foul ball. and in denver, dikembe mutombo lends a helping hand to the mascot, until he doesn't. that is classic rejection. our fans of the month. she bangs on the glass. and then that hit. this is touching in detroit. a married couple met on opening day. they come back every year to celebrate. >> we still -- every opening day, we come back. >> they're divorced. >> but it's still touching. >> in norway, a combined rodeo and hockey. >> giddy up.toniaestonia, after goal, it's soccer bowling. >> let's switch to the netherlands. is a boat the best place to interview an olympic gold medal

snis wh ist? what do you think? here's something you've never seen or heard at a hockey game before. >> scores! bras and panties on the ice. look at this scene. >> it was undies sunday for the bakers field condors and all the underwear, preferably unworn, was given to charity. >> that's great. >> okay. >> i heard -- correct me if i'm wrong. i heard that natalie was caught with pine tar in boston. >> it is true. >> it didn't help me run, that's for sure. >> i don't know how many times we've done this. i want a replay of the mutombo -- >> here we go. >> you like that? >> you've only been doing this 25 years and that's your favorite? >> that's the best moment. there have been many over the years. >> len, thank you so much.

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million views showing how to bake desserts inspired by pop culture. >> she's here with a couple of fun ideas you can try out this morning. >> hi. >> you have such talent and such a following now, too. we're going to tackle the rubik's cube brownie, which looks really cool. it's amazing how you do this. and you're going to show us thousand make it, right? >> the first thing you'll do is take a little frosting. you'll put a little dot on top of each one. this is really easy to do with kids. i like to take basic recipes with brownies and turn them into something geeky. >> a brownie mix? >> you want to stack them? you just build them like little legos. >> do you have to make that sound? >> i think it helps. >> it's like a video game. >> yeah. >> and then you have those little square templates. >> it looks like a rubik's cube. >> and then you get the color from what? >> these are melted chocolates.

they're colored melted chocolates. that's what these little bags are. you print out a square template with a piece of wax paper on top. just try it. grab one of these. they don't have to be perfect. you can get a little messy. >> and they dry pretty quickly. >> they dry really quickly. you can put them in the freezer for ten minutes to dry, but they will dry at room temperature. just like that. >> i love the sound effects as you go. you stick them on to the brownie then? >> do the little frosting. bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop. >> there you go. you guys are really good at this. >> like pacman. >> that's great. awesome. then you just stick them on the top. >> pacman. when the ghosts get gobbled. >> i love that game. i love pacman. so cute. >> great idea. >> there you go. >> a rubik's cube little brownie bites. you can bring them to parties.

kids really like these, too. it's chocolate on chocolate. >> i was going to say, i'm just going to eat one of those. what do we have over here? >> the cardinal rule of television. >> over here. we're making pinata cookies. >> looks almost like you've got tobacco in your mouth. >> a pinata cookie. >> oh. >> so there's candy inside. >> uh-huh. >> so there's different layers of cookies, right? >> yep. >> our crew is making sound effects, too. had that effect on all of us. >> you've got three layers. you do the base, the middle. where you put the little candies in. and then the top. and i'll try to assemble one. [ laughter ] just like this. >> you're never too old for sound effects. >> you've got to put the candies

in there. >> oh, i forgot the candies. >> it's still not dry. >> look at this team work. >> the pinata. >> so then, the kids break it -- >> you've got to put the little dots on it. >> oh yeah. these little guys. you're good at this. i love this. here. >> you've got a lot of time on your hands. >> i do, i do. >> this is fantastic. are you amazed how many people go to your site and check you out and see -- >> this would be great to have the kids doing this. >> yeah this is a good birthday party thing to do. >> a lot of kids and teens and parents. those are my strongest demographics. it's kind of a family channel. it's getting really creative with food. we just have a lot of fun with foosmd. >> -- food. >> thank you so much. >> we're back in a moment. food. >> thank you so much. >> we're back in a moment. food. >> thank you so much. >> we're back in a moment. food. >> thank y

how are those brownies, tamron? brownies? >> you need to get am the reason a glass of milk, i think. >> whoa! a little black on black crime there. >> wow. >> what did he say? >> you don't want to know. >> what did you say? >> i said a little black on black crime there. >> that's what i thought you said. >> nothing but love here. >> do we have time to say what's happening on the weekend? >> we went to "the voice" on monday. it was very fun. lester jammed with the band. >> we saw that. >> like to sing. not very well. >> a little singing. we had good seats. >> what did you guys sing? >> "signed, sealed, delivered." >> a classic. >> we heard shakira, we walk in,

and shakira was singing before she went to our seats. lester was like oh, they're really singing. it was great. you were so excited. >> it's like putting on the mtv awards or something every week. doing a live show. it is quite a production. >> you fit right in, lester. you're so good on that bass. >> i'm just waiting. but i'll keep

good morning to you. 9:56. i'm peggy bunker. police in pleasanton are working with instagram to try to figure out who is asking children for pornographic photos. parents of children were sent this e-mail yesterday.

