good morning. who won? that's the question in illinois, kansas and maryland. will the winners of the mega millions jackpot step forward to claim their share of the record $640 million prize? we're live where one of those winning tickets was sold. fallen through the cracks? wly released documents show investigators had strong evidence pointing to susan powell's husband as a suspect years before he killed himself and their children. did authorities in utah drop the ball in this case? and from linsanity to linsurgery, the new york knicks point guard is sidelined for weeks because of a knee injury. is linsation in limbo? this is sunday, april 1st, 2012.

captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday. i'm lester holt. >> and i'm jenna wolfe. and today's april fools' day. >> is it? >> and we should tell you, we all came in here this morning with an idea of how to get the next one. well, we didn't realize we were all playing a practical joke on each other this morning. i thought i got you, you got our executive producer, dee dee, in the control room. then i got her and she got you, and we were all playing a joke of the morning. >> mind if i share the best moment of the morning? >> yeah, go ahead. >> roll the tape. >> oh, my gosh. this is disgusting. >> what? >> did you see what's on the other side of the door? i'm not using that room. because that probably means it's bedbugs and i don't want to stay in it. i'm not using this restroom. >> oh, you know what that actually says? >> are you joking?

>> april fools'! okay, put aside -- >> that's awful! >> they said it was being exterminated for bugs. >> which was funny, but what's funnier is i answered your e-mail and said you might have to leave early today so i was -- the whole morning was a joke. that wasn't that funny, though. >> we're all on edge. i come here expecting a dribbly cup and a whoopi cushion. >> i'm not going to drink or eat anything for the next hour. >> we have a lot coming up, including the latest in the trayvon martin case. 75,000 people expected to participate in a march later today in miami. that's martin's hometown. protesters vow to continue marching until there is an arrest in the case. we're live in miami and we'll bring you the latest from there. then, we're going to turn to politics and tuesday's wisconsin primary. could this be rick santorum's last stand, or will mitt romney -- will a mitt romney win knock him out of the race? we're going to hear from both candidates and have the latest results of a new nbc news poll. then, deadly shark attacks. a 32-year-old diver was killed off the coast of western australia this weekend.

it's the area's fourth fatality in seven months. it's not the only place where frequent shark attacks are happening. we're going to take a look at why. and britain's third in line to the throne has a reputation for partying hard, and he's living up to it. this weekend, he was dancing in the streets after a night of drinking. we're going to look at harry's wild ways, coming up. >> i'm looking at that picture and i'm hearing "stayin alive" playing in my head. looks like a seen from "saturday night live," doesn't it? >> except slightly quieter. >> slightly quieter. we begin with the question, who holds the winning ticket in the mega millions? many of us are still moaning about not winning the record $640 million jackpot, but we do want to know who did. nbc's kevin tibbles is live in red bud, illinois, where one of the three winning tickets was sold. kevin, anybody come forward yet? >> reporter: hey, guys. news that one of those tickets was sold right here in red bud, illinois. well, it's caused quite a stir in this little town. unfortunately, here, like elsewhere, everyone's still asking, where's the winner?

the motomart gas barn and convenience store was all a buzz in tiny red bud, illinois. >> couldn't wait to talk to somebody. it's like, you can't believe it. you won't believe it oh, my god, we sold the winning ticket! >> reporter: when news that someone in their midst had shared in the largest lottery jackpot ever, folks got to talking. >> i bought one last night, too, but it wasn't me. i only got two numbers. >> it's in the cards. you're either going to win or you're not. >> reporter: red bud is about an hour east of st. louis. there was a red bud mentioned in a movie once. >> we're looking for a dog creek road, and that would be near the town of red bud. >> if i'm going to dog creek road, i sure as hell wouldn't start from here. >> reporter: but alas, that red bud from "funny farm" was in vermont. as of now, this red bud is much more famous. just ask the mayor. >> put red bud on the map just a little bit. >> reporter: still, the winner hasn't come forward, even though the lottery man with the big check has been spotted around

