we're back now with more of "today" on a tuesday morning, 2nd of march 2010. kind of mild outside, mid-30s. nice blue skies. pretty shot there in rockefeller plaza. thanks to the people outside, who have been hanging out all morning long. i'm matt lauer along with al roker and natalie morales. and coming up in this half hour, more on the devastation down in chile as the situation gets more desperate in some hard-hit cities and aid is slowly trickling in, quake survivors are raiding markets and pharmacies looking for food, water, medicine, everything they need in these desperate few days. ann is reporting from chile this

morning. we're going to check in with her live in just a couple of minutes. all right, switching gears then. joy bauer is here with some important advice on staying healthy not just for yourself, but for your kids, especially if you're trying to manage their weight. she's going to answer all of your questions, from wha kinds of breakfasts are best to get your child moving to simple dinner ideas for all five nights of the week. so, we've got your "diet s.o.s." today. >> all right. and we've got a '70s flashback to a time when bell b bottoms, flyback hair and -- well, not for me. >> you had some hair. >> you had some mutton chops. >> i had some mutton chops. the soundtrack that sang for millions of lives was "the partridge family." 40 years later, we're saying hello, hello to the cast, and they've stuck around to answer your e-mail questions. >> any of you guys get the bus? did you get to keep the bus, david? >> i was told that danny took the bus and drove it over a cliff. >> why is that not a surprise? >> yeah, why don't we have a hard time believing that? >> of course. >> we'll check with you in a

second. natalie has the headlines of the morning. in the news this morning, in chile, secretary of state hillary clinton is checking in on the recovery efforts after saturday's massive earthquake. she's bringing help, including 20 satellite phones, the first part of a much larger u.s. aid package. ann curry is in hard-hit c constitucion, chile. good morning, ann. >> after driving all night, we made it to constitucion, about 45 miles from the epicenter of the earthquake. locals say after this 8.8 earthquake, no less than five tsunami waves crashed ashore, and described one of them as being at least 50 feet high. you can see the power of these waves. further down -- we're about 2,000 feet from the ocean -- further down, we saw huge flatbed trucks completely flipped over. right there, you can see those were once power lines. there's a lot of need here. we know that a rescue team has arrived and we also know that there's a great need, according to the president, for more field hospitals and also for more

rescue teams because the teams have been working since saturday and have become very fatigued. and this town here, constitucion, is just one of many here in chile still reeling from one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded. natalie, back to you. >> all right, ann curry live there in constitucion, chile. thank you. today, congress is holding more hearings on toyota's recent recalls. meantime, gm says it will recall more than a million chevrolet and pontiac compact cars to fix power steering motors that can fail. the recall affects the 2005 to 2010 cobalts, the 2007 to 2010 pontiac g5s, the 2005 and 2006 pontiac pursuits sold in canada and the 2005 and 2006 pontiac g4s sold in mexico. the search is intensifying in southern california for missing 17-year-old chelsea king. she disappeared thursday. a registered sex offender remains in custody for questioning. a california judge has approved donating to the

smithsonian the suit o.j. simpson was wearing when he was acquitted of murder in 1995. the deal ends a long legal battle between fred goldman and simpson's former sports agent. and you're up to date right now. four minutes past the hour. matt and al. >> all right, nationalialie, thu very much. how about a check of the weather? we've got a low pressure system causing heavy rain down through the southeast. snow up from knoxville to northern atlanta, on back to memphis, some mixed precipitation. some of the storms could be fairly strong down through florida and off the mid-atlantic coast, where we could see anywhere from one to two inches of rain. the good news is, this storm system is not as intense, won't hang around as that one from last week. it moves out fairly quickly. snowfall amounts not too bad, fairly light, generally one to two inches, but some areas back >> the weather should be pretty quiet this tuesday, until late

afternoon, at that time we will see a chance for r and that's your latest weather. natalie? ♪ sending out an s.o.s. al, thank you. on "joy's s.o.s.," helping you stay healthy. from protein-packed breakfasts for kids to the benefits of chia seeds. registered dietician joy bauer has all the answers to your nutrition questions. joy, good morning. >> good morning. welcome back. >> thank you. good to be back. >> okay, let's get right to viewer questions. the first one comes to us from katie. she joins us from skype from virginia beach. katie, are you with us? good morning. >> good morning. >> what's your question for joy?

