we're back now with more of "today" on a thursday morning, the 1st of october. welcome to october 2009. we're ushering in the month with chilly temperatures here in the northeast but a nice crowd, so that kind of neutralizes everything. i'm matt lauer along with al roker and amy robach, who's in while natalie's on assignment in copenhagen. nice to have youp here. >> thank you very much. >> yeah, you're bundled up? >> it's little chilly. i have gloves on this morning. >> that's unusual for you. coming up in this half hour, we're going to have more on the tragic story of jasycee dugard, the young lady that was kidnapped and impregnated, allegedly by that man right there. now he is in jail and he has sent somewhat of a rambling letter to one of the nbc stations, basically expressing his concern for jaycee dugard and wondering whether her civil rights are being now violated. we're going to talk more about that story coming up in just a second. >> all righty. then take a look at this.

we all know 911 operators are really trained to be calm under pressure. well, when somebody called in a fire to a massachusetts 911 dispatcher, the call got very personal when he recognized the address. it was his house. we're going to be talking with mike bose a little bit later. just an amazing, harrowing story. >> wow. and on a lighter note, we all remember helen paige, she made such a splash in "juno." now it is "whip in t," the directorial debut of drew barrymore, who is also in the film and we'll have more with drew just ahead. >> funny to be with you here in the plaza, all those guys whistling at you. you're not tired of that -- >> shut up. >> whoa! >> let's go inside. ann's standing by at the news desk with a check of the headlines. ann? >> all right, thanks a lot. good morning once again, everybody. in the news, two disasters are straining international relief efforts this morning. today a powerful aftershock shook western indonesia one day after an earthquake buried thousands of people under

building debris. people are still being pulled out alive and rescuers are now racing the clock. the number of confirmed deaths is 529. it's expected to rise, and the full extent of the devastation is still unknown because communications are cut off and many roads are still impassable. in western and american samoa, officials say it could be weeks before they know how many people were swept away by four tsunamis, one 20 feet high. at least 150 bodies have been recovered. water, food and medicine are now being air-lifted to the islands aboard military cargo planes. a rare meeting between the u.s. and iran got under way today in geneva. the u.s. and five other world powers are hoping to negotiate with iran about its nuclear ambitions, but even before the talks, iran insisted that topic was off the table. nbc's andrea mitchell is on the scene and she's reporting that u.s. officials are offering to meet on the sidelines one on one with iran, which would be the first in decades.

we have a dramatic rescue to tell you about. a navy submarine crew member suffering from an unspecified medical emergency was hoisted from his sub in the middle of the ocean this week off washington state. you can see the dramatic images there. a coast guard helicopter flew him to a hospital for treatment. convicted sex offender john cooey died wednesday of natural causes in a florida prison. cooey was awaiting execution for the murder of a 9-year-old, jessica lunsford, in a case that led many states to impose tougher restrictions on sex offenders. tonight, president obama flies to copenhagen. first lady michelle obama is already there making a final push for chicago's bid to host the 2016 olympics. chicago is up against rio de janeiro, tokyo and madrid, and decision day is tomorrow. it is now three minutes past the hour. let's go back outside to matt and amy. >> all right, ann, thank you very much. >> all right, mr. roker now joins us with a look at the weather and some special guests. >> that's right. we've got members of citicorp here in these bright red

jackets. they all volunteer, kicking off another year of service tomorrow. so, what are you guys doing nationwide? >> we are basically a non-profit, national non-profit that works with tutors and mentors. we go into school and tutor and mentor kids. and the really great thing about our service is that we get to help schools and kids succeed. >> well, that's great. if people want information, where do they go? >> www.cityyear.org. >> and it kicks off tomorrow. >> and we are the south bronx corps. >> whoa, yeah! south bronx in the house. all right, let's check your weather, see what's happening. got a vigorous storm system, double-barrel low from the dakotas down into the plains and it's bringing a lot of rain, back behind it come snow, windy, too. we've got high wind warnings and advisories from goodland, kansas, all the way up to bismarck. winds right now gusting anywhere from 20 to 25 miles per hour with very strong sustained

winds. and then we've also got a risk of strong storms down from texas, louisiana, on up into >> mostly sunny skies and a comfortable temperature range in the mid-to-upper 60s. not tonight, up to 50, and 74 tomorrow. >> and that's your latest weather. ann? >> all right, ann, thanks. phillip garrido is back in the headlines this morning. the california man accused of kidnapping and holding jaycee dugard hostage for nearly two decades has sent a letter from prison to a local nbc reporter in sacramento.

