we're back now with more of "today" on this monday morning, march 22nd, 2010. spring has arrived here in the big apple. that means spring showers. visitors don't mind. lot of spring breakers out, after gorgeous weekend here in the northeast. we're happy to have them here and happy to have you at home as well. inside studio 1a, i'm lester holt, along with al roker and natalie morales. matt and ann are off today. we've got it covered. don't worry. tiger talks f the first time since the november accident and the revelations of

infilities, tiger woods has answered reporter's questions about his affairs and his return to the golf course. he called his behavior disgusting and said he's working on his marriage. we'll hear more of what he had to say and have some advice for dealing with infidelity, if it happens in your own marriage. also ahead, looking for a fresh start in a new city, barbara corcoran's picks for the five most affordable and fun cities in america. plus if the warm weather is inspiring you to get in shape for summer, we'll tell you some food that is can help to fill you up and kick start your weight loss. first, since ann is off today, natalie has a check of our headlines. >> that's right. in the news this morning, president obama is expected to sign the health care bill as soon as tomorrow. the battle over that bill that passed the house late last night, 219-212 isn't over. there's a vote this week in the senate on changes made to get the bill passed and an effort has already begun to repeal the highly contentious legislation. israel's top stance on jerusalem will be in the white house spotlight tuesday when

president netanyahu meet with his president obama. israel's refusal to constrict construction in east jerusalem is straining relations between the two allies. president karzai has met with the faction and could signal a separate piece for the group that rivals the taliban. nuri al maliki is supporting calls for recount of the parliamentary election. his main competitor, iraq's president, has a slight lead in the march 7th elecon, which has led to numerous allegatio of widespread fraud. the government is warning spring break travelers to pack their patience. beefed up security in response to that failed christmas day bombing attempt over detroit will mean more scanning, swabbing and patdowns. berlin police today said they have arrested the suspected

mastermind of that dramatic armed robbery at a poker tournament two weeks ago, the uncle of one of the other suspects. they've yet to track down the $300,000 taken in that heist. for the third weekend in a row, "alice in wonderland" was tops at the box office, taking in $34.5 million, "diary of a wimpy kid" debuted in second place and "bounty hunter" starring january fer aniston was third. you're up-to-date. basically looking at some wet weather here in the northeast. big low pressure area, spinning around, right around tennessee, bringing frozen precip, rain as well. it works its way toward the northeast. as it does, it will be bringing copious amounts of rain and snow into northern new england. flood watches in new jersey, on into interior new york, parts of new england. the reason for that? we're already talking about saturated ground, swollen rivers and add to that another three to five inches of rain along the

coastline of new england. one to three inches of rain in new jersey, new york and >> and that's your latest weather. natalie? >> al, thank you. for the first time since tiger woods' thank gives night accident and revelations of his serial sexual infidelities, the golf legend is answering reporter's questions. what woods life has been like since then and now his return to

the pro tour. peter, good morning. >> natalie, good morning. this is the first time tiger woods has spoken without a script since his scandal exploded november 27th. two exclusive interviews, one to the golf channel, the other to espn, five minutes each. a life that even tiger admitted had been a fraud. >> i was living a life of a lie. i really was. and i was doing a lot of things that i said that hurt a lot of people and stripping away denial and rationalization, you start coming to the truth of who you really are, and that can be very ugly. >> so ugly that tiger woods described that he was disgusted by his own actions. >> goinggainst your core values, losing sight of them. i quit meditating. i quit being a buddhist. and my life changed upside down. i felt i was entitled, which i never had felt before. and consequently, i hurt so many people by my own, you know,

reckless attitude and mafr. >> during his duelling interviews, he was cordial and composed but also guarded. >> why did you lose control of the car? >> as i said, that's between elin and myself. >> woods said he faced one low point after another these past several months and discussed having to ultimately reveal the truth about his infidelity to his wife, elin, and his own mother. >> the two people in my life who i'm the closest to. and, you know, to say the things that i have done, truthfully, to them is -- honestly was, you know, very painful. >> you say you've made transgressions. how would you, in your own words, describe the depth of your infidelity? >> just one is enough. and, obviously, that wasn't the case. i made my mistakes and, as i've said, i've hurt so many people. so many people i have to make amends to.