>> well, i'm a professional living on my own and i find it hard to make healthy meals for just one and i try to avoid prepackaged and processed foods, but a lot of fresh foods and recipes make multiple servings and it goes bad before one person can eat it all. what should i do? >> good question, katie. and who wants to eat all the leftovers, too? >> that's right. my best advice is to befriend your freezer in a big way. continue making the multiple serving recipes, especially things like hardy soups and casseroles and turkey chili and turkey burgers, but eat what you're going to eat and then take the leftovers, portion them out into single serving amounts, label them, wrap them and put them right back in the freezer, because then they're there for you to defrost at your leisure. also, when you go to the grocery store, you're going to buy big portions of ground beef and chicken breasts and fish fillets. open them up at home, individually wrap them again and pop them in the fridge along with a lot of frozen vegetables,

because again, that's going to be your savior, and everybody needs a few standard single-serving recipes. so, here's a bunch for you. the first thing, it's so simple, is grilled chicken farm sparmes. you take a piece of chicken because you have it singly frozen in the freezer, and panfry it in oil, spray top it with marinara sauce, under the broiler with skim milk, mozzarella cheese or in the toaster oven. yummy. you also have a hardy dinner omelet with vegetables and reduced fat cheese. you can make a shrimp and broccoli stir fry from frozen shrimp and broccoli that you thaw out just what you need and then make a preportioned individual serving of brown rice or whole wheat pasta. i love making turkey sausage with sauteed peppers and onions, and then, you know, the standard meal. >> you're making me hungry, joy. >> i'm supposed to -- >> all right, steak and chicken. >> with a baked potato or a small portion of pasta or brown or wild rice. >> so you can eat healthily for one. >> very doable. i hope that helps.

>> katie, thank you. next, susan from north carolina is joining us on the phone. susan, what's your question for joy? >> hi, joy. >> hi, susan. >> i'm 61 and i recently lost 31 pounds plus. now i do cardio and strength training, but i haven't regained the elasticity in my skin, around my middle, my legs, my arms. and cosmetic surgery is not an option right now. so, i'm wondering, am i healthy in spite of the loose skin? >> well, congratulations, susan, great job! >> yeah, huge congratulations, and susan, a huge yes. skin is skin. it's not fat. and even though you don't get the benefits on the outside that you'd like to get from the exercise, you can bet your bottom dollar that that exercise is dramatically helping your insides. it's probably lowered her cholesterol and her blood pressure. it's definitely reduced inflammation. it's plummeted the risk of different disease states and it's enhanced your overall health. and i work with people all the

time that have this same issue. while some people are genetically blessed with elastic and they lose weight -- >> they bounce back. >> it snaps right back. the majority of people have excess skin, but unfortunately -- >> and the toning is important. >> and you are healthy. so kudos to that. >> thank you, susan. next is christine in charlotte, north carolina. sent us an e-mail. she writes "i'm trying to help my 9-year-old daughter manage her weight. can you recommend a few healthy, protein-rich breakfasts to give her a good start to the day? i know eggs are great, but she's allergic to eggs and nuts." what do you recommend, joy? >> this is a smart mom, because she knows that a protein-rich breakfast is going to help kids stay alert and focused during school in the a.m., and it's also a great weight regulator because it helps with appetite control, but it's tricky because we have two allergies here that are high in protein, eggs and nuts. >> so peanut butter is out. >> peanut butter is out. so, i'm going to go after the dairy, and i love greek yogurt, because greek yogurt is higher in protein than regular yogurt. a lot of brands, there's

chabani, so you could do a parfait, layer the yogurt with fruit and whole grain cereal. also, instead of making oatmeal with water, make it with skim milk or skim plus, which is even higher in protein. fruit yogurt smoothies, you can throw in skim milk and yogurt and a scoop of way protein if you want and take toasted waffles instead of maple syrup and butter, a little soy nut butter. >> so soy nuts are good with peanut allergies. >> soy nuts are typically fine with peanut allergies and make it interesting with either sliced strawberries or topped with bananas. kid-friendly and fun. >> very good. joy, good information and more advice on your website, todayshow.com. coming up next, actions speak louder than words. what does your body language really say about you? but up next, "the partridge family" is going to answer your questions right after this. destroy them with lysol neutra air. it eliminates odor-causing bacteria in the air... and kills 99.9 percent of bacteria at the source.