it warns the parents that someone is messaging children through social media, asking for inappropriate photos in exchange for naked photos of the user. the message says the account appears to be from outside of the community. so far, no word how many students have been contacted or which grade levels are affected. district officials say the incidents did not take place at school or on school computers. now, they're reminding parents to talk to their children about social media safety. and getting a look here at your weather with meteorologist christina loren, good morning. >> hey, good morning to you, peggy. good morning to you at home. we are still tracking showers on the radar. starting to let up a touch at the immediate coast. in fact, over the past 15, 20 minutes, a lot of this activity has pushed into the south bay. that's where the bulk of the moisture resides right now and on the east shore as well. we're getting a nice, clear break, all the way from sonoma county through marin and all the way down to highway 92. as you make your way out that front door today, bring your coat. we're only going to hit the upper 50s to low 60s. i want to show you where we are headed. temperatures changing like seasons as we head through the

next seven days. sunday into monday, feeling like spring, winter for today, and we're right into summertime as of tuesday and wednesday of next week. 90s, that means short short time, mike inouye. >> yeah, short shorts. a little jogging like richard simmons. looking to the south bay, not appropriate right now. as christina said, we're looking to the south bay, with the rain coming through, wet roadways, look at palo alto as well. we had recovery and southbound 101 shows some slowing over the last five, again heading past university. again, the lanes reported clear, we just had this sort of burst of traffic around the bay, but that green all over the place means wet roads continue. we'll show you the speed censors so you can get a better look. 92 recovering after an earlier crash over there on half moon b bay. >> i want to see those short shorts, mike inouye. another local news update in half an hour.

from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. oh, what a great day. it's try day friday, april 25th. we're delighted you're here with us today. this is for you. today is -- >> a whole show that is everything hugh asked for. it is. it is everything you asked for. all right. so here are some of the things we did. i want you to look at what we're wearing. >> yes. apparently you hate my arms. >> and you hate mine. you say, why do you guys always wear sleeveless.

so we did what you asked us. we wore sleeves. and it feels a little bit -- >> it's warm. >> restrictive. >> we're under a whole bunch of lights here and it is warm. so even when you're freezing, looking at it snowing and everything else, try to remember we're under damaging lights. >> and we also are peri or post menopausal. one of the two. you also ask us ed us to slow down. >> not our speaking, the segment should be a little longer. >> yes. >> we're always -- >> i agree with that. >> we rush it and we should stop talking over people. >> we don't do that. >> what? i didn't hear what you said. >> and you want to hear about very, very affordable places you can travel to. so we're going to tell you about those. >> and you wanted fashions for all ages, shapes and sizes, so you know what we're going to do? we're going to bring you that too. >> we're bringing it directly to

hugh. >> bobbie is also -- people ask this about bobbie, how does she get her thick beautiful eyelashes. bobbie will show us how she does that in her segment, "bobbie's buzz" and so much more. this is the show you asked for and you got it. when you tweet us, we listen. >> and we care. >> oh, so much. >> phil galanos, he got an interesting question about an unusual thank you. >> apparently a parent of a 5-year-old, the daughter attended a birthday party and after the birthday party, the parents decided that the young girl should not write a thank you note to thank people for the gifts she got. instead, they say in lieu of the thank you note, we're going to make a charitable donation. they were basically saying, look, my -- it is a 5-year-old, she's not going to be writing thank you notes, instead we'll give money to this group. question is, do you think that's an okay thing to do. >> well, let's see what philip said. he said the time for doing

