we're back now with more of "today" on a thursday morning. 23rd day of july, 2009. rain on the way here but it has not started yet. that's good news for the people lining our plaza this morning. as always we thank them for stopping by. out on the plaza, i'm matt lauer with al roker and natalie morales. honest question for the two of you. are you always good about putting on sunscreen on yourself or your children? >> certainly on the kids. >> definitely on the kids. i'm trying to be better about myself. >> no baking in the sun? >> no, no, no. >> it's good to know because melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, the rates are on the rise, especially among women. so coming up we are going to have more on what is, for some, a rite of summer, baking in the sun. dr. nancy synderman is going to answer questions about how to protect your eyes, your skin, how to avoid age spots, things like that. we'll have that information in just a couple of minutes. >> all right. also coming up, more of

meredith's exclusive interview with susan boyle. of course she lived in obscurity for almost 40 years. now she's certainly a name, a sensation. she became an instant star. this morning she's going to open up more, sharing more of her dreams. and also meredith has a couple of surprises for her. >> pretty cool. >> very sweet. >> and then a little bit later on we're going to be heading into the kitchen for some fantastic gadgets that will make your cooking this summer so much easier. it will make you want to stay in the kitchen. and speaking of staying in the kitchen, a little bit later on, courtesy of superstar chef mr. tyler florence. >> that shrimp looked good, by the way. >> you guys ate them all. they were gone. >> ann's standing by at the news desk. got all the headlines. >> thanks a lot, matt. good morning. by the way, welcome back to natalie and good morning. with the news this morning, president obama heads to ohio today seeking support on health care reform. he will lead a public forum and visit the cleveland clinic, which he praised for putting

patients above bureaucracy. at a white house news conference last night, the president addressed some of the polls suggested are an increasingly wary american public. he said those who already have health insurance will face skyrocketing premiums and out-of-pocket expenses if the system is not overhauled. the president also weighed in on last week's arrest of harvard professor henry gates jr. he said that the police in cambridge, massachusetts, quote acted stupidly when they handcuffed gates at his own home after someone reported a possible burglary. this morning, secretary of state hillary clinton said north korea has shown no sign it is interested in scrapping its nuclear program. this after north korea says it would not rejoin six-party disarmament talks. clinton said that the communist nation has no friends left to protect it from u.n. sanctions. the food and drug administration gets its first in-depth progress report today on efforts to develop, test and manufacture a swine flu vaccine.

on wednesday the national institutes for health called for several thousand volunteers from babies to the elderly to receive test batches. an australian company began human testing of its own vaccine this week. six people are hospitalized this morning after being shot on the campus of texas southern university in houston. it happened during a rally for community service and voter registration. police believe the shooting was gang related. and a cat was in a very tough spot on wednesday when it got stuck in a drain pipe until firefighters in massachusetts used a high pressure-hose to push the cat through the tight squeeze into the waiting net of an animal control officer, and today, the cat is just perfect. whoo. let's go back outside to matt, al and natalie. >> all right, you've got al roker over there? you have a birthday girl? >> i do. >> who is this? >> this is carlisle.

today's her first birthday. >> she doesn't look that happy. >> i know, it's been a long day. >> you woke her up. >> we're from brooklyn. >> you even got a sign holder for you. very impressive. the guy holding the umbrella. let's check your weather, see what's happening. we've got this big area of tropical moisture working its way up the eastern sea board bringing heavy rain. rainfall amounts generally are going to be kind of high, as you see this thing working its way up the coast. becomes low pressure coastal flood advisories in effect. we're expecting up in parts of eastern massachusetts up to three inches of rain. some of that could work its way west and come up along the coast. we're going to keep an eye on that. >> good chance of showers and storms, and we are monitoring activity in central maryland thanks to this system spinning off shore. a friend is also approaching from the