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happy ♪ more now of our special series "great tv families reunited." this morning we're hanging out with some icons of the '70s, "the partridge family." the cast has stuck around to answer your questions. david cassidy, david bonaduce, brian forster and suzanne crough. good to see you all again. >> nice to see you, too. >> first, let's get caught up. david, what are you doing these days? touring, doing a lot of touring, huh? >> yeah, touring and waiting around the train station for someone to pick me up. no, i've been out on tour quite a bit. last couple of weeks i've been in dallas, chicago, playing casinos. i'm actually going to be in epcot later this month. >> cool! >> i'm playing three nights there. and yeah, i've been out touring and just finished doing a television series with my brother, shawn, as the executive producer, head co-writer, and my brother patrick and i. we have a great cast. it's called "ruby and the rockets" on abc family. and we won't mention that network again, will we?

>> no, they're done. >> that's enough of that. >> and danny, i know you're doing radio. i've been on your show a couple times. >> yes, you have. i'm in philadelphia now on wysp. thank you very much. >> huh, i guess you must have lost my phone number. you've been calling al, but i don't get a phone call? >> okay, hey, brian, so, what's up with you? >> sorry! >> well, i'm semi-retired, underemployed, actor, musician -- well, musician sort of, race car driver. looking for my next project, kind of like you were talking about. >> yeah. >> and suzanne? >> i'm a manager for officemax. >> oh, cool, all right. very nice. can you get me maybe some toner or -- >> sure. >> no. >> you don't need toner. you don't need toner. >> we've got some e-mail questions here. first of all, this is from darryl in texas. "david, how do you think being a heartthrob in your era compares with today's young heartthrobs like robert pattinson or zac efron?" >> ooh, i get a lot of people asking me that question about zac. apparently -- i just hope that his, you know, when you get compared to someone, when

someone compares a young actor to me, i think that the world and the culture's so different now. as we were talking about before, everybody's got a cell phone with a camera. i think that for me it was all about the work. i'd work all day on the set with these guys, then i'd go and record all night. i think it's such a different world that i can't even imagine having to deal with the tmz concept. and i think our culture is so celebrity-obsessed now. it was nothing like that. >> plus, you were handsome. robert pattinson's ugly. come on. >> oh, come on. >> admit it. take looks like tori spelling with his eyes on the side of his head. he looks like the gecko on the commercial -- >> robert was on yesterday. lucky he's not here -- >> could he see behind him? >> will you stop! laurie from montego, new york, wants to know, what would you all be doing if you didn't get a chance to be on the program? suzanne, what do you think you'd be doing?

>> god. you know, it's part of -- it's part of you. i mean, i started so young, who knows? but you know, i have two daughters and i'm married and i have a normal job, so i'd probably be in the same boat. >> mm-hmm. >> you know. >> that's not a bad answer. you know, my favorite on the show, i must admit, was reuben kincaid. dave madden -- >> all of us agree. we miss dave madden. >> this is from alex from florida. "the partridge family" manager with reuben kincaid played by dave madden. why isn't dave madden here? >> he doesn't fly. >> interesting. >> he won't fly. and danny could probably tell you better, because -- >> on the show, danny, you guys butted heads, but in fact, you had a good relationship. >> i spent almost every weekend of the four years of "the partridge family" at dave madden's house. he was a second father to me, and to be quite frank, he did a better job than the first. >> i agree. >> he was a remarkable man and stays in contact almost constantly. i get an e-mail from dave madden almost every day. >> in fact, our booker did call,

tried, but as you said, he doesn't travel. >> he will not fly. >> you know, you mentioned something that he was a dad to you. was shirley and dave, were they kind of parental figures for you guys or -- >> not to me. >> oh, well, that's right. i forgot about that. >> not to me. no, shirley is my step mother. a lot of people, because she played my mom. >> right. >> she was married to my dad and i knew her from the time i was 7. and she -- i miss her and i'm telling you, she should be a part of this and she wanted to be a part of this, and as i said earlier, she's on tour, and i love you, shirley, i miss you. i hope you come back and join us and we get to hang out again. >> she was like a mother to me, and in a sense, i think she got carried away a couple times, because i remember on the set, and i was, imagine this, misbehaving, and she looked at me and she said, "danny, go to your room!" and i said, "shirley, there is no room. this isn't a real house," but she tried to ground me a couple