something charitable was before the party in lieu of gifts. so now it is going to cost these people twice. you see what i'm saying? they bought a gift -- >> but isn't the -- i thought it was the receiver writing the thank you note. >> that's what i thought too until we just read it. >> it is. it is the receiver. the girl that got the presents, her parents say, we got all these presents, we're not going to write 25 thank you notes, we're going to instead give a charitable donation. thank you for all the gifts you brought to us. >> and now we're going to make a donation in the name of the school. you know what, this isn't something that hugh wanted, is it? do you think people should know what we're talking about before we come on the air? >> no, here's the thing, should 5-year-olds, is that too young to write thank you notes? >> i don't think so. i tried to teach our kids to do it very early. you know what they have, for a little kid, it is a form, and it says dear -- and they write out the name, thank you for the --

and it doesn't have to be -- the idea of being -- >> you can draw a picture. doesn't have to be an actual written note. >> you should always send thank you notes. >> here is a question. when you go on a date with someone, how much time do you think you have to impress your date? okay? or vice versa? apparently there is a study out there from the insurance company called axa and they say you have 12 minutes. >> how do they any? >> because axa had a timer on all the dates people went on. >> how weird. >> so people judge really quickly on things like smile, voice tone, eye contact, some basic -- >> and two biggest turnoffs immediately are body odor and bad breath. i can understand that. followed closely by swearing. >> you know what, i think that's such a turnoff. sometimes i do it. >> i noticed. >> i do it and i don't mean it. i'm afraid someone is going to -- if it comes out of your mouth, it is in your vocabulary. i know it is in mine. i'm always fearful something is going to happen because i'll be

frightened and scream. never do a you tube videos where someone sees a tornado. i would be the one screaming curse words ta s as it was comid i don't think it is my personality, but it is in me. >> i think 12 minute s is too long. i think i would know very, very quickly. >> yeah. >> that's why it is good to go to lunch.make it lunch and drive yourself. >> they say you can tell everything about a man one dinner date at a restaurant. if he's polite to you, what he says to the waiter or waitress, how he treats people, does he get your coat, does he pay the bill quickly. >> does he order his drink first or and then ask you or -- >> there was a bartender, i was at a bar with my friend and he -- my friend ordered -- ordered drinks for both of us, and the bartender said, who is having the vodka with the twist. he said, she is. he said to me. and the bartender says i always

know if a couple is going to work or not if the man orders the woman's drink first and then his. if he orders his drink first, the relationship -- >> jerk. >> doomed, over. okay. >> there is a way to be artful when you pack a lunch. some people are over the top creative. this one doesn't take a lot of time. sometimes you think moms have all kinds of time to make a beautifully packed lunch. grace hall's 6-year-old son wasn't a fan of lunches, so she took a new approach. she turned the food into edible art. look at some of the things she made. six minutes. look. 15 minutes is what i meant. minutes. so, look, she had apparently some kind of cut out for a dinosaur. >> cute. >> that's adorable. oh, my gosh. for halloween. >> now everybody -- the mothers -- she's got to think of something new every time? >> no, no, no. angry birds, that's so -- oh, my god, the funny face bagel. that looks easy.

all you had to do is put the blueberries in. >> i think that's -- she'll have to top herself all the time. >> i think -- how cool for a kid to open up your lunch box and see something like that. >> she said dinner leftovers are put it good use. her blog is called eat amazing, 7500 -- >> that's very cute. you know what it is time for? >> friday funny. >> i love it. >> okay. husband was excited to leave work at end of a long day and get home to his new wife. when he walked through the door, his wife ran up to him and said, honey, i have great news for you, pretty soon we're going to be three in this house instead of two. the husband was so excited by this shocking news that he picked up his wife, spun her around and kissed her. that is the best news ever, he replied. i'm so glad you feel that way, his wife said, because my mother moves in with us tomorrow. >> i like it. >> keep them coming. >> it is time for our fan friday. remember, we told you we want to

put your faces on tv or things you say. every friday we'll show some the things you're sharing with us on our facebook page. annie sent us this tweet. her daughter hanna and a friend caroline did a dialogue between kathie lee and hoda at their middle school in illinois. >> oh, my gosh. >> that is adorable. >> check out kristen's amazing greeting. he comes running to the tv every time the theme music comes on. >> oh, my gosh. >> oh, my gosh. >> let's watch it again. >> from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> i didn't see the whole thing. i wasn't looking. can we show it again? oh, my god. oh, my gosh. >> amy said she watched all the way through pregnancy. >> that's lovely. if you have something you want to share with us, post it on our facebook page and we might show it on the air. probably not. no, we'll try. johnson's baby of the week announcements. >> this is when we celebrate our

