>> #ibelievewecanwin. good morning. breaking news overnight. israel hits back hard, launching airstrikes after those three missing israeli teenagers are discovered murdered. israel's prime minister declaring hamas will pay. relentless severe storms tear through the midwest once again, damaging winds, hea rain and dramatic lightning strikes including this one on chicago's famed willis tower. while in the atlantic, the first tropical depression of the season forms off the coast of florida. royal bond. this morning pippa middleton's relationship with her sister, the duchess of cambridge, and the future king who lights up her life. >> that's the biggest smile i've seen this morning. when i mentioned george, you smiled. ♪ and do you believe that we will win?

the eyes of the nation on brazil as the u.s. gets set to take on belgium at the world cup today, tuesday, july 1st, 2014. >> i believe that we will win! >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. ♪ i believe that we will win >> i love the sound of that. good morning. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. we believe that we will win. >> it's a very catchy slogan. i have to say, i'm a little nervous. belgium's good. >> i know, you're a nervous nellie. >> tit's been a great tournamen. >> don't worry, i brought sedatives for you this afternoon. natalie is at her post in brazil. she believes that we will win. but we've got breaking news to get to. it's israel striking back at

hamas, blaming that group for the deaths of three teenagers who were kidnapped more than two weeks ago. nbc's keir simmons has the latest on the overnight developments. keir, good morning to you. >> good morning. tensions are deepening this morning after the three teens, one 19, two just 16. after what the israeli says was more than 18 rockets targeted at southern israel. attacks were launched overnight targeting gaza. >> reporter: airstrikes amid tensions across israel. more than 30 on the gaza strip. retaliations on attacks the military says and following the gruesome discovery of three missing israeli students. their bodies found under a pile of rocks. 16-year-old neftali frankel was a u.s. citizen. his mother who's from new york sent the three boys a message before her son was found dead. >> we just wish our children

home, neftali, we love you, we miss you. please be strong. hold on. be strong. we love you. we want to hug you again. >> reporter: the israeli response has been swift. this the home of one of two men suspected in the killings. the islamist group hamas has denied accusations of involvement. >> israel tonight mourns the three teenagers brutally murdered by the hamas terrorists. >> reporter: while vigils have been held ahead of funerals today, neftali's family described him as athletic, a good student who loves playing guitar. from the u.s. and around the world, facebook messages had poured in using a #bringbackourboys, compiled into a moving youtube video. now their deaths have brought international condemnation. now, the boys have been missing for more than a fortnight, sparking that intensive search. but the israelis now believe

they were shot soon after they were abducted. and once again threats are being traded, savannah. the israelis accusing hamas and promising action. hamas warning that action will open the gates of hell. savannah? >> incredibly tense right now. keir, thank you very much. want to change gears dramatically and get to today's big game in brazil. the u.s. goes up bens beagainst belgium. it could be one of the most-watched matches ever on u.s. television. natalie, as you know, is down in salvador, brazil, in the middle of the excitement. natalie, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, matt. well, that game still hours away, but already the coach of the u.s. team is playing a hard offense, questioning the choice of the referee for today's match. >> reporter: as the american players get ready for their first match in the knockout stage, coach jurgen klinsmann is knocking fifa for appointing an algerian referee to officiate the match.

klinsmann told reporters it could give belgium an advantage. quote, he's able to speak french with their players on the field, not with us. and about algeria, klinsmann said it is a country we beat in the last world cup. klinsmann did, however, praise the job the ref has done in two games so far. ♪ today's showdown takes place in brazil's third largest city. here in the city of happiness, salvador is just bursting with energy, and it's not hard to find fans who are rooting for the u.s. team who aren't even american. after sunset, we set out to talk with some. we found australians. why do you love the u.s. team? >> we love the way they play. >> reporter: italians. why do you like the usa? >> the team is very strong. >> reporter: and chinese fans. >> i hope you win. >> reporter: we caught up with . >> reporter: and chinese fans. we caught up with more american fans. most think team usa has a good chance to win. >> usa all the way. >> i'm feeling confident we can beat them. >> close and tough game. >> reporter: the american players know it will be tough, but they are ready and they have

a nation in their corner. from here in salvadore to home in the u.s., there are watch parties planned all across the country. the biggest will be in chicago, soldier field, where they are expecting tens of thousands to watch the big game on the big screen. matt? >> thank you very much. let's bring in kyle, a former member of the men's u.s. team. he's a ask jury, it's only been

two weeks. he's been jogging in training. we are not sure if he's been full on 100%. if he can play, it's a boost for the u.s. but i think he'll be a spectator. >> thanks. good luck to the u.s. team. appreciate it. >> the ceo of gm hinted to you last week. general motors increased the number of cars they are recalling. 7.6 million here in the u.s. the list of models is long. it's back to 1997. also includes 2014 models with

yet more ignition switch problems. let's get to nbcs tom costello. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. this boosts the number of deaths acknowledged by gm to 16. if you own a gm car, check the recall list. it is growing longer by the day. this now creates the most cars ever created by a single car company in the history of the automotive industry in one year. the number is astonishing. so far this year, gm recalled 25 million vehicles in the u.s. after adding another 7.6 million to the list on monday. they include models dating back to 1997, but also nearly a dozen 2014 models including cadillacs and camaros. many with another problem involving the key and ignition systems. just last week, ceo marry barra told matt gm was doing a safety

review. >> if we find and issue, we will deal with it. >> there could be more recalls down the road? >> it's possible. >> reporter: ken has the job of deciding how much to compensate the injured and those who died in gm cars. how do you value a life or injury? >> the same way, tom, that courts and judges and juries do every day. >> reporter: there's no cap to the payouts. it involves pain and suffering, lost future earnings and dependents. the family of a 17-year-old student who died would receive $2.2 million. the spouse of a 25-year-old earning $46,000 a year with two children $4 million and a 10-year-old child who became a paraplegic. they have not decided whether to

sue. >> i just want this to be over. it's very painful, all of it has been extraordinarily painful. >> reporter: gm insists it doesn't know how many victims are out there. attorneys say there could be hundreds of dead and injured. ken feinberg has the authority to expand the amount of money he gives families under certain circumstances. any family that accepts compensation must agree not to sue. >> thanks very much. natalie in brazil, tamron is here with a check of the top stories including more u.s. service members sent to iraq. >> good morning, everyone. 300 more u.s. troops were ordered to iraq to beef up security at the u.s. embassy and protect u.s. citizens. richard engel is in baghdad with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tamron. they are here to protect the u.s. embassy. also the baghdad international airport.

the ex-tra 300 brings the number to 1,000. several hundred of them were here when the crisis began. the escalation shows how the u.s. is increasingly taking this threat from isis very seriously. both a threat to iraq and the united states. several sus counterterrorism officials say the threat from isis to u.s. interests is quote, extremely high. isis built a roster of suicide bombers including hundreds with european passports. >> we are going for you, barack obama. >> reporter: isis' rapid response is winning new recruits and the admiration of other terrorists, including one of the world east most notorious bomb makers. the saudi extremist and alleged creator of the underwear bomb that nearly brought down a

flight to detroit in 2009 has sworn an allegiance to isis. >> the idea is strike in the west, london and the united states. this is what they strive for and more and more, this is a concern of u.s. intelligence. >> reporter: isis has fighters, weapons, a safe haven and clear, international ambition. washington had been hoping a political solution could help ease the crisis here. today, the iraqi parliament met in baghdad amid tight security. the only thing they agreed to was to host another meeting next week. it was a failure. >> thank you very much. the search is on for an iowa teenager swept into a storm drain monday night after heavy flooding in the cedar rapids area. three were playing frisbee when a 17-year-old got caught in floodwaters. a friend tried to help but they were swept in the drain. one teen was found a mile from

where they entered. back to work monday for embattled toronto mayor rob ford after spending two months at a rehab facility. he is rebuilding trust with the public and fellow members of council. >> when i look back on some of the things i said and some of the things i did when i was using, i'm ashamed, embarrassed and humiliated. >> the issue is that he is a failed mayor. >> following that press conference, two of ford's opponents responded by calling for his resignation. all eyes are on the world cup these days. there's at least one college football player in minnesota getting ready for the fall.

take a look at this instagram video of golden gophers receiver, logan hut ton. there he is. he does a double catch back flip. not impressed? i don't hear oohs and aahs. >> no, we're impressed. according to a minnesota football program, he was a national champion in trampoline as a kid. >> we were stunned. >> i want to see him do it in a game. tamron, thank you so much. al is off this week. dylan is in for him. >> we have the first tropical depression of the season. i want to show you crazy video. this is chicago's willis tower, a perfect example of why we have lightning rods on the buildings. a lot of cloud-to-cloud

lightning here. the willis tower was struck three times. it was a duration that moved through chicago yesterday. right now, we are looking at winds 35 miles per hour across parts of the bahamas. tropical depression number one could become tropical storm arthur later on today. it's not doing much right now. the clouds are filling in through miami. we are looking at showers and storms to develop later on today, the offshoot of the system here. we have tropical storm watches here. watch what happens as this could affect the fourth of july holiday weekend right along the coast. especially across the outer banks in north carolina. friday, 2:00 a.m., it could be a weak category one hurricane and make its way to the east. certainly worth watching as it could become the first tropical storm of the system. your local forecast is coming up in 30 seconds.

well it's safe to see the ocean air-conditioning has come back. lots of low clouds and mist around san francisco. patchy low clouds right now in san jose and all the all day sea breeze high today running cooler near 83 and san jose. mid-60s closer to san francisco and to the north bay today highs near 80 in santa rosa. pleasanton there, 91 degrees which is down from the near 100 degree temperatures yesterday. the temperatures will continue to cool through the end of the week and rebounding back into

the low 90s for the weekend. savannah? >> thank you. now to some important health news impacting women across the country talking about who should and should not receive pelvic exams and how often. good morning, dr. nancy snyderman. this got a lot of headlines. now there's a group that says you don't have to go in yearly. >> this is from the american college of physicians. you're right, we are taught from the time girls are sexually active to have an annual exam and continue to infinity. now they're saying things like ovarian cancer, this is not a good way of following that up. if you are in a moe nothing mouse relationship and you are not faithful, we know pap smears are three to five years. now this group are saying the amount of diseases and problems can be picked up on the annual exam do not warrant the cost to the health care system, the stress and trauma to women.

so every couple of years is probably just fine. >> we should mention obgyns as a group feel very different. >> now you have them saying not so fast. they haven't said -- they haven't disagreed with the data, but what they have said is they still believe women should check in with their physicians. i think what we're looking at now is a paradigm shift in medicine. how do we spend our health care dollars? do otherwise healthy women with no risk for disease really need to be poked and prodded every year? and i think increasingly the answer is no. >> i don't know. a lot of woman won't object to this. thank you. appreciate it. let's head to carson. he's in the orange room with a big case of world cup fever. carson? >> come in, everybody. there's a rumor of a belgian waffle boycott. waffle house writes in, we don't believe in belgian waffles.

responded by jim he says not to be that guy, but as belgian waffles. for what it's worth, waffle house doesn't even sell them. everybody is in the spirit. there's suzanna's daughter. stars and stripes. check out these cute kids there. international space station, little antigravity soccer match going on there. coming up at 7:50, we are going to speak live to a nasa flight engineer who is on that space station. we have that to look forward to. back to you. >> carson, thank you very much. >> i love it. coming up, while it's a dangerous thrill sport, millions pay to experience it. so why is parasailing unregulated. a new call to change that in a big way. and much more of our interview with pippa middleton. her life as an aunt to prince george. and we'll talk to her about her sister's royal schedule. whether that's changed their relationship. but first this is "today" on nbc.

