news update. >> join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00 as well. good morning. boiling point. angry protesters block buses carrying migrant families from texas to a processing center in california. the buses forced to turn away. what will happen next? dangerous blast. a food truck suddenly plodes in philadelphia. at least 12 people injured by the ball of flames and flying debris. what police say caused the tragic scene. all eyes on arthur. the first tropical storm of the atlantic hurricane season spinning ominously off the coast of florida. and gathering strength this morning. will he rain out fourth of july plans for tens of millions? the man of the match. >> tim howard again!

tim howard's legs to the rescue. >> u.s. goalkeeper tim howard joins us live from brazil after his heroic performance in that grueling match against belgium. we'll talk about his future and the future of team usa today, wednesday, july 2nd, 2014. >> from nbc news, this is "today." with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. 7:00 out on the west coast. savannah's off today. al's off today. natalie is down in brazil. peter, tamron and dylan are here. wow, what a game. >> it was amazing. what an effort our team put up. >> america has a new secretary of defense. >> 16 saves, record for a world

cup game at least since 1966. they played out over the course of 120 minutes or so. here they are in about 25 seconds. just take a look. >> tim howard! >> and it just went on and on and on. it was an incredible performance. he's being singled out. it was an historic performance. we're going to be talking to tim howard about that in just a little while. but first, tensions exploding in southern california where protesters blocked the arrival of buses that were carrying undocumented immigrants. nbc's miguel almaguer is live with the latest on that. miguel, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. this is where the undocumented immigrants ended up, 75 miles from their original destination. buses of children and their parents turned around from a community who would not let them in.

they first arrived in san diego by plane from overcrowded facilities in texas, 140 undocumented immigrants, many just babies and toddlers with their mothers boarding buses for a city in california. there they were greeted by angry protesters. furious, the families from central america would be processed and released from a holding facility here. >> they're not born here. they need to go back to mexico. >> reporter: confrontations with immigration advocates turned heated. with roads blocked, police stood by as three busloads of young families were turned away because of fears for their safety. >> thousands of people are being allowed into our country illegally. and we're coming out here to voice our objection against that. >> it's heartbreaking to see this happening coming from the land of opportunity. >> reporter: the buses returned

to san diego. the families instead brought to this border facility to be screened for criminal history and health problems. those who have made this trip say this is the easy part. for many, the life-or-death journey across the desert is worth the risk, desperate to escape violence and poverty in el salvador, sylvia made the trip with her children. we know the risk, she says, but in my country, my kids are in great danger because of crime and poverty. immigration advocates say that is a similar story shared by so many of those undocumented immigrants. i.c.e. says because the 140 undocumented immigrants who arrived at this location were in danger during their transportation, they will not comment on their exact location now or what will happen to them next. matt? >> miguel, thank you very much. like so many issues in this country, this is so heavily

impacted by politics. doesn't matter which side of the aisle you're on, it's tough to see those images of moms and little kids put in that position. we want to know what you think about this. share your comments using #refugeeriders. let's turn now to that dramatic end to team usa's world cup run, the americans knocked out by belgium 2-1 in a nail-biting extra time heartbreaker. but don't blame the goalkeeper, tim howard. we'll talk to him about his historic performance in a moment. but first, natalie was at the match. she's in sao paulo brazil for us this morning. natalie? >> reporter: good morning to you, tamron. team usa came into this world cup as the underdogs, many doubted they could get this far. but they are doubting no more. this team played their hearts out. they played as if they had something to prove and they sure did. americans knew they were in for

a battle. the belgian team, nicknamed the red devils, was undefeated in this world cup. and the pressure was on from the start. belgium blasted shot after shot. >> tim howard's legs to the rescue. >> reporter: but u.s. goalie tim howard had the game of his life making save after save. 16 total. a new world cup record. >> wondolowski! >> reporter: the americans fired some shots of their own. but the game was scoreless at the end of regulation. belgium wasted little time scoring in extra time. >> score! >> reporter: and followed it with a second. but team usa got new hope off the foot of 19-year-old julian green. >> green! would you believe it! >> reporter: they came close again. but couldn't tie it up. the final whistle ending america's world cup dreams. >> i think the whole country and all the fans that came down to brazil, they can be proud of their team.

>> reporter: we were with some of those fans ahead of the game. >> usa! >> reporter: and joined them in their traditional march to the game. going uphill to the game. no matter the outcome, the atmosphere was incredible. it was the same back home with massive watch parties at soldier field in chicago, outside city hall in boston, as well as in kansas city, seattle, and in living rooms and bars across the country. >> i believe that we will win! i believe that we will win! >> reporter: president obama fired up the crowd at the white house watch party. and after the game he tweeted, very proud of u.s. soccer. we'll win it all sooner than the world thinks. despite the dejected faces in the crowd in orlando, there's a lot of hope for the future. >> america played their heart out. hopefully next world cup they're going to be there. >> reporter: and i'm a little hoarse this morning. i'm sure the rest of the country is hoarse this morning. we were chanting for team usa but also one name i was

screaming out loud at the arena last night, timmy howard! timmy howard! >> we all were. natalie, we all were. he was the man of the match, no question. natalie, thank you. tim, good morning. and congratulations on an amazing performance. >> thank you very much. good morning. >> just talk to me about the mood in the locker room after this game. you said the team fell short of its dreams. how much disappointment was there? >> i said last night we were heartbroken and we were. 31 teams go home heartbroken. and our dream ended just a little bit too soon. it felt like we played well yesterday. i don't think the guys could have given any more after 120 minutes. we gave everything we had. and to be honest, we're proud of that. we were right in the game with a

very, very hard, tough belgian side. you know, they're going to -- they've been the dark horse of this tournament. so we were always going to run into a tough game. i thought we gave as good as we got. >> it's a team sport, tim. you win as a team, you lose as a team, but your performance is being singled out. 16 saves, the most in a world cup game since 1966. was it the best game you've ever played? >> no, because we lost. but individually, yeah, i had to make a few saves. probably more than i would have liked to. but as i've mentioned before, that's what i signed up to do -- but stick my face in front of balls and try to keep them out. it just didn't work out quite according to plan yesterday. >> the good news is you made 16 amazing acrobatic saves. the bad news is you had to make 16 amazing saves. it begs the question, can this team going forward compete with the elite teams of the world? or are there some pieces to this

puzzle still missing? >> i mean, we can. the answer to the question is we can compete. there's always pieces to the puzzle missing until you get it exactly right. but again, i think we had a good share of possession. in the game, they outshot us, of course. but we had two chances at the end of the game. we could be talking about a different scenario. it is very fine margins at this level. of course you're always trying to get it right. >> and everybody always asks, was this the world cup? was this the run? was that the game that will completely change the attitude in this country towards soccer? will people here embrace the game the way people in other countries have for decades? what's your thought on that? >> i think so. you know, the numbers are staggering. not only television numbers which are obvious, but in the parks and the bars and

everywhere in between. it was incredible to see. we were motivated by that and inspired by all that. we saw all the videos and the highlights of our fans. it was special to be part of that. they felt like they were part of it here and we felt like we were part of it back home. >> tim, as i say good-bye, i just want to say that vincent kompany tweeted immediately after the game, tim howard #respect. the ultimate compliment. congratulations on a great world cup. >> thank you very much. >> what do you think, madison avenue calling tim howard -- >> in howard we trust. >> superstar, no question about it. >> good stuff. it could be a very wet fourth of july up and down the east coast. tropical storm arthur is strengthening and already a hurricane watch has been issued for parts of north carolina. dylan is keeping an eye on all that activity. >> this storm is over the very

warm waters of the gulf street. water temperature around 80 to 85 degrees fueling the storm. there's not a lot breaking it down. it is expected to become a weak category 1 hurricane as we go into the next 24 to 48 hours. we have tropical storm watches and hurricane watches especially across the outer banks of north carolina. we are looking for it to race out over to mid-atlantic. we could see some of the effects in this region. look at the pink winds, they indicate where we have the 60-mile-per-hour winds. those inch closer and closer to the coast of north carolina as we go into early friday. and we could see the 50 to 60-mile-per-hour gusts in areas like nantucket. we certainly have to keep a close eye on this as it strengthens into the first hurricane of the hurricane

season. >> thank you. peter alexander is here with a story out of philadelphia that was wild. >> yeah, this is a frightening scene that took place in philadelphia on tuesday after a propane tank inside a food truck exploded into a fireball. it severely burned one woman and injured at least 11 other people. the shocking explosion of a food truck in philadelphia. flames shooting about 200 feet in the air shaking nearby homes and businesses and injured about a dozen people. two critically. >> so i turn around and this truck just start instantly smoking. instantly smoking. you heard screams. like deafening, hurt, pain type screams. >> reporter: police say a propane tank on the left side of this food truck ignited and flew about 50 feet into a nearby backyard. >> a girl was walking by from the nail salon and her back was sprayed with debris. she was screaming all the way up the street i'm on fire, i want my mom. >> reporter: officials say the

injured were taken to area hospitals. one of the released victims was la toya paige who suffered burns to the left side of her body. >> i turned around and i saw the fire. like the fire was coming towards me. some other news as well, ton are searching for a woman who ran down two men in a gas station parking lot. this incident was caught by a surveillance camera. take a look at it. it all started when the woman was backing up near the pumps. one of the men said he joked, don't kill me. they say she responded by saying she'd use a gun not a car. a minute or so later, the woman hit the gas and plowed both of the men over. and then took off. both are expected to be okay. police hope that this video is going to help lead them to the suspect. a truck carrying $100,000 worth of lobster crashes into a rail bridge scattering them all over the roadway. it happened in westwood, massachusetts. take a look.

you can see the truck approach the bridge and slam into it. turns out, the bridge was 37 feet tall. the truck was 13 feet tall. the overpass was 10 1/2 feet high. all the lobsters were scooped up. they had to be tossed out. the driver was charged with failure to obey signs and negligent driving. >> we needed a truck with melted butter behind that. perfect, right? >> why did they have to be tossed out? isn't there a three second rule? come on. thanks, peter. got your forecast? >> we're watching arthur but also keeping an eye on stronger storms in the northeast expected today. you can see in red from western new england right down into north carolina. biggest threat again will be for the damaging wind gusts and also some hail. cloud-to-ground lightning, keep an eye out for that. if you hear the rumbles inside, go inside. you might want to pop inside. looks cooler today through the midwest. that's a look at the weather across the country. your local forecast coming up in 30 second.

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forecast. one of the biggest stars in tennis is making headlines this morning. williams forced to pul out of her wimbledon doubles match after a bizarre and frightening scene. craig melvin is here with more. craig, good morning to you. >> good morning. it was hard to watch yesterday. the wimbledon crowd was confused and concerned watching serena williams visibly struggle and stumble on the court this morning. the reason behind her performance and the dramatic exit. they were the faults heard around the world. a disoriented serena williams struggling to serve, catch, even bounce the ball during a doubles match with sister venus. >> this to me doesn't look like a tank. she is not well. >> reporter: the williams sisters were gunning for their sixth doubles title, but it was clear from the beginning that something was very wrong. serena visibly shaky during warm-ups was allowed to play,

but only after a lengthy consultation with doctors. but as soon as she stepped on the court -- >> she shouldn't be out there. she should not be out there. >> reporter: -- she still showed no signs of improvement. despite encouragement from the crowd, the 17-time grand slam champion was too ill to continue. >> unfortunately, miss williams has to retire. >> reporter: the sisters withdrew from the match. serena wiping away tears of frustration. a tweet from the wimbledon account later revealed she was suffering from a viral illness. an illness that may help explain her rough singles round. despite entering the tournament ranked number one, she was knocked out during the third round saturday. in a statement williams says i am heartbroken i am not able to continue in the tournament. i really wanted to compete, but this bug just got the best of me. i look forward to returning to

wimbledon next year. no word yet this morning on exact cause of that illness, but we are all wishing serena a speedy recovery. i don't know if you saw the match yesterday, but some of her serves -- we're talking close to a foot short of the net. >> they bounced at the line. not being able to catch or hold the ball. >> it was scary to watch it. >> one of the judges said to her yesterday if you can't see the ball, you shouldn't be out here. >> right. >> we wish her well. look who's over here. >> carson daly. >> good morning, everybody. anybody try to follow tim howard on twitter? >> no. >> good luck. he blocked you. usa lost. we all know that. but the hero -- >> that's the best joke i've heard today. >> come on down. good morning, everybody. nice to see you. what a game. everybody talks of tim howard this morning. talking to him this morning, the most saves.

tom hanks had the whole family watching. he said tim howard remains a god. that is from hanks. espn put out this picture of mt. howard. keep it going. look at all the stuff online. internet going crazy. not sure those gloves are regulation there. wikipedia the page was changed. you can follow the #things tim howard could save. you'll see more fun stuff like blockbuster video. this man could save. what a gutsy performance. we'll have more on this in the next half hour. back to you. >> thanks very much. carson's here all week trying to be funny. coming up, the final witnesses. the murder trial of olympic sprinter oscar pistorius nearing an end. plus does facebook have the right to tell you what photos you can and cannot post? this morning texas cheerleader and big game hunter under fire for the images on her page.