that's living a life of amends. >> woods was asked why he ever got married. >> why? because i loved her. i loved elin with everything i have. and that's something that makes me feel even worse, that i did this to someone i love that much. >> kelly tillman of the golf channel, who has covered tiger for years, asked him what his father, the late earl woods, would have said. >> he would be very disappointed in me. he would be very disappointed in me. we would have numerous, long talks. that's one of the things i miss. i miss his guidance and wish i could have had his guidance through all of this. >> i sensed when we were discussing personal topics, he was gentler than before. you could sense a softness that you hadn't about him before. >> what will he tell his children, 2-year-old sam and 1-year-old charlie? >> we'll sit down and talk. it won't be one time. it will be numerous times. i take full ownership of it. i did it.

no one else did it. it was just me. that's the responsibility i will have. i will talk to my kids for however longthy want to talk about it. that is a conversation that will need to be had. >> with his return to golf scheduled for next month at the masters, woods admitted being a little nervous about the reception from fans. >> it would be nice to hear a couple claps here and there, but also hope those are also claps for birdies, too. >> first time we've seen that billion dollar smile in months. obviously, none of the familiar swagger. as we noted, tiger was guarded at times during that conversation. he admitted to spending weeks in in-patient treatment, but he wouldn't say exactly what that was for. also when asked about the state of his marriage, natalie, he said we're working on it, that it was, in his words, a pross but that it's going to remain a private matter between him and his wife, elin. >> peter alexander, thanks so much. could your marriage survive infidelity? robi ludwig and courtney hazlett for msnbc.com.

your impressions of the tiger woods interview? >> very calm, unscripted interview. you think for a second he didn't practice every possible question with his team, you're definitely mistaken there. he is also speaking to his fans, shoring up his base, hard-core golf fans, the people who buy his clubs, the kid whose already looked up to him. he is definitely talking to an audit yeps that wants to bring him back, maybe not people who turned away when necessity broke. >> necessity before the comeback tour? >> way more humble. obvious he has been through a crisis and experienced a lot of pain. what i think he said in the interview, that he missed talking to his father and having that guidance, that that was very real and i think that contributed to him getting so off track. >> what stands out is the admission of all his failures, his admission that he did, as he said, really bad things. but now, as peter pointed out, he is working on his relationship with elin.

is there any good news to be taken from this, robi? can couples survive infidelity? we're dealing with a huge star. that, in itself, may add more difficulty. >> with infidelity, there's a communication breakdown. obviously, two people are not connecting in the way that you would want them to connect. so, what can happen when infidelity is discovered, it's a crisis and it really helps couples discover a truth. what's going on that's not working? what do you need to have in the relationship that, you know, two people are not getting from one another? so, it can open up a  conversation. and two people can decide, do we really want to be in this relationship? >> will the celebrity factor, courtney, in your opinion, hurt them in terms of really trying to work it out? >> i think it hurts any couple who is in this situation, because the details of that betrayal are so much more textured and dynamic because of the way they're broken in the media. it doesn't just become so-and-so cheated on his wife or -- it becomes who is the person they

cheated with? what is their past like? you get more details than you might ever get if it was, say, a normal couple. >> yeah. and in terms of when he talked about how far things went, he said i've done some pretty bad things in my life, but now after going for in-patient treatment for 45 days and more out-patient treatment i'm getting back to my old roots. the acknowledgement of the problem, robi, is that really the first step in repairing the marriage? >> yes. it sounds like he was in denial. >> he peeled back the layers, he was disgusted. >> that's what therapy can help you to do, look at your life honestly, with the eyes of a professional, who can help you understand why you're doing what you're doing. very often, people don't understand why they are behaving the way they are behaving, especially when it's self destructive. >> the use of that word, entitled, though, is so important. >> entitlement, right. >> during his public apology, he said that as well. in terms of the whole idea of celebrity and when celebrities go off track whatever their morals were growing up, entitlement seems to be mostly