that's your latest weather. what's your name? >> chris cover. >> and? >> matt. >> and? >> brenda. >> i thought you skipped you. what's your name, bud? >> i'm chris. >> what happened to your foot? >> i broke it playing frisbee. >> i hope that's okay. now let's go back in to ann. natalie. somebody. >> it's me, al. thanks so much, al. this morning on "today's daily dose" the abcs of spfs and uvbs. with the sun shining bright after weeks of wet weather, many sun worshippers are making up for lost time. nbc's chief medical editor dr. nancy synderman is here to answer your questions as well as the questions of the crowd outside. nancy, good morning. >> hi, ann. >> let's get to it. lots of questions, first one comes via web cam from ashley in

stillwater, oklahoma. what is your question? >> good morning. >> good morning. >> hi. >> my question is, i have trickley skin. so in the summer it seems that spots seem to come out that in the fall and winter they go away. what can i do to help those? >> the best thing to do, ashley, is avoid how much sun you're getting during the summer months because what's happening is those age spots, just like the dark pigmented laters, the skin cells that are the deep layers and the sun stimulates them and they come to the surface and that's what gives you the splotchy skin. the reason they go away in the winter is because you're not in the sun that much. one word of caution. you're a young woman. if you keep doing this, those splotchy spots will stay. and if you get to be my age you'll even find out that some areas become depigmented. you get little white spots on your skin. take it as a warning sign. use a good sunscreen and limit how much sun you get directly to your face. >> next question, viewer e-mail

from jade in washington state. she writes i'm an african-american woman and i know that individuals of color usually have more melanin in their skin. is it necessary to wear sunscreen? >> i'm going to pick on our good friend hoda kotb. because we all know, we've seen her wonderful dresses with suntan lines. so women of dark color can still get suntans. so, although women with dark skin will not be as susceptible to skin cancer and changes as a white woman, yes, your skin can still take a beating. so if you have dark skin, still use a sunscreen or at least a good moisturizer. >> you can worry less? >> you can worry less but you can't go through life with no worry. >> okay, because it might actually -- sun can age your skin. >> it can absolutely age your skin. >> all right we have a question from fran on the phone in coral springs, florida. hey, fran. >> good morning. >> hi, fran. >> this is my question. we're told that it's beneficial to have spf in our makeup, i

have spf 45 in my moisturizer, 15 in my foundation. but sun protection should be applied every two hours to be effective. how do we go from having it in our makeup? >> assuming you put on a good spf in your moisturizer and you go to work you're probably not going to be in the sun that much. however if you sweat off the makeup or go from the office to the outside you have to take off the makeup and really. >> you say sweat it off. you're saying if you don't sweat off your makeup -- put it this way, if you don't sweat off you're sunscreen you're okay or do you still have to reapply? >> most of us are not going to put a sunscreen over makeup when they go to work. but if you are indoors all day you don't have to worry as much. if you go outside. if you do an activity, go for a brisk walk at lunch and the makeup comes off you have to go back to the basics and reapply. >> ay-yi-yi. >> it's a pain but when you're 60 you'll like that. >> natalie has a question. >> i'm here with carrie from

atlanta. >> i have light eyes. how often should i wear sunglasses? >> if you have light eyes like i do you probably already know that your eyes are very sensitive to that light. and the answer is, even for people who have dark eyes, your eyes can take a beating from the uva and uvb rays so the real answer to you is to wear sunglasses every day. and look at the hang tag that's on your sunglasses. because the sunglasses should be polarized and filter out the damaging rays. if those glasses are fashionable but they don't filter out the rays, they're not doing any good. and the reason that's important, ann, is because sunscreen -- i mean sunlight to your eyes is the number one cause of cataracts and blindness later in life. >> holy cow. i thought you wore them to look cool. >> no. they should be cool, and keep you from getting cataracts. >> very good. now we've got a viewer e-mail from kristen in oregon. she writes i've heard infants under six months shouldn't use

