back now with more of "today" on a wednesday morning. it's the 8th of february 2012. feeling like an actual winter day in the northeast. we've got temperatures in the mid to low 30s. we still have a couple of people hanging out outside the studio. many of them have gone in to seek shelter by now. >> my feet were numb. >> it's chilly. >> it is. >> i'm matt lauer along with ann curry, savannah guthrie and al roker. coming up this hour, a woman who said she had an 18-month affair

with jfk. >> why she is she spilling the secret now five decades later? we'll hear what she had to say in an interview meredith vieira had exclusively coming up. >> on today's money 911 if you have moved from one job to another you may have several 401(k)s that you're not sure what to do with. we have advice on the best way to combine them and advice to pay down debt and save on car insurance. >> there is also good news finally in the housing market. experts say there are signs of life in some cities. we've got the top ten housing markets that are poised to bounce back in a big way. >> good news. >> let's go to the news desk. natalie is there with the headlines. >> good morning to you once again. good morning, everyone. it was a big night for rick santorum as the former pennsylvania senator swept the caucuses in minnesota, and colorado and took first place in the nonbinding missouri presidential primary. santorum's tuesday night wins marks romney's toughest day on

the campaign trail to date. in minnesota he came in third place bested by ron paul and falling even further behind overnight with newt gingrich. officials in washington state released the 911 recordings from the social worker who brought josh powell's two sons to his home for a supervised visit sunday only to have powell set off an explosion that killed himself and the boys. >> there's two little boys in the house and there's an adult man. he has supervised visitation and he blew up the house and the kids. >> you think he might have done this intentionally? >> yes. >> powell had been the only person of interest in his wife susan's disappearance. a funeral will be held saturday for charlie and braden. a major breakthrough in california where the hotly contested gay marriage ban known as proposition 8 has been overturned and declared unconstitutional by a federal appeals court. the ruling applies only to california and doesn't decide

whether any state could ban gay marriage. the case could be headed to the supreme court. now for more on the former white house intern who claims she had an 18-month affair with president john f. kennedy. mimi alford details her experience in "once upon a secr secret." she sat down with meredith vieira for an interview for tonight's "rock center" with brian williams. >> reporter: mimi said it began on the fourth day of her new job as a white house summer intern when she received a phone call from dave powers, the president's close aide. >> he said, a group of us are going to have a swim at lunchtime. would you like to join us? i thought, well, it was a little bit odd to be swimming in the middle of the day at work. where's the pool? i didn't know the white house had a pool. of course i didn't have a bathing suit either. he said, don't worry, there are bathing suits. >> reporter: in this heated pool, mimi found herself with two other young white house staffers. >> they were in the water and

dave escorted me in. shortly thereafter the president arrived. no one said the president was going to join us. he put on his trunks and came into the water. >> reporter: hours later she was invited back to the white house residence and then she was taken on a private tour of some of the rooms of the residence by her president where she lost her virginity to him in jackie kennedy's private bedroom. did he realize if you were a virgin? >> i think he did. he kept asking me if i was all right. i was all right. there was not a lot of conversation. >> reporter: here you are a young woman. you have never had sexual relations before at 19. >> no. >> reporter: by your own account naive. >> yep. >> reporter: you have just had sex with the president of the united states. how can you be all right? >> i didn't start to cry. i wasn't hysterical. i clearly wanted to go home. and i did, very quickly go home. but i didn't feel scared. maybe that's the thing about shock.

i don't know. >> meredith's full interview airs tonight on "rock center" with brian williams at its new time, 9:00/8:00 central time. curious spectators swarmed a crane in pakistan where it took a crane to lift the six-ton whale shark out of the water. they get that bigby feeding mainly on plankton. that's spectacular. now over to al with a check of the weather. >> where were they taking it? >> out of the water to take care of it. it was in the wrong place. >> wow. that's something. let's show you what's happening as far as today is concerned. we have a quick-moving system. that's the good news. it will drop a little snow. no big problems. b maybe some slick roads. through this morning, light snow through central pennsylvania through central new jersey. then offshore and that's about it. snowfall amounts, generally one to three inches. maybe a little bit higher elevations in west virginia might see six. >> good morning.

