good morning. breaking news. a dangerous wildfire burning out of control in colorado. this morning, one person has been found dead in the flames, as thousands of people are forced out of their homes. new controversy in the trayvon martin case as the shooter's account is leaked. george zimmerman said he was punched and rammed into the sidewalk. will this information change public perception. and the "x" factor. the nasty feud between christie brinkley and peter cook still simmering four years after their bitter divorce. he has spoken out. now it's her turn. christie brinkley is here for an exclusive live interview today, christie brinkley is here for an exclusive live interview today, tuesday, march 27th, 2012.

captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome today on this tuesday morning, i'm ann curry. >> and i'm matt lauer. the fire we're talking about out in colorado is near the city of denver, and this morning more firefighters are being called in to help. >> it started on monday afternoon. it spread quickly, fueled by high winds, and this has the potential to get very serious. we'll get the latest from the scene straight ahead. >> also this morning, we've got "today's professionals" in the house. one of the things we're going to talk about to them is this growing trend of employers asking for the facebook pass words of job applicants. is it a new rule of the digital age? is it an invasion of privacy? is it even legal? we're going to talk about that with star, donny and dr. nancy. >> and also as we mentioned christie brinkley is here and we're going to talk to her about

her upcoming return to broadway and also about her ongoing dispute with her ex-husband and also some more. but we've got more to get to. >> let 's go over to the news desk. statistically is standing by with the headlines of the morning. good morning to you. >> good morning, everyone. we begin right now with those dangerous wildfires sweeping through the mountains west of denver, colorado. nbc's miguel almaguer is is in colorado with more. miguel, good morning. >> natalie, good morning. the extent of the damage is still unclear. it's believed this fire was actually sparked last week, and kicked out of control yesterday afternoon. we don't know how many homes have been destroyed but we do know at least one person is dead. the plumes of bill lowing smoke could be seen from downtown denver and 25 miles away. the fast-moving, wind-driven fire, 900 homes, thousands of people forced to evacuate. >> after i saw the fire breaking out and the trees going up over on this ridge, that maybe i ought to get prepared. >> reporter: at least 4 1/2 square miles charred so far. the wind blowing, the fire

moving. in every direction. >> the white smoke is the trees going up, and the black smoke is actually where the property is going up. >> reporter: monday night officials said at least five homes were swallowed by the flames. but overnight, crews here couldn't fight the fires. the sheriff's department, instead saying emergency workers were in defense mode. >> we have a number of homes that are potentially in the fire's way as it continues to grow at the rate that it has. >> reporter: officials say the fire was sparked last week by a prescribed burn meant to protect this area from what now threatens it today, an out-of-control wildfire, ablaze, but now deadly. if wind gusts lay down today, and it's expected that they will, firefighter also try to attack this blaze from the air. if they don't gain the upper hand it's unclear how quickly and how much this fire will spread. natalie? >> miguel almaguer in conifer, colorado, thanks. president obama's landmark health care reform comes under the microscope at the supreme court today.

nbc's justice correspondent pete williams is there with the latest. pete, good morning. >> natalie, good morning. the constitution gives congress the power to regulate commerce. today's question is, does that mean it can require everyone to buy health insurance. 26 states and a business group say the answer is no. they say if you don't have insurance, you're not in commerce, you can't be forced to buy it. one judge who ruled against the health care law said if congress can do that, it could require everyone to buy broccoli to become healthier. but the obama administration says the law doesn't regulate the insurance industry, it regulates the entire health care system and everyone is involved in that. the government says people without insurance, when they show up at the emergency room, the cost of their care is transferred to people who do have insurance, and it says that is definitely commerce. whatever the supreme court decides, we'll find out in late june. natalie? >> all right, pete williams at the supreme court this morning. thanks. comments overheard on a hot microphone have president obama in hot water with republicans. on monday an open mike picked up what would have otherwise been a private conversation between the president and his russian

counterpart, dmitry medvedev. >> my last election. >> yes. >> and after my election i have more flexibility. >> well republican s are pouncig on the remark, accusing the president of making secret deals on issues of national security. president obama says he has no hidden agenda with russia and he later made light of the incident. and foreget linsanity. basketball's newest sensation is a 9-year-old boy from springfield, colorado. austin took an elementary tournament to a whole new level, nailing that half-court shot, just beating the buzzer. good for him. austin's dad said he practices that half-court shot all time. but if the nba comes calling they might need to wait until austin finishes third grade. but there you go. practice makes perfect. and he nails it! >> go, austin. >> go, austin. back over to ann, matt -- >> and i looked his form, too. he went -- like that.

>> i think the final score of that game was 25-4. i think. >> that's okay. >> anyway. >> it's all right, seriously. maria larosa is in while al takes some time off. >> good morning, guys. spring has settled in to parts of the east and we have widespread freeze warnings and advisories, as well. so if you haven't taken those plants in they might be a little wilted right now. look at these temperatures, new york city 30, portland at 23, windchills into the teens. more cool weather for the weekend, and more rain in pacific northwest. >> good morning. temperature starting out below freezing this morning in some neighborhoods. we will see plenty of

>> ann, back to you. >> all right, maria, thank you. new accounts of what happened on the night of trayvon martin's death have now surfaced, adding to the tension surrounding this case. nbc's ron allen is in sanford, florida, with more on this. ron, good morning. >> good morning to you, ann. george zimmerman's defenders say there was a life and death struggle that night, with zimmerman bloodied and beaten and on the ground because of trayvon martin. it's a version of events that place say is, in fact, in the report that they sent on to prosecutors now looking into this case. details that police also say have been confirmed by unidentified witnesses. >> the whole world is watching sanford today. >> reporter: at an emotional city commission meeting, trayvon martin's parents made a passionate plea for george zimmerman's arrest and prosecution. >> for the sanford police department to feel as though they were going to sweep another young black minority's death

under the rug, it's an atrocity. >> reporter: one by one, civil rights activists warned sanford, the entire world is watching. >> for one man, would you risk the reputation of a whole city? zimmerman is not worth the history of this city. you need to arrest him, and redeem this city right now. >> this guy looks like he's up to no good. he looks black. >> did you see what he was wearing? >> yeah. a dark hoodie. >> reporter: this case drew national attention after 911 tapes were released from the night zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, shot and killed martin, an unarmed teenager. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> okay. we don't need you to do that. >> reporter: police say there is a one-minute gap where they're not sure what happened. a published report confirmed by police says zimmerman told investigators he was returning to his vehicle, after losing sight of the teenager, when martin struck first, from behind.

