♪ ♪ we're back now with more of a special split edition of "today" on a friday morning, september 18th, 2009. looking down from the sky at the new cowboys stadium in arlington, texas. $1.12 billion to build this facility. 100,000 seats inside. 800 concession stands. 300 luxury boxes. need i say more? need i say more? >> yeah. >> you're a throwback, aren't you? >> yes, i am. i'm the missing link. you know, speaking of television, of course, this place is the big -- the home of the biggest hd tv in the galaxy. that's right. the screens stretch from the 20 yard line to the 20 yard line. each side needs about 2,000 52-inch tvs to fill them up. we are ready for our close-up. that's nice.

this helmet looks even better. >> 80 feet wide, that's a good look. a lot of stadiums have a souvenir stand. here they call them pro shops. the place right here, if you can look over here, is bigger than studio 1a in new york. >> smells good. >> they've got beautiful stuff. >> look at all these jerseys. all the pro -- oh, wait a minute. >> emmitt smith's number but matt lauer's name. >> al roker, number 12. >> i wonder if we get to keep those? >> i hope so because they can't tell them to anybody else. >> natalie and nora o'donnell are in studio 1a. what's happening? >> what are you going to bring us back from the souvenir shop? >> here's one already for you, nat. >> i'll pass, al. >> your very own al roker jersey. >> love the cowboys but i don't think i can pull off the hat. thanks. i know you guys have been having a great time. they were surrounded by the cheerleaders. they've been on the big jumbotron there. they've been able to throw

tosses out on the field. so matt, you get to take off, but al gets to stick around for more fun with us. >> that's right. i'm taking off. i'm catching a plane. and you're not too far behind. >> not really. i've got one more weather and then i'm going to be right there with you. >> we wish we could stay for the big game on sunday night, but we cannot. remember, it's here on nbc. cowboys versus the new york giants as they cut the ribbon on this stadium. ladies? >> all right. matt and al, matt, have a great trip back. and al, we'll see you in a little bit for your forecast. meanwhile, coming up from here, we've got an incredible story. a young woman impaled by a 13-inch tree branch while in a car. it's unbelievable. she'll tell us how it happened and how she's doing now. plus she's brought along some of that branch. that is unbelievable. >> unbelievable story. she's very lucky to be alive. also how one designer gave a family room a face-lift for just $500. not bad. first, natalie, i understand while ann is on assignment in iran, you have a check of the top stories.

>> praisi the plan had strained relations between the two nations. president obama says a flexible shield program will be more effective against missiles from iran or rogue nations. republican critics, though, accuse the president of appeasing russia at the expense of european allies. vice president joe biden is back in the u.s. after meeting with american troops and government leaders in iraq. biden said the u.s. will respect any decision iraq makes on a timetable for u.s. troop withdrawals. connecticut investigators are focusing on a workplace dispute as a possible motive in the murder of yale grad student annie le. nbc's jeff rossen is once again in new haven, connecticut. jeff, a coworker at the lab there described clark as controlling, right? >> reporter: exactly, natalie. we talked to one of those coworkers and several of ray clark's friends. they say he was a nice guy but a control freak. as one of them put it. sources now tell nbc news this entire crime, this entire murder may come down to a fight over

mice. in an e-mail to nbc news overnight a coworker wrote, "ray has always been very controlling over the mouse room," she wrote, "often bothering people to the point of damn near harassment. last thing i knew annie got a message from him saying her cages were dirty." so the question is did that, the dirty cages, set him off? police are looking into that as a possible motive. also, new published reports in "the new york daily news" that they found blood from annie le who worked in that research lab on ray clark's boots. and they also found ray clark's special green pen, a pen everyone knew he used at the crime scene. they say he accidentally dropped it and police have now recovered it, natalie. >> jeff rossen in new haven, connecticut, thank you. a north carolina man who had trouble breathing and bouts of pneumonia for two years finally figured out what his problem was. and as nbc's ron mott reports what the doctor found was hard to swallow. >> apparently it was in the food

or the drink. i must have swallowed it. >> reporter: or more precisely, inhaled it. john manly of north carolina has no better explanation than eating or drinking too quickly for how this jagged piece of plastic from a wendy's spoon wound up living nearly two years in his left lung. >> you come in and you eat fast and you move on. that's why they call it fast food. >> reporter: now ever since duke university doctors pulled it out last week, he's finally on the mend. >> i couldn't go outside. i couldn't go out in the heat. i just couldn't do anything. so i pretty much got stuck in the house for a long time. >> reporter: after coughing fits and pneumonia and numerous misdiagnoses, manley was at his wit's end, but a doctor had an idea, stick a camera down his threat. what he found spelled trouble, old-fashioned hamburgers. >> i'm taken out vegetable matters, green pea, blueberry, pen, safety pin, thumbtack, but this has to be one of the