we will see a mix of rain and snow develop. it will change over to light snow by the evening commute time now for today's money 911 where our team of experts help you work out your financial issues. jean chatzky, author of "money 911." david bach, founder of finish rich.com and author of "debt free for life" and sharon epperson, cnbc's personal finance correspondent. good to see you. >> good to be here. >> we're going to justina from

bloomington, indiana, on skype. good morning. >> good morning. >> what's your question? >> hi! i have three separate 401(k) accounts from past employers. now that i'm in school i would like to roll them into one account. i'd like to know what to look for and also how can i now save for retirement? i already have a roth ira. >> what should she do? >> for administrative purposes, i think you should just take the 401(k)s, roll them into a rollover ira where you already have the roth. that way you can access everything by logging in one time. it will be simpler as long as the fees aren't outrageous. you probably want to put it in a traditional ira rather than a roth because you're in school and you don't want to come up with the money to pay the taxes. does that make sense? >> how does she do it? >> contact a financial services firm, the one where you have your roth and ask for an ira

roll over kit. since you're in bloomington, go have mother bear's pizza for me. >> wow. go by jean's home. it's a museum. very special. >> exactly. >> thank you. next we have an e-mail question from jim from iowa. he writes, is there a good formula for when to drop auto collision insurance coverage? my collision premium is $86 per year with a $500 deductible. the average nada trade in value on my 2002 vehicle is $3,000. sharon? >> when he trades it in or if he takes the collision coverage that extra physical damage of your car only. a lot of people see it as optional coverage they don't need. he needs to think about whether he has the peace of mind that he'll be able to come up with $2,500 which is the trade-in value minus the deduct bable if the car is totaled. if he doesn't have the money you

need the insurance. $86 doesn't seem like a lot to pay for that peace of mind. keep in mind that will probably be reduced the older the car is. it's already ten years old. >> and everybody time somebody drops it they get in an accident the next day. >> good thought. we have another e-mail. this one asked to be anonymous. my fiance is behind on child support and in court with his child's mom who is asking for more money. i make more on my job than he does and have other money making investments. when we get married will my income and assets be affected by his child support problems? >> legally, no. but if you're trying to do things like pay your rent together and say you have a $3,000 rent payment or mortgage payment, his obligation to make that child support payment comes first. it has to come first. you want to make sure your family finances are okay.

i think you should really do this before you get married. clear everything up and get him current. >> definitely have the conversation about who will pay for what, how to manage finances together. >> maybe have a good sit-down. >> powwow with a financial advisor. >> she could be marrying into a huge financial liability. >> so much good news for you, anonymous! have a good life! now to the phone. we have karen from colorado. good morning, karen. >> good morning. >> what's your question? >> i'm recently divorced and i want to use my maiden name on things. will i be able to change my name on my credit cards or reapply? >> what do you think? >> all kinds of divorce questions today. here's the thing. in your divorce decree it should state what happens with the old credit cards. is it a joint account or specifically in your name? >> it's in my name but my married name. >> just take the document from your divorce decree, go through

the process in colorado of getting your name officially changed. go back to the credit card company, show them that you have changed your name and they should be able to transfer your existing credit to your new name. the credit you built on the credit card is technically yours though it's a different name. >> he should go through and check her credit report five or six months down the road to be sure everything happened correctly. >> and nobody pulled a fast one. >> exactly. >> good luck, karen. now to twitter. katielady in atlanta tweeted, want to buy a home next year. is it better to over pay, pay down school debt or save the money to increase our down payment? which is smarter? >> the smart thing to do -- >> 140 characters or less. >> -- would be to be debt free but that's difficult to do. most people graduate with $27,000 in debt. she needs to be current on the loans. that's very important. make the payments on time. that's going to help her score.

