we're back with more of "today" on a monday morning, the 19th day of march, 2012. the last full day of winter, 2012. spring arrives tomorrow. but it seems like it's arrived already here in the northeast. temperature about 60 degrees right now, going up to70. delightful news for these people on the plaza. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie. savannah's here while ann is taking a little time off. and mr. roker is joining us, as well. and coming up, a bizarre twist in a story we've actually been covering for the last couple of weeks. that video that has now been seen online by some 84 million people. not this video, i'm talking about the video of kony 2012.

produced by that man there, who went off on a bit of a, i don't know what you even call it, a breakdown over the weekend or on friday. walking around naked. screaming obscenities. we're going to try and find out what happened with jason russell coming up in just a couple of minutes. >> and a little bit later on, you upgrade to a new ipad or a new telephone, new cell phone, you got stuff laying around, and you know what? you could actually make some cash for this. instead of it just collecting dust in a drawer. we're going to tell you where you can go to turn those gadgets into cash. >> you have to be careful when you do that? >> you got to make sure all of your data and stuff is off. >> also, do you feel like going back to bed right about now? maybe you hit a wall in the afternoon. we have an energy makeover for you, okay? whether it's taking a brisk walk, getting a shot of caffeine. maybe vitamins. we'll tell you what works to boost your energy over the short-term and the long-term. al is sort of voting for coffee.

>> standby. let's go inside. natalie is standing by at the news desk. she got all the headlines. >> good morning again. apple announced this morning that it will start paying a quarterly dividend of $2.65 a share after facing investor pressure over what it would do with its nearly $100 billion pile of cash and securities. the company said it's also starting a $10 billion share buyback program. the dividend will start in apple's fiscal fourth quarter which begins july 1st. the soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians meets with his legal defense team this week. u.s. army staff sergeant robert bales is expected to be formally charged within days. meantime the soldier's family has released a statement saying that they are stunned by the killing spree, but that they stand by bales. mitt romney's hot on the campaign trail ahead of this week's contest in illinois and louisiana. this weekend the gop front-runner nabbed an overwhelming win in puerto rico's republican presidential primary, adding to his already wide lead in the delegate count. but romney's top competitor,

rick santorum, says he's going to stay in the race for the long haul. and now to that very public breakdown for the man behind that wildly popular kony 2012 video. jason russell was briefly detained by police following a strange incident near his san diego home on friday. nbc's craig melvin is there with the latest. craig, good morning. >> natalie, good morning to you. this is the neighborhood where jason russell lives. this is also where people saw, as you mentioned, that very public and mysterious meltdown. this morning for russell, his family and friends, and for his charity, it's been a very strange and troubling turn of events. this is not the internet video jason russell thought people would be talking about. this footage from tmz shows a man reported to be russell naked, ranting, and behaving indecently in broad daylight, along this san diego street. he was detained, but not arrested. >> during the evaluation with him we did learn that we

probably needed to take care of him, so the officers detained him and transported him to a local medical facility for further evaluation. >> reporter: russell's wife danica, who he called his best friend for more than 23 years, and with whom he says he wants to have nine more children, has not commented on the video, but said in a statement, jason has never had a substance abuse or drinking problem, and this episode wasn't caused by either of those things. but yes, he did some irrational things brought on by extreme exhaustion and dehydration. on our end, the focus remains only on his health, and protecting our family. his colleagues at his charity, invisible children, also declined to comment on the video. it's been an unusual month for russell, an evangelical christian whose video criticizing the ugandan warlord joseph kony has become a surprise internet sensation. >> what do you think we should do about it? >> we should stop it. >> reporter: so far, more than 82 million have watched the serious discussion of african war on youtube. with that popularity came

increased scrutiny. he talked to ann about accusations his charity gives away too little of its money to children. >> our motto is three-fold. the movie, the movement and the mission. and the mission is to end the war and rehabilitate these child soldiers. >> reporter: so what could have caused the sort of breakdown? "today" contributor dr. gail saltz says russell's newfound fame may have played a role. >> someone who is under tremendous scrutiny who has never been so before, that is a lot of pressure. >> reporter: this morning, we do not know whether jason russell is still in the hospital. in the statement that his wife put out she went on to say, we'll take care of jason, you take care of the mission. the message of the film remains the same, stop at nothing. what remains to be seen, though, is whether all of this affects the work. natalie? >> all right, craig melvin in san diego. thank you, craig. 21 jump street debuted in the number one spot at the weekend box office with $35

