we're back now with more of "today" on a monday morning. beautiful monday morning. second day of april, 2012. about 41 degrees. might not be the warmest monday we've had in a long time. but it certainly is sunny. we have one of the bigger crowds than we've had so far during spring break. we thank the people for stopping by and we're joining them on the plaza. matt lauer along with ann curry, al roker, and tamron hall is joining us, as well. and tamron has just told us she was in kansas, and she thinks she might have one of those winning lottery tickets. >> ooh. >> that's right -- >> how much i love you. >> go on, go on. >> the question this morning is who does have those three separate tickets? >> that's right.

they were sold in three separate states, kansas, as you just mentioned, maryland and illinois. the winners a record-breaking jackpot to $656 million. there are some questions swirling about one woman in maryland who claims that she is holding one of the lucky tickets but that's not been confirmed. so we're going to get the latest in a live report coming up this morning. >> and then a little bit later on, curious medicine. all these different kind of ailments. you think they're not a deal, quirky symptoms that are usually harmless but could tell you something serious is wrong from freckles in your retina to bleeding gums or dry mouth. dr. nancy snyderman is here with today's daily dose. >> i was at the pharmacy the other day and they said there's gum for dry mouth. there's gum that actually helps you with that. >> not bleeding gums. >> no, just the dry mouth. okay, well -- >> follow that. >> okay. >> that's -- >> you know oftentimes when kids become friends on the play ground or even at school, parents become friends, as well.

but what happens when the kids dump each other, do the parents kind of do the same thing? >> it's mandatory. they have to. >> i think instrument to cut everybody off. but i'm not the expert. we're going to take a look at how you break up or if you get the kids to make up. >> it's an interesting thing. >> play dates. >> all right. we all have to get along. let's go inside. savannah guthrie is at the news desk while natalie is taking some time off. >> good morning, guys. in the news today we're going to begin with the search for that winning ticket holders in the record shattering $656 million mega millions jackpot. "today" national correspondent amy row back is in red bud, illinois, where one of those winning tickets was sold. good morning to you. >> savannah, good morning to you. we'll start with the maryland woman who claims she has one of the three winning tickets. no one has seen the ticket so far and she hasn't talked to lottery officials yet. so it's safe to say there's no official winner who has come forward as of yet. one thing we do know for sure. i didn't win savannah.

you didn't win. for most people here it's a regular monday morning, we're headed off to work or we're already at work. but one or at least several of the people who were behind the three winning tickets, one of which was purchased right here behind me, it's fair to say, they're probably never going to have a regular monday morning again. it's the talk of red bud, illinois. >> if i won that much money, i wouldn't be telling everybody. you'll have more friends than you knew you ever had. >> i hope it's somebody local. and i hope that they spend the ney in the community. >> reporter: the center of everyone's attention, the moto mart. here one customer's use of the quick pick option yielded the winning combination in friday night's drawing, worth $218 million before taxes. >> wasn't me. >> darn it wasn't me. or darn i forgot to get my ticket. the language was a little more colorful than that. >> reporter: a second winning ticket was purchased in kansas.

over the weekend lottery officials revealed the sale took place in one of these 21 northeastern counties. in milford mill, maryland, home of the third winning ticket, state lottery officials came to the 7-eleven store where the ticket was sold, hoping to find their still unnamed big winner. also sharing in the excitement here, latisha, who won a much smaller prize. >> i won $150. >> reporter: but for most of us, the odds clearly were not in our favor. despite spending almost $1.5 billion on business mega millions jackpot, americans had only a 1 in 176 million chance of claiming a piece of its record-high $656 million payout. >> large amounts of money can cause irrational financial behavior, which is why, if you are not sophisticated, you are never, at all, handle large sums of money, you might just be better off getting it yearly,

rather than all in one lump sum. >> reporter: and while it's enough to vault the winners into the much discussed 1%, they're still a long way from bill gates territory, who tops the forbes 400 richest americans with an estimated net worth of $61 billion. >> we mentioned that $218 million number. that's if you, the winner, chose to have that handed out to you in 26 annual installments. that's before taxes. if you want that lump sum payment you're looking at about $158 million before taxes. and for those of us who don't even have those options there's always tomorrow, savannah, because tuesday's mega millions jackpot is at $12 million. and that doesn't sound too bad to me flp >> it doesn't. but tuesday also means back to work. i'll see you back here tomorrow, amy, thank you. the republican presidential hopefuls are in wisconsin making their final pitches ahead of tuesday's critical primary

there. meantime at the white house, president obama hosts canadian prime minister stephen harper and mexican president felipe calderon for a north american leaders summit today. a passenger plane crash in siberia this morning has killed most of the 43 people on board. a russian twin engine turboprop. at least 31 people are dead, and the survivors have been hospitalized in serious condition. the cause of that crash is not yet clear. a daring rescue to save injured members of a racing yacht crew battered by a massive wave off the california coast. the u.s. coast guard rescued two british sailors injured when rough seas struck the 70-foot yacht. they were competing in an around the world race expected to reach san francisco bay this morning. "the hunger games" held off two new challengers at the weekend box office. sci-fi drama took in another $61 million. becoming the fastest non-sequel to top the $250. action equal "wrath of the titans" debuted in second place

