we're back now with more of "today" on a thursday morning, the 16th day of july, 2009. what a difference a day makes. yesterday, right out here on the plaza, the place was all decked out for a beautiful wedding for leigh and nick. they got married with that vineyard theme. and here we are, 24 hours later. not as much as a grain of rice left out here. because we had a very hungry crowd yesterday. >> shoveled it up. >> it was a beautiful wedding. >> it really was. >> also had great weather, a really nice time. congratulations to them. they're off on their honeymoon to australia today. meanwhile out on the plaza, i'm matt lauer along with erin burnett. erin is here while meredith is on assignment. and mr. roker. >> there's a baby over here, as

well. >> oh! look at that. >> coming up in this half hour, you probably noticed the video, you probably watched the video back in 1984 when it first happened. remember that pepsi commercial shoot where michael jackson was the star of the shoot, and because of an accident his hair actually caught fire? some people say that is the incident that led him down the road to an addiction to prescription drugs. well, "us weekly" magazine has uncovered brand-new video of that. it's alarming video. you're looking at some of it right now. we're going to talk to janice min about how they obtained that video and what it may tell us about that pop superstar's troubled life. >> and then if you have teenagers, we all know they text all the time. but they also often are doing something called sexting, which is actually texting sexually explicit photos via text or e-mail. parents can only imagine what that might mean. and what can you do to make sure that your child, your teenager does not become a statistic. we're going to talk about that with dr. ruth peters. >> and we just mentioned about

our wedding nick and leigh thaiing the knot. and then of course they went to the fabulous plaza hotel. heck of a party there. if you didn't get to watch all of it we're going to take you inside the historic walls and check out all the festivities that went on. >> okay. including the first bite of wedding cake. before we go any further ann is on assignment. natalie's at the news desk with a look at all the headlines. >> good morning, everyone. an eighth suspect has been arrested in the murders of that florida couple who adopted special needs children. 47-year-old pamela long wiggins was charged as an accessory after the killings. police say they are looking for potentially two more people of interest. the safe taken from the home has been recovered. president obama meets today with two senators who could hold key votes on health care reform. a senate committee voted along party lines wednesday to pass a $615 billion measure. the goal is to make health coverage available to nearly all americans. a more expensive house bill is facing its first committee votes today. job losses are preventing a

turnaround in the housing crisis. home foreclosure notices soared by nearly 15% in the first half of the year, according to the private firm realty track. and a search for clues intensified today at the site of wednesday's plane crash in northwestern iran. the plane's black boxes have been recovered. all 168 people on board the caspian airlines flight to armenia were killed. space shuttle astronauts plan to use a robot arm today to check for any damage from wednesday's launch. pieces of foam insulation broke away from a fuel tank and struck the shuttle's underbelly. a rendezvous with the international space station is scheduled for tomorrow. a fuel tanker explosion near detroit last night shut down a two-mile stretch of the highway. intense heat from the fire caused parts of an overpass to collapse onto interstate 75 in hazel park michigan. amazingly the driver and two other people suffered only minor injuries. you're up to date now at four minutes past the hour. let's go back outside once again

to matt and erin. >> this crazy lady give me those things. >> she can't be offended for calling her crazy. >> i'm watching you, too. let's get a check of the weather. >> all right, here we go. mr. roker? >> okay. that's a good look. i think you ought to wear that down on the floor. of the exchange. that will get some attention. it's shand's 16th -- which one of you is shannon? >> me! >> happy birthday. where are you from? >> portland, oregon. >> is this part of your posse here? >> yeah. >> happy 16th. let's check your weather, see what's happening. for today we basically got some big storms firing down in the mississippi river valley. some of those storms could bring gusty winds and hail. we're also looking at plen if i of sunshine in the pacific northwest. the heat is on from texas right on into the valleys of california, and interior pacific northwest, as will. risk of strong storms later on today in the northeast. showers and thunderstorms hit or

miss through the gulf >> it is going to be a bit hot today. at 90 degrees is the high. slight chance of isolated thunderstorms today. variably that's your latest weather. natalie? >> al, thank you. now to that stunning video just released showing michael jackson's hair catching on fire while he was filming a tv commercial for pepsi. was it the beginning of his downward spiral? nbc's jeff rossen is following it all for us. jeff, good morning. >> natalie, good morning to you. you know this became one of the most talked about moments in american pop culture.