town. and red bud's not alone. in milford mill, maryland, customers checked their numbers at the 7-eleven. >> i went everywhere, except for this store here. but i'm glad i won the $500. >> oh, yeah, hey. >> reporter: officials say a winning quick pick ticket was bought here. >> our advice to the player is to safeguard the ticket, sign the back of it. >> reporter: they're eager to pay it out to whoever steps forward, but in maryland, you have the right to keep that to yourself. and the third big winner is somewhere in northeast kansas. but in kansas, you're not required to come forward, either. and besides, lottery offices are closed there for the weekend. back in red bud, everyone just wants to know who is their lucky neighbor. you're not going to believe this, but somebody just rolled up here and gave me this ticket, and they told me that it was the one with the winning numbers on it, lester. oh, it says april 1st -- >> april 1st. >> it says april 1st on here. >> i knew that was coming. welcome to the club.

kevin tibbles, thanks. and now here's jenna. >> here's how we know kevin didn't win. he showed up to work this morning. that's how we didn't win, either. lester, thanks. we're turning to more serious news, in florida, trayvon martin supporters are demanding the arrest of george zimmerman. today a demonstration is planned in miami, martin's hometown. that is where nbc's kerry sanders is this morning. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. thousands are expected to rally here in downtown miami later today in support of 17-year-old trayvon martin. he is the young boy who grew up here in south florida, but was visiting his father in central florida when he was shot and killed. >> come on, come on, come on! >> reporter: at the south florida park -- >> there you go, there you go. >> reporter: -- where trayvon martin, seen in these newly released photos shared by friends, once ran his football drills -- >> trayvon martin on three. one, two, three! >> trayvon martin! >> reporter: the 17-year-old's

death has left those who knew him best confused. >> it should have never really happened in the first place. >> reporter: over the years, 15-year-old mikko lorez was one of few white faces on trayvon's football team, an hispanic teenager who says his dad taught him someone's color doesn't matter. but now with his black friend dead and the white hispanic gunman free, he's not so sure. >> i don't make sense of it. i just feel like it never should have happened in the first place. you know, he was a good kid. he should never have taken his life taken away from him. >> it was a 28-year-old black man shooting a 17-year-old white boy, i can guarantee you that that 28-year-old black man would be in jail right now. >> reporter: coach, where do you think this story ends? >> i still haven't come to grips on where it began. >> reporter: 36 days since the shooting, outrageous, says trayvon's coach and longtime family friend, through a report. >> if he is not charged, he is definitely getting away with

murder. there is nothing anybody could tell me to show me otherwise. >> reporter: zimmerman's supporters insist he was the victim. his brother, robert, appeared on pierce morg piers morgan's show, claiming self-defense. >> there would have been george, had he not acted decisively and instantaneously. >> reporter: but with every day and at every rally, there's a growing expectation by some, a special prosecutor appointed by the florida governor will bring charges. saturday, on the same football field where trayvon once played, family and friends gathered to remember and to demand an arrest. >> it's the police department that's in denial. justice needs to be served. >> reporter: the special prosecutor in this case has not set a timetable on deciding if there will be any charges, but folks gathering at rallies like the one here say they're increasingly growing impatient. meantime, george zimmerman's attorney tells nbc news his client is not a racist and he

reiterates to nbc news that george zimmerman was simply defending himself. jenna? >> all right, kerry sanders. kerry, thank you very much. and once again, here's lester. all right, jenna, now to the race for the white house. voters in wisconsin, maryland and the nation's capital head to the polls on tuesday. most othe focus is on wisconsin, as mitt romney looks to return to gop front-runner status. nbc's ron mott is in milwaukee. ron, good morning. >> reporter: hey, lester, good morning to you. mitt romney still has a ways to go to reach that magic delegate number of 1,144, but he is clearly back on center stage here in wisconsin. looking ever more like the republican party's presidential leading man again, mitt romney's performance is also sounding more like a starring role. >> this is an election not just about a person, not even about a party, it's about a vision of america. >> reporter: at a republican dinner near milwaukee, the former massachusetts governor ignored his gop competitors. instead, sent zingers toward

