we are back with more of "today" on this tuesday morning, 7th day of june, 2011. take a second to say hi to the nice people who have been gathering in our plaza all morning long under blue skies that are about to heat up a little bit here in midtown manhattan. out on the plaza i'm matt lauer along with al roker natalie morales. coming up, more on the situation involving new york congressman anthony weiner. he's now admitted that, yes, he did sext message with some six different women. he sent inappropriate photos of himself. he says he's done nothing illegal, however, he's possibly facing a house ethics investigation.

can he keep his job? we'll talk about it coming up. >> later on, help with your diet dilemma. joy bauer is here to help us control diabetes with smart food choices. and getting your family on track with more healthy choices. >> speaking of healthy choices, a lot of women struggle to do it all -- men as well -- whether it's parenting, taking care of older parents and managing the finances at home. how can they then balance their own needs when taking care of everyone else? we'll have valuable advice and strategies for staying healthy and happy. >> lots to get to. let's go inside to ann at the news desk for a look at the headlines. hi, ann. >> hi to you and thanks so much. good morning, everybody. in the news an out of control wildfire has grown in eastern arizona stoked by windy conditions and dry lightning. several resort towns had to be evacuated. smoke reached as far as iowa and thousands of firefighters from

across the country have been called in to put out the blaze. the army corps of engineers is racing to fight a levee breach in iowa. half of hamburg residents have been told to evacuate. meanwhile barriers will rise by five feet. two u.s. soldiers based in germany were treated for suspected e. coli infections. meantime, canada detected its first case of the illness in an ontario man who traveled to germany. in europe at least 22 people have died and more than 2,300 people have been sickened by the e. coli strain. in washington, president obama meets with angela merkel to discuss nato operations in afghanistan and libya. meantime, defense secretary robert gates is wrapping up his farewell visit to the u.s. forces. he retires at the end of the month. gates says that u.s. forces are

on track to deliver a major blow to the taliban. it's time to start packing. the duke and duchess of cam trij br -- cambridge better known as will and kate will move into kensington palace. it's where the boys lived with diana before she died. right now they are bunking with prince harry. maybe "bunking" isn't the right word when you talk about royalty. >> it's a big sleepover. thank you very much. mr. roker, it's getting close out here. >> it certainly is. it will be worse tomorrow as we look to show you what's happening as far as the heat is concerned. look at the temperatures. chicago today, 97. 98 in amarillo. we are looking for records. add in the humid and it feels like 100 in minneapolis. 101 in chicago and dallas. we will see a little bit of a

break. the jet stream way up to the north for today into tomorrow. the heat makes its way further east. into thursday and friday, the jet stream gets down. high pressure builds in. cooler air invades from canada. the heat will stay banked down south but in the northeast, the midatlantic states, things will be looking better. >> nice to start this tuesday. we will climb into the upper 80s, 30% or 40% chance for a thunderstorm. and that's your latest weather. natalie? >> al, thank you. new york congressman anthony weiner has admitted he lied when

he said his twitter account was hacked. he said he will not resign but the question is can he hold onto his job? luke russert has more. >> reporter: after ten days of many questions with few answers representative anthony weiner once again stepped to the microphone and admitted that he has not always been truthful. >> i'm not resigning and i'm going to try go back to work a better person, a better man and i'm going to try to be a better husband, too. >> reporter: minutes after weiner admitted he had inappropriate phone and internet contact with six women over several years nancy pelosi was calling for an investigation by the house ethics committee to determine whether any official resources were used or any other violations of house rules occurred. >> i don't see anything i did that violated rules of the house.

i don't see anything that certainly violated my oath of office to uphold the constitution. >> reporter: for more than a week, weiner misled the country beginning with denials that he sent a lewd photograph to a college student over his twitter account. the picture that went over twitter, is that you? >> i was pranked. i was hacked. i was punk'd. whatever it is. someone sent out a picture. i'm an easy name to make fun of. that's what i think happened again. >> reporter: monday he told a different story. >> last friday i tweeted a photo as a joke to a woman in seattle. once i realized i posted it to twitter i panicked. i took it down and i said that i had been hacked. i continued to stick to the story which was a hugely regrettable mistake. >> reporter: when photographs surfaced online monday weiner was forced to admit more inappropriate behavior. >> over the past few years i have engaged in several inappropriate conversations

conducted over twitter, facebook, e-mail and occasionally on the phone with women i have met online. i have exchanged messages and photos of an explicit nature with about six women over the last three years. for the most part these communications took place before my marriage, though some sadly took place after. >> reporter: absent from weiner's side was his wife, a long-time close adviser to hillary clinton. how close? bill clinton officiated the wedding last july. >> my wife has known about some of the online relationships since before we were married. we spoke frankly about them because -- well, we spoke frankly about them. she didn't know until this morning that i was not telling the truth about the twitter posting last week. >> reporter: despite scandal, weiner says the marriage remains intact. >> she made it clear what i did was dumb and she's not happy about it.