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an exhausting day yesterday. two separate brush fires are crews scrambling to gain the upper hand into the night. several acres burned just six miles away, much larger fire crept dangerously close to homes in the hills of the san theresa area. right now i want to check the forecast today. considerably cooler, rob. >> it is, right now we have low clouds over san francisco, misty skies, 59 degrees, patches of low clouds, same temperature there in san jose. 59, you can see the low clouds around the peninsula for the morning. as we head towards the afternoon, all day sea breeze cooling down inland temperatures. low 80s in san jose, 60s for the san francisco, upper 70s yesterday and down from the hundreds around the tri-valley yesterday, we'll see highs in the upper 80s to near 90. 80 in santa rosa and cool temperatures will continue as we approach fourth of july, numbers dropping through thursday, rebounding slightly through saturday. in the summer time, that means a compressed commute. kicking in for the peninsula, southbound coming to the bottom

of your screen. approaching university avenue. look at the map. both directions are slow into palo alto. the northbound side south of the shot where we can see the camera, earlier crash leaves debris and slowing out of mountain view into palo alto. southbound, north bay routes kicking in. 101 towards the capitol expressway, new crash moving slowly there. the rest of the bay moving nicely. >> all right thank you very much, we'll have another local news update in half hour. hope to see you then. have a great morning.

7:30 now on a tuesday morning. the first day of july 2014. on the wall there some pictures of sunrises from around the country. we always ask you to share your sunrise with us using the #todaysunrise. but stop the competition. >> e with love your sunrises, but i think we could do you one better. look at what was sent to us by nasa's reed wiseman this morning from the international space station. and he tweeted to matt, here is a sunrise from space. pretty cool. he's going to join us in a few moments live. >> my new favorite astronaut. it's cool. dark side of the moon.

let's look at what's making headlines this morning. hundreds of thousands are without power in the midwest this morning after yet another round of strong storms there. and a tropical depression off the coast of florida is gaining strength now and is expected to become the atlantic hurricane season's first named storm. in other news, screams heard by neighbors of oscar pistorius are the focus of today's trial. questioning an acoustics expert who had been called by the defense. as we mention edmentioned, takes on belgium today. a viewing party held across the country. including one at soldier field. we're going to have more from natalie in brazil coming up in just a few minutes. also coming up, more of our interview with pippa middleton. she's going to talk about her relationships with her sister, the duchess of cambridge and her nephew who happens to be prince george. plus imagine this. imagine being locked in a room with your coworkers and the only

way to escape is solving puzzles. we're going to show you what happened when we went inside. obviously we left, but how long did it take us? we made it out, but how long? >> they put you into teams. >> yeah. i was with willie, natalie, and al. competitive team. you were with carson. and three jenna bush hager, kathie lee, and hoda. >> you need to be sober to escape the room. we're going to begin this half hour with an nbc news exclusive. tied to a popular summertime activity, millions enjoy this. parasailing on beaches. did you know that industry is unregulated? kerry sanders is in florida. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. it is the safety board that sees when there's a transportation issue. when it comes to parasailing,

they have had their hands full. we're looking at a live picture of a parasail flying gently over biscayne bay no problems. but the ntsb and special investigation report just released calls on the coast guard and the faa to regulate this industry. because when things go bad, they go very bad very quickly. as was the case one year ago today in panama city, florida. the terror was all captured on video. two teenager friends on their first-ever parasail ride. but a state investigation revealed the towline to the boat snapped. unable to steer, the gusting wind smashed the girl into a building and then a parking lot. that they both survived was a miracle. >> it's a helpless and awful feeling. because you don't know what the next -- you don't know if you're really dead or if your friend is dead or if you're going to wake up if you shut your eyes.

>> reporter: in a just-released special investigation report, the national transportation sift board cites eight serious accidents in just four years. eight parasailers killed, three gravley injured. the ntsb said there is no requirement for inspection of the equipment. yet in all but one of the cases, the parasailing equipment itself failed. >> what we'd like to see is the faa work with the coast guard and develop the guidelines. >> reporter: they have been working with the government and said if they're reasonable, they're welcomed. >> i would like some sort of regulations whether it be the coast guard or the faa. it doesn't matter who regulates it, as long as somebody does. >> i mean, people are not just getting hurt. they're getting killed. >> reporter: now, if you're wondering why these federal

agencies, the ntsb says the faa because this is airborne. and the coast guard because it begins and ends on the water. with 3 to 5 million people participating in this, there have been some minor regulations put in place by some states. virginia and new york have established a regulation. and here in florida they will have some regulations by the end of the year. but clearly there's a need for uniform regulations and enforcement across the whole country. the coast guard and the faa of course have not responded to this report because it's just come out. >> thank you. it's a lot of trust in those operators when you go out on one of those. you guys have been out on it. >> yeah. >> i never met anybody who actually enjoys it. that they get down and they're not in pain. i feel there's always an issue. >> that's a selling point. >> i would never do it again. >> this is within the united states. i was in mexico. imagine what the lack of regulations is there. crazy. >> check of the weather. >> beautiful day for parasailing? >> in some places.

in the middle of the country, maybe not. not many options for that. but we'll see a chance of stronger storms. yesterday we had really strong storms move through iowa and illinois. here we go back to last night where we had some really heavy rain move through iowa and through illinois. iowa now has about 14 inches of rain clocked in in june. so we have been seeing really bad storms out that way. we do have a slight risk of strong storms again today. although not the outbreak we saw yesterday. stretching back into northern arkansas. that's where we could see again today some damaging wind gusts. also hail. and an isolated tornado. ahead of it it is hot and humid. but it's that flash that's causing those severe look out the window shows clouds in san francisco over to emeryville and oakland right now heading towards the afternoon, you'll see temperatures near 72

in oakland. upper 60s closer to san francisco and out near the tri-valley we'll see numbers in the upper 80s to low 90s. so cooler day around the bay area. 83 in san jose. 60s again for san francisco. and into the north bay, we'll see highs in the low 80s, and close to 90 in pleasanton and 80s closer to danville. low 80s as well around fremont for the afternoon. and that's your latest forecast. >> thank you so much. coming up on "trending," mick jagger takes a shot at the farewell show. and next, pippa middleton on her sister, her ♪ ♪ ♪ ben! well, that was close! you ain't lying!

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7:41. we're back now with more of our exclusive interview with pippa middleton. on monday we spoke to her about her unique view of the royal wedding, where she keeps that famous dress, and how she's using her popularity for good. this morning she opens up about two of the most important people in her life. her sister the duchess of cambridge and her nephew prince george. talk about life post-wedding. has the fact that your sister has now taken on this enormous role not only as a mom but in her role with the royal wedding, has it changed your relationship? >> not particularly. obviously she has pressures she's taking on, but we spend a lot of time together. we still do a lot together as a family. we can be normal with each other. treat each other normally. that has kept us on the ground.

>> you can call any night and say let's just do girl talk? >> yeah. we have a very normal relationship. we're very close. you know, we get each other's opinions. >> most likely the topic of conversation is prince george lately. how's it being an aunt? >> it's wonderful. >> that's the biggest smile i've seen today. when i say his name you smile. >> he's a dear boy. >> when you walk in the room, does he drool? he probably should drool at almost one. >> almost one. >> not even one yet. >> he's very funny. >> although spending time with her nephew is most certainly a priority, pippa's time is at a premium these days. while working on her writing career and her charity work.

you became famous through no effort of your own. it just kind of happened to you. and yet whether you like it or not am the time it gives you opportunities to do good. >> that's the portion i love. i think it's a great way for me to support important causes and raise awareness as well. >> over these past three years have you learned one real important valuable lesson? >> i'd say probably to sort of -- to be yourself. and to keep your good friends and family close to you. they're the ones who know you. andic that sure you keep on the right path, you know, just be yourself and be genuine. >> she is that. i will say she is very genuine and she does commit herself to these good causes including those two charities she worked for on that bike ride across america. and to learn more about that, head to today.com. all right. coming up on "trending," the surprising new face of adhd in

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back at 7:49. time for the orange room in space. carson's over there. >> that's right, guys. thank you very much. exciting day for us here. nasa flight engineer reid wiseman is joining us from the international space station. good morning. you've gained over 124,000 twitter followers in just a month. what inspired you to share all those videos and pictures? >> well, carson, if you could just see the view, if you could live up here for one day you would realize it's just taking pictures of our daily life. it's amazing. this is incredible. it's a huge honor to be up here. so this needs to be shared. >> you're doing a great job of it. you've also shared world cup

spirit you are experiencing up there. tell us about you had a full head of hair before the usa loss to germany last year. >> well, i definitely had some time to say good-bye to my hair. then i went down and my commander steve swanson and our mate grabbed the clippers and there was no turning back. to be quite honest, i think i like it. >> it's a good look for you. we wanted to return the favor to you so we're asking people to take a picture of their view from earth right now. you're going to see our lovely camera man here. but i'm going to take a picture and reid, we want you to search the #here on earth. it'll be a touch of home here for you. when you get home in november back to earth, what's the first thing you're going to do?

>> oh, i think the first thing i'm going to do is hug my kids. that's number one. then maybe a trip to the "today" show, who knows. >> we'd love to have you. go usa against belgium today. our best to everything there. guys, back to you. >> savannah had a good question. can we put that shot back up? is that a full-size soccer ball or is he just a really big guy? >> small soccer ball or large astronaut. thanks so much. coming up we will go back to natalie in brazil for more on team usa's do or die world cup match later today. and are you good at puzzle solving? we'll divide into teams and take on the escape the room challenge. and what monica lewinsky is revealing in her first tv interview in ♪

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you're watching "today in the bay." good morning everyone, 7:56 i'm scott mcgrew. several new laws are going into effect today both on the local and state level. mountain view banning styrofoam containers. restaurants can not package food in this. retamers cannot sell products made from the material like foam ice chests. there's a statewide ban on large capacity gun magazines, that goes into effect today. it's illegal to make, import, sell, or lend gun magazine that holds more than ten rounds at the same time. and smoke detectors in rent tam units must have a nonreplaceable, non-removable ten year battery. san francisco firefighters will hand out 200 smoke alarms with the ten-year batteries to help bring attention to the change. well let's check your weather with rob, good morning. low clouds across the bay over to san francisco where it's 59 degrees right now.

and you can see misty skies there downtown. temperatures right now all the way already running a few degrees cooler than yesterday at the same time. you will see places like livermore today, almost 15 degrees cooler than yesterday. we're looking at inland highs around san jose in the 80s, 70s closer to foster city. san francisco in the 60s and only near 80 in santa rosa. you can see the numbers out near livermore closer to 90 degrees. i mentioned the condensed commute that happens during the summer vacation months for school, northbound 101, you see that in san jose, it's jammed up right now. there's a crash making things worse. 880 and northbound 101 slowing there as well as capitol expressway. really kicking in over the last 20 minutes. north 101 and west 237 jam up where an earlier crash had things tied up, southbound side recovering from the distraction that is clearing up a little bit out of redwood city and close on the east bay, back to you. >> mike thanks, we'll have another local news update coming

for you in a half hour.