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you're watching "today in the bay." >> good morning. it's 7:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. crews are using a helicopter to survey damage of this while fire burning out of control in napa county. so far 3200 acres have burned, crews have it 30% contains, 5 structures destroyed and 200 homes threatened. evacuation orders in effect in butts canyon road and berryessa estates areas. firefighters are hoping calmer winds and cooler temperatures will help them control the fire. south bay father who was struck by hit-and-run driver on father's day has died. the person behind the wheel is still on the run. the sister of richard told the mercu"mercury news" her brother. he was hit while walking on

capital expressway. his sister says they were able to donate his heart, liver and other organs. he hit by a black suv but very little more information. let's get better news. checking the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you at home. a live look here at pleasanton where clouds are clearing. as we head throughout the day today, we are going to see sunshine but temperatures will be comfortable, only ending up in upper 70s to low 80s. we hit the sweet stride. we'll keep it going all way through your holiday weekend. we'll be at 86 degrees in the south bay saturday. cooler at the coast by 20 degrees. hey 68, comfortable in the city by bay for this weekend. up to 70 and that's it for your extended forecast as far as heat coming your way. looking good. here's mike and your drive. >> also looking good, half an hour ago, we told you, before the end of the show, we had a

disabled jackknifed big rig cleared. the speeds recovering better than sensors can. live look north of university past willow, registering orange and yellow toward menlo park. the truck's on the side of the road on marsh road. peninsula smoothly. slowing for 280 around 880. >> thanks so much. thank you for joining us. another update in a half hour. see you then.

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wildfire has scorched nearly 3,000 acres. crews are now struggling to fight the flames while dealing with very high temperatures in that area. and check your phone bill carefully if you are a t-mobile customer. the federal trade commission has filed suit accusing the company of charging users for premium services like ring tones and horoscope texts that customers never authorized. also coming up, the story already generating a lot of buzz on today.com. how would you feel if photos like these started showing up in your facebook feed? a texas teen is under fire for posting pictures of herself hunting african animals. her message to critics and people weighing in. people doing that as we speak. and what do you look for in fast food? i'm all about the fries. we'll reveal the results of a survey. >> some big names bashed. let's start with big developments overnight in the

murder trial of oscar pistorius. today national investigative correspondent jeff rossen is in pretoria. jeff, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt. good morning to you. look, this entire case comes down to oscar pistorius' mind. what was he thinking when he shot and killed his girlfriend reeva steenkamp? and what's going through his mind right now? this morning we have new details from the psychiatrist who just evaluated him. is he a psychopath? narcissist? suicidal? all those results revealed just moments ago. fast and confident on the track. psychiatrists now say oscar pistorius is actually insecure and vulnerable. while he didn't have any mental illness at the time of the shooting, when he killed his girlfriend reeva steenkamp, doctors say he since spiralled. the defense attorney today reading from the official mental evaluation. >> he currently suffers from a

post-traumatic stress disorder. >> reporter: the panel found no sign of narcissism or psychopathic behavior. but there's more. pistorius we learned today is still being treated. his doctors offering this dire warning. >> should he not receive proper care, his condition is likely to worsen and increase the risk of suicide. >> reporter: sitting just feet away, pistorius listened in court emotionless. at times passing notes to his defense team. hammering home their theory that pistorius thought reeva was an intruder and fired four shots because of his physical disability. makes him feel more vulnerable. his team doctor on the stand this morning. >> he has a tre momor of the ha. and also presents a sleep disorder, a disorder of which i previously had to medicate him. >> reporter: they say he's depressed and suicidal. how helpful is that to the defense? >> it's not helpful.

he was diagnosed with these only after the night reeva was shot and killed. the courts have been told that he had full criminal liability on that evening. >> reporter: that's all that really matters. >> exactly. >> reporter: by the way, pistorius still has his fans. in fact, as he walked into the courtroom this morning, a fan actually grabbed him and hugged him. question is, what does the judge think? we're told she's already working on her verdict and won't need long to deliberate once the trial is over. testimony could end as early as tomorrow. then comes closing arguments, then a break, then the verdict. we'll be here for a couple weeks, but we could have a verdict by the end of july. >> all right, jeff thank you very much. let's get a check of the weather from dylan who's in for al this morning. >> a lot to talk about with arthur. i want to show you why it is expected to strengthen into a hurricane within the next 24 to 48 hours. this darker shade of red here, that's water temperature at about 85 degrees. that's your fuel for the storm. we also don't have a lot of

sheer. conditions are favorable for this to develop into a hurricane. watch what happens as we go into the day and into tomorrow. it is going to get very, very close to the coast of north carolina on the fourth of july. then a turn to the northeast. looks like we will be spared from delaware into new york and new jersey. but parts of southeastern massachusetts, especially cape cod and nantucket, that's where we could see some of our hurricane-like conditions. it should weaken a bit by the time it gets there, but we have to watch out for the rough surf, rip currents up and down the east coast and a lot of rain. however, over the next 24 hours that rain will be out over the water with just florida picking up a quarter of an inch, half an inch of rain. as it makes its way up the northeast, we could see 7:35. happy wednesday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. a live look at tiburon, cloudy

conditions here. want to show you san jose. sunshine, trying to break through that thick deck of low clouds. as we head throughout the day today, we are going to see the burn-off happen quickly throughout inland valleys. already seeing that in pleasanton. temperatures comfortable, 82 south bay. 78 east shore. 63 san francisco. 86 north bay with comfortable conditions through the fourth of july. >> and you can keep an eye on arthur and always check your forecast on the weather channel or weather.com. >> thank you very much. we have an update this morning on the case of that missing detroit boy who was found in his father's basement following an intensive 11-day search. the 12-year-old has now been interviewed by federal officials as police consider possible criminal charges. here's nbc's ron mott. >> reporter: criminal charges could come as early as today against charles bothuell. >> charlie, we're getting reports that your son has been found in your basement.

sir? mr. bothuell, are you -- >> what? >> reporter: he's the detroit father who learned that his son missing for 11 days had been found alive in the family basement during a national tv interview. >> how could you son be found alive in your basement? >> i have -- i have no idea. >> reporter: bothuell's attorney says his client is expected. bothuell's 12-year-old son charlie had a circular scar on his chest. a doctor who examined the boy reported seeing old scars on the boy's buttocks. bothuell admitted to disciplining his son with a pvc pipe. the boy told authorities his

stepmother arrested last week on an unrelated charge knew he was in the basement and didn't bring him food. forcing him no sneak upstairs when the house was clear. >> excellent parents. >> reporter: bothuell's attorney denies the claim that there was any problem in the home. he's very upset, it's like his world has been turned upside down, the rug pulled from under him. >> he's a loving father. >> reporter: the attorney says charlie was unhappy that his father planned to send him to military school. >> he was accustomed to being home schooled. and i think he reacted to that situation. >> reporter: the fbi interviewed charlie tuesday but didn't offer specifics. ron mott, nbc news, detroit. >> such a bizarre story. it's terrifying. coming up, are your kids too much work? i know that's a strange question, but it's based on some controversial comments from actress cameron diaz about her decision not to have children.

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emphasizing her hunting is completely legal, that it helps manage the wildlife population and her kills have even provided food for many thankful villages. some of the animals are tra tranquilized. her family confirms they're proud of her. >> i don't see anything wrong with it. >> in her hometown in texas, plenty of support. >> she's a young girl enjoying her life getting to do something that probably many dream of doing. >> i think people are too sensitive. >> now jones is on the hunt for a new adventure. a tv show she hopes will air early next year. obviously, there are people who like hunting, there are people who don't like hunting. the bigger question is does facebook have the right to take

down photos. you just saw their policy up on the screen. a lot of people are talking about this one. carson is in the orange room with that. >> this is the nirm one story on today.com. there's kendall. we asked you. should facebook have removed photos. 63% of you said no. 37 said yes. there's one comment. i would never do it myself being an animal lover, but to each their own. if you don't like it, don't look at it. you can follow the conversation on facebook. back to you. >> orange room. >> coming up, a moving gesture that was actually caught on camera. it's touching a lot of hearts around the world. we'll tell you about that. and what one woman did to make the day of a young mom. but first, these messages. did make

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good morning, everyone. 7:56. i'm scott mcgrew. the new 49ers stadium is in santa clara, not mountain view. mountain view city council worried how many will park ride the train from mountain view to santa clara. approving a pilot program hoping city will deal with traffic when the stadium opens next month. the program will limit parking. at 11 structures and lots to three hours during events at the stadium. don't go to mountain view. a huge chunk of northbound interstate 280 in san francisco will be closed for several days for repair work. crews will repair hinges on the interstate to make it more earthquake ready. northbound 280 between 101 interchange and down to in closed starting at 9:00 tonight. scheduled to reopen monday morning. let's check your weather with christina. good morning. >> good morning to you, scott. good morning to you at home. plenty of low clouds, panning

across the bay area. that means a nice, comfortable day. as our natural ac has returned. pleasanton, we are already starting to see those clouds burn off quickly. you can see what's left here. not going to last much longer, maybe the next couple of hours. after that point, complete sunshine to inland valley spots. we have to wait until after lunch to see sun in san francisco. 63 there. 82 south bay. yield show you your fourth of july forecast in moments. mike with the drive. >> fourth of july, folks get friday off, preholiday during the week. san mateo bridge nicely westbound away from us. slowing off of 880 and 92. the san mateo and dumbarton bridges show westbound commute slowing but nothing dramatic. recovering on 101 after the earlier crash cleared an hour ago from marsh. west 580, slower through livermore. south bay, slow for 280. >> more news in a half hour.

