except for cutting education. cuts that will lay off teachers and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust. we're back now with more of "today" on a tuesday morning, it's the 12th day of october, 2010. it's a pretty morning out here on the plaza. nice blue sky, we have got nice people gathered and it's going to get a little steamy here in just a little while. i'm matt lauer, along with al roker and amy roba. i think for amy it's going to get a little steamy a little later on. >> i get this same segment every year. >> amy is here, natalee is on assignment in chile where those

33 miner who is have been trapped under ground for almost three months might get their first taste of freedom in a few hours. you and i are notoriously germ c conscious. we would be killing each other down there. we'll have more on that story and we'll check in with natalee in a little while. we have breaking hollywood couple news, apparently courteney cox and david arquette have separated after 11 years of marriage. in a statement they said they needed to, quote, better understand ourselves and the qualities we need in a partner and our marriage. so this morning, we're going to take a look at the issue of monogamy and ask if it's a reasonable expectation to commit to one person. all right, did you ever drink wheat grass? >> no. >> have you tried it? >> never.

don't plan on it s. >> well, we're going to get to the root of that question along with some other questions that joy bauer has answers to as well as keeping off the freshman 15 and getting enough calcium in our diet. that's all coming up in our diet s.o.s. as matt alluded to, it's getting a little steamy on the plaza. i think you've got the vapors. >> the 61 hottest bachelors, one from every state and the district of columbia and we're going to introduce you to them coming up. >> cool, lots to get to. let's go inside to ann curry, she's got the headlines. in chile, just hours now until freedom, perhaps. rescuers hope to begin pulling up all 33 miners to safety as early as tonight. we have got natalee morales who's at the mine in cope chile.

>> reporter: there's a lot of nerves not only by the rescuers but by their families as well. all things appear to be go, they put all the final tests in before this most important run. the two alternating capsules were tested yesterday. they got within about 40 feet of the miners yesterday. they didn't let it go all the way down because the mining ministers didn't want them to get too excited and have one of them jump in. reportedly the miners themselves have already started a liquid diet, it's a potassium rich diet, something like nasa astronauts go through because they don't want them to experience any doizziness or

naunauz a on their way up. within about 12 hours from now, those miners will be making their way up. nato is investigating this morning's explosion aboard one of its helicopters in afghanistan that killed one service member and wounded eight others. and linda norgrove who was killed during a rescue on friday may have been the victim of a u.s. forces grenade as those forces were trying to save her. a california company has begun testing an embryonic stem cell treatment. it was a rough landing for a sky diver in massachusetts landing

in a tree. and wild weather last night in the new york city area, storms delayed the start of the jets-vikings game and dumped one inch of hail on parts of new york city. it's now four minutes past the hour, here's al with a check of today's weather. >> let's see what's happening for you for today. we have got our ninth named hurricane, hurricane paula, 190 miles south/southeast of cozumel. as you can see, the path of this system brings it into the caribbean and stays there as a minor hurricane and then becoming a tropical storm through early sunday morning, it may just meander there for a while, we're not going to be able to tell you where it's going until we get into sunday or monday. morning showers move out of the east, heavy rain in southern florida, morning fog on the california coast. windy conditions in northern

>> there is a chance for a shower or thunderstorm as we had through this tuesday, but it will be wildly scattered, and to scan of stock to a mixture of "today's" contributor joy bauer gives you tips on how to stay healthy whether you're a senior with low bone density or

a freshman trying not to gain the 15. good morning, virginia, what's your question? >> hi, joy, i'm a college student who would like to keep off those extra pounds that students can just gain. i have been to school with the required meal plans and options are somewhat limited. we have a lot of fast food restaurants like pizza places and sandwich shops on campus. so what are ways that i could choose healthy options so i can splurge on ice cream or french fries every once in a while. >> you're so smart to be proactive. you're ten steps ahead of college students, there are things you can schooz. first most fast food places will have grilled chicken sandwiches, hold the mayoe and the fries. turkey sandwiches or heroes work if your get whole grain bread or

a whole grain hogi bun. and you want to avoid all those high fat meets like the sausage and the pepper blownly. -- try to go easy on the sour cream. party soups, bean or turkey chili's, black bean soups work as well. >> what about snacks. >> you can also load up on things in your dorm room like so i crisps or things like microwaveable popcorn. and every college campus has an awesome salad bar, so find where the salad bar is on your campus and just pile on those vegetables. if they don't have a light dressing, half a ladle of regular dressing or two dashes of olive oil or vinegar. i'm so happy that college students care these days. >> good luck. >> i'm so jealous you're in

college. >> our next question from judy. she's on the phone from illinois. good morning, judy, what's your question? >> caller: i'm in my 60s, i'm very active and fit, but my most recent bone density test revealed borderline osteopenia. and i'm wondering what is the best kind of calcium supplement to meet my daily requirement and what is the difference between calcium citrate. >> first of all what's osteopenia. >> it's when you start to have some demineralization of the bones. it's before osteoporosis. >> can we get some water for