nbc's michael okwu now has the details. >> reporter: the letter is handwritten and full of misspellings and musings about how authorities have mistreated jaycee. "she's been repeatedly denied access to have an attorney present during questioning," the author writes, "her civil rights have been clearly violated. please consider this request to contact her at your earliest possible date." >> all psychopaths love power and control. so, by sending out this letter, he's still affecting people on the outside and telling them what to do and to do it his way. >> reporter: the return address on the envelope is the county jail where garrido is awaiting trial. just underneath that address, the name faintly visible, phillip garrido. a jail official says the letter appears authentic. a dugard family spokesperson said they have no intention of dignifying a letter from the kidnapper with a response. the letter was sent to nbc affiliate kcra and reporter walt gray. in a phone interview shortly

after his arrest last month, garrido told gray the years with jaycee and the children he fathered with her were heartwarming. >> those two children, those two girls, they slept in my arms every single night from birth and never did i harm them. i never touched them. >> i just think he's maybe making some assumptions and i think he's maybe continually stirring the pot here. >> reporter: the writer instructs gray to deliver the letter to a private attorney who will look into this matter for her best interests. >> he didn't worry about her rights when he raped her. he didn't worry about her rights when he kept her in prison for all those years. >> reporter: those charges have yet to be settled in court. garrido has pled not guilty. but to criminal profilers, the letter is a means to continue to reach out to the young woman he allegedly kept captive for 18 years. >> he's not crazy. he knows exactly what he's doing. >> reporter: for "today," michael okwu, nbc news, los angeles. >> ernie allen is the head of the national center for missing & exploited children. he's been assisting jaycee's family. ernie, good morning. >> good morning, ann.

>> this latest letter's really a distraction from the real issue here, which is why it took so long for jaycee to be found, and basically how she and other kids who are missing, you know, can be helped. so, let's talk about this first. your organization has provided a psychologist -- >> right. >> -- to the family. and i'm just trying to understand, how does one get -- how does one deal with a case like this one? >> you deal with it a day at a time. you can't erase those 18 years, but the human spirit is resilient. she's young, she's alive, she's getting help. the family's making -- the reports we get is that the family's making great progress. so, there's hope, but it's a life-long process of recovery. >> and initially, the reports are that she had mixed emotions about phillip garrido and his wife. and this sort of is a normal reaction, it would seem, for a young woman in this circumstance. >> she was abducted when she was 11 years old. she was threatened, terrorized, raped. the reality is, she figured out how to survive. she's a hero.

>> now, here's the thing. i was reading through the research about your organization, and i was stunned by this statistic. there are 58,000 abductions by nonfamily members, and most of them -- every year -- and most of them are very short-term, most of them are sexually motivated, most of them are by people that you know -- they're coaches or family friends. only about 100 to 120 are actually stranger abductions. what does this tell the rest of us? >> well, it tells us that as parents, we've been concerned about the wrong things. we're telling children the wrong things. the other message that i think comes from jaycee's case is there's hope in these cases. just because a child's been missing for a day or a week or a year or 18 years, more of these children are out there who are alive and the public can help us bring them home. >> you actually were following jaycee dugard's case as part of your database. there are 800, you said, children now on that database.