♪ it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, her choice. cameron diaz opens up about her decision not to have children and the impact on her life and career. plus, an act of kindness. the walmart customer caught on camera paying it forward. what she did to brighten the day of a mother in need. and fast food wars. how does your favorite franchise stack up against the competition? the surprising results of a new consumer report survey. today, wednesday, july 2nd, 2014.

dublin, ohio, loves "today." >> hey, ya'll, in georgia! >> my only birthday wish is to be on the "today" show. >> i met matt lauer six years ago and i'm back again! ♪ it's american 8:00 on a wednesday morning. it's the second day of july, 2014. it's a little close down here, a little sticky today. savannah is off. al is off. natalie's in brazil. we have mr. carson daily joining us. what is your favorite fast food ever? >> quarter pounder with cheese, no onions. >> roy rogers fried onion. still exist? we'll have that fast food survey

for you coming up. >> you're on facebook now? >> i just joined yesterday. >> we are all over these trends. finally. it's going to be something i think. >> starting at 8:30 eastern, i'm going to be answering all your questions on the "today" show facebook page. anything you want to know. i'm brutally honest. waver you want to know about matt's dressing room. forecast. shoes, whatever you need. >> some good questions -- >> you know he has absolutely no seven-second delay, none whatsoever. we're looking forward to that. first, let's bring in natalie. we're down in brazil where players have their heads held high this morning after a tough game against belgium. natalie, good morning, again. >> good morning to you, once again. you said it, matt, lots of pride in this team. a lot of heart break as well.

as you can imagine, they come so far to unfortunately have their dreams dashed. it was a real battle with belgium. the u.s. team giving everything they got. the scoring only broke open really in the extra time. the game tied at 0-0 when they went into extra time. the americans came up short. the game ending 2-1. the belgium red devils, they fought hard. shot after shot on goalie tim howard who had the game of his life, a world cup record here, 16 saves at the goal. earlier on today, matt spoke to tim and asked him what the feeling was like in the locker room right after the game. >> we gave everything we had. we're proud of that. we're right in the game with a very, very hard tough belgium side. they're going to -- they've been the dark horse of this tournament. we're always going to run into a tough game.

i thought we gave as good as we got. >> and as i mentioned, it was tied up in regulation, 0-0. the extra time where belgium quickly scored two goals. then the u.s. brought in julian greene, the new phenom, 19 years old, and he managed to score. then there were a couple near misses in the end. unfortunately, though, it wouldn't turn out for the u.s. team. it wouldn't turn out on our side. but an incredible, impressive finish here. everybody very proud of this team and looking forward to see what the future holds for team usa, guys, back to you. >> natalie, we hope you get back soon. seems like you've been away since the world cup in south africa. meanwhile, kyle mar tino, a former member of the u.s. men's national team is a soccer analyst for the nbc sports network. good to have you here. >> good to be here. >> you made me watch that again. hurts a little bit but i'm all right. >> can we start with regulation. chris wondlowski.

>> he's so rare, it's kind of like gretzky says, don't look at the puck, where it is, wait to see where the puck's going to be. that was the first moment during this world cup that i think either fan looked at himself and said, what if, what if landon donovan might have been there. that was one of the omissions that was huge. that was the moment they gave themselveses an opportunity to steal it. >> 16 saves, the most in a world cup game since 19 6. put in perspective for us what he did yesterday. >> it was absolutely incredible. it's been half a century since the last time a goalkeeper had a performance like that. i was honored to get the chance to play with tip howard, with the u.s. team. typically he was telling me to get back on defense and stop talking. the performance he put in in this game, if this is the last world cup game he ever plays, what a way to go out. >> i watched ramalulu congresser

for belgium. is that the way of the future? this country, we've got athletes growing up in this country every day but they go to football and basketball and baseball. do we have to get those guys going to soccer to be able to compete as a world power in the future? >> yeah, absolutely. if you look at it, age, 6 to 12, more kids are playing soccer than any other sport. it's that crucial moment where the road converges and they take a different path. we lose some of these eighth leeths. >> elite athletes. >> absolutely, that were going to olympics and winning world meaded me medals. we have these athletes in the country. >> high paying sports. >> soccer closes that gap, we have a laca that comes off the bench and makes a difference for the game like he did for belgium. i don't think we're too far away

from convincing the athletes to be a part of the u.s. team. >> good to see you. thank you very much. let's get a check of the morning's other top stories. peter's other at the newsdesk. >> folks along the east coast are keeping a close watch on tropical storm arthur churning off the east coast of florida. rip current warnings are in effect for parts of florida because of the rough weather. forecasters expect arthur to grow into the first atlantic hurricane of the season and say it will bring heavy rain and strong winds to north carolina's outer banks beginning later this week. we will have more on that from dylan in just a couple of minutes. more than 100 undocumented immigrant children and adults were taken to a processing center near san diego tuesday after they were turned away from marietta. angry protesters blocked the bus, forcing the move. the immigrants had been flown to southern california from

overcrowded facilities in texas. a qantas airlines flight from los angeles to australia was forced to turn around and return to los angeles overnight. after a wipe pipe burst about an hour into that flight. water, as you see, flooded the cabin. an airline spokesperson said it was drinking water kept in pipes and that passengers were never in danger. the plane landed safely back in l.a. crews are struggling to contain a raging wildfire in northern california. this fire has burned more than 2,700 acres. in napa county's poke valley. two towns there were evacuated. hundreds of homes are still threatened. graco is recalling almost 2 million infant car seats in additional to the nearly 4 million toddler seats. harness buckles can get gummed up as they describe it with food and drinks that can make it harder to remove children. grayi graco will send free replacement

buckle, to any customer, even with those with seats not being recalled. tough spot for a bear cub in new jersey. rummaging through somebody's trash. it got its head stuck inside an oversized cookie jar. uh-oh boo boo. rescuers tranquilized the animal, they brought it down, they cut the jar off, saving the cup from its -- wait for it -- unbearable ordeal. okay, rough crowd. 8:09 right now. let's get another check of the weather with dylan. >> peter, i liked it. >> appreciate it. >> these guys have been coming for four years all the way from long island to get on tv for your birthday. you made it. happy birthday. how old are you today? >> i'm 14 years old. >> started when he was 10 years old. finally did it. we are looking at some pretty warm temperatures across the east coast. that is going to help cool this storm system. we're keeping a close eye on tropical storm arthur as it mops over the gulf stream. we have tropical storm watches and hurricane watch, especially across the outer banks of north

carolina. this whole storm system is going to stay out of the water for a little while. then it's going to make its way in time for fourth of july, unfortunately, right into the east coast of north carolina. then it moves out over the water but we have to keep an eye on the outer arm 8:10. happy wednesday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. plenty of low clouds situated over ocean beach. and really hugging the immediate coast. same sky over san jose. although, we are seeing a little bit of blue out there. the sun is breaking through those clouds, some parts of the south bay. meanwhile, we are completely sunny already in antioch. this is going to be one of the warm spots later on today, but really not that bad, temperature wise, especially considering where we were on monday. 82 degrees in the south bay. the peninsula is at 77 and 78 degrees in the lovely east shore today. and that's your latest >> and that's your latest forecast. >> miss dylan, thank you very much. coming up next on "trending." ♪ and i will always

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back back now, 8:13, with what's trending today. here's one i think is going to bring a smile to your face. we begin with a small random act of kindness a lot of people are reacting to. it happened earlier this week at a walmart in south dakota. the woman you're about to see in this video right here in the black and white blouse, her name is carol, she sees a young mother in front of her who's having a difficult time affording being able to pay for some boxes of diapers. so she steps in. she grabs her wallet. patting the woman on the back, she picks up the bill without another thought. the young mother later told a local paper that she was shocked by the gesture, but very, very grateful. the video was shot by a fellow customer who says he hopes others follow carol's example. the video has more than something like 16,000 likes on

facebook. what do we think about this? >> it's nice to see these stories get our attention. these little moments going viral. or amy adams giving up her seat for a serviceman. >> without seeking attention for it. >> somebody else captures it, that's what makes it more special. >> i like paying the toll for the person next in line. >> that pay it forward mentality. >> anybody have a little problem with someone picking up their phone and capturing what is a personal moment, especially for that mom who was unable to pay that bill? >> that's a bigger issue. you got that problem all around us. people can videotape anything you're doing. at least it was a nice moment they caught this time. >> hopefully the person said, hey, listen, i take this, i'm going to put it on facebook. 16,000 and counting likes. what is the one thing you always see at concerts, malls, sports events? >> scalpers? >> those too. we see it, dylan and i, long lines at the bathroom, mashly t particularly the ladies room. >> what are you women doing in

there? >> talking, filing our nails. >> there's a simple piece of technology that promises to cut our waiting times in half. it's a light listen to this above each stall. now, it glows green when the stall is free and red when the door is locked. they call it toosh lights. lights take the guessing out of needing to go and it also keeps us -- dylan knows this, when you have to do the lean under to see if you see feet in the bottom of the stall. >> don't they have that, it's called vacant and occupied? >> not all of them do. >> i don't know if that's really going to help. >> is that really going to shorten lines? >> sometimes the stall is empty and you don't know. >> i say with the money to make those lights, they build an extra stall in the ladies room. >> help them out. >> you guys just don't understand. >> i'll stay out of this one if i'm wise. a lot of families are hitting the road for the holiday. in a new survey, adult children

were asked which parent would you choose to take along on a road trip, mom or dad? it's kind of like that movie "guilt trip" with barbra streisand and seth rogen. 54% sided with mom. motherings wes were thought to better at keeping clean, picking good music, pulling over we everybody's hungry. dads were good at road rage, good station goo gas stations. >> i've driven across the country with my dad four timings. >> and? >> it was amazing. >> my 5-year-old and i just had a road trip last weekend and there's no way his mother could have provided as much fun as i did. i had snacks, i had his favorite songs. he didn't even want to -- >> how old is he? >> 5. >> that was on the back of the

bike, right? >> we have to bring him in to get his view of that. all right, does anybody do a good celebrity impression? somebody here odds are does a walken. there's another popular video that features a musician impersonating many celebrities while singing his own original tune. this is fantastic. ♪ i try to tell you what everyone knows ♪ ♪ ♪ you and i will always be ♪ you're perfect in the way that you are ♪ >> the guy's name is rob cantor. he does 29 impressions in all. does he do any men other than kermit the frog? >> he does, he's good. shakira was spot on, impressive.

christina too. >> a show like "the voice" or something like that. >> what would it be like? >> i don't know, it's a good call. we'll work on that. >> that's what's trending today. up next, cameron diaz gets honest about why she was never drawn to motherhood. we're back in just 30 seconds. c. > back now with some very candid comments from cameron diaz. she speaks out in the august issue of "esquire" talking honestly about her decision not to have kids.

nbc national correspondent kate snow is back with more. >> in an era when so many hollywood stars are embracing motherhood, cameron diaz is heading the other way. opening up about how much easier her career and life are without children. cameron diaz likes being 41, telling "esquire" it's the best age because you just stop being afraid. when she was asked about life without kids, she didn't hold back. it's so much more work to have children, diaz told "esquire," to have lives besides your own you're responsible for. i didn't take that on. that did make things easier for me. >> even though she's protective for those around her, she's never felt drawn to being a mother. which is something you don't hear a lot of single successful women in their 40s talk about. >> reporter: will people judge her for it? >> much of what we consider to be our task as adults is to procreate and raise children and launch them into adulthood.

so when you have someone who actually consciously makes a decision not to do that, people bristle about that. but i think quite frankly it's a very thoughtful thing to do. >> reporter: while it might seem like kids are the hottest thing in hollywood right now, plenty of stars are bucking the baby trend. george clooney says his work is his priority. zooey deschanel says being a mom just isn't her focus. same for ricky gervais and oprah to name a few. jon hamm once said he'd make a terrible father. his longtime girlfriend talked about it. >> i don't ever want to have kids and i don't like when people tell you you're going to change your mind about it. >> right, and people do say that. >> reporter: cameron diaz said recently she'd gladly baby-sit for her good friend and mom drew barrymore. not work having a baby might really make things easier, but that doesn't make it an easy decision. >> in our society, when women say they don't want to have children, oftentimes people assume they're selfish, they assume they're self-absorbed,

they assume that they're not considerate, but it's actually the exact opposite. they're being more thoughtful about whether or not they want to embark on that journey. >> so allen also says it's important to remember that even though you don't have your own children, you can help other children. cameron diaz a good example of that because she does a lot of charity work that helps other kids. >> i'm a woman in my 40s and i don't have children. people assume you don't want them. i would love to have kids. but it is tough. you're afraid sometimes to open up because you don't want to be judged. she did and it has set off another conversation about mommihood. >> she wrote a book earlier this year, "the body book." she said she wanted to start a conversation. she's doing it now. >> mission accomplished. >> now over to matt. >> tam ron, thank you. now something else to talk about as lunchtime approaches. americans spend nearly $2 billion either day dining out. now we're demanding fmore for or money. the fast food survey. some results may surprise you.