she's disappointed and told me that she loved me and wanted us to, you know, pull through this. >> reporter: weiner maintains he violated no law and claims no government resources were used in the scandal. >> my blackberry is not a government blackberry. my home computer is usually where i did these things. >> reporter: late monday radaronline reported a 40-year-old las vegas blackjack dealer named lisa weiss said weiner contacted her from his office. saying i gave him my number and he called me from his office. we proceeded to talk dirty for at least 30 minutes. >> to be clear i never met any of the women or had physical relationships at any time. >> reporter: an odd twist to the press conference. with weiner running late, conservative blogger andrew breitbart who broke the story last week took to the podium. >> i would like an apology. this was his strategy was to blame me. >> reporter: when he spoke, weiner did apologize to breitbart, one of many apologies

he offered, sometimes fighting back tears. >> i made terrible mistakes that hurt the people i care about the most. i'm deeply sorry. i have not been honest with myself, my family my constituents, my friends and supporters and the media. >> reporter: now whether or not representative weiner can pull through remains to be seen. one interesting caveat of the story, the scandal played out over social networking. twitter and facebook, although harming to his career he said, quote, there is nothing inherently wrong with social media. what i did was the mistake. >> luke russert on capitol hill. thank you so much. joining us is donny deutsch and robbi ludwig. good to have you here. when you watch the press conference, is it too little too late? >> my first reaction is we have to stop being shocked and amazed when men of power who are conquerers by nature also chase

women. jfk, martin luther king, this almost goes with the profile. >> why is that? >> it's the persona -- >> ego? >> it almost matches. we as a society have to become anesthetized to this. you have to say, i'm sorry. >> which he did. was he tearful enough? does that do anything? >> he needs to have contrition. people thought spitzer never showed enough. we have to understand how the technology is going to be a great undoing, particularly people our age who don't think through what can happen. let's stop being shocked. >> we are a puritan call country. so we are a little bit sexually repressed. on one hand we like stories about sex, but we want things from our leaders that maybe

isn't realistic. >> do you think he can survive this politically? whether or not what happens with his relationship, his marriage. >> do you know what's interesting? in the minute, it's over. >> spitzer had to resign. >> spitzer has a big television show on cnn. who would have thought that? talking about office again. >> a comeback in a way. >> i think the thing that will hurt him in the long run is his name. it just -- going forward it puts a smile on your face, it re mmis you of the story. and we have the sleaez factor. take the schwarzeneggers of the world. we start to go along a bell curve and you say, this is wrong but compared toome of the other stuff we have seen. >> i have to say i was thinking about this. you're right. why are we shocked when we hear the stories? >> clinton, edwards. >> right. what we are also responding to is a selfishness. these are leaders who are

clearly showing that they are putting themselves and their impulses first. what's going to happen in terms of their governing decisions? >> i think the male rationalization is -- you know what -- and i will take this thing out. >> whoa, whoa. >> no. oh! get rid of that! i think the rationalzation is it's not real. >> do you think he felt less guilty because in the press conference yesterday he said he didn't have physical relations with women outside of his marriage. but yet you are engaging in sexting. aren't you then having the emotional relationship? >> it is a betrayal, but many men -- and you can back me up on this. >> i don't know if i will verify what you're saying. >> can be in denial that if they are not physically involved it's not cheating. >> it's almost a fantasy. it's not real. so he was rationalizing along

the way, i'm married, i'm not touching another woman. it's wrong and a betrayal, but this is going to change everything for every public figure going forward. this is a new world. >> let me ask you about his wife huma. she was not there by his side. she hasn't been seen in the last day or so. he did say that weiner had no intention or they had no intention of splitting up over this. what must she be going through now? >> i'm sure she's humiliated, angry, has a sense of shame. she's probably a little bit or a lot in shock. who knows what she considered her husband to be before all of this became public. >> he said she knew about relationships like this online before they were married. >> okay. so before one is married -- >> we don't know if it's true or not. >> i think the thing that will

hurt him the most is not that he did it, but that he lied. one thing we can demand of public officials, i don't think -- voters can do what they want in terms of what you're like in a marriage, but don't lie to me. i voted for you. if you're caught with your pants down, come clean. i think that's the legacy that will hurt him. >> always interesting to have you here. >> i can't believe what's in my blackberry. >> we're not going there. coming up next, the best diet for diabetes. joy bauer has the answer to that and other diet and nutrition questions after this. ohhh. cheesecake. ok. what if i just had a small slice? i was good today, i deserve it! or, i could have a medium slice and some celery sticks and they would cancel each other out, right? or...ok. i could have one large slice and jog in place as i eat it or...ok. how about one large slice while jogging in place followed by eight celery... mmm raspberry cheesecake... i have been thinking about this all day. wow, and you've lost weight! oh yeah, you're welcome. thank you!