but we never saw saw it, not like this. for the first time you're going to see what really happened on the set of that 1984 pepsi commercial, from the explosion to michael jackson's hair actually on fire many say it was this accident that sparked an addiction to painkillers. it was michael jackson's final take of the pepsi commercial that changed everything. ♪ the shoot had been going smoothly, until take six. there was a flash onstage. the pyrotechnics exploded too early, and suddenly the king of pop was on fire, in this never-before-seen video you can see the flames shooting from his hair. >> my stark reaction when i saw this video is just the absolute shock. his hair is actually on fire for about eight seconds before anybody steps in to put it out. so he continues dancing, oblivious to the fact that his hair is alight. >> reporter: jackson kept performing for the cameras and the 3,000 fans there to watch.

he was still smoking as people rushed to help. >> when he suddenly realizes that there is a fire, he puts his sequinned white glove on top of his head and tries to put it out and people crowd around him. >> reporter: he looked shocked. who wouldn't be, and if you slow the video down you can see his scalp, the hair singed off. it was january, 1984. michael jackson was at the height of his career. but this would become the watershed moment of his life. >> the fact that the pepsi commercial went wrong is almost -- it pinpoints, really, the beginning of the end, when everything started to go wrong. this is when he first became addicted to painkillers. he was prescribed demerol to get over this injury. >> reporter: "us weekly" magazine obtained the video and posted it online. to this day the jackson family blames the pepsi incident for many of michael's problems. jermaine jackson spoke with matt about it at neverland. >> i heard things about the prescription drugs when he had the pepsi burn. >> reporter: 25 years later,

prescription drugs are at the center of his death investigation. jackson's doctors have turned over medical records, including his dermatologist arnold klein and dr. conrad murray, who was with jackson at the time of his death. dr. murray is now in virtual hiding, though his lawyer denies dr. murray did anything wrong. his spokesperson tells nbc news he met with investigators twice. the final interview on june 27th, two days after jackson died, lasted three hours. they say he hasn't been served with subpoenas or search warrants. and that he's turned over all the documents requested. usc law professor jean rosenbluth said prosecutors have an opportunity here to send a message. >> when the whole world is watching, you've got a high profile victim, you get more bang for your buck if you go after the people who are criminally responsible in a situation like that. >> reporter: i spoke with the los angeles d.a.'s office, and they now confirmed for nbc news prosecutors are in touch with

investigators. they're talking. perhaps a new sign that the criminal case is moving forward. but this morning, natalie, it's that video giving us a peek inside jackson's personal battle. really fascinating to watch now, knowing how it all ended. >> absolutely. jeff rossen reporting from los angeles. thank you. and janice min is the editor in chief of "us weekly" magazine. janice, good morning. >> dpoerm. >> the video certainly shocking to see it now, 25 years later. why do you think it has taken so long for it to come out now? >> what's fascinating is, if that video had -- if that accident happened today, you know the video would be online, and youtube in 20 minutes a million people would have come out and given their witness accounts. but even in that time, you could see that this wall of secrecy was around michael jackson. and i'm going to, i think it's safe to assume that michael jackson was the one who dictated the press around that. you know, he is someone who is a -- was a perfectionist. >> why wouldn't he want this video to be out, though? >> to me it seemed it would show weakness. you know, this is a man who had already anointed himself the king of pop.