president obama. >> have you heard, he actually says he thinks he's done a great job. and he says only abraham lincoln, lincoln, fdr and lyndon baines johnson compare. i mean, this was not said on "saturday night live," all right? he said this in the mainstream media. >> reporter: after a week of key endorsements, romney appears to be calibrating for the general election and a victory here on tuesday could be widely seen as the effective end of the primary race. he's ahead in the polls. the latest nbc news/marist poll shows romney up seven points over santorum in the badger state. even the influential billionaire koch brothers seem focused on the fall campaign as well, reportedly funding a mul multimillion dollar ad buy, hitting the president on high gas prices. >> since obama became president, gas prices have nearly doubled. >> reporter: but despite the rallying cries around romney, rick santorum continued firing at his health care history, saying he's uniquely disqualified to debate the issue with the president while acknowledging his own uphill

battle to remain in contention for the republican nomination. >> why have we always lost? well, because the republican mantra is always we have to take someone who's moderate, who can appeal, and therefore, we can win. and we've lost. >> reporter: now, last night, mitt romney picked up another endorsement, thaft "milwaukee journal sentinel" newspaper. rick santorum said the campaign is far from over, but he would not be unrealistic, if and when the time comes to yield the nomination to mitt romney. back to you, lester. >> ron mott, thank you. on tuesday on "today," a special guest co-host, sarah palin live in studio with the "today" show family. she's ready to reveal a side you haven't seen before, plus, what she really thinks of gop politics and the president. sarah palin live and exclusive, only on "today." now let's get more of this morning's headlines from msnbc's thomas roberts over at the news desk. thomas not a part of our morning

shenanigans but should have been. what's up? >> i'm a little itchy. i walked by your office earlier. good morning. we begin in miramar, where aung san suu kyi's party says she's won a seat in parliament after today's landmark election, setting the stage for the pro democracy icon to hold public office for the first time in her 25-year crusade. the victory, if confirmed, marks a major milestone in the southeast asian nation, where the military has ruled almost exclusively for half a century and where the government is now seeking legitimacy and trying to convince the west to lift sanctions. secretary of state hillary clinton says she doubts syria's president, bashar assad, will agree to a u.n.-sponsored peace plan. clinton is attending an international conference focused on ways to end the year-long violence in syria. the u.s. is trying to ratchet up pressure against assad but doesn't support arming the rebels or military intervention. there is new video from jetblue flight 191. that's the now-infamous flight that made an emergency landing last tuesday because of the pilot's erratic behavior.

the video shows the chaotic situation as the pilot, clayton osbon, went into a midair rant about september 11th, iraq and iran, as that plane flew from new york to las vegas. no one was hurt, but osbon has been suspended pending an investigation and is now receiving medical treatment. hundreds of christian pilgrims are visiting the holy land for palm sunday. this is the day, according to biblical accounts, that jesus returned to jerusalem before his crucifixion 2,000 years ago. the faithful observe the day by holding masses and processions. palm sunday marks the start of holy week, which ends next sunday with easter. 13 was a lucky number, a very lucky number for the kentucky wildcats and the kansas jayhawks on saturday. both teams punched their tickets to the ncaa championship game. now, kentucky won after blowing a 13-point lead, and kansas won, despite a 13-point deficit. kentucky's victory touched off a rowdy celebration near the lexington campus. riot police used pepper spray in

small amounts for crowd control. some people overturned cars and set couches on fire in celebration. all right, so, finally, this probably is not going to help britain's prince harry win back his on and off-again girlfriend chelsea davies. she reportedly objects to harry's wild partying, but he was caught dancing through the streets of london at 3:30 on saturday morning after reportedly indulging in a marathon session of drinking at the bunga bunga bar. that is the news for now. back to lester, jenna and chris. the bunga bunga bar, hotspot for harry. >> no comment. thank you very much. chris warren is here with the weather channel forecast. >> once again, we'll see very warm temperatures, record-breaking temperatures and some storms. this is a look where the storms are right now. the threat for damaging winds, large hail will be in the areas here in orange. also with some of the stronger storms, flash flooding will be a concern. t'at's what's happening around

