who was spending the night ♪ ♪ oh, i wish that i was looking into your eyes ♪ ♪ >> we're back now with more of "today" on a friday morning. july 24th, 2009. our crowd in awe of the one and only katy perry who's just put on a wonderful show out here on the plaza. it is too bad that you have no fun. >> it's such a shame, really. >> it really is. you've got to come out of your shell a little bit, young lady. >> i'm working on it. >> you act like this. you've got to come out of your

shell. they all scream no, no more. >> oversaturated. >> how do you feel about the fact that all these people got up in the wee hours of the morning? >> i think it's absolutely adorable. and i'm so flattered, and you know, i never expect this. i felt such a wonderful feeling when i showed up and i was like oh, you're here for sound check, too? wow you guys really did it. >> thank you to the band, also. >> thank you, guys. >> fabulous. great to have you here. >> you want to say hi to a couple of people as we go about our business here? >> hi, mom and dad. look, i'm on tv! hi, yeah. let's go say hi to the crowd. >> anyway, back on the plaza on this friday. katy's into the mosh pit. that could get dangerous. i'm matt lauer along with natalie morales and al roker. >> coming up, if you haven't chosen what your plans are for your family vacation we're going to show you the top ten healthiest beaches in the country to go to. we're not talking just the coastlines.

we're going to talk more about some of the health, safety and things you should be looking for in a vacation destination. >> and if you are driving there with the kids in the back seat. >> uh-oh. >> and you don't want to say, don't make me stop this car, which just happens to be the title of a best-selling "new york times" book. >> i was going to say. >> we're going to tell you -- we're going to tell you what you want to do to avoid all that trouble in the back. >> before we get -- she'd be fun on a road trip. >> before we get to all that. >> hi, ann curry where are you? >> i'm in here. thank you for the music, and good morning once again, everybody. in the news a sobering prediction about swine flu. today the world health organization's top flu expert said the pandemic is still in its early stages and while there are now some 130,000 cases worldwide, he predicted as many as 2 billion people could be infected before the pandemic ends.

the white police officer who arrested a black harvard professor for disorderly conduct is defending his reputation against those who have labeled him a racist. sergeant james crowley tells nbc's boston affiliate whbh that he is surprised and disappointed by president obama's statements to a national audience at cambridge, massachusetts, police acted stupidly. the president is refusing to retract his comments. the sergeant cruelly, who taught a police course in racial profiling said he will speak more about this in a news conference today. two american service members were killed today in a bomb attack in southern afghanistan, bringing the american death toll to 37 for july. that makes it the deadliest month ever for u.s. troops in afghanistan since the war began and the month has not ended. today president obama and education secretary arnie duncan are announcing a new initiative to let states and school districts compete for billions of dollars in economic stimulus money. the goal is to raise academic

standards and find better ways to recruit and keep teachers. the federal minimum wage went up by 70 cents today to $7.20 an hour. the labor department says the increase will affect between 3 million and 5 million workers. three mayors and five rabbis were among more than four dozen people arrested in a federal crime sweep in new jersey and new york yesterday. they're accused of money laundering or accepting bribes. and salvage experts will need a month to decide if a world war ii era bomber can be raised from a san diego reservoir. the plane's crew survived after engine failure ended their 1945 training flight. divers confirmed this week that the aircraft is in one piece but deep in sediment. it was discovered by a fisherman. it is now four minutes past the hour. let's go back outside to matt. >> all right, ann, thank you very much. mr. roker is standing right inside. he's got his next forecast. >> you had a good time at the concert? wow. she's wild, isn't she?

>> she's beautiful. >> she's fun? >> she makes her own clothes. >> she does? >> i'm just joking. i don't think she does. let's check your weather she what's going on. but she should. we're looking at heavy rain working its way up through new england. classic nor'easter, except in the summer. we've got a lot of wet weather through the southwest. monso monsoonal moisture. strong risk strong storms from parts of the upper u.p. of michigan all the way into northern missouri. look for clouds in the pacific northwest, and that rain gets >> we are going to be very the cloudy today, mid-80s, a slight chance for a late day showers and storms. tomorrow, hazy, hot, and humid.

and that's your latest weather. natalie? >> al, thank you. now to new information in the death of michael jackson. nbc news has obtained a list of items confiscated during a police raid on the offices of jackson's personal physician. nbc's jeff rossen is in los angeles with more. jeff, good morning. >> hi, natalie, good morning to you. for the first time, court documents reveal that dr. conrad murray is the target of this criminal investigation. we saw detectives storm his office on wednesday. now we're getting an inside look at the manslaughter case they're building against him. we watched as federal drug agents rummaged through dr. conrad murray's office in houston. now, nbc news has obtained the search warrant, and the wording says it all. investigators were looking for evidence of the offense of manslaughter that tend to show that dr. conrad murray committed the said criminal offense.