times. >> one last question, from theresa in jeffersonville, indiana. will there ever be a "the partridge family" reunion show? >> yes, and this is it you're watching it. >> what's this? >> i would love just to have an opportunity -- and i mean this sincerely -- i would love to put together something that would -- in its time, it had an innocence about it. i think today you would have to do it totally different and you would have to use, if you were going to use this cast, you'd have to use an awful lot of the mistakes that we made. >> okay. we'll leave it at that. david cassidy, david bonaduce, brian forster, suzanne crough, thank you very much. you brought us a lot of happiness, including today. and tomorrow on "great tv families reunited," the cast of "227." coming up, emily on her new film and co-starring with heart throb robert pattinson.

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actress emilie de ravin plays ali in the new movie "remember me," and it's not your typical love story. >> and she has the grueling job of playing the love interest of hollywood hunk robert pattinson. emilie, good morning. you probably get that a lot, don't you? >> good morning. no, no. >> now, tell me about your character, ali, because we learned at the beginning of the movie, she suffered a major tragedy in her life, so that's really kind of shaped her character and who she is. >> yeah, it has, in a very primitive way, too, at age 11. so just sort of preteen and about to figure out who you are. and i think, yeah, she's got a lot of strong personality traits, which i love a lot of them, i think stemming from losing a mother. you know, she's really quite guarded, but she's really strong and she just has this amazing outlook on life, to live life to its fullest and to not live in the past, and there's nothing you can do about it. and also, this why wait? don't sit around

procrastinating, just do something instead of just talking about it. >> both of your characters, yours and robert pattinson's, who plays tyler, you're both emotionally wounded and find each other. really, the chemistry between the two of you is something special. why do you think that happened? >> we worked a lot together on things. we spent a lot of time getting to know each other and working not just reading lines, i mean, reading through scenes, but really just talking about them and getting to know each other's outlook on the characters and sort of working on their journey and relationship, instead of just getting to set and figuring it out then. it just sort of clicked. >> and i remember when you were shooting here last year in new york, the paparazzi, the papers were going crazy. what's it like working opposite a guy -- i mean, he can't even walk out of a hotel without there being a mob scene on him. >> yeah, it's pretty crazy. it was challenging at times, because you know, when you've got that many eyes on you and cameras on you constantly, when

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to the state. gov. martin o'malley says that he is not making apologies for visiting troops in iraq. that was initiated by the department of defense, but the move did not sit well with the former governor. >> my point was that during this session where we are dealing with a historic budget deficit, in my view as the former governor, the governor belongs in annapolis, not in iraq or anyone else. >> we cannot be bothered by that kind of negativity. >> anthony brown says that his criticism is irresponsible and demonstrates a lack of understanding of leadership. tell me, do you have the forecast? >> the weather should be quiet this tuesday, there's a storm system approaching from the south with light rain and snow this evening.

high temperatures are expected around 40's. during the day tomorrow we will see light snow developing, off and on with a few inches of accumulation. high temperatures in the upper 30's, and then the good stuff, sunshine with temperatures in the 50's over the weekend. >> we will have another update at 9:55.

for you, mary, just a little naive domestic burgundy. i hope you're serving something red. >> i'll put ketchup on it. >> that's the signature comedy of one of the favorite '80s tv shows, "227," the truth-tellers, as they saw it, from a group living in a d.c. apartment building. we're going to have a cast reunion here tomorrow on "today." so, we're looking forward to seeing the ladies here. meanwhile, still to come in this half hour, have you ever seen something and thought how can i get one of those? >> sure, i have. >> well, not to worry, because you know who's here to help us out? >> who? >> jill martin -- >> yay!

>> with some fun finds, like what i can't get away from, the world's largest gummy bears. >> you know, they had those in "cloudy with a chance of meatballs." >> exactly. do you know how many calories are in that gummy bear? you don't want to know. also, monopoly is going digital. >> no! >> so we'll show you that, too, coming up. and this may make you nervous with this lady sitting next to you. she's a body language expert and she's telling us what message you're sending with your body language. >> i love al? yes, i do. >> we just butted heads. yeah, we made a love connection! >> it means i'm into al, right? janine's going to tell us. also, in "today's kitchen," we're getting nutty with a treat. homemade pecan rolls with scott peacock. one of our favorites. whenever he's here, we all gain about three pounds by the end of the show. >> that's right. always love your sticky buns. what? let's see what's going on, check it out for today. sunshine in new england, rain works its way up the