million. dr. seuss "the lorax" fell to second with $22.8 million and "john carter" was third. the past confronts the present in haunting pictures created by an amateur russian photographer. he combined vintage photos of world war ii europe with recent shots taken at the same locations and the result is an unsettling world where ruins share space with modern postcard views, and red army troops storm the reichstag, as 21st century tourists line up for admission there. absolutely striking photos. now let's go back to al with a check of your weather. >> all right, thanks so much, natalie. again we're talking about some warm air that's going to be causing some problems. record highs with these jet stream way up to the north. cooler than normal out west, where flagstaff got a bunch of snow over the weekend. but look at these temperatures. tying or breaking records from the northeast into cleveland, ohio, the midwest, chicago, today sixth day in a row of 80-plus readings.

earliest they've ever had a stretch like this. 81 in st. louis, will come close to a record, as well. we look for this to break on thursday, as the jet stream finally starts to dip down a bit. we'll see an upper level low develop. that will keep the lows and the highs i should say out into the northeast. and then we've got a risk of severe storms from austin to dallas, chance of thunderstorms and tornadoes. greatly enhanced. you can see right now severe thunderstorm watches for san angelo as this line of thunderstorms makes their way in. flooding a possibility from three to six inches between austin and dallas over the next 48 hours. >> good morning. we have some fog this morning. we will see some sunshine this afternoon and

time now for "today's money." cashing in on our electronics. you maybe have some old gadgets gathering dust or maybe you've recently upgraded your cell phone, your tablet. you may be missing out on an opportunity where you could make some cash. jean chatzky is "today's" financial editor. good to see you. >> nice to see you. >> what's the best way? i've got a couple of phones sitting in -- i've got -- stuff that you don't hand off to either your kids or a relative. >> right. >> what do you do with it? >> well, you have three basic choices. you can sell it. you can donate it. give it away. get a tax deduction. or you can recycle it. and of course we're talking about this now because of the whole hubbub with the new ipad. and people who even have an ipad that's one or two generations old can make some serious money from that, as well as people like you and me. i mean i have a whole drawer of

old phones. >> first of all, how do you figure out how much this stuff is worth? >> you want to hit the internet. if you're looking -- the first place to look is the sites that allow you to sell them. places like yousell and gazelle. we've got a whole list of places that will allow you to do this. they're going to want to know about your particular device. what kind of shape is it in? does it have scratches on it? do you have the accessories for it? do you have the original box, the original power cord? so you go to a site like this, you start to tell it about your device, and they're going to come back and they're going to tell you, okay, this is what we're willing to give you for it. then you have enough information to start making a decision. >> what kind of arrangement are we talking about? >> you know it varies widely. of course if we're talking about an ipad that's just one generation old, you're talking about $200, $300, depending on what condition it's in. but we ran a test with an original ipod touch. first generation. >> okay. and which website did you go to? >> we went to usell which is an

aggregator, actually, gathers you offers from various sites, so it's actually my favorite of the selling sites, as well as gazelle, which is allows you to sell different products. a wider variety of products. and depending on the condition, you're going to get anywhere from about $12 to $20 bucks for this ipad touch and then you can decide is it worth it for me to collect on this money. >> let's look, the other option is to donate. >> right. so if you donate what you're getting for your value is a tax deduction. you're going to get a receipt, and that piece of paper is going to be really important when it comes to using that as a deduction on your tax return. if you're thinking about donating, before you head to the web and you look at any of the websites, i'd actually look at your own area. because we know that schools are making fantastic use of ipods -- ipads and other tab lethss. they're using them with autistic kids, and we know that women's shelters, for example, are looking for phones to hand out to their residents. so look locally. if you don't find something that

appeals to you then, there's a site called the recorrect partnership. put together by the phones at goodwill and dell although they will take just about anything and there are a number of other causes, as well. again, got to figure out what it's worth. so you go to the sites that allow you to buy it and sell it first, then you can give it away. >> why would you want to donate as opposed to maybe making some cash? >> sometimes i think the amount of money that you're going to get for a device, particularly if it's not in great shape, or it's a few generations old, you're going to think to yourself, god is this really worth it? if you think about it, that's why you and i have things sitting in drawers. at the same time, my old phones, if i just took them and gave them to the local women's shelter i would feel pretty good about that and i would also know that they were doing some decent work. >> and then the third option, which is also an important one, is recycling. >> right. because we are, and i was astonished by these numbers, we throw away in this country 350,000 cell phones every single day. >> wow. >> 130,000 computers.