according to zimmerman, martin asked, do you have a problem? when zimmerman said no. martin said, well, you do now. and punched him in the face. breaking his nose, and then smashing zimmerman's head against the sidewalk. the public police report says zimmerman was treated for nose and head injuries. >> what's been released so far shows that it wasn't george who was the aggressor. it shows that it was trayvon who was the aggressor. >> reporter: a friend speaking out for zimmerman says zimmerman told him martin was on top when zimmerman shot him in self-defense. >> i know i cannot bring my baby back. >> reporter: martin's family insist police leaked details of zimmerm zimmerman's narrative to defend the decision not to arrest zimmerman. police officials admit the information may have been leaked, and pledge to punish anyone who released it. the family also reacted angrily while confirming a report their son had been suspended from

school for ten days, for possession of an empty marijuana bag. they dismissed it as irrelevant to the case. >> they kill my son and now they're trying to kill his reputation. >> even in death, they are still disrespecting my son >> nobody's disrespecting his son. but we sure are disrespecting george. >> reporter: frank caffey, a neighborhood watch volunteer along with zimmerman, said police did a thorough investigation. and zimmerman was only looking out for his neighbors when he followed martin. >> he's been robbed eight times in the last 15 months. george just wanted to know, what are you doing here? >> reporter: martin's family said the problem with all of that is that police accepted zimmerman's statement at the scene as fact and never gathered any more evidence that might reveal what really happened then. all this now goes before a grand jury, while there's every indication the protests and the demand for justice will continue.

matt? >> all right, ron allen on this story for us. ron, thanks very much. rachel mad dow is the host of the rachel maddow show on msnbc and the author of the new book "drift: the unmooring of american military power." let's stake on trayvon martin for a second before i get to your book and talk about how the case has become part of the public consciousness. prominent republicans criticized president obama when he made the comment, quote, if i had a son, he'd look like trayvon. they say that the president injected politics and race into the issue. i think race was injected from the very beginning. >> yes. >> but politically speaking did president obama make a mistake commenting, weighing in on it? >> i think in moments of national upset, and there is real emotional weight to this issue, i think a president's role is to say, america's institutions work, and they need to work. and our leaders are on the side of them working better. so for him to say, my son would look like trayvon, if i had a son, is him saying, this case will not be swept under the ruling, there will be no immunity from prosecution because of the race of the vick

film tim. which is the worry, the suspicion and the accusation of many people who are very concerned about this case. i think that is sticking up for american institutions kind of line. i don't think it was particularly racial. but i understand his critics are going to go after him. >> let's move over to what's happening at the supreme court today. second day of oral arguments over the president's health care reform law. if it is struck down by the supreme court, talk to me about how that affects november. and then take it the other way. if it's upheld by the supreme court. >> the most interesting thing that i have seen about this and how it's going to affect the public is that bloomberg did some polling on it and bloomberg's poll found that 75% of people think that the supreme court will decide based on their political beliefs. not on the law. so, this may, as much be a referendum on the supreme court, whether or not the roberts court is so conservatively politicized that it will make a decision to hurt the president. rather than sticking closely to precedent here. >> if they don't, if they uphold this law, what's the effect on the president come re-election time in november? >> i don't actually think it

will have that much of an effect if it is upheld. i realize that the partisans who have -- the people who have -- made this about partisan politics think that it will be the end all-be all for the election. but if what the republicans call obama care is upheld, then the president has reformed health care and republicans still hate it and we're back to where we are now. >> this open mike issue. okay. happened yesterday. the president speaking to the russian president, said on all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this can be solved but it's important for him, putin, to give me space. yeah, i understand, replied the russian president. i understand your message about space and then president obama said, this is my last election. after my election, i have more flexibility. >> yeah. >> why shouldn't people think this is a disingenuous stand on foreign policy? >> well, what they're talking about is missile defense. and what he's saying is, we're probably not going to make any further agreements or have any -- we're not going to make much progress in terms of talking about missile defense while i am in an election year. >> but it adds to the cynicism that people have. that they say our leaders should

take a stand on principle, not political vulnerability. >> but the issue with arms control and the russians is that the agreements that the president has been making with the russians, the senate will not follow. the congress will not follow. and so if you want to be realistic about it, the congress and the senate, in particular, is not going to follow him in an election year. so it's a little bit of a window into real politics and the way these guys really talk to each other. i don't think we learned anything new. it's kind of interesting to see two leaders speaking unguarded. >> from your book, you write when civilians are not asked to pay any price it's easy to be at war. not just to intervene in a foreign land in the first place, but to keep on fighting there. compare the wars in iraq and afghanistan for me, and the price people like me, and citizens of this country have been asked the price with past wars and what's been the impact. >> i think what i -- what i wrote about and what i think has happened is we made a series of political decisions over the past 30 or 40 years that essentially made war less hassle. we gave presidents ways to go around the congress trying to block them.

we gave the american public sort of some blinders to put on in terms of the cost of things. we shielded ourselves from casualties. we're not even off an howed to know when private contractors are hurt or killed. all of these ways have made it more comfortable for us. so we've ended up after all of those changes with the longest war in american history and an 8 1/2 year second war fought alongside of it. and the american people not even really much noticing when that 8 1/2 year long war in iraq ended. oh, was that still going on? we didn't have a parade here in new york. there's no real civilian effect of it and that is something -- that civilian distance from our war fighting is -- >> real quickly is that system here to stay? or are there simple ways to change it so there's more of a realization? >> there are simple ways to change it. what i found in the book and the reason i wrote it is because i think the decisions that 2k3w09 us here, that we're so insulated from the war as civilians are simple decisions made over about 30 or 40 years since vietnam. they can all be reversed.

we don't need a secret military, private military and we need to have a big, robust debate when we're thinking about using force. >> it's always nice to have you here, rachel. >> thanks for having me. >> it's 15 minutes -- and you can watch rachel's show weeknights at 9:00 eastern and pacific time on msnbc. and a programming note, tomorrow on "today" we'll have an exclusive interview with house speaker john boehner. we'll talk to him about the presidential race, hayes jen today in congress, and more. that's tomorrow here on "today" 73 once again here's ann. >> matt, thanks. now to what could be a major breakthrough when it comes to the epidemic of type ii diabetes. two new studies have found that weight loss surgery can revers possibly even cure, the life-threatening disease. dr. nancy synderman is nbc's chief medical editor. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> millions suffer from it. many unaware. my own mother had it. what is the toll this disease is taking? >> if you look at the global toll, it's estimated by the year 2030, which is really right around the corner, almost 10% of the global population will have type ii diabetes.