and mgs mirror mirror" opened in third place. and finally, pink slime has been in the news. but it was a prolonged shower of green slime that coated justin bieber and will smith during the kids choice awards saturday on nickelodeon. a few drops even landed on special guest first lady michelle obama who was there with the two first daughters. to nickelodeon fans, getting slimed is a badge of honor. it is now seven minutes past the hour. back to al with the check of the weather. did you get any green stuff on you? >> i did not. i was a couple of rows back from the first lady. she blocked it for me. it was so special of her to do that. i really appreciated. . let's see what we've got for you today. we do have a risk of stron storms, possibility of tornadoes, damaging winds and hail. not a lot of rain out of this system. mostly going to be the wind and the hail that causes most of the problems. rest of the country, afternoon rain and wind in the pacific northwest. high surf advisories and windy conditions, southern and central

california coastline. the heat conditions, record highs in the mid-plains, down into the southeast, and northern and central florida. look for chilly conditions in northern new england today. temperatures in caribou maine up to 39 for a high. >> gusty winds. time now for a look at some curious medicine. nbc's chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman is here to tell us about certain symptoms

usually aren't cause for concern but could be a sign for more serious health problems. >> these are odd but true. >> first off we're talking about one-sided hearing loss. >> this is something i've seen a lot over the years. usually people will say suddenly i realize i'm holding the phone to the other ear because i can't hear. a simple hearing test, if it shows a profound difference between one side or the other it can be indicative of a brain tumor. now usually these are benign brain tumors. but people can sometimes, in addition to having that one-sided hearing loss, feel that they're unsteady, sometimes have headaches. but on a ct scan or an mri which is a follow-up test, a doctor will either say these grow slowly, we'll watch them, or in some cases recommend an operation. >> what is the biggest thing? >> the biggest thing is the hearing loss. one side is normal, the other side, almost like a dead ear. and sometimes because the

hearing runs through this little canal and there's a balance mechanism, people say they feel like the room is sort of spinning around. those two things together, if you feel like hearing sound and you're off balance warrants a hearing test. >> all right. next up, pitted nails. what are we talking about here? >> pitted nails, basically almost little pin pricks, you'll look and your nail is indented. it can be the first case of sore sigh kiss in 1% to 5% of patients. psoriasis, as you know, our skin is constantly shedding. but in people with psoriasis that shedding skin is accelerated. so they get dry, patchy spots. it's almost silvery patches on their skin. but, if you have dry, splitting nails, it may be the first sign you have an autoimmune disease and psoriasis may be a diagnosis to come. >> who is most at risk? >> absolutely women. this is an autoimmune disease where your immune system sort of

sees normal tissues and sort of turns on them. so family history, stress, smoking, those can all be things that put you at risk. interestingly, some medications on beta blockers, could be increasingly for women. >> next dry mouth. this is an interesting one. >> dry mouth. remember with venus williams dropped out of the tennis world to everyone. dry mouth, dry eyes, dry mucous membranes can be a sign of this. yet another autoimmune disease. and why we talk about women, because women get this more, much more than men. but it's also related almost to arthritis. a lot of times people with shogrin's disease will complain their joints are stiff, they have pain over joints. a lot of times it's like dry eyes, dry mouth and doctors don't pay attention to it. all these other things can be

accompanying symptoms. but if you take any one of those, dry cough, fatigue or dry mouth and you don't put them together a doctor can miss the underlying diagnosis. many times six years before someone is accurately diagnosed. >> i think a lot of these diseases would be easy for a doctor to miss this. >> easy for a doctor to miss. easy for a patient to miss. you have to sort of think really on your toes, once you put them together, is this abnormal? >> okay. bleeding gums. >> all right. so let's just get to the worst of it. we're linking bleeding gums to leukemia because a lot of times in children, because children don't get periodontal disease if toddlers or young children come in and use a soft tooth brush brushing their teeth, they come in with blood on the tooth brush parents need to think, could be the worst case scenario. usually not, but, children with leukemia don't clot the same way. they can have changes in their

platelet counts. they can have increased infections and sometimes in pediatric leukemia patients bloody toothbrush after a brushing can be the first sign. obviously for most people, it is periodontal disease, clotting problems with vitamin k or vitamin a but have it in the back of your mind. >> and this last one is very curious, retina freckles. >> i think this is one of the things that eye doctors know about and maybe gastrointestinal doctors know about. there is a syndrome linking freckles on the back of the retina to chronic polyps in the colon. and as you and i know, if you have polyps that are hereditary you have increased risk of cancer of the colon. so if your doctor, on looking under that funny split lamp when they look at the back of your retina, they see freckles, doesn't necessarily mean you have cancer of the colon but it does mean that you should see a gi doctor and get a colonoscopy. weird but true. >> weird but true. very much like myself. >> absolutely. which is why you're doing the segment. >> thank you so much. still ahead, surviving a breakup