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this morning on "jill's fun finds," items you never thought you needed until now, from gadgets that make shopping a cinch to reincenting board games. "today" contributor jill martin has some unusual products that will make your life easier and a lot more fun. jill is also a contributor for "us weekly." good morning, jill. >> good morning. >> how did you find all these things, because i've never seen half of this stuff. >> these are random finds that i thought was fun. i want to start with my favorite, this is a cyber shot camera. what it does is it detects smiles. so, if you have a party, it goes on this sony. it's $150. it looks like a lazy susan. but if you smile, it will snap and take a picture. it has software loaded in.

>> it did take a picture. >> it took it, uh huh. >> you can see there. good. >> so, if you have a friend that has something on their face, they will not make the album. and it's perfect. $150. >> now to the computer savvy desk light. >> you know what, if you don't want to turn your lights on at night but want a little extra light for your computer, this is $7.99, perpetualkid.com. >> powers off your computer. that's great. >> isn't that cute? and it's great for kids because it's fun. >> speaking of a computer, you have a slide show converter software thing you've worked into the computer. >> my family has over 3,000 slides. i went into storage to get it. this is the old envelope they're in. we all have so many old slides. now for $99, you put the slides in here and it will put it right on to the computer so you can edit it. it's my father's 65th birthday. i'm making this for my family. that's my father and i. >> so cute! >> it's a great gift and so easy to edit. you're computer-savvy, but i am

not, so this is great. >> it's perfect. over here, for the person with their to-do or shopping lists, you've go the this smart shopper. >> it's the smart shopper, and you just talk into it and say your grocery list or errand list and press print and it will print it out for you. >> and it detects whatever it is you're saying. >> right. it has software that detects your voice. >> so cool. >> and it prints it out. that's $149.95. >> everybody loves that. over here, monopoly's going digital. >> isn't this amazing? for the first time on the "today" show, hasbrotoyshop.com. it's $14.99. you can preorder it and this is digital banking now. remember, this is the old set with all the money. now you have an atm card. >> no way. >> and if you go to jail, there's literally like a jail sound effect and music just to update it. >> okay. but you know what i'm bummed about? i like the little pieces. i like the little dog. where's the little dog? >> i know. everything is a little updated. and the bank, too. >> a little too modern. over here now, for the person who always forgets to recharge

their gadgets, this is a gadget charger. >> this is great for the car. it looks like a starbucks cup, but you can plug it into anything in your car. this goes into the cigarette lighter and charges it up. >> now this is a transition from the ipod to the ipoo'd. >> i love this. it's so random. what a great gift. >> these t-shirts are fabulous. they're so cute. i love the ab/cd, instead of ac/dc. we know sasha loves this doll. >> sasha obama has one on her backpack. uglydolls.com. we have it right here. we also have a picture of her. >> they're collectibles now. >> and it's a great gift for your kids if you want to get them a little something. this is my favorite. >> this is my breakfast here. i love gummy bears. >> perpetualkid.com has the biggest gummy bear in the world. >> oh, my god. look at this thing! >> it's 5 pounds, 12,600 calories, equivalent to over

1,000 gummy bears. >> maybe i would stick to the little guys. more portable. >> and the lollypop. but it's a great centerpiece. i don't know if i'd recommend you eating it with your children. >> for the frequent flyer amongst us -- >> for the frequent flyer. you come sit here. >> now, you swear this is actually going to improve our quality of life on an airplane, right? >> it fits in here. >> you may annoy some passengers sitting next to you. >> you may, but you put it up to the vent and it blows it up -- >> blow this up on the vent. >> put your head down and relax. that's it. >> if anybody wants to go to the bathroom, forget about it. >> you need a window seat, but isn't that fun? >> this is so great. i don't know that i'd necessarily like to use it on a plane. >> gummy bear lollypop -- >> gummy bear lollypop is for me. up next, from the bar stool to the board room. yay, now i'm happy. we're going to decipher the language of body language, right after this.