new moms and adorable new additions to their families. first johnson's baby of the week, eli jay heine from iowa on march 14th. his parents say -- every possible moment with your child. >> is it heine or heine? i think that's awesome. our next baby born in bristol, connecticut on april 11th, kariliana marie ruiz. her parents say she's such a blessing, of course she is, to both of them. >> and from alaska, august edward graf. august came in -- >> on april 1st. his parents leann and gabe offer this advice to first time parents. hang in there. it starts out rough with a lack of sleep, but it gets better over time. and our final johnson's baby -- stop it, hoda -- our final johnson's baby of the week,

esme aiyana sanchez, born on march 10th in boise, idaho. they say she smiled the day she was born and smiled every day since. don't tell them it's gas. >> if you want to submit your pictures, go to klgandhoda.com. hit the connect button. those kids are so cute. >> it's hot in here. >> we're wearing sleeves for you. remember, this whole show is all for you. get ready to -- >> for hugh. >> we have great affordable destinations just for you coming up. >> and they're back, matthew hussey and e. jean carroll here to answer all your relationship questions. >> because you asked for it after this. you're doing okay, mom. i can call you "mom," right? i know we haven't known each other very long, but you seem like a real keeper. you're not perfect. but you're trying. anyway, i want you to know how much i appreciate you. you know, right?

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all righty. said to hoddia sa hoda says she's going to behave herself now. our favorite pair when it comes to relationship advice are here with all their opinions. >> "today" contributing love strategist matthew hussey and "elle" advice columnist e. jean carroll ready to answer all your questions. stacy says, asked this question, my husband and i are going through a really hard time. when he sees me looking frazzled, he'll ask me what's wrong, but when i try talking about it, i'll always end up in a huge fight and i'm wanting drama. on the other hand, if i don't say anything or tell him nothing is wrong, it will end up in a huge fight because i shut him out. what am i supposed to do? >> tough one. the thing about this is every guy wants to feel significant in the way he's able to deal with

the problem. so if she starts communicating in a way where it is, like, you're more for me to chew on, another person in the day i'm going to vent to, it won't work. if she came home and said, he said to her, honey, what's wrong? and she says, it is nothing, it made me miss you so much today what happened at work, and came over and give her a -- >> take your time. >> she came over and gave him a big hug and said i missed you so much, all of a sudden, he melts. but the drama thing, if he feels like he's just another pair of ears, it won't work. if she goes quiet, he'll feel like he can't fix it. >> three things. first. to the husband of this woman, run! she's dangerous. if she blows up, if she talks, she blows up, if she doesn't talk, she blows up, if he talks -- i think take that energy -- >> you're saying divorce.

>> divorce is the first solution. >> she likes drama. take the energy, get a costume, a french maid outfit and beat him about the lines aloins and s with a feather duster. that's it. >> i like both answers. okay. >> madness, that's the answer every time. >> welcome to e. jean's world. >> once a relationship starts to get serious, i start to get cold feet. but if the guy is not wanting a relationship, i'm somewhat drawn to him. so what's my problem? >> i wonder if she realizes just how insecure she sounds. because this is someone with a genuine -- this, to me, is the idea of unrequited love. which i find a disgusting, unromantic concept. >> wow. >> i like you, i like you, i like you, i like you, but you dent like me, don't like me so i like you

more. >> i think that's a normal human relationship, when someone leaps back -- >> no, there is a different. i want you to chase me a little bit but guys don't play that game. women might, but men don't play that game. if you want to be in a relationship with me, you have to adore me. that's what turns me on. you not wanting me doesn't turn me on. and if people would just follow that principle, like who likes you, they'll never go far. >> women say they want a nice guy. but show a woman who will treat her bad who will ignore her, she will trample over her own mother. after 20 years of writing the e. jean questions, the ratio is this, on average. women will fall for five [ bleep ] before they fall for a nice guy. >> women don't want a nice guy or a [ bleep ]. here is who they want. >> you keep saying that word. >> e. jean set the tone. i just went down there.