todd, if to see ygood to see yo. almost 100,000 meals. 65 different chains. what kinds of questions did you ask? >> it's all about the food, the mood, the service and the value. cleansiness is posh. >> people thought food quality much more important than the dining experience? >> they thought it was more important than convenience. people are looking for an upgraded experience. >> let's get to the categories. let's start with the burger chains and some unexpected names at the top and some unexpected names at the bottom as well. >> yeah, i mean, this, to some extent, parallels our findings with burger king and mcdonald's, the bottom dwellers. the biggest names weren't necessarily the best. >> take a look up here. >> the better burger chains, in and out, five guys, smash burger, slightly higher price point, slightly higher quality. kind of a more dine-in experience than take-out. these guys stood out. >> let's go to the chicken

chains. here we go. chick-fil-a at the top. >> interesting, again. the biggest, kfc, didn't do too well. chick-fil-a, no small potatoes,s that a big chain. they got outstanding marks. >> people didn't like the quality? >> it's the overall experience. we ask people to tell us about their signature meals, the chicken at a chicken chain. kfc, for the food, not just the experience, rasnked at the bottom. >> let's switch over to mexican chains. rubio's fresh mexican grill. some other big names at the top. >> again, once again, taco bell is at the bottom of the ratings. but look at these two names, rubio's and chipotle. these are examples of the fast casual segment. again, an june graupgraded expe fueled by millennials and their desire to eat out a lot but not spend a lot. >> companies that didn't do too

well, some said they couldn't evaluate the survey since the methodology wasn't disclosed. all noted customer feedback is their top priority and they're always striving to deliver the best product. let's talk about healthy choices. what worked well in that catego category? >> it's interesting. people talk thin but they eat fat. only one in five consumers actually look for a healthy meal option when they dine out. and as a matter of fact, most people don't eat healthy. we did ask which chains have the largest percentage of healthy options if that's your pleasure? subway, jason's deli, panera. 90 pr 90% of people said we can get what we want for healthy food. >> the breakfast battles. >> mcgriddles by a nose beat the waffle taco because of the taste of the bacon and the cheese, slightly more flavorful. >> todd marks from consumer reports, thank you. coming up, martha stewart is

back. she'll share the secret to making the perfect grilled hot dog. but first, your local news. a very good morning to you. 8:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. crews are using a helicopter to survey the damage of this wildfire, burning out of control in napa county. so far, 3,200 acres have burned. crews have it 30% contained. five structures have been destroyed and about 200 homes threatened. evacuation orders are in effect in bus county road. firefighters are hoping calmer winds and cooler temperatures will help them control that fire. let's check now the morning commute with mike. >> latter, laura. looking towards okay. northbound 880 does slow down, bottleneck around high street where things curve, the incline cause that slowdown. typical past the coliseum. let's look at the bay bridge as well. there was a stalled vehicle reported right around treasure island. the second of the morning for

that stretch, blocking your slow lanes. i see traffic slowing a little bit, but it typically does this time. we'll track this again. look at the speed censors, pretty smooth across that span. just a note, there may be a truck heading over the next few. but it's been reported a while ago. and a pretty typical pattern still at the bay bridge. the san mateo bridge in dunbarton, looking all right. shows the slowdown from north 280. and west 580, still slow coming into livermore. okay in dublin. back to you. >> okay, thanks so much. back with another local news update for you in half an hour. hope you get a chance to enjoy your morning.

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♪ it's 8:30 now on a wednesday morning. dylan's turning up the oven a bit here outside on our plaza. >> you can burn. >> 90 degrees today. >> just 90. feel like a hundred. >> oh, good. >> of course 90. >> we have a big section here. this is their kind of weather. >> you guys soak it in. by the way, if these people stick around until friday, it's going to get nasty, but if they

stick around they'll have music on our concert stage from ed sheeren. and you get to pick one of his songs. here are your choices. "thinking out loud," "a-team," or "lego house." head to today.com and cast your vote. >> i think "a-team" for me. why can't he do all three? >> anything he plays they'll be happy. >> also coming up, someone else we love. martha stewart is back with more fourth of july fun this morning. how to make a special burger your friend won't forget. my mouth is watering. her secret. i can't wait. >> what do we have to do to score an invitation to martha stewart's fourth of july at her home? >> you did thanksgiving there. >> yeah. it was unbelievable. >> we'll have leftovers on the plaza today. we'll take care of that. also this morning we'll tell you where a good place is to go if you need prescription

glasses. we have that coming ahead today. while we're on that topic, is that nick cannon? we'll tell you what he is doing looking smooth with the shades. >> so dapper. also dapper, don't forget carson is standing by to answer your questions on our facebook page. he'll answer anything. >> his dream group he'd like to have on. >> we were supposed to guess the question. let's go over to hoda. it's time for another backstage pass. hoda? >> every week or occasionally we find a couple of lucky viewers. we take them out of the crowd and bring them into the show. this week we have a couple of martha stewart fans. huge martha stewart fans. the two lucky people i'm about to call out are going to come into the next segment, hang out with martha, taste her delicious food, and have a lot of fun. so the two lucky people in this

entire crowd are carrie and laura. >> wow. >> these two are huge martha fans. did you bake something of martha's recently? >> laura did. >> i baked zucchini fries. >> here's martha. >> hi, martha. >> how are you? >> she's got martha's hairdo. we'll get them micced up and sit down and enjoy some barbecue. >> also hoda is going to take them down and in addition to meeting martha stewart they can meet don nash who is our executive producer and who is celebrating a birthday this morning. with the help of kathie lee. >> a special boy is having a special birthday. happy birthday, don. there you go. >> drink it. >> we love you. i am representing everybody here

that adore you and are so happy. celebrating your what? >> 40th. >> 40th, okay. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you >> they're singing. stop it. >> i just want to say one thing. if that's his 40th, kathie lee is celebrating her 40th as well. happy birthday, don. >> happy birthday, don. >> we're kind of roasting out here. it's hot and humid and uncomfortable. and that is going to set the stage for storms later on today. anywhere in green, that's the showers and storms. in red that's our slight risk of strong storms maine down into virginia. hail and damaging wind gusts again will be the largest threat. not so much tornadoes, but still something to keep an eye on. we will see scattered showers

atoday. by the time we get into the fourth of july in the carolinas, there could be a hurricane. much more 8:35. good wednesday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren taking a live look at a foggy sky over ocean beach. we have some low clouds lingering over the south bay and they're burning off fast. they're gone in antioch this morning, completely sunny. a warm day shaping up for you, but nowhere near as hot as it was on monday. 86 in the north bay, 63 in san francisco, 82 is the high in the south bay, comfortable conditions for us. and we're going to stay nice and level all the way through independence day. hope you have a fantastic wednesday. >> and that is your latest forecast. matt? fourth of july with martha is brought to you by macy's. >> all right. day two of martha stewart's

fourth of july festivities. it's all about red, white, and barbecue. she will show you how to dress up a burger and more from the pages of "martha stewart living." joining her with be hoda and her backstage pass friends. good morning again. >> good morning. it's all about bandannas, inexpensive -- look how cute the table looks with the bandannas. napkins on our guest in their orange. >> their traffic signal vests. yeah. makes a great burger. change it up. >> sirloin and short rib meat ground together. this makes the greatest steak house burger. we did a whole serving on what meats make the best burger. >> you asked the butcher to do it. >> you can do it yourself if you have a meat grinder. best way to form a burger is not to compress it too much and make an indentation in the center.

>> why? >> you know how sometimes they get like that, they get fat and round, this makes them rise and they get flat when they're done. see how nice? >> beautiful. >> then put the burger on there. do you do the squish? >> no. never. >> good. don't do that. men especially are always pressing those burgers flat. >> we do fiddle around with the burgers a lot too. >> i think it's just like nervousness. you want to make it good. >> anything else to add to make it special. >> salt and pepper. that's it. make nice even sides. you can use ice cream scoop to make the right size. >> you have something here with buns. grilled onions on top? >> i love the grilled onions. first you put a little bit of mustard and grainy mustard and plain dijon mustard. >> i love mustard on a burger. >> so good like that. put your lettuce, put your

burger. top with onions. these are just grilled onions. you can do them on a pan on the grill. if you like a lot of onions. and i don't have the bleu cheese, but it's somewhere. >> we'll attempt to put that on. you like skewer foods, don't you? >> corn. don't forget the corn. and brush the corn with butter while it's grilled. when you're done, lime juice, salt, and chili powder. very, very good. >> you're making kind of a -- >> this is easy. you know how you're always losing the hot dogs down the grill? welling with this is an easy way to do a lot of grills at the same time. put them on bamboo skewers. soak the skewers in water first to make them moist so they don't burn. put those right on the grill. turn them. they're done. this is another good thing. melon. honeydew or cantaloupe. and lightly grilled on the grill. a delicious fruity kind of hors

d'oeuvre or main course. >> i like the sweet and savory there. >> see how easy it is. take a piece of prosciutto, wrap, and skewer. i love this. >> speaking of skewers, i'm jumping ahead here. look at what you're doing down there for dessert. >> do you like s'mores? >> i love them. >> bread marshmallow and banana. and dip it in chocolate sauce. >> what's this? >> this is pureed water melon. then you drink it like that. put seltzer in it if you like. beer margarita. >> i'm not a beer margarita person. i'm sure you make them great. i'll take a sip. >> just take a sip. it's lime juice and tequila. >> yeah, let's move on. real quickly tell me about that. >> look how cute these are. these are luminaries for

nighttime party. white glue. get these with flowers from the store, and a piece of bandanna. and just press it on like this. >> you make me want to celebrate the fourth, martha. >> it's coming up. i think it's in two days. thank you. >> good to see you. tomorrow martha is going to share secrets for pulling off the ultimate block party. up next, tired of paying top dollar for prescription glasses? where to get a pair for free. but first this is "today" on nbc.

what do you think, guys? >> so good. >> remember, sirloin and short rib. >> so good. >> back now at 8:42. such torture. hoda having a good time with the fans of martha munching down. well, moving on. do you get sticker shock when

you go to buy prescription glasses? online stores offer steep discounts. how do you know what you're actually getting? jodie rona is the senior editor of shop smart magazine. we're inside but we have great information. >> we have great information. >> good to see you. you can buy anything online these days with a big discount. and the concern is always are you getting top quality or are you getting something that's a little false. what do you say? >> it's legitimate. glasses are important. we need them to see. you think can i buy them online? can i buy the same quality? we did some comparisons and we found the same exact pair of frames, for example, in a major retail chain $160. they were $80 online. that's half the price. >> this is apples to apples. >> even if not, it's comparable. there's a few places that make the glasses. so you get the quality. >> in store the average frame with lens runs $244. there are options of under $100.

how do you do that? >> online retailers don't have the overhead. they don't have to pay rent or employees. they can just sell the stuff virtually and it's cheaper because of that. >> before you order online, there's a couple things to know. starting out with your prescription. >> you want to make sure you can actually see with them. you have to go to a doctor and get a current prescription. >> how long does that take? >> not long. they'll give you a piece of paper with your prescription or they can call the doctor and get it if you forget. >> do you need to know you p.d. distance and what is that? >> pupil area distance. so the lenses are where they're supposed to be on your face so you can see properly. it's easy to measure. you can do it yourself. the online retailers have instructions. >> you also need to know your technical type of lens. you need to know this. >> are you single vision. progressive is something that may be harder to find. you need to know those three things.