sunscreen. is there a reason for this or should they not have sun exposure? >> it's really not that babies can't get sunscreen. although the manufacturers of sunscreens will tell you they're intended for toddlers and over. the concern is no one wants you to be lackadaisical about oh, well they've slathered a 3-month-old in sunscreen and everything is okay. baby's skin is so thin and so susceptible to light and so easy to burn that babies shouldn't be in the sun, period, for the first six to nine months of life. so a baby in the shade with little advisers, that's it. forget the sunscreen, just don't put your baby in the sun, period. >> actually, it's probably a good idea to make sure that your kids until they're 18 years old have very limited or at least a lot of protection from the sun. >> absolutely. because we know it causes a problem. we're going to talk in the next part, which is skin cancer. >> very important topic. i'm not going to say good-bye to you. we're going to take a break and come right back and talk to you about what melanoma looks like. and a little bit later the kitchen gadgets that will make

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we're back now with more of "today's daily dose" on sunscreen. dr. nancy synderman is here with the hard facts with melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer. important we talk about this, because between 1980 and 2004 melanoma increased in u.s. caucasian women by 50%. why? >> we think there may be a new gene that sort of gets turned on with estrogen. women below the age of 50 have seen this great surge. and there's a thing called an ocogene which may turn on cancer cells. it's called mdm2. women below the age of 50, there's a four-fold increase. we're not taking away the

environmental issues. but for some women there may be a genetic hit. >> sunburns can also help cause it? >> sunburns, fair skin, freckles, the normal environmental factors are still at play. and that's why we still talk about people having to use sunscreen. >> if they discover there may be a genetic trigger, is there a genetic test? >> there will be a test more widely used in the future. but for women who have these high risk factors and for whom may be at risk under the age of 50 you can ask for the new genetic testing. >> let's look at the list of risk factors. it also includes moles. >> fair skin goes without saying. the history 6 sunburn we know. moles and family history are very important. because any mole that changes can be a cause for concern. any new mole can be a cause for concern. and in some families, you'll see a familial link of cancer from generation to generation. >> i worry about it in some members of my family because on

one side of my family there is a history. but i don't know what to look for. i mean, do you just go to the doctor every couple of months, or can we learn how to look for it? >> dermatologists will say don't run to the doctor, because it doesn't make sense. but, know your own body. and that means taking a mirror and i mean knowing from the soles of your feet up to your ears, know what your body looks for. the american cancer society has been great about putting out the abcdes of moles and skin cancer. we should take a look at those. "a" stands for asymmetry. if you start to see a mole that changes and isn't completely round, that's concern. >> the border, if it's irregular. you can see a regular mole and one on top that's not. any irregular border is a problem. color. if anything changes from brown to black to blue, that's a concern. the diameter. we talk about five to six millimeters. anything that suddenly starts to grow also a concern. >> it can happen in people of all ages, as well. >> it can happen.

any mole that suddenly starts to bleed also a concern. just remember anything that changes, prompts a call or a visit to your doctor. >> there's new technology that might help detect it? >> there's a new technology. this has been really done a lot at duke. you can take a licer light and look down into the skin, and it is really cool way to look for melanotic skin cells and early cancer changes. frankly before the skin cells become really important and hard to treat cancers. only the great medical centers right now have this test. so if you, again, have a family history, if you know you're at risk, then you can ask your dermatologist to see if they have the laser light that can do this. >> we've got a little time left and i'm not sure. let me ask you something that i didn't tell you i was going to ask you about. >> my trick question? >> no, it's not. but the president last night talked about there being a lot of waste.

>> yes. >> in the system. >> yes. >> can you vouch for that? is there a lot of waste in the system? >> there is a lot of waste. here's where i think the medical profession is going to have to get its act together. we've been telling people for years, early screening, early testing will save lives. you know what? we're not so sure that that's really true. we know that for cancer of the cervix, and for colonoscopy, early detection saves lives. even mammography, the cutoff may not be 40, perhaps it should be 50. so now i think we're going to have to say to everyone, especially people i call the worried well. people like you, who are healthy, really have no concerns, but you might have extra income where you could say i'll plop down the money, who cares? sometimes the worried well use the system to just sort of make themselves feel okay. we access the system, we charge tests. just so that we'll feel that there's no problem. when we do that we gobble up