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maine on the line. good morning, nancy. >> good morning. >> what's your question for joy? >> my question is i need help getting my diabetes under control. what can i do to keep my blood sugars in check? >> from the food perspective there is two strategic things you can do that i know will help lower your blood sugar. the first thing is to keep a tight lid on all carbohydrates. make sure you choose the ones that are packaged with fiber. so that will be vegetables, fruit and whole grains. more important than that, you want to make sure you include a good amount of protein with all of your meals and snack. that's because protein helps to slow the absorption of carbohydrate in the body and helps to temper your blood sugars. with those things in mind some of the best foods you need to eat are going to be the lean proteins, fish, seafood, skinless poultry, egg whites, tofu, starchy beans and lentils.

they have some carbohydrates but come with the protein and fiber. so it's all good. nuts and seeds are low in carbohydrates. have healthy fat, protein and fibers. they are terrific for blood sugars. if you follow the strategy and go to your doctor regularly and get exercise i'm confident you can lower your numbers. >> now to sara from san diego. she has a question for us. good morning. >> caller: good morning, y'all. i'm visiting my family in new orleans next week and i'm really into healthy eating. and they are not. i would love to introduce my family to healthy, clean eating but i have two tween sisters who are picky eaters. can you help me? >> you will consider this a super fun challenge. there is no way you will completely convert them, but i would tell you to go to new orleans armed with a bunch of recipes that are healthier

versions of some of their unhealthy favorites. announce that you are going to cook dinner a few nights during the week. so if your sisters love fried chicken come with a recipe for oven roasted chicken tenders. if they love lasagna, make a spatula s-- spinach lasagna. recruit them into the kitchen, bond. it's great quality bonding time and maybe you can even get some of your passion for health rubbed off on them. either way, you will eat well when you're there and they will have healthy fare as well. >> and bring them hats like yours. >> and say "y'all". >> you're rocking that. >> you're beautiful. >> thank you, sara. >> take care. we have a viewer e-mail from susan in new york. she writes what's the difference between fully high dodge nated oil and partly hydrogenated oil and if a label reads just

hydrogenated oil, does it mean it can be either one? >> hydrogenated oil contains trans-fats. it's a double hit to your heart. if you see partly hydrogenated oil, put it back on the shelf. fully hydrogenated is when they add more hydrogen to the oil during the processing and it becomes fully saturated. there is no more thaft but there is saturated fat. it's clearly not poison like trans-fat. neither oil is a bargain but partly hydrogenated is way worse. if it just says hydrogenated on the oil you don't know if it's partly or fully. play it safe. skip it. >> joy -- >> that was a great question. >> it was. still to come, we have some healthy advice for moms who are so busy taking care of everybody else they don't take care of themselves. up next, stumped by what to get

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coming up. important information for women. >> women a lot of times put themselves last on the priority list. you know, when you're juggling jobs, kids, a husband, housework, taking care perhaps of aging parents women often ignore their health needs and are more likely to have chronic conditions. we have strategies to help women find time to destress and stay fit. >> we're going to help keep stress out of your life because father's day is coming up. >> it is. >> we have already picked out gifts for you. jill martin is here. she has fantastic gifts. as a dad, i'm thinking 90% of of the stuff on that table, aces. the other 10% is pretty darn good, too. >> i love the hat. >> check this stuff out. >> that's a vote of confidence. also coming up, a taste of hometown favorites from cheesecake from alabama to balsamic strawberry ice cream from san francisco. we'll take you on a culinary

tour. but first a check of the weather from you, al. >> that sounds like a good father's day present, too. for today we are expecting a risk of strong storms through the northern plains and western new york and p.a. we are looking at record highs, mississippi river valley, ohio river valley into the gulf. strong storms. record highs move into the northeast and the midatlantic states into the ohio river valley. sunshine and hot from the southwest into texas. it will continue. in fact, houston had 11 days in a row of 90-plus temperatures.re >> we could see scattered thunderstorms develop later on this afternoon or evening. most of the day is going to be dry and warmer than yesterday.