>> we have 800 long-term stranger abduction cases ranging from a matter of months to 30 and 40 years. and what we think is important is that law enforcement never close those files, that we never stop the search until we either bring the child home or know a certainty what happened. >> and that's what terry, the mother of jaycee, is saying. let all those parents of those 800 children have hope and let's focus then on how to help them and find their kids. in the meantime, as we look at these statistics, the rest of us who don't have a missing child but certainly don't want to have one, you say there's some fundamental things that we need to teach our children. and you have a list here of suggestions. you say talk about teaching your children to say no to a stranger for anything or people they know, which is the most important thing. >> we all want our children to be polite and respectful, but not at the risk of their safety. empower your children. don't frighten them, but teach them that they have the right to say no. if an adult approaches them or

asks them to help in some way, say no, get away from it and then tell mom or dad or some trusted adult. >> and you say get away and also tell a family. so, really what you're trying to do is you're trying to teach them then, that if your coach or your cousin or your neighbor, somebody you think is in that circle, the real circle of trust is with your parents and your connection there. make sure that even with people you know, you've got to make sure you can say no and get away. >> absolutely. and moms and dads need to talk to their kids, need to practice with their kids, role play these scenarios, because children today tend to want to do what adults tell them to do. we think you can empower them, give them that self-esteem, that self-confidence, without scaring them to death. >> ernie allen, protecting our children. thank you so much. >> thank you, ann. >> if you want more information or know anything about a missing child, you should contact the national center for missing & exploited children by calling

1-800-the-lost or going to our website at todayshow.com. and coming up next, we're going to talk to this massachusetts 911 operator who got the most shocking call of his career. then later, the one and only drew barrymore stops by to tell us about her latest experience as a director. but first, these messages. out for breakfast..." "but it looks pretty nasty outside" (announcer) grands at only $0.25 a biscuit you'll find any excuse to eat in

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was his home. oh, and his parents live here, too. >> it's surreal. it's -- you don't believe. you hear it, and it's not registering. until you see it on the screen and you see it, then all of a sudden, it's like, it's real, it's my house. >> reporter: mike bowes had to do his job, work the case like any other, but what about his family? were they okay? >> the garage and everything is on fire. >> you can't run out. you can't leave everybody else short-handed. you can't leave the city without help. >> reporter: luckily, mike's sergeant stepped in and took over. suddenly, the 911 dispatcher who helped so many people needed help himself. and so, his co-workers gave mike a police escort to the inferno that was his own home. >> you could actually see the orange glow coming from a distance. and as we got on scene, my main concern was my parents. and as they came around the corner, my father was standing out on the street and my mother was right behind him. >> reporter: everyone in the house escaped. >> nobody died. we can rebuild. >> reporter: what began as the most terrifying call of his career --

>> what's your emergency? >> reporter: -- ended in relief for the man who's trained to keep calm even when he's the victim. jeff rossen, nbc news, new york. >> and mike bowes is with us exclusively this morning. mike, good morning. >> good morning. >> i know you were watching that tape and looking at your house, hearing your mother on the 911 call and you were taking deep breaths again this morning. >> it was stressful. >> you were taught and trained as a 911 operator. you've been doing this 11 years. >> 11 years. >> you say to stay calm under pressure-filled moments. what was this moment like for you? >> it didn't hit right away. i got the dreaddress, and i'm l, okay, say it again? and she said 99 hollis avenue, and it hit me and i knew it was my house. and my main concern was my parents, making sure they were out of the house. >> you just heard your mom on one of the tapes. you didn't take that call, though, right? >> no, five of us were working. someone else took the call and said, "your mother's on the phone. it is your house." >> how long did you say i have to be there? >> within seconds, i was up and

they were like, go, we'll take care of everything here. the police officer standing beside me said i'll drive you and we were there within three minutes. >> from a distance, what did you see? >> a distance, i could see the orange glow over the house. that was the scary part. but the relief was when i turned the corner and saw my parents standing in the street. >> wow. and your family has been in this house more than 20 years. >> yes. >> do you know what started the fire, how it began in the first place? skrr >> we do not. the arson investigation is investigating several different leads. >> and there is another family connection to this incident, your cousin? what role did he play? >> my cousin, firefighter tom bowes was the first firefighter on scene. >> wow. >> when they left the station, they could see the fire and he knew when he come down the hill it was our house. >> you took the call and he responded to the scene. >> yes. >> now, this house was destroyed, we should mention. >> it is. >> we were just talking, if i knew -- i'm on tv and i'm having to wear the only clothes i have left. >> yes, it was embarrassing.