strangest objects. >> reporter: a strange object free at last. >> i was so happy, i wanted to hug the guy and kiss him because i could breathe. >> reporter: a man who waited to exhale is breathing easier -- >> a lot of the times i have the lid off. i'm not a straw person. i am now. >> reporter: having learned the benefits of taking it in slowly. ron mott, nbc news, atlanta. >> that's pretty unbelievable. it is now six minutes past the hour. let's go back out to al. crazy story. >> hey. that's a bizarre story. i'll tell you. it's a lesson to us all, eat slowly. look what we've got for our "today" show lockers. they made these up for us. this is great. it will be fun when we're all changing in the locker room, right, natalie? anyway, let's take a look, show you what's going on as far as your weather's concerned. the weather has been stuck in the southeast. we can't get this low-pressure system to move out. can't get a controlled front down or anything. why? jet stream is way up to the north up in canada. so there's no major steering

currents to push this thing on out. so we're going to continue to see the rain. in fact, right through the weekend. next 48 hours, we are looking at anywhere from one to two inches high pressure will build>> goino sunshine and clouds today. a warm a high of 78 degrees. mid-70's as well. things continuing to improve for that's your latest weather. look, world's biggest bobblehead. i didn't mean to be doing that to tony. i'm sorry. nora? >> love you, al. thanks so much. all right. now to a true nightmare for one

woman from idaho. and we should warn you, what you're about to see is a bit graphic. michelle childers was out for a drive in the woods with her husband when a tree branch came through the window of their truck and impaled her in the neck. amazingly, michelle lived to tell the tale, and she's here with her husband, daniel. michelle, daniel, good morning. again, we'll be showing some graphic pictures. i just want to tell our viewers that. but i'm so glad that you're okay, michelle. you guys are out for a drive, just kind of getting away. and then all of a sudden the unimaginable. what happened? >> we were driving down the road. and we had just stopped about five minutes earlier. and walked around and was talking and went down to a creek and was just hanging out. >> and you're driving back in the car, and then all of a sudden this huge kind of explosion of needles, right? >> yeah. it was like a bomb had went off, you know? >> and you thought a tree had, like, fallen on the car or something. >> yeah, i thought a tree had fell. >> daniel, you look over at your

wife, and what do you see? >> i just seen that stick going through her neck. and i noticed that i needed to get help and quick. >> yeah. and michelle, did you realize you had this giant branch in your shoulder? >> no. i felt pressure. >> yeah. >> i had -- it wasn't a lot of pain. it was a lot of pressure. so i wasn't sure if something was laying on my chest. >> mm-hmm. >> or if -- i had no idea what happened. i had to ask. >> and when she asked you what happened, daniel, what did you say? >> i told her that it was in her neck. >> oh, my gosh. at that point how do you keep calm? because you're out in the middle of nowhere. you don't have cell phone service, right? and you've got to get her help. so what do you do? >> i just went as quickly as i could. it was a very bumpy road, though. >> mire goodness. >> i tried to drive slow, but i was trying to get there quickly, too. >> you drive an hour. where do you end up? >> at the locksaw lodge. >> at the lodge.

lo and behold, there's a nurse there. >> a nurse practitioner from spokane was there. she took my vitals and tried to get help on the way. and probably 15 minutes later, an rn had pulled in and got air support and ground support on the way. >> the doctor says that it was eight inches into you, this huge branch. it was resting on your jugular. had it been just a fraction of an inch either way, you might not be alive. i know you brought some pieces of that branch with you. >> yeah. >> that was in your neck! >> yes. >> when you look at that now, what do you think? >> i don't know how i'm still alive. >> yeah. >> i don't know. i don't know. >> well, michelle and daniel childers, i'm so glad you're here. i know you're still recovering, but truly an unbelievable story. and obviously you had great doctors. and the good news doctors say you didn't try and pull it out. you left it there and let the professionals take care of it. nice to see you both. we appreciate it.