also if she defaults she's not eligible for some of the v.a. or f.h.a. loans. try to consolidate loans so you can get a lower rate. having the one loan payment may look better on your score as well. the key is the good credit score, low interest rate and a better mortgage rate. start now figuring out what the monthly payment will be. save the money to build a down payment and let you know if you can actually make the student loan payments and pay for a house. >> a dry run. >> exactly. >> jean chatzky, david bach, sharon epperson, thank you. if you're on the east coast, david will be answering your questions for the next hour or so on a live web chat on today.com. up next, the top ten cities most likely to bounce back from the real estate bust. and later, a romantic valentine's day dinner to remember. first, these messages. ♪

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this morning on today's real estate, ten housing markets to watch. national home sales may not recover until next year but confidence is rising and some local markets are set to outshine others this year. barbara corcoran is here with the top ten list. good morning. >> good morning. >> let's talk first about who put the list together and what was the criteria they used? >> in the news every year publishes a survey. they are trying to pinpoint the

ten markets most likely to have the greatest appreciation and turnaround. one piece of the criteria is that the home price be similar or below the national average plus great jobs and a low foreclosure rate. >> let's get to the list. number one on the list is raleigh, north carolina. so what's the average sales praise there and how does it compare to the median sales in the u.s.? >> it's $224,000 whereas the national average right now is a low $169,000. but this is a market that's been buyed by the young population that's been growing. that creates a tremendous demand for housing. this is a traditional three bedroom, two and a half bathhouse with a screened in porch and water view. get it for $170,000. lots of jobs, lots of homes available and the prices are right. >> and lots of young people. that's great. next is wichita, kansas, number

two on the list. there is a particular industry that's helped buoy this market as well. >> definitely. if you like airplanes you will be happy in wichita which is the air capitol of the world. home to aircraft companies including cessna spirit, hawk, beachcraft and leer jet. if you like that kind of thing you will be there. this is a nice home with enough room for a growing family. three bedroom two bath with vaulted ceilings room for a growing family and the affordability is key in wichita. it's a vibrant housing market. >> $119,900. >> good value. >> third on the list is rochester new york. their employment rate has contributed to the comeback there. what is the rate? >> what the employment rate is doing now is it's next to nothing. they are not counting the unemployment rate anymore. it has one of the 20 fastest

growing job markets in the country which is great to have. if you're young with a family and you want to get a job, this is a sweetheart of a house. it has four bedrooms, one and a half baths, it's a colonial and only $124,900. look at the finishes in the room. it's a sweet house. >> it is. >> next is des moines, iowa. what quality does the area have that makes it attractive for families to live there? >> families love it because it has great schools. if you want to motivate a family, give them great schools and half the problems are solved. gives you bang for your buck. we have a typically priced house. it's a five bedroom, two bath craftsman-style house with plenty of updates and it's only $150,000. almost the entire community is fully employed. wichita is a friendly place to live. >> the fifth area that's likely to rebound is chattanooga,

tennessee, georgia. how expensive are homes here? >> they are affordable or wouldn't be on the list. they attract people from surrounding states moving in all the time. there are good jobs, houses, values. three good reasons to live in chattanooga. the house is a sweetheart. >> let's take a look at the rest of the list. six is peoria, illinois, seven amarillo, texas, eight is binghamton, new york. waterloo-cedar falls, iowa and bloomington-normal, illinois. good places to invest. >> the most important thing in each of the communities the house prices are already 5% to 11% higher than last year. you would swear there is no real estate recession in these towns. that makes it a great place to invest. >> barbara corcoran, thanks for showing us what we should do

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♪ the band from denver known as the fray. they have been burning up the charts for the last decade. they are out with a new single "heartbeat" and will be here for a live performance tomorrow here on "today." >> meantime, coming up this half hour if you want to throw a valentine's day party we have the guy for you -- to plan the party. celebrity planner colin makes it look easy with fun cocktails, favors and tablescapes. >> cute. >> he'll help us set the mood for an unforgotable valentine's day bash. >> nice. >> who better to warm our hearts

and item misthan the scottos. they have a sweetheart of a feast, even heart-shaped pizza to impress that special someone. look at that. >> how cute. >> great idea. >> i love their pizza. so good. >> everything's good there. before that we have to get to the weather first. >> we'll show you first today a quick clipper bringing snow across the ohio river valley into the midatlantic states. showers in the pacific northwest. high surf advisories southern california. rain in texas. hit or miss showers through florida which will continue into tomorrow. we have more rain in the pacific northwest. sunny skies return to the northeast and the great lakes. it's going to be cold. we are looking at showers in central texas. this is the fourth warmest january on record. we just celebrated that. >> nice. >> almost no ice on the great lakes. >> good morning.