everything about his look, his performance was heavily orchestrated. to be a victim in his eyes, i think, would be the worst thing possible. so he wanted to portray himself as someone invincible. >> how is the accident, though, a turning point, though, in -- in his possible drug addiction, the -- the addiction as well as the plastic surgery it appears he had? >> remember he's 25 years old at this time. he's at the top of his game. there's simply no bigger celebrity. he -- you can just tell the pain that must have ensued after that, had to have been excruciating. >> the fact that he didn't even really know that his hair was on fire for about eight to ten seconds later. >> absolutely. >> until it penetrated his scalp at that point. >> absolutely. obviously the repair to his scalp, he was meeting with a plastic surgeon who would later go on to do all the plastic surgery on michael jackson's face. i -- i am going to -- i think it's safe to assume, also, that the level of medication he was on could have impaired his

judgment. i don't think it's any coincidence that later that year he was stepping out with emmanuel lewis, carrying him to red carpet events. the next year he acquired beguns. sleeping in a bed with bubbles. >> the strange behavior started to happen after this incident. >> i don't think that medication can make you want little boys to sleep in your bed with you, but i think that it can certainly impair your judgment. >> right. and you know, dr. arnold klein, who was his longtime dermatologist says also been involved in treating jackson said he had skin grafts at the time, as well. but now, "us weekly" is also reporting that he is now claiming to be the biological father of michael jackson's three children. >> he's not claiming to be the father. he just has given very -- >> sperm donor. >> he's given very ambiguous answers about being the father. we've confirmed he's the father of the first two children. we don't know who the parent of blanket. but yesterday, a former lover of dr. klein's came out and confirmed that he's the father of all three kids. >> do you think that this means

that there may be any claim to paternity rights here or is this just something -- new information coming forward? >> it's just new information coming forward. i would be very surprised if dr. klein would be like to be the legal parent of these children. he already worked out a deal long ago. there are documents. it seems that he was doing this as a favor to -- as a favor to michael jackson. >> do they have that close a relationship then? beyond patient, you know, doctor relationship? >> let's remember, michael jackson didn't have true friends in the way that you and i think of friends. many of his friendships were based on professional relationships. he did grow very close to arnold klein and one of the things that bothered him with arnold klein is he was only treating him for the vitiligo. >> that's the skin condition. that allowed for the bleaching of the skin. >> interestingly, even after the accident there's the famous picture of him raising his gloved hand from the stretcher as he's being taken out and he kept the glove on. dr. klein at that time had

started to treat him for vitiligo on his hand and he used to conceal that with the glove. that was the origin of the glove. >> interesting. i wondered about that. we also heard the family believes that the death was a homicide but the lapd said it's not investigating the case as that. but how might this change, as we start to learn more and more information about this, and some of the people involved in his inner circle that surrounded him? >> i mean i think you have to think about anna nicole smith. obviously it took a long time for that case to unfold. with michael jackson, it's still being investigated. i think the police are very reluctant to lane this a homicide until they have all their ducks lined up. if they ever get the ducks lined up. it's very clear that there were unsavory influences around michael jack. . whether or not they were criminal remains to be seen. >> certainly taking advantage of the situation, no doubt. janice min from "us weekly." thank you. you can see more of that video on "us weekly's" website, as well. coming up next, teens and sexting.

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children. "today" contributor ruth peters is a psychologist with some warning signs. ruth, good to see you. >> good morning, al. >> those are scary statistics. >> they're very scary. but they're very, very real. and parents have to realize that their child might actually be doing this. >> now, so what motivates kids to send these photos? >> first of all, ust being a kid. most of it is peer pressure. a lot of times they're initiating it themselves as a present to a boyfriend or girlfriend, or something. as a present in quote. more often it is being sent to them and they're forwarding on and they don't realize when they're forwarding something, that is pornography. >> right. and what ages are we talking about here? >> kids usually, the statistics we're showing are age 13 and up. and it really kind of hits a peak at about 17, 18. >> 24%? >> and then young adults, can be 30%, 40% that are involved in this. >> what is a parent to do? i mean, i would think you've got to start early. because kids are getting these cell phones younger and younger. >> first of all, a parent has to get savvy.

learn to text yourself, okay? understand what -- how to go on google images, put your kid's name in quotes and you'll find out what images your child is on. learn how to use the technology myself. and also get on facebook. get on myspace. let the kids know in a very transparent way that i'm going, i'm on this too and i'm going to be one of your friends. or you cannot have this site. >> when do you start talking to your kids about this? >> the minute they have that cell phone. and you do it with different ages. first of all, with an 11-year-old, 12-year-old you might not want to be as explicit. so you might want to say if you ever see something that involves body parts that are covered by a bathing suit, that's what i always say, that's inappropriate and show me, tell me about it. with the older kids, they know exactly what sexting is because they may be involved in it and you need to start talking to them and letting them know, this is against the law. it may be child pornography. >> and this goes beyond just cell phones, too. we're talking like myspace, and facebook. in a sense, we have to let them know that once it's out there, it's out there. >> it's out there.