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surmelis to make over the room of debby feldman. we gave him the tough challenge of doing everything for under $500. let's see how it went. >> hey. you must be debra. >> yes. >> i'm angelo. >> nice to meet you. >> this is actually a really nice room. what i want to hear from you guys what you think the problem is in here. >> the furniture's not really kid friendly. and it's not really friendly enough for storage. >> on a normal day when the kids are in here, how do you use this room? >> this room's sort of the crossroads of the house. >> the kids love to watch tv in here. we have magazines and our laptop in here. this has become our main family room. >> right now it seems like a lot is happening but the function isn't there. let's talk about the color. >> we like the color. >> this would be a great color as a base to maybe add an additional shade of green on top of this as a stripe. >> that would be cool. >> i think we find a couch that is comfortable for you guys, a little sleeker.

so here are some slip cover options. >> i like the blue and the taupe. >> me, too. i think addressing your seating, color on the wall and addressing your storage is going to make the biggest impact. >> huge. ♪ change >> we're looking for paint. you guys have the paint of the wall that's already in the room. let's look at some color. >> okay. ♪ a change will do you good ♪ will do you good >> wonderful world of color. we're looking for a shade of green, right? >> yes. >> we want to go a little lighter. >> one of these two? >> let's see. i'll give you that. >> i think the wasabi pattern, the lighter one, pops a little more. >> i think i like the wasabi, too. >> wasabi it is. >> all right. >> let's go. ♪ all right. so here's the deal. we've got to clear out this room. everything goes. ♪ >> my wife moving furniture. this is great. >> here's the game plan next.

>> okay. >> i will show you how to do the striping. i think what we want to do probably is give you guys an 18-inch stripe. just enough but not too big and not too small. >> the taping was a little tricky. i think i redid the lines about six times. ♪ >> all right. you ready to see some color? ♪ yeah yeah yeah i have ten of these frames. they're unfinished natural wood. so you need to paint them. >> we just pulled the tape off, and it looks really, really cool. i like it. ♪ >> your work is done. get out of here until reveal time. this is where the magic happens. ♪ >> drapes going floor to ceiling all the way up takes this window and makes it seem huge. but at the same time, takes this

very boxy room and makes it feel expansive. ♪ in a small room like this, it's all about vertical storage. step down. perfect. one, two, three. >> whoa! it's great! the room looks fantastic. it's like a completely different room. it's still casual and warm but much more put together. >> very nice. >> i think the room is great. >> it's amazing. >> what a transformation. hgtv's angelo surmelis is here. good morning. >> good morning. >> so the budget was the big issue. we gave you $500 to spend. >> you made it really tough. >> it's a tough thing to transform a room on that. so let's see how well you did. >> i'm not going to lie to you. i went over by $47.

i know, i went over by $47. >> 71 cents, don't forget. >> okay, all right. all right, morales. >> but that said, i mean, you had the issue of the sofa, right? >> yeah. >> was that your item that was the biggest expense there? >> it really was. it took up $300 of the budget including the slip cover. and here's the deal. they needed a sofa. >> there was no salvaging what they had. >> no. they needed one that really functioned as a place for them to land, for everyone to watch tv and something that was comfortable and also a little smaller than what they had because that room was tiny. after i spent 300 bucks on the sofa, i had 200 bucks. >> was that because of the time constraints usually? >> it partially was. here's a great tip if you're doing this at home. >> yeah. >> take time to really use that time and money to figure out what you want to do designwise. because if you have time, you can probably spend less than $500. but we had about three days total. and so we sourced almost everything from ikea.

it was inexpensive. they had what we needed. >> good quality. >> good quality. and on my way, i came across a yard sale in queens. and i'm telling you, i pulled right over and i got two nesting ottomans -- storage ottomans and throw pillows all for $22. >> so if you have that time, look at craigslist. >> absolutely. >> go check out these yard sales in your area. >> websites, sales at stores. check out yard sales. take time and i guarantee you you can do it probably for one-third of what we spent. >> you're going to do the telestrator play by play. >> i am. >> let's talk first about the paint job because that's probably the most striking thing that we see in the room here. they had this darker green on the walls. >> yeah. here's the great thing. this was a color that everybody loved. deb and harris love it had. i thought it worked great. but what we wanted to do was really find a way to make it a little bit more interesting and cut down on cost. so horizontal lines -- >> many people are afraid of adding stripe, but how does that visually impact a room? >> it instantly gives the room some interest. it takes a very boxy room and