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>> announcer: today celebrates valentine's day is brought to you by silky smooth dove chocolates. share love with dove. >> this music is getting us in the mood. this morning on today celebrates valentine's day, throwing a memorable bash from heart-shaped jello shots to more. colin cowie always has good ideas. good morning. shall we dance? >> absolutely. >> or we could throw a party. >> whether the party is for two or 20, this is fun, sexy ideas anyone can do. >> valentine's day can be a sore spot for a single person. do you have ideas for singles and those coupled off? >> first off, get everyone a cocktail. >> i was going to say we should drink. >> we have the rose bottles. each person has their name on it. everybody knows who everybody is. >> so cute.

>> i thought you were giving me two. i don't know what you've heard. >> let's keep going. >> you have the straw. >> and the tray with red hots. >> so cute. >> this is a new one for me. gejello shots, how did you do i? >> with a lot of vodka. >> they're very good. you should try one. >> mm. >> those are good. >> fun idea. heart shapes on the cake stand. easy to do. i made a wreath out of carnations. put the ice bucket inside there. and put campaign inside. these are cool. we found them on amazon.com. they're light-up ice cubes. >> you can save them for other parties, too. we have mood lighting here. >> we have an old candlabra.

>> this is the little valentine heart candies we love. >> it's a candlescape. whether it's a party for two or more the different height candles protects them from the wind and the candy. everyone looks romantic in candlelight. >> good lighting is key. >> excellent. >> this is decadent. what's this? >> this is one of my residence piece. it' e's linguine with lobster. these are the trays you have in the kitchen for more space. we covered it in fabric, a little bit of tape. >> why is lobster romantic? >> you can eat wit your hands. it's an aphrodisiac. >> why did i ask? >> gets us in the mood. between the lobster and canaddl

and this we're good to go. here we have shot glasses with tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches in the shape of hearts. >> do you have a cookie cutter? >> yes. >> that's adorable. dessert. >> these are cool. take a box lined with gerber daisies to make it interesting and these are -- >> cake pops. >> i have already had two jello shots. it's hard. >> they're incredible. this is a fun idea. you could use it as the center piece of the buffet. it's a message board. you leave messages for guests. tell them what your room number s. >> that's forward. but i guess it's valentine's day. >> colin, these are adorable ideas. thank you so much.

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is hiding from the mob on a cruise ship but leave it is witness protection program to investigate a lake monster in minnesota. as wild as it sounds that's the premise of a great humorous crime fiction novel "wild thing" follow-up to "beeat the reaper" by josh bazell. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> i loved this book. your character is a medical doctor. you, of course, have been studying medicine but you had to take a little bit of a break because the book proved popular. >> yes. i haven't finished my residency yet, but i'm trying to go back in june. >> was your dad an influence? your dad is borobert bazell, ou correspondent. >> and a crime fiction fan. a fan of yours as well. >> all of the sudden he changes

his name. now dr. lionel asthma hired by a reclusive billionaire to find out if there is a monster in the lake killing people? >> right. >> where do you come up with it? >> it seemed like a natural thing to think about at the time. >> really? >> he needs to be in obscure places because the mob is chasing him and he's self-loathing. so he ends up with horrible job assignments that never pan out the way they are supposed to. >> you did a lot of research including looking at the lo loch ness monster. is there such a thing? >> i would love to believe there is. to the extent you can prove a negative which you never can, you can come close with the loch ness monster. we have seen every inch of that loch and there is no reason to think there is a big animal there and there is reason to think it was a hoax specifically started to save a town in