it's going to cost a little over $476 billion. that means work days lost, amount of money spent treating it, and if you think about the kind of budget conversations we have in this country, or germany bailing out greece, there isn't enough money in the bank to take care of this epidemic. >> now comes two studies, reported in the "new england journal of medicine" on monday, and they describe, suggest a breakthrough saying one study in fact says that the researchers treated one-third of a group of people with type ii diabetes with medication only. >> right. >> and two-thirds with surgery. what was the findings? >> so they divided these people. one served medicine, one gastric banding which is putting a band around the stomach, and one-third a real gastric bypass operation, and what they found is, that the two groups that underwent surgery thad, in fact, a reversal of their diabetes within months. they went off their medications. the group that was treated with medicine alone could not control the diabetes. those who underwent surgery had

reversal in many cases of their diabetes, it just went away. and in some cases the insulin levels and sugar levels started changing within hours of the operation. >> even before weight loss? >> even before weight loss, change in dmi being now called weight loss surgery, not even weight loss surgery, or bariatric surgery, it's diabetes surgery. >> does this mean, then, that insurance companies might be in the future more inclined to cover this kind of surgery? >> well, i think so. because these are not inexpensive operations, $15,000 to $25,000 per operation. then you have to krounch tcrunc numbers and say okay, it costs so much more to take care of a diabetic, renal disease, heart did ease, stroke, cancer, you name it. i suspect they're going to find out it is less expensive. however, this is not a reason for people to keep eating. it is a reality, though, that we have to recognize this is an epidemic, as a disease, and frankly, that we may have a way

to intervene >> and save lives. dr. nancy synderman. thank you so much. always great to get your perspective. it is 2340u7:18 here's matt. >> all right, ann. this week we're getting our first look at what oscar winning director james cameron saw during his historic trip to the deepest part of the ocean. natalie? >> fascinating stuff. james cameron is known for thrilling audiences with his blockbuster movies but on monday he was all alone during his unprecedented voyage to the last frontier on earth. luckily cameras were rolling to capture it all. this is not behind-the-scenes footage of james cameron's latest movie. this is cameron making history. for the director who took audiences to the depths of the sea in the movie "the abyss," it was life imitating art. off the remote coast of guam, cameron ventured to the deepest part of the ocean, the mariana trench. >> we used to say if we knew

what was there, we wouldn't have to go. so we have to go because we don't know what's there. >> reporter: inside a state-of-the-art lime green subcalled the "deep sea challenger" cameron defended 500 feet per minute, down almost seven miles, that's a mile deeper than mt. everest is tall. >> the danger is extreme pressure at the bottom of the ocean. to take a fairly flimsy object that just has a little steer for james cameron is a brave and adventerous thing to do. >> reporter: after 2 1/2 hours, less than the length of his "titanic" film, cameron reached the trench, even tweeting to humanity above, hitting bottom never felt so good. national geographic 3-d cameras attached to the sub captured the first-ever images of the ocean's bottom. creating exciting alien worlds is what cameron does best. but the real-life abyss is nothing like the movies. >> it's completely alien world. it's very lunar.

very desolate place. very isolated. >> after three hours, cameron emerged. his real-life mission complete with its own plot twist. a hydraulic leak forced him to come up earlier than planned. >> welcome back, man. >> and in an ending fit for hollywood, cameron was greeted by don walsh who made history more than 50 years ago as part of a two-man team to reach the bottom of the deep sea. >> hasn't changed a bit since you were down there. >> i'm the king of the world! >> reporter: for a man known for bigger than life movies, this journey to the deep was something out of this world. >> literally, in the space of one day i've gone to another planet and come back. >> and cameron's journey is the culmination of seven years of planning. it will debut on the national geographic channel later on this year. matt, the only sign of life he saw, apparently deep sea shrimp. >> that is wild. >> wild. can you imagine being confined in that little thing? >> better him than me.

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♪ she's going to be somebody everyone knows ♪ >> 7:30 now on a tuesday morning. the 27th of march, 2012. that is model and actress christie brinkley in her role as roxy hart in the hit musical "chicago" which is about to return to broadway. she'll be there in that role. and she'll tell us all about that. also, we're going to get the latest, have you heard she and her ex-husband aren't getting along all that well. we're going to be talking more about that with christie in just a little while. they're making headlines again. inside studio 1a i'm matt lauer alongside arc. and we're going to have what's the latest with your facebook. >> a lot of people are talking about, because a growing number of employers are asking applicants to hand over their passwords so that they can find

out. so now some lawmakers and people behind the social networking site, are crying foul. it's causing a lot of conversation. we're going to get into that conversation coming up. >> it's one of the subjects we're going to talk about with "today's professionals." we'll talk about a few other things, as well, including the online firestorm sparked by one mother's extreme diet control for her overweight 7-year-old daughter. we'll get to that. but we'll begin this half hour with christie brinkley. opening up about her return to broadway, and her real-life drama with ex-husband peter cook. we're going to talk to her exclusively in a moment. but first, "today's" savannah guthrie has the latest. >> matt, good morning to you. christie brinkley and peter cook divorced in 2008 after twelve years of marriage. but that split has not put an end to the legal wrangling between the two. they're back at it with both sides claiming new violations of their divorce agreement. she is the stunning model and actress. he, the handsome architect. for 12 years christie brinkley

and peter cook were married with children, living a privileged life, regulars on new york's elite scene. but that would all change. in 2008, cook admitted to having an affair with his 28-year-old intern, and spending thousands of dollars a month on internet pornography. a bitter divorce battle ensued, in the court, and in the media. >> you know, it was a long day. it was really, really hard to relive all of that. >> reporter: but four years later, not much has changed in the bitter divorce between brinkley and cook. they are still fighting. and the public, it seems, still has an ap tut for the drama. >> that as a society we're always interested in what celebrities are doing. we're interested in their weddings, we're interested in their divorces, their children. seeing what celebrities go through, to sort of see them in real-life is very interesting to most people. >> reporter: in court papers brinkley claimed her ex owed thousands of dollars in child

support and that he sent her derogatory and abusive e-mails. >> the most important thing to her is that she wants to stop the bullying, stop the vitriol, and stop the persistent attempts to relive the divorce that mr. cook is constantly engaged in. >> reporter: cook responded. calling brinkley a narcissistic ego maniac. brinkley said he violated their confidentiality agreement by speaking out. in recent interviews cook said he pays more child support than the court requires. and argued that when his ex-wife was off rehearsing for "chicago" on broadway last year he was taking care of the children full-time. and shouldn't be required to pay during that period. >> when he realized it was a misconception, he simply wrote the check and paid her. >> reporter: now, it's up to the judge to determine the next step in this back and forth drama. a drama that brinkley's lawyer says should play out privately. >> my client just wants to get on with her life. >> reporter: well, with christie

brinkley set to return to the broadway stage next week, peter cook points out that he will once again have the kids full-time. matt, back to you. >> savannah, thank you very much. christie brinkley is with us now exclusively. good to see you. welcome back. >> great to see you, matt. >> this is still going on. you two have been divorced four years now, and it just doesn't seem as if you can -- you guys can get over this. >> well, you know, since the day that he realized that i wasn't coming back, there have been a real character assassination going on. i asked for and got a confidentiality agreement with the original divorce. i alone have maintained the confidentiality agreement. i had offered, you know, for a sympathetic show from oprah, jeff zucker offered me an hour in prime-time. you know, everybody asked me to come on. i did not want to do it. >> so why are you here today? i know peter has gone on other television programs and talked

about this. is turnabout fair play? some might just say turn the other cheek. >> well, i have turned the other cheek. there's not one quote from me anywhere. this is the first time i've ever been on a show, and i'm really here because next week i'm going to start promoting "chicago." and this became such a big deal. i mean, i've endured about two weeks of all kinds of, you know, lies, and stories, when actually four months prior to this -- this character, you know, assassination, media storm, i quietly filed for to protect my family from that, part of my suit, i was very clear asking the judge, please determine this on paper. >> you didn't want to go public with this. >> i am not the first woman that ever let a judge know my husband was late in paying his child support. which is very minimal and not more than -- >> he says, by the way, he pays double what the court has asked him to pay.