>> you did a lot of legwork. now what? you've come up with options for us. first up you have glasses.com. >> actually this is coastal.com. coastal.com is cool because they have a great collection of free glasses. all are free. if you're a first-time customer you get them for free. you just pay for shipping. not a big deal. but you're getting a complete pair of glasses with lenses in them for free. do first pair free at checkout and there you go. other great thing about coastal, a year to return them. that's important if you're buying them online, you want to return them if they don't work. they give you a year to do that. >> that's fantastic. glasses.com is up next. >> glasses.com is great. they have a ton of selection for $59. that's what we're seeing here. they've got over a hundred pairs at that price point. you can go a little higher if you want. they've got a good designer collection. if you like the status of having the little name on it, lots of choices at a higher price point as well. you can return these.

you've only got 30 days. >> these are nice. >> those are nice on you. >> i feel librarian now. >> and you can try them on with a picture. so you get a virtual try on. you don't want to get a pair of glasses and not like them. mesmer.com. >> these are all $69 complete with a single vision lens. these don't do as much for the bifocal and progressive. lots of choices at $69. if you find a frame you like, you can still buy the frame and get them filled elsewhere. the really cool thing about mesmer is they have a charity component. 3% go to a charity. there's five to choose from at checkout. >> i love that. okay i love these green but they're stuck on there. these were what? >> $69 complete. those are good on you too. >> thank you very much. >> thanks a lot. up next, nick cannon on "america's got talent" and his big plans for the fourth with

the family. but first it is "today" on nbc.

carson still answering the questions. back now 8:49. chatting with fans on facebook. remember to send him a question. he's willing to answer anything, that's what he says. meantime, the competition is heating up on nbc's hit show "america's got talent." contestants now moving into the next crucial stage. the judgment round. and with us now, nick cannon, the host of the show. good to see you. >> good to be seen. good to see you as well. you look lovely in all this yellow. you brightening up my day. >> you're very kind. you're also known for your dapper fashion. >> thank you. >> i know mariah approves. >> i hope so. >> talk to me. last night the auditions wrapped up, that phase of the show. everyone loves "america's got talent." it's just a variety. >> it's like a fun show that you can watch with your entire family and you can feel good

when you're watching it. that's the thing where you can laugh, you get emotional, it's things you never see on television, and it's still that same format that everyone loves this competition. >> you can sit down, it reminds me of when i was a kid on the variety shows. is there an act that stands out to you? >> an act that stands out -- i can't -- you know what? i love them all because i'm the main cheerleader on the show. but of all of the young people, the young kids, i kind of, you know, i sympathize, empathize and connect with them because i've been performing since i was young. >> you were a child star as people refer to it. you understand it. so the judgment week is coming up next. that's got to be tough. >> it is. i mean, that's where it gets a little intense and a little serious. but at the end of the day it's everyday americans getting the opportunity to strive and reach for their dreams. some people don't go all the way through, but the ones -- you kind of cheer for the ones that

do. the judgment week is tough. but that's why i'm happy i'm the host and not the judge. >> you couldn't do that role? >> no. i'm too much of an artist. if you watch my role on the show, i love everybody. >> you do. >> it's like anyone who has the courage to jump on that stage. even my man juan carlos. i'll get up there and have fun with him. i know what it takes to get on the stage. >> you did good there in that suit. is that a sorbet suit? >> i like that. i'm going to go with that. >> talk to me about the babies. >> now they're dem kids. they're 3 years old. it's kind of fun because we have a fourth of july coming up. and the -- in our house we celebrate every holiday to the fullest. >> i was there for christmas. >> this is going to be a good fourth of july here in new york. >> and you're hosting the macy's fourth of july parade.

how do you brace the kids for fireworks? >> they love fireworks. i think because obviously i'm festive, their mom is festive. so i think they kind of just -- i want to say every occasion we can get fireworks. we try to figure it out. and obviously when you have the macy's fourth of july fireworks, the biggest fireworks ever. >> did he take my job? you mean the fireworks, right? >> i meant the fireworks. >> the parade of fireworks. >> don't take this away. you stay home thanksgiving. >> he was out there eating food with martha stewart. didn't bring us anything. >> i know. >> then came in. >> good to see you. and you can have the parade. i'll take the fireworks. >> you'll do a great job. nick, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> and of course you can see "america's got talent" tonight 8:00/7:00 central. and watch the macy's fourth of july spectacular. don't let me mess it up. >> and on thanksgiving watch the parade too. >> matt will be bundled up in an

interesting hat. and let's check in with carson as you are putting him on the hot seat with questions on facebook. but first this is "today" on nbc.

carson is deep into his facebook chat right now. what kind of questions you getting? >> i'm getting a lot. who's funnier, matt or al. i said savannah. also a lot of questions about

tamron hall's hair and which i prefer. i said that natural curly one last week, i loved that vibe. >> all right. i'll bring it back friday for you. >> so far nothing about me. so guys, it's my chat. >> okay. come on. we'll think of something. boxers or briefs? >> boxers. >> here's one for you. what are you going to shoot today on the golf course with me? >> i'm going to probably barely break 90 but it will be slightly impressive. >> you guys are going at 90? >> you're playing, you're going to win. >> i thought that's the temperature. >> you've got the weather on your side. >> all right, carson,

good morning, everyone. 8:56. i'm scott mcgrew. soon, encounters with hayward police officers will be caught on camera. the city spending about $220,000 for those cameras, according to the "mercury news," it will cost another $130,000 to store the audio and video recordings from those cameras, but those coming to hayward soon. let's check your hayward forecast and all the other cities in the bay area with christina.

>> hey, good morning, scott. hayward right now, a little overcast, same for tiburon. i want to show you what it looks like on the golden gate bridge. lots of fog here. meanwhile, we are completely sunny at this point. over pleasanton, where temperatures are only going to climb into the 80s for today. we're done with the 90s and triple digits for the next few days. 82 in the south bay, 77 along the peninsula and 78 today in san francisco. iceeating monster who loves creamy delicious tillamook ice cream. (whispering) seriously? (door creaks) he's fast. tillamook ice cream, tastes better because it's made better.

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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 warm wednesday morning here in new york city. july 2nd, 2014. we've got a great crowd on the plaza. i'm willie geist with tamron hall. al is off this week. natalie is in brazil covering the world cup sadly now perhaps for the last day. this country was gripped. we were locked into our tvs. no work was done from 4:00 to 7:00 eastern time. what was it like to be down there? >> reporter: oh, i got to tell you. i was there, i was at the game. it was both heart stopping and

then of course sadly heart breaking in the end for the u.s. team with their world cup dreams dashed by belgium's team. belgium unfortunately those red devils came on strong and they shot at us. they came out from the very beginning taking shot after shot. the only thing we seem to be able to do is get tim howard in that goal with that strong reaction keeping those balls out of the goal. incredible. i mean, he was able to stop 16 attacks, 16 shots right at the goal for a new world cup record. he is certainly the hero of the game. but the whole team really played unbelievably well considering what they were up against. the belgium team younger and a little bit stronger. but the u.s. putting in a good defense. in regulation time, the game was 0-0. hard to watch. but then it went into the extra time. that's when belgium came back

and they scored pretty quickly. two goals. then the u.s. put in julian green. he's a new member of the team just 19 years old. and within minutes of putting him on the field, he scored. so it gave us a little burst of hope there. and then we had some very close near misses. and it seemed like we would finally get another shot at a goal, but sadly it didn't end that way. we ran out of time and simply couldn't do it this time around. guys, i've got to say. i think there's so much heart and soul to this team. they proved so much. they came in as the underdogs, but i think they're leaving here as the top dogs. everybody in that stadium, you know, was giving them a standing ovation as they left that field. guys? >> tim howard was the big star, but in extra time, the offense turned it on. all of a sudden they were doing something they couldn't do for the previous two hours. you wonder if they could have done that sooner. >> but they hit a sweet spot and there wasn't enough time. >> yeah. howard's performance, the stuff of legend already. there's all these memes online

now. wikipedia updated to show him, not chuck hagel, as the secretary of defense of the united states of america. >> i love it. >> espn actually put him up on mt. rushmore. oh, all four. wow. they just wiped out all of american history. and then some hash tags. things tim howard could save. there he is saving bambi on the ice. >> my favorite he's saving taylor swift from kanye. that is the best. we needed him then. and blockbuster. >> yes. only tim howard could save blockbuster. and you know what's so great about him? he was so humble a the game. you heard him interviewed. he did superhuman things yesterday. >> he was like gumby. you know with a beard. >> yeah. >> just moving all around. i actually changed by twitter avatar picture, i took down mine and it's tim's picture. >> you've got tim up? that's a nice tribute. does he know about that? >> hopefully. >> natalie, come back home and

see us. but if i were you i might lobby to stick around for brazil/columbia. maybe you could extend the trip for yourself. >> that's an exciting game friday. that's the rivalry here next. i still have one team in there. so i'm going for brazil now. but you know what? the u.s. really is my team. >> sounds like another week in brazil for natalie. great job down there. we'll see you back home soon. >> i'll be back. i'll see you guys soon. >> all right, natalie. see you. >> you know, were it not for world cup fever, i think this other story might be a big story. overnight dramatic moments in wimbledon yesterday. serena williams was forced to quit her doubles match with her sister venus. i actually saw the video on a vine and i thought did someone edit this? is this real? but here's the video. serena could not get the ball over the net. she seemed disoriented.

she couldn't focus. eventually they bowed out of the game itself for the match itself. she released a statement saying she had a viral illness. at one point she was crying. >> it was amazing. she couldn't catch a ball. the ball would bounce one to her to serve and she couldn't catch it. obviously she's in a lot of pain there. she and venus had to withdraw. she was knocked out of singles last week. now they're finished at wimbledon. that's scary to watch in some ways. we hope she fights through that. >> the announcer said they'd never seen anything like that in tennis. that it was an incredible, indescribable thing to see her in this condition. but she said it's a viral infection. >> i'd never seen anything like that. it's amazing. >> this came on the heels of her losing singles last week. >> yeah. so she's done. there was one happier moment, though, at wimbledon yesterday. a little between the legs action here from from the aussie.

it's a drop shot. >> i missed it. >> we'll get it again. >> he's the teenager that knocked out rafael nadal. usually you'll see that between the legs to catch a lob. he goes head on a drop shot. how about at wimbledon. like that's a trick shot on the playground. >> you play tennis? >> occasionally and not good. >> you've got long arms. >> i've got power, but in tennis you have to control where the ball goes which does not work in my favor. cool shot. so this is a big story. >> it's so crazy. >> you're hitting the road this weekend, you put that luggage on top of your car, right? all the things up there. pay attention to the height of the bridges. watch this video. this is a truck carrying a load of lobsters. >> a load of lobsters, yes. look at that. >> hits the bridge in westwood, massachusetts. happened just before 5:00 in the morning. caused big traffic delays. tens of thousands of dollars of damages. some of those guys look like

they're going to make it. we could get them into a pot. >> apparently they had to get rid of them. they took them like that. those are good lobsters. there's a three-second rule. you pick them up, rinse them off. >> on highway accidents there's a three-second rule. >> boiling water killing everything. >> i agree. >> all the germs will be gone. >> and apparently the day before a tractor-trailer had the top sheered off on that same bridge. but there are signs everywhere that says low clearance on the bridge. >> they're like i can do it. it's like the parking space. you're like i got this. you get out the measuring stick. >> he didn't have that. >> can you imagine what he thought afterwards? >> he downed a few lobsters. >> a few. this one caught our eye this morning as well. you go to a wedding, you usually deposit a gift on the table. then have fun. you wonder did they really get my gift? what happened? on saturday there was drama at a

missouri wedding of jared and stephanie lydell when guests -- this is actually true -- spotted a thief swiping gifts and cards from the wedding. the groom just got back from afghanistan. >> yep. wrong wedding. >> you picked the wrong one to mess with. he apparently chased after the thief. an officer caught the thief a few blocks away. there they are. in her wedding gown they got their goodies back. and this is one of those things where you're just, like, what is it? serendipity, karma? >> it's one of these things. he was actually out in the parking lot putting a gift in the car. and the mother came out saying stop thief. and here comes the dad and brother. they yell to a cop at a traffic accident stop thief. and they get everything back. again, he just happened to pick

the wrong wedding. you're going to want to look through robbing a wedding who the people are. that'd be my advice. >> say thank you for your service. that usually means it's one. >> they actually got married a year ago but he left immediately o to go to afghanistan. so this was a vow renewal. so we're glad he got back safely and got his gifts. >> if only there was video. that would be fantastic. let's check in with dylan. she's got the forecast. you're keeping very busy on watch with arthur, right? >> yes. arthur is going to be a big concern for the fourth of july weekend for north carolina. here it is right now. much more organized than it was this time yesterday. winds at 60 miles per hour. it's northeast of cape canaveral, florida. it is going to pass through the warm waters of the gulf stream. because of that we have tropical storm and hurricane watches. the pink is the watch across the outer banks. it's going to strengthen into a

category 1 hurricane by the time we get into thursday. and then friday morning at 2:00 a.m., that's the fourth of july, it's a category 1 tomorrow off the coast of the outer banks. then it's going to pass over the water. we should be saved from any bad weather in areas like maryland, new jersey, pennsylvania, new york. but here we go saturday morning at 2:00 a.m., there's a chance across nantucket, martha's vineyard, and also newport, rhode island, that's where we could see some of the effects heading into the weekend. so we have to keep a close eye on that. look at the wind speeds here. that's where we're looking at higher winds. watch what happens as it makes its way up the coast. we could see 50 to 60 mile-per-hour winds in cape hatteras and 40 9:10. good wednesday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. taking a live look at san jose, where we have very little cloud cover leftover. but enough of an onshore flow