the warrant shows investigators confiscated 21 items, including a rolodex card, e-mails from a yahoo! account, a letter, a forensic image of a business computer and vials of phentehmine. nbc news has learned investigators also searched dr. murray's storage unit in houston. there they found incomplete charts, notices from the irs, a suspension notice and two computer hard drives. >> they are looking at dr. murray. they are seriously investigating him for manslaughter and looking for any piece of evidence that will help them put a case together against him. >> reporter: dr. murray's lawyer wouldn't comment on this new information but maintains his client did nothing wrong. michael jackson's autopsy results could be released next week, and could decide whether or not criminal charges are filed. >> the coroner could decide that it's not a homicide, and the

district attorney has the right to make his own independent decision that it was a homicide, and pursue the case as he thinks it's appropriate. >> reporter: and now there are new money problems inside the jackson family. katherine jackson went from grandmother to primary guardian literally overnight. she has temporary custody of michael's kids. paris, prince and blanket. but in new court papers just filed, katherine claims now that michael's gone, so is the cash. other than extremely modest social security benefits, mrs. jackson has no independent means of support, the papers say. there is an urgent need to pay a family allowance for the benefit of the minor children. >> they use the word urgent. they went in for ex parte, which means right then and there, no hearing. and that kind of suggests that the till is dry. >> reporter: but the judge denied the motion. katherine jackson won't get a dime yet. pending a hearing. >> michael jackson owns a home that his parents lived in. several members of his family

have been in his employ over the years, and it's certainly, you know, one would assume that financial relationships between michael and members of his family were pretty deep. >> reporter: to help, the executors of his estate are working on a new publishing deal to reprint jackson's 1988 autobiography "moon walk." aeg, the concert promoters, are looking to make some money back, too. msnbc.com reports they just sold the rights of michael's final rehearsals, and have scrapped next month's tribute concert in london. as we go into the weekend, here's what you can watch for. the final autopsy results could be released next week. that's critical. as we look way ahead to august 3rd. that's the big hearing date for custody and the estate. we're told that court hearing, there's so much to get to, it could last all day. >> jeff rossen, we'll be keeping our eye on that date. thank you very much. and now for more on this, courtney hazlett covers pop culture for msnbc.com. it's officially out there now.

michael jackson's personal physician, dr. murray conrad now the apparently the subject of a manslaughter investigation. any surprise here following, of course, what we saw with, you know, the search to his clinic wednesday? >> it's good to have this language cleared up, because prior to this, there's lots of speculation. is it going to be manslaughter. why are they looking into it? when you ally for a search warrant you need good reason. you can't just say i'd like to go into this office and have a look around and see if there's anything that suits my case. you have to specifically indicate what crime you could be investigating. and so the fact that they said homicide, now you have something we can focus on. interestingly -- i'm sorry, manslaughter. interestingly, it can be accidental, too. so there's a lot of wiggle room there for the doctor, in saying, hey, i did everything by the book. if that's what happened. but this is an accidental death. so in some sense, it's kind of the less charge you can get. >> meanwhile, where is he during all of this? >> he's laying a little bit low. >> a little bit low? >> which is probably a good thing to do.

this is wise. it's been so interesting trying to get information throughout this entire story. the people who tend to talk the most ironically seem to know the least very often. the people closest to jackson are the ones who are kind of keeping things closer to the cuff, and then also, you could be implicated in this cause of death or any of the other tangled webs situations we have here financially or whatnot. they know to stay quiet. >> the other big news we learned late yesterday was that aeg, the london tribute tour that was planned by aeg was actually canceled. this was for the tribute four for jackson in august, around his birthday. >> correct. >> how significant is that for michael jackson? his estate? his family members? >> at the end of the day, it probably benefits his estate the most. and then by extension, katherine jackson, who stands to make a huge percentage, about 40% of the estate was left to her. the people it really hurts are those who were involved in the original tour. they signed on for 50 dates. 50 dates of work, costumes,

sets, cast, crew who thought they were going to be employed. and i got a phone call late last night from one of the top tour organizers who said guess what, i'm out of a job now, and i haven't been paid for any of my work since michael jackson died. so, they don't know who to look for to get any sort of compensation, either. so it definitely benefits the estate. because then when that unreleased footage comes out in october, it's all new and it's fresh. a tribute concert, they argue, could have taken away from that. >> and speaking of katherine jackson and her access to the estate. as we heard the judge has denied her request for an allowance to take care of the three children until, of course, next month's hearing. as we heard in jeff's report, though, michael provided his mother, his siblings, with a lot of financial support that they needed. who is taking care of that now, if anyone? and what is -- >> it's a little troubling. you can say, listen, i think the judge is trying to set a precedent that he's not going to make emergency decisions. he's going to do things by the book. when he says it, he's going to