>> pays $600 a month per child. that's it. it's really a -- more of a -- i can't think of the word, it's too early. but it's a very minimal amount of money. and it wasn't the money. i have hesitated to do anything with the courts because he actually likes the publicity and he likes the -- >> by the way he says that about you. he says the only reason you're coming out now is because you want to promote your role on broadway. >> matt, isn't that silly? i mean, last year when i had this amazing opportunity to go on broadway, i announced it on oprah, "the tonight show," the view, good morning america, i mean, we -- we have endless opportunities to -- the show that i'm in, "chicago: the musical" is the longest-running show on broadway. they've managed pretty well without, you know, using the peter cook press machine. i mean, it's -- it's silly to

even think that. >> let me interrupt for a second. >> but i just want to stress, i just want to stress, i filed four months prior to anybody knowing anything. i filed mainly because i wanted to protect myself and my children. i have a right to peace. i just want peace. and i got, besides the confidential agreement, i also asked for, and got, an agreement that demands civility. that demands him to stop both, like berating me every opportunity that he can get. >> you say that he sends you derogatory e-mails, he has called you, as we just heard, a narcissistic ego maniac, he says you've castrated him in public. >> can i say i have never called -- i have never part in name calling. the only thing that i have ever said after my second trial, which i had to go through a whole trial because i was three hours late in handing over my

passport, at that trial, at the end of the trial, i simply said as a public service, three words, google, divorcing and narcissist. all right four words. google, divorcing, and narcissist. i'm not alone. i have gotten hundreds of letters from other women who are going through this. it's not easy. >> there are two sides to every story and unfortunately this story is playing out in the public. but what i keep thinking about is you've got kids together. and these kids are no longer young kids. they are teenagers and they're old enough to understand this, and some people look and say the parents are acting more like teenagers than the teenagers are. >> but this is my first time on tv. okay. this is my first time. i want to stress that. i have never gone on a tv show. peter went on barbara walters, he went on geraldo rivera, he went back on geraldo rivera. >> what impact is this having on your children? >> he went on good morning america. let's ask him why is he doing that. >> but what impact is it having

on the children, christie? >> well, my son doesn't want to go there anymore. so my son has been with me full-time for the past seven months. >> he's about to live with peter while you're on broadway -- >> no, he's not. >> and spend a lot of time with peter. >> you see, that's another thing. i -- for instance when i played england, it was during the summer. and i asked, i said look, why don't you take the kids the first two weeks, i'll take the kids the second two weeks. and he doesn't have to take -- the only reason i even have him take the kids is because i agreed, in my first divorce, that if i can't be there for more than two nights in a row, that they should be with their father. instead of a caregiver. >> but i'm trying to -- >> my whole life is set up to take care of my kids whether i'm here or at home. >> but i'm trying to think of this poisonous atmosphere. you as a mother handing your kids over for whether it's a day or two days or three days to your ex-husband, with all of this swirling around, and how does it not severely impact these children?

>> well, that's what i think that we need to have legislation that protects families from a spouse who has been diagnosed by the court-appointed forensic psychiatrist as a bona fide malignant or extreme narcissist. this is say personality disorder. this is something that the courts need to come to grips with. i'm not alone. i have huh dleds of letters from other women that say i'm going through this, too. only mine is more public because when i go to trial, the media comes. and you know, my first trial, by the way, he led the public to believe that i went down to supreme court and opened the court. and i did not. in new york state divorce court is always open. okay. i had my trial like every other woman going through a divorce. i never thought it would end up in court. but he was determined -- >> how can the two of you now make this better? for the sake of the children, for the sake of your private life and peter's private life, how can you make it better?

>> what the experts say is you need to have a no contact rule. and i put in place my lawyer over two years ago and i have not -- i haven't had any contact with him. but, he continues to, you know, contact me. and that's the problem. >> here's what -- >> and so i quiet i asked the judge, please, make this stop. protect my right to peace. i'm looking for peace for my family. and i also -- sorry. but i just want peace. and every time i have any joy, or any kind of success in anything, he has to try to destroy it. and the courts need to learn how to deal with this kind of situation. >> i had fully intended to ask you about "chicago." so why don't we do this, since we have now run our course of time on this. why don't you come back at some

point and we'll talk only about "chicago." >> that's what i wanted to talk about today. >> okay. christie brinkley. christie, thanks for your time. i appreciate it. 7:41. let's get a check of the weather from maria larosa. >> "today's weather" is brought to you by the seven bold flavors of bush's grillin' beans. the bolder side of bush's. >> well, we have found where winter has been hiding. and it is across the west. take a look at the satellite radar picture. a big storm pushing onshore. gale force winds, mountain snow, wind and rain. take a look at the snowfall totals over the next 24 hours. this could be a windfall for the sierra nevada. also mount shasta. how about a couple of feet of snow. across the midsection, quiet and warm continuing there. chilly in the northeast. >> good morning. it will turn out to be a nice day. we will see a lot of sunshine.

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photo, every private message before hiring you. now lawmakers are asking, is this even legal? >> oh, what a cute baby. >> they're really close. are they together? >> whoa, that was a crazy party. >> reporter: they are our most personal, most embarrassing moments, meant for friends. or friends of friends. not your new boss. >> my facebook profile contains the most intimate details of my life. and now these bosses are asking to get in and take a look around. >> reporter: recently justin bassett was applying for a new job in finance. during the job interview, he says the employer dropped a bombshell. >> i was shocked when she turned and asked me for my facebook e-mail and password. >> reporter: out of nowhere, she says give me your password i want to logon to facebook as you? >> absolutely right pip was absolutely taken aback by that question. >> reporter: what did you say? >> i just told her that i was not comfortable sharing that information at all. it was made clear that sharing

that, and allowing them access to my page, was part of the interview. >> reporter: no facebook, no job? >> it wasn't explicitly stated, but, denying that request would have lost me the position. >> reporter: justin walked out. facebook says more and more companies are doing it. violating its user policy. now lawmakers are drafting legislation. even asking the department of justice to investigate the tactic. calling the companies' behavior unduly coercive. >> put food on the table, get the job, or surrender privacy. and that is what is so absolutely abhorrent about this practice. it is as much an invasion of privacy as it would be a employer asking for the keys somebody's home so he could rummage through file drawers, diaries, photos. >> reporter: but some employers say facebook,perhaps, the best background check of all. raw, real, and hey, if you don't like it, just don't apply. >> a one-time deal, because it

helps us to really paint a picture of who we're hiring. >> reporter: it's become popular with law enforcement. in madison, wisconsin, the police department is open about it. asking applicants to logon to facebook during the job interview. >> this is becoming a standard way of operating, a standard approach, not only in the policing profession, but in other professions, because it's so widely used. >> reporter: suddenly that crazy night, that risque halloween costume, could be putting your new job in jeopardy, without warning. unless you're as bold as justin and just walk out of the interview. >> i think that if people start telling interviewers that this is not okay, they'll get the message. >> reporter: legal experts say these companies are walking a fine line running the risk of lawsuits and even discrimination charges. what if you belong to a certain protective group and don't hire you because of it. facebook hates this, too, telling us they will actually consider legal action against companies who do it. so once again a cautionary tale, whatever you put online, even fiths your private messages, not