at play. they're so used to having the money to pay for whatever they want any time they want but rarely do you hear any of them admit it. >> entitled and he lost sight of his core values, stopped meditating and stopped being a buddhist. >> that's what morals are really for. it's not who is good, who is bad but morals, ideally, help us to stay in a healthy place. >> now, switching gears now, let's talk about the other couple, celebrity couple that's been in the spotlight recently. that's sandra bullock, moved out of her house after revelations and allegations that her husband, jesse james, was having an affair with a tattooed stripper. the question here is, you know, again, you have the celebrity factor. and ndra really seemed to be caught blindsided, to use the word, by the whole thing. >> right. >> do you think there are clues, robi, that lead up to something like this being exposed? >> i'm sure. hindsight is 20/20. when you're living your life and

things are busy, it's very possible that a wife would not know if her husband was having an fair. we don't know if he was in love with this person or if it was just for the sex. she's a very busy woman. when you have someone who is career minded, they're focused on that and for some men that's hard to tolerate. >> what would be the course of treatment -- obviously this is just coming to light and starting to get out there. >> they honestly have to discuss what the affair meant. they have toecide whether they want to work through the relationship and be in the relationship in a different kind of way. there needs to be honesty and they need to deci, you know, do they want to commit to one another and not have affairs? >> you have an interesting take. you say that you would need to start by asking what the affair would say if it could talk. >> yes. >> what do you mean by that? >> because an affair is a communication. it's a behavioral communication that's not being put into words. so, for example, would jesse james say, hey, this is a woman i was just having sex with and i

can't have sex with my wife in that way or i wouldn't want to have sex with my wife in this particular way. it doesn't really mean anything. would he say that? would he say it just felt good and it was hard not to give in to things that feel good. sometimes, again, couples aren't aware of why they're doing what they're doing. this could be very informative for two people who are dealing with infidelity. >> courtney hazlett, robi ludwig, very informative. we'll check out some of the most affordable and hottest cities in america. it matches my style, it has great stuff for my kids, has an available dual-view entertainment center. driving my sienna says, "sure, i'm a mom. but i'm not running around rocking mom jeans." miss, there's a diaper bag on your roof. please. ♪ [ male announcer ] meet the family and the new sienna on youtube. toyota.

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>> good morning, al. >> last week, we had a little snafu, a little problem. >> that happens. >> we had identified charleston, south carolina -- we were talking about charleston, west virginia, but ransom video of charleston, south carolina. >> oh, my gosh. >> we want to apologize. it's a fine city, charleston, west virginia. >> both beautiful cities, no doubt. >> made a mistake. actually went to -- was taking a trip and got sent to the wrong city. >> i don't believe you. >> i did. charleston, south carolina, charleston, west virginia. >> that happens more than you think. >> probably, but won't happen again on this program. what were your criteria for finding these cities? >> it wasn't just about the price. if you can go to a city and find a house for a cheap price, that's a good starter, but you have to make your family happy, good schools, good job, amenities to make for a good lifestyle. all those went into the mix. >> first of all, number five on your list, spokane, washington, native american word, phrase for children of the sun, located 100

miles south of canada. >> the local people really call this city, they've really forgotten about that old indian name, lilac city. it has the largest lilac festival in the country every spring. breathtaking, natural beauty. you can't anywhere in this area without having your breath taken away. it has four distinct seasons, yet it has big city amenities right against thi beautiful backdrop. downtown spokane has undergone a major revitalization, dates back to 1930 and exactly 50% of all the older buildings there have been declared historic district and aren't letting it go. >> what kind of homes can you find? >> adorable little home. here is a great example of it. modern home, remodelled three-bedroom, three-bath, a deck in the back and a nice backyard. >> number four, durham, north carolina, a very hot city. big college town, home of duke university. what do you like about this beautiful durham? >> first of all, the location. it's midway between the blue ridge mountains and the north carolina outer banks. imagine being sandwiched between

those two beautiful spots in the world. i like the job market here. health related companies that keeps employment high, tourist trade, 6 million visitors visit the city every year, that much loved and former tobacco plant warehouses have been converted to theaters, restaurants, shopping, lots of summer concerts there. it's a great city to have a great life at a cheap price. >> average home only about $166,000. >> that's really cheap. here is a good example of a new stone home on a quiet cul-de-sac at a cheap price with three big baths, family room and fireplace. >> montan >> you are in a rush today. >> i am. >> this is all about fun, lewis and clark took 31 days to navigate the great falls in 1805. this city has been celebrating ever since. excuse for a party every single month. annual lewis and clark festival in june, montana state fair, christmas stroll, parade of

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>> cudy and cool and scattered showers and some of them are heavy south of fredericksburg towards the metro area in four hours or so. later on a few more passes showers. how is the traffic? >> time to take a live look to the 14th street bridge.