do them. however michael jackson had liquidity problems when he was alive. it's not a stretch to say the people who were getting their day-to-day spending money, we're talking real dollars, not just the estate is worth all this cash and we don't see it, but their real dollars, if they don't have michael jackson there to hand it over, how can jackson pay -- >> and now i guess until a decision is made by the judge. >> that's right. so it's really important for katherine jackson to have a great advocate and her attorneys are definitely doing that. but at the end of the day, she needs living expenses paid for. >> courtney hazlett, thanks for the new information. appreciate it. >> any time. >> and still to come this morning, beauty is skin deep. what you should know before you wax and some other secrets revealed about your skin. but up next, we're going to take you to the healthiest beaches across the country. please proceed to the viewing platform. ( beeps ) oh. - ( beeping ) - begin ink discharge.

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>> this morning on "today's health," which way to the beach? if you're hoping to take in the sea and feel the sand this summer we've got a list for you. "health" magazine has come up with the top ten healthiest beaches. dr. raj is health editor. >> hi, al. >> what was the criteria for "health" magazine to make this list? >> we took the 50 most popular beach and lake destinations and judged them in five categories. air, water and sand quality. the amount of fitness options that are available in that area. how many healthy food restaurants are there. and affordability of accommodations. you've got to be healthy on your wallet as well as your body. and also the safety. presence of lifeguards, how close it is to a major medical center. >> first, number 10 on the list, provincetown, massachusetts. >> it's located on the outermost tip of cape cod. it has wonderful water quality. really, pristine, clean beaches.

tons of activities, kayaking, sailing. you can go hiking on the sand dunes. a great way to burn some calories. an a wide variety of hotel options. a little bit pricier than some of the options on the list, but overall a great place. >> kelly's island, ohio. this is -- i know of this place. >> really? you do? >> yeah. i used to live in cleveland. >> it's a great place if you're looking for seclusion. a lot of people don't know about it. there are only about 360 full-time residents there. you can imagine. great place to get away from it all. you can only get there through a ferry. there's not a lot of air pollution. a lot of water sports. a lot of biking there. and a lot of the restaurants serve the local fish from lake erie, so it's very healthy. >> and they clean the beaches daily? >> absolutely. >> and costwise how is kelley's island? >> it's great. most options are under $200. >> now skip to number five on the list, hilton head island in south, carolina. now everybody knows this one. what makes it healthy? >> it's well-known as a golfer's

paradise. and golfing can be good exercise if you don't spend the whole time in the cart and get out there. but, you know, there are a lot of great things for nongolfers. >> this would make a great golf cart. >> it looks great. but there's plenty of tennis courts, bike paths, hiking, sailing as well. and you know, hilton head is wonderful because it has a lot of wonderful healthy food options. a lot of fish. many local farms which serve their fresh produce to the restaurants. it's a great place. and there's a wide range of options in terms of accommodations. high-end swanky resorts but also some very affordable charming little inns and bed and breakfasts. >> a lot of people when they think beach they think the coast but we're going to give you another example. osage beach in missouri, most popular vacation spot in the midwest. >> a lot of the east coasters don't even know about it. very well known in the midwest. located on the lake of the ozarks. huge lake, 1100 miles of shoreline. of course you can imagine every kind of water sport you would want there. kayaking, sailing, jet skiing. all these different things. but it's a beautiful spot, as

well. the beach is actually nestled in some rolling hills with limestone bluffs. really gorgeous. some roadside stands that serve fresh fruit and vegetables. great place to get some healthy snacks. >> and branson, missouri not too far. monterey, california, very high on the list. >> very little pollution and smog. they actually banned smoking on the beach which i think is fabulous. last thing you want when you're laying out and enjoying the fresh air is a cloud of smoke in your face. it's located in a natural marine reserve. when you're doing your kayaking you might pass by a blue or humpback whale. >> and number one on the list. drum roll, please -- tie bee island, georgia. >> tybee island, georgia, exactly. all-around healthiest. great air quality, water quality. great food options. it's kind of a low-key spot. very simple accommodations which are very beautiful and affordable. they have inns which have your own kitchen which is a great way to be healthy. you can make your own meals. >> and save some money.

