we're back now more of "today" on a friday morning, the last day of september, 2011, looks like a great crowd of people have gathered out on the plaza in new york city, rockefeller plaza that is. we are happy to give them the chance to say hi to the folks back home. mean while i am matt lauer in perugia, italy, this morning, covering the murder conviction appeal of amanda knox. ann curry is some 6,000 miles away in los angeles, where she is covering the involuntary manslaughter case of michael jackson's personal physician,

conrad murray. samantha guthrie and al roker and natalie morales are holding down the fort in new york city. nice to see everybody. coming up, more of our interview with edda mellas and curt knox, parents of amanda knox. they're going to talk about the emotions and the frustrations as we continue our interview. ann? >> all right, and matt, here in los angeles, another dramatic trial we've been following all this week, michael jackson's personal physician is facing involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of the king of pop. paramedics who treated jackson take the stand today but on thursday, emotional testimony from his bodyguard who called 911. you're going to hear some of that call. now al, let's go to you. >> thanks so much, ann. from here, ""today's" real estate" our guru barbara cochran is back, open house tours from the suburbs of chicago to the

beaches of california. we're going to show you how far your cash can go when you buy that house these days. let's get to natalie over at the news desk with the day's top stories. good morning. >> good morning to you, savannah and al. this morning a major victory in the battle against al qaeda. american born cleric anwar al awlaki was clikilled today in a drone strike in yemen. during english language sermons on the internet he incited violence. he was linked to the underwear bomber in the u.s. and a plot to mail explosives to chicago. a 67-year-old california man is lucky to be alive today after a car plummeted off a mountain road into a ravine. his family found them thursday during their own search. he may have been stranded there for up to six days. the man suffered broken bones and fractures but none of the injuries is life-threatening. an oregon couple has been convicted of manslaughter for

failing to seek medical help before their infant son died. the boy had breathing problems when he was born but the couple prayed and used olive oil instead of using a doctor. he passed away less than nine hours after birth. the parents are members of a faith healing church. debit card users watch out, bank of america announced it is going to start choosing $5 a month to consumers who used debit cards to pay for purchases. other banks are following suit. bank of america is the largest u.s. bank by deposits. it is hard to believe but this pit bull puppy is going to be okay, once you've seen this spray we'll show you. blue swallowed a small garden flagpole and surgeons managed to remove the pole without damaging other parts of blue's body. i don't think we want to know how that flagpole came out though. >> hopefully he sticks to puppy chow. >> he's adorable.

>> what a cutie. >> get a check of the weather? >> nice folks, cure ret syndrome. how do you find? >> www.rettsyndrome.org. >> category 2 storm hurricane ophelia, moving north to the northwest at 9. by late saturday on into sunday it passes hopefully to the east of bermuda. for the rest of the country, you can see lots of clouds, working their way into the great lakes, with rain there, plenty of sunshine and record highs through the northern plains, and we've got beautiful weather in the pacific northwest, plenty of sunshine there, 101 in phoenix today, 75 in atlanta. make-a-wish guy, christopher, how are you doing? >> yeah! >> good to see >> good morning.

we're watching a cold front come out of the mountains. the best chance of rain will be in the mountains. >> and that's your latest weather. matt? >> all right, al, thank you very much. as we await the verdict probably on monday in amanda knox's murder conviction appeal case her parents, edda mallass and curt knox are obviously sitting on pins and needles. they're hoping they'll be able to take her back to the united states sometime soon. i caught with them after a particularly emotional day in court on thursday. the first thing i noticed i'm sitting in that courtroom today

just behind you and i thought how frustrating for you, amanda's life is hanging in the balance and you don't understand much of what's being said about your daughter in that courtroom. >> it's a very tough situation, but there's been some people that have been extraordinarily nice that, you know, have been translating for us, because we have not been provided a translator, so we get the general gist of what's taking place, but nuances and -- >> i don't know how you go through that. >> we've just had to sit and a lot of times we do sit there. also sometimes i remember to ask amanda, okay, explain to me what was going on, because she also gets the nuances and so she'll also fill us in, sometimes when we don't have a volunteer who will translate for us. >> the other thing that struck me, i was one foot behind you two. you were ten feet behind amanda and she never looked around. >> she's not supposed to. she can't. >> she's not supposed to look at