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if actions speak louder than words, then what are you saying with your body? in her book "you say more than you think," janine driver says you can change the way you're perceived and get what you want using her seven-day new body language plan. nice to see you. >> nice to see you, al. thank you for having me. >> good to have you. during your 16 years of investigative training, you had a high-security clearances, how difficult was it to perceive what somebody's body language would mean? >> it can be really challenging. for me, i'm throwing you in jail or teaching cops to tell if bad guys are lying. i can't do it because you touch your nose, say to the judge he touched his nose, he's lying or

put his hands in his pocket, he's lying. so, it's about baselining and you're looking at what someone's baseline is and if they deviate from that. so, woody allen is a neurotic kind of a guy, right? his hands tend to be in his pockets. he's very small. then you have someone like howard stern. howard stern tends to take up more space, he's very relaxed. look at him. this is his norm. his his baseline. if all of a sudden, howard stern started playing with his cuticles or buried his hands in his pockets and looked more like woody allen, that would say to me as a law enforcement officer, there is more to the story here. >> a lot of this is subconscious, but you say you can consciously make changes. >> absolutely. i have the seven-day plan. for seven days, you learn a new skill every day and at the end of the chapter, it's great, i give you ten exercises. some you can go out and do, some you can do from the comfort of your own home. simply going to youtube and looking at oprah when she interviewed kris angel, the magician. he guessed her number, 1 to 100.

how did he guess it? well, there's a body language element. i tell you what to look for and you can use this in your life. >> let's look here. first one, a job interview. you say with a handshake, you can make a big impression. >> you can. a handshake, there's more to the story. if you look here, look what happened here. this is the kiss of death, al. she has -- she's the interviewer. she's coming in, giving what's called the upper hand. what she just did is killed all chances of success. >> because she had her hand over his? >> absolutely. so, this move right here is the upper hand. she's trying to dominate him. you will not get the job if you try to dominate him. >> let's look at what the correct thing would be. >> what happens here is you're going to see her walk into the room now. instead of her giving the upper hand, you're going to actually see something more powerful. wait, before we go there, al, she's making more mistakes. look what she just did here. here's another faux pas, number two, big mistake. she has her hands under the table. never hide your hands. the other mistake is she sat down directly across from the person interviewing her.

this is fight or flight. when i'm going to fight someone, i go directly face in front of them. what she's just done is increased stress. and by increasing stress, you stress him out, you become more stressed, and this is not going to be the job. >> so, don't keep the hand over the top, don't sit directly across from somebody and keep your hands visible. >> absolutely. those are the three biggest mistakes in an interview. now we'll see her do it right. >> okay. >> here she'll come in and it's very strategic, give him the upper hand. bam, look what happened. she's underneath the hand and gave him the impression he's in control. >> she moved the chair over. >> two, she moved the chair over here, very strategic. now you see her hands, al. look, she's using a gesture right here, which is a-ok. a-ok. it's a small emblem that she used that says i'm the person for the job. by moving the chair to the side, you've decreased stress and by decreasing stress, you increase your chances of getting a job. >> boardroom meeting. let's go to this. this is interesting stuff as you talk about steepling. >> yes, steepling right here. this man is doing what's called the handgun steeple, which says

he's about to kill her dead, right? [ laughter ] >> she doesn't even know she's got it coming! >> she's doing a more traditional steeple, where this is what donald trump often does in the boardroom. >> right. >> by looking at this picture, we know without a doubt she is the boss. he is going to kill all chances of success. look at these guys, very open, open, open. >> so, that's good? >> this is the trouble-maker. >> he's bad. he's bad. >> watch what happens now. so, he's going to all of a sudden start talking and he's going to be even more aggressive. when you see someone pull out the handgun steeple, we know there's more trouble to come. in a second, here we go -- look, bam! palm-down gestures, look at this, pushing her away. >> ooh. >> push, push, push. >> first he kills her, then pushes her away. >> what does she doing? crosses her arms. you have just backed down your supervisor. >> oh, boy. >> this is the kiss of death. >> dead man walking. >> here's the quick fix. i call it in my book, seven quick fixes. if you notice you're shutting someone down -- here's the boss again. here's the boss. use this open-palm gesture. he's looking for approval from other people on the team.