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naturally beautiful results™. well, good morning, everyone. 9:26. i'm scott mcgrew. a fire burning in napa county grew overnight. so far, 3,200 acres have burned. crews have it 30% contained. five structures destroyed, 200 homes threatened. evacuation orders are in effect in butz canyon road and the bfi crews are hoping cooler weather and calmer winds will help them control the fire. a dad hit on father's day has passed away. the person behind the wheel still on the run. the sister of richard yanis said that he died on the 13th.

his sister said he was able to donate his heart, liver, and other organs. witnesses say yanis was hit by a black suv, but there's very little more information. more than a dozen people spending the day looking for a woman who disappeared from the south bay a week and a half ago. nemy left her sister's house in gilroy to go for a walk without her cell phone, wallet, or keys and never returned. there is concern, because she is battling severe depression and has diabetes. we'll take a look at weather and traffic, coming up after the break.

9:28. welcome back. i'm meteorologist christina loren, taking a live look here at some overcast conditions. in tiburon, we have the same overcast sky to show you, over emeryville, but take a look at what just developed here in pleasanton, in the entire tri-valley at this point, full sunshine. but you're still on your way to comfortable conditions. not too hot out there, even with high pressure firmly in control. we'll hit about 86 in the north bay, 78 for the east shore, 82,

not a bad day shaping up in beautiful san jose. let's check on that drive and see if there's any good news in that department. >> good news, better than a few minutes ago, christina. look at palo alto northbound, coming towards us, approaching university avenue. we're showing a smoother drive over the last few minutes. let's show you the maps, just floret of there at marsh, we heard about a prior crash earlier, that rig has long since cleared, but the second crash northbound had lanes blocked. it looks like traffic is recovering much more nicely. slow 880 past the coliseum, but as well as the east shore freeway, approaching the bay bridge. scott. back to you. >> another local news update in a half an hour.

♪ welcome back to "today" on this wednesday morning, july the 2nd of 2014. al is off. natalie is in brazil covering the world cup. couple of good animal stories for you. first, let's start off in jersey. okay? this is a bear cub little guy rescued from a tree after getting its head stuck in a cookie a jar. was rifling through crash, licking crumbs and the jar stuck to his head. >> should have been a honey jar. it would have been cliche. >> he climbed up a tree. local firefighters caught the jar off his head. baby bear gets away clean and free. >> sometimes you've got to take a good chance on a meal.

>> like you with ice cream. a grandmother lost her wedding ring five years ago. found it when her dog threw it up two weeks ago. true story. lois matakowski said her dog started vomiting. she asked the vet if it was possible that tucker was walking around with the ring inside him for five years. >> he ate a popsicle stick and a ring. >> come on, now, tucker. is it possible tucker just found the ring somewhere? >> he had to ingest it. so he did it. >> nice work, tucker. hat's off to you. >> and why didn't it come out the other way. >> you're going too far. dylan, bail us out. >> i was thinking it. i did just lose an earring last week. so i've got to find this tucker

guy. >> you lost something last week? >> an earring. >> tucker's got it. >> guaranteed. we are looking at strong storms in the northeast. look at this in red down into virginia and north carolina. that's where we have the chance today of damaging wind gusts, some hail, and also a lot of lightning. so watch out. keep an eye to the skies. behind this cold front, though, it is so much cooler than it has been. 64 degrees for a high in chicago. very much better than it was the past couple days. we'll stay in the 70s and 80s. but look at what happens as this frontal system moves up. we will see a lot of showers and storms. for the fourth of july, in the morning we'll see terrible conditions through cape hatteras. that's that storm. but that's like 2:00 to 4:00 a.m. then it will move to the northeast. we will see scattered showers and storms. but the track of this will make all the difference on what you're going to see on friday. we should see some improvements by the time we get into saturday.

9:32. good wednesday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. overcast over ocean beach. same foggy sky over the golden gate bridge, but take a look at this. out in inland valley spots, we are starting to see the sun shine. this is antioch, beautiful, sunny day shaping up here and not too hot. we're going to climb into the mid-80s in the north bay. you'll be at 82 in the south bay, 76 for the peninsula today, and 78 degrees on the east shore. if you're going to be staying in town, south bay looks good all weekend, temperatures in the low to mid-80s. >> and that's your latest forecast. guys? >> all right. thank you very much. it is game time. the stakes very high this morning, tamron. we're going to sort out which tricky foods have to be refrigerated and which do not. >> this one has brought up some tension. there are strong opinions about this. that's important because a lot of food products can spoil which will not only make you sick but waste your money. here to put us to the test nbc's health and diet editor.

so yes, we have the issue of health, but there's also, like, the taste. some people don't like cold ketchup. the list goes on and on. >> food safety and optimal taste. that's what we're looking at today. all this stuff you're going to buy is at room temperature. but once you've opened it, are you going to refrigerate or not? >> like the sausage on the desk. >> we'll get to that later. >> i'm going to give you an item. you put that in the fridge or stick it in the pantry. then i'm going to give you the answer and we'll keep score. we're going to start with butter. does that go in the refrigerator or the pantry? you both get that. a lot of people think you can leave it out. >> people really think you can leave butter out? >> doesn't it turn into a mud snl. >> not really. but they actually think they can use it during the day. but it can spoil. let's move on to hard boiled

eggs. >> these are hard boiled. >> good luck. >> i'm putting them in here. they get nasty. >> they have them at the bar sitting out. >> willie would be correct. these have to go in the fridge. it's like any cooked food. two hours after you need to put them in the fridge. >> i've been to bars and they're sitting out. >> take your chances with that. >> what bar are you going to? >> little pubs. it's true. >> let's move onto typical maple syrups. >> i'm confident. >> what would you do with that? >> tamron is confident. and tamron would be right. but willie also you get points for this because 100% maple syrup, that goes in the fridge. >> but i use that and it's in the pantry. am i poisoning myself? >> you might want to put it in the fridge. okay.

let's move onto honey. room temp or -- >> that's easy. >> yeah. >> these are all easy for you tamron. and you both would be right. honey crystallizes. nothing can grow in that. just keep it away from air. let's move onto jelly and jams. fridge or pantry? >> fridge. >> we're going over here definitely. this is definite. >>. >> you can let it warm up. it goes in the fridge. you can have airborne spores in it and it gets oldie. don't scoop off the mold and say it's okay to eat. >> okay. >> now we're onto olive oil. when it's open? >> i'm torn but i saw a chef recently put it in a fridge. that was barefoot contessa. >> you both are right. you can leave it room temperature for a month or so. if you put it in the fridge,

it'll get cloudy but warm up again. so buy smaller amounts. app lot of us buy big tubs of oil. buy smaller so you don't throw this out. next is ketchup. >> really? >> pantry or fridge? >> i go fridge. after it's opened i go fridge. >> i hate cold ketchup. it's the worst. >> you're both a little bit right. because ketchup at room temperature will last for about three to four weeks. you lose some flavor. but keeping in the fridge, you'll keep it for months. >> a quick question. loaf of bread. this was a big point of contention with al roker and i. >> i put mine in the fridge. and al was furious about this. al roker is a fresh bread buyer i presume. that will be safe at room temperature. otherwise put it in the fridge. it will stale more but it's okay. >> if you want to know one thing you never should put in the fridge, go to today.com for the

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motrin or advil. >> will mahat about seeing the ? >> if you get blisters on your skin. if you have a few blisters, don't pop them. if you have a large area, if pain and redness and swelling continue, you have to go to the doctor. >> moving onto heatstroke. just the mere mention to me, we assume you go to the doctor. is it always immediately dangerous? >> it is. your core body temperature goes up to 104 degrees. what happens is that your internal organs, your heart, your brain, your muscles start to degrade. so that's an emergency. you have to call 911. while you're waiting for 911, up to get the person out of the heat. try to get them to an air conditioned area. and what you're going to do is put cool compresses on them. you're going put ice packs on

them. alternatively you can spray the body with cold water and then turn a fan on. and then with the evaporation of that water, it'll decrease their body temperature. but that is absolutely an emergency. >> what are the things we should look out for. the telltale signs of a heatstroke. >> so with heatstroke, you're going to have rapid breathing, your heart is going to race, you're going to be confusing, you're going to be disoriented. you can lose consciousness. that's a medical emergency. >> all right. something a lot of people respect aware of when it's coming. it's important to know the signs. let's go to dehydration. when you lose all the fluid. how do i treat that right away? >> with dehydration, tough rehydrate. you want to drink water, but also sports drinks are helpful because they have much-need eed electrolytes. so let's say on a day like today you're going to go outside, you want to drink probably two or three glasses of fluid before you go. while you're out there if you're running or engaged in like our

soccer players, you want to hydrate during the game or while you're running. then when crow come back in, again, more fluid. so let's say you feel like you're floating away, there are some fruits, for example, that are high in water content. like watermelon, cantaloupe, oranges. when you come back in, absolutely. there are other ways to rehydrate. there's coconut water also. >> these are good tips. >> i didn't know that about the fruit. interesting. >> things to think about when you head to the beach this weekend. good to see you. thanks so much. for more information and a list of the best sun screens out there, go to today.com. up next, talk about a prime gig. this guy gets to eat the best barbecue and back yards across america. this morning he's bringing it to your back hi, i'm jay farner president of quicken loans and we're here in detroit, michigan, helping folks refinance their homes and save money. does it make sense to refinance right now?