♪ it's 8:00 on "today." coming up world cup fever. the u.s. to take on belgium in a must-win match this afternoon. and natalie is in the middle of all the excitement. then the new face of adhd. the surprising study revealing the fastest turning group to medication for the disease are adult women. we'll find out why. ♪ and who will escape the room? >> yes! >> i've done it! >> we split into three teams for the ultimate group challenge today, tuesday, july 1st, 2014. ♪

>> i believe that we will win! i believe that we will win! i believe that we will win! >> it's my birthday and i want a hug from matt lauer. >> hey, y'all. north carolina loves "today." >> we watch the "today" show every morning from colorado. >> morning, everyone. first day of july. it's a tuesday morning. what a great crowd out on our plaza. perfect weather, nice and warm. happy people chanting "i believe that we will win." >> and a lot of people hoping for that. meanwhile, how many of these people do you think could escape the room at this attraction here in new york? >> it's hard. >> only 15% actually get out of the room. >> it is a fun, challenging way to spend an hour. we'll show you that in awhile.

meanwhile as we told you big game this afternoon down in brazil. u.s. versus belgium. natalie has a preview. take it away. >> hey, guys. all eyes are going to be glued to the stadium right here around 4:00 p.m. eastern time. of course this is one of the most important games so far for team usa. if they don't win this one, they would have to go home. now, the match hasn't even started yet, and the u.s. coach jurgen klinsmann is already questioning the choice of the referee saying that he's disappointed with fifa's choice in choosing an algerian ref saying this could give the belgians an advantage because he speaks french. he would be able to talk to their players on the field and not his players. and questioning whether he could remain impartial saying in the last world cup the u.s. beat the algerian team. but he did say the ref has done

a good job in the past two games a that he's refed. meantime from salvador to new york to chicago, the excitement is building for this game with watch parties plan all over. belgium won three games in the group stage, but they didn't have to get past the group of death which of course the u.s. did and they survived. and they have proven that they are good for a challenge. guys, back to you from salvador. >> all right, natalie. thank you very much. go team usa. absolutely. we've got tamron at the news desk. good morning to you. >> good morning, everyone. flaring tensions in the middle east one day after three kidnapped israeli teenagers were found murdered. during the night in response, israel launched air strikes on gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is blaming hamas and saying it will pay for the death of the three teens including one with dual israeli/american

citizenship. a massive new round of recalls by general motors because of a faulty ignition problem again. gm is recalling another 7.6 million vehicles in the u.s. milli models dating back to 1997. so far this year gm had recalled some 25 million vehicles. more than any other car company ever. gm says until all the vehicles are fixed, drivers should take all extra keys off their key ring. new details in a tragic case we've been following. the death of a georgia toddler inside a hot car. this morning we're learning more about his father's alleged internet searches. here's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: today police are scouring the computers and phones of cooper harris' parents. warrants allege his father researched kids dying in hot

cars online. a source close to the investigation now telling nbc news those internet searches happened before june 18th, the day cooper died. ross harris is accused of murder in child cruelty. >> the fact the defendant did computer research into hot car deaths is something that's going to be difficult for the defendant to explain. >> reporter: another warrant claims the boy's mother it's unclear when. she's not charged with any crime and is standing by her husband at the boy's funeral saturday she called him a wonderful father. the couple married in alabama eight years ago. she a licensed dietitian, she once a police dispatcher now on unpaid leave from a corporate job at home depot. police say he took his only child to breakfast here and drove a few minutes to work. investigators say he briefly returned to his vehicle during lunch. then went back to his office. after leaving work, harris

suddenly pulled over telling police he had accidentally forgotten to drop off his son at daycare seven hours earlier. support for harris is fading, an online petition to drop charges pulled. prosecutors here are gearing up for a scheduled court hearing on thursday. police might reveal more key evidence in this case. for "today," gabe gutierrez, marietta, georgia. a major medical association is calling an end for annual pelvic exams for most healthy women. says routine pell vic exams don't benefit women with no symptoms of disease and not pregnant. the procedure can cause discomfort, anxiety and pain. in 62 million of the tests were performed in the u.s. in 2010. and if your trip to work involves a hot, crowded commuter train you might appreciate this. a japanese train operator unveiled what may be the first

train equipped with a foot bath. right. one of the train's cars have two foot baths each big enough for four people. ooh. another car has a bar, people can sample local sake after their bath. ah, the train is designed to evoke the atmosphere of a hot spring resort. why do you have to share with three other people? it's 8:07. another check on the weather. hopefully something to cool us off instead of a shared foot bath. dylan? >> i don't know about the shared foot bath. carson the busy over here. selfies up a around. two beautiful girls in new york city. having a blast. >> yes. >> best trip ever? >> yes. >> we are having to keep an eye on, though, the tropics down across the southeast. our first tropical depression of this hurricane season. doesn't look like much now but we have a lot of rain and thunderstorms, and have to keep an eye on this storm as it makes its way through the gulf stream. that's going to help fuel it

perhaps into a category 1 hurricane off the coast of cape hatteras and right now, we're seeing a lot of low clouds around san francisco, over towards emeryville. san jose, we've got some patches of low clouds further north, 61 right now. and our temperatures are running quite a bit cooler, especially around parts of the east bay and south bay, about 8 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago in livermore, and that will continue to be the case as we get through the afternoon today. an all-day sea breeze, 83 in san jose, 60s around san francisco, and inland today, only 80s to near 90. and livermore, upper 80s closer to danville for the afternoon. and that's your latest forecast. all right, dylan. thank you very much. up next on "trending," mick jagger takes a jab at some of his countrymen kbh. what is the rocker saying. and do we have to escape the room? what happened when the "today" show anchors attempted one of

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♪ 8:12 and we are "trending" today. we are going to begin on this tuesday morning where headlines on adhd. normally this is a problem for young boys, but a recent study reveals that adult women actually make up the largest group seeking help. medication used among women ages 26 to 34 is now spike iing some 85%. let's bring in dr. nancy again. now we're talking about women in that age group seeking medication for adhd. are they suffering from the disorder or are they just taking the medication? >> probably a little bit of both. but probably primarily underdiagnosed. because a lot of the women don't have that hyperactive component, so they may not be correctly diagnosed as teenagers.

when they become young adults, all the things about turning things in time, needing to focus. girls can slip through the cracks, not know how to access all the support systems that boys do, and miss out on medication. >> on the abuse side of it, i have heard anecdotally of lawyers who take ritalin, for example, to improve productivity, that kind of thing. >> i have a child who's on this medication, and when this child of mine went to college, i advised my child to stick the medicine in an old shoe and not let anybody know it's there. it sells for $5 to $10 a pop. it is an abused medication, but it is extraordinarily great in young men and young women who really do have a.d.d. >> what if you're a young woman in the age group and see the spike, how do you know if you have it? >> inability to focus, insomnia, not hitting benchmarks just by

hitting homework on time, feeling scattered, overwhelmed by normal life processes that come with early adulthood. if you feel like your life's falling apart and you have to structure, it works well to sit down with somebody. >> good information, nancy. thank you very much. double header for you today. >> always happy to be here. >> thank you. well, three decades after they dropped out of the spotlight, monty python is back. the troupe kicks off their show in london. the final one will actually be shown live in theaters here in the u.s. >> and the first show sold out in just 45 seconds. but there's one guy who's skeptical about the whole reunion. >> who wants to see that again, really? it was really funny in the '60s. they're a bunch of wrinkly old men trying to relive their youth and make a lot of money. >> that is mick jagger poking

fun at himself. >> takes one to know one. so have you guyed heard of the social media craze called 100 happy days? are you familiar with that? >> yeah. >> pretty cool. we're going to jump into the orange room. follow me. this is started by a 27-year-old guy from switzerland. and his name is dimitry. let's look at him there. he was feeling pretty gloom about life one day. then he started this whole thing. now has 17 million pictures on instagram, 2 million tweets. on this site happy days.com. there's matt and savannah. a bunch of pictures there. go to our facebook page and join in. we'll have those photos up. >> it's fun. 99 more happy days to come. that's what's "trending" today. up next, team "today" takes on the escape the room challenge. we're

as you can see we brought the whole gang in here for our next story. this is a story about an interactive puzzle game. it is a huge attraction here in new york city. >> the name says it all. it's called escape the room. we decided to divide into teams and we gave it our best shot. take a look. >> how are you? >> savannah, hi. >> good to see you.

>> everybody know why they're here? >> to escape the room. >> you're going to be locked in here together for an hour. everybody comes in, everybody has to leave. you're going to have to solve puzzles, figure out clues, find hidden objects to escape. >> i knew i was going to be trapped in a room with the two of you. >> don't use the word "trapped." >> i'm going to need to escape. you know what i had to bring along? >> do we come up with a special knock if i go into labor? >> please don't have your baby here. >> keep that as a possible ploy. >> hope to see you in under an hour. >> what do we win if we get out? >> just because. we don't want to be the idiots who sit in here. that is definitely locked. that is definitely locked. >> read that.

>> every story begins with a queen. wherever she is is where she should be. >> okay. >> is there a queen? >> check for it. >> here's a queen. this is a queen, isn't it? >> every book is right side up except this one. should i fix that? >> it's going to be a long hour. >> i'm already depressed. >> there's a laser pen in there too. is that where you found it? >> i picked up the queen and all i saw was this light and i was like i've done it. >> what's under the rug? >> wait. there's something on there. it's a number. if that's the key to that door, i'm going to faint. >> these could be codes to the padlock. >> give them the first clue. >> sometimes two halves make a whole. >> roll this up. >> 2, 8, 1, 7. >> yes!

>> okay ready? one, two, three. >> someone's relatives? >> are these real people, matt? tell us about the olden days. >> one they railway hustler. >> can you identify the substance in the evidence bottle? >> this says evidence. >> cinnamon? there's something cinnamon over there, wasn't there? >> the cinnamon swindler. >> date of birth march 4th, 1840. >> let's try 1860 on that padlock. >> yes! we're going to win! >> what do you do with the ouija board? >> does anybody remember the ouija board? >> give them that clue. >> it's working. hold on. it just moved it. put your hands on it. i'm not kidding. >> 2, 5, 9. >> oh, my gosh. >> a fancy cane.