makes it feel really full and really interesting. and in this case, for 30 bucks, for a gallon of paint, which was paint and primer in one, we were able to cover the dark color, huge impact, only one gallon of paint. >> so keeps the cost down, which we like. >> exactly. keeps the cost down and really made an impact, as a matter of fact. let's take a look at the after on that. >> there you go. and it also brightens up the room a lot. >> absolutely. this is a way -- and this is something that deb and harris said after the reveal, they said the room looks bigger. they couldn't get over it. and striping was one of the things that did that. >> that's right. now, also the curtains, if we look at them, too, the drapes. >> let's look at the before. >> how does that work with the windows? >> let's look at the before. >> you have short windows but you did the long drapes. >> we had three walls that all had windows. >> right. >> one had sliding glass doors. the others had windows that were not necessarily the same size. what i did is i took the drapes floor to ceiling on all three sides. >> mm-hmm. what does that do? >> instantly it gives a unity to the room, and it makes all the

mismatched windows feel like they're exactly the same. >> that's great. yeah. >> so it takes the room and makes it feel bigger and also like it's unified. >> one of the big things you focused with the feldman family, their issues, they have three young children and they need storage. you say you really have to find what the room -- what the need of the room is. right? >> absolutely. let's look at the after on this. with the drapes. >> mm-hmm. >> okay. what you see, floor to ceiling, this whole look right here -- >> right. >> -- instantly makes that wall seem so much bigger. >> beautiful. uh-huh. >> speaking of storage, let's take a look at the before on the tv wall. okay. so they have this wall. >> right. >> which is opposite from the sofa. this is where they do all of their tv viewing. >> and not a lot of place there. >> not a lot of place, but this is where you use vertical storage. they've got all this storage area in through here you can use. plus we wanted to hide these wires because we didn't have time to put them into the wall, bust the wall down. >> let's get to the after.

>> let's take a look at the after. >> you really gave them what they needed just by hanging these baskets. >> baskets on the wall, tags on there, tagging what they've got. and these baskets to cover up the cords. >> angelo, we're running out of time, but i've got a big project for you coming up next, okay? $500 the budget, my office. >> are you kidding me? >> that's it. we're going over there in just a little bit. we're going to see if you can take plain white walls and turn them into an inspiring home away from home for me. stay tuned. angelo from hgtv, thank you. great job with our house. coming up, cameras will be r08ing on the red carpet at the emmy awards. we're going to take you behind the scenes. but first, these messages. wouldn't help prevent... ...help prevent my symptoms from coming back. i just figured it couldn't get any better. and then i found out something i didn't know... i found out there are two main causes of asthma symptoms... ...airway constriction you feel and inflammation you may not. most controllers don't treat both. so my doctor prescribed advair. advair treats both main causes

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>> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. city police say they don't believe a johns hopkins students intended to kill the would-be burglar when he confronted him with a samurai sword earlier this week, but it will be up to prosecutors whether he will be charged with any crime. the 20-year-old student says he defended himself with a sword after discovering the 49-year- old donald rice in the garage by his home. despite the warnings, few people decided to turn out for the swine flu prevention meeting in baltimore county could it was one of the first schools in maryland to be affected by the h1n1 swine flu virus. those who did attend learn how the county is working to identify sick students before they infect others.

>> fever, cough, sore throat. >> if your child is suffering from flu symptoms, including the sore throat or cough or body, keep them home for a full day after the fever breaks. >> alooking similar to yesterday, but high pressure will build in later this afternoon. we will warm up. 76 to 79, a little more sunshine this afternoon as well. the high pressure is going to be canadian high pressure affecting us over the weekend. the front gets through here by tonight. that is going to yield to a gorgeous saturday for us. we will be in the mid-70's. on sunday, a sunni start. of be more cuts by the afternoon. -- a few more clouds by the afternoon. >> we will have another update

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♪ beat it ♪ beat it ♪ no one wants to beat it ♪ show them how funky ♪ it doesn't matter who's gonna fight ♪ ♪ ♪ just beat it michael jackson, of course, was larger than life, a superstar for decades. but in many ways a mystery. now in some never-before-heard interview tapes, the king of pop opens up about his own father, being a father, fame and moments through it all when he felt lonely. we'll have those next week only here on "today." should be interesting. >> yeah, very interesting. >> a fascinating life and learn more and more about him every time you read something. i'm natalie morales along with nora o'donnell helping us out. the emmy awards will be handed out in hollywood this weekend, but it's the action on the red carpet that can make or break a new designer.