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you know, the crowd out on the plaza this tuesday morning, the 27th of march. they're listening to lionel richie. we love lionel richie. he's one of our big favorites. he's actually going to be in our studio coming up this morning. and so we're excited about that. >> interesting thing about his performance today, simply music. going back to his roots, so to speak. we're going to be talking about that with him. also ahead, "today's professionals" are in the house. they're going to be talking about a lot of subjects, including what happens when a guy walks in front of the camera right before the segment?

also, going to be talking about the controversial article that appeared in "vogue" magazine, a mother writing about her daughter's weight problem. including some extreme tips that she takes like withholding dinner from her daughter, if the daughter breaks her diet. so we'll talk about that. plus tim tebow's welcome to new york. >> lots to talk about with "today's professionals." also this morning we're going to learn how to get food on the table. she's going to tell us how she does it in her house. some tips to make our lives more easy thanks to giada. >> great. before we get to that. let's go inside. natalie is standing by at the news desk with a check of the morning headlines. >> good morning again. pakistan reportedly rejected u.s. concessions earlier this year, designed to save the cia's controversial drone campaign against targets within pakistan. officials say the u.s. had offered to give advanced notice of drone strikes and to limit the types of targets. this morning, president obama acknowledged recent strains

while meeting with pakistan's prime minister in seoul. gilani said both countries should work together for a stable pakistan and afghanistan. meantime defense secretary leon panetta reacted to monday's killing of three nato troops, including one american, by afghans. he said such incidents should not derail cooperation between the two countries. the parents of trayvon martin say police are trying to smear their son's reputation by leaking new information about the unarmed 17-year-old whose fatal shooting has sparked nationwide outrage. on monday the family confirmed that trayvon was suspended from school for allegedly having marijuana residue in his book bag. he was serving that school suspension when he was shot to death last month by neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman. but his family said the allegedly leaked information is irrelevant to the case. local police say they did not authorize a release of the new information but do acknowledge a possible leak. meantime police say that zimmerman told investigators martin struck first. now let's head to wall

street. cnbc's mary thompson is at the new york stock exchange for us. >> good morning, natalie. some good news for prospective home buyers. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke throwing cold water on speculation that the central bank might raise interest rates in the near future. despite signs the economy is improving. bernanke citing the still weak labor market as a reason for keeping rates steady. and stocks are moving steadily higher with four days to go, they're on track to post their best quarter in 14 years. >> mary thompson at the new york stock exchange. the weinstein company plans to release its documentary "bully: unrated" which means some theaters may choose not to show it. the film was given an "r" rating for language which the filmmaker refused to edit out saying it's what victims of bullying face on most days. our quick roundup of what has you talking online, a dui arrest monday made whitney houston's ex-husband, bobby brown, the top search term on google and yahoo!

the california highway patrol says brown was pulled over for talking on his cell phone, then failed a field sobriety test. he was booked and later relea released. your relationship status could help track romantic trends in the facebook universe. two of facebook's data scientists analyzed status changes and found significantly more new romances starting up around christmas and valentine's day. and not surprisingly, most breakups seem to get posted on facebook just in time for the weekend. and the 1960s french pop hit is hot again online after it was featured on sunday's season premiere of "mad men." megan draper sang to serenade new hubby don at his 40th birthday party. it's a big hit. ♪ >> the racy little number is so

popular apparently it's now available for download at the itunes store and it will be given a limited vinyl release through amc's "mad men" website. 8:05 right now. let's go back outside to maria for a check of your weather. >> lisa is here from chicago. you borrowed hand warmers. excellent choice this morning in the northeast. hartford, connecticut, sunny, breezy, 25 today. right now in the teens and 20s. we could see some severe weather in the mid-mississippi valley. otherwise a big storm we're tracking is sa cross the west, bringing wind and rain from seattle down to san francisco, the sierra nevada could pick up as much as one to two feet of snow. meanwhile the southeast may be the place to be. 74 in atlanta this afternoon. >> good morning. temperature starting out below

freezing this morning in some neighborhoods. we will see plenty of ann, back over to you. >> all right, maria, thank you so much. coming up next, "today's professionals" are champing at the bit to get to a lot of hot topics, including the outrage over how one mom is shanding her 7-year-old's struggle with weight. ♪ you signed up weeks ago

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blind, you do talk about the fact that you make snap judgments of each other. and in that snap judgment you can go one way or the other. but when you're carrying a gun, that snap judgment can set off a decision that may, frankly, put you on the wrong path. >> before i go to you star and tonny. let me tell you what toure writes in "time" magazine, it's unlikely -- this is from black young men. it's unlikely but possible that you could get killed today or any day. i'm sorry, but that's the truth. black maleness is a potentially fatal condition. i tell you that not to scare you, but because knowing that could save your life. strong words. >> profound. >> i can tell you, i found it very difficult to get through it. and i said to the producer, i'm worried emotionally this would impact. i have a 17-year-old nephew. he wants to be the next steve jobs. he wants to be an engineer. but i worry that when he walks out the door, they don't see that. they see trayvon martin, they see black man in a hoodie. we don't all wear jump suits that are orange and someone needs to tell their story.

>> here's what concerns me. first of all, i have an 8-year-old and 4-year-old daughter at home. i won't broach the issue because they're too young. they are color blind. my 8-year-old has an african-american friend, she doesn't know the distinction. this is say white man talking, i'm not walking as a black man are we elevating prot be lem? just hear me out. are we making the lines sharper. >> yes, we are. >> but in some ways, are we fanning the fire? are there a lot of black men that are not walking around like that today, thank god, and now you're forcing that issue? >> the vigilanteism, and there is a component of that right now, is part of the ongoing controversy. >> it's a fair question to ask. but i'll go back to your 8-year-old daughter. she doesn't see color. she doesn't have to. the 8-year-old girlfriend of hers, she will see color because society will make her. trayvon martin may not have seen color either. but somebody else put their prejudices on his young shoulders. >> let me just say and i'm

wr57ing this up because i want to move on, in that same discussion that we have about race with our children based on this story, we should also have the discussion about due process and not jumping to conclusions and that people are innocent until proven guilty. >> yes. >> and the fact that a crime scene was destroyed. the other day, about no forensics is very important. that's part of due process, also. >> let us move on, okay. you go to apply for a job these days, we talked about it here and on this show, you should assume that the potential employer might be going to your facebook page to learn things about you that they will find useful. but there's a new step to that. some employers are saying, if i go to your facebook page, you're applying for a job at my company, and i find it locked, the privacy settings are there, they'll ask the job applicant for their password. >> okay. >> is it fair? >> of course it's not. but here's the good news. first of all i say to young people all the time, everything you put out there, understand it could be seen by anybody. having said that, any employer that does this is going to be out of business. because part of what your company is, you want to make your company attractive to young people.