>> did that come off or did you take it off? >> it was sitting on top. >> oh, my god! >> there's a door without a knob. >> i'm so excited. but we can't get out of this door. >> maybe open it to something else. >> come on, willie b you can do it. >> are we out? >> no. >> what does that even mean? >> there's words in the fingerprint. >> imprint. >> the numbers here are 3, 7, 9, 0, 6. >> yes. yes. >> all right. >> b-a-b-a-c-d. >> i feel like we've seen these symbols in the other room. >>. >> oh, look. these glow.

>> no. that's b. >> we need another clue. oh. pull. we saw that candle stick? where was it? >> where? >> we're looking north. >> hold on. >> oh, you got it. >> keep pulling, hoda. >> i got it. >> awesome. that was brilliant. >> i think to open this there's going to be a combination of letters. >> al, check the weather. your map. >> london, england. >> jack london. oh! >> we are so smart! >> can i ask you a question, guys, this can't be for no reason. 221 b. >> what? >> what's the word?

>> cured. >> yea. >> after summons to the town square. she road for 300 paces. >> a knight and removed him from her path. >> now in the other room. >> right. >> it has to be this one or this one. >> turn the lights off? >> we have a clue. >> sharks with freaking lasers on their heads. >> all right. we have laiders. or eagles. your eagle. on each one. >> let's see where it points. >> do we all have to press the thing? >> where's "a"? which one hits "a"? this one over here. what's the symbol next to it. >> bring the box. >> b-a --

>> what do we want? >> we only have 15 seconds. >> b-c-d. >> yes! >> oh, my gosh. we did that. go! [ cheers ] >> we did it! >> yes! >> awesome. >> we believe that we will win. we believe that we will win. >> we were only 15% that gets out of the room. >> we got the cured thing, but it wouldn't open. the guy had to come in and open it for us. and we needed more wine. >> the wine was the only thing that kept us sane. >> thank god for jenna. >> let's recap here. so you guys did or didn't get out of the room? >> eventually we got out.

>> when they unlocked it. >> we had the black box with ten minutes left. we thought we were clear free and could not open it. >> it wouldn't be fun to do this without natalie and al joining in. what happened? >> i would just like to point out that before you -- we went first. our group was -- >> no. no. >> we were first. >> so i think that in order to make the story better, i think matt, savannah, carson got extra help. >> no. >> matter of fact, the people who run the room -- al, the people who ran the room told us they gave us fewer clues than any other team. yes. >> i think he said and i'm paraphrasing, that was very impressive. >> why isn't it on tape? come on. >> you know, i didn't want to do the thing at the beginning at all. i thought, this is dumb. but it's so much fun.

i hope people aren't so confused by what they saw that they don't want to do it. it really is great fun. a very good morning to you. 8:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. right now, san jose police are searching for the teenage driver who crashed a stolen suv into a home in south san jose. witnesses say the suspect hopped the fence and took off. the passenger was arrested at the scene. police say the two suspects are tied to a violent home invasion a few miles away earlier this morning. i want to check that morning commute. it was kind of ugly in the east bay. how are we looking now? >> since that early crash and investigation in oakland, laura, things have cleared up nicely. we're looking at the south bay, where we have all this traffic flowing northbound to 101, north of 680, starting to loosen up a little bit here. now look at the maps, the earlier crash around 880 has cleared. the red turning to orange, better news throughout san jose. and like we talked about, about

8:30, we start things to thin out. west 237 and north 101 into mountain view, really jammed up. another crash cleared around ellis. and that's been a number of problems. southbound 101, also clearing out of redwood city, menlo park, and into palo alto after earlier things bogged down there. a slower drive across 92 across the san mateo bridge. including your approach to the bay bridge toll plaza, which isn't really that bad coming out of the maze. >> thank you very much. thank you for joining us as well. another local news update in half an hour. see you then.

♪ we're back now 8:30 on a tuesday morning. first day of july 2014. people gathered here on a beautiful day here in new york. and dylan is already threatening to rain on our fourth of july parade. >> not dylan. >> oh, just the east coast. that makes it better. >> coming up, what does monica lewinsky consider to be one of the worst days of her life?

we'll have a sneak peek at her first television interview in ten years. also martha stewart is here to get you ready for your fourth of july celebration. it is all about a day at the beach. and speak of the fourth, ed sheeran will be here friday for a concert. he wants you to help him. go to today.com to cast your vote. >> there's a got reminder for people who are on the road friday who want to catch the concert or "today" show, catch us in your car on sirius xm radio channel 108. now a check of the weather. >> it feels like july, right? switch months and it's crazy humid in e the northeast. and most of the country for that matter. down through the southeast it's going to feel like it's up around 100 degrees today. we've got a slight risk of strong storms from upstate new york right down into northern arkansas. not as strong of the storms that we saw yesterday, but we are

still looking at some damaging wind gusts and large hail. tomorrow that is going to spread into the northeast into eastern new york, through upstate new york as well and then stretching down into virginia. we are keeping an eye on what could become arthur later today. a storm that could continue into a weak category 1 hurricane by the weekend. but we do have a lot of details to iron out with that storm. it could move out to sea after it crosses cape hatteras. it could and clearly, we're seeing changes this morning around san francisco, lots of low clouds. 62 degrees and you can see, low clouds lurking in the hills off to the west of san jose. we're currently at 61 for the afternoon. an all-day sea breeze bringing down our inland valley temperatures, at least around the south bay, into the low 80s closer to san jose. mid-60s around san francisco. in the north bay, highs in the 80s around napa and santa rosa, and you see pleasanton today around 91 degrees.

that temperature trend will continue cooler through friday and rebounding into the low 90s for the weekend. >> and that is your latest forecast. matt? fourth of july with martha is brought to you by macy's. >> just in time for the fourth of july, martha stewart is here throwing a red, white, and beach party. she's putting a brazilian twist on this year's celebrations. the idea is straight from the pages of "martha stewart living." good morning. >> look, look. >> you're combining two great events. >> fourth of july and this world cup. >> we're so interested in soccer right now. soccer mania. the food should be fresh and delicious. it's all on the market right now. red tea which is refreshing. nonalcoholic. it is very delicious. lots of oranges and lemons.

if you have peaches or apricots, throw them in too. >> but you've got great salad ideas and a bit of a kind of appetizer. >> these are the cutest cornucopias of pa that that leaves with nuts. in brazil, that's what you get at the soccer gams. they're serving nuts. so we thought we'd make a little -- >> where do you get banana leaves? >> farmer's market or in spanish-style stores. a delicious mango and heart of palm salad. >> what kind of dressing on that? >> this is just a really beautiful vinaigrette. citrusy vinaigrette. you serve that. >> is that a little messy for the beach though? >> you pick it up and eat it. then a fruit center piece because everybody loves water me lons. don't leave the rinds on the beach. >> important. >> and we have water melon and cherries and everything.

>> typical martha fashion, you've made soccer balls and medals out of cookies. >> chicken salad. main course would be the lettuce cup and a chicken salad. it is so great. you have to have this on fourth of july. it's healthy with celery and a beautiful creamy vinaigrette. >> you use only white meat chicken in chicken salad? >> you buy the boneless, skinless breasts or skin your own. it is tasty. >> you also put apples in there? little sweetness in toe chicken salad? >> and a bit of tar goragon and mint. >> tell me about the cup cakes. >> just mini vanilla cupcakes. just frost with colored fro frosting. have lots of soccer balls. the pin wheels you can make. the directions are online. >> that's advanced for me. you can buy those as well, can't

you? >> you can, but they're easy to make. >> so you're heading to the beach. is this a party favor? >> but it's also a craft thing for the kids. kids get bored and they want to do things all the time. let them make their own flip-flops. >> you start with the simplest version, probably a few bucks. >> just a couple dollars. and you wrap with some ribbon all around this part. then you embellish with ribbons. you just glue this on with a regular fabric glue. >> you don't need a hot glue gun for this? >> no. this is a great glue. holds everything on. then this on the toe. and you have a great pair of -- not much of a kid. >> that's an adult size. >> a grownup child. but so sweet. tee k tiki torches if you stay up late

in the buckets with rocks. >> taking a party to a beach is fun. but i do think it's more complicated than people make it out. because you have to lug out a lot of stuff. if you want to do it at home? >> you can make a little area. put down a tarp. buy a couple bags of sand you can later use in your garden. put out your chair and palm trees. you can really simulate a beach. >> do you love the fourth of july? >> i love the fireworks. >> dylan said it might rain here. >> i don't mind rain. we need rain. >> i'll sit down with you. i'll get you a drink. hold on. >> okay. we're going to sit and enjoy. i love this. my gosh. do you think we can really relax here on the "today" show? >> there you go. cheers. martha, thank you very much. as always she'll be back wednesday and thursday as well. tomorrow some creative ideas for a back yard barbecue. meantime, straight ahead on a tuesday morning, a first look at monica lewinsky's first television interview in a

decade. but first this is "today" on nbc. what are you up to? just playing hide the cheddar. can i play? it's more of a one person kind of game. i won. tillamook cheese slices, tastes better because it's made better.

we're back with monica lewinsky's first television interview in ten years. >> she is speaking out in a new documentary for the national geographic channel. and craig melvin has a first look. >> good to see you. earlier this month the former white house intern, she wrote in "vanity fair" that it was time to bury the beret and burn the blue dress and move forward. in this documentary she speaks candidly about a variety of subjects. in one clip she talks about the date of the infamous 445-page report revealing the details about her relationship with former president clinton. >> that was one of the worst days of my life. i was a virgin to humiliation of

that level until that day. >> i'm not even going to get into -- >> prosecutors cite at least 13 instances where he touched her in very intimate ways. >> to have my narrative ripped from me and turned into the star report or things they dealt out of my computer that i thought were deleted, i mean, it was just -- it was just a violation after violation. >> there were nights because i had young children and i was a parent first where i called home and just said, maybe this is a good night to mute the first night of the broadcast or keep the television off. >> i was the most humiliated woman in the world. >> lewinsky then goes on to talk about the ensuing media firestorm and the high cost of her new and unwanted fame. >> to be in the vortex of this media maelstrom was quite ala alarming and frightening.

and confusing. a i think a lot, too, had to do with the fact i was a woman. >> hello. my name's monica. >> to be called stupid and a slut and a bimbo and ditzy, it was excruciating. >> the public decides what it wants to view. and we are always entertained most by our own interactions in life. >> the presidency itself had become the entertainer in chief. and it made it a better story. and it made him a more exciting character to be a guy who fooled around with an internal in the oval office. >> just opens up about some thoughts she had about suicide, whether she thinks that bill clinton owes her an apology. all of this starts next monday on national geographic. >> interesting. she said it's time to bury the beret and burn the blue dress or whatever. does she talk about whether speaking out like this will accomplish that? or will it just kind of rekindle the talk?