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and it's a lot of fun. high energy. premieres tonight 9:00 eastern on travel channel. >> this is one of your favorites today. >> it is. we're going to dump all the ingredients in there. give it a quit pulse. coffee helps to bring out the balance of the fat from a rib eye. >> you're putting coffee in your rub. >> mix it around. >> does it matter the roast? >> no. whatever up in the pantry. fresh grinded makes the difference. lather it up here. beautiful encrusted. go ahead and turn that. the flavor -- and it's about experimenting. grilling is about getting out in the back yard. it is manipulating flavors and trying things different every time. >> does the rub have to sit overnight? >> no. it's all about we don't have enough time. so let's get it done. we have beautiful roasted

garlic. wrapped it in foil. we jam that right into the coals to let it smolder. we just squeeze this out into some butter. then we do a little salt in there. mash that around. we've formed a little roll. you can throw this in the refrigerator for a few mornts. it's great with everything. >> you put that right over. >> you see it's got a nice melt to it ready to rock. >> nice. >> it's amazing. you see how beautiful this r ribeye. great fat content, don't forget your greens. we've got baby row main here. look how it chars up nicely. we charred our lemons. remember citrus and fresh herbs. we made a lemon vinaigrette with that. it goess over the top of these beautiful romaine lettuce. >> and you've got grilled

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>> we're going to go down memory lane with john o'hurley from "seinfeld." >> fun and entertaining ideas for the fourth of july. >> where will you be? >> in new orleans. >> i'm taking all day to grill in my back yard. >> the smell when we walked in was fantastic. >> we've got a big show. >> and retro looks for your home. >> we just want you guys. >> first these your local news and weat

good morning, everyone. 9:56. i'm scott mcgrew. the new 49ers stadium is in santa clara, not mountain view, but the mountain view city council is worried about how many people will park in mountain view and ride the train to santa clara, so the city last night approved a pilot program

it hopes will help the city deal with traffic when the stadium opens. the program will limit parking at 11 structures and lots to just three hours during events at the stadium. a huge chunk of northbound interstate 280 in san francisco is going to be closed for several days, for repair work. crews are going to repair hinges on the interstate to make it more earthquake-ready. northbound 280 between the 101 interchange and downtown will be closed starting tonight at 9:00. it's scheduled to reopen monday morning. let's check your weather this morning with christina. good morning. >> hey, good morning. definitely a lot more bearable out there today, scott. we had those triple digits earlier this weekend. yesterday wasn't too bad, but today we're going to shave an additional 5 to 10 degrees off of your highs from yesterday, and that equates to the 70s in the peninsula area. the east shore will hit the 70s. 64 in san francisco today. and 82 right here in beautiful san jose. staying nice and level all the way through the fourth of july.

then we bring those numbers up gradually for saturday and sunday. and then we might see a return of the triple digits when we meet back here next week. but overall, looking good, at least through the fourth of july. let's check your drive. here's mike. >> all right, christina. we're looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, where things are starting to loosen up for those fast track lanes. a nice, easy drive across that span. east shore freeway and north 880, all starting to move much better. speeds coming up to about 50 there. other side of the by the way, southbound 280, unusually slow south through palo alto. an earlier crash involving a big rig that went all the way across the freeway. no one else hit, scott. no injuries reported. there's the rest of your bay, pretty smooth. back to you. >> we'll have more local news coming up in half an hour.

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get your taste of the season, at raley's, bel air, and nob hill. from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. we're laughing already. >> yep. >> win day wednesday. july 2nd. and we welcome you to our little happy hour here at the "today" show. we got the funny, very, very debonair mr. john o'hurley is here to help celebrate "seinfeld's" 20 -- that made me feel old. >> i didn't realize it was that many years. >> anniversary yeah. to this day still regis goes to sleep after watching the "seinfeld" rerun. >> he still does. >> uh-huh. >> i always wondered what it would be like to have a studio

audience. >> we have one today. they have piled? >> a bunch of people in our studios and -- including a group of people who are contest winners. thanks for coming, you guys. >> san diego, beautiful family there. thank you, everybody. >> so yesterday at 4:00, the nation was riveted and glued to the soccer match. >> yep. >> it ended up, as you guys know, the u.s. lost 2-1 in extra time, but at the end of the game, there was a guy who emerged as such a hero, you guys know him as the hero named tim howard. this guy made 16 saves, which is the most in world cup history. someone said since the 1960s and some said in world cup history. regardless, the guy saved 16 goals. he's incredible. and matt asked him earlier in the show, he said, was this the best game you've ever played and his answer was no, it wasn't the best game i've ever played because we lost. >> yeah. >> and he just shows he's a team player. >> yeah. >> and he's a great guy. >> everyone was watching into another moment that really touched me. >> what? >> i think the neth eernetherla

that accidentally hurt an american. >> i saw that. >> the time he spent with him and worried about him and lifting him up and caring for him, that's when i start to cry now. it used to be cruelty made me cry. so used to it, now when somebody is kind or a true sportsman i'm reduced to tears. >> that was the guy that had his nose broken a couple times. he was extra worried about him. >> it was a beautiful moment. >> i was thinking where to watch it and i needed a pedicure desperately. i brought my ipad and i was watching it while i was getting the pedicure. >> you just want to show your gorgeous feet. >> no. then they had it up on the screens but it was on mute and then that dreamy music that they have in salons. >> you mean because other people were there to relax, hoda? >> i rallied the troops that whole place we were into it. >> wasn't there one person at beginning -- >> stink eye, like i came here to get away from this and you brought it to me. i wanted to order in. why don't we order in and watch

the rest of the game at the nail salon. >> did you? >> no, we didn't. other people tweeted pictures of themselves watching the game and it was -- it was ryan seacrest. he was like me right now. >> he put on the jersey. >> he did. >> wow. >> tom hanks and his family tweeted a picture. look at them all watching. >> that must be their place in colorado. >> wow. >> that was -- it was so close. hat office, team usa did a great, great job. >> they sure did. >> how fun to watch the growth of the sport in america. >> yeah. >> because they were -- you know, just -- frank gifford is any indication that this sport has made huge leaps. >> no kidding. >> he would have never ever in the past sat there for -- and they weren't just when america was playing. he was riveted. of course he doesn't have a whole lot to do these days in his life. right, honey? so in case you were wondering. >> guys like that. >> sirius xm, you guys, i think you know the "today" show is being broadcast on sirius xm to you can listen to us in your

car. >> why would anybody want to, i don't understand. >> first of all we talk over each other, you can't understand what we're saying. >> we're on sirius xm channel 108 on three times. >> at 1:00, and if you missed us at 1:00 p.m., turn us on at 4:00 p.m. and if you miss that on your drive home from work listen to us at 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> if you loved us the first two times and you can actually watch us at 2:00 a.m. in the morning. >> people are going to get sick of us. >> they already are. >> even extra "today" content with host jessica. >> you can follow us at today radio. >> didn't you do a sirius show while i was gone some. >> i did the highway. the country one. >> i know. >> did they let you pick your own? >> they let you pick your own songs and you got to dot part in between and talk for a while and then you said, this is hoda kotb on the highway. >> oh. >> i loved it. it was so much fun. i don't think i've ever had that much fun.

>> will they let me do a ret retrospe retrospect. >> they'll let you do whatever you want. >> everybody is all going crazy about "america's got talent" last night. >> yep. >> some cowboy had a way with the rope shall we say? ♪ >> oh, lord. >> you know what? there's a broadway show -- a show that was a huge hit that won the tony called "will rogers folies" where the lead has to do a ton of rope tricks. that's that guy's next job. he should go on tour with the "will rogers folies." apparently he can rope pretty much anything. anyway. >> he's moving on to the next round as you can imagine. >> so is cameron diaz. >> she did an interview with

"esquire" magazine. a great picture of cameron diaz. what is she 41? >> yeah. >> she's got a new comedy out called "sex tape" and for the first time she bares all in a movie with jason segal. >> i was sort of surprised by that. i didn't think -- i don't see every cameron diaz movie but what took her so long? i don't know. >> anyway, this -- there's a picture in "esquire" she looks great. >> yeah. >> and she explains something, i guess she was asked why she decided not to have children and she says, it's so much more work to have children, to have lives besides your own, that you're responsible for. i didn't take that on. that did make things easier for me. a baby, that's all day, every day for 18 years. not having a baby might make things easier but doesn't make it an easy decision. she was explaining why she decided not to have kids. it did cause a controversy. because some people saw it as her being honest and some people saw it as sort of being selfish. i don't want to spend time with

something other than me. >> there is one side to this, which is a lot of people don't realize the cost of either the financial cost or the emotional cost of raising children. if you're going to be a parent, be a good one. a lot of people just bring people into the world and don't even think about what -- and then once they have the children, they're not willing to invest the time and care. it's the hardest job you'll ever have no matter what you do for a living and it's also the greatest reward you'll ever have i think in life. so it is a big decision to make, so i mean i'm not going to judge another woman's choice, but she did give her an awful lot of time freed up in the gym and that's why she looks so great and can be naked in her movie. if i can find half an hour in the gym three times a week, so you know what, thank god we can choose to live our lives the way we want to. >> and talk about them. you have to take people criticize that's part of the game too. >> you know what breaks my

heart? >> what? >> i love she calls me chrissy, it's her best friend. whenever she calls me that, i feel better. >> you have karen and i have chrissy. anyway, and i have you, hoda woman, what drives me crazy is people have beautiful children and abuse them and then you see wonderful people who struggle with infertility and what they would give to -- they'd give anything. >> absolutely. >> you're right. >> it's so unfair. >> all right. >> moving to broadway a new musical coming out. >> yes. >> it is called "the first wives club." it's been announced. i loved this movie for many reasons but one reason in particular, there was an outstanding cast, but also a cameo of one person in particular. >> standing here talking to three amazing women but i have to ask you, is it true, somebody told me that the idea for this whole thing started because each of you had a husband that left you for a younger woman? >> oh, yes, yes. >> they are amazing women. >> good for you.

>> used to cut me out. >> i stole president mo every. >> and tom stole "jerry maguire". >> the two of you. >> what i say about that, that part is freakin' freezing february morning so cold, i had flown that night from florida, because regis and i had been down there shooting and imagine your first film role in a major film and you got to say your lines in front of diane keaton. >> yes. >> goldie hawn and best midler. >> were you freaking? >> i was freaking and they were so sweet to me. what i really do remember a lot. >> what? >> little kids that were extras were freezing. >> right. >> goldie was going to every single one of them and rubbing their hands and just loving on them and say go inside for a minute. she was very earth mother. >> all three of them. >> they were all great. but yeah, bet went to her trailer. how are you doing? >> enjoy. >> the show will have a broadway engagement in chicago in 2015

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e.t. because he phones them on their phones and he wants to get home. >> okay. >> so this is a sound footage movie, kids documenting it on their cell phones. it's adventure, a little science fiction. >> is steven spielberg going to take offense? >> no. i think he has enough money nothing like this offends him. >> talk "tammy". >> mel his ta sa mccarthy, the movie she stars in. she made it with her husband. >> and they wrote it together. >> and she plays a woman who losing her job, wrecks her car, loses her husband on the same day. >> still got a grammy. >> and she goes on a road trip with her grandma played by susan sarandon. >> a little "thelma and louise" tlenchs. a lods of comedy. that's what mel lisa does so well. it has a heart. oh, i've caused an accident, i'm so sorry. >> talk "begin again" looks like a great movie. >> this is mark ruffalo and

keira knightley. he plays a record executive who loses his job. she plays the girlfriend of a rock star played by "the voice's" own adam levine. they meet up in new york city. she's singing a song. make a record in different locations all over the city, record it live. it's about beginning again. >> all right. talk music. fish? >> fish. >> are they -- >> fish, they are around again. they are back on the road. >> i'm going to have some fun but not see fish. >> not going to see fish. okay. well the fourth of july and fish go together. nothing like fireworks at a fish show. the jam band of -- kind of the grateful dead of the moment. playing in saratoga this weekend. >> katy perry is on the road. >> katy perry's world tour named for her album "prism" has come to america. this is the big production. she's so richly visual. this is like seeing a couple broadway shows wrapped up into one. >> cassidy has been to a whole bunch of the concerts and says

katy by far is the finest live singer she's ever heard. >> wow. >> it is rare to see somebody brings these kind of production values and all of that who can actually sing the way she can. >> yeah. >> beyonce and jay-z. >> touring together, husband and wife on tour together for the first time, playing stadiums on the "on the run" tour. i don't know if you saw the beyonce arena tour when it was around but it was amazing. >> extraordinary performer. >> dierks bentley, what's he doing? >> out there singing country songs. >> we love him. >> one of the country acts in the states out touring. willie nelson has the annual fourth of july picnic but if you can't make it to austin for willie's picnic, see dierks bentley, sing his new single "drunk on a plane" a cautionary tale. >> one would hope. >> dave mathews is out there. >> in a different tour. no opening act for dave right now. dave goes out and sings with the dave mathews band and does a solo set. you're getting twice as much

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control. >> oh, love it. >> memories. >> oh. i know. when i think of things in terms of quarter of a century blocks it makes you feel old. >> you're holding well up. >> she has gone to pot but so great. >> there they are. >> your cute little son. how old is he? >> little boy is 7 1/2 now. hi, will. >> he's adoreble. >> i won't give my wife's age. i'm a politer man than that. >> 25 years. does it seem like a blank? >> there are moments it still seems like yesterday. every time i see the show, i remember everything about it. that was one of the things i said about it. i said any time, if you were playing an extra in a scene, i want you to remember the script, keep it, i want you to write notes about what you're wearing, because this is a show you will be watching with your grandchildren. so far i have been proved correct. >> does your son watch it? >> he does. he has watched "seinfeld." he watches everything. >> is he going to follow in daddy's shoes? >> over the last year he's starting to develop this sense

of himself on television. i wouldn't be surprised if he does a cartwheel and interject himself in the segment. >> did that show change the trajectory of your career. >> it really did. prior to that, i was nauls a sitcom or something like that. something about being on "seinfeld" and it was because they created these iconic characters. >> yeah. >> all of the characters, i was just happy to be one of the kids on the bench there. but the characters were so ridiculous. they could not have existed on any other show. >> yet such a germ of truth about them. that's why it worked so much. >> absolutely. >> we will give everyone a question to get us started with the game we will play. take it away. >> all right. my first question here, what did j. peterman say -- excuse me why did j. peterman say "you're fired" to elaine. a, she was a bad dancer, b, she failed a drug test, c, she ate his cake, d, she hated "the english patient." >> all right. think about it. we're going to play along with the crowd after your local news.