the key for a woman is to find a good man with an edge. they don't want either. they don't want the bad boy and they don't want nice guy. >> they want what they can't have. >> that's a commentary on someone's self-worth, i want someone who doesn't want me. we have to grow out of this idea that it is somehow romantic to chase after someone who doesn't want you. >> it is all about the hunt, the chase, the pursuit. >> as soon as someone likes me, i suddenly feel like i'm, you know, you like me, there must be something wrong with you. you don't like me, you must be pretty special. i don't want to be a member of any club that would have me as a member. this is a problem. not a good thing -- it is not something we should encourage. >> i think it is human nature. >> i think confident people are turned on by people who want them. not by who don't. >> i think frank chases kathie lee around. i think the chase is

interesting. i think you -- >> neither of us run anymore. >> we live aroump around, but t about it. we got to go, e. jean. >> you wanted longer segments. but there is an end to everything. >> all right. >> if you have questions for this crazy pair, go to klgandhoda.com. hit the connect button. >> get ready to lash out. >> we're going slow. bobbie's all abuzz about false eyelashes and how to apply them right after this. [ hair dryer whirring ] [ male announcer ] there's a simpler way to fluffier eggs. ♪ ♪ i can't believe it's not butter! the simpler way to delicious fluffy eggs.

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it's time for "bobbie's buzz." >> apparently you asked how to fake it, when it comes to getting long, luxurious eyelashes. >> this week our "today" style editor and bobbie.com's bobbie thomas is here to show us what to buy and how to apply. >> people have been asking about your eyelashes. >> all the time. >> you have gorgeous eyes anyway. >> thank you. it takes time to get them there. you'll see i have eyelashes on. you may not be able to tell. some people ask me if my eyelashes are real. and they are underneath the pair -- i have some under there, but the key is what to buy. you want to buy eyelashes that sort of resemble your own. that might go against your intuition because you might think you want really long lashes, but you don't. stay away from styles that are too clean on the edge. when they're too even, it looks

fake. go for the more natural fringe, you'll see on the side. those sell out in new york all the time from elite, number 18. number 110 from ardell, best-seller, you'll see right here. >> 110. >> right here. because it has a really light natural line. >> i like that. people ask also about individual eyelashes. you'll see those here. individuals are great. they take a lot of time, hard to keep on , put on if you have bad eyesight. go for the accents, ardell makes these, but they look natural when you put them on half your eye. >> 30 seconds. are they easy to put on? >> dark is good because it blends away into your makeup. if you want latex free, go for that in the hypoallergenic. you want to apply the glue on the underside. this is important because most people put the glue on the edge and that's not -- that's not sitting on your eye. >> right there. >> thank you, bobbie. >> i'll show you the video

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that looks like a lot of bathtubs. clorox. always a better value. i'm a messy person. i don't like cleaning. i love my son, but he never cleans up. always leaves a trail of crumbs behind. you're gonna have a problem with getting a wife. uh...yeah, i guess. [ laughs ] this is ridiculous. christopher glenn! [ doorbell rings ] what is that? swiffer sweep & trap. i think i could use this. it picks up everything. i like this. that's a lot of dirt. just that easy. good job, chris. i think a woman will probably come your way. [ both laugh ] and good morning to you. it's 10:26 on this friday morning. i'm peggy bunker. police in pleasanton are working with instagram to try to figure out who was asking kids for pornographic photos. parents of children in the pleasanton unified school district were sent this e-mail

yesterday. it warns the parents that someone is messaging students through instagram, asking for inappropriate photos in exchange for naked photos of the user. the message says the account appears to be from outside of the community. police have charged these two men with a deadly shooting of a popular east bay dog walker. they say that stephon lee and mario floyd shot can killed julie solomon last summer in oakland. the men reportedly shot her after she used her cell phone to capture video of the two men committing a crime. the arrest came after an eight-month police investigation. and a quick break here. when we come back, we'll take a look at that weekend weather forecast and your traffic. [ yodeling plays ]

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♪ all right, folks. let's take a look over here towards the bay bridge toll plaza. look at this. we have both the weather and the traffic affecting the drive this morning. the wet roadways causing folks to slow down a bit. and we have had a pretty big backup, more than we've seen for the last three or four fridays. we have the end to a pretty much all of these spring breaks around the the bay. so you'll have your volume of traffic next week as we look at the low clouds. let's look at the area around 880 and the coliseum as well. traffic still flowing out of high street. for the northbound side, now let's look at the maps. we see the southbound side, which is slowing. there's a fender bender reported at 980 as you're coming south away from the bay bridge. and some more slowing. and maybe the street sweepers might be kicking in as well. looking over here towards the green areas, that's where wet

