> we're bac now wit more of "today" on a monda morning, the 14 oseptember, 20. it is beaiful le summer day herenhe big pl i he it's nice wher you e. we have one more week of summer. right? >> that's right. then fall comes in and all heck breaks loose. >> we're grateful for today. because isn't it beautiful out here? >> we're grateful for this happy little guy here. >> look. >> 13 months old. he's adorable. the most beautiful blue eyes. >> congratulations. out on the plaza, i'm matt lauer along with that young lady there, ann curry and mr. roker's here as well. we've got something serious to talk about this half-hour, more on that terrible story out of yale university. police made a grisly discovery yesterday, the body of what they believe to be a missing yale

student, graduate student, found in the walls of a research building there. we'll have more on that story and hear from annie le's -- one of her good friends from high school and learn more about that young lady. again this is not looking good. >> it is almost too much to bear. also coming up we'll talk about from ourself help files, a lot of women feel they're trying to do it all, and that's a good thing. but actually there apparently is a theory that it could be hurting your marriage according to one psychologist. the dirty secret of modern marriage is that most women end up becoming so involved that they're actually the ones who do it all, manage all while their husbands are coasting. the question is how can you balance -- now i know that you two may take issue with this point, but at any rate -- >> issue? >> no, i think it's great. it's fantastic. >> no more coasting from now on. and can money buy happiness? some research says, yes! that's right. but you don't need a ton of money. that's right. if you just have a little bit left over at the end of the month, we'll tell you where to end it to put a continuous

smile on your face. plus, here's jay! that's right. after being off for a few months, jay leno -- you might have heard this -- he's coming back to television in prime time at 10:00 p.m. he'll give us a preview a little bit later on. >> good for him, good for us. by the way, if you have a junior journalist in your house, we're kicking off a contest today called "today's kid reporter." >> this is going to be fun. over the next few weeks we want to hear from you, we want to know if you know someone between the ages of 8 and 12. we want to find out what it takes to be a good reporter with an inquisitive mind and lively interview style. have them report on any story they would like and then send us the videotape. >> video submissions should be no longer than a minute and mailed to today's kid reporter, 30 rockefeller plaza. logon to todayshow.com and enter

your favorite cub reporter. >> this sounds le a lot of fun. >> and a great way for us to get early dibs on some really good talent. >> sign them for no money. let's get a check of the news right now. natalie is standing by at the news desk in for ann. natalie? >> that's right, good morning, matt, ann and al. good morning to you. the search for a missing bride-to-en has now turned into a search for her killer as investigators say ty believe they've found the botddy of yale graduatetudent annie le. nbc's jeff rossen is in new haven, connecticut with the very latest. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. just horrible news for family and friends of annie le. police now say the body was stuffed inside of a wall in the basement of this research facility behind me on the yale campus. police now have a theory that whoever did this knew the building and knew it well. the timing is as awful as the outcome itself. on what was supposed to be annie le's wedding day, the happiest moment of her life, police found

what they believe is her lifeless body stuffed inside a wall at this yale research lab. annie was lt seen on surveillance tape walking into this building at 10:00 a.m. tuesday with all the srching and the missing person flyers, she was here the entire time. >> remains have been positively identified at this time, however we are assuming that it is her at this time so we are treating it as a homici. >> referee: overnight the building was locked down on yale's campus. the investigation now intensifies. there's a killer on the loose, a killer with an unknown motive who so far outsmarted even the fbi. it took them five days to find the body. >> i met earlier this evening with annie's family, with her fiance and his family and i conveyed to them all the deeply felt support of the entire yale iversity community. >> reporter: friends say annie le loved two things -- working toward her dual medical degree

and her fiance, jonathan widawsky. "lucky i'm in love with my best friend," she wrote on her facebook page. late last night on there woulbe wedding day he got the call confirming what friends suspected all along, his bride-to-be was murdered. >> this just sounds like a classic bad movie. i mean from the start to the finish, i mean just watching this thing unravel, it's just been a nightmare. for him being the groom-to-be, he probably had just the same amount of expectation and excitement for this week. just for it to all crumble down. >> annie's friends admit when the fbi got involved right away pore you through yale's crash, they knew this day was come. >> she was not only book smart, she was street smart. therefore, think if somebody were trying to kidnap her, had to be really thought out, very planned. they would have to have been watching her and even just studying her day to day.