>> what we've seen -- for instance, last night there were pictures that surfaced this morning. at a party in london. she seems to be making an effort right now to put herself back out there a bit more. over the past ten years she's been out of the public eye for the most part. not so much now. >> the price of admission any time she does re-enter the public eye is about this subject. this documentary is all about the '90s. >> yesterday we took a look at some of the music of the '90s. matt was a big fan of the macarena. we looked at that. also jerry springer, the o.j. simpson trial, "seinfeld." those of us who like '90s, three nights of it next week on national geographic. >> thanks very much. again, the documentary starts sunday night on the national geographic channel. up next, two best selling authors on what you should be reading this summer. their list. but first this is "today" on

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all right. with beach season well underway and the fourth of july on friday, this is the perfect time to crack open a summer book. what should be on your summer reading list? two best selling authors are here. they're going to share their recommendation. by the way kate white's new book is called "eyes on you" and brad thor. you have a great author's name. thor. it's got to be good. with categories of books depending on what you like to do in the summer, let's start with scary book. what did you pick? >> "the fever." it's about a family whose lives are turned into turmoil when there's a mysterious epidemic and mass hysteria. kind of a little salem witch trial. >> it's the creepy vote.

brad, what about you? >> i picked "the giver." my daughter recommended this book to me. it was fantastic. i read it in one sitting. it's a thriller and it's going to be a movie on august 15th. i'm recommending people put this at the top of their list. >> how old is your daughter? >> 11. >> not too scary for little ones. okay. how about the sexy read? kate, we turn to you on that one. it's no "50 shades of grey," but it's "i am having so much fun here without you." it's a different twist. the husband is dumped by his mistress and he wants to win back his wife and fall in love with her again. very enchanting. good beach read. >> the other side of infidelity. making it good again. what did you pick? >> "the hotel on place vendome." it reads like a reality show. it's got sex and intrigue and deception. this a fantastic book that you

will not be able to stop turning the pages on. >> we have another category. suspenseful. we had a unanimous vote. same book. >> we both picked "i am pilgrim." i picked this book because terry is a screen writer who has written two of my favorite movies. this book is an incredible thriller. it's 600-plus pages. >> why did that get your vote? >> i loved it too. the main character is so comp x complex. secret agent up against terrorists. there's a lot of globe trotting. try this one. >> our next pick was a serious read. what did you pick? >> i picked "the arsonist." she's struggling to figure where she belongs in the world. kind of symbolically begins to turn in the town.

beautifully written. >> how about you, brad? >> i'm a thriller author, so everything i read i want it to be thrilling. "escape from camp 14." it read like a thriller. it's the only person born into a north korean camp that escaped. >> tell us about your book. >> it's called "eyes on you." it's about a tv host who discovered she has a secret enemy. it's someone in her own world, but she doesn't know who it is. >> fiction though. >> total fiction. >> brad, another thriller. >> "act of war" comes out a week from today. it's about the united states discovering a potential plot against the country. but the only way to figure if it's real is for the united states to attempt two acts of war on its own. >> i have to ask do you have an all-time summer favorite? >> you know what i love to read and recommend for summer?

it's "manhunt: the 12-day chase for lincoln's killer." because it's nonfiction so you get history but it's a murder mystery. >> one of the best books i've read "the gold post." it is laugh out loud funny and intriguing. >> guys, thank you so much. high powered talent for our reading list. appreciate it. if you missed any of those books, we've got them on our website today.com. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

we're back at 8:51. we were just talking about fried chicken bb but now time to get birthday wishes from our friend willard scott. >> i'd love to come to your house for a birthday party. call here at nbc. i'll get cleaned up shaved, take a shower, i'll be beautiful. happy birthday. we are so glad to see marjorie blizzard. she is 100 years old today. she has a loving, caring family. that's the greatest wealth in the world. all right. ted griffin. he is from tucson, arizona. love tucson. wild west. he's been an avid hunter his whole life and he's never hit the target yet. no, dynamite. better get out of his way.

nellie waddell swain. she is from indianapolis, indiana. 100 years old today. she says eat right and go to bed early. take a look at hazel. beautiful hazel may. and she is from gordonsville, virginia. 100 years old today. now we have anthony culmone and he is from pompton plains, new jersey. he is 100 years old today. we have the lovely fremont edwards from okemos, michigan. 100 years old today. he loves driving his tractor. and if you're a farm boy and i am, driving a tractor and smoking a cigar is about the closest to god you'll get on this earth. now back to new york where they never smoke cigars. >> willard, thank you very much. what's coming up next hour? >> how many pictures do you have on your phone? >> 2,000.

>> we'll talk about ways to store all of these pictures. it's like we're walking around with photo albums. safely store them. >> every day i wake up and there's an alert not enough storage. >> what do you do with them? >> we're going to talk about the cloud. what sites you can trust. which sites you want to stay away from. and we've been talking about fourth of july at the beach and pool, how to protect your gadgets. >> yeah. then you lose the whole photo album. >> carson was telling me about sites you want to stay away from. >> he told me about the jon hamm story. i've never been cured for that. >> hope you have a great week, everybody. you have to work the rest o

well, good morning, everyone. 8:56. i'm scott mcgrew. tonight, berkeley could move one step closer to becoming the first u.s. city to tax sugary drinks. the city council will vote on whether to put a soda tax measure on the november ballot. the measure would impose a 1 cent per ounce tax on sodas and other sugary drinks. well, let's check your weather this morning with rob. good morning. >> good morning. we're going to see some cooler changes moving into the

afternoon, highs in the low 80s around the san jose. 60s closer to san francisco for the north bay, a high of near 80 right now as we go through the afternoon for santa rosa. you can see pleasanton near 90, so the cooldown that begins today will continue to drop down those temperatures through thursday and climb a little bit as we head towards the weekend. another local news update coming up in 30 minutes. right now, let's send you on back to the "today" show.

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from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist, and tamron hall. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. it is the first day of july 2014. a good looking day, a good looking crowd on this fourth of july holiday week. i'm willie geist with tamron hall. al is off. natalie is at the world cup in brazil. team usa gets ready for its huge round of 16 match with belgium today at 4:00 eastern time. we're going to talk about the world cup in a couple minutes, but we've got biss to attend to here. >> we do. >> we tried to escape the room. have you heard of this? it's a challenge you can play here in new york city. it's cool.

you'll get locked in a room essentially with your friends. >> willingly. >> 60 minutes. you've got an hour. you've got to find all these clues, put the pieces of the puzzle together. it all ends. eventually if you do it right with a key that gets you out of the room. we split into three teams. tamron, me, natalie, and al. kathie lee, hoda, and jenna. then the 7:00 a.m. crew. it pains me to say that matt, savannah, carson won the game. >> why does it pain you. >> i don't like losing. >> we heard on the street they may have had help. >> matt, savannah, and carsons won. natalie, do you have any theories on what happened to us in that room? >> well, i mean, willie and tamron, you guys know we had our hands on that black box. and we got down to the last 20 seconds and we had everything right there in our hands.

in the end we just couldn't crack the i guess four or five password code. unfortunately. we were right there. it was so frustrating. i know willie you and i, we're extremely competitive. afterwards i'm still thinking to this day to figure if i can crack that code. it drove me nuts. hats off to savannah, carson, and matt. i think they did probably have a little help. i think it makes the story better if someone gets -- >> you can't say hat's off and then say they cheated. that's the opposite. >> they were told by the gentleman that runs it that they got the fewest clues of anybody. they feel like they did something special. >> everything we did was on tape in this room. and there's no tape of the guy telling them that they had the fewest clues and that they were exceptional, all these stories that they told when they emerged today. >> we really lose class don't we?

rolling out conspiracy theories left and right. natalie, we're going to check with you in a minute to talk about world cup. meantime, we've got our own puzzle for you in the orange room. unscramble this phrase. post your guesses on facebook or tweet us. take a good look at that. tell us what you're looking president make that into something. >> what is that? >> i have no idea. okay. there you go. that's enough time. and time. >> no, i want to see more. >> before we move on, i need to point something out. these are martha stewart cupcakes she made earlier on the show. jerry brought a plate out for us. >> thank you, jerry. >> and i look down and tamron is either touching or licking each one of the cupcakes. >> it's not true. >> yes. it's a territorial battle. >> i touched two and willie said are you just going to touch all of them. >> so now the entire plate belongs to tamron.

>> i'm very honest about the fact i have a sweet tooth. yesterday i tweeted out, in fact, i was on my way home and i said i need a cheeseburger and blue bell ice cream. and that's the only thing that could comfort me yesterday. >> did you have that? >> of course i did. >> where did you have the cheeseburger? >> i have to confess. i will only eat a burger from five guys. i get hate mail from texas. if i am in texas i get a what thetaburger. if i'm up east, i get a five guys. and then i had blue bell ice cream i have shipped in from texas. >> you are fancy. >> it's not fancy at all. the best part is when you buy it in texas in the grocery store it's like a buck. you get a coupon. they always have coupons. >> shipping is only 30 bucks. >> when you get it shipped to you, true confession, don't be

mad at me for splurging like this. it's like a hundred dollars. >> what? you eat $100 ice cream? >> all of it. >> the irony is with the coupon in texas it's a buck. but they did tell me that cher gets it shipped too. >> so you're in good company. >> she's rich. >> she's so understated. >> i don't share it. and i divide it by how many spoons. it comes out to a penny a spoon. >> however you -- whatever you need to tell yourself, tamron. more than anything she licks cupcakes. >> we've got to move on. something with the timing and it's a serious situation. i'm sure you've seen it. on the beach people parasailing. they're attached. you can launch from the ground or from jet skis. you see this often especially around the fourth of july or summer weekends. nbc news has learned the ntsb is

calling on the faa and the coast guard to regulate parasailing. that apparently some states have regulations in place but others do not. some 3 million to 5 million people a year try parasailing. i tried it once. some states regulate, but on a national level, it's largely unregulated. would you -- isn't that crazy? and to this, there was a really bad accident recently about a year ago. a teenager was injured in a terrifying accident. panama city, florida. the accident was captured in this video here. thankfully she and her friend were okay. both survived. but eight parasailors were killed or gravley injured in axes over the past few years. >> this is -- you've had a little run-in with this. you got disconnected? >> yeah. i was in mexico on vacation and my parasail snapped and i

couldn't swim at the time. flew into the ocean. thankfully it fell to the side of me. and they were able to rescue me. to add humor to everything in life, i was engaged at the time to someone on the boat. he did not jump in to save me. i canceled the engagement. >> what was he doing? >> he was looking. i didn't know if they were regulated. i didn't check. being spontaneous. at the time the guys, they were talking to us, having a great conversation. when the accident happened, they went mum. it was very shady. >> there's an assumption when you do things like that that somebody's got rules. >> you would assume. so be careful. >> i think i've done it one or two times. i made christina come up with me once and do it. i said it'll be fun. they have the two-man. i said isn't this great. i look at her and she was weeping. she was weeping. boy, did i feel terrible.

i felt really bad about it. >> suck it up. it's only 40 minutes. >> i feel terrible about that. did you see president obama and the first lady talking. there was a reception at the white house yesterday, the president took the time to praise a member of his staff. the pastry chef whose culinary skills he admired. >> this is one of michelle and my favorite people, our executive pastry chef bill. he's here tonight with his husband charlie. where's bill? >> but he's leaving. >> this is the problem. we call bill the crust master because his pies -- i don't know what he does, whether he puts crack in them or -- but -- >> no, he doesn't. there is no crack in our pies.