ãbido tgo are morithng. us,ot a bad start to the first y of april. we h that e q wite a bit of clouds in the sky earlier on, but high temperatures in the midut 0's. showers mperfing that's your weather. now here's jenna. >> all right, chris, thank you. now to western australia. it's been rated the deadliest place in the world for fatal shark attacks. the father of two is the latest victim. nbc's ann yannabel roberts repo >> reporter: the beach is empty, not normal for a sunday. they're closed to protect against another shark attack. peter carmen was 33 years old. he leaves behind him two young sons, felix and nicholas. he was attacked by a great white

while diving for crayfish with his brother. >> he was a really friendly, genuine. he'll be sadly missed in our community. >> reporter: this stretch of coast in southwest australia has seen four men killed by sharks in seven months. 21-year-old kyle bergen was the first. >> we will love and cherish him. >> reporter: he was body boarding with friends when the shark took him. a month later, 64-year-old brin martin disappeared from the water. he swam here every day. in october, george thomas wainwright from houston was killed. the 32-year-old was a keen diver. the killer in each case is thought to be a great white shark. >> this is an unprecedented series of tragedies we've experienced over the last nearly two years now. i'm not aware of any series of fatal shark attacks this number in such a short period of time anywhere in the world. >> reporter: but across the globe in florida, shark activity

is also causing concern. at new smyrna beach, there were two attacks on surface on the same day. sidney levy was rescued by her mother. >> i said there is no way this is going to kill my daughter. and i dragged her shoulders and pulled her up and threw her on the nose of my board. >> reporter: 17-year-old nick romano was the other victim. why are attacks increasing when shark numbers are thought to be decreasing? >> less sharks, more attacks, why is that? it's got to be because humans are making more recreational use of the ocean all the time. >> reporter: something this small community in australia will ponder as it mourns another life lost. for "today," annabel roberts, nbc news, london. up next on "today," is linsanity over? find out why new york knicks sensation may be sidelined for the rest of the season. the details, after this. [ male announcer ] this is the story of one of nature's most perfect foods... quaker oats. in every way, a super grain. ♪ super for the fiber that helps fill us up.

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thomas roberts is back with more on the story of this amazing new york knick. >> it really is an amazing story, lester. and an mri has revealed that lin has a tear in his left knee. last night, he announced that he's having knee surgery. he will not be there for his team as they fight for a playoff spot. >> it's hard. >> reporter: two months ago, he was a virtual unknown, a backup player for the knicks. >> he puts it up! sensational play for jeremy lin! >> reporter: then, on february 4th, lin got his big break, the chance every bench player dreams of, to show off his stuff and lead the team to a big win. >> where did this come from? >> reporter: that win led to another and another, and suddenly, it was linsanity everywhere, including "saturday night live." >> i am criminally linsane. >> oh, yes. my feelings are lintense. >> it's lindescribable! >> reporter: fans loved his background and story. a harvard grad and

first-generation asian american. >> he's a role model. >> i really come to see jeremy lin. i mean, he's the knicks. >> reporter: fans and teammates won't be seeing him any time soon. lin is scheduled to undergo surgery to repair a torn meniscus. it will take him six weeks to recover, as fans are left wondering if this cinderella story will have a happy ending. >> originally, you thought it was going to come right back and you were like, okay, no biggie. get a little rest, he needs it. and then, you know, disappointment. >> it's just another bump in the road, and we know everything happens for a reason and god has a perfect plan. >> all right, so, lin is expected to make a full and reasonably quick recovery. he should be back on the hardwood by may. and if the knicks make it to the playoffs, lin could be back in rotation by then. lester, only knicks fans can hope. i mean, he has fans beyond the knicks, but at 23 years old, this is a really tough break for him. >> well, we wish him a speedy recovery because it's been a heck of a ride, hasn't it? >> it has. >> thomas, thanks. still ahead, susan powell's

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"11 news sunday morning" starts in01 we'lc13 ee you then. we're back on a sunday morning. not any sunday morning, my favorite sunday morning of the year, april fools' day. a little cooler in new york. and i want to thank the wonderful crowd for spending part of their sunday with us. keep going, get everybody in there! outside on the plaza, i'm jenna wolfe alongside lester holt. and coming up this half hour, talking about susan powell. >> yes, there's been new evidence that's come to light, or at least publicly come to light, and it leads to questions whether authorities in utah did enough to save the missing mother or her two sons. evidence shows powell's husband was a suspect in her disappearance from the start, and they had some pretty compelling evidence. so, why wasn't he arrested?