they knew where she was at all times. >> reporter: and that's what homicide detectives will focus on now, who had access to the research lab and who would want this popular medical student dead. a young life cut short before the new chapter even started. >> sunday morning there was no party, there was no happiness, there was no bringing together of two lives. it's like a big shattered dream. >> reporter: there is a candlelight vigil scheduled for tonight here on the yale university campus to remember annie le. natalie? jeff rossen in new haven, connecticut, thank you. earlier on "today," annie le's high school friend said she can't imagine anyone who would want to harm annie. >> it doesn't make any sense to us at all. i can't even imagine somebody mad at annie, much less wanting to hurt her. and we can spelate all day about the motives. the only thing honestly that we can come up with is that someone was just jealous. i don't know if it was of her

intelligence or of her marriage or what, but i honestly cannot imagine anyone being driven to hurt her other than just someone truly evil. >> reporter: she also called annie brilliant, hilarious and truly amazing. today psident obama makes a major address on wall street calling for sweeping reforms that would provide more oversight of the financial industry. gas prices have dropped a nickel in the past threeeeks to an average now of $2.59 a gallon for regular. the lundberg survey says high unemployment is one main reason for lower demand. at the weekend box office, tyler perry's "i can do bad all by myself" debuted at the top. animated feature" 9" was second and "inglourious basterds" came in third. we have a baby with a binkie in his mouth. he is so cute. >> he does scream a lot though. no question. let's go over to al with a check of the weather. >> so do i, but i'm not that

cute. we have this young lady. >> annsley. >> you just turned 13? >> yes. >> you're officially a teenager. >> yes. >> wow. it just seems like yesterday she was just screaming like that. right? >> exactly. happy to be in new york from atlanta. >> all right. good to see you. >> hi, mom and dad. let's show you what's going on as far as your weather's concerned. downn the south this upper low is not moving and it is just producing tons of moisture. they've got massive flooding in parts of dallas today, some homes having to be evacuated. just to the east of dallas, through texarkana, jacksonville, down into louisiana, up into tennessee anywhere from one two three inches of rain. great day up and down the eastern seaboard today. wet weather in northern california. a lot of wet weather in the lower mississipip >> beautiful sunshine dominating the landscape today. it looks like we will hit a high of 84 or 85 in baltimore partly cloudy tomorrow. but

>> what's your name? >> beverly givens. >> survived two bone marrow transplants. congratulations. this young lady is 94? good to see you. if cooking dinner while overseeing your child's homework and balancing the family's checkbook sounds like a typical night in your house, you may be hurting your marriage. that's the premise of psychologist karen rubenstein's new book "the superior wife syndrome -- why women do everything so well and why for the sake of our marriages we've got to stop." she's here with a crinkle psychologist, jeff gardier. good morning. i looked at the profile of the superior wife and i kept checking things off. there are a lot of us whoall

into this. we multi-task. a lot of women do everything for the family. what's necessarily wrong with that when it comes to our marriage? >> let me first make a confession. i myself suffer from superior wife syndrome. >> so there w go. >> i thought i was all alone, but then after doing a lot of research i did a web survey on 1,500 wives and husbands, i should mention. i found out that i'm not alone, that we're in this boat together. and in fact i discovered about 2 out of every 3 wivesay they suffer from this. now what it is is, it's people -- women who think they do everything better. so they think, as you mentioned, they write the checks better, they think they make the bed better, they think they help the kids with the homework better. but it's a matter of perception. >> they're not giving the husbands a chance. >> a superior wife from told california told me the only thing her husband does better than she does is pee standing up. >> there you have it. >> in fact, you said research and statistics are interesting.