they said i'm going to be on here and i didn't have time to run and get anything. >> your clothes on your back. that's all you have left from your home, but everyone got out. >> yes, but everyone got out. we can rebuild. as long as everyone's safe. that's my main concern. >> i'm sure your parents were glad you were there to quickly respond and certainly you were trained to handle this type of thing. can you imagine anything quite like this? i assume your career is continuing as a 911 operator. >> yes. >> once you handle this, i assume you can handle anything. >> i hope. >> mike bowes, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. still ahead, drew barrymore tries a first. she's here to tell us all about it. after these messages. >> do it. do it, it's good. hi.

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good morning &6' 6a9w the "toda show. i'm isabella o'connor filling in for meredith vieira while she's away on assignment. >> i'm owen and i'm going to show you how video games can help us communicate by using technology. >> i can see we're going to have a hard time choosing between these kids. so, if you are a child -- well, maybe if you are a child or you know a child between the ages of 8 and 12 who has a bright personality and flair for the spotlight and an interest in journalism, have them send us a tape no longer than a minute. >> next wednesday, october 7th, is the last day we'll take submissions. it should be mailed to today's kid reporter, 30 rockefeller plaza, new york, new york, 10112. the official rules are posted on todayshow.com. still to come this morning, however, we have a very talented actress in the house. drew barrymore is joining us about a movie she's directed. plus, bobbie thomas on how to show off your shape. grandma, take me there. but with my occasional irregularity i wasn't always up to it. until i discovered activia

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>> good morning. i am mindy basara. howard, the police have accused two teenage brothers accused of beating a cab driver nearly to death. it will be charged as adults in the attack last month. police say that they held the cap and road to the 9100 block of bourbon street, and instead of paying the fare, they kicked and punched and choked him and took his money. despite the severity of his injuries, the driver was able to describe his attackers. >> fortunately, while he was seriously injured, we will able to get information from the victim himself. also, the patrol officers are familiar with the people who live in the community and people who have problems in the community before. >> others were arrested tuesday without incident and are being held on -- brothers were

arrested tuesday without incident and are being held on charges of attempted murder and assault. fire crews were called to battle a fire inside a home at shock and -- children avenue just after 11:30. one woman inside had to be transferred to bayview burn center. another person inside the home was taken to the good samaritan hospital with minor injuries. officials said that the injuries sustained by the firefighter were not serious. let's look of the forecast with sandra shaw. >> mostly sunny skies, a 65 to 68, winds light and out of the west. normalize 73. high pressure is going to keep us stable and dry. big storm brewing out of the planes. it is going to give us a chance of rain. >> we will have another update at 9:55 report

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tribe. >> yeah. >> interesting. >> and i think also being true to who you really are. and i've got to tell you, drew barrymore, your movie made me cry. >> wow. >> we'll be talking to her in a few moments. >> laugh and cry, right? >> thank you. that makes me cry. >> oh, we're aller clement. well, also ahead, we're going to talk about whether or not you're square-cut or pear-shaped. we're talking about body shape. if you don't quite know what shape you are or how to dress for your form, we have tips for all shapes and sizes. >> actually, i'm prune-shaped. >> prune-shaped, all right. well, remember her from "er"? well, now she is in outer space along with some other familiar faces. stars in a drama called "stargate universe." we'll catch up with her, and lou diamond phillips is also part of this cast. >> i like both of those guys. also, we've got harry connick jr. he's back. but first, you. >> me. >> and the weather. >> that's right, what a combo. let's see what's going on. we'll show you for today we're looking at a risk of strong storms texas on into the central

plains, showers in the pacific northwest, sunny here in the east, but chilly and santa ana winds blowing in southern california. not good for the firefighters there. for tomorrow, more rain in the pacific northwest, showers move into the upper ohio river valley, back down into the lower mississippi river valley. >> mostly sunny skies, high of 57 degrees. milder for this afternoon on the eastern shore at 69. tomorrow, 74. >> and that's your latest weather. >> thanks, al. >> all right, al, thank you very much. coming up, miss drew barrymore.