we're going to look into that a bit further. and then, we're going to talk about a little tech whiz. an 8-year-old boy -- this is actually a great story -- only 8 years old, but he used an app to track down items in his home that were actually stolen. let's call him a modern-day batman. he's adorable. he'll explain how he did it in just a few minutes. and does your office fridge look like this? >> not good. >> take a look. when you can -- >> i have nothing to do with it. i was just analyzing. >> you were analyzing. some of them are pretty gnarly looking. >> just the fact that you used the word gnarly, pretty impressive. >> sharing the space and everybody can be healthy. first, another check of the weather with chris warren. hey, chris! >> hello to you, jenna and lester. here in new york, all of these students, spanish students here, they're from chardon, ohio. can we get a big hello? one more time? >> hola!

>> big hello from the spanish classes from chardon, ohio. and it's going to be a big warm-up across a huge portion of the country. we're going to see these temperatures in some cases 25 to 30 degrees warmer than what you might expect this time of year. afternoon highs well into the 80s. it's going to be warmer in omaha than it is in orlando. we're talking about some big-time heat, record heat, plenty of sunshine. we do have an area with some light risk of some very strong storms, looking at large hail, possibly damaging winds and the threat for some flooding, and that will continue on into tomorrow. that's a look at what's a ãbido tgo are morithng. us,ot a bad start to the first y of april. we h that e q wite a bit of clouds in the sky earlier on, but high temperatures in the midut 0's. showers mperfing

remember, you can always get your weather any time of the day on the weather channel or on weather.com. jenna? >> all right, chris, thanks. utah mom susan powell has been missing since december 2009, and now her family wants to know why authorities there didn't arrest and charge her husband, josh powell, in connection with her disappearance. newly released documents show investigators found susan powell's blood inside the family's home. there was also a handwritten will, saying she feared her husband would kill her. in february, josh powell killed himself and his two sons. karen desoto is a former prosecutor and criminal defense attorney and she joins us here. hey, karen, good morning. >> good morning, jenna. >> thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> so, there's all this new evidence now, new evidence that investigators and prosecutors actually had in this case. we'll get to the specifics in a

second, but is there an easy answer to why none of this was brought in or used against josh powell? >> well, first of all, there's no body, so that's one of the difficult problems with this case. so, even if you have blood evidence -- now remember, they're sharing a home, so the likely answer is going to be, well, she was cutting onions, she had a nosebleed. it's very likely that if we go into somebody's home, we're going to find their blood there. so, that's not exactly direct evidence that a murder took place. >> sure. >> so, now you couple it with all of these other things, and really, as an investigator, you're trying to get that probable cause. there's really just not a lot here without a body. >> for people at home who don't know, let's catch people up. in josh's car, they found a generator, blanket, gas can, tarps and a shovel. >> right. >> speaking of the blood, they found susan's blood on the carpet in the powells' living room. investigators couldn't connect the dots in any sort of way here? >> well, you can connect the dots and you can have a gut feeling. and jenna, this is what's frustrating with these cases, because as an investigator, the police force, they know that

they have the person that did it, but they're not the person trying the case, they're not the person who's saying we need reasonable doubt. so, without a body, it's very difficult and cases take a long time. and i know it's frustrating for people, especially when it's your loved ones, but you have to be able to meet that standard, and it's difficult. so, you need to have your ducks in a row before you go to trial, not before. >> you used the word frustrating. >> yes. >> here's something that was very frustrating. a letter was found, written by susan powell it was labeled her last will and testament. and in it, she warns -- this is interesting -- if she died suddenly it might not be an accident. >> right, exactly. >> could prosecutors use that? >> well, you can use it during the trial, but again, it's not saying i'm scared of my husband, he's going to kill me, i'm writing this. and nicole simpson is a perfect example. she wrote a letter as well. so, yes, you can use it as evidence, but again, jenna, there's no body, so it's very difficult and it takes longer, and it's very frustrating when you know that somebody has done something, especially as a prosecutor, in that you don't have enough to go forward or you