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♪ out of my heads and into our hearts if we could only get out of our heads out of our heads and into our hearts ♪ >> nine-time grammy winner sheryl crow has a concert coming up tonight in new york city. she will stop by a little later on, on "today." i'm al roker along with natalie morales. if you started peeling off layers this weekend, you might have started thinking about peeling off the extra pounds as well. the five kinds of foods that can

fill you up and jump-start your diet plan. new mom on the cusp of a big dream job, then her husband announced he was done with their marriage. she's writing about their experience and what you can learn about, when it's time to start over. >> that's right. >> and you've got a check of the weather for us. >> absolutely. for the weekend ahead -- week ahead, i should say, wet weather in the northeast, above-normal temperatures outwest into the great lakes, down into texas as well. snow in the rockies. midweek, rain in the ohio valley, down in the gulf coast as well. above-normal temps in the plains and southwest. latter part of the week from texas into the great lakes,lake, >> good morning. 61 degrees in washington. we had passing lighter showers but there is heavier rain to the south of fredericksburg up interstate 95 towards the washington area. past noon time and maybe with

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>> every single thing i thought i knew about myself, everything i thought i knew about life had to be questioned and kind of rebuilt. >> including understanding why her marriage had collapsed. >> the thing i had to realize in the course of my divorce is there were mistakes i made. i sort of had a plan and kind of expected chris to just live it with me. i wasn't paying as much attention to where he was going in his life and what he needed, as i would have liked. what i also realized is that those mistakes aren't necessarily why we're not married anymore. evybody makes mistakes in their relationship. >> stas stacey morrison, good morning. dale atkins, good to have you here. >> hi. >> as editor in chief of the magazine, your job is to oversee articles about marriage. >> yes. >> how to keep your marriage ppy, safe and healthy. was the irony lost on you? >> absolutely not. it was actually quite shocking,

because he told me he wanted to end our marriage about 3 1/2 weeks before i got the job and i just remember being like, do i even get to do this job? do i have to tell someone my husband and i are struggling? there were so many moments in those years when i was on the "today" show giving advice about marriage, good advice about marriage and i just had to live through that. it was interesting. >> what's interesting, you say yowere blind sided at that moment when he said i'm done it basically went from color -- your world went from color to black and white. were there no clues along the way that he was unhappy in the marriage that you missed? >> right. one of the reasons i wrote the book is because i was quite stunned by what comes back at you when you are going through a breakup. people want to know the answers and they want to know the why. in the beginning you want to take their answers and comfort yourself with them. finally i realized you don't get to know why but you get to ask anyway. of course there are clues. which is one is the iceberg? if your wife told you tomorrow, you could have gone back and

said wow, i should have let her have the linguine at the restaurant. >> lot of emotion and pain through this. >> yes. >> what are the stages you go through? >> everything you say, the shock, denial, anger and the grief. what i was struck by, it was the grief, the grief, the grief, some more grief and then a side serving of grief. i feel like when we talk about divorce in our culture, certainly with everything that goes around celebrities, there's the anger and accusations and the blame. it's about loss. you don't win a divorce. you lose. and i wanted people to help me honor my marriage, not bury it. >> and i think dale, when a lot of people talk about divorce, they say sometimes it's worse than a death because it's a different kind of grief in that the person is still in your life, but in a very weird wa especially you just having had a child. >> right. >> so how do you work that out? >> well, you work it out in very different ways. and i think that stacey talks about a very wonderful way in which you can -- you go through it and go through all the feelings you have and try to

build on the other side so that you can have a relationship that honors the marriage and honors the future that you have, and the life you want to build separately. if you have a child, that's really something that so many couples need to work towards if they can. but the grief issue, it's about loss of all kinds, because what happens is when you have a particular loss at this time, it triggers a previous loss that you had. and you learn from those previous losses and i know that you also learn from the opportunities that you got from losing a job. and people think, what are the opportunities? you learn so much about yourself. >> that's true. >> you integrate them into your life and then you move forward right. ?ge, now your with t you guys have a very healthy co-parenting relationship. >> right. >> for your 5-year-old son. >> i really think it's the crowning achievement of my life, is my good divorce. i really do thank my ex-husband for the ways in which that he worked with me for us to have a connected breakup. one of the reasons i wrote the book is to show that we're not