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well, now after nearly 40 films, she's making a directorial debut in "whip it," a story in which she also appears. it's a coming of age film about a teenager who escapes her life with a team of roller derby rebels. >> ma'am, put down the lip gloss and step away from the mirror. >> what are you all doing here? >> i'm thinking, you know, i'm not so bothered about her playing this roller derby. in fact, i think it's kind of neat. i went on the website. they've got pictures all over it. it looks like they're having a ton of fun. >> we just spent a lot of money on a custom-made gown. >> yeah, sweet. >> looks nice. >> i can take losing the money. i cannot take losing the chance for our kid to be happy. >> drew barrymore, good morning. >> good morning. >> the hollywood reporter writes "with "whip it," her remarkable

debut as a director, drew barrymore shows she is just as perky and quirky behind the camera as in front of it." that's not bad. that's a pretty good review for a first time. >> believe me, i've had way worse than that. no, that's a great review and i wanted something i could really put my heart into. and being in my mid-30s now, i really relate to the parents' side, where they just want the best for their child. and if the child's blueprint is not necessarily what their parents have in mind for them for their future, how do you gain that honesty and acceptance? how do you put your cards on the table? how can you retrain your thinking? and that's a big theme for me and it's a huge theme in the movie and why i'm glad we showed this clip because it's set in the world of roller derby, which is a really unique backdrop. and such an athletic, great, capable sport. and i really related to that personally, too, you know. hollywood wants to like put you in a box and have you look and act and be a certain way, and we

use the metaphor of pageants, and there's nothing wrong with pageants -- >> let me interrupt here. you've got marcia gay harden playing the mother, and marcia wants her daughter, played by ellen page, to really be a beauty queen, to rise, but ellen's got her own ideas. >> well, and that's marcia's generation of which she grew up with, and what she thinks is going to be best for her daughter. and she has no ill intentions. she just really wants her daughter to succeed in life. and her daughter's dream for herself is to not have to look and be and act so perfect. it's to let her more inner, energetic, athletic, capable side out. >> which is why all of a sudden she goes to this other extreme. she finds this fire that just starts burning in her when she sees these girls racing around the track. >> yeah. >> looks like so much fun. she turns out to be so good at it. but how can she explain this to her mother? how can she let the love she needs so desperately from her mother, that unconditional

stuff, happen when she's doing something so off the charts? >> and it was wonderful to do failm about what mothers and daughters go through because i've been through so much with my own mother that i could bring honesty and experience to it. what i didn't want to make was a hollywood version of what families go through. it's rough. you can't sweep things under the carpet. you have to deal with this. you have good days and bad days. and in my 20s, i used to believe in happy endings, and i still do, but in my 30s, i really love a good day. and what this family wants to achieve is fighting for each other and wanting to love each other and accept each other, and that's not an overnight process. >> and that's why it really running true. >> thank you. >> and that's why it made me cry. >> thank you. >> because there is the nuance in ellen page's performance and the sweetness -- you know, juliette lewis plays the bad girl in this. i mean, when i first started seeing this movie, i thought, oh, no, this is another traditional, predictable movie about girls hating each other

and fighting, "mean girl" kind of thing. but in fact, there is a lot of nuance in this that is really uplifting, and while you talk about it not really having this traditional happy ending, it has a lot of happiness in it. >> you know, i lovejoy and i love being happy. and i certainly don't want to go to the movies unless it's an art film and it's really going to be deep and meaningful, i don't want to go to the movies and be miserable. there's enough misery in life. i don't want to watch fighting and misery and anger. i want to have the celebration of life. i want for two hours to be taken out of my own life and given something that's emotionally resonant and makes me laugh and makes me feel empowered and want to go out and celebrate afterwards, and i did that but i only think that works when you have heart involved, when your heart is invested in something is where you're able to have the most fun, and i really tried to do that with this. >> and there seems to be a theme, i mean, with "charlie's angels" and other sorts of movies with this. you are create a legacy, a body of work that we want to take our daughters to. we want to sort of create a conversation.