want more. so, a lot of times, what happens is they will find that body, and once they find the body, they'll get charged, just like we saw in scott peterson's case. >> then the saddest tragedy, these two innocent young boys are killed in this entire process. >> right. >> so, what's the takeaway? we have all this evidence here. josh was able to have visitation rights with these two little boys. >> right. >> then we saw what happened as a result. what do we learn from all this? >> it's frustrating, these family services cases, because a lot of people are like, why did he get to see the children? how come he wasn't charged? well, unless there's any direct evidence that he emotionally or physically harmed those kids or intended to, then he'll have the supervised visits. so, family services did do the right thing. there was no evidence that he was going to overtake this worker and harm them or even harm his kids. i mean, he did an interview right here on the "today" show where he said i love my children, i would never do anything to hurt them. so, there was no indication of that. and they really did as much as they could under the circumstances. bad people do bad things, but he never, there was no evidence about him doing anything to

those children. hindsight is always 20/20. we're all monday morning quarterbacks. >> sure. >> so, maybe there will be some new policies in these type of cases, but you know, it's very rare that somebody murders their wife, disposes of the body and then you can't find the body. >> right. >> 99% of the time there's a body and you can find them and charge the person. so, this case is rare. >> all right, karen desoto. as always, thank you so much for your insight. >> thank you. >> once again, here's lester. jenna, thanks. by now, you've heard of the documentary called "bully." it's a disturbing look at what too many of our kids endure at the hands of cruel classmates. tonight on "dateline," kate snow has an in-depth look at a young irish girl who became one of the first cases to prompt a national debate about bullying. kate joins us now with more. kate? >> good morning, lester. prince was just a freshman in high school when her family moved to the u.s., meant to be an american adventure, but instead, phoebe took her own life. now her family, friends and even

one of the girls accused of bullying phoebe are speaking out. along the connecticut river, there is a picture of new england serenity and prosperity. it's a town where hard-working families live and others want to. >> it's one of the places, if you live in a surrounding community, that's where you want to move. i'd like to move there. >> successful town. >> it is. >> reporter: for a pretty irish teenager, south hadley with its deep irish roots was a welcoming place, at first. but then the good cheer faded. >> if you didn't actually grow up there, you were considered an outsider. it takes a lot to just be a normal person. >> reporter: it all led to something so horrible, it would send chills through parents everywhere. just five months after moving to america, phoebe prince had hanged herself. her father, jeremy, got the call that phoebe was gone and that his youngest daughter had tried to save phoebe.

>> she told me that she had tried to undo the knots around phoebe's neck and couldn't. >> reporter: what is it to, as a father, to hear that news? what races through your mind immediately? >> i think natural defense mechanisms in the mind let me take it slowly, bit by bit, and realize it's all over. >> reporter: elizabeth scheible was the district attorney who investigated phoebe's suicide. she came to this conclusion, that phoebe wasn't just bullied but hounded by classmates shortly after she started at south hadley high. >> our investigation revealed that it was, in fact, a campaign. >> reporter: a campaign of what? a campaign of tormenting? >> of tormenting, of making her life miserable. >> reporter: more than two months after phoebe's death, six students were charged, facing

potential criminal convictions and possible jail time. one of them was sharon chanon velazquez. >> i remember freaking out, and i don't know what i'm going to do, i don't know what i'm going to do. i mean, i know that i didn't do anything. >> reporter: she insists she never bullied phoebe, and others began to question the charges when disturbing details from phoebe's past surfaced. >> this is still a very sad story. it's just not the sad story that we were originally told. >> reporter: in the end, sharon and four of the students pleaded to misdemeanor charges in the case, no jail time, limited probation, a charge against the sixth student was dropped. now, sharon just wishes she could take back everything she said to phoebe. >> that i'm sorry and i didn't know everything that you were going through, and i would have tried to help, because she didn't deserve any of the things that happened to her. >> this is a story that really tore a family and a town apart.

the six accused students had their lives turned upside down. phoebe's father said to me, the only thing that gives him some comfort is that his daughter's story caused change. massachusetts passed an antibullying law after she died, and he hopes people will watch tonight and really talk to their kids, lester, about what's happening at school. >> and everybody gets torn apart by this. it's a show that people need to watch. kate, thanks very much, and we'll see you a bit later tonight. sunday evening on "dateline," "what happened to phoebe prince," tonight at 7:00/6:00 central time right here on nbc. up next here on "today," we're going to meet an 8-year-old who used technology to track down his stolen ipad and a bunch of other stuff. he'll explain how he did it, right after these messages. buying this juicer online was unbelievable. what a bargain! [ female announcer ] sometimes a good deal turns out to be not such a good deal. but new bounty gives you value you can see. in this lab demo, one sheet of new bounty leaves this surface cleaner than two sheets of the leading ordinary brand. so you can clean this mess with half as many sheets.