we'll see how high the stakeses can be. then do you have a favorite breed of dog? >> i like sheltys. i grew up with a shetland sheepdog. >> i like the german shepherd. >> very smart dogs. >> the american kennel club is celebrating a big milestone. there's a german shepherd right there. they brought along a selection of top dogs. just like in fashion, dog breeds go through fads. we're going to find out who had bragging or barking rights -- >> yeah. she wrote that. she really did. it wasn't in the prompter. >> it is interesting because throughout the years, different dogs are more popular than other dogs. >> now the portuguese water dogs with the obama and senator ted kennedy had. >> exactly. it will be interesting to break that all down. also in "today's kitchen," if you think serving a heart-healthy meal has to be low on taste, think again. we'll have great recipes coming up. first, let's go back to cowboys stadium for a check of

the weather with al. >> thanks, guys. as we look at the weekend ahead, tomorrow we're looking at, again, more of the same here in the southeast. a lot of rain, wet weather from texas all the way back into the southeast. we're also looking at beautiful weather in the northeast. gorgeous day. out west, fantastic weather. record highs. going to be warm there and in the southwest as well. then sunday! we are looking at more sunshine in the northeast. the rain starts to work its way up as that low slowly moves up anan >> we are going to see some morning clouds today, a little drizzle and fog the pre then more sunshine will help us warm up. for tomorrow,

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some of the biggest names in hollywood will make big-time fashion statements on the red carpet at the emmy awards this weekend. but it's not only about the big names, the clothing, the accessories, all of those things the celebrities choose can make or break the career of up-and-coming designers. nbc's chris jansing has more. ♪ >> reporter: oh, the red carpet on emmy night. >> right here, baby! >> reporter: the stars. the gowns. >> roberto cavalli. >> giorgio armani. >> reporter: fashionistas everywhere will be inspired. very few will ever spend thousands of dollars on an original versace, badgley mischka or karolina herrera. >> excellent. >> reporter: but when designer christian audigier gave a trucker hat to britney spears, justin timberlake, his business exploded.

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pets," top dogs. the american kennel club is celebrating its 125th anniversary. so to commemorate the milestone, the akc is here with the top breeds of dogs throughout the decades. and gina dinardo is assistant vice president of the american kennel club. gina, good morning. congratulations. happy birthday. >> thank you. celebrating our birthday. >> top dogs through the decades. what's the criteria? >> based on the club's registration statistics for that decade or that period of time. >> let's start because we've got the 1880s, the english setter. >> at this point in our history, a lot of the dogs are still being imported from europe. and people used dogs primarily for the function they were bred for. a lot of setters, pointers and sporting breeds were used in the field to accompany hunters looking for birds and food, actually. >> just beautiful. and then we go to the 1920s. and the german shepherd. >> yes. warner brothers' "rin tin tin" made it extremely popular in the 1920s. and we saw the popularity from

the time the movie came out through 1928 just soar. it was the number one dog based on akc's statistics. and it's still number three in the country. so the popularity. >> everybody loves german shepherds, of course. and then beagles. aww, they're so cute. 1950s and popularized by snoopy, right? >> snoopy made the beagle the most popular dog in the 1950s. "peanuts" the comic strip we all flow and love. since then it's continued to gain in popularity. it's currently the number five dog and just a great breed for a lot of different families and small, nice size. started out popular and has remained so ever since. >> and then the 1980s. you have got a cocker spaniel here, the grooming is just fantastic. >> this cocker is in full show coat. it's a show dog. it started its popularity in the 1950s with nixon's checkers and also with the movie "lady & the tramp." through the '80s it became the

most popular dog through american kennel club in 1980s. and it stayed that way throughout the entire decade. >> wow. and this is really a special coat, though. >> it's a full show coat, so it takes a lot of work to keep it like this. but you can own the breed and keep it in the short clip and much less maintenance. >> just beautiful. and then 2000. >> 2000. in 1991, the lab bumped the cocker spaniel out of the number one spot. and since then for the last 19 years, the lab has been the number one dog in america. it has become the quintessential dog in american pop culture. you see it in advertising. you see it in the most famous recent movie "marley & me." and you can see all these breeds and learn about them at meetthebreeds.com, which is our and we have a great event coming up at the center in october called meet the breeds. you can come down and meet these dogs and all the other dogs. >> and these are all well behaved dogs. one more time do a recap of each decade and the dog. >> english setter in the 1880s, german shepherd in the 1920s.

beagle in the 1950s, the cocker spaniel in the 1980s. and since 1991, the labrador retriever. >> you think we'll see the portuguese water dog with the obamas? >> i have a feeling it's becoming a little more popular, yes. >> gina dinardo, congratulations. 125 years. and thanks to all of you and what beautiful dogs. we really appreciate it. up next, look at these guys taking a little nap here. >> yeah. they're relaxed. >> up next, a chili recipe for a healthy heart.