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this morning on midlife today, balancing work, and kids. amy robach has more. good morning. >> good morning. as working moms we want to do the best job possible but experts say many women are putting their own health in jeopardy. now there is a new resource for moms to help them take care of themselves while still taking care of everyone else. >> she can have some. >> reporter: like every mom, mary anne's life is a game. >> no dessert. >> reporter: she juggles three kids, two volunteer jobs. >> wednesdays i do lunch and recess duty. >> reporter: and a husband. >> just wipe it on daddy. >> reporter: leaving zero time for herself. >> how you keep all the balls in

the air is a struggle. if you drop a ball it's yours. >> reporter: like a growing number of women, she gave up a corporate career in her 30s to be a mom in her 40s. now caring for 7-year-old charlie, 5-year-old brady and newly adopted daughter zoe can be a challenge to her own well-being. >> i'll forego sleep. i strigle with staying fit. some days i don't feel good. i feel down and i don't know why. it's hard to get through the day. >> reporter: experts say in the quest to have it all more women are ignoring their own health needs. >> women see their roles as care takers, nurturers and they are all about taking care of everybody but themselves. >> reporter: and the effect is anything but family friendly. this white house report released in march found more women than men report having a chronic medical condition. women suffer disproportionately from cancer, arthritis and depression. >> i would like help with

strategies for managing it better. >> welcome to the healthy woman forum. >> reporter: now a new community outlet offers support. the first annual healthy woman's forum held last week in princeton, new jersey. it was a day for hundreds of busy moms like maryann to focus on their health and interact in workshops sponsored by local specialists including weight loss expert joy hoffman and psychologist sharon rose powell. >> this is about bringing hundreds of women of different ages together to have a conversation about the challenges we all face around our physical and emotional health. >> reporter: the workshops offered strategies and advice for dealing with common health struggles. >> what is the most common form of female sexual dysfunction? >> reporter: from keeping your sex drive alive. >> my daughter is 7 1/2. >> reporter: to raising kids with less stress. >> don't deprive yourself. >> reporter: to secrets to staying fit. for a large group discussion

meredith vieira hosted the conversation. >> trying to raise three kids, working and trying to balance it and thinking that it's not okay to drop a ball. i'm here to tell you that you will drop the ball a million times but it's not going to break. >> reporter: she led a panel of speakers including me and my husband andrew who shared our coping strategies to agisting to a newly blended family. >> people don't normally walk into the honeymoon phase of marriage with five kids. >> you have to be a team where you are genuinely sharing the roles. >> reporter: anne marie slaughter spoke about her decision to give up a dream job at the white house to raise her family. >> i have always wanted a job like that. i spent just about every day counting the minutes until i could come home. >> reporter: for this group of multi tasking women it was a day of validation and inspiration. >> coming to a forum like this, having the opportunity to talk to other women and hear their stories makes you feel less alone. >> reporter: one strategy mary

anne has already adopted, joining an exercise class run out of her friend's garage. half workout, half social hour that leaves this mom feeling whole again. >> i feel energized and i got my batteries rechargeded. i'm a better mom after this. >> the sponsors at the healthy woman forum want to spread the concept to communities across the country. for more information go to today.com and click on the session "heard it on today." we had a special mention for one of the organizers, sharon rose powell, the mother of one of our producers, robert powell. >> we love them both. >> they were a big part of putting this together and hopefully helping women learn they can get time for themselves. >> an important message. you've got to love yourself first. amy robach, thank you. up next, unique gift ideas for dad. jill martin is here with fun finds for father's day right after this. al will love it. father's day is not for celebrating dads. come on dad!

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i love cartoon jill. a special father's day edition of jill's fun finds. you're sick and tired of getting dad the same old shirt and tie? well, jill martin has discovered unexpected and cool gifts for the deserving dads out there. jill, good to see you. >> you like real life jill, too, right? >> they're both fantastic. you have done an outstanding job this time around. >> thank you. >> you hit it out of the park. >> i love my father and most of us do. most of us want a creative gift for dad. >> everyone loves your dad. >> right. they will all arrive in time for father's day. >> and you don't have to break the bank. >> almost everything under $100. >> starting with the shirts. >> i want to start with mini shirts because it's fun for father's day to be matchy-matchy. the kids' stuff is from space cadets. $25 and up. then get matching shirts from dad from target if you have a

little boy or girl to chip in and buy something. 12.99 and up. they also have great hats. >> i love the shoes. so cute. >> the mini shoes. can you see how little and matchy. these are fun all year round. the hats are from target as well. you and matt sporting the hats. now, this is made for al for father's day. >> i have wanted this. >> this is the scotty vest. this is what it looks like on. but on the inside, 22 hidden pockets. >> ooh. >> even for your ipad. it's 22 hidden pockets. it holds everything. if you are an outdoorsy person it holds the ipad, tiand the he phones go through here. >> king of the geeks. >> right. i don't think so. i think it's cool. i like the way it looks on