you, not make eye contact with you. you can't whisper. >> nope. >> offer words of encouragement. >> nope. we do anyway. we walk by and i'll say something to her. >> sneak a little? >> i do, or i'll walk in front and be looking at her lawyer its, making like i'm talking to her lawyers and going, amanda, hang in there girl, it's okay, and her lawyers play along, because we're not supposed to talk to her. >> yeah. >> there was a moment today that really caught my attention at one point amanda smiled about something. you turned around and you looked at me and said amanda it's smiling. i bring it up for this reason. it was such a mom moment. it seemed as if you cling to those little moments where you see your daughter smile. >> um-hum. well, i mean, everything is so serious, and there are times when everybody in the courtroom laughed, but if amanda cracks a smile and it's caught on camera or somebody takes a picture of that, it's sent out there in the media and it gets twisted that

amanda's not taking this seriously so she's had to put on this face and so the fact that she found something to put a grin on her face, it was a good moment. it was a very good moment because it allowed her to do that. >> i thought and not trying to be an armchair psychiatrist but i thought it allowed you -- >> absolutely. >> -- one of the nice exhale moments, perhaps remember amanda before all this. >> absolutely and she's still in there, even though we've seen a more serious amanda, there was our daughter again the one who smiled all the time. >> it got emotional at the end of the session today. >> yeah. >> luciano gerga, his attorney wrapping up his summation, thanked the jury for being open-minded and thanked amanda for her strength. i'm watching you now. >> they adore her, not only as

lawyers, do they know she's innocent, they really adore my baby, and to hear them express that in court, to hear them tell everybody how much she means to them, it's obviously very moving. >> my conversation with edda mellas and curt knox, parents of amanda knox. i want to mention lester holt will be here this weekend in perugia covering the developments in the appeals case and probably will be here on monday when as i mentioned we expect a verdict to come down. right now let's go back to ann in los angeles. >> all right, matt, thank you so much. here in california the case everyone is watching, the involuntary manslaughter trial of michael jackson's personal physician, dr. conrad murray. on thursday some stunning new evidence was presented and nbc's jeff rossen is at the courthouse with more. good morning. >> as we end up this first week of the trial and it has been explosive and emotional perhaps more so than i think many people thought, seems like a new

headline coming out of here every day and the latest headline comes from michael jackson's own bodyguard who took the stand on thursday, and told the jury that when he was in the room and after michael stopped breathing, dr. conrad murray made a stunning request, pack up the drugs. this is michael jackson's bodyguard, on the job, protecting the pop star, but on june 25th, 2009, there was nothing alberto alvarez could do to save his boss. >> he was laying on his back with his hands extended out. >> reporter: he is the prosecution's key witness on the stand thursday. alvarez told the jury, "when michael stopped breathing, dr. murray grabbed the medicine." >> did he then instruct you to take some vials or do something with some vials? >> yes. while i was standing at the foot of the bed he reached over and grabbed a handful of vials, and then he reached out to me and said "here, put these in a bag."

>> reporter: prosecutors say dr. murray was trying to hide the evidence before calling 911 and recruited alvarez to help. >> he then pointed towards the i.v. stand and he said "now, get that bag" or "move that bag and put it in the blue bag," at the bottom of the bag there was what appeared to be a milky white substance. >> reporter: that milky white substance prosecutors say was the powerful anesthetic propofol. >> what did you think the items were being packed up for if anything? >> packing up to get him ready to go to the hospital. >> reporter: prosecutors say the drugs never made it to the hospital and dr. murray repeatedly lied to emergency workers, concealing the drugs, they say, and covering up his crime. >> this evidence is in conjunction with other evidence is going to show that when his client needed to be revived, he didn't care. all he was thinking about was himself. >> reporter: dr. murray's defense attorney hammered at alvarez's story. >> is this possible, mr. alvarez

that you are confused about the timing of these particular events? is that possible? >> no, sir. >> reporter: the defense claims dr. murray asked alvarez to call 11 immediately, and alvarez told immediately that part's true. >> he said "alberto, hurry, we have to get him to a hospital. we have to get an ambulance." >> reporter: but alvarez admits he didn't call right away, distracted by michael's children. there they were, prince and paris, standing in the doorway, watching their father die. >> paris screamed out, "daddy!" >> reporter: alvarez got emotional. >> when you heard paris scream out "daddy," was she crying? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: that's when he called 911. >> we have a jgentleman here tht needs help, not breathing. he's pumping his chest but he's not responding to anything. >> reporter: two hours later, michael jackson was pronounced