roads are around the bay. but so far, no real drama asides from that slowing. >> mike, thanks so much. the 11:00 show coming up in half an hour. we're back on this try day friday with the special you asked for it edition of "today" filled with stories you said you would like to see. >> one thing you wanted was longer segments. because we had to cut bobbie off earlier, she'll stick around to show us how she puts the false eyelashes on a little bit later. >> now we have affordable travel choices for real budgets. >> that's right. from sunny beach getaways to cruises and resorts with plenty of amen tiityamenities, here wi that won't break the bank is "budget travel" contributing editor darlene newman. these are affordable. what our viewer is really asking about. >> affordable meaning under $100 a day. that is a great rate.

>> can't stay home for that. >> better not. >> myrtle beach is one you chose. >> myrtle beach, that's where i'm from. so close to my heart. but beautiful wide sandy beaches, great for multiple generations. grandparents, parents, kids, everyone can have fun there. you can go play ski baee ball o have amazing night life. there are so many amazing options. there is tons for everyone to do in myrtle beach. >> where can you stay? >> we have a great west gate ocean front resort, ocean front, and $75 and up. there is a beautiful heated pool. kids eat free. that's nice and family friendly. >> and cruises are also something a lot of families like to take together. >> cruises are popular. they're popular with budget travel readers. the norwegian getaway. how about the eastern part of the caribbean? that's where this sails. a brand-new ship, huge. one of these floating cities. there is tons to do on the ship, of course, including things like

mini golf. but there are 28 different dining options. so if you're a foodie this might be a good choice for you. and if you love the eastern caribbean, you can see beautiful spots like nassau and st. thomas and the price, you can't beat it. $449 for seven days. that's -- >> $449? >> amazing. >> is that for food and everything? >> yes, $65 a day for this cruise. we should be on it, right? >> all right. so you say let's head north to atlantic, canada. >> this is a lesser known -- charming. lesser known destination. we're talking about nova scotia in atlantic, canada. here you can go out and do wonderful outdoor adventure activities, whether you want to do whale watching or kayaking. you are going to love this. because nova scotia boasts more pubs per capita than anywhere else in the world. so, hello, i know we're loving this. >> long winters there in nova scotia. >> exactly. >> it is charming. there is a wine region of nova

scotia, a mini napa valley. you can have your beer, your wine, i suggest doing the whale watching first. and you can stay at the smuggler's cove inn. charming, cozy, right on the water, $99 and up. we're just under $100 there. >> great. the dominican republic, one of my favorite spots. i love the beaches there. and those are affordable too. >> this is an affordable all inclusive option. the iberostar, right on the beach in a prime location. there is a massive pool here and, again, i have this top shelf drinks are included here. so you can get a cocktail by the pool, top shelf of your choice, all inclusive. and go out and do tons of great adventure activities and, of course, enjoy the north part of the dominican republic. >> beautiful. all right. and which of the all inclusives do you love the most? >> i love anything that is all inclusive that is just -- it is going to give me adventure activities, good for the whole family and i love not taking out my wallet for the whole day.

that's nice. you don't want to sit at dinner and someone is haggling over the bill, especially if you're with a group. great idea. >> and chicago. >> chicago, first of all, you think cities are going to be extensive and they can be, right? there is tons of great things to do in chicago. when i travel, i love being with local people. and chicago has a great program called chicago greeter, actually 200 different neighborhoods in chicago, they represent 100 different places and you can go to these neighborhoods, get a free walking tour with a local guide. >> okay. >> isn't that cool? >> yeah. good deal. >> never heard of that. >> okay. thank you so much. we appreciate it. thanks a lot. >> okay. let's hear it for the boys. how to connect and raise a good son. >> no matter what your age, you got the right fashion for you. fashion for all ages coming up right after this. because you asked for it.

