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inside studio 1a, i'm al roker along with natalee morales and willie geist. we're going to answer your questions about breast cancer. >> october is breast cancer awareness month and it's the second leading cause of cancer related death in women. this morning our very own dr. nancy snyderman is here with timely advice on mammograms and the latest treatments. >> and then later on in "today's" real estate, we're going to take a look at some beautiful homes around the country, from a 100-year-old alabama country house, to a form home in new england. barbara corcoran will show you what you can get for your money today. on the eve of what would have been john lennon's 70th birthday, he's raising the curtain on what the band was really like, the real relationship between john and

paul. also our good friend paula has taken over the kitchen. she's going to make a few of her favorite puddings. the only reason i came today is i was promised there would be pudding. first a check of your morning's headlines this morning. new figures out show the nation's unemployment rate at 9.6% in september, but the economy lost 95,000 jobs for the month. it's the last monthly jobs report before election day. officials in chile say an escape shaft they have been drilling should reach the 33 trapped miners by tomorrow and the rescue could begin anywhere from two to ten days after that. the miners have been stuck deep under ground for more than two months. new developments this morning in the case of the american who was allegedly shot and killed by mexican pirates, authorities in texas have made a direct plea to a notorious drug cartel to return that man's

body. janet shanlian has more. >> reporter: we're here at falcon lake where the search for david hartley's body has been hampered by threats of an ambush from the drug cartels. in fact they even had to suspend the search for a time yesterday. in this county, the sheriff here is making a direct appeal to the cartel that they'll be no punishment, no repercussions for the return of an american's body. this is the search on the mexico side of fall ccon lake. calling directly on the notoriously violent drug cartel to return david home. >> we cannot rar anybody for what happened in mexico, we cannot prosecute anybody on the skate level for what happened in mexico, we just want a body.

with that said, we send word unofficially. >> tiffany hartley's life jacket was stained with blood, stains she says she likely got when she tried to pull her husband on to her jet ski. she ultimately left him behind in a bid to save her own life. u.s. officials are using observation towers to monitor the search in mexico, which was suspended for a time after reports from a possible ambush from the cartel. >> we have an american citizen who was gunned down on international waters. >> reporter: texas governor crick prick perry is unsatisfied. >> when you call off a search and give the reason that the drug cartels are in control of that part of the state, something's not right. >> reporter: u.s. officials have taken tiffany to the mexican

side for details on the search. there's little to do but watch, wait and hope that david is returned home. and tiffany hartley said last night that she could consider taking a lie detector test if people continue to question her story. authorities haven't ask her to do so, at least not yet. natalee, back to you. >> janet shanlian in texas. an american astronaut and two russian cosmonauts are on their way to the international space station. it's a russian spy anna chapman who was deported by the u.s. in july. if you go through the day snarling and grumbling instead of smiling and laughing, you could be showing your age. researchers in great britain found that people laugh less and they complain a lot more once they pass 50 and a study revealed that men are grumpier

than women. something we all knew, right. >> back in the day, we used to have scones for breakfast and we loved it. >> and i liked it. >> let's take a look at the weather. what are you looking at? we have got some clouds and showers moving through the pacific northwest, plenty of sunshine up and down the eastern seaboard, eastern half of the country really gorgeous "todato and rights going to continue with rain in the plains, sunshine through the southwest, a few scattered showers in northern new england. >> plenty of sunshine and i pressure brings us great weather today. lots of sunshine and high temperatures and the low-

time for "today's" real estate. what can you get for your money. we have got a really unique mix of properties to show you. barbara corcoran, our own brick house is here with a personal look. it's good to see you, happy friday. >> happy friday back to you. >> let's go to montgomery, alabama. this is a beauty, 365,000 dplrz. >> rosa parks put montgomery on the map when she refused to give up her seat on the bus at the beginning of the civil rights movement. and this house is two blocks from the mayor's mansion. the front porch is typically southern and it's got that swing. this is a dead wringer between a