saints. we screamed. we yelled. we said terrlehings and because people really ask and ask and ask. i was like, you want to see it, here is where it is. what i now know for sure is i'm very confident and at peace with who i am and i don't think i was before my divorce. a great irony of life, but i'll take the reward. >> in fact, you actually have new love in your life. >> yes. >> you're in a new relationship, yet you still have this co-parenting relationship where your ex-husband is over at your house quite frequently. >> exactly. >> is that uncomfortable at all? >> i think for me, that actually captures one of the great mysteries of life, is that you don't know what's coming next. we tend to think of that as a terrifying thing, but you actually doesn't know what's coming next. what i found after my divorce is so much love from my ex-husband, from his family, from people i didn't know and just met and then this unusual, wonderful life i'm living. and i was like, huh, i didn't know that was there, waiting for me. >> you wrote in an article, your ex-husband's toothbrush sits in my toothbrush cups next to my boyfriend's.

first of all, hopefully they're a different color. >> right. >> is this a good thing? >> obviously, it is working. and i think when we look at good, we have to think of what is good for the people who are going forward and what allows them to be at peace, not only at peace, but to be able to feel fulfilled and be the people they're supposed to be. >> right. >> and there's not one way to do it. i think what we need to be careful about is taking advice from people who think they know all the answers instead of listening to what works for you inside your own soul. and working this through for your own family. it's very hard to take advice from other people, even though we all give advice. >> me especially. >> what you really need to do -- what you need to do is what works for you and where you have grown to be and where you are when you're first divorced is not where you're going to be as you move forward and you're constantly evolving. >> stacey, as you have been constantly evolving, where do you see yourself now? what have you learned about yourself in the last three or four years since you've gone through the divorce?

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good morning. >> good morning, natalie. >> to help boost the weight loss. why is that? >> froops of foods where if they're seasonal, they're more economical, ease toy prepare and mix and match with all these things. losing weight doesn't have to be hard. you don't have to get a giant shopping cart filled with all kinds of foods. >> does it mean you're adding these foods or making right kinds of substitutions? >> because of spring, you want to get things that are newer and fresher and be a little bit of an adventurous eater. don't change the eating all gether, but seasonal things in the local markets will help you to add fruits and vegetables that you'll exchange for other high calorie foods. there's no magic foods for weight loss. it's all how you're using them and exchanging them for calories. >> that's always the formula. >> that's it. >> fruits and strawberries and kiwis. what are the benefits of kiwis and strawberries? >> they're in season now, strawberries really rich in vitamin c. you have colorful fruits, that

means f phytochemicals, antioxidants. sweet, tasty, eat them out of hand, chop them up in yogurt, put them in salads. you can make them go through a lot of different food categories. >> very inexpensive right now, as you said. >> also these kind of sweet foods are low in sugar. sometimes people worry about the high fructose, nature's sugar in fruits. these are lower. they can satisfy your sweet tooth and actually fruit is nature's candy. >> kiwi is packed with vitamin c, too, right? >> yes. >> next the thr a's, green veggies, artichokes, asparagus and arugula. why these three specific vegetables? >> these three are new to springtime. can you buy them economically in your market, readily available. taste is going to be great. often times in e global food supply, we buy things not in season and the flavor is bad. if things don't taste good, you're not going to want to eat t one thing that is great for people trying to save some

calories is having an artichoke. steam it in lemon water but it takes you a long time to eat it. >> i was thinking that. >> it teaches you patience until you get to the artichoke heart. that's something you need to learn to slow down your eating. >> right. >> arugula, many people say i know dark greens are good for me. it has a little kick to it, little peppery, mix it with other greens to dull up the flavor. that's most important. your taste buds keep lively and are getting new stimulation. >> next is couscous. you say you can eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner because it's that good for you? >> it's like the gumby of starches. it transforms into what every you're going to cook it with. if you have a chicken or beef flavored stock, cook it in that. it is cheap, easy to find everywhere, cooks in five minutes, hot or cold, have it for breakfast, lunch or dinner. it can be a side dish. it can be a cereal. add vegetable with his it to make it savory, add fresh or dried fruits to make it sweet.