and if you have this as a price of entry, you're going out of business. you don't even have to worry about legislature. >> do you know how many people want jobs these days that they might do things that are against their principles. >> my point is you're not going to attract the right young people. the free market will solve this. i promise you. if somebody ran a company, this is the stupidest thing for a company to do. >> legally on its face it doesn't seem that you violated the law. but when you go beneath the surface -- >> because you can say no. >> but beneath the surface, if you give someone access to your private settings, they see who you affiliate with. and then those may be the violations of the constitution. >> and what's next, my e-mail password? >> how about your medical files, the front key tour house, pulling back the sheets to someone who wants to crawl in bed. you name it. privacy is over. >> trust me they follow the dollars. no company of any stature is going to do this. >> the law hasn't caught up yet. >> let us talk about a story, a mother wrote an article in vogue magazine describing her young

daughter's battle with childhood obesity. daughter is 7 years old, 4'4", weighs 93 pounds. her pediatrician suggested diet. the mother writes about some tough techniques she uses with her daughter. if she's exceeded her calories for the day she denies her dinner. this the right approach? >> well, it's the right idea, wrong approach. because when you deny someone a meal you're basically telling the body now you're starving them so the body, part of the survival mechanism craves all the foods you don't want, fat, carbs, sugar, et cetera. the mom also struggled with eating problems, and i think there's some veiled idea that through her daughter she's going to start looking at herself. i know she means well but i think she's off the line. >> using the picture of her daughter in the article. >> that's what bothers me the most. you could do the same article, you could be anonymous, but then you don't get to be in vogue and wear the pretty little clothes and that's my problem with it. >> and the irony is they're

doing a fashion spread. >> there you go. >> the very thing that she's trying to fight against as far as, you know, looks and how important they are and then she has her daughter not only in the article, but posing, and as i said as a parent -- >> anorexia and bulimia and body loathing, these girls, women and such a young age. >> the mother writes and i'm pair are phrasing here that being overweight is not a private struggle, everyone can see and kids will comment to her daughter about it. >> by the way, this is "vogue" magazine she's doing this for her friends. and once again, being overweight, obviously, you know enough about this, the struggle can be private. >> and obviously the child is not anymore because that's a delightful photo of the young girl. >> tim tebow introduced to the new york press yesterday as the new backup quarterback for the new york jets. it was a spectacle press conference. is this a fit? this is new york city. the city that never sleeps. this is joe namath town, that he owned as a swinging bap lore. it's the city of a-rod and donald trump. >> and matt lauer. >> i doubt it.

is he the right fit for this city? >> correspondent have made a worse move. new york will take him down. we are a very tough, jaded city. they're not going to buy this unconditional love. i wish i was advising him. he should have steered right to jacksonville. >> if he is off center then it will be fine >> star, donny, nancy, thank you very much. we're back with more, including going home with giada de laurentiis to see how she does weeknight differents. this one's for all us lawn smiths. grass gurus. doers. here's to more saturdays in the sun. and budgets better spent. here's to turning rookies into experts, and shoppers into savers. here's to picking up. trading up. mixing it up. to well-earned muddy boots and a lot more spring per dollar. more saving. more doing. that the power of the home depot. break out the gardening gloves. miracle-gro garden soil is now 3 bags for 10 bucks.

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to revamp dinner." recently she gave us a peek into her home life and how she gets dinner on her table for her family after a jam-packed day. >> before the sun rises, the most peaceful part of my day begins. yoga. this is a biggie. it help please to kind of relax, and feel really strong. breakfast is quick. coffee and oatmeal. i like to top my oatmeal with a little bit of extra virgin olive oil. and a little bit of salt. delicious. my 7:00 my focus turns to jade. who steadfastly refuses to share her banana. please? pretty please? it's a bit of a show and tell. and negotiations continue. all right! >> there.

>> time to think about work. my bathroom becomes a beauty salon. taking a lot of eye liner for a 12-hour shoot day. today we're filming an episode giada at home at a place called rock-creation. my director harnesses securely, camera set, and showtime. up the wall is no problem. okay, now what do i do? down is another story. oh, my gosh! . whoa! that's a wrap. thank you. while the crew is on break, i head to the grocery store to shop for dinner. i'm thinking pasta and salad. basic ingredients are well-stocked in my pantry and freezer. it's just the fresh stuff i need. four items, that's all i need. i'm done. off to a new location. this time at my friend's home. jade joins me to deliver a pie. surprise! turns out jade isn't into the apple and cheddar pie but that

doesn't stop her from feeding me. i keep dinner simple. tonight is wagon wheel pasta with peas and a green salad. delegating is essential. jade continues to help, adding key ingredients. finishing touches and it's good to go. >> yeah. i love it. >> reporter: bone appetiteo. >> gee aud today good morning. that was fun. it was neat to see how your day goes. >> it was a long day. >> i know, exactly. you know what? one of the things you want to do this morning is help people make something easy for their family. you want to bring this to our lives and you're making a great pasta involving snap peas and also a lot of other wonderful things, including mint. but first of all, you make this pasta ahead, is that right? >> so this is the deal. i try to make these recipes in this book are simple, simple, simple. the idea is here that you have the right things in your kitchen. so the top five things that i like to have is a variety of pastas. different shapes. whole wheat, whole grain, brown

rice pasta, whatever, to change it up. i like a little bit of extra virgin olive oil. and i would, you know, i really think frozen veggies are key. we have frozen peas and frozen edamame. and something a little extra special italian pancetta and just replace with bacon. >> you don't need very much of it. >> you chop it into chunks. you brown it like you do bacon. >> in olive oil? >> you don't need any oil. this already has a little bit of oil in it. from what we just did. but you just render that down like you do bacon and you take the pancetta out, which is right there. >> it looks like this when it comes out. >> yeah, it's nice and crispy. >> chopped a little bit smaller. >> and once you render it down you take it out. then you cook the shallots in the fat of the pancetta for a few minutes. that only takes like two minutes. then you add the snap peas. so this is the idea with the snap peas. this is pretty much the only --

this and the mint. >> this is the time consuming part. >> a little bit. >> you take that and they're so good and then you split them in half. you cook those with a little bit of chicken broth for two minutes until they're soft and then you add the edamame and the peas in there. you can add all of that with a little broth. so it absorbs it. >> but this is -- >> hello! >> you made this ahead. >> so i know that this is something that a lot of people are going to sort of frown at. i make the -- i cook the pasta ahead of time. when a child is 4 and they're hungry, they don't want to wait the ten minutes it takes to boil the water and boil the pasta. >> you've done that ahead? >> i take a bunch of pastas. cook them all separate. don't put anything on them. no dressing, no sauce. and will last you four offer five days in a fridge. put on what you need, heat it up in a skillet. that and a salad and you're done. >> what a great tip. >> yummy, yummy >> and you're only one woman. how do you do it? >> that's another segment altogether. >> and again we want to tell everyone the book is called

"weeknights with giada." she'll be answering your questions on "today."com beginning at 9:00 a.m. eastern. stick around because we have a >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. let's check on the morning commute with sarah caldwell. >> still holding onto delays. one is due to a vehicle fire on the inner loop past harrisburg expressway. northern parkway and wabash avenue, watch for an accident. several in the city. one at milton avenue, involving a pedestrian, another one at st. paul and mulberry street. -- less per hour at

the harford county line. once you get onto the beltway, delays in place on the outer loop north and west side. we will update you on the topside near the harrisburg expressway. no sign of delays due to the vehicle fire, but it could be out of range of the camera. liberty, we're seeing delays leading up to the vehicle fire. outer loop delays coming towards us. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. tony, over to you. >> it is quiet, but it is chilly. 34 at the airport, northwest winds at 3. some places in the upper 20s. same thing in taneytown. lots of sunshine. a little breezy, but not as windy as yesterday. high temperatures around 55 degrees. we will make it close to 70 on wednesday. a chance for a few thunderstorms

in the afternoon. temperatures will drop in the upper 50s to around 60. >> we will have another update at 8:55.