queen anne and a colonial, half and half. wait until you see the inside, that is a stunning entryway, the archways, the beautiful staircase, there's the kitchen where that '50s wallpaper ought to be ripped right off. it's a big enough kitchen to paint those cabinets with really dark stain and then you would like those brick abrack going around those counters. that master fair place doesn't work there. every major room has a working fireplace, i just love those leddled leaded windows with the shutters. and there's the dining room, in keeping with the house, i like their choice of colors. there's the master bath, not a bad bathroom. >> very nice. a lot of wood work in these built ins, does that add to the value of this? >> it tugs on someone's heart

when they walk in. they see that foyer with that wood working, they say this house is unusual, i have to have it. that's when people open their wallets and pay the best price. >> a cape style home for just under $370,000. >> cumberland is just 30 minutes from providence. this is a great shingle house. this used to be an old seed house where they used to store seed and hay. there's a great working room, or maybe three teenagers you could stick in there. but most people want to have a separate little something in their house and that house comes with it. there is a lot of property. that looks to me like a house you just couldn't feel stress about. it's a simple knotty pine wood. people walk in and they feel the calmness of it and they like it just fine. here's the sun room. it's oversized. they use it as a tv room.

but it's heated all year round, so that extends the living space. the kitchen has an odd ball kind of battleship gray colors on those cabinets, but look how big it is. you just whiten those cabinets up. that's a great country kitchen in keeping with the idea that you're in a farm area. that looks to me like a ship's bunk of some kind. it's not too big for a master bedroom. and you'll see another bedroom here in a second, that too loob looks like -- oh, we didn't see that one, this is like a quaker dining room. i can see those quakers sitting there discussing their business. >> having their oats. >> this is the second bedroom, it's a lovely house in mint condition. >> let's move on to wasilla, new mexico, just outside of las cruces, they're asking $375,000 for this. >> mesill -- this is a

traditional spanish style home. when you get behind that wall, that's what you see. it's got a small terrace on the corner of the house, and it has very mature trees, they're actually pecan trees, it's hard to imagine, you're in the middle of a desert here, it just doesn't look like it. and a stone patio, totally enclosed, very private, very comfortable house. there you have the living room. i think it's a sophisticated house. something about it feels old but very homey. brand-new kitchen, top of the line appliances, they spent a ton of money in this little kitchen. there's the master bedroom. simple, pure, nice place to call home. >> and $395,000? >> it's 5,000 square feet. a 9,000 square foot lot on three,000 acres of lakes, trails, parks that surround it. this looks like it was built by

a little kid with a sandcastle. it should be larger. there's a shot of the living room. you can see the double high ceiling. that doesn't even count in the square footage. there's a room that the new buyer is going to have a heck of a time covering up that terrible black paint and carpeting. >> i guess it's a theater. not a big selling point, but each to their own. everybody has their own taste, right? there's the kitchen, it's got a great breakfast bar. it just needs a flash of color here or there. fine enough, but again, this house is all about size, a lot of sisz for your money. that's a double master bedroom with your own sitting area and fireplace. this house is big is what it is and it's $379,000. >> all right, barbara, thanks so much. have a great weekend. >> my pleasure. and coming up on "today," understanding breast cancer, we have two experts this morning to answer your questions. and then later on, we're making

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mastectomy. now you have a lot more options. then when we get to the chemotherapy, the hormone therapy, the targeted therapy. so the nib umber of decisions wn have to go through are enormous so hopefully we can guide them through it with this book. >> there's a lot more confusion and a lot more fear that they might be making the wrong choices but what we're learning is there's different kinds of breast cancer, so if you know what kind you have, you can match the treatment to your kind. >> first, lisa on skype from manhattan beach, california. lisa, what is your question? lisa, we're having problems with lisa, can we hear you? i'll tell you what i think her question is, we were able to talk with her before hand and she's asking, she's a survivor of breast cancer, many women are dying of breast cancer per day