it includes 70 of women call themselves the more competent partner. 71% say they make most of their family's decisions, and 76% say they, not their husbands, sacrifice their own needs. i mean the message here that women are sending to their husbands, jeff, how detrimental is this to the marriage and partnership? >> we've seen from karen's statistics that they have hurt eir marriages. but i think men collude in these things, too. it is very easy for a man to have a superior wife. he may complain about it but in the end of the day he'll sit back and say, you make all of the decisions, you have all the responsibility, you take care of the kids. the fact of the matter is women have to be superior wives because men really just push women into carrying all these different roles. they have to be mothers, they have to be workers, they have to be mothers to the husbands, so in many ways we push the women in that direction and then we complain about it. >> right. i think our default position is, to do everything. well, he's not going to do it, he doesn't want to do it, so

we'll do it. >> he neat going to do it as good as i do it. >> i can do it better. it is our default position. if you look at it honestly, why would you rock the boat if somebody else is willing to paddle. >> so you have some tips then to help us break free from the superior wife syndrome. first off, simply just ask for help. which is a hard thing for i think lot of women to do. >> it's not only a hard thing for women to do, most of us do not have husbands who have extrasensory perception. they cannot read our minds. they do not know that maybe we want some help. so that's the first step. and it is admitting that you're a superior wife, too, by the way. >> you have to be willing to accept their help, too. quite often we see that men want to help out and the women just shut them down because they don't do the things such as doing dishes asell or taking care of the kids as well. >> right. then next is educate with loc. this is really about keeping the emotions out of it. right? men like you to deal with spread sheets and graphics. >> right. we have to approach them on

their level, on what they're comfortable with. we might be more comfortable with yelling at screaming and ranting and rang, but that doesn't make them comfortable. >> we are created equal but we are created fferent. >> you're so in touch. we love that about you, jeff. you get it. right? >> i love marriage. i love marriage and i love women. >> that's good. we love that hear that. >> you also say, karen, to silence your inner critic. this goes back to learning how to, yes, ask for help but also accept whatever help they give you. last you say, be less than you can be. this is tt modified army motto. >> we're not in the army. do less than you can. show him that you're willing to sit back and let him run the show. >> b i'd also like to add on, being a guy, i think it's important, if you do less, make sure that he can actually meet you there so being less means being willing to share a little bit more. i don't want to see women dumb themsees down or lower their potential for the sake of the

guys, because that's counter productive of who women need to be. >> i like your idea of the trade-off, the woman takes care of the man's chores, typical man'chores, and the man takes over the woman's chores for the day. >> the point is to make marriage better, make it happier, more fun. basically we just want to have fun. we want a marriage that's happy. >> and know what the oer person is experiencing. because then you can talk about this whole issue of the superior woman syndrome and make sure that a lot of the superior qualities thatou have and behaviors are not passive aggressive behaviors, because you're angry that your husband is not meeting -- >> because that's just a vicious cycle. >> right. that he's not coming up to the ple. so it is important to experience what one another is feeling. >> the book is called "the superior wife syndrome." coming up,ow to make fall's runway looks come alive in your closet. but up next, buying happiness. it can be done. we'll tell you how to do it on a small budget though. right after this.

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the beatles famously sang "can't buy me love" but search is showing now money can buy you happiness if you spend it the right way. this research actually shows that money can buy happiness? >> there is certainly a link researchers have been studying it extensively and had really surprising results. >> we're talking about extra cash here. >> you have to pay your bills and mortgage first. if you have a little bit extra, spend those dollars wisely and spend them on things that bring you joy. it is not always so clear what those things are. >> five things you came up with. first, spend on a vacation rather than a spa treatment which seems counterintuitive. spa treatment's cheaper. >> i mean, yeah, if you need a little r&r, have a little extra money, book a spa treatment but the vacation has residual benefits. you feel relaxed for weeks to come. spa treatment, you get off the table, back to the daily grind. >> even if you can't afford a big, long one -- >> just a b and b or -- at a