funds, and if you get a test and then another doctor orders a test, and the third doctor orders a test, which is what the president talked about last night, you have three doctors who may not even talk to each other. there's a lot of waste. and i think americans are going to be asked to frankly show a little more personal responsibility, and take care of ourselves, and remember that if we talk about access to medicine, that doesn't mean that everybody gets everything. we are going to have to self-regulate ourselves a little bit, and not assume that everybody gets to order a la carte but still pay for the blue plate special. >> all right, dr. nancy synderman. looks like i can throw you a curve ball. thanks so much. and coming up this morning, still to come, a youtube sensation, susan boyle, gets a second surprise of her lifetime courtesy of meredith. we're going to show you what happened. oh, what's this? breakfast. it's kind of early, buddy. you've got to need to take some cholesterol off you.

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♪ that's what you get for waking up in vegas get up and take the glitter ♪ ♪ that's what you get >> katy perry, everybody, with the smash hit "waking up in vegas." we're going to be waking up with katie tomorrow, with al and katy. he's taking to our summer concert stage tomorrow here on "today." come and listen. in the meantime, coming up in this half hour, we've got the aforementioned al down in the rockefeller plaza because he's going to be doing some cooking, al, right? >> not doing any cooking, ann. we are here on the deck of the beautiful house beautiful kitchen of the year. and what we do have, we have some fabulous gadgets. some great gadgets to use in your kitchen that will make your cooking so much easier. so much so, that you will never look at hulling strawberries the same way again. >> hulling strawberries? >> that's right.

>> i always lose so much of the strawberry. >> that's true. >> they're a hull of a gadget. >> oh, good. you look very relaxed. >> i am. >> you just need a little drink in your hand and you'd be perfect. >> okay, speaking of cooking, also in "today's kitchen," we'll show you how to make home made ice cream but without the gadget or the machine. but with all the great taste. chef tyler florence is going to show us how it's all done. >> also coming up more of meredith's exclusive interview with the instant and perhaps unlikely superstar susan boyle. we've got some surprises -- meredith has some surprises in store for her. it's really going to be fun to watch her reaction to some of the surprises. first a check of the weather with al. >> as we take a look, show you what's happening for today, we've got beautiful weather in the pacific northwest, along the coast, 74 seattle. 78 up in portland. 91 degrees down in miami. tomorrow, look for rain in the northeast.

hopefully it will be out of here in time for the katy perry concert. sizzling conditions for the western half of the country. warm weather extending from the pacific northwest. sizzling in the southwest and texas. >> temperatures will remain in the low 80s. we are monitoring showers and storms around the area. we have a good chance of seeing this throughout the day. a little more sunshine, but and that's your latest weather. okay we're inside house beautiful's kitchen of the year, with a selection of inexpensive gadgets that are going to make your life in the kitchen so much easier. sean sullivan is the director's project of special events at "house beautiful."

good to see you. >> welcome back. >> thanks so much. i tell you, a lot of these gadgets, they're terrific, but they don't cost that much. >> they don't cost that much. this kitchen is about big ideas. wonderful cabinetry from kraftmaid. and also have the kitchen of the year to focus in on things that can make entertaining easier. this is called the peeler. it's the swiss army knife of peelers. it's got surgical steel and the blades retract and it does a perfect julienne. i want you to try it. you peel a carrot regularly, get those wonderful strips. put that in a salad. you can give it a quick saute. it's really wonderful. >> very cool. next we've got a strawberry huller. and these are difficult. >> they are. and actually it does a perfect job every time. this is call the stem gem. >> the stem gem. >> the stem gem. it's got these little grabbies. very nice. >> that looks dangerous. >> you stick it in, give it a

twist. >> voila. from the stem gem. >> what's this bad boy? >> surprisingly enough it's called the red square colander. >> the red square colander. >> where did they come up with that name? >> what's the point? >> one handle so it's really easy to use, instead of tipping pasta towards yourself and all the steam goes away. you simply can drain it out like we did here and then i should have drained it a little bit more. we can clean up later. but it's very easy to pour. it's a natural pour. so that is cool. >> and you've got this handle thing. >> also in our red family of gadgets. it's a basket teamer. what makes it unique is it has this handle that snaps in. it's made out of silicone. heat resistant to 600 degrees. you can reach into the pot when you're summering and just pluck it out. you don't have to fish out with a little hook and it won't scratch a nonstick pot or your countertop.