as was the case 25 years ago, what progress are we really making? what does the future hold? >> i think this is the issue, we have been doing breast cancer awareness month for 25 years and'reand we're aware, but we still don't know the cause of breast cancer and how to stop it. we still have 40,000 americans dying of breast cancer, and we have time to stop the complacency and getting back to the urgency of let's find the cause and let's stop it. >> do you think we're closer to getting to a cure? >> we talk about prevention, we talk about early detection, i think we get those buzz words. but what susan is saying, we have the pinking of america, we have moved the ball forward, but i don't think we're there yet. >> we have heather from baltimore sent us a little video clip, let's take a look. >> hi, i'm 22 years old and my

patternal grandmother had cancer when she was in her 30s but she survived. i have no other history of breast cancer, my question is this, how can i be proactive now to keep myself healthy for the future. >> she said her patternal grandmother had breast cancer, she's only 22 years old. should she be checking herself for the gene? >> her father should test for the gene, and if he doesn't have it, it's unlikely. but also she should think about avoiding unnecessary radiation, that's one thing. if she has a choice, you want to have your kids at a young age, rather than at an older age. >> don't smoke, watch your weight. >> but also be aware of your breasts and exercise has shown to reduce the chances of getting breast cancer and of getting a recurrence. >> next we have an e-mail from

heather, and heather asks, my question deals with mammograms, what is the risk of getting breast cancer from too much radiation exposure? >> there's no risk factors, you can put off screening mammography to the age of 50 and i think it's misinformation because there is a cumulative radiation, if you have no risk factors and you dutifully get your mammogram every year the reality is you have some radiation. >> and particularly in younger women, that the younger breast is more sensitive to the radiation. so from 30 to 40, if you get one every year, you may well cause more cancers than you cure. from 40 to 50, and after 50, definitely you cure more than you cause. >> so is it starting at age 35 to 40? >> if you have no family history, start at 50.

>> if you do have a family history, start at 40. see how useful the test is for you and make a decision. >> let's get a question from skype, rita. good morning to you, rita. >> good morning. i have a question, i was 45 years old, diagnosed with cancer. and i am about 5 1/2 years out. i had chemo, radiation, reconstruction and a double mastectomy. and i'm concerned about the lingering effects of the fatigue, the chemo brain and the body achings. >> i think we talk so much -- we don't talk once someone's cure about lingering effects. and keep me brain is something women really talk about. >> there's a lot of collateral damage from our treatments and it's something we don't talk about enough from the chemo, you can also have second cancers from the chemo, you can have heart disease from the chemo,

you can have problems from radiation, from the surgery. and we have to go beyond the cures to the cause so we don't have to go through all these treatments and we don't have the side effects. >> is this goi-- as always, tha for both of you being here. how to update your kitchen without spending a lot of money. but first this is "today." [ female announcer ] join yoplait in our commitment to fight breast cancer. for every pink lid you send in, yoplait will donate 10 cents to susan g. komen for the cure.

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>> that is big-time live who will be live on our plaza on monday, columbus day. pack up the kids, come on down to the biggest thing on nickelodeon these days. and talking about music, we're going to go behind the scenes with john lennon and the beatles. one lucky reporter got to go on

tour with the band when he was just 20 years old. larry king, we're going to be talking to him about some never before heard stories. and then if your kitchen needs a little facelift, but you're worried about the price tag, don't fret. we'll have some easy and affordable tips. the queen of southern cooking paula dean and she's going to show us four of her favorite puddings. >> i love pudding. >> what is coming up this weekend, guys? >> it's been 14 years since jonbenet ramsay was brutally murdered in the basement of her home. we're going to talk to the ramsay's attorney life from the broadcast this weekend. and as we take a look at the beatles, saturday would have been john lennon's 70th

birthday. and who is the cigar guy? we first saw his face on a picture of tiger woods at the rid rider's cup. let's get a check of the weather now, mr. roker. >> for tomorrow, the fall foliage, looking pretty good. as you get up into northern new england, the northern parts of wisconsin, dakotas and into the rockies. heavy rain in the pacific northwest. sunday, we are looking at more sunshine for the eastern half of the u.s., showers and thunderstorms in the central plains, more wet weather in the pacific northwest, the heat and sun continue in the southwest. >> the sun is out, the storm track we to our north, and a big area of high pressure gives us a

good best night of the day because the night of the week that we wait for is sunday night, football night in america. get those eagles flying high as they swoop into candlestick park to take on the 49ers. mostly clear, mild, temperatures 62 to 66 degrees. don't think about what i said earlier, just know that the best night is sunday night, football night in america. >> wow. al, you're right, i have always said, football, friday is the best night of the week.