i mean, i would love -- i can't wait to take my 16-year-old daughter to this movie and to have her and i talk about it. >> i can't wait for that. >> because it's joyful, it's fun, it's entertainment, but yet, it also makes us think about unconditional love and. most in life to gain that honesty and acceptance, and when it's slowly achieved or the bonding or the seeing eye to eye, the support. you just want their acceptance so bad, and sometimes it takes a little rebelling or carving your own way, but that really is universal and so true to me and why i was so excited to make a movie about that, and i want to make family films. i want to make films for mothers and daughters. of course, i want to make fun things that guys want to go see and sports and action and

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sci-fi's new show "stargate universe" follows a band of soldiers, scientists and civilians who must fend for themselves after escaping to a stargate when their hidden base comes under attack. the desperate survivors emerge aboard an ancient ship that's locked on an unknown path and unable to return to earth. this sounds like our show. the stars, robert carlisle and lou diamond phillips are joining us. >> good morning. >> l lou, let me ask you, there were two previous "stargate" shows. do you have to have been a fan to like this one? >> no, our show is a little darker, a little grittier, a little sexier. >> oh, okay. >> that's what i'm doing here. but i think we're outside the box of what's traditionally the faithful following of "stargate." i think we have a lot that those fans will love, but i think it's going to expand beyond its own universe, if you will. >> robert, there's a power struggle between the scientists,

civilians and the military. you represent, in a sense, the scientists. tell us about your character. >> yeah, i play dr. nicholas rush, who is, i guess, the lead scientist in this new "stargate" expedition. he's responsible for taking them through the ninth chevron on to the destiny. so, this guy is probably not to be trusted. >> ah, wow. so we don't trust the scientist. >> no, we don't. >> now, ming, i like this, your character -- you're the human relations, i have to say, officer. >> yes. >> so, there are hr people in space? >> yes, and i have to, you know, make sure that the aliens as well as the humans get along, that they're qualified for their job, and you know, i've got to keep an eye out on these guys, you know, support the civilians against the military and the scientists. >> and is that one of the things you're not quite sure who's the good guys and who are the bad guys on this? >> it's a bit flawed. >> i think it's because you've got a bunch of people that have taken outside of their experience that none of them are

prepared for the job. none of them are trained to do that job. so, i think you're dealing with basic human nature here. so, no one's 100% good or bad, but they're in a very, very difficult situation and strange things arise. >> do you have to be a fan -- does it help to be a fan of science fiction or just a fan of good acting? >> i think the bells and whistles are fantastic for a lot of people. we're seeing sci-fi move into the mainstream now. but this is very much a human drama. i mean, it's an amazing backdrop, but it's very much about the interaction between the characters and what makes these people tick in a life-and-death situation. >> and ming, i understand you've been a fan of sci-fi for a long time. >> yes. i am a sci-fi geek and very proud of it. apparently, it's very hip to be a sci-fi geek now. >> i want to be a sci-fi geek, too! >> yeah, you know, i was like president of my science fiction club in high school, and, well, okay. >> nothing wrong with that. >> nothing more you can say. >> i've got to tell you, i'm looking forward to it. ming na, carlisle, lou diamond

phillips. "stargate universe" premieres tomorrow night at 9:00/8:00 central on sci-fi. up northern, how to change your shape. isn't that a trick they do on "stargate"?