and it only has 90 calories in half a cup. most importantly, it's the kind of grain that doesn't taste chewy and tough. a lot of people complain about whole wheat and whole grain, saying that they don't like that stuff. cousco us is a great introduction to this. >> next, proteins, eggs and yogurt, you call them double-duty proteins. >> we all want protein. protein is going to be satisfying in terms of keeping you fuller longer. and yogurt especially is not just protein. think of yogurt as protein and calcium, much needed for everyone, especially those who are dieting. and then eggs are a great source of protein. it's the most easily digested protein that's in nature. you can'find anything better than that. >> right south florida it's filled with iron. >> last thing i'm going to mention real quickly, you talk about the benefits of pistachios, almonds, walnuts, high in protein. watch the intake with the calories. >> nuts are great. single-serving portions will help you with the control. >> madelyn fernstrom, thank you so much. there's much more on

jump-starting your weight loss plan on todayshow.com. still much more ahead. first this is "today" on nbc.

this morning in "today's" kitchen, cooking up some clams with hot chef david lee, four-time award-winning food writer, latest book is "the newport genew portuguese table." i love this book. >> thank you. it combines classics as well as stuff from my family as well as new things people are cooking in their homes, restaurants, combines old and new together. >> a hot cuisine right now. >> it is, from spain to portugal. >> i first heard clams, i was confused because we have sausage, too. >> with portuguese, clams and sausage, pork and sausage. >> nothing wrong with that. >> nothing, exactly.

what we're making -- >> it looks like a wok. >> it is, like a wok with a wok on top. >> ooh, with a wok on top. i just like saying that. okay. you've sauteed some -- >> exactly. >> -- sausage. >> this is shinisu, portuguese sausage and prosciuttu like a proscuitto. you add the onion. get that nice sizzle going. when you add the onion and garlic, all portuguese dishes begin with that. you're getting there. you let that cook five or six minutes and thenhat you do is we come over here. >> right. >> all done. >> all cooked up. >> very simple. >> it smells great. >> isn't it? the sausage. this is a dump and cook dish.

add some tomatoes. that he can be canned, but fresh in the summer, obviously. some white wine and then just a pinch of paprika, which is very portuguese. you stir that up. this is the fun part. you cover it. oh, excuse me, i for the record the clams. >> the clams. i thought maybe the clams go in later. >> you stir that up. >> uh-huh. >> then you put the wok on top. >> then you put the wok on top. >> then we walk over here. >> lock both sides. >> how long does that stay on the -- >> about 12 minutes, couple of shake, shake, shakes and you're fine. >> open it up. >> and there it is. do a nice little spritz of parsley on top and you serve it up. >> that's the whole thing? >> less than 30 minutes. nice broth. >> lovely broth, some bread to do some dipping. you're all set with that.

>> what else do you have over here? >> that is the fish version. >> wow! >> unbelievable. >> would you like some? >> unbelievable. >> there's your bowl and i've got mine right here. >> just dig in. >> that has some sea bass and also it has some lump fish. >> tastes amazing. so good. >> and you get a wok on top sbl wok on top. >> unbelievable. david lee, thank you very much. still ahead, coming up, sheryl crow and lucy liu. >> first your local

weekend sunshine is gone and overcast skies in the area. time is 9:56 on this monday, march 22nd. if the weather is not enough to get you down, terps fans are very down after the terps lost a heartbreaker. a buzzer beater in the ncaa tournament. they came back after trailing by 16 to the spartans and took a one-point lead. that left just enough time to hit the three-pointer and give the spartans the win. that ended the season and it was the last game for the seniors. we will get a check of the

weather. tom, brighten our lives here. >> rain moving in and darker clouds as well. we look at the radar and there is steady, heavier rain moving up our way perhaps in two to three hours. temperatures are near 60 and highs in the mid 60 and more showers into midday. how is the traffic? >> typical along new york avenue. volume through the traffic lights and through the third street tunnel. no road work in sight and with the rain, it may be that way for midday. >> more