these. $100. >> b ooocce ball. >> pottery barn, $39. now this is one of my favorites. we showed this and it flew off the shelf. it's a cell phone case that holds your credit cards. $19.99. it's an inexpensive gift for dad on the go. >> the new nano. >> it's great from am.copple.co. you can preload music for dad. my dad likes steely dan or the doobie brothers. >> old school. smart box. >> i love this. this is the gift of experience. i did it last year. i gave my dad sky diving. it was a ball. you pay a certain amount. starts at $49. every gift in the book corresponds with that price. they get to pick an experience

and you can do it with them or give it to your mother and father. this is a great thoughtful gift. >> what's this? >> $79.95 from brookstone. this is a waterproof ping-pong table. so you put it in the pool. you can also put it on a table, too. but this is a i really fun game if you have a swimming dad. >> how about the sports fan dad? >> now we are moving onto your area as well. >> yeah. >> no, cooking. you came to the knicks game, had a great time. >> right. these are personalized aprons in time for father's day. if you order by monday. you can get mini matching ones. and then who doesn't like to brew their own beer? >> who doesn't? >> the slogan is, if you can make oatmeal, you can make beer. this is from williams-sonoma and you can freeze mugs. personalized dad mugs or with their initials. >> homerun, jill martin.

thank you very much. dave's out there giving you a standing o. for more check out us weekly this week. up next, we have a tour of the united states for food lovers. first, this is "today" on nbc.

♪ this morning on today's kitchen, a culinary road trip from new york city to san francisco. we're taking a bite out of some of the hottest hometown haunts across the country. travel & leisure's director is here with a little taste of america. good morning. >> good morning, ann. >> you call it the list of united states of deliciousness. >> yes. i love the word deliciousness. it makes everybody happy. so we decided for the third annual food issue which comes out in a couple weeks on the newsstand to ask chefs around the country where they go to

eat. this means the list is straight from the horse's mouth. we get the best places to eat in 51 different places. >> we are starting with alcohol first. >> chefs love a little bit of booze. >> who doesn't? b sangria in new york city. >> alta. another favorite chef of ours from composed in tribecca recommended this. it has lots of delicious stuff. it's refreshing. do you get the kick? there is rum in there. >> definitely, but the rum isn't prominent. >> you have wine, orange juice. it's something you can make at home. it's in a beautiful little block on 10th street in the west village. >> now to chicago. people may not guess but this is a vegetarian sandwich called a ban-mi. >> that's a sandwich from

vietnam. it's a meat sandwich but this is vegetarian. the chef loves it because it has a tempura tofu. >> crunchy. cilantro. >> do you get the kick from the jalapeno? also jicama and pickled carrots as well. >> fantastic. >> there are great places to go for live music. free live music in chicago. >> i like the sandwich. this is from arkansas. these are obviously hot dogs but different kinds of hot dogs. this one is hard to describe. >> this is a classic chicago dog. this guy, hot dog mike, is a cult figure in little rock. people follow him on twitter. you could follow him, too. to find out where the cart will be. last year he told almost 100,000 hot dogs. >> what's in here? >> see the crazy neon stuff? that's relish. sport peppers. there is a hot dog, everything. it's being dragged through the

garden. it has everything and the kitchen sink. >> this one has corn chips. these are limited edition. so they become something people want to have. >> i see. >> you create demand and it's there. >> this makes sense. corn chips and beans? >> chili and jalapeno and cheese. this one is the peace dog. it has mac & cheese and blackberry jam on it. >> talk about crazy combinations. here from alabama you have a cheesecake with bacon in it. is that right? >> it has -- >> it's savory. you can eat it or use it as a spread on c rorrostini. it's unexpected like a cheese course. and the bacon is from benton's in tennessee. if you are going to be in mobile, you have to go to this little bistro. >> and in san francisco, these ice creams are crazy.

strawberry balsamic, peanut brittle. >> i feel like i see people coming once you said ice cream. this is from bi-rite creamery in castro. >> try, guys. >> that's a hot dog? >> because of the food scene there. bi-rite has incredible artisanal ice creams. >> the complete list i

>> live, local, latebreaking. this is a wbal-tv 11 news update. >> we are going to turn up the heat just a little bit. tomorrow at the next it will be in the 90's. this afternoon, upper 80s.

chance of up few thunderstorms late and a the day as well. scattered thunderstorms will cool things off as we head in

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