every single day. i mean, the degree to which these are filling up our landfills -- >> and they have toxic components in them. >> yes, you want to make sure that they're properly disposed of. 1800recycle.com is a source where you can go to figure out where to give these. most of your major electronics retailers, best buy, office depot, staples, office max, will actually take them from you and apple, if you take your old ipad and give it to them will give you 10% off of a new one. >> and you also have to make sure you wipe all your data off. >> oh, my goodness, absolutely. and with any computer, with any tablet, with any phone, clear it away before you give it away. >> all right. jean chatzky, thanks so much. still to come, oprah's network pulling the plug on rosie's talk show. so what's next for the two one-time queens of talk? we'll find out. but up next, grab that cup of coffee. we're going to tell you what you can do to rev up your energy level right after this!

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get started "today" is brought to you i go got milk? it's just not breakfast without milk. nourish every day. got milk? ♪ let's get it started net. >> this morning on "get started today" getting your energy back. whether you find it hard to wake up or get sluggish every afternoon there could be some health reasons behind your fatigue. dr. raj, good morning. >> you too. >> we have a long list of tips to get to. if you have fatigue for a long period of time, maybe you want to check with your doctor, make

sure it's not something more seriously. >> absolutely. fatigue or weakness could be a sign of a most of medical illnesses. but for many of us, it's really just our daily lives getting us down. >> your first tip is that makes sense, you say get more sleep. you have some ideas of how we can do this, taking a hot bath. >> yes. it's interesting, because when you take a hot bath, you do, of course, warm your body, your core temperature. but then your body has sort of a reflex when it cools itself down in reaction to that warmth and that can help you sleep. you want your temperature to be rather cool to have a really good night's sleep. >> so the hot bath, you feel hot at first -- >> then you get a rapid cooldown which really helps. >> you say aromatherapy can also work. >> certain scents, lavender in particular that tend to calm you and put you in a mood. a pillow, or even a candle right before you go to sleep could really help. >> for those of us who love our technology the next one makes a lot of sense, lose the blues. >> we're talking about the blue wavelength light. in a lot of artificial lights, the blue wavelength is the one

that's going to interfere with your melatonin production and that's the hormone that helps us sleep. you want to dim the lights in general about an hour before you're ready to go to bed and any sort of technology that has a flashing lights, the computer, or even your phone, you want to make sure you can't see that light because it's going to interfere with your sleep. >> your next bit of advice is to start exercising. a lot of people think if i exercise too late in the day won't that affect my sleep negatively? >> we're talking about a quick 15 minute burst of exercise during the middle of the day to help you regain some energy. so whether it's just a brisk walk or even if you're at your desk, doing some jumping jacks in the privacy of your office or side crunches or bends can get the oxygen moving and get you to feeling better. but it's true, you don't want to exercise, doing a full workout too late at night. >> okay. also how we eat certainly affects our energy. you say skipping meals is not a good idea. >> it's not a good idea. many people who diet tend to do this. it's not good for dieting, either. but you really want to eat every four hours something. we want to keep these snacks low calorie. under 200 calories is a good

rule of thumb. and you want to make sure the snack has a mixture of protein, as well as fiber, as well as some carbohydrates. the carbohydrates will give you a quick rush. the fiber will keep you full longer. and the protein, as well, will satiate your hunger for a longer time. something like a banana with some yogurt or fruit. some lean turkey breast. any combination of those could help. >> okay. power snacks. some quick foods to get more energy, let's do quick fact or fiction on some of these. fact or fiction, caffeine gives you more energy. >> yes. i think we all know this is true. it's absolutely true. now you don't want to overdo it. so the rule of them is two to three cups a day. or about 250 milligrams of caffeine. it can definitely give you a boost. if you go over that, especially if you're sensitive to it, you might have the opposite where you're jittery and unable to concentrate. it's not going to help you. >> is it better to space out your caffeine through the day? >> it is generally better. however after 2:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. it could interfere with your sleep. >> fact or fiction, energy supplements give you more