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gym membership or buying a treadmill or an elliptical trainer. >> people think that if they buy one of these really expensive pieces of equipment, it's right there in their basement, they have no excuse but to use it. but 37% of people who have made such a purchase admitted they haven't used it that often. your money is better spent at the gym. first, we socialize at gym. if you enjoy your workout you'll be more apt to stick to it. and we tend to meet people to work out with and are more apt to keep appointments with other people other than ourselves. >> if you don't have extra space, gym equipment is a great thing to hang things on. lastly, if you have money left over, it makes you happy e to spend it on others than on yourself. >> i certainly understand it can be hard to justify donating money when you barry scrape by on your own. but a $20 check to your favorite charity is going to make you feel great. research shows especially if

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several officials will meet with the house judiciary committee this week. prosecutors argue that the existing laws are so watered down that it is impossible to get a conviction. they said the case in harford county is proof that the current laws are unworkable. contentious hearings begin today as a proposal is reviewed between constellation energy cannot french cup -- constellation energy and a french company. constellation energy officials said that the state does not have the authority to weigh in on the deal since it does not impact the bge operations. let's look at the forecast with sandra shaw. >> mostly sunny skies, temperatures into the mid-80's. maybe a couple of upper seventies in the extreme outlying suburbs. warm this afternoon. wins for men like an out of the west. the westerly flow is associated

with high pressure. we are going to see changed once the back door " front of the north gets through on late tomorrow. it will give us an easterly flow, which means a good chance of showers and cloudy and cool conditions wednesday through saturday. >> we will have another update at 9:55.

i had this habit of painting him into a spot and saying i know i'll find my way out of this. if you don't, you have to hang upside down and think about it from a different point of view and sometimes it works. >> that's author dan brown to his unique solution to writer's block. "the lost symbol" is out tomorrow. matt's been giving you clues about where the story takes place. we'll hear from dan brown in an exclusive interview tomorrow here on "today." and reveal the answers to the clues later on this week. >> that was just one of the closets at dan brown's house. no, i can't wait for this book. meanwhile coming up in this half-hour, jay's back. a "time" magazine cover guy called the future of television. well, in a moment we're going to hear what the future looks like from jay leno himself as he gets

ready to kick off his prime time program tonight at 10:00 p.m. >> we hope he is the future of television. also ahead, one of the leading lights in the tents's new york's fashion week this week is designer nanettelepore. how to turn those runway looks into trends you'll actually wear this fall. sara gore's going to share a special sauce recipe for steak. i think it involves corn. >> sounds good. anything with steak, i don't care. good to me. you got a check of the weather? >> absolutely. let's see what's going on. for today, the week ahead, below normal conditions mid to late week, below normal in texas where all the rain's been going on. much above normal in the plains. precipitation, wet from new england, wet through the mid-atlantic states, down >> sunny skies today, nice daytime high in the mid-80's.

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tonight's the night "the jay leno show" makes its much anticipated debut later this evening here on nbc.

it is the fires five-night-a-week program in decades to move into the 10:00 p.m. time slot. as you might imagine, stakes couldn't be higher. nbc's lee cowan has more. >> the hardest part is getting your new set to work. you go into a big empty sound stage and hang lights and you think everything's all right, you go the -- >> reporter: for jay leno, technical gremlins are the least of his worries. a lot is riding on tonight's grand 10:00 p.m. experiment. "time" magazine said it was nothing less than the future of network television. no pressure. are you worried about it just because it is such a -- or do you think all the hype about it being -- >> i don't worry about it. because i'm rich already. doesn't bother me. not my problem. you know what it is? i did the "tonight show" for 17 years, it was number one when i got it, it was number one when i handed it off. if it doesn't work, people go five years from now, did you do something else after the "tonight show"? no.

you didn't have another show? no. >> reporter: it's a comedic dodge to a serious question. but behind the scenes jay takes the pressure seriously. this is where you walk out each night? >> you go through these big supermarket doors. >> reporter: he's been testing out new jokes to the seating of the studio audience. up close. >> anything can happen. you get the occasional nut case who tries to attack you. well, that's happened. that's all right. >> reporter: whether his comedy show can compete with pricey prime time dramas like "csi" is unknown. leno views success much like a punch line. it's all in the delivery. >> you try to have a little something for everybody. try to have something smart, something silly, something goofy and that's -- you put it all together. >> reporter: some of this i would imagine is just sort of throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks. >> it's hardly scientific and no thought goes into it at all. even the idea of throwing it on the wall is sticking is more effort than we put in. >> reporter: his musical sidekick, kevin eubanks, will be