dead at ucla medical center. >> following the pronouncement of death, did you speak to conrad murray? >> yes, he said thank you for your help, and i said to him, "we did our best." >> reporter: dr. conrad murray maintains his innocence, says he did nothing wrong here. in fact the defense claim is that michael jackson himself injected himself, gave himself that lethal dose of propofol and mixed it with lorazepam. the big argument, will the defense have conrad murray take the stand? in your interview with one of the defense attorneys this morning, that decision has not been made yet. >> all right, jeff, thanks. still ahead this morning, foods that can make you sick. we'll tell you what to watch out for. coming up next, what you can get for your money in "tooled's real estate" that's right after this. in cranberry and pomegranate blueberry. they have bubbles and come in these really cool cans.

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♪ hey big spender this morning on "today's real estate" homes for under $500,000. the real estate market tends to pick this up time of year between labor day and thanksgiving. here with great houses on the market is "today" real estate contributor barbara corcoran. good to see you. >> good morning, al. >> you have a great house you found in snoqualmie, washington. why? >> it's a great town, great school district and the prices not too high for your buck. this house has 40% of its land mass dedicated to open green space, a great place to raise a family. the front is picture perfect and for me kind of looked tucked in that yush landscapicozy landscad curb appeal. the inside living room has soaring ceilings and wayne's

coating, and in the dining room recessed cabinet on the left-hand side, the kitchen is really big with big wood floors, tile counters, back splash and granite cooktop island. >> santa cruz, you found a nice bun gallow fo$469,000. >> it's two blocks from the beach, real california bungalow. they've updated everything that was bad about it and haven't changed anything that was good about it. it makes you want to look inside that purple door. inside you'll see that all the rooms are light flooded. >> that's strong art. >> who cares? it works there. neat as a pin and warm and welcoming and spacious. the outside makes you think it will be litter on the inside. it ain't. there's a black and white kitchen, tical genre of those

house. needs a few big chunky red cookie jars. other than that, picture perfect. out back the patio is just the right size, totally comfortable, picture you sitting there in the beautiful california weather. >> you found a beautiful cape cod in west barnstabl. >> you want to have a cape cod. it's the image of what everyone wants in massachusetts. you look at the front gate, totally charming, like you're going into a secret garden. there isn't much of a garden to be honest but a big front yard and mature trees. once you get inside it has everything you want in a modern house and yell still charming. the windows are everywhere. it's light flooded. you can't find a shady spot in the whole house no matter how hard you look. that's a waiting room. how many people today can say they have a waiting room? have a seat and wait for something. that's pretty cool. in the family room it's

comfortable, a little dining area off to the side, all of the rooms are blended. you can see the porch out the back. i love the kitchen,e ee eit's w and a kitchen is perfectly suitable, a good house. >> newport, rhode island, you found a home for under $500,000. >> you can spend millions of dollars on a mansion. this is no mansion, a traditional 1895 cottage, just a couple of blocks from the beach. looking on the outside you would swear it's too plain. it's not. the interior has an open floorplan and has refinished wood floors and exposed brick, a simple kitchen with an old-fashioned cast iron stove and dining roomed aanysent to the kitchen, the space is very usable and the best thing in my book is the magical garden, fully private, fence organizations of it and other parts are open, it's sunny, lush, a gated entry, stone

walkways and award winning garden and look at that patio, not a bad place, looks line an outdoor living room. >> gorgeous. finely, evanston, illinois, $499,000. what did you like about this? >> i liked everything about the house but most importantly victorian charm starting with its front door but everything inside has been updated. the big living room has inlay hardwood floors, crown moulding and delicately carved wooden fireplace. it's not pompous. the dining room is bright and whimical with a tile fireplace and shuttered windows. it's not quite that big enough for the house but you forgive it because every ninlg is charming. the ceiling has sky lights, beautiful cabinets and breakfast island. the step deck leads to the patio, a wedding place or kids

to stage a show or fall down the stairs, whatever. it's unusual and adds a lot of importance to the patio you sit on high on the trees above it. >> the house reminds me of you. >> cope thokeep these comments yourself, al. >> bright and whimsical. >> oh, al. >> we'll be back with more of "today" right after these messages. [ female announcer ] this is not a prescription. this is edith and ellen. i was the first-born... i got married first... i had children first... and i'm the first to get this haircut.