and when parents say, well isn't that snooping if i go onto their myspace. first of all, they're putting it out there for the world, all right? so it is not snooping. it is your right, but it's also your responsibility to be watching and looking and seeing what your child is doing so they don't get themselves in trouble or hurt other people in the process. >> now, also kids do this from home, as well. the home computer. you know, parents have to be aware of that, as well. >> that's why the home computer should be in a public place in the family room, something like that. if you see the kid shutting it down quickly you know something's up or if they're in their bedroom the whole time all night and day and doing the texting, you need to be able to say i'm paying the bills, let me check your messages. >> should you be spying on your kids? >> it's not spying when they're sending it out to the whole world, okay? so absolutely you should have a deal. if i'm giving you this technology, just like i wouldn't give you a car without a driver's course. i'm going to learn about it and i'm going to be watching you do it. so yes you absolutely should be checking what your kids are texting. >> are there any signs a parent

should be looking for? >> yes, if a kid is not coming to dinner, if grades are going down, if they're not spending time with the family. or if they're very depressed, it could be that they are a victim of sexting. very important to know. >> and a lot of people think oh, this is harmless pranks. these can have dire consequences. >> there have been suicides because of it. a lot of depression because of it. it can be a felony in some states. and it's just not -- i think the best thing to say to your child if they're starting to engage in this, how would you feel if somebody did this to you and it was sent to your 100 closest friends and they had a picture of you with another person, and it was very inappropriate or showing those body parts that are covered with a bathing suit, very inappropriate. or saying nasty things. it's cyber bullying. how would you feel about it? >> good advice. thanks so much. >> it's my pleasure. >> good to see you again. >> coming up next, we're going to show you what you may have missed at leigh and nick's big wedding. ll us chameleons are in the mood for something different. action! no, cartoon!

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you can take some of these, embed it into your floor and accent along a hallway, in your kitchen. think about getting creative and changing a mood of a room simply by either accenting or doing something a lot larger. >> right. >> on a bigger scale. sort of like a backsplash for the kitchen. >> exactly. slate, stone, porcelain, tons of ideas. again, don't be afraid to really get creative. there's just so much here. >> and such bold and almost vintage-looking patterns. >> that's right. it's a trend i really saw with bold, vintage, always egg gant, always practical. >> over here this is amazing. >> this is great for -- >> it looks like wood. >> but this is porcelain. so many of us want that look of a warm wood but for example you were saying in your bathroom you have something like this. >> yes. >> but you don't want to use wood, it's bad when you get it wet. >> exactly. gets dirty. >> this can give you the look and you don't have to worry about it. >> it really -- >> looks exactly like wood. you have to get close to see that it's porcelain. and again, take your pick, get

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♪ you just have to love a fun, tasty dinner ♪ ♪ and wearing some of that dinner on you. ♪ ♪ this morning on "today's kitchen," hot chef. james fabian, the executive chef of the four seasons resort, hualali in kona, hawaii, is with us. president obama was resident on the island and seems to have treated him very well. james is here to bring a taste of the tropics to our season. >> aloha. >> now so we're making a macadamia nut crusted -- >> we're going to do a macadamia nut crusted mahimahi.