joy? >> calcium carbonate and calcium citrate are the most common forms of calcium. calcium carbonate needs to be taken with food. and calcium citrate can be taken on an empty stomach. you're over 50 years old so you need 1,200 milligramin ings tot the day of calcium. so what i would tell you to do, in the morning with breakfast or without breakfast, if it's a citrate. you want to take half your dose. then at dinner, you want to tally up how much calcium you have had. and if you have already had two servings, you probably don't need that second dose. if you haven't had two doses, go

ahead and take that second dose. calcium is nothing without vitamin d, vitamin d increases the absorption. read your supplement bottle. >> this is from diandra in los angeles. i work at a popular food chain but well sell wheat grass juice. every time a guest asks me what it's good for, i always give different answers. can you tell me the pros and cons of wheat grass and the best time and way to take it? >> it's healthy, but there is absolutely no magic to wheat grass. in fact they did an analysis, and when i compared one ounce to wheat grass to one cup of a

vegetable like spin gnasach and, it had the same amount of vitamins. >> it's different each time you go. >> can i get a second opinion? yeah, you're ugly. courteney cox with our long list of celebrity breakups. but up next, hoda ckotb. it's all nep next. st. we get double miles every time we use our card. [ whistling ] no matter what we're buying. and since double miles add up quick... romans! get em! [ garth ] ...we can bring the whole gang. [ sheep bleats ] it's hard to beat double miles.

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life. it's called hoda, how i survived bad hair and kathie lee. how difficult was it? because this was not -- there are a lot of great moments in your life and there are some difficult ones, how do you decide what goes in and what stays sh s out. >> i think there comes a point where you say where did i get here? i never thought i would work at 30 rock, i never thought i would live this life. i never imagined breast cancer, or getting divorced. you think all this stuff, it's sort of like to put it all on paper. >> your folks were born and raised in cairo, egypt. they moved here, grew up in oklahoma. you had an all american childhood. but then when you start looking

for jobs and you get a job at one station, the news jerker says hoda, let's change that to hanna. >> it's southern, i was like it's hoda. your name is interesting, but maybe we could fix it just a little bit. people would understand helen. what do you u think of helen. no, no, i like the one i've got. >> did you grow up with kenny g. playing in the background? that's very interesting. >> it's the track of our lives, al. >> one thing, you were so close to your dad and he passed away when you were a junior in college. is achieving what you have, both the good and the bad, is one of the hardest parts not having him there to talk about it? >> when i think about my dad, it's like, if you lost a parent, it's sort of the if you can't

scratch. no matter what you do in your life, he's not going to say hey, you did good. and there's a weird part of you, even as a grown up, even now, you sort of crave that. and i think if you look at the other side of that, it's the thing that sort of keeps pushing you, i'm not sure if i would be here working if he were alive because i might have been satisfied in the local market, but you keep pushing yourself, you wonder what motivates you. >> and then you get the call to come to nbc and "dateline." i remember the day i called my mom. i said i got the job. and she stood up and said my daughter's a "dateline" correspondent at nbc news. but it's one of those moments you don't forget in your life. >> the other moment, 2007, one most people would want to forget, a divorce and breast cancer, you had them both in the

same year. >> i think everyone has one of those years you wish you could erase. i like to put it behind me and go, go, go and just forget about it and just start fresh. i ended up meeting this man on an airplane, we had a long conversation, and he said here's the deal, hodhoda. don't hog your journey. it was one of those moments where i said you can put your hands deep in your pocket and go to your grave. when you walked in, i was laid out looking kind of like that and you walked in and you changed the room. it was one of those moments that totally brightened me up. i have always journaled, and that's why i loved putting the book together, at least during those difficult portions were made a little bit easier because i had a lot of it documented. i didn't have to relive it all

like that. >> and the title, surviving kathie lee. >> yeah. >> tell us about that. >> we have plenty of wine on the set that makes the trip smooth. you know, kathie lee very well. she walks in, she since, it would be as if you swallowed a truth pill and just said everything you thought of the that's what life's like, but there's something refreshing, i get it, you understand why she's a tv icon, a tv legend. >> and now you're parodied on "snl." it doesn't get better than that. hoda, the book is called "hoda, how i survived war zones, bad hair, cancer and kathie lee" it's a great read. coming up next, a present for you.