energy. >> well, for the most part these supplements are really caffeine-like stimulants. and i really prefer the caffeine. because when you're coming to a supplement you're not exactly sure how well it's been studied and how safe it is. it can have some side effects. i would stick to the caffeine. >> i think we already know the answer to this one. being outside boosts energy. >> absolutely. yes. the sunlight in general can help. as well as just the fresh air. getting outside, the fact that you're walking. going outside for just even a few minutes in the middle of the day can definitely reboost your energy. >> fact or fiction, music? >> we know when we're at the gym the music helps us work out a little bit harder. even if you're at your desk working, putting on some music will elevate your energy level. of course we want something a little bit upbeat. classic cal, nothing too dark. >> nothing depressing. >> exactly. >> fact or fiction, b-12 shots added energy. a lot of celebrities take these. >> this is kind of a fact and the truth is unless you're truly b-1 deficient, taking extra b-12 is not going to make a difference. most of us get enough in our diet whether it's in fish or

dairy or meat. if you're concerned, get your level checked. for most of us, the extra boost isn't going to do anything. >> dr. rashaanny raj good ideas. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> still to come, packing light. we've got high-tech ways to lighten your load and save you money on your next vacation. i remember the day my doctor told me i have an irregular heartbeat, and that it put me at 5-times greater risk of a stroke. i was worried. i worried about my wife, and my family. bill has the most common type of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve oblem. he was taking warfarin, but i've put him on pradaxa instead. in a clinical trial, pradaxa 150 mgs reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin without the need for regular blood tests. i sure was glad to hear that. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding, and seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if you're 75 or older,

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winfrey with rosie o'donnell seemed like a match made in media heaven. now oprah's own network canceled the rosie show. what happened? we will take a look. >> and then packing lightly. there is, it turns out, an app from that. to websites where you can preorder toiletries to sites that will have clothes waiting for you at the hotel. we'll show you how to save space in your suitcase. then in "today's kitchen" a little taste of espana with paella, and come tapas to round out the menu. >> first let's get a check of our crazy weather. >> let's show you what we've got going for you starting with early week period. much above normal temperatures in the eastern third of the country. out west a little on the chillier side. heavy rain from the lower gulf coast into the mississippi river valley. and it hangs right there during the midweek period, with above normal temperatures through the plains, back to the east of the great lakes. more rain and cooler weather in the pacific northwest. latter part of the week, the rain continues down in the lower

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it was billed as the return of two tv titans, oprah winfrey and rosie o'donnell joining forces. >> but after just a single disappointing season on the own network, it seems rosie will once again say good-bye to talk tv for now. >> nbc's kevin tibbles has more now from chicago where the rosie show taped. kevin, good morning to you. >> good morning guys from outside oprah winfrey's harpo studios this morning. this was supposed to be rosie o'donnell's big comeback. and for the own network, it was supposed to bring big ratings. well it simply hasn't panned out and now the "o" has canned the ro. >> wow. look at us. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a second chance for the former queen of daytime. >> very few people get a second shot at something like this.

>> reporter: after a tumultuous end to her last tv stint at "the view" where rosie publicly feuded with her co-host elisabeth hasselbeck -- >> why don't you take this opportunity, like i'm 6 -- >> reporter: and the show's creator barbara walters. >> but i resent it. >> reporter: this rosie show was supposed to be a return to her roots. >> she likes kids, music, playing. >> reporter: rosie off the cuff. >> not like somebody's water broke and the baby's breach, it's just a game. >> reporter: it sounded a lot like this rosie o'donnell show which made the host a household name and brought in 5 million viewers a day, something the struggling own network desperately needs. but despite the old recipe, a band, a live audience and games, even prime real estate in oprah's old studio, it wasn't enough. to make matters worse, the 7:00 p.m. time slot meant o'donnell's core audience, stay at home moms, weren't watching. >> you had rosie doing this big, expensive talk show every night,