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do you feel like how much people love you? because of the outpouring? >> it was great ann. >> reporter: you knew people loved you anyway but now you really know. >> yeah. >> reporter: everybody at the "today" show is totally -- >> ann talking with ellen degeneres about her recent health care. we'll learn more from ellen, stopping by next week here on "today," got a brand new book, pretty cool. >> we love her. >> lots of love for ellen around here. coming up in the half hour we'll look at some foods that can get you sick with that listeria outbreak this week, some items you eat every day are more prone to causing food poisoning than

others. what they are and how to keep yourself healthy. >> important information there. fashion trends for fall, a sneak peek at this season's hottest looks from plaid to lace at new york's fashion week. this is for fall we'll show you how the runway looks make it to your closet. parents around america rejoice. we are going to show you how to make a healthy guilt-free pizza at home that your kids will scarf down. that's in "tooled's kitchen." first amy robach and jenna wolfe telling us what's going on in "weekend today." >> we're following the amanda knox trial. live in perugia, she will be finding out whether or not she'll be set free and to los angeles for the trial of michael jackson's doctor ended its first week of explosive testimony. then tricks of the trade, do

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label, the contamination is from the rocky ford region in colorado, so if it says rocky ford or jensen farms throw it out. sanitize any surface contaminated by the cantaloupe. >> including knives, too, of course if they've sliced through them. what about the symptoms of food poisoning in case people fear they might have it in. >> sure. in general food poisoning is a limited illness that lasts 24 to 72 hours and involves diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, abdominal cramping. >> all at the same time. >> and often all at the same time but usually it runs its course on its own and the bug gets out of your system. unfortunately in some case it is can persist and become fatal. >> foods that are in the top of the list for concern. tuna is at the top. >> tuna is one of those that caused several outbreaks in the past decades and really what's happening is what's crawled scromboid poisoning. it's a toxic released in fish.

unfortunately it does not get killed when you cook it so you have to beware of any fish, how it's handled. you hopefully can trust your stores but if a friend is catching a fish and wants to cook it with you, make sure it was refrigerated as soon as it was caught. if there's a bad odor get rid of it. >> leafy greens, make sure you wash them. >> the problem is you often don't cook them so any bacteria will not be killed. wash them very well and separate it from other things you're cooking like raw meat and raw eggs because you don't want cross contamination. >> you've got cheese. >> cheese is especially for pregnant women because listeria is a big concern. the unpasteurized cheeses to contain the bacteria. it could cause miscarriages and still births. >> some doctors tell women to avoid cheeses. >> any soft cheese unless it's pasteurized, it will say it on the label. >> i skipped over ice cream maybe because i didn't want to believe ice cream was on the

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this morning on "today's trial" long sleeves are in stores now but this was showcased on the fashion floor six months ago. we got a sneak peek with "fin fashion's" cindy levy. >> we're here at lincoln center, freezing cold in february but looking at the stuff coming into stores and six months and getting excited. there are going to be a lot of lady-like clothes out there for fall 2011, one of my favorites is lace. there was lace on the runway from mark jacobs to jason wu,

beautiful tailored high-necked blouses, they feel special but not at all revealing, great look. another thing you are going to see in every store at every price point come september 2011 is plaid, plaid on almost any runway. we saw '70s inspired plaid, long plaid skirts and completely fitted plaid suit. great stuff out there. my advice, wear a little bit, not a lot. another big trend for fall 2011, capes and ponchos, traditionally casual outerwear given a designer twist. we saw it from joseph altazara to rag and bone. new way to wear it, put it over your sparkling dress. don't just save it for saturdays running saturday in your jeans. bye-bye "today" show. see you in the spring. >> here with us this morning is sippedy levy "glamour"

magazine's editor in chief. when you did, what do you look for in the trends? >> i look for things that get repeated. it's great to see a fantastic show. what you want to see are the trends that crop up again and again and again because those are the things that filter down to the streets of america >> what we see on the runways translate to what ends up in our close net different ways. >> yes, exactly. you don't want, no designer expects a woman to walk down the street with the head-to-toe runway. you want to wait for something to inspire and then into your wardro wardrobe. >> denise the lace trend was huge and denise lace on lace. >> lace on lace. what i love about this look in addition to the fact it's two lace pieces is that this is actually almost work appropriate lace. put a little cardigan over that you could wear it to the office. lace you can go girly, bridal wedding night or super sexy bedroom lace. this hits the sweet spot in the middle, it's sophisticated, chic