back and most of his writers and stage crew, too. but beyond that, "the jay leno show" is different. more comedy, less talk, all at a much faster pace. >> before you kind of do the joke, monologue first, first guest, commercial, dopey actress, band, you're out of there. that's gone! you got to lose the whole dopey actress part. >> reporter: there will be celebrity interviews, although jay's familiar desk is gone and jay won't carry the show alone. he'll be joined by a team of comics, correspondents much like "the daily show." all of it is unchartered. sort of like trying out a new joke on the road, which jay still does. almost every other weekend. are you still having fun? >> yeah, i have a lot of fun. i'm the oldest quarterback out there and you're in a young person's game and you're competing reasonably competitively. so, yeah, it's a lot of fun. >> reporter: the way leno looks at it, he is a nightclub comic who just happens to be a broadcaster. a hobby almost.

but the stakes are high. >> not much pressure there nor jay. his guests tonight include jerry seinfeld, kanye west off of his music video awards -- video music awards, jay-z and rihanna. so tom cruise, halle berry fill out the week. watch "the jay leno show" premier tonight, 10:00, 9:00 central right here on nbc. good luck, buddy. how to update your closet with fall's newest trends right after these messages. ♪ before you share your gift ♪ ♪ now there's rhythm and sound ♪ making their hearts pound ♪ the best part of wakin' up... ♪ ♪ is folgers in your cup and checked for clogged pipes.

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this morning on "today's style," hot trends for fall. fashion week in new york city has everyone looking at what's hot for spring, but we're focusing on fall with fashion designer nanette lepore. welcome. i know you have your show on wednesday where we're talking about you're going to look at the spring collection. what are some of the trends we're already seeing for two seasons from now as the industry looks so far ahead in. >> for next spring we'll be expecting sort of lots of romantic still, long, lean shapes which is new. soft, fluid blouses, and played

off of crisp white cotton shirts and lots of stripes. >> sounds beautiful. i can't wait to see the collection. now that we're talking fall trends though, a lot of what we're seeing is going back to the '80s a little bit. right? first up, i want to show what you say is one of the big trends, strong shoulders. betsy here is modeling a look at one of your designs. tell us about what she's wearing and why is the strong shoulders now really working this trend? >> strong shoulders are great for most women because it is a very flattering silhouette. and also the little sheath she has on which plays up the metallic trend. it's great because it's really a simple sheath with a great fabrication. it's fun to wear any time, any place. but also like i said, the shoulders are really flattering for most women. >> it is slimming because the focus draws up here to the top rather than below. >> right. you take your eye to the shoulders. absolutely. changes the focus.

>> we love it. bet betsy, thank you. metallics, back, too. also next, bright colors. if you're young women in your 20s, you can rock this look with the colors. this is a look from j. crew. tell us about this. >> it's shocking brights, and i think that the hot pink sweater is really indicative of the belts, of how to mix up a color into your wardrobe, mixed with tweeds or just play off of black. but it is also great for any age. i don't think you have to be in your 20s to wear a bright color. it helps make you feel happy. little more positive when you put on a fun color. >> a lot of emphasis on accessories, too. double belts here, the chains. >> yes. the chains. i have fun every morning ais being rising. i think it is really fun to just play with things and have lots of things to choose from. >> okay, great. thank you, brianna. next trend is the biker chic. we have josephine modeling for us, speaking of chains. we see a lot of that here. you don't have to wear this

trend literally though. right? >> no. this is a fabulous dress. you can wear it with just pearls and play it up a different way. it is great for going out to dinner or playful like this with the fun open-toed boots and lots and lots of silver jewelry. i think it is a great trend because you can work it any way you want. >> speaking of the draping, the silhouette that you see, you see this going on here, too. that's something we'll see carry through this fall and into the spring season. >> definitely. lots of draping. draping in new ways where it is almost very off-handed, not so intentional where it almost just playing with fabric. women are getting more confident about working their clothes to make it work for themselves. the idea of just off-handed things. >> that can be very flattering to the body, too, i would imagine, when it's not so glued to you. >> yeah. drapes hide a lot of sins, i guess. >> exactly. thank you, josephine.