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assignment? >> i didn't want to go. i thought this is much too light for a serious news man to cover and all of a sudden i wound up with a story of a lifetime that changed my life. i ask them questions about the news and they liked that. they were very bright. all four of them were extremely intellectual and they were into the news of the world, especially john who basically, natalee was the kind of person who said in public what he thought in private. think about that a bit. said in public what he thought in private and he was unafraid, even as a teenager and then later in life. >> and john lennon did not let a lot of people get too close to him. yet you managed to really forge what was a 20-year friendship with him. >> it was a good friendship, he came to philadelphia in 1975 for a charity function. he did the weather on my television news broadcast. we had very honest conversations. we screamed at each other once

on a plane and this is what i respected about him. nothing ever stopped him from feeling the way he wanted to feel in public. he wanted me to leave the military, sneak over to england and go to work for them. i said this is not a problem for me, this is something i have to do. he said we'll get you out of the united states, we'll put you to work for them, which was the beatles company. and he was an extraordinary people, he cared about the people he loved. >> so much has been said about his relationship with the other beatles and i think a lot of people wonder what really was going on behind the scenes, him and paul mccartney for example. >> when you go back to the beginning at the coffee club where they cleaned toilets and painted toilets to stay working, when they played music for a stripper to keep going when they were 16, 17 years old. mccarthy was more of a person who wanted to be loved and care about, love and affection. john was a person who wanted to be heard. they both had viewpoints, but

john was a person who wanted to lay it all out. truth for all of us is sometimes difficult. it was never definitely for him. >> paul was more the showman, right? and you say that john lennon was actually pretty stage shy. >> he did not like going on stage. we were backstage at the ed sullivan theater in 1965 the night before shea's stadium. >> was he nervous? >> very nervous and he was pacing back and forth. and mccartney was ready to go. mccartney always made love to the audience with his eyes. but john was a much more serious person in those days and really felt that he had to use this platform that he had to talk about the world. the song "imagine" is a perfect example. this is going to shock you, because you're probably too young to remember this. i know you are. but when "imagine" came out, it

was banned in schools, in colleges across the country. >> that's unbelievable. >> "he said imagine no religion, imagine no borders." >> and his relationship with yoke k yoko, the book was actually sympathetic to her. >> yoko has kept the torch alive for 30 years since he died in a very dignified and respectful way. and in prague, the czech republic, they had a wall and they used to paint over it. now that they're free there they had the lennon wall and the world comes in castro's cuba. and they write letters to john and letters about his life and he influenced the world. more than any other entertainer probably of the last 40 or 50 years. >> and a lot of people would be

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bun that's really got me baffled right now. i really can't spend that kind of money right now to redo the entire kitchen. so what i was hoping for was just to get some ideas how to update the kitchen and give it a whole new facelift. >> this is the kitchen in question, huh? >> yes. >> not bad, but we're going to have to give this a new look. >> any ideas? >> i actually have some things that i have picked up. >> right. >> a few pieces of art that we can incorporate. >> tuscan yellow and burgundy and things like that. i have a lot of ideas swimming around in my head. i think we'll be able to transform this kitchen into something you're looking for. people want a new look, but they don't have the money to spend. how can we transform this kitchen? >> it's about paint, paint and more paint. >> we have got to get this wallpaper off. and in order to get wallpaper off what do you use? >> there's enzymes in the glue and allows you to pull the