and looks fantastic. also by the way, really nicely priced, that top is $50 from banana republic, the minniu min is $80. >> on the runway we see this look to that look it is drawing that inspiration. >> yeah and it's polished, a kate middleton effect. >> we love it. thank you, denise, you look great. next trend that you saw cindy was plaid. plaid was everywhere. >> whether you like it or not it's here. >> here comes mara, show you how you can do it in smaller doses. >> we were talking before about how plaid if you have memories of school uniforms can scare you a little bit. what i love about what mara is doing with it, she's fashioning it up a little bit pairing it with a pattern, which is a great fashion dare to take for fall. she's wearing her plaid jacket with a dotted shirt underneath. you can do that with stripes as well. it's a great weekend look. you also see a lot of plaid skirts worn under big coats.

you don't have to go head-to-toe plaid. >> mara you look great, thank you very much. finally the capes another big trend. >> yes. >> our model elaine, come on out. >> i think elaine looks fantastic and by the way all of the women work at "glamour." the looks are fantastic. this cape doesn't put you in mind of sherlock holmes or a superhero. this cape is $80, a nice price, is that she's wearing it over skinny bottoms, a mini skirt in her case and tights and boots or over slim cut jeans. you don't want the big cape over the big dress or skirt. just looks like you're wearing a moo-moo. this is a shop, chic look. >> ladies, one last look here. great job. what do we have to look forward to next time around? >> spring. >> lots of prints. for now this is what it's about. >> enjoy the look.

thank you so much. i love the look of fall already. coming up in "today's kitchen" guilt free p

in "tooled's kitchen" what's for dinner? guilt-free low calorie pizza. here is arianna, the contributing chef for "prevention" magazine. good to see but >> good morning, al. >> this is pretty simple. >> it is pretty simple. really quick the dough, here is one we already have finished. >> this is a whole wheat dough? >> whole wheat. everybody loves pizza but let's put a healthy twist. >> just because it's whole wheat it's not lower calories? >> just a little bit. >> every little bit helps. >> it's the trust, we're going to roll a dough so after you have your dough, you cut it into four and put it in its own little bowl and freeze them. >> great. >> which is great, pull them out

at any time. we have balls we'll dust with a little bit of flour. >> did you oil this at all? >> no, just dust with a little bit of flour. >> roll it first? >> little bit of flour. >> you keep saying a little bit of flour. why can't i get that? come on, wake up, roker. >> nice and thin. we want a crispy, crispy crust. we'll grill this pizza so this is great for outside or if you don't have an outside grill or cold you can do it inside. these are already done, our grilled pizza. we grill one side. >> take that with us. >> and we put the grilled side up, because we're going to throw it on the grill again. look at the array of toppings that we have. >> this would be great when you're having a party. >> exactly. >> top your own pizza party. >> everyone gets involved. it's not about the crust so much, it's about your toppings. we want you to know you can use low calorie ingredients, a lot of vegetables, low-fat, lean

proteins like prosciutto, chicken sausage and turkey sausage. >> you talk about the sauce you don't have to have a red sauce? >> not at all. pes toe, olive tempenade. you see the toppings. low-fat, skim, goat cheese, low-fat ricot and mozzarella. >> people too much sauce? >> you don't want too much because it oozes and gets messy. >> right. >> i'm going to do a little bit of pesto, and then once we get our toppings on, you throw it back on the grill for a few minutes. >> right. >> and you know you got a great pizza. >> this is a great way with kids to get vegetables into their diet. >> into their diet which is so important now. even some flavored olive oils, chili garlic, rosemary basil, and you have fun with it. you have a great time and like you said it's a great time to have a party. >> give us some examples.

>> here are some examples that we have in our magazine in "prevention." you can find them on prevention.com, barbecued chicken with celery to give it texture, southwest with corn and pablanos, and mediterranean with roasted pepper, grilled artichokes and lemon. >> dairy free alternative. >> yes, so this is when you can make these to your diet or your allergies or what your likes and dislikes. >> so good. >> thank you so much. recipes at today.com. >> thank you so much. >> i'm going to get barbecue sauce on you. coming up, brooke shields. >> and fabulous makeovers. have a great weekend, guys. >> see you next week.