open palms, this is what a beggar says, a dollar, please, a dollar, please. >> i'm begging you. >> you are going to be heard. look, our boss does not close down now. she stays open. >> let's do the dating. we're in a bar situation, two single girls. >> all right, two single girls. these women are never going to be approached. their belly buttons are facing the bar. we face our belly button towards people we like, admire and trust. so, right here, unless you're trusting the booze and the bartender, if you're single -- >> so, you should face outward, your belly button out. >> i call this naval intelligence, al. >> okay, so, there you are. naval intelligence, i like that. >> so, this is what we call the quick fix again. so, my book is great for bars, it's great for the boardroom. right here, look at the difference. as men looking in, we now see these two women. >> they're available. >> they're available, absolutely. >> and a guy going to try -- >> this guy looks pathetic. now, he's doing something powerful here, called hooking. he's a good hooker, al, because this is a powerful move. powerful people do that.

here she has her leg crossed, so she's creating a circle with him. but what happens if she dumps him? all of us are looking in and all we see is his back. >> so we should be sitting in with the belly button facing out. >> look at the quick fix. he turns it around -- >> and boom, he's done. very nice. >> so, my book is a tool to reading people accurately and a tool to getting what you want from the boardroom to the barroom to the bedroom. >> all right. janine driver, thank you so much. >> thanks for having me in. >> did i do that right? >> you dominated me! >> oh, well. >> that's okay. >> that's another show, all right. coming up next, go ahead and indulge. we're whipping up the perfect pecan buns. either way you say it, they're good. but first, this is "today" on nbc. cock-a-doodle-do. i do 22 more inspections than the government requires. and my fresh, all-natural chickens are never given any hormones or steroids. and no candy, gladys. (announcer) perdue. extra inspections. extraordinary chicken.

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use dough in a can. scott pecan, contributor to "better homes and gardens" has a homemade alternative to sticky buns. good morning, scott. >> good morning, natalie. >> i usually just open up the can and pop them in the oven, but you're showing us how to do it the right way. >> this is a simple, no-need recipe. do the whole thing in the mixer. >> so, you start with the flour. >> yes. we've got yeast and water in here. then we've got a little bit of milk and melted butter, a couple of eggs. >> two eggs. >> a little bit in there. and then you dump everything. this is flour, all purpose, and some sugar. >> okay. >> and a little bit of salt. >> great. >> then you just put this in. >> blend it all together? >> blend it all together. you don't need to knead. put it in a bowl and let it rise up like this. >> how long do you have to wait to let it rise? >> oh, a couple of hours. the thing is we're using a special cinnamon. we ground this ourselves and it's really delicious. you can see it's so tender and sweet. >> wow. >> you can do it like this. the normal cinnamon you would

get -- >> more of a stick. >> this is harder and it's not bad. this is just special and worth looking for. >> how do you grind it? >> in a coffee mill you set aside for grinding spices. this is a beautiful dough. you see how soft and supple it is. >> oh, my gosh, very fluffy. >> velvety and it's a delight. rolls itself out practically. >> so, we'll pretend it's rolling itself out. >> exactly. it's rolled itself out. >> because we don't have that much time. >> we put melted butter all o it and beautiful dates. brown sugar and cinnamon. then we've rolled it up and we have it like this. >> look how beautiful that is. >> and you cut it into pieces. >> now the pecans, you want to get a special. >> these are worth finding, buy them in bulk online and keep them in the freezer. >> exactly. i've done that. >> and it keeps great. then you let these sit here and you see how they rise up. >> they're beautiful. >> they go into the oven and they're quite beautiful. >> you don't top them with anything on top, right? >> no, because there's the sticky on the bottom, which is great. it's a mixture of sugar, honey,

water and butter. >> wonderful. >> and here we are. >> my gosh! we've been waiting all morning for this. they look beautiful. >> have one, please. >> i'm going to. then you made some variations here for us. >> we did one little savory with rosemary and some without nuts at all, just apricots and dried cherries. >> wonderful. >> it's a versatile recipe. >> what's this some. >> that's a nice hot herbal grade tea, perfect with a sticky bun. >> yum. coming up, hair makeovers >> good morning, it is 9:54, here is a look at our top story this morning. police are looking for a suspect that found a 19-year-old boy in, shot her in -- balance -- bound 19-year-old woman,

shooting her in the face and neck. police believe that the attack may be related to a

>> the weather should be quiet today, i think that a storm is approaching but we will not get into the soup until tomorrow. the evening commute could see a bit of that stuff with temperatures in the low 40's.

a couple of inches of accumulation is all that we expect out of this storm. >> thank you for joining us, see you back here for 11:00 news at noon.