wallpaper right off. >> it's time to prime and prep these walls for painting. >> how we're making jackie's cabinets really pop, we're going to put a glaze and a faux finish on top. you're going to put it on with a clean rag and just knock it around a little bit. obviously the stenciling is right, if you want a quick fix that anybody can do, and i'm talking anybody, switch out the hardware. are you ready? bring it on in. >> oh, my god. i'm beside myself. you don't have to ask. i really thought i needed to gut my kitchen and go with a whole new kitchen because it's old, but honestly, i will love this and cherish this for a long time to come. >> and george alafont is with us now. this could be very daunting, redoing your kitchen to people, it sounds like a huge project,

it sounds expensive, but you say that's not necessarily the case. >> it can be expensive, but it doesn't have to be. you can change out a few things, you can change out your appliances. if you're just going to change out one appliance, my guy's always telling me change out the dishwasher. >> why? >> because it deals with both plumbing and electric. so if you have an energy star dishwasher, you're going to save enough money to pay for your dish washing deter jnt and you can do three extra loads of wash a week. you're wasting 10 gallons of water if your dishwasher isn't energy efficient. i'm a huge fan of getting organized. the pantry is the place to do it. this is a do-it-yourselfer's dream. you can do it. i know you said you're not that handy. but they lead you through it and basically there's baskets for

everything, there's baskets for your fruit, your wine, your food, everything is in drawers, so you have places to put everything, shelves, everything you need. >> easy to install yourself? >> really easy. >> easyclosets.com is all about doing it yourself. you tell them the dimensions of your closet, the dimensions of your pantry and you do it yourself. >> how much is this going to cost? >> this will start at $1,100, up to $1,500, $1,600. >> this seems like it would be expensive to people. >> you can start off with a cheap formica counter top, like $35 a square foot. you're going to put water and moisture and stuff in there. the darker and harder it is, the less porous it is. if it doesn't have pours, it's not going to get mold or mildew or back titeria in it.

>> so suddenly it's a lot less daunting. thanks so much. >> i do what i can. >> you can see "george to the rescue" on nbc stations. check your local listings. up next, there's nothing better than pudding. paula dean is here, but first this is "today" on nbc.

this morning in "today's" question, we're making paula's pudding. these recipes straight from the pages of "cooking with paula." >> it's always so good to see you, darling. this morning before you get started, you're in town for a big, big event? >> i am. yesterday, i was here with my partners from smith field, we dropped off 30,000 pounds of protein to the food bank. >> fantastic. >> and now i'm here with you and

then the rest of the week i'm going to be at the food and wine show. >> fantastic. we're going to get started with pudding and my favorite is a rice pudding. >> mine too. >> especially as we get into the cold weather. >> a rice pis a rice pudding asn as i think it is? >> it is. >> there were a lot of poor homes in the south and this was a great way to -- i've got my cream and my melted butter. >> right. >> and then we're going to add a little brown sugar. >> okay. >> you can start beating that up, excuse me, darling. >> no problem. >> a little vanilla extract. and then i've got a little salt, nutmeg and cinnamon right there. >> okay. >> and then i have got my leftover cooked rice. >> right. >> i've got some dates and i've got some sliced almonds. but this was great because it's hard to cook just enough rice, but for four people. so you know you're always go to have some left over.

so what a great way to serve your family dessert. >> that is great. >> now we're just going to put the rice in there, the dates. and the dates are going to add a wonderful sweetness. and the almonds are going to add a wonderful crunch. now i have sprayed our pan and this is going to go in the oven, al. at 350, for about 50 minutes. >> get it all in there. >> you know, i can't stand waste. >> waste not, want not. >> waste not, want not. so i'm going to get all those beautiful dates in there. and we're going to put it in the oven. 50 minutes we'll have some fabulous rice pudding. now right here, we have an almond pudding. >> really? >> yes. i just cooked this one up.

but that, i'm just going to sprinkle a few -- >> you don't mind if we join you, al? >> what do we have over here? >> is this a food line? >> willie and i have discussed him coming in here and getting some pudding. >> you've also got some banana pudding here. >> that's what pudding here. >> that's what (sfx: coach's whistle) "the car coach" - lauren fix. >> in case your car repair shop hasn't noticed - there's been a shift. sfx: shifting. over 70% of women make the car repair decision sf shifting. auto service plus is one auto repair shop that has

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