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when a family from tennessee discovered a burglar had stolen two ipads, a video camera, jewelry and other items from their home, they just assumed the thief would never be caught, but a week later, an unlikely person cracked the case, a tech-savvy 8-year-old, using only an app he downloaded. here's an image like the one landon saw, the one that helped authorities nab the thief. landon crabtree is here with his parents, richard and kristy, plus "today's tech" contributor mario armstrong. good morning to all of you. thanks for coming on. >> good morning. >> richard, it's a huge violation to have someone come in your home and take your stuff. do you think it was gone forever? >> i just assumed we'd never see it again. small town, you know, somebody just driving through, whatever. >> and you lost a lot of items, a couple of ipads. you bought a new one with the insurance money. landon, you didn't like the idea of your stuff being taken. what made you decide to look on the internet and discover there's an app for that? >> i don't really know. i just wanted to find my ipad,

so i just looked it up and i found this app. >> you found this app and you were able to actually pinpoint where your old ipad was. what do you see on the map? how detailed was it? >> well, it just showed a big building, so when you went to the satellite view, it showed like a hotel. and when you zoomed in, you could tell it was the ambassador inn. >> that ipad was actually talking to you. and kristy, did you believe him right away? >> i didn't know about it until i got home from work, and no, i was amazed. >> and so, richard, you guys called the police and said, look, this thing is pinging here. and they took it seriously and they found a lot of loot, didn't they when they got there? >> yes, sir. from what we're hearing, over $350,000 worth of stuff just in that room. they're linking it to maybe a couple hundred burglaries. >> you have a smart kid here, don't you? >> extremely smart. >> extremely. mario, let me bring you in this. >> why? he can do the segment, landon can do it. >> he used a app that's freely available to apple users.

>> that's right. >> called what, find my iphone? >> find my iphone. on the version 5, on older versions, you can download the app, but that's exactly it. >> and assuming the device is on, you can have it look for it and it will pop up on a map? >> that's right. what it does is it tracks the gps, also uses wi-fi. we actually have it on here. if i pull up "find my iphone," i'm going to actually search for my ipad, and i can send a little test. i'll do it live here in the actual studio where i actually send a test to it. and what it can do here, lester, is it can make a noise to the actual ipad, it can also lock it, it can also remove any data on it, and i can also send a text message. let's just say i want reward found. reward found. and then i'll hit send. and you can hear it instantly. >> no matter where that is, it would start beeping? >> it would start beeping right away with that message coming up on the screen as well. >> so if you happen to lose it, instead of it being stolen, you

can easily find it. quickly, there is a proprietary mac app. are there others? >> yes, lookout mobile, where's my droid, locate my droid. there are other apps people can use. and the most important thing is back up your devices, because it's not necessarily the device more than it is our data, our photos, data on the device is actually more important than the disguise itself. >> and lan don, i understand th mayor has something for you. what's going to happen when you return to tennessee? >> he's going to give me the key to the city. >> awesome! that's coming up this week. congratulations. it's nice having a tech-savvy kid around the house. or in most houses, it's the kid who's the tech-savvy. richard and kristy, landon, mario armstrong, thank you for being here and sharing this with our audience. coming up, the office fridge. tips to keep yours from looking like this. first, these messages. i've been growing oranges my whole life, ever since i can remember. my name is paul fabry, and i grow oranges in florida for tropicana.

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so, here's the deal with office refrigeratorrefrigeratore from overcrowded to completely disgusting. so, what are some of the top offenders? i checked it out right here at nbc. rotten fruit, poorly packed containers, salad past its lifespan. combine that with the number of people going in and out and in and out of the office refrigerator each day, and you've got a recipe for disgusting! with 46% of americans brown-bagging meals to save cash, office refrigerators are now packed with lunchtime if fa pas. even here at nbc, the office fridge is more like the bad and the ugly. have you been in the refrigerator?