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>> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. the fight to save a catholic high school continues. parents, students, alumni held a fundraiser in timonium. they are hoping to raise enough money to keep the school opened through the coming academic school year. it is the oldest coed in the

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♪ vacation all i ever wanted >> in case you didn't hear, "today" is taking a vacation. matt, meredith, ann, hoda, kathie lee, natalie, amy and i are fanning out across the country next week to visit the most popular vacation destinations in america. we're going to show you some amazing things. up first -- >> lots going on. >> we had poker faces on. >> we don't have poker faces. >> oh, you needed disguises. first, you and meredith are going to be heading up to lake george? >> we did some cliff diving. >> oh, wow >> meredith? she has a fear of heights. >> but we're talking about it. >> tell her you're going to go fishing. oh. >> anyway -- >> the whole point of that for next week is to talk about vacations people can take that are not going to cost too much money because we all with all the stress we've got going on, want a little break.

we've got some ideas coming up for you next week. also this morning still to come, five secrets of skin care revealed. which is worse for your skin, genetics or the sun? most people may get that one wrong. we're going to get the right answer to that and a number of other questions, as well. >> all right. and also ahead if you have kids something you know all too well. the back-seat bickering that goes on. the tuesdaying, the poking -- >> he's touching me. >> you've got to put the dividing line between the seats. so is there a solution? we've got some advice from parenting magazine coming up. >> all right. and one more song to rock you into your weekend from pop sensation katy perry. oh, man she rocked the plaza. >> she did. >> and speaking about the weekend, somebody else is going to rock your plaza. amy robach and jenna wolfe here with a preview. what's happening? >> al, coming up on weekend "today," with reports of swine flu outbreaks at summer camps should you be concerned as a parent? we're going to find out what camps are doing to keep your children safe. >> also, are you falling off your diet when you reach for a

snack? eat this, not that author will stop by with a full snack makeover. >> all right. >> this is our series on summer jobs, as i look at this camera, last week i was a car hop and i was so good on the skates, can i say? look at this, it's jenna's turn. >> oh. >> a la baywatch. >> wow. >> and a one piece. >> i was a lifeguard, and let me tell you -- >> it was no day at the beach. i ran, i rode, i jet skied. i actually did some swimming. they made me take them off. and i saved one life. >> all right. >> so -- i survived. i'm not sure -- >> but i'm here, so really everything is fantastic. >> are we going to learn? >> we're going to learn important information. >> anyway. >> normally you tell us about the weather. but now you've got a weather related fact to tell us? or story to tell us? >> something to tell us. an epic story is just around the

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more relaxed because your hormone levels will calm down and you won't have the ruddy, stressed-out complexion. they also have medical benefits, if you do pore extraction and exfoliation, you're going to get rid of blackheads and whiteheads which are precauser to bigger lumps and bumps down the road. you just want to be careful the person knows what they're doing and you're not over-picking and over destroying your skin when you're having the procedures done. >> a chocolate sundae makes me feel good. are there other things we can do if we can't afford facials that might make us look better? >> absolutely. there are home products that you can use. there are topical ingredients that you can look for. microdermabrasion or home exfoliation is very helpful for your skin, as well. putting on moisturizers and sunscreens is really helpful. >> okay, fact or fiction, waxing leads to finer hair regrowth? >> so waxing actually does cause finer regrowth in certain areas. when you wax the hair follicle

you're pulling it out by the root and when you remove it from the root you're causing destruction or inflammation at the hair follicle level. when you shave the hair, it actually cuts or clips the hair and it just grows back like it does on your head. >> so you want to be careful not to wax where you may want to have the hair be good again some day. so that's what you're saying, it can damage it. and is there a down side to waxing? >> waxing is associated with lots of problems. you can get ingrown hairs from waxing. you can burn the skin. you can irritate the skin, because the wax is often hot and irritating and it can strip off the top layers of the skin. often people who are using products that are so available now, the retin-as, glycolic acids. those will make your skin much more sensitive to waxing. be very careful and inform the person who's doing the procedure that you're using these products so you don't end up having more problems after. >> and aka, it can hurt.