♪ all night long all night ♪ >> we're back now at 8:30 on a tuesday morning. the 27th dave march, 2012. the chilly temperatures are making a bit of a comeback in the northeast. doesn't seem to bother these people, even though it's 30 degrees out on rockefeller plaza. we've now that winter temperatures in spring. we had spring temperatures in winter. and to warm the people up, though, we're listening to some music by grammy winner lionel

richie at the center of the stage there. and he's going to do a live performance for us inside with some friends in just a couple of minutes. >> love his new country album. >> duets. some great stuff there. i'm matt lauer along with ann curry and natalie morales. also ahead we have got frank and della in the studio today. he's written a memoir. it's a fascinating book. instead of concentrating solely on himself he tells stories of his encounters with a lot of famous people, including elizabeth taylor, marilyn monroe, the kennedys and others. and we're going to talk about frank about that. >> also we're going to be talking about our hiring our heroes initiative, across all the platforms of nbc news. we're telling americans to consider, companies to consider hiring our veterans not just as an act of charity, but rather as an opportunity, because these guys are coming back with so many great skills. these guys and gals coming back with great skills that can bring grit to our country's --

businesses. anyway this morning we're going to meet some of these veterans in a piece this morning. >> and broadcasting from the "intrepid" partly tomorrow. >> it's going to be a massive job fair not just from the intrepid but also from fort hood and ramstein. we're going to be connecting online so that people can find jobs and on our website. >> on a different note, jill martin is back with steals and deals this morning. deep discounts, 85% off on everything from silk scarves to sunglasses. you name it. she's got it. >> all right. great. let's get a check of the weather right now. al is off today. maria larosa has got the forecast. maria. >> hello, everybody. happy birthday to the girl scouts who've had representatives from denver, right? >> yep. >> and they brought cookies. can't be that. take a look at the forecast for today. we're going to see a chance for some strong thunderstorms in through the mid-mississippi valley as a cold front seeps through. it is chilly in the northeast.

on the book end, west coast heavy rain and wind and mountain snow. that continues on into tomorrow, including record hypotension in r >> good morning. it will turn out to be a nice day. we will see a lot of sunshine. >> guys, back to you. >> all right, maria, thank you very much. let us take a look at the latest singer to be voted off "american idol." nice to see you. >> thank you. >> surprising, because you had rave reviews. everybody was saying all these nice things. randy jackson said you're one of the best singers in the competition. what happened?

>> you know what? i think it was one of those things that, i have a lot of fans at home, and i know they were all rallying behind me. but a lot of them maybe voted 10 or 20 times, you know. and i know the teenage girls especially love to sit there and vote like 2,000 times in two hours. everything's subjective, you know. so -- i'm just happy to be where i. >> well where are you? here's the thing about it is that you obviously have a huge and beautiful voice. you obviously are with us this morning. you've got a great personality. so what i'm wondering is what are you going to do with it now? what is this going to launch you to? >> i'm so excited. obviously i get to go on tour with idols live this summer so that's going to be awesome. after that i'm just going to focus on recording my first album and you know, just turning the hustle on. so ready to work. >> meanwhile tommy hilfiger, the image consultant for the show gave you a whole new look. do you think that it was the right choice for you to change your image right before a big

contest? >> you know what? i've been wrestling with this in my head back and forth. i don't know. but at the same time, it's what i felt like doing. i had thought about doing something, you know, to my hair for a long time. so you know, tommy hilfiger was just sort of that extra motivation to get it done. so i'm happy. i like it. >> i like it, too. >> edgy. >> the folks back in rhode island and massachusetts? >> that's it. back to new england. >> great to see you. thank you very much. franklin is going to talk about his encounters with people like the kennedys, marilyn monroe and others.

we're back now. with oscar nominated actor frank langella. he's been entertaining people for 150 years, meeting a long list of celebrities along the way. now he's sharing stories of some of those encounters good and bad

in his new book called "drop names, famous men and women as i knew them." good morning, welcome back. >> thanks, matt. >> interestingly, you don't take center stage in some of these stories. it's your memoir and yet you seem like a supporting character in some of the stories. why did you tackle it that way? >> i wanted to go against my nature. i wanted to do it because i got to this ripe old age thinking there were so many fascinating people that i'd known and worked with and spent a lot of time with. when i tried to write my own biography i got very bored with my story. when a fascinating person came on the set or into my life i couldn't stop writing about them. >> you tell people right off the bat that some of this might be revisionist, even exaggerated here and there and they're not all glowing stories. you say these are not spoon fed or sugar spread. let me get to a couple. paul newman. he was a great audience, a true lover of acting and actors and wanted i believe to be thought of as a great actor. he wasn't. but he gave everything he had to every role as his movie star days faded and he turned to

mostly stage and television projects his limitations became more apparent. you don't pull punches there. >> no. he was a great, great movie star. and a great, great guy. but he was not a great actor. you know, there's a limited amount of people who are, like george c. scott, marlon brando. i think paul knew that. and i think i say in the piece that he was aware of his limitations. >> charlton heston. he was very well billed but he possessed as much sex appeal as a railroad tie, and was about as humorless as a c.a.t. scan. charlton heston no longer with us, and he played god. he might be watching. i don't know. >> out of the 66 you picked two. >> no, there are others. exactly. >> there are a lot of affectionate and loving ones, as well. >> you tell an interesting story about an encounter with the kennedys. i think you were in your 20s. >> 23. >> give me the anecdote. >> i was seeing a young lady in cape cod. she said mummy and daddy are having a lunch party, would you like to come.

i didn't know who mummy and daddy were. i drove out there and mummy and daddy were paul and buddy mellon and their guests were jack kennedy, jackie kennedy, noel coward, and i was in -- >> came in in a helicopter. >> they came in in a helicopter. >> what do you do as a 23-year-old at that moment, here come the kennedys? >> you don't know what it is until much later. you don't realize it until that night you're suddenly realizing at 23 years old you sat at a table with noel coward and the president and watched noel coward become more and more vulgar with each story he told. and watched the president literally bending over in laughter, and then dancing on the coffee table. it's a miraculous thing. and it was the beginning for me, of those sorts of adventures in people. >> elizabeth taylor is someone i think you met her, she was a more mature woman. >> 12 years ago. >> okay. had a few dates. is that accurate? am i portraying this correctly? did it ever develop into a serious relationship? >> no.