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about raising girls around here. the last time we did, you e-mailed us and said please do more on boys. >> we're going for the blue and looking what the boys are all talking about with this exaggerated scene from "the nutty professor." take a look. >> get away. stop it. >> he's a boy. a guy boy is going to do stuff that. >> teach him some manners. he shouldn't be a hooligan with me. >> boys will be boys. >> how much does the saying boys will be boys ring true and why are they like that in first place? >> dr. meeker is the author of "strong mothers, strong sons" and dr. sax is the author of "boys adrift." >> no matter what we like to think, they are different. i have a boy and i have a girl and they could not be more different. >> they just come out that way, don't they? >> yeah. >> we have studies to show all that too. so any mom who raised a girl and

recognized a boy, you know you know, you try to do the same thing and they're completely different people. >> what are the pitfalls that parents fall into when they're raising sons? things that they shouldn't be doing? >> well, i think that in this day and age we parents, we tend to -- i know dr. sax probably sees this too, we tend to what i call hyperparent. we focus on a lot of the superficial things. make sure we build them a good resume, make sure get to the right soccer team, football team. but to get boys to develop a strong identity and character, every parent needs to be able to answer three questions in the boys. what do you believe about me, how do you feel about me, and what are your hopes for me? you can't answer the questions on a soccer field or classroom, but if parents spend enough time with their kids to answer those questions over the years, that's where you develop a really strong boy who knows who he is, and he's ready to launch. >> what do you think, dr. sax? >> my big concern is that parents today are unsure about

what to do with all the strains. i'm seeing so many boys, what they want to do in their spare time is play video games. sit down with the screen. and the parents are like all the kids are playing grand theft auto and it must be okay, it is not okay, it is your job to turn the device off. >> what does it do to kids in. >> it shifts them away from the real world to the virtual world. mom is like, hey, you're in tenth grade, your grades are going to be on your college transcript and you're up at 2:00 in the morning playing grand theft auto. doesn't that matter? he says no. he's much more into being the first in his group to finish all the missions in grand theft auto. that matters more. accomplishment in the virtual world of the video game matters more. >> that's so wild. so scary. >> there is another important thing that is spending so much screen time does for boys, not just video games, but even on internet. it is very isolating. and even though they say i'm on facebook, i'm connecting,

they're not. they're isolating from their parents. it is -- kids to develop a healthy sense of self-esteem need to read their parents, be with their parents, be mentored by their parents, mentored by people of an older generation. it is not just about, you know, sticking with your peers. kids are very lonely. and electronics makes them lo s lone lonely. >> aren't they going to do what they want to do in some cases because they have ipads. >> they shouldn't have their own devices. they came out with guidelines saying no cell phones -- the parents should be in charge. you need to say, look, you need to prioritize the real world above the virtual world, you need to be spending time with real people and turn off the devices, girls are going to bed with their cell phones on, texting at 2:00 in the morning. boys are going to bed with devices, playing video games. >> not getting good rest.

>> no devices in the bedroom. that's not just my opinion. >> when you look at colleges, and you see that a lot more girls are graduating college than boys what is happening there? >> boys are dropping out. >> in the united states today, for white, black and latino boys, working hard to get an a instead of a b is not cool. it used to be in this country, but it no longer is. so across the united states, whether you're affluent, low income, urban, overall, boys don't want to be seen as a geek. >> i do think there is a subtle cultural message that we're sort of dumbing boys down. men, dads in particular, are stupid and we sort of throw dads into orbit around the family. all dads on television are stupid, little kids laugh -- >> every joke. >> i think it trickles down to boys. i think boys feel that maleness is not appealing, they don't know what to be, they don't know whether to be assertive, kind,

compassionate, whatever. i think they're very isolated, they're very confused and we're dumbing them down. we need to get to -- and parents really need -- >> a lot of them don't have a father in the home too. >> a great mom can take them pretty far. >> thanks. you wanted to know and we wanted to answer the questions you've been asking. crucial ones, like what color nail polish does kathie lee wear. and you asked for more. >> and fashions that will cover all ages and all body types right after this. >> because you asked for it. >> because you and hugh asked for it. i'm sinora, and this is my son, chris. i'm a messy person. i don't like cleaning. i love my son, but he never cleans up. always leaves a trail of crumbs behind. you're gonna have a problem with getting a wife. uh...yeah, i guess. [ laughs ] this is ridiculous. christopher glenn! [ doorbell rings ] what is that? swiffer sweep & trap. i think i could use this. it picks up everything. i like this. that's a lot of dirt. just that easy. good job, chris.