scotland during the depression. >> there are parallels in your book. but there is a lot of dark humor and i love a book where there is a former mob hitman turned doctor and you also work sarah palin in. >> yeah. she needed to be there. there are certain things that it's hard to do realistically in a novel. for instance, if i were to create a character who, say, had been the senator from pennsylvania, as rick santorum was. rick santorum does not appear in the novel and i had the character get up and say global warming was a hoax and we had to change the constitution to limit the rights of gay people. no one would believe that. if i said that the entire republican establishment sat quietly and no one stood up and said, that's a krcrazy man talkg it would seem i was being biased. if you're going to approach the

republican establishment which i wanted to do in a book about belief and the policies that come from rational tity you hav to skirt toward the real. >> but you can probably do the same on the democratic side as well. >> absolutely. in fact, i do a little bit in the book. >> in fact, the book is so successful leonardo dicaprio has optioned it for an hbo series. >> correct. >> that's cool stuff. >> it's awesome. >> congratulations. it's a terrific book called "wild thing." i just love the character. i think everybody will. >> i love your books. >> thank you, josh. high praise indeed from you. thank you. still ahead, what's more romantic than dinner with the scottos? tha they are whipping up a valentine's meal to remember. first, this is "today" on nbc.rs

♪ this morning we are cooking up a valentine's dinner to

remember -- >> so romantic. >> with the scottos. >> love is in the air. ♪ >> marion, anthony and elena. i guess -- are you having a moment? >> i'm sorry. >> we don't even need to cook. >> someone's cooking in the kitchen. >> we're going to start over here. you're starting off with your traditional pizza. >> in a heart shape for valentine's day. >> do you stretch it for that shape? >> you bet and we put it in a form. >> makes it easy. >> here we are starting with meat lasagna. everyone said why? why is that romantic? comfort food warms the heart. >> aw! >> that's right. i'm always right. anyway, we're putting more ricotta, mozzarella and grated cheese on this. it's layer after layer.

this is all our home made sheets of lasagna. put it right on. again you do another layer with the meat. this is sauteed chuck meat. our sauce is a meat sauce. >> okay. >> as you can see -- >> it has lots of vegetables in there. kar carrot, it looks like. >> it's wonderful. you can't get better than that. then you bake it? >> one hour at 350. it's the best lasagna you have ever had. >> you warmed my heart. >> if you don't have time to make it uh how would you get something like that? >> go to the scotto restaurant. >> we're selling it on hsn monday night. >> great idea. >> and we have a healthier option. >> you could share together and make this together. >> indeed. >> let's take a shrimp.

this is a 15-20 or a u-10, whatever you want for sizing. >> okay. >> take the vein out and stuff it. the stuffing is panko. >> you can do it. > seems like your department. >> crab and mayo. yes? >> yes. >> we'll add mayo to this. >> that's the crab stuffing. >> you want the mayo to bind it and stuff it. push it inside. >> yes. >> push it right in. >> i don't want to devein it. >> you're going to bake them for ten minutes. >> bread crumbs? >> they're already in there. once you have done it and the dish is done we make a sauce. i started with shallots, champagne or proseco which is a little bit less expensive. >> this is not my first drink of the day. >> cream. >> the whole thing? >> yes. let it reduce for ten minutes.

finish with a pat of butter. >> one pat or all these? >> one pat. once we have done that, comes out of the oven, everything is done. we're then going to place the dressing on the bottom of the plate and add the shrimp on top to make it pretty. >> lovely. okay, great. how long do we cook it? >> ten minutes. are we done? >> yes. done. >> oh, my gosh. al, most people think chocolate on valentine's day. i'm going with banana pudding. bananas are loaded with potassium. gives you a quick pick me up. have a bite. so i have eggs here, sugar, a little bit of salt. i'm going to start to temper the eggs. anthony, if you would whisk this for me. >> why temper? >> you don't want the eggs to turn into scrambled eggs. look how gorgeous.

>> look at that! >> then we put this in our milk and start to whisk some more. now important to keep eating the banana because you get exhausted from the whisking. >> you have none left. >> it will start to stick a little. >> what's in there? >> banana liquer. at the end add vanilla and a couple pats of putter. >> or four. >> let it cool. refrigerate it four hours covered tightly. this is what it looks like. isn't it stunning? load it in the pie crust. if you want chocolate we have sauce here. >> okay. happy valentine's day! >> kathie lee and hoda are next.