♪ this morning on "bobbie's style buzz," ever get dressed and think something doesn't quite look right on you? well, "today's style" editor bobbie thomas is here to break down the do's and dont's of dressing for your body type. bobbie, good morning. >> good morning. i love the intro today. >> i love the animation, the music. you're just the star, right? let's start with the first body type. >> yes. >> it's the hourglass figure, krengt? >> right, and we have a picture of me and marie up here.

sometimes you put clothes on and you're like, why doesn't this look good on me? well, it's because she's getting lost in this loose dress. she is actually an hourglass, which is the most flattering body type you can aspire to, because it's all about that x-factor. >> yet, you can't really see that shape. >> yes, because you're losing her stomach. if we bring her out, you'll see the correction. >> mia marie, come out. oh, wow! >> this is such a fantastic option. you really want to take advantage of your waistline. cinch in your waist, the belt trend. you have so many great belts. what i love about this dress from czar is the shoulder pads, really exaggerating the nice x, the x-factor. >> i love the shape of that dress. looks fantastic. >> ladies, please remember, it is not about size, it's about shape. it's all about balance of proportion. >> very good point. well, you look fantastic. all right, our next body shape is the triangle. >> yes. >> women who tend to be petite on top and bigger on the bottom. >> yes, you'll see she has a small shoulder line in comparison to the widest point, so that's typically this triangle. so what we want to do is add

more volume up top to balance. it's all about stylish symmetry. let's bring her out here. >> look at that. >> we brought the focus up with statement necklaces. these are affordable, banana republic. the blazer is really nice. >> shoulder pads. >> yeah. shoulder pads are back. so take advantage of them. >> look at that. >> create a broader shoulderline and the button creates the perfect x on her. >> so you're shifting the focus up instead of down. >> and keeping it simple on the bottom. >> jennifer, you look fantastic. thank you. the next is the inverted triangle. >> which is the opposite of jen. and this is melissa. you'll see how her neckline is broader -- she has teeny hips. >> not that that's a bad thing. >> no, it's great. you really want to show off your assets. we really want to bring the hip line up a bit and minimize what's going on up here. so, if we bring melissa out -- >> okay, so, this is something we want to see her body elongated. >> yes. >> and you can take advantage of scarfs. don't wrap a scarf around your neck because it will add more

bulk. >> okay. >> keep it long, add a long necklace and i've shortened the bottom, opened it up so you can see her fabulous legs. and play with footwear. >> okay. >> there's so many funky shoes out there, boots, big ankle straps, shoes that normally somebody with the opposite body shape can't wear, she can have fun with. >> how did she tie the scarf down? >> it's part of the sweater and i love the sweater. it's on the website, but it's $100 and you can do a lot with that. >> i love it. great. melissa, thanks so much, looks fantastic. this is also something people think, oh, poor rectangle, the tall athletic type, but you still have to be careful about what you wear. >> exactly. space is gorgeous, but sometimes -- look at how she looks boxy with this outfit. >> yep, she does. >> what she also needs to do is create the x factor. so, she needs to add curve, increase femininity. >> okay. >> so, if faith comes on out, you'll see that we put her -- >> and they look like different people with these outfits. it's incredible the difference. >> this is the secret about styling, the balance and proportion. the hem line on the shirt, you'll notice, isn't horizontal. it dips little and the ruffles

add softness. >> cinched at the waist. >> exactly. the shoes bring your eye line up from her blond hair down to the red shoes. she's gorgeous and she really needs to kind of add that curve to give her that more feminine appeal. >> are these different -- like, we should bring everybody out when we're looking at these, but i feel there's common things, the shoulder pads, cinched waist. you're trying to create an hourglass figure pretty much for all of these women. >> whenever you think about it it's the x factor. come on in. >> and look at these lovely models here. >> perfect examples. you just want to find your center point and think about the balance. >> think about the balance here? >> yeah. >> cinching at the waist all the time. >> al, get with the program on the balance. >> it's great for guys because shoulders, you can have a small head and really broad shoulders. >> especially if they got to do this. >> thank you very much. you can check out bobbie's column "the buzz" in "in touch weekly aid and on our website.

>> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. if you are not careful, it could cost you more to drive on state roads. several new laws take effect today aimed at keeping drivers focused on and under the speed limit. speed cameras will be snapping pictures of speeders driving 12 miles above the legal limit. it will be fined $30. it will also be illegal to write or send a te

>> now let's take a look at the forecast with sandra shaw. >> beautiful, sunny skies today. definitely feeling like autumn as we begin the new month. 48

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