>> i just love the clarification. the first lady says there is no crack in our pies. just to be clear. >> i love that that's such a spouse moment. she realizes he said something and she's like let me tidy this up right now. sweep it up. >> we know what he meant, but maybe not the right choice. >> but the audience seemed to like it. >> let's go back to natalie. the big story today is the world cup match. 4:00 east coast time. natalie, we are pumped. i can't imagine what it's like to be there. >> oh, it's incredible. and you know what? i can guarantee the u.s. men's national team is not having for breakfast, they're not having belgian waffles. i got to say the atmosphere here is just great. a lot of americans have been traveling all over brazil. and they're here for this game. we met a bunch of them last night. it is, of course, a do or die situation. this time around the u.s. has to win it or they're going to be going home. a lot of people thinking they've got a good shot against this

belgian team. because a couple of belgian players are down, they're out of the game. it will be interesting to watch. i know there are watch parties all across the country there. chicago at soldier field they're planning a watch party on the big screen. tens of thousands of people. and you know what, guys? while here i decided to pick up a little lucky charm to help support team usa. at the airport i was greeted by some and it's a typical thing, they give you these little ribbon bracelets. so they were passing them out in the colors of the u.s. red, white, and blue. so i am wearing them today. and the story is that when you put them on, you make a wish. and when it breaks, your wish will come true. maybe around 5:00 p.m. i'll be pulling them off. >> tug at that thing. >> rub it. get rid of it. >> all right. we're very excited, natalie. >> we believe that we will win.

>> very good. >> yes. >> you know who the american outlaws are? the official fans of team usa. i got to hang out with them. they started that chant. >> really? >> 20,000 of them going down. >> all right. let's check in with dylan. >> let me say edy's they make good ice cream. >> you can blindfold me into different ice cream and i would pick blue bell. >> let's show you awesome video from chicago. they had some crazy storms yesterday. this is why you need lightning rods. this is the willis tower. it was struck three times. when it strikes the tower itself, i mean, it's hard to capture that. and it was really captured well yesterday. but that storm produced 50 to 80 mile-per-hour winds. it happened late yesterday. we're also keeping an eye on the southeast coast. this is our first tropical depression of the hurricane season. later on today it could become

tropical storm arthur. so we'll keep an eye on that. just some clouds in miami right now. you will see scattered showers and storms develop later today. we have watches across the coast. just want to point out quickly, this could strengthen into a category 1 hurricane by friday morning, the fourth of july. then as it makes its way to the north and east, this is in question right now. it could go back a little further to land and could and right now, we're seeing 60s around the bay area, sunshine around the tri-valley and south bay. but further inland around the inner east bay, by emeryville and oakland, you see the low clouds there. and our 24-our temperature change is showing you that that stronger sea breeze is leading to some cooling around the bay area today. in fact, our temperatures right now, running about 5 to 10 degrees cooler than yesterday at this time. close to 83 for a high around san jose today. san francisco in the mid-60s,

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>> start with the reviewer. you want to see where they come from. what kind of reviews did they post in the past. do they have the similar interests i have to make sure what they're saying really jives with what you want to do. >> you said read at least a dozen reviews. >> trip adviser says a lot of their customers do that already. but you want to read about that many on several different sites. compare different types of sites to see what review makes sense to you. >> how about the history of reviews. what does that mean? >> some reviews might have been two or three years old. since then the hotel could have had a facelift. restaurant could have changed their menu. look at the current reviews. >> and what about the language of the review itself? >> people want to know what's the red flag to see if maybe someone is paid to write a review. sometimes they'll use similar wording on several sites about the same place. that might be a red flag that perhaps this person is getting something in return for these. >> i have to ask you quickly about doctors and specialists. many more people trusting what

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a very good morning to you. it's 9:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. investigators are now saying a suspect wanted for slamming a stolen suv into a san jose home also sexually assaults an elderly woman. here's the home the suv crashed into overnight. officers say a driver and a passenger stole the car in a home invasion robbery on the east side earlier this morning. the chp tried to pull them over for an unsafe lane change before they sped off, eventually crashing into the garage of a home near andrew hill high school. investigators were able to catch the passenger. the driver was last seen jumping a fence in the neighborhood. investigators are also looking into what sparked an early morning fire in san jose. it broke out in san jose near interstate 280 in bird avenue. as you can see, a few trees burned along with debris.

the fire was knocked down pretty quickly. it comes as firefighters from san jose are recovering from an exhausting day yesterday. two separate brush fires had crews scrambling to gain the upper hand into the night. several acres burned at los lamos golf course and a few miles away, fire crept dangerously close to homes. right now, a quick break, but a look at weather and traffic after this.

and we're seeing some low clouds across the bay area this morning, from san francisco over towards oakland. and notice the temperatures out here, 60s for most, in fact, as we compare it to 24 hours ago, we're already 10 degrees cooler than this time yesterday in livermore and san martin. we should see the same trend play out heading into the afternoon. cooler today for our valleys. 83 degrees in san jose, upper 70s north of the airport. and you'll see temperatures in the mid-60s for san francisco. 70s around the east bay for oakland. and upper 80s to near 90 today in livermore. mike? all right, so much better

than yesterday. looking over here, slowing in the south bay, first i want to show you also oakland, where northbound 880 starting to thin out just from high street. you have a slowdown approaching that area out of the coliseum flow, which is moving nicely up towards the bay bridge. 580 recovering north of the warren freeway. the rest of your bay looking nice, if you're north of the dumbarton bridge, south of there, 880 slow through fremont, 237 recovering greatly, but 101 still slow from 680 all the way up past the airport. and then that crash clearing through santa clara, laura. back to you. >> thank you very much, another local news update is coming up in just half an hour. hope you have have a great tuesday morning.

welcome back to "today." tuesday morning, the first day of july 2014. i'm willie with tamron. al is off. natalie is on assignment in brazil. >> we're halfway through the year. halfway mark. >> we are. six months in. very good. you're good like that. did you guys know this? >> what? >> that this little baby is 35 years old today. yes. sony's walkman first arrived july 1st, 1979. it requires the head foehns. priced 150 bucks which would have been about $500 in 2014 dollars. and in 1982 they added a way for the walkman to record. in 1983 a radio was added to the walkman. by '86 walkman had entered the dictionary. with cds coming in in 1982, it

is a slow demise to the walkman. the question is begged. what was the first song you remember listening to on your walkman? first tape you popped in. >> i was about eight. you were five. something like that. >> ish. >> i think it would have been -- do you remember supersonic? >> of course. >> i had a wave in my hair. >> get in here. go ahead. >> mario's doing it. ♪ >> i wanted to be a rapper. this was like '80. i didn't get one until they went on sale like $4.99 in treasure city. look at mario. i love willie's pick. >> you remember this, right? >> we got you. we're good. yeah. >> i thought i was hyper. okay. and willie's song in a word

is -- ♪ quite like i can ♪ put feet in the sand >> is that you? that's not you. >> i have no idea what the relationship is to this song. but i'm in it. big l and i are going right now. this is summer of '87. ♪ i had a gold plate that said i wish you would ♪ >> this was the summer of '87. i got a walkman for my birthday that year. i put that tape in and just listened to it over and over. >> one of the things that all of my friends who know you're married and they love willie, they think you have incredible swagger. >> i love hip hop. probably since that tape. since ll. that was the beginning. even before, like, beastie boys and run dmc and crossover stuff. i loved ll. >> did you have a chain?

>> i couldn't pull that off. >> we'll get him a fuzzy one. >> i need to know. that walkman, is that the one that snaps open? >> yeah. >> that was my big christmas present. once they went on sale. but yes. that was the exact same one i had. but i had the cocktail sound track. i was such a white girl. >> that was your song? >> what is this? >> no the cocktl sound track. >> i was like, what is this song? my gosh. >> we'll pull it up for you later. let's talk about the weather. it is going to be a hot one today in areas that aren't used to it being this hot. i mean, fresno, 114 is the record. we should get to 108 today. 99 in reno, nevada. record of 105. even further north, medford, oregon, 104. portland, oregon, 96 degrees today. we are going to be so close to the record high of 89 in seattle. the high should top out around 88 degrees.

want to watch out in new york through pennsylvania and ohio to arkansas. that's where we could see the strongest storms later today. so it is still hot and humid. your feels like temperature will and no records nearby, as we've got a stronger sea breeze out there this morning, pushing in the low clouds, around the peninsula, east bay out around emeryville and over towards san francisco. the view near at&t parks shows 64 right now. and with the game time coming up just after 7:00, we will see cool temperatures today, right there around san francisco. game time is set for 7:15, near 60, breezy and cool today. high temperatures today, low 80s in san jose, 60s closer to san francisco, and for the north bay, highs in the low 80s around napa, near 90 in pleasanton. >> and that's your latest forecast. back other to you guys. >> willie show rapping ll. a lot of you heading to the beach this weekend for the long holiday weekend. aside from sand in your bathing suit, there's probably nothing

worse than sand all over your beach towel. >> that's a bummer. mario is still dancing and has all the gadgets for the summer. first nothing worse than getting your gadget and sand mixed in it. >> or just sand on your towel. what you're sitting on is the mat that would lay on the beach and put the towel on top of it. it's military grade technology. if you have sand, it falls on your mat. it sifts right through. >> you put this on top of your blanket. you put this down on the sand first and then your blanket on top. so say sand gets kicked onto your blanket, then you shake that off. it gets on the towel and it filters through here. >> interesting. >> the thing i will say on this is fine grain sand works great. if you're on a beach where there's pebbles, that's not going to get through. >> we heard you listening to your carly rae jepsen earlier.

what is this? >> the boomer speaker. it sounds awesome. it's low right now. don't have the volume cranked up, but it's durable. water proof. but also durable. can take a good beating. and not only that, you can put it in the water, take ut out of the water and play it. that's what i was doing during the tease. i should have kept the music on. if you're in the water, you will hear that? >> how long? >> three feet for 30 minutes. if it falls in the pool, you're good to go. >> cool. let's look at safety gadgets for you. >> this is the iswim band. there's two modes. one is the nonswimmer. you have the nonswimmer band on. put your arm in that tank of water there. if you are a nonswimmer, and you felt into a body of water -- >> it's blinking. >> i will get an alert on my iphone saying my child just fell in the water. i get an automobile alert. isn't that smart?