>> you describe her as not the bejeweled person that a lot of us now remember. you talk to her more about her being more fragile and lonely. >> yes. it's actually one of the -- there's no theme in the book but one of the things i did figure out when writing it was how difficult it is to overcome all of the toys that people had in life. the fame, the money, the success. ultimately the fundamental things become so essential to you as you get older, and if you haven't paid attention to those things, the very basics of life and the toys become your weapon, so to speak, against self, you find yourself isolated and becoming lonely, becoming distant from the world. >> you know, i started this by saying that you aren't the lead actor in some of the stories you tell. you're more of a supporting character. but i would imagine by going back and recounting the stories as you were writing the book, you had to learn something about yourself. what did you learn? >> well, i learned to get over myself.

in a big way. i learned how arrogance and imperiousness and distance and self-defense, which kind of came out of my childhood, which comes out of most actor's childhood, need to be gotten over, they need to get past them. and i learned how important parenting is, and how few of us get parented in the right way. so what happens is, you go down paths that your parents set up for you that may not always be the best ones. the unlucky ones. and that results in a series of fascinating, original, provocative, dangerous, maddening people. because they're fighting so hard against whatever the original little computer in their head told them. >> i think in reading the book we get to know you a little bit but we also get to take a nice walk down memory lane, frank. it's great. always good to see you. come back. >> i like your tie. >> again the book is called

"dropped names." still a live performance from lionel richie. first this is "today" on nbc.

back now at 8:45, with hiring our heroes today. our initiative to help military veterans find work when they leave active duty. the pentagon estimates 300,000 service men and women will retire this year alone, and kerry sanders explains, many of those about to hit the job market say the one thing they want is to work for a company they can believe in. >> reporter: 58 paratroopers climb on board a u.s. air force c-130. this night, at 800 feet, army captain heather ann bozeman is a jump master. responsible for each of their safety. life and death situations have been an everyday assignment since she joined the military at

19. with nine overseas deployments, including three tours in war-torn iraq, heather ann is retiring. i know that you bleed red, white and blue, so after 20 years, why retire? >> mainly because i'm a mom. that's the main reason. i don't want to deploy and leave my daughter. i really don't want to -- i don't want to be a country away from noelle. ever. >> reporter: this 42-year-old single mother, who adopted her daughter noelle from russia, is now about to begin a new life as a civilian. any trepidation? >> absolutely. i mean, thank you for the kind words. i'm scared. it's a fearful time in america. i see it on the news all the time. job rates. job rates. job rates. >> reporter: but defining what a member of the military had done, and how it fits into the private sector, can be a challenge. how do you translate your ability to field strip weapons

in iraq to the civilian world? >> i'm trainable. i can adapt and overcome. it's kind of cliche in the military, but it truly is what we bring to the table. >> take your seats, please. >> reporter: 55-year-old marine corps colonel roy morton also set to retire after living that can-do spirit for three decades. >> there's going to be enemy, there's going to be friendly. >> reporter: i was embedded with the battalion in those early days of the iraq war. what are you thinking about? >> ready to go north. >> reporter: i know what you can do on the battlefield. and i saw no fear at all. is there any sense of trepidation leaving the military and going into the private sector? >> i'd be lying to you if i said that there wasn't some. >> reporter: even from a senior levelofficer, who today is the director of the marine command college in quantico, virginia, the private sector means uncertainty. >> got any other leads? >> not really. >> reporter: another challenge transitioning service members

face, selling themselves. >> we've gone through our lives as marines or as service members. we get orders, you go here, you go there. you go to a job and try to do it to the best of your ability. >> reporter: in afghanistan, army staff sergeant gregory meltz son his fourth and last tour. >> the multiple -- >> reporter: an expert at high tech communication, after 20 years, it's a compounding trend. >> we're all a little bit older. some corporations are looking for young men and women. so i think it might be a little bit of a disadvantage. >> reporter: but no one we spoke to believes america now needs to pay them their due. does the private sector now owe you something coming out like a job? >> no. that just kind of really hit my heart. i want to do it because it's fair, because it's good, because it's the right reasons. not just there's any other, you know, pity or obligation. i don't want that. i don't think any veteran wants that. >> reporter: an emotional time for those retiring.

who now take on a different battle. trying to find a job. for "today," kelly sanders, nbc news, ft. bragg, north carolina. >> and we here at the "today" show will be holding job fairs across the country tomorrow, in partnership with the u.s. chamber of commerce, including one aboard the "uss intrepid" here in new york city. if you are a veteran or an employer who would like to get involved please go to today.com/veterans. coming up next, lionel richie shows off his country side. live in concert. but first, this is "today" on nbc. -my toes know. -my shoulders know.

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♪ >> the "toyota concert series on today" brought to you by toyota. >> with the help of hits like "hello," "all night long" and many others, lionel richie has sold more than 100 million albums. he's out with a new oned called "tuskegee." it may surprise people to hear it's a country duet album. >> i don't know how you look like this in the morning. >> i don't know how you look like this. >> i'm working hard -- >> you are doing it. country music duets. why? >> let me tell you something, it's not a far stretch. i must tell you. i was born and raised in tuskegee, alabama, and all of my songs spewed country. so when i thought about how do

you kind of go off in the country vein. i'm not going country now, the song has already gone country. conway twitty did three times a lady, kenny roger dislady. >> this is natural? >> this is like a natural transition. >> let me mention some of the names, kenny chesney, shania twain, rascal flats, tim mcgraw, darius rucker. it's like your wish list. >> it's the wish list of life. when you have them with you, the good news here is that they all love these songs and i let them pick their songs. >> wait a second jimmy buffett sings all night long on this album with you. what if willie nelson said no, no, i want to do all night long. >> by the way, i was praying that was not going to be true. if you know uncle willie when he gets his mind set on something he wants to do that. >> he's going to do it. >> you know what made me so excited about this? was everyone came in, and i said would you like a lyric shoot and they said, we know the song already. >> that's a great compliment.

when you do something like this you have to stop and think i have a favorite song. i know you've been asked. is there one here? >> well i mean, let me say the one, i believe we're going to sing it for you, but the other one, darius rucker, just let me say when willie nelson comes in, he comes in and it sounds like he's been there for a hundred years. >> all right. you've got some members of little big town with you now. you're going to sing a song for us now. ladies and gentlemen, mr. lionel richie. >> go for it, guys. ♪ ♪ deep river lord i'm coming home to you ♪ ♪ deep river woman

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to you ♪ ♪ deep river woman lord i know she's waiting just anticipating all my love ♪ ♪ all my love >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. former house speaker newt gingrich will be in annapolis today, area business leaders. -- or he is expected to meet with area business leaders.

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>> after a chilly start, it will be a nice day. high temperatures range between 52 and 57. warmer tomorrow, close to 70. >> tha