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susan boyle rocketed to the spotlight last spring, shocking the world with the voice of an angel. susan had been dreaming the dream for a long time, and when meredith caught up with her, some more of her dreams came true. ♪ >> reporter: you really were, in a sense, plucked from obscurity. although this has been a dream you've wanted for a long time. >> for years. for a lifetime. >> reporter: susan, when did you realize that you were gifted? that you had a voice? >> i -- >> reporter: you don't think you're gifted? >> i think it's a chance. ♪ >> simon had a tear in his eye and i've never seen that before. >> reporter: her magic pipes turned simon cowell into mush and elicited shout-outs from

royalty and music icons. >> i think she's fantastic. >> susan's great. >> i hope she knocks this one out of the park. >> reporter: but there is only one man whose praise can take susan's breath away. ♪ and they called it puppy love ♪ >> reporter: i read that when you were growing up as a little girl one of your idols was donny osmond? >> yeah. >> reporter: what was it about donny osmond that you like? >> there was something magical. >> reporter: well, we called donny, told him that we were going to be here talking to you and he wanted to send a message. >> susan, congratulations on all of your success, i think it's wonderful what's happening with your career, and good luck with this new record that you're doing. some day, it's a prediction, you and i will do a record together. we'll remake "puppy love." ♪ and they called it susan's love ♪ come out to vegas and see the show, as a matter of fact, we're going to lose the name marie and put your name up there, it will

be the donny and susan show. >> reporter: what do you think of that? the donny and susan show? >> i think it's really good. >> reporter: i don't know if marie would say it's good. would you sing a duet of puppy love with him if he asked you? >> if he asked me, yeah, of course. >> reporter: can you sing a little of it? ♪ and they called it puppy love but i guess they'll never know ♪ >> reporter: and then there's susan's biggest idol, elaine page. ♪ all alone with the memories she's known as the first lady of british musical theater. and her trademark song "memory" is the one susan chose for her second performance on "britain's got talent." >> ♪ all alone with the memories of my days in the sun ♪ >> reporter: and i remember the first time you were on the stage with simon cowell he asked you who you wanted to be like and you said -- >> elaine page. >> reporter: have you ever met her? >> no, i haven't. i'd like to one day. >> reporter: would that be another one of those dreams come true.

>> it would be, yes. >> reporter: well we have a little surprise for you. elaine? >> hello, susan. hello. >> oh, my gosh. elaine page. >> i came to see you. how are you? >> reporter: we made her speechless. >> are you having a good time? >> every minute, every second. >> good for you. that's what i want to hear. >> my inbox is inundated with e-mails from friends saying check out the youtube of you. and i didn't know what it was all about, so i went on to youtube, and there you were, singing your glorious voice. so it was a thrill to hear you and even better to come see you at last now in the flesh. good luck. >> reporter: as we said good-bye, susan was still happy by our surprises so she gave me a little treat, too. if i sang a little of "i dream a dream" would you sing it with me? >> you want me to? >> reporter: yes. ♪ i dreamed a dream in time gone

by ♪ ♪ worth living >> reporter: it's a dream all right. and to think that only three months ago, it appeared unfathomable. >> i've not been given the chance before. here's hoping it will all change. >> wouldn't that be an amazing thing, if somebody like susan boyle could come from her background, a tiny village in scotland, and be a star for the next 20 years, to hold a candle to the likes of barbra streisand. >> it's a kind of dream you kill for. and i don't want it to end. ♪ a dream i dream >> go susan boyle, go. coming up next, a trick to making homemade ice cream by hand. courtesy of tyler florence. up, there he goes. look at that.