>> it can hurt. >> let's move on to fact or fiction. genetics are a bigger ager than the sun? >> both are really important. but our lifestyle definitely has a very important factor here. the genetics, the dna that you're born with will give you sort of a time line to which your skin is going to change and you can't do anything about that. but the environment, and what you do with your lifestyle, is key. how much sun exposure you get. how much drinking you do. exposure to smoke in the environment. all those thing also age you more rapidly. and can make your skin look significantly older than it would have just by the natural aging process. >> so cellulite is a sign that you're out of shape. true or false? >> that's false. and cellulite is something that occurs universally. much more common in women. and it's a result of the bands that attach between the skin and muscle and causes the honey comb appearance. not something that you really can avoid just by being in good shape. >> we're almost out of time. very quickly, eating oranges prevents wrinkles? >> oranges are high in vitamin

"c," anything high in vitamin "c" or in any antioxidant is good for you. you want to use products that contain vitamin "c" in your diet, and you also want to apply them onto your skin. >> so put the orange on your face? >> well, not necessarily. but the vitamin "c" you can buy in so many different products now. they have lots of antioxidants and antioxidants destroy free radicals which are causing aging. >> dr. deborah wattenburg thank you so much for your advice. up next, the secrets to ending the back-seat bickering. oh, what's this? breakfast. it's kind of early, buddy. you've got to need to take some cholesterol off you. honey, have you been reading the cheerios box again? he got that off the box. (announcer) cheerios is made with 100% natural whole grain oats to help lower your cholesterol. that was very thoughtful of you. very early, but very thoughtful. (announcer) cheerios. good for the heart.

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"today's" travel on the road is brought to you by goodyear. get there on new fuel max tires. >> this morning on "today's travel" on the road managing your kids in the car. many parents know when you put two or more kids in the back seat it can certainly be a recipe for disaster. parenting expert betsy braun brown is here with some timing

tips. good morning. >> good morning. >> i can remember the fights i had with my sisters in the back seat of the car and how my parents would get involved. you're going to get some tips for us this morning. the first one, ignore the fight, not the kids. >> that is, of course, unless you bought the car that had the chauffeur screen that you were supposed to have bought, yeah. the idea is that fighting in the car is going to happen. if you ignore it, you're going to be much better off. pay attention to the kids, though. and will distract that way. >> ignoring, though, obviously can sometime become a safety hazard in the back seat, too. if the kids are really fighting and going at each other. >> most parents tend to turn up the radio or turn up the music. >> trying to zroun it out. >> that's a safety hazard. you don't want a model that's okay for anybody. we're trying to keep our kids safe and if you're fighting in the back seat, you can't concentrate on the road. >> don't accept tattling. why not? doesn't it matter if the 8-year-old is yanking the hair of your 3-year-old? shouldn't you get involved

there? >> i can promise you if your 8-year-old is yanking the hair of your 3-year-old, your 3-year-old probably started it. but when parents ignore fighting it's going to go away much more quickly than when they don't because most kids fight for their parents' benefit. so we're trying to get you out of it. >> but the tattling, then, you say, that's behavior you don't want to encourage. >> exactly. >> okay. and you say then next tip is pull the car over and wait. this is self-explanatory. let them calm down? >> this is one of my favorites my favorite tips, because you pull over to the side of the road, you kind of look in the back seat and you say very firmly, i'll wait till this is done. it's not safe for me to drive with all this bickering. >> or al's favorite piece of advice, don't make me turn this car around. the title of his best-selling book. plug that one more time. >> great. >> and you tell the kids to sit on their hands. how is that taking care of the problem? >> actually it's kind of an old-fashioned remedy.

but when both kids are no longer in booster or car seats if you say to them sit on your hands, it really distracts them. they start paying attention to their hands and not the fighting so much. >> i'm going to try that one with my son. what i like to do is the quiet game which i find, he really likes to be the winner in the quiet game, so it works. >> one of the other things that i remind parents to do is to pull out of their gunny sacks things they used to do when they were little. remember the games you used to play in the car. a spy and i'm thinking of a word or how many things you see >> license plate games. >> because you're paying attention to the child and not the fight. >> that's the important advice, you say start by preventing the back seat bickering in the first place. those are things that you can do? >> and one of the things you can do, by the way, if you have a particular fighter, rearrange your car seats. if you have three benches in the car, put some kids somewhere else. or you could even have certain -- >> all right. >> there are lots of things you

can think about in advance, including admonishing your kids. i need it to be quieter in the car while i drive. >> we're not going anywhere. betsy braun brown thank you very much. up next, one more song from rocker katy perry. first this is "today" on nbc. @

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♪ oh, i wish that i was looking into your eyes eyes ♪ >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. interstate 7 has reopened after a helicopter crash on the eastbound lane killed four people. it happened around 10:30 last night. we saw the top are flying low. there was a bright arc of electricity. it was a kid -- was apparently caused by the chopper hitting a power line. the ntsb is expected to release more details. the latest on the investigation

in 11 news at noon. fire officials are investigating two accidents involving medics. the ambulance was carrying a patient to sinai hospital when it was involved in a crash at greenspring and cylburn avenue. another medic was called in to transfer the patient to sign it. there were no serious injuries.

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