>> phenomenal. >> up to 100 feet away i can get that alert. i can track up to eight of these devices on one phone. if i have a family of kids, i can track them. if my one kid can swim pretty good, he would wear the head band and i could set it. if he's under for more than 30 seconds, alert me. >> who makes that? that's great. >> the guy that's behind it is about swimming safety and not just selling merchandise. >> i love that. >> that's great. she is rocking here. >> these are child safety headphones. the penguins here. these are less than $20. what's great that parents will love about this. you don't have to hear what they're listening to on a trip. plus it's volume limiting. it can only go so lound. >> and she's jamming to ll cool j too. >> happy.

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>> these phones do have limits eventually. you try to take a picture you can't. which memory to get rid of. how do you attack that. >> most of us have the idea that a phone is a hard drive. it is not. this is not the solution. neither is your facebook. if i take this foe o'of you two right now, that's great duck face. where does it go? it lives with this ipad and this ipad only. that's not a permanent solution. these phones have backup plans that are available to you when you set up your phone. most of us go through the setup process and say you don't want to spend the extra money. if you have an iphone, you have icloud. you get up to 5 gigs of storage. then when matt says he gets those notices like you need more storage, then you pay for that. photos are backed up to the cloud. >> is the cloud safe?

that's what people ask. >> the cloud is relatively safe. i like to have different backup solutions. if you have an android phone, then all of your photos if you sign up for the google plus service are backed up there. those are unlimited. and that's free. as long as you're uploading in start division. but i do like to plug my device into a hard drive. >> let's look at places to get your storage. mix book. >> this is about printing pictures. how many do we have pictures that we think our kids are not going to remember the pictures. i don't show them on the screen. it has this from your photo album and make this fun little, you know -- >> i love that. >> right. and that is here in the app. i can show it to you. >> you download your pictures of

upload them there. >> shutter fly.com is hugely popular. >> it's a great place to share and then maybe your in-laws print from them. shutter fly is great for creativi creativity. this is an iphone case. it's great for making things. >> how about flickr for storage. >> it has a lot of unlimited storage. most people will not pay for more. this is yahoo!'s product. it's relatively safe because it's an established program. and it's great again for creditivicredi creativity. but you can make a book to sign. big during the holidays. >> you have a beautiful family just looking at the pictures you put together. >> you guys asked me if i did this, i said oh i get to show off my kids? absolutely. i made this on mix book. i made my baby books and went back every month and put in what teeth she had gotten and whether

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new crest 3d white brilliance. now to "today's" summer safety checklist. it's the time of year for grilling and fireworks. but they cause about 15,000 injuries a year. >> so it's important to be prepared and here are safety tips for us are battalion chief of fire and rescue service. she's an official. good morning. campfires, bonfires. super fun this time of year. what's the most important thing to know? >> the most important thing always is to be safe and be prepared. that's the number one thing you can do when you're doing campfires, bonfires. be safe and prepared. >> what does that mean actually? what's the first thing to think about? >> the first thing is with your family talk about safe measures. talk about keeping those fires under control. talk about lighting those fires safely. >> do we need certain things on hand? an extinguisher is obvious but anything more?

>> if you have a fire extingu h extinguisher, make shufr it's proper. make sure you put them out if you're going to go to bed at night. if you're going away from e the camp site. put those out with water, with sand. things like that. >> be careful where you build the fire as well. >> definitely. you feel to create a circle of safety. generally about three feet. within that three-foot perimeter you don't want anybody playing around, horseplay, things of that nature. you want to definitely keep people safe and away from those areas. >> talk about barbecuing now. a lot of people will be doing that this weekend. gas and charcoal. last start with gas. what are you worried about? >> with gas you want to make sure a lot of people have not used those propane grills since last year. they're still in the condition they were in last year. a lot of people have had rough winters, have left them outside. so you want to check those lines, make sure they're safe and sealed and not exposing or

leaking any gas. >> with charcoal, flare-ups and embers? >> people with charcoal want the big fire. but you don't want to add anything extra. anything that will make that fire bigger. and certainly after you're done grilling and having all that fun, you want to make sure that those coals are put out. you extinguish the coals properly. >> not the guy who sprays the big fluid on it. let's talk about fires in the home. i think this is interesting and i do this. it's good to unplug appliances when you're not using them. >> sure. unplug appliances. people are off traveling, vacationing away from the home. so unplugging those appliances is very important. you know, a lot of times when it comes to these electrical storms, the summer storms we have during the summer, those power surges can really upset our equipment. you want to unplug for safety. >> thank you so much.

and by the way, for more safety tips to go today.com. we're back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

all right. earlier in the show we asked you to unscramble this phrase and tweet us your answers. a lot of you got it right. >> you actually did. >> one final look. >> okay. >> one final guess. >> you ready? >> here we go. >> there's a reason for this ball. she said i believe that we will win. and she is correct. i believe that we will win. >> i believe that we will win. i believe that we will win. i believe we will win. >> team usa and belgium today at 4:00. >> i believe that we will win. >> enjoy your day!

good morning, everyone. 9:56. i'm scott mcgrew. several new laws go into effect today, both on the local and state level. mountain view is banning styrofoam containers. that means restaurants can no longer package food in styrofoam and stores can't sell products made from the material, like

foam ice chests. a statewide ban on large capacity gun magazines goes into effect today. that means it's now illegal to make, import, sell, or even lend a gun magazine that holds more than 10 rounds at a time. and smoke detectors in rental units must have non-replaceable, non-removable ten-year batteries. at a news conference later this morning, san francisco firefighters will hand out smoke alarms with those ten-year batteries to help bring attention to the change. well, let's check your weather with rob. good morning. >> good morning. we're seeing the sun starting to break through some of those low clouds. right now in san francisco, we're at 64 degrees, closer to 70 right now in san jose, but our 24-hour temperature change around the south bay, about 10 to 15 degrees cooler than yesterday at this time, which means inland temperatures today, still into the 80s around san jose, but now, near 90 around morgan hill. down about 10 degrees from yesterday. peninsula temperatures, mid-70s. san francisco, mid-60s. out around pleasanton, highs near 90. you'll see 89 in danville, and

the trend here for the north bay and tri-valley will be about the same, cooling through thursday and temperatures rebounding back into the low 90s as we start the weekend. mike? >> all right, well, 101 here at 680 looks a lot clearer. you see a slower drive just north of there, pretty much past the airport and past an earlier crash around great american parkway. once you clear santa clara, you clear most of that slowing. 280 and 85 also clear. an easier drive along the peninsula after palo alto also lightened up for the flow of traffic. a little slowing still for 880 and also the east shore freeway, approaching that maze. and look at the bay bridge toll plaza, scott, that's really nice. the metering lights should be turned off shortly and there you go into the city. >> that's how we like to see it. mike, thank you. more local news coming up in a half an hour. plp

from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello everybody. >> all-time favorite, booze day tuesday, july 1. i'm not ready for july. i know july doesn't care because it is here anyway. too fast the summer is going by. >> we just said a week ago that it just started but it does feel like it is flying. >> we have a big performance. i love little big town. >> they are adorable. >> they will be singing for us. >> our guys tell all. actress haylie duff.

>> she will be cooking for us in the kitchen. >> this is something i started a long, long time ago. >> what was it? >> i went to church one day and ruth may was in speaking for our pastor and she talked about this thing you can do on twitter called 100 happy days. it was started by a swiss guy. i don't know why he did it. 27-year-old dimitri -- >> god bless you. >> from switzerland. he was in the slump and decided to post a picture for 100 days to help him learn to appreciate the little things. >> we decided it was fun. you have been doing it. >> i have been doing it all through the winter because i get depressed over the winter months. >> here are the pictures that make us happy. here is kathie lee's -- look

closely. this isn't just bambino, lola and louis. >> happiness is finding shelter in the shadow of our flag. happy birthday america. it was a hot sunny day and those guys found that one spot in our backyard. >> beautiful. >> that makes me instantly looking at them puts me in a great mood. another picture, nicole is visiting us. he actually works as an intern here and she is here. doesn't she make you happy? >> she makes me mad because she is 20 and gorgeous. >> exactly. speaking of gorgeous. >> it's a good day. >> "people" magazine is out with the hottest bachelors. look at the front cover. we had this guy on several times. >> i almost came back from vacation last week when i heard he was going to be on. >> look at him. >> i don't like them putting

hollywood's hottest over his belly button because you can't see the whole torso. >> in here there is a crazy -- look. oh. look. there is more. it's not over, joe. look right there. wow. >> usually guys that gorgeous just don't do it for me. i'll make an exception for him. >> he is so nice. >> he comes to play. remember he was in "magic mike" and came out dancing. >> i like him. >> they give you single guys in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s and then they stop there. >> i was at the beach with him once. >> when? >> a few years ago. >> what are you talking about? >> we were at a beach club in malibu with his family. his mom is my dear friend. >> how did you leave that out of

a conversation that we have had over the years. >> and then i saw him again at army's wedding. now that army is pregnant i hope i see him at the baby party. in this edition there is a whole page dedicated to the royals. >> guess who made the list. the biggest heartbreaker of the year, prince george. he is delicious. he is just -- >> they said for 2034. >> clint eastwood's son featured. >> he looks like his dad when he was doing the spaghetti westerns. >> and then some of the grand sons are very famous including gregory peck's grandson. i don't know why they didn't leave these guys on the list. there is mike. although the shorts do nothing for cody.

who is sexier than him? although he is married to a mad russian so he is discounted. >> i love that he got two hits on the show. world cup fever. i believe we can win. something about the rhythm. speaking of rhythm. guess who started playing guitar. me. >> you started learning the guitar. >> i know two chords. down, down, down, up, down. >> can i make a request. >> down, e, a. >> 7:30 every morning in hair a makeup. >> do it to "hey jude". >> it is only four chords. you go hey jude strum, strum, na, na, na.

i'm getting good at it. >> don't do it in public. learn how to do it and then play us a song but the process -- world cup starts today, the big game is at 2:00. >> i believe that we can win. i believe that we can win. we have to beat belgium at 4:00. that's it. >> it is not the end of the world if we lose. it is a game. >> no. >> i can't stop cheering. social cues. have you ever forgotten your friend or spouse's birthday? >> let's go back to what you just said, speaking of the world cup? what does it have to do with it? >> that's exactly right. the question came up, a guy was so into the world cup that he totally forgot his fiance's

birthday. and she still hasn't said anything or acknowledged it. >> has he? >> obviously not. he is writing to phil. >> if you are writing to phil because you forgot her birthday you should probably talk to her. >> he said basically i don't know. i don't know what he said. >> what did he say since you are the only one who knows anything? >> have you forgotten a birthday? you don't forget? >> insignificant birthdays, people who aren't significant in my life, of course. i remember -- i don't have that weird thing mary lou had. i wouldn't want to remember what i was wearing every day that would drive me crazy. i remember birthdays. >> i make sure i call -- >> yours is coming up. >> milestone. >> yours is coming up, too. >> it isn't a milestone.

i could do without mile stones for a while. if you ever wanted to spend part of your life with bradley cooper one mom in new jersey decided he was going to do it. she started an account called my life with bradley cooper. she has a life size cutout and posts him cooking with bradley cooper. reading to bradley cooper in bed, even grocery shopping with bradley cooper. she said her husband seems uninterested in the photos. they were in a play together. >> that's very strange. people show up at signings for me for stuff and stuff they say sometimes bring out life size cutouts, flat kathie lee except i'm not flat. one guy i was out in new jersey

a couple of months ago a guy shows up with a life sized cutout of me from about 30 years ago. >> he saved a cutout in his house. >> not the saving part but what he does with it while he has it for 30 years. i don't know. it cheese me out. don't have one made of you is my point. ladies, we have to move on. >> time to move on. >> it is controversial. it really is. some big changes that are going to impact maybe your next trip to the doctor's office. not going to impact mine. >> we'll talk about the other side of it. why do guys think they know everything about everything? our handsome man panel weighs in. that new guy is like a donut, tasty.