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all right. it is time for a little high style for all ages. >> we heard you and you asked for fashions for ladies of a certain age. so today we have got just what you're looking for. >> lifestyle expert and author jenae luciani brought some

fabulous looks. >> hi. >> we love how we're going through the decades today. we're starting in the 40s with filomena. what does she have? >> i love a great maxi dress for spring or summer. this one is under $50 from ashley stewart. and i really like how it skims her body, nice, flattering silhouette and gave her the jack fret ella tweed to give her a little more coverage, nip at the waist. and she looks great. >> she sure does. >> she feels great. >> i love the purse with it. that's adorable. >> excellent. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you, filomena. betsy is coming out next. betsy is in -- >> bring it on, betsy. >> betsy is a supermodel. >> good. >> i gave her -- she has a great body, great figure. i wanted to show it off. i gave her a dress from calvin klein, under $100. gives her the hourglass shape, very age appropriate, the hemline hits at the knee where

it should. i think it looks pretty. >> could she go shorter? she has great legs. could she go shorter? >> she could. about an inch, no mar than an inch, i would say. >> all right. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. rose is coming up. rose is in her 60s and looking good. >> rose is my mom, full disclosure. she got sucked into this. but her sort of uniform, i like to call it, is button down and capris. that's what she's comfortable in. i wanted to give her that. the shirt is under $25 from beyondtherack.com and pants as well. and nice loafers from aerosoles, comfortable, a colorful touch with the tote. >> so proud of your girl. >> i am. >> yes, you are. >> you look beautiful. >> you look great. >> thank you. >> guess who is come out now?

fay in her 70s. >> doesn't she look amazing? i always think women in their 70s make the mistake, they try to wear clothes too baggie or look for elastic waistband pants. i found her pants with stretch that she's comfortable in from chicos but they're tailored and she feels comfortable in them. a lot of women of a mature age don't like their arms, or upper arms, that's a big trouble spot. i gave her a nice tailored blazer, in a really bright, beautiful color. >> and the statement necklace. >> some people like to match their -- a lot of women like it match their shoes and their bag. we did that too here as well. >> you look great. >> thank you. >> everybody looks great. thank you. >> thank you. >> all righty. you asked for it. and this is a big one. >> we're going to answer the questions, like this one. who is the cackler behind the

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we are wrapping up our special you asked for it show and since we gave everything a little bit more breathing room today, we have got a little bit of extra time on our hands. what should we do? >> i don't know. what do you think? >> either you love her or really, really don't, but many of you have asked who is that woman laughing in the back ground? cackling is more like it. if you don't know what we're talking about, take a listen. >> top three states with the longest endurance time, idaho. oh, yeah. oh, yeah. oh, yeah. oh, yeah. oh, yeah. potato pickers, they know what they're doing. >> let's meet her. >> drum roll, please. this is our real life cackler.

kate. we love her. >> how does the feedback feel when you read facebook. >> i wrote america an apology note for cackling. >> we love the laughter. >> we love it. it makes us feel good. >> but i love these ladies and i know you guys are laughing at home with their antics, but mine evidently sounds like a cackling chicken. i'm really sorry. i'm on mike leave today. >> let's hear it today. >> no. you're behaving yourself. >> i'm working on it. >> now what are we doing? we're going to switch it out. remember we said we would spend more time with segments and we abruptly cut bobbie thomas off. bobbie is back and she wants to show us how to put the eyelashes on. >> a couple of important points. when you're looking for the fake eyelashes, look for a clear band and i have all of this in the article online.

this tool is, like, a fish tail tweezer. you can see these on amazon or sephora. it helps you mush the eyelashes against your own natural together without poking yourself. and this is really important because it will make sure that when you -- like i said, you put the glue underneath, it will sit on your lashes and won't pop up. and then if you want to shower, because i sleep with my fake lashes on. >> you do? >> you use swim goggles. >> you use goggles in the shower? >> the other thing you asked a lot about and i don't know why is my nail polish and my lip gloss. this is mac. and it is called underage. just a lovely nude. i like nude. and the nails i'm wearing, c & b nail lacquer. >> and you know what i wear?

we hope you found what you're looking for. i wear mac too. >> good-bye. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal.

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good morning to you at 11:00. thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker. and we begin with the search for two dangerous men this morning. san jose police locked down a neighborhood for nearly 4 1/2 hours this morning. it all began overnight with an armed robbery that took place at a 7-eleven on white road at mt. vista. that's where the robbers have believed to have hit a second 7-eleven. police thought they had the men surrounded not too far from that second store and that's where we find chase kaine. this is a pretty scary situation for the folks that live in that area. >> reporter: at one point, police were saying, stay inside and keep your doors and windows