and she was getting like 150,000 viewers. which didn't justify her contract or the staff that was needed to put on such a big talk show every day. >> reporter: that's when executives and o'donnell started making cuts. no more band or studio audience. a smaller studio. and eventually a single guest format that couldn't lure big name stars. >> this was supposed to be a show that would put own back on the map, and revitalize the network that was in a lot of trouble. and that never happened. >> reporter: as ratings got worse, rosie reportedly began feuding with staffers. and after weeks of speculation, the own network made it official, saying the rosie show was canceled. and although she wasn't heavily involved throughout the show, it was oprah herself who canceled rosie. so who's really at fault? industry insiders believe there is plenty of blame to go around. >> own kind of took the rosie out of "the rosie show" and they made her very, you know, boring.

>> reporter: two tv titans and their egos and supercharged expectations, well it simply hasn't worked out here. rosie will be taping her final shows in chicago this week. guys, back to you. >> all right, kevin tibbles in chicago. >> i wonder what the next act will be. >> the fact of the matter is, nobody's going to be holding a bake sale for rosie. you know the people who work on the show, who are losing their jobs, those are the people you feel really bad for. >> that's absolutely right. >> i know. >> well coming up next, don't let your luggage weigh you down on your next trip. we're going to show you how the web can help you travel light with that big yellow ducky, no, that's not it. we'll tell you how the web can help. we know a place where tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there, like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake.

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minimumimist.giv. obviously when you're packing toiletries, groegsry items, specially food items they take up a lot of room in your bag or you're stuck wherever you're going on vacation finding a grocery store or pharmacy -- >> or something breaks in your luggage. >> this site carries 2,000 products and a lot of them are hard-to-find items like diet salad dressing. who'd have thought. this is one of the most popular people buy on the site. >> all sample sizes. >> little sample sizes. you can stick these in your purse. >> little baby tabasco. so there's fun food items, gluten free stuff, and also sunscreen, aloe vera gel. for sun burn. certainly all kinds of first aid things. and the great things about this stuff is you can either take it with you or have it shipped there and then when you're done, it's small enough that you can put it in your bag and take it home. >> or toss the packaging. i like the idea of that. no more packing big toiletries or bulky items.

let's move over to obviously date night or maybe you have like a great night to go out but you don't want to pack a dress so you say there's actually a couple sites that you can get fancy dresses. you can rent them. >> you rent them exactly. there's a couple things to that. number one you're saving money. because, for example, this is a versace dress that retails for $645. you could rent this for $100. they will send it to your destination, ready to wear. >> in a couple different sizes. >> you pay for the two sizes. you rent it for $100. you get the two sizes and they send you a prepaid shipping envelope, you stick it in any blue post office box when you're done or give it to the concierge. rent the runway also carries all kinds of really fun accessories so you can get a beautiful clutch or earrings. >> jewelry. >> and the other thing that i really love about this site, too, is that you can buy undergarments that maybe you don't want to carry with you or maybe, you know, you're

somewhere and you just can't find spanx, for example. not that you need them. >> oh, we wear them. we love them. >> and the thing is what's terrific, they'll send that in the package. >> right. >> so you get all your stuff together. you don't have to pack it. you can get a really fun dress. >> put it back in the mail and send it back. okay, we love that idea. rent the run way dotcom. next you say ditch the travel guides and maps. you have a couple apps, instead. >> we want to ditch the travel guides. first i want to show you, you can ditch the magazines. we all love beach reads, right? but they're bulky and they're also, if you buy them in the airport you've got to carry them on the plane. this is an app called livestand. it's a virtual magazine stand. >> cool. >> if you have a tablet. you can create a personal library like here's one, parenting for example. and here's some magazines with great content for you wherever you are. you don't have to pack the bulky magazines with you. this particular app, livestand has really a wide variety,