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i led an extremely healthy lifestyle. i was starring in "motown" on broadway. i wasn't having symptoms. >> at 34 she went to her gynecologist for her annual visit. a doctor noticed a cyst on her ovary had grown larger and was confirmed to be cancer. >> knowing how small it had been initially and the growth that it did within a year's time was very significant. the first time i had a pelvic exam it was uncomfortable. i will tell you it is not the worst thing in the world. it's fairly easy compared to what it could be. >> she is now cancer free and is featured in a psa encouraging women to be their own best health advocate. >> to know your body is really the most powerful gift to give

to yourself. >> an assistant professor and practices family medicine at georgetown university medical center. welcome. >> hi, ladies. we have you on opposite ends of this controversial decision that came out today. tell us your points of view. why do you think people should continue to go? >> i think one of the most important reasons that pelvic exams are important for women is it gives a baseline sense of a woman's anatomy each year. if i do a pelvic exam if there are changes from year to year much like you heard in the prior film i will be able to feel it and detect new findings like fibroids, ovarian cysts, pelvic pain, the list is lengthy. >> makes sense. >> if she hadn't gone the next year. >> this is a terrible story. i could have brought a story of

a woman who had a finding who went on to have surgery and had a lot of complications. there are harms to the exams. so they should not be discounted. the number of women who actually have pathology that is meaningful clinically and will save their lives if we find it early is very small. >> the guidelines mention very few studies on this at all. so really there is not a lot of data looking at pelvic exams in women and the long term consequences of what has been found. >> and if they had not gone for a mammogram. and to me those statistics mean nothing if it is somebody you love, it is your mother, you, your best friend. i think this is all about money. that is my personal feeling of it. >> i agree with you. i don't think it is about money.

when it is your mom or any individual this is a terrible situation. however, we can't make clinical decisions based on anecdotal situations. those people who did the study looked at 60 years worth of studies. there are not a lot out there but looked at more studies. >> there were zero studies on benign findings on pelvic exams. >> the down side, they say it is costly. number two, it is uncomfortable. it seems like both of those things are sort of a yawn. if you end up getting a diagnosis for something and you do surgery you don't need you see that issue. why not really? >> there is not much you can really find on the pelvic exam in a woman who is completely asymptomatic. the things you can find that if you find them early make a difference in extending her

life -- >> find it early. >> i don't agree with that. i have many women who have no complaints when they come in. they don't vocalize any issues. i will find benign things possibly and they will say i feel a 5 centimeter fibroid. it is an important part of education and counseling. >> do you think it will change anything? >> i hope it changes some of the practices. i think this is a ritual that is not evidence-based. i hope the practice changes and i hope we get to do fewer pelvic exams. >> how many pelvic exams do you do as a family practitioner? >> i deliver babies and do thousands a year. she says she finds a lot. i don't find a lot. listening to her or me is not the point. the point is listening to the science. >> i think there needs to be more research. >> healthy debate.

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the sexual assault took place elsewhere. officers say the driver and the passenger stole the car in a home invasion robbery on the east side earlier this morning. chp tried to pull them over for an unsafe lane change, before they sped off. they eventually crashed into this garage in a home near andrew hill high school. officers were able to catch the passenger. the driver was last seen jumping a fence in the neighborhood. we're going to have lots more about this story in our next newscast at 11:00. we'll have a look at weather and traffic coming up after the break.

overseeing a cooler start to the morning and an all-day sea breeze, plus, a lot of low clouds around san francisco and the coast, bringing our inland temperatures down to the 80s, at least, closer to san jose. 83 for the afternoon, 60s closer to san francisco. and you can see the cooling. next five days, cooler through thursday. a slight rebound as we approach the weekend. we'll also see cooler temperatures today around the north bay, near 80 in santa rosa. numbers closer to 90 out by livermore. now for another check of your tuesday morning commute, here's mike. >> all right, rob. hey, folks, we're looking over here to the north bay, where it was a slower drive for a good amount of time. that's the only portion through san rafael where southbound 101 had a sticking point. we did have earlier slowing around that with 580, but right now, so easy. a little bit of low clouds hovering around the golden gate bridge, but not as much a problem as yesterday. the drive, you're clear across that span. oakland, looks like they might have put the sweeper trucks into effect. but i don't see it in the

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ever. ever. if i catch you going in your pocket and pulling out my money -- >> i think another piece of good advice is be able to listen to whatever your daughter brings to you without going over the deep end so she will continue to bring things to you. >> i like the deep end. i think that that is a little too young to date. i have a 17 year old and she is just starting to date. >> do you think that is the right age? >> it is the right age for me and may not be the right age for her. >> you are not dating her. >> exactly. >> the right age for bob. >> not taking that. >> mary ann says how do you tell a guy that you love him since he has never said those words to me? we speak to each other five to

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grammy winning country quartet little big ten turning out number one hits like "pontoon" and "tornado". their latest single "day drinking" has been called one of the anthemes of summer and will sing for us in a minute. first let's meet the band.

>> good to see you guys. >> good to see y'all. >> you guys get along for that many years in a row? >> we do. >> what do you think the secret is? a lot of bands don't make it that long. >> i think we are friends first and we take care of each other. >> and married, too. >> karen and i are married. >> you got to take care of each other especially when you live in such close quarters as we do on the bus and be respectful of each other. >> one bus for all four of you plus other relatives plus children? >> now we are on two buses between the three families. >> who is the messiest? >> we are really not a messy band. >> so you guys started dating while in the band.

was everybody keen? >> yeah. >> go and say get a bus. >> we were in a minivan. we fall in love in a minivan. >> you keep cranking out these hits like sing along songs. do you know when you have a hit? do you say like "pontoon" this is going to be big? >> we have a good feeling but you never know until you put it out there. >> and see the audience reaction. >> this one felt great right from the start. >> why did you know "day drinking" was going to work? >> this could be your theme song. >> it's just fun. we were hanging out with friends one afternoon and had a great melody and we were like we could day dream. and we were like day drinking.

>> is that how you work? just hanging out together? >> we do our best work that way. >> it frees up the mind a little bit. >> when is the rest of the album coming out? >> in the fall. >> and you guys are going on tour? >> i have no idea where we are going. >> in and out of town all summer long. >> you have kids, right? >> what happens to the children or are you really bad parents? >> they are on the road with us. >> they go with? >> yeah. >> we are going to play a game. who is quizzing us? karen? ask us questions that we are supposed to answer. >> this person's mom put a perm in their hair when they were ten years old. >> kimberly. >> and road the whole way home on the floor board of the car. >> kimberly.

>> mother gave you a perm? >> isn't that cruel? >> those are natural curls? you are so lucky. >> she is flawless. >> one more? >> there is a chicken plant in this person's hometown and used to drive up and chase down the chickens that escape and throw them in the truck. >> it is definitely karen. >> it is kimberly. she has no manners. we were saving chickens. we weren't stealing them. they needed a home. >> we are going to run but they are going to sing for us in just a little bit. first after haylie duff a little bit. [ man ] i think this is a good time to tell you: 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.

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food deserves delicious. >> back now on today kitchen. we are making the 4th of july h appetizers. actress haylie duff. they mean business when it comes to cooking and entertaining with family and friends. >> my mom is on that one, too. >> nice to see you. >> so excited to cook with you guys today. >> we are excited you are here. >> made a red, white and blue spritser thing. >> this should kick off the day. >> i am so excited because everyone voted on the buffalo chicken dip like the ultimate 4th of july dip. it is the best thing ever and super easy. i will show you how to do that one. >> we have shredded chicken. >> you just make that? >> you just roast the chicken.

if you want to take a short cut you can buy it and they make good ones now. >> we are going to add yogurt which i think is the best ingredient in the world. >> is this something you always cooked since you were little? >> i cooked with my mom and grandmother. i wasn't that good at it on my own. over the last couple of years i have really fallen in love with it. it's the southern like guilty pleasure. >> so there we go. my kind of girl. >> you want the big one? >> some cheese is going in. >> not for hoda. >> it is an issue. >> for a lot of people. >> and then i love the crunch. >> i love the crunch, too. i don't like raw onion crunch. >> is that it? >> so this is super simple. this goes into the pan and you

bake it for 20 minutes at 350. >> that's all? >> look at it. >> get in there. you can do it with celery sticks or chips. if you are trying to be healthier you can eat it with the celery. this is like my dad, mr. duff specialty here. >>. >> this is delicious. >> i'm sorry, it is delicious. >> i didn't know you didn't do cheese. next time no cheese. >> the chip is delicious. >> we fill them with cream cheese. you don't get this one either. >> so you got rid of the seeds on the inside so it is not so hot. >> the seeds and that kind of like around it to make it super spicy. >> this is so delicious. >> she is going to roll it in bacon. >> one strip of bacon. >> you just toss these on the

grill. >> what is the sauce? >> this is my favorite part of the whole thing is i top them with maple syrup. they go right across the top. >> you want to give it a taste. >> i can't. >> i'm going to try it. >> you can catch "real girls kitchen" on the cooking channel. now that you know what to serve at your 4th of july party we have to music you will want to play. >> this is "today" on nbc.

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take it away. ♪ everybody's always waiting on friday watching that clock and sitting on bills. why don't you say we find a little warm sunshine and open an umbrella on the patio? i don't need a reason or a happy hour. get a head start off and running here we go. here we go. don't want to wait.

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good morning. and thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. we are learning new details about a home invasion robbery investigation thaet ended with n suv slamming into this garage in san jose. investigators are now telling us an elderly woman was sexually assaulted earlier by the teenage suspects. nbc bay area's bob redell live in east san jose. bob, you learned the suspects tagged the property with graffiti as well. again, a different house earlier. >> reporter: correct. good morning to you, scott. good morning to you, chris. san jose police believe the suspects had tagged the backyard shed with graffiti. whether or not that graffiti was