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and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises... with no plans to pay for them... except for cutting education. cuts that will lay off teachers and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is a wbal-tv 11 news update. >> there still is a chance we could see a few widely scattered showers or thunderstorms today. 30% or 40% chance of it. otherwise, a mixture of clouds and a little bit of sunshine. high temperatures in the upper seventies. seventies. good chance for rain at the end i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. his past attacks have been called deceptive, his new attack, false. harris voted for deregulation increasing our electric bills

by 72% it's not surprising, harris always sides with the big guys. he opposes cracking down on wall street and supports tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. harris even opposed making big insurance cover cancer screenings. andy harris' extreme ideas will cost us.

she's kind of strange, she does have a few neurotic things that i find difficult to understand, if she's got a headache, she's got a brain tumor, if she's got a cold, she's got swine flu or something. >> it's that accent. that's a glimpse of some of the drama, the real housewives of berl hills. we're going to let you in on their lavish lifestyles, that's all tomorrow on "today." meanwhile, coming up in this

half hour, we're talking about housewives, we're going to be taking a close look at marriage and monogamy. >> we all heard about the high profile couples that split up recently. courteney cox and david arquette who spent more than a decade together. it's not just stars who are straying, we're asking the question, is monogamy realistic. we'll have some advice. and switching gears, quite an honor for an american icon. he was truly part of the fabric of american lives for decades. but a lot of people don't recognize he was actually an immigrant to this country and he's now being recognized with a permanent honor at what was the first stop ellis island. if your kids are already making their holiday list we're

going to look at gifts from school aged kids to adults and testing them out. morning showers move out of the northeast, we have a risk of some strong storms in the lower mississippi river valley, clouds in the pacific northwest. southern california has some morning fog, tomorrow hot in the southwest, warm up and down the west coast, rain in the mid ohio river valley, heavy rain continues down in southern florida. we have got plenty of sunshine in the northeast in new england, but a little bgl >> there is a chance for a shower or thunderstorm as we head for the day, but it is going to be widely scattered, hit and miss. otherwise, clouds and a little otherwise, clouds and a little bit of

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trouble in paradise for high profile couples. most recently court any courteney cox and david arquette. gail, good morning. obviously we know the divorce rate in this country, so it doesn't work for everybody. but is there any sort of medical evidence to point to whether or not mon mogamy is a natural experience. there isn't anything that's hard wired like a breed of penguins that stay together for life and therefore it's hard wired. marriage is a way of passing on wealth, and you had to have monogamy to know it was your proj any. now we're very concerned with what makes me feel good, what's making me happy, what am i enjoying and we're looking around at couples like courteney

cox and saying, hey, if everybody's doing it, what's the big deal? and that sort of desensitizes us to the idea that we can attain monogamy, but it's not a choice. we are hard wired to attach to somebody, to bond with somebody from a very young age. but to stay only with that one person, that's probably a choice. >> and it's interesting, because obviously we just mentioned a couple of celebrity breakups, but also there cease only -- >> everything now is up for grabs, look what's on tv, look around, we're all questioning do i have to follow the rules? and i think we're seeing a lot of in the news rule breaking, so we're kind of consumed with this concept right now and monogamy has been an accepted rule but now we're questioning do we have to? >> do you think most couples struggle with monogamy?

i. >> i think most cup 8s think at one moment or another do i want to stay monogamous at this moment. i think it has to do with the old con cept of your superego. most people would give up monogamy for themselves but they want their partner to be monogamous. really did both of you decide that this is really important to you. there are benefits, big benefits. did you decide this is what you want? and if so, are you willing do the hard work, and i do mean hard work of protecting your relationship so you stay monogamous. >> is it a good idea to -- >> some people discuss whether or not you're monogamous. sometimes think children is a given, and they shouldn't. you should discuss this. but you can't yearly re-evaluate

and one of you change your mind, that's the problem. >> you have some tips in terms of people going into this and deciding what you want. the first thing to do is decide if that's what you and your partner actually want to do. the second is to avoid the high risk settings like -- >> people put themselves out there for travel, for business, they do it a lot alone, they go into bars, they go into clubs, to entertain their clients and they put alcohol in the mix. >> no sharing marital problems with members of the opposite sex. >> that's right, it's very risky, this is where you create the emotional instability that we have often talked about on this show. but if you say oh, i'm really having problems and i'm going to talk to you and by the way you're so attractive. if you're going to be attracted to somebody, you have to -- you better make sure you have a good sex life with your partner because that's when most

infidelities happen when you're not satisfied sexually with what's going on, with both of you, somebody takes that bar moment and strays. >> and you say acknowledge marital problems and outside attractions so you're supposed to tell your spouse. >> you don't have to tell your partner -- you could torture your partner. you can say i want you to go out with me and so-and-so because i want to maintain my friendship, but there seems to be a little tension there. don't kick it under the rug, that's when the affair happens, there's a lot to be gained by monoga monogamy, that person that shares your life history with an uninterrupted way. >> but without that trust -- >> it not there. >> coming up next, honoring one of this country's most beloved immigrants, bob hope right after this. ncer ] imagine the possibilities