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in butz canyon road. firefighters are hoping calmer winds and cooler temperatures will help them control the fire. more than a dozen people are spending the day lacking for a woman who disappeared from the south bay a week and a half ago. nemy left her sister's home in gilroy to take a walk without her cell phone, wallet, or keys. she never came back. there's concern that she's battling severe depression. she also has diabetes. we'll take a look at weather and traffic coming up after the break.

welcome back now. i'm meteorologist christina loren. the wind will strengthen for today, but overall, your temperatures are really going to drop off. we're looking towards highs only in the mid-80s in the hot spots across the bay area, down from the triple digit plus weather we had on monday. so 78 degrees is the forecasted high for the east shore. 82 for the south bay, and 77 degrees, perfection, along the peninsula for today. coming up at 11:00, we are going to show you the best choices for viewing the fireworks this year. where you're going to get a clear shot of those beautiful fireworks. that's coming up at 11:00. first, let's check your drive. here's mike. >> a smoother shot now for 101 south. a little slowing around university, approaching the embarcadero. over here, 580 westbound, still slow as you're coming out of livermore. that's been a late commute, had things held up on the tracy side for quite some time this morning and never quite recovered the whole way. a nice drive for the bay bridge toll plaza, where a live look shows you you have cars waiting.

cash and fast track alike. that will smooth out. >> big newscast coming up at 11:00. see you then. . and we're back with more of "today" on wines day wednesday. ready to play our trivia game called who knew. saturday marks the 25th anniversary of "seinfeld." we're going to test your knowledge of some classic characters and episodes. kathie lee is across the street at the nbc experience store. she's ready to hand out $100 to anyone that gets the questions right, to those who don't, they're still winners because they get a kathie lee cd and a "seinfeld" dvd. >> oh. >> no, they don't, hoda. >> whatever. >> bring the cds over. >> just a dvd. >> john o'hurley is back with us. >> seduced and abandoned over there. they came for the "seinfeld" dvd and not getting it. >> john, before the break we asked this question, why did j. peterman say you're fired to elaine, was it she was a bad dancer, she failed a drug test,

she ate his cake, or she hated "english patient"? what's the answer? >> the answer is, of course we need this in the form of a question, the answer is, what is d, she hated "the english patient." >> ding ding ding. >> anybody get it over there? >> well -- >> we're going to ask, kathie lee will ask our first question. >> lovely lady from kentucky. the pilot episode was not called "seinfeld." what was its title, "signs of "seinfeld," the "seinfeld" chronicles? >> i think it's the "seinfeld chronicles". >> yeah. >> it's interesting to see the way the show evolved over the first season. new characters added, some were removed, the parents were changed around a little bit. i often think that today they wouldn't have had the patience to let the show evolve as long as they did and evolve as really deeply as it did. again, changing characters around, usually that's a death for a series. >> we're glad you stayed.

let's go, kathie lee. >> okay. lovely lady from indiana. this year jerry seinfeld and jason alexander were together at tom's restaurant which served as the exterior for the show's monks cafe. what were they doing, shooting the "sign field" movie, a super bowl commercial, planning a new tv series or they missed the salad. >> i think it was a super bowl commercial. >> we know "seinfeld" trivia. >> very good. the sets on that show were absolutely extraordinary and they were -- they are as iconic as the show is. >> you're night i had a dressing room, believe it or not, i never went to my dressing room. i lived in the j. peterman office on the show. if you were to open any one of those drawers all of my stuff was there. >> we loved my favorite thing one of my favorite things on the show, your monologues. >> oh, yes. >> speaking of "the english patient" and eating my cake, elaine was -- i remember the close of the episode after she had eaten my priceless piece of

wedding cake and replaced it with a $2 slice of entamans, thank you very much. i said elaine, do you have any idea what happens to a butter based frosting after six decades in a poorly ventilated british basement. i have a feeling what you're about to go through is punishment enough. good day. >> yes! i love it. kathie lee, over to you. >> what a memory. so sad for the people trying to win a prize. pick up a lot of time there. from washington, d.c., where were the four main characters in the last scene of the "seinfeld" finale in 1998? a courtroom, jerry's apartment, monk's cafe or jail? >> jail. >> yep. >> ding ding ding. yeah. jail is the spot. >> jail is the spot indeed. it's funny, i remember the last thing i said to elaine was, i walked up to her and said elaine, take it from me, it's going to be bad in there. but if you need a plank ket, you know we've got some dandies. >> i love you. another one from kathie lee. >> lovely man and his beautiful boys from florida. larry david, cocreator of

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immediately, let's test you for lyme disease and isn't it just a simple blood test? >> it is. the problem is that the tests are just not reliable. if doctors do some of these tests and it's negative they tell the patient they don't have it. but the first test that they do, it misses about half of the people who have lyme disease. >> good grief. >> what should you do and feeling her symptoms, fatigue, and the doctor says no we've tested you for lyme disease, you don't have it? >> one of the most important things is to take a good history from a patient. for example, if you have good and bad days where your symptoms are coming and going and moving around your body, one day you have muscle or joint pains in the shoulder and do two days later in your hip and three days later in your knee, tingling, numbness and burning moving around your body and walk into a room and can't remember why, forgetting people's names and phone numbers, you're very tired, you a stiff neck and headache, you're sensitive to sounds and light, you can't fall asleep, keep waking you. >> we're nodding. >> yeah. >> yes. >> we got that. >> what do you do?

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made in the usa is brought to you by jc penney. when it fits you feel it. back now with a special series "made in the usa" as we count down to the country's birthday. >> gearing up to decorate in red, white and blue we will save you some money showing you new ways to use things you probably already have around your house. >> production and budget design specialist stayty nelson here with fun ideas. >> happy fourth. >> great to see you again. >> love your ideas. >> thank you so much.

i'm all about saving money first. if you have items scout your house, go through your holiday decorations, kids' toy chest, even your own cabinets. kids toys are great for the fourth of july. just a little sand pale, fill it with decorations. what about this flyer. amish made american flyer. what you can do is fill it and use it as a party serving station. >> line it for the ice. >> that's right. >> you use ice then line it. >> that's not really ice. >> that would be right. >> also, if you have watering cans in red or blue that works great. a funky cheese greater. that home spun taste of fourth of july. lot of us have burlap laying around from halloween and american parties. all made in the usa. wrap your bottles, embellish with a paint pen. >> or ribbon. >> make a table runner. >> very cute. >> and liners, not just for baking anymore.

make a little sign in the front of the table, flatten them out, put on peel and stick letters. the kids have fun with them. >> the kids happen to be here. >> a bunch of them. >> red, white and blue tape and ribbon is the best way to quickly enhance your house. this tape actually this is from scotch. it's a new line and it is all made in the u.s. it is fantastic. the kids have a great time with it. >> they sure are. >> look at this. >> they are having fun. >> you can just wrap bottles and jars and vases. have them make an american flag. >> that's really good. >> love it right here. >> don't forget your bandanas if you have them around the house tie them together. >> we have to get to this big mob of kids. what's going on here? >> the fourth of july. >> yeah. >> you know, have them decorate their bikes. they can ride down the neighborhood, they can be part of the local parade. keep them busy for hours and what's more american than having your kids decorate their bikes in red, white and blue and drive

down the middle of your street. >> proud. >> that's right. >> how cute are all these. >> happy independence day, everybody. >> thank you. >> all right. >> all right. >> how about a party decor, now about your home decor. >> fresh takes on retro styles. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >> yeah.

. remember when the hot looks for your home included textured wallpaper, floral print sofas and a kitchen full of colored appliances? >> guess what? looks like they're back and all the rage right now. here with updated retro styles you can work into your decor is designer and lifestyle expert vanessa. >> hi. thanks for having me. >> sure. >> back again? >> back and better than ever. >> okay. >> now, after years of colored appliances like reds and pops of colors from the '70s, '80s, '90s

i mean stainless steel appliances were the thing. no more. >> okay. >> george foreman got on the train. >> love george foreman. this is the george foreman four plate removable plate grill. >> it's amazing. >> okay. >> multiple colors. how gorgeous is this. >> he has made such a fortune off these grills and he's a sweet guy. >> they're amazing. >> yeah. >> now this is the oster. you can get this at target by the way. now this one here is multiple colors, same thing. oster products available at kohl's. you can mix it with the george foreman. >> mix the colors up. >> absolutely. >> not so much. >> you could. >> your kitchen cabinets and cabinets are the same a pop of color won't hurt. >> all right. these pillows are great. now what's nice about this hundreds of years as you know wallpaper and couches and sofas all blended, the colors together and all floral. now updated and beautiful,

better than ever, these are available at wayfair, from 30 to $60. you can't go wrong. you can change it out. what's nice about that. >> throw it on a white couch or something, right? >> yep. >> after years -- i mean in the 90s, feng shui -- >> i have buddhas. >> good luck. >> i study feng shui. in the 90s were huge. this fig rene is available at wayfair, $49. can't go wrong. and they're good luck. >> okay. what's this? >> this is the buddha, available at overstock.com. this is $161. the other side, there's a buddha, this side, you want to switch it up for seasonal purposes that's great too. >> what do you do with it. >> smart. >> room divider. >> absolutely. >> okay. so after decades and decades of dark wood being in vogue. >> i like light wood. >> pines, birch, all the light colors of the rainbow are back. what's nice about it, you don't have to throw away your old wood colors.

bring it in, a mix here, this is available at ikea, $49. >> hoda loves ikea. >> is great. minus the huge carts trying to get around. >> minus the assembly. >> i like to get around. >> snacks are good. >> and the meatballs. >> the best. >> this is also a nice light color. this is available at urban outfitters, $98. three tiered piece. gorgeous. >> great. >> bathroom. >> absolutely. >> tell us about what's behind here? >> this is awesome. wallpaper has been the trend for the last few years. but it now has gone to another level. this is a grass cloth wallpaper available at home depot, $49 a roll. can't go wrong. accent walls. put the entire room, fill it up. ceilings, i love doing creelings. >> all right. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> appreciate it. coming up tomorrow, performance by country music singer tyler far. >> and our ambush makeovers and we're counting down it's almost here to hoda's big 50th birthday

party. 38 days away. >> not almost here. >> have an awesome wednesday. >> not even

right now at 11:00, crews racing against time to try to control a wildfire raging in napa county. it's grown overnight, and there's fear strong winds could whip the flames even further. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. >> and i'm kris sanchez. the fire is burning along butts canyon along pope valley in middleton. this is near the heart of wine country and the fire thes threatening dozens of homes as well as vineyards and wineries. hopefully they're getting an upper hand, bob? >> reporter: good morning to you, kris and scott. right now, 3,200 acres burned, only 30% contained. on the upside, the higher