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kitchen," a sweet summer dessert. as an author, chef and host of food network's "tyler's ultimate" hot chef tyler florence is a busy guy. he's made some time to stop buy and make a summer berry. we never get you here enough. we're glad to have you here. >> thank you so much. if you go to the farmer ate market right now, berries are really popping. they're very cheap and they're absolutely delicious. really at the peak of the seen right now. i made this for dinner two nights ago. it absolutely killed. and it's really delicious. >> easy, easy right fl >> it's very easy. almost like the idea of making homemade ice cream without the ice cream machine. so we've got strawberries, we've got blueberries and blackberries. these have all been washed. put them in a sauce pot and start to warm them up where the joyce is going to break down. we're going to add the juice of two lemons and about half a cup of powdered sugar. it contains cornstarch so once

it starts to cook and cool down a little bit it will make a really delicious sauce. this needs to cook about seven to ten minutes. >> when it reduces and gets syrupy. >> this is what it's going to look like after you strain it. a really intense flavor. cook it, strain it, get the seeds out, this is what you have after that. it's really simple, we've got whipped egg whites and whipped cream. >> how many eggs? >> four egg whites. we've actually taken half the egg whites and put them into a little pastry bapg. if you don't have a bag you can do it by hand but we're going to make a crispy meringue. >> take half of that and put it asi aside. >> absolutely. this is very traditional and very italian. >> the color's intense. >> we want to take the egg white and fold the egg whites into the berry puree. and just like that. the last thing you want to do, take this as the whipped cream, exactly -- >> can you use like regular whipped cream, or do you actually whip the cream your self? >> i actually whipped the cream

from scratch. >> it tastes better that way, i agree. >> it really does. >> you can buy the store bought stuff. >> if you want to. it's like a little bit of muscle work and all of a sudden you've got something nice. isn't that beautiful? what we've made is actually a berry mousse. if you want to fill this into a cup and let them chill you're going to have a beautiful dessert. here is how you can make this family style, so it's a big, beautiful, almost like a loaf of frozen dessert. >> that's exactly what you're going to do, put it into a loaf pan? >> it's a 3x9 loaf pan. it's got a little bit of vegetable oil and plastic. >> and the plastic. >> the plastic wrap is going to make it easy to pull out. smooth it out. drop this into the freezer. it's going to freeze for probably three hours. i wouldn't let this go overnight because the moisture is going to start to crystallize. >> you want it creamy, not icy? >> exactly. that goes in the freezer. >> with the other egg whites, we see how you're making the meringue? >> exactly. here's a cool garnish. we're going to take our egg

whites and piet little snow cones out of these things. these are going to go into the oven at 200 degrees and start to dehydrate. egg whites and powdered sugar. the powdered sugar contains cornstarch so it will let them set up and get nice and crispy. this is what they look like. >> i had one earlier. i love them. >> a good crunch. >> with a good dessert you'll always want something crispy on top. so check this out. so here's what it looks like once you take it out. we've got a little bit of the berry sauce left over. right down the side here. >> beautiful. >> and then we're going to top it off with our little snow caps. >> a refreshing dessert, too. >> i made this for din twoer nights ago, it was one of those desserts people started taking pictures of. they were talking about. with the little snow caps and fresh rememberries right down the middle. powdered sugar. a beautiful, simple dessert that people are absolutely going to love. >> wow. >> this is what it looks like. >> you put the sugar on top.

by the way, you're on twitter, too. >> yep. >> you tilely get a lot of people follow you on twitter, some recipe tips. >> we host every friday. check it out. it's a lot of fun. we have about 2700 people show up last friday. just an interactive live cooking class. we're going to ask you questions. >> that's great. questions for tyler florence. >> check it out. >> a little powdered sugar. >> perfect. >> i cannot let this just sit here. tyler florence, thank you so much. we're going to be right back. the distance from the field to your table just got shorter.

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