and the asymmetrical trend is finally what we're focusing on here. tanya's showing us this look. just gorgeous. i love this blouse, beautiful and the skirt. tell us how the asymmetrical is still staying with us. >> asymmetry will stay us. i think women are getting used to it and it is refreshing. it is nice to feel like you stand out, it is a little different and once again it is flattering for her, it is flattering for all age groups. i think it's just a nice, different way to dress. >> i mean this is a going-out outfit. but if you put a little jacket over something, could she wear this a little more conservatively? >> i think she can get away with this at work with a jacket over it, then take the jacket away for evening, definitely. or put it with jeans and it is more casual. >> you're having a lot of fun with fashion week. right? >> oh, it's a blast. >> fashion night out was last week. and -- >> that's right. we had a lot going on this week. >> what are some of the points that are being made to bring our models out, fashion week. one of the things you're

passionate about is made in america and the garment district here in new york. >> yes. i manufacture most of my garments in new york city so i'm really active in trying to stop the zoning that's going to maybe close some of our factories. so that to me is a passion. and we're trying to promote made in america. i think the consumer getting used to be more thoughtful about what they buy and people are actually conscious of it. >> great job, ladies. wonderful. good luck with your show, by the way. next, from dressing up yourself to dressing up your dinner with a spicy sauce for your steak.k.

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( laughs ) ( giggles ) why just make a snack? make fun. jell-o. this morning in "today's kitchen," dressing up steak. a delicious sauce can bring out the best in grilled beef. showing us how it is done, hot

chef sara gore, host of lx new york which premiers tonightx;z/w nbc. sara, good to see you. tell us about this show. >> it is going to be a party every day at 5:00. i'm going to be cooking every day, of course. because i do that all the time. going to be a fashion, night life, everything new york related. it is about upgrading your dumppy hubby. we have segments. >> dumpy hubby? >> yeah. it sounds mean. >> what are you making here? >> it's the wife saying he's dumpy. >> that makes it okay. >> thank you, sara. what are you making here? >> we're making new york strip steak with a kicking guaca maze. >> what are you throwing on here? >> salt, pepper, cayenne, cumin, and then we're going to do both sides really quick. >> you put any olive oil on this? >> i'm doing it like a dry rub.

throw it on the grill. throw one of those on. >> how long do you leave it on the grill? >> i do like five minutes a side. those are extra thick. you want 120 degrees for a rare, 125 for medium-rare. we'll make the sauce. chimichurri. this is garlic and shallot and jalapeno. we'll give this a zip. then -- smell how spicy that is already? then i'm going to add parsley, cilantro. it is a little bit different than your average chimicurri. then a little mint.hcurri. then a little mint.curri. then a little mint.hurri. then a little mint. lemon juice, lime juice, wine vinegar. you can do strip steak, you can use strip steak because it is less expensive.

then you'll throw in a bunch of olive oil. >> we're going to get kind of saucy. >> it is going to look better than that. all right? >> meanwhile, we're making this guaca maze. >> it is the end of corn season. we've got -- spicy. >> you seem surprised. >> it's all coming this way. corn par boiled, drained, removed from the ear. >> can you actually grill this. couldn't you? >> you can grill it, too, yeah. but i'm doing it like this. >> it is your recipe so we'll just go with it. >> al, next time i'm going to grill it and bring it by. that's red onion. it is very similar to quadwa gu, lime juice, avocado, fold it but you don't want it -- you want it to stay intact.

then bring this back here. those steaks are just sitting them there by themselves. that's how easy this dish is. >> slice this up. >> i want to get this in because coming up tonight, 5:00 p.m., lx new york. 5:00 p.m. here on w nbc this new york. for sara's recipes logon to the "today" show.com. drizzle with the sauce. >> and it looks like that. >> ta-da! you put it in that mold. it's perfect! >> good luck with the show!

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