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"today's heart health" is brought to you by abbott, a promise for life. >> this morning on "taking your heart to health today," we are cooking a meal that's both beefy and satisfying without feeling guilty. we have a food network host here

with a recipe for confetti chili. good morning. we think heart healthy and we think sometimes you're sacrificing flavor, but you don't have to, right? >> you absolutely don't have to. it doesn't mean eating like a bird or a rabbit, you can eat beefy chili. sometimes it's taking your favorite recipes and tweaking them a little. >> adjusting them. for example, starting with the olive oil. >> olive oil is a great heart-healthy choice. so changing the oil that you use is a good step. >> not just olive -- you say extra virgin. >> it has the most antioxidants. just using a tablespoon because all oils and fats have the same number of calories. that's 120 calories per tablespo tablespoon. once you start glug gluging -- >> exactly. you've got to keep that in mind. i tend to just literally pour, and that's probably not the good thing to do. >> measure at least to get a sense of what a tablespoon is like. >> what about the vegetables you're using? they're heart healthy, too. >> well, the thing is colorful vegetables have the most

antioxidants. so in my chili here, i'm using red peppers loaded with vitamin c, using some carrots and, of course, onions. >> the beta carotene. >> exactly. you get all of that nutrition. >> smells good. >> even in the recipe you have, if you amp up the vegetables, you're on a heart-healthy path right there. >> one of the things you do is you focus, too, on spices rather than salt, right? >> exactly. it's important to use some salt. you need salt for flavor. but amp up the flavor with other things and you don't need as much salt. >> what did we put in there? >> cumin and just get that hint of aroma right away. and coriander. and let these soften. then i'm putting in real ground beef. >> but this is heart healthy because it's the lean ground beef. >> always look for 90% lean or higher. >> right. >> a lot of packages, you know, kind of brag about being 85% lean. that's not actually lean. so look for 90 or higher. you could, of course, use turkey. >> yeah, we were talking about ground turkey. >> here's the thing, i'm just using one pound of meat. so a typical recipe for this

size pot of chili might be two, three pounds of meat, but i'm going to amp it up in healthier ways. >> okay. >> with -- i'll show you in a little bit here. so basically just getting that to brown. >> all right. and then -- >> that's fine because this just needs to cook down a bit. and i have a swap-out here. that's browned now. >> you're going to add -- this is tomato paste? >> no, this is tomato, crushed tomatoes. i always get no salt added. hi. >> i had to come in here. >> we're making chili for the giants/cowboys football game on nbc this weekend. can we plug it one more time? >> water and more flavor. i love to add chipotle to this. >> where do you find chipotle? >> in a can in a regular grocery store. they almost all have it nowadays. >> tends to add to that spiceiness. >> that smoky, fiery taste. or regular goe. >> that's great. >> i get the no-salt-added tomatoes. >> of course, it's not chili unless you have beans, right?

and beans are healthy. >> exactly. and that's the thing that really, you have your beef. so you don't have to sacrifice that. but you amp it up with extra beans. >> so we have the black beans, kidney beans and you like corn in there. >> good for your heart. >> and here's more colorful vegetables. exactly. >> let's show everybody what it looks like and how you garnish it here before we run out of time. just a little bit of salt. >> it's not like you have to eliminate salt. >> right. but all the other spices make up for it. and we've got our -- yea! i am feeling like a chili kind of day today, right, nora? >> yes. >> basically, you garnish this, then, look how beautiful and colorful. that's why i call it confetti chili. >> elie krieger, thank you so much. we're going to enjoy this bowl of chili, but thank you for helping us out. and nora, thank you for helping us out. we've had a great time with you here. >> i've had a great time and good luck on your race this weekend.

>> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. and essex man is indicted under a bizarre case of child pornography. prosecutors say the 38-year-old set up facebook page pretend to be an 18-year-old lesbian fighting cancer. he says he used it to solicit teenage girls to send naked pictures of themselves.

>> let's take a look at the forecast with sandra shaw. >> by this afternoon, we will be dealing with a little bit more sunshine. 76 at 79 degrees today. definitely milder than yesterday's 66-degree high. tomorrow, right where we should be, mostly clear skies. >> see you back here for 11 news at noon.