everything from parenting to sports magazines. >> what are you paying for the livestand? >> it's free. it's free. >> even better. and there are about 200 titles. they're constantly adding new ones. it's just a great resource to have. and maybe a good incentive to buy a tablet if you haven't gotten an ipad yet. the other app we're talking about on travel guides is called, it happens here. this is really cool. you use it on your phone. >> okay. >> and using gps, say you're visiting new york for the first time, and you're right here, rockefeller center. >> okay. >> it will tell you where you are and all of the historical events, movie scenes that were shot here, famous crimes that may have happened within, say a 5 to 10 block radius of here, based on where you are. it's called it happened here. $2.99 for each city. they have about 40 cities and it's available for iphone and android platforms. >> that is great if you want to explore a little history. >> okay now this one, parents will love this. because how many times when you're obviously going on

vacation with your children you end up packing all the gear that you have to take, as well. so you say don't pack the diapers, the toys, the baby supplies, you have good ideas on how we can leave home without these things? >> this is called babies travel light. and what they do is they ship any baby need that you have to any destination worldwide. >> so this is inflatable bath stub? >> this is an inflatable bathtub. so the great back story about this company is it started by a husband and wife. they were traveling with their 7-week-old infant to a wedding in iowa and they couldn't find some of the things that they needed there and they said you know what, we could create a site for people to be able to order this stuff. so it's really, this is an inflatable booster chair. now this is not rental. this is purchase. but what's great about this for example the bathtub you deflate it, stick it back in your bag and -- >> take it on your next trip. >> swim diapers, baby sunscreen, toys so you don't have to pack those or worry about finding a target, buy it while you're on

vacation. >> heather cabot, great ideas. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> packing for spring break. coming up next, in "today's kitchen," a spanish classic, paella. but first, this is "today" on nbc. i was shocked to find out how many couples don't sleep in the same bedroom.

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saffron. >> okay. >> the real stuff. >> the real stuff. olive oil and then you guys want to dump this right in. >> so what do you have in here? >> so we have red bell peppers, scallions, garlic, smoked chorizo and some chicken. >> okay. >> so dump it all in. and then all you have to do basically is start to cook this where you want to bring out all the oil from the and meld the flavors. this is called bambo rice. this is from valencia. and it's very important that you use this kind of rice, you can use arborio. >> a short grain rice? >> the only important step is that you coat the rice with olive oil. >> it's uncooked rice that you put in there. >> fully uncooked. >> and next step? >> if you want to pour the stocks in. >> what is this? >> old on just a second, chef. now -- >> we were wondering. >> all right.

>> i was wondering. >> you could just repeat all those directions we didn't hear you. >> no we heard you. >> what is this stock? >> okay. >> pay no attention. this is just me -- >> okay. >> can you put -- >> hold on, only got about a half hour! >> you need a half hour? >> something's cooking in his kitchen and it ain't paella. >> so we add the broth and we're going to just add our shellfish. >> all right. >> clams and mussels? >> it's important with steps because clams take a lot longer to open than mussels. you want to add these usually about five minutes in as it starts cooking. then add our mussels about five minutes later. cooking time is only about 25 minutes. >> that's it? >> and uncovered. >> here we have one that's pretty much getting ready. and what we want to do at the end is just poke it. and what you want to see on the bottom here is, this is the crunchy bottom of the rice. i know that you lived in spain.

>> i did, yeah. >> a lot like the chinese and the rice bowl, a lot of them love to have that crunchy, crispy rice. it's the creamy and crunchy and spicy and delicious. >> so mix it all up in there. >> mix it up. and basically throw in scallions, we throw in our peas. and frozen peas are probably fine, because the heat will basically just carry them over and keep them green. and then you just throw in some shrimp that will pretty much tuck in at the last minute, because these cook, in the same thing, about a minute to 30 seconds. >> right. >> you don't want them to rubberize. >> so that's pretty much it. >> and then down herein >> then this is the finished product. >> uncovered the whole time? >> uncovered the whole time. >> you made these great -- >> so tapas, we have our cauliflower cooked on a spanish griddle, so it caramelizes it. that's with pine nuts and raisins. tomato bread, and then i know that this is -- a party in spain

is not a party in spain unless you drink the peron. >> this i've got to see. >> this is the last segment, here we go. >> here we go. >> it's sloppy. >> whoo! >> was it supposed to come back out? >> that appetizer. >> i'm going with the little crunchy bits at the bottom. >> that's not the first time natalie's done that, i don't think. >> you could have fooled me. >> okay. >> hoda and kathie lee are next.