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its estimated that nearly 40% of all americans have at least one ancestor who entered this country by walking through the immigration center at ellis island. here's nbc's peter alexander. >> all right, hands on the counter. oh, your hands are like ice. >> reporter: in this land of opportunity, bob hope played court jester with 296 television specials. 65 movies, and countless plays and radio programs, hope was a multimedia giant. >> he always had a class about him, that's what i always liked.

and to him, the jokes were the thing. >> reporter: like a favorite uncle, he entertained audiences with a sly wink and a good natured remark, usually at his own expense. >> do you think imbecile humor is the easiest to come up with? standing next to you, it is. >> reporter: but before stardom, hope was one of the millions of immigrants to pass through ellis island, just 4 years old, the boy from england came away with a lasting impression of the experience. >> mainly he remembered the doctor that was looking for him to give him a shot and he said he rann eall over the place and doctor chased him. >> i dropped my pants, bent over and then i saw it, everyone else was just rolling up their shirt sleeves. >> a friend and confidant.

for troops too close to harm's way, hope produced dozens of movable tributes. >> he had such a respect for them and i think was so committed to trying to bring a little bit of home to them. >> today america says thanks for the memories with the dedication of the ellis island library in hope's name, just a 9 iron away from where he first set foot in his adopted home. >> and the library will have a permanent exhibition of bob hope memorabil memorabilia. you can visit the library starting "todatoday right after dedication. the best toys of the year that are kid approved. how does it do that?

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the children of parents who -- have been working hard to find the best toys to entertain your kids and they're all at a great price. stephanie oppenheim and her friends are all here with this year's award winners. i love this. >> everybody's playing, nobody's crying. >> that's a very good sign. >> boy down, boy county, but he's okay. >> he's okay. >> he's okay. >> you're already, bud. let's get started. what have we got here? >> we have been working all year to find the best toys and all over the country we have family testing. and for sitting up babies, you want to bring in things that are going to interact with your baby. this is a pop and shape from hasbro, very easy to activate,

for things to happen. and it's low tech? >> you love this thing. >> this is a i toy that, listen. >> closeded, open. open. >> then you can put in vegetables and again there's something for interaction with your child. now for on the go toddlers, we have many of them, preschoolers, you want to have something where they can really get on to a ride on toy. this tested the best in this category so it's low to the ground so even if the child has short legs, they can get it on it without much difficulty. our parents love the fact that you can turn that off if you wanted to. >> preschoolers. >> preschoolers are all about

pretend. these are sites, but they became very expensive. they're back in the u.s. market with these very affordable bears that are tested and loved. you told me that these are kind of freaking you out? kathie lee and hoda are big on them. they will be the hot -- this is the hot novelty toy, it's under $15. that's always one toy that grabs the toy industry and this year it's the castle. not only is it beautifully crafted and painted, it's three stories, it's also a lazy susan so kids can get around it easily. this is a great project to do because you build it with your child. this has l.e.d. lights, it has secret compartments to open up. >> we talked about when i was growing up, the dolls that my sisters played with were pretty

cut and dried. there's a lot of diversity. >> there's a serious doll war going on in the toy industry. >> doll wars. >> these are not the dolls you're looking for. >> and that means that there's diversity. >> this is lou, this takes kids all over the globe. i love the soccer player from kenya, i love her hair. and then there's dolly and me. these are $29.99. so much more affordable than a lot of doll collections and the girls here are in matching outfits so you can go online and buy outfits, and the outfits are very reasonable so kids can step in to their play experience with this doll. teddy bears, these are new ones with a very new company. they really have the most amazing styles, they almost look like they eve got clothes on here. and i always want to bring home dolls as well. i love his bomber jacket.

>> hot wheels, still around. >> absolutely. >> this is a backpack that folds up. it comes with one car, but it fits 100. $20. >> i have to show you this, these are stealth riders, it comes in a little case, and then the car pops up, cooler yet. this becomes the remote control for this vehicle, but trust me, they zoom all the way around. >> whoa, very cool. >> now we have some new movies coming out. this not only goes on walls, it leaves a light trail, it can go upside down. >> hopefully the toys are better than the last tron movie. looking forward to this one. >> we have all seen helicopters before, but this one has a built in video camera that captures --

and then you can go on the site and do some video editing. so really great. >> you can see a brother flying that into his sister's room, i'm videotaping you. >> stephanie oppenheim, thank you so much. >> coming up, condoleezza rice, but first your local news.

>> live, local, latebreaking. this is a wbal-tv 11 news update. >> it is going to be a fairly quiet day. still is a chance we could see a

few scattered showers or thunderstorms popping up. the% or 40% chance of it. otherwise, a mixture of clouds and a little bit of sunshine. it will cool off tomorrow, but and i stay on wednesday. and i stay on wednesday.