>> no. >> why? >> first of all, sometimes i don't even know what's growing in there. >> people leave things in there for like three weeks, okay? but other people write notes down, like "do not touch"! but people steal from there. >> i decided to see for myself. gloves are on. we're going to go in. first of all, nothing is labeled. this could be bob's or jane's or -- there's like four containers of raw pillsbury dough in here. are you serious? venison jerky? this salad, look how long this thing has been in here. not sure why anyone would want to bring all this pineapple. five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven containers. some of this stuff isn't even food! what are people keeping in here? this isn't storage! the mess wasn't the only thing people were worried about. >> i'm afraid to put food in there because food gets stolen. >> what is with that? someone else mentioned food getting stolen. a video a couple months ago confirmed our fears. even a cop was caught on camera

stealing a co-worker's lunch. >> i have more faith in my "today" show staff than anyone else do. i have no problem putting my lunch in the fridge. nobody's going to want my lunch. my faith, plus this sign, i feel like i should be good to go. >> kashi cookies? she's so weird. jackpot. >> thank you, jeff rossen. lifestyle expert and "today" contributor elizabeth mahey joins with us tips on stocking the office fridge. good morning. >> good morning. >> i want to start with one thing, food safety. i feel like all the in-and-outs and the containers we use the most. >> no question. opening the door, you saw people standing there like this, disgusting, letting all the cold air in. >> sure. >> the other thing is most office refrigerators have milk. it shouldn't be stored in the door like in the video. it needs to be stored up top. this is the coldest place. it will stay the freshest. >> okay. >> in terms of condiments, most like vinegar and sugar, those

are preservatives, so they should go on the door. in terms of containers, you saw everybody, they're rushed, they take it, don't bother to cover it. so, not only does it smell, but it goes bad. >> these are not even closed. they're hard to close once you get these, and they're cute, but no very functional. >> you've got to think etiquette. what you do in your house is your business, but this is affecting other people. take whatever it is, there'so reason you can't have little stainless steel boxes that you keep in your desk. >> that close. >> that close. it takes two seconds to transfer your left-overs for the next day to put away in the refrigerator. don't keep things too long. >> that's my question, left-overs. i never know, how long can you keep them? >> when in doubt, throw it out. just remember that. >> okay. >> nothing past two days. if you're do takeout, you don't know how long and how fresh those ingredients actually are. if it's your own food, be aware that when you take something to the office and you microwave it, like take a piece of fish -- >> broccoli? forget about it. it stinks. >> it's going to make everyone sick. most people stick it on

something and don't bother to cover it in the microwave. buying something like this, it's got a cover. again, keep these things in your office. it's got a vent so it won't make anything so smelly. >> perfect. >> also, there's so many great lunch boxes on the market. this one's great. you can freeze this with water. >> you don't even have to put it in your refrigerator. >> right. and then the stealing part of it. this is great, it's a fridge locker. >> no, i'm sorry, you're going to lock up your food? >> for an office or for a dorm, you know? it's got a little lock. it's got a combination. it will keep everything nice and safe. and then labelling. you can even do something like keep a piece of masking tape. >> yes, but elizabeth, you saw, i labeled and jeff rossen jumped right in that fridge and stole it. >> you need the locker, my friend. >> elizabeth, thank you so much, as always. >> thank you. >> we'll take a break and be back after this. captain, we have to keep going!

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time to find out now what's coming up on "meet the press." savannah guthrie is filling in for david gregory this morning and joins us from washington. savannah, good morning. >> hey, lester, good morning to you. coming up, rick santorum joins me just two days before the showdown in wisconsin. and then, health care reform in critical condition. what impact will its fate have on the fall campaign? i'll ask senator chuck schumer. plus, a special "meet the press" roundtable led by msnbc's joe scarborough, all this morning on "meet the press." >> savannah, thanks very much. and a "today" show exclusive. on tuesday, former alaska governor sarah palin goes one on one about the president, the republican candidates and much more. that's tuesday morning right here on "today." >> that is going to do it for us. enjoy your april fools' day, i mean, really enjoy your april fools' day. spend the day fooling other people on this april 1st. >> no more surprises. >> one more left, but that's

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