>> can you use any other kind of fish? >> any white fish would be great. you can also use chicken. it's a very adoptable dish. it's one of those dishes that was really in about ten years ago, and we tried to move on but the guests won't let it go. >> they want their mahimahi with macadamia nuts. >> if you could season the fish with salt and pepper. i'm going to add sam panko bread crumbs but any bread crumbs will do. orange zest, lime zest, fresh garlic, some chives and some fresh basil. you just mix that up a little bit. >> right. >> so, in the crust, the crust can be adjusted in any way, if you're down south and you want to do a pecan crust. >> oh. >> whatever. >> for whatever nuts. >> and the crust itself. so what we're going to do to maintain the integrity of the fish, just put one side into the egg and go right into the crust. we're not breading the whole thing. >> how come? >> like i said it maintains the integrity of the fish. and enhances the fish rather

than overwhelming it in flavor. >> ah. >> so this is a nice way to do it. just push down a little bit. >> push down. >> and always lay the fish away from you so the oil doesn't splash back on you. that's a professional trick. you wonder how we learn that. >> you got burnt a couple of times. >> probably. >> how long will you leave this? until it browns? >> you want to set that crust. you don't want to turn it before the crust sets, probably about two or three minutes. once you turn it then it takes another minute or two. we'll take this fish and go to an often, about 350 degrees, and we'll just put it in there for about two, three minutes. >> right. now should it be cooked completely all the way through, or should there be a little -- >> fish should be moist and slightly underdone. so these fish -- >> it continues cooking after you take it out? >> yes, goes up another seven or eight degrees. from there it should be good. we're going to put this on there so we don't burn ourselves.

>> and you've got a nice little side dish. >> this is papaya salsa. the idea is it's ripe, it's in season, it's fresh. and to that we're going to add some red bell pepper. we use maui onions, but any will do. cilantro and fresh grated ginger. >> a little spice. . >> a little spice and a little aromatics if you don't mind stirring that up. >> all right. anything else go in there? >> we finish with a little rice vinegar here. and of course, we season with some salt and pepper. then the secret is always to taste whatever you're making. >> always to taste. >> you've got to taste it at the end and make sure that it's yummy. and balanced. >> yummy! >> there you go. >> use something else to scoop it out there. >> we have another bowl. >> okay. over here we did a little speed potato puree. we used purple potatoes but orange potatoes will do, even a russet potato. ear going to take our fish, pat off a little of the excess oil. put it on here. and then we garnish with the salsa.

and then we eat it. >> then we eat it. >> hmm. hang on. that is terrific. thank you so much. thank you so much. >> thank you, al. >> aloha. >> all right. >> book this, dano. we'll be back in a moment. . fios guy! where ya headed? ah, just installed fios in the whole building.

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and how about that? >> that gazpacho is unbelievable. >> whoo. hoda and kathie lee are here. >> yes, we are. hanging out. >> you guys look fantastic. >> thank you. >> we have a big show coming up. >> how big? >> it's huge. >> so big we have rejects and cirque du soliel. >> whoo. >> it's nice about the rejects. >> all american rejects.

>> they're nice rejects. >> and we also picked two lucky ladies from the plaza, and they're getting done over. >> even as we speak. >> yes, it's happening right now. >> red hot mama? >> yes, red hot mama. >> and she wants a big kiss from al. >> i did give her a kiss. >> you did? >> yes, i did. >> anyway. that's about all we've got going on for us. >> because she can have this one. >> she could. >> i think you need to go find her and give her a lei. >> thanks so much for that. kathie lee. you're awfully nice. >> thank you. >> all right. and of course, you guys look fantastic during the wedding. we'll be back -- >> it's not over. stay here. >> not over. stay here. >> hey, how about a little bit of hawaii five-o. ♪ >> that's very good.

>> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. violence linked to the use of cell phones in prison as some officials are urging legislation that would jammed illegal cell phones used by prisoners. they say that gang members use

the funds to coordinate gang activity. the case of carl lackl was used as an example. >> the jamming technology is something that we have not had an opportunity to demonstrate, because it is against the law to use it. part of what we're doing is asking for a demonstration to see if the technology might be used. critics >> say can be used for

>> now let's look at the forecast with sandra shaw. >> very warm day it time yesterday. -- tan high today. slight chance of a thunder storms as well. a weak front is approaching the area. this will not generate a lot of activity, but it will bring in more humid conditions. tonight, right where we should be in the temperature range. we will be anywhere from 65 to 70. the front will stall off short tonight. many of the thunderstorms maintaining the southwesterly wind flow. by tomorrow evening, another good shot of seeing scattered showers and storms. saturday, another front gets through here. we will be into the low 80s, still estimates drop the week enpa

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