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you interact with other parents and that's where especially moms often make their closest friends. but then, you're linked to the friendship somewhat. so actually, to tell you the truth, savannah, this is really ubiquitous but it's kind of a dirty little secret. moms don't like to talk about the fact that they could break up their own friendships over what their kids are doing. >> and there's so many emotions involved when you're talking about kids. >> more emotions. because you're sometimes so identified with your child that it's even more painful when something is going on with your child, their child, and their friends, then when it's you, with another adult. >> let's talk about the two most common scenarios. the first one is when the friend of your child does something that you feel hurts your child. >> correct. so something that's really gone on. bullying as we've been talking about for years now can actually happen. if another child is mean to your child, i mean that is painful. and you feel angry. and it's hard so control that and not be angry at the kid. and then at the mom or not stepping in and sort of, you

know, making their kids stop, if you will. so that is a big source, sometimes it's really a misunderstanding, or your kid has played a role. but it's hard for you to see that. >> i was going to say, that leads us to our second scenario, hour id is the one who might be being a little bit mean. >> your kid is the aggressor or frankly your kid just doesn't want to be friends with that kid anymore. especially in the elementary school years, kids fall in and out of love. you might be bff today and not tomorrow. and when that happens and your kid's like, i just don't want to play with that child anymore that can be hard when you're friends with the mom. >> the first thing is try to help the kids work it out. >> the best thing would be if there's a problem between them, you sit down with your child and say, let's talk about it. let's roll play. let me help you empathize, stand in your friend's shoes and give you some lines to come back with and work it out. you're not only preserving your friendship with the other moms, but you're teaching your child how to be socially and

emotionally intelligent. a skill they will need later. >> good coping skills that will come in handy at some point. the other thing you say we need to let the other person, the adult, know that the friendship matters. >> right. so when this starts, there can already be sort of back stuff and quickly things can disintegrate unless you go to the friend and say i really value this friendship. independently of our children. and so, let's try to help them to work it out. because, you matter to me. >> and in that conversation you say you should ask, is there something i'm missing here, some piece of information i don't have? >> you know, chances are your child has told you, their side of the story. and there's always another side of the story. so when you can hear something from the friend about what's going on from their perspective, it may help you to help everybody to work it out. >> you know, there are little spots and then there's really serious bullying. if you think you have that situation what would you advise? >> if it's not resolving fairly quickly i would go to an independent school person, a teacher, and i would let your friend know, let's hand this over to the school, a guidance counselor, to help them work it

out. because that's important. >> and last one is a tough one but you say sometimes you have to realize that the friendship might be over. >> actually, this is more common than you think. because what happens is when this plays out, you see the values of your friend. and sometimes it's not something you like. if that really has happened then it may be the end of the friendship. >> dr. gail saltz, interesting insight on a situation i think a lot of parents have run into. >> my pleasure. >> coming up. oh, baby, the unusual adult fascination with the newest trend in dolls. we'll look into that. but first, these messages. (bell rings) hi. good morning. big news. we're spreading the word about new honey bunches of oats fruit blends and their unique taste combinations. ke peach/raspberry... and banana/blueberry. we're telling everyone. with one flavor in the granola bunch and one on the flake. try some. mmm! two flavors. in harmony. yummy. four nutritious grains and two big fruit flavors

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>> you never know. >> she called in earlier, too. >> she already got -- she was on the business end of mark -- matt's sharp wit. >> yes. and governor, if you're still watching we would love to have you hang around for our 9:00 hour. >> yes. >> because it's crazy. >> it's maddening. meanwhile coming up, speaking of the madden, there's no skirting this issue. >> oh. >> in "today's style," i didn't write it but i'm going to sell it. we're going to tell you exactly how to look good this spring with trendy skirts to flatter your shape, whether you have curves, all on a budget. >> really excited for that segment. >> curves. >> i don't think she's going to want to be on this hour. we'll see. speaking of trends, the latest craze in dolls is causing a lot of double-takes. they're called reborn dolls and they're so life-like, many women tote them around and care for them like real babies. what is the appeal? we'll take a look. we had some in the studio this morning. i did a double-take. i thought, my that baby is so

well behaved. never cries. >> and there "today's kitchen" it's all about the caramel. making it from scratch can be a little intimidating for the home cook. we're going to show you just how easy it is and whip up a delicious tart with truffles. >> oh. >> all right let's see what we've got for you looking ahead for this week. we're looking at warmer than normal conditions from the plains down to the gulf, with wet weather in the mid-mississippi river valley. normal out west. as we get to the midweek period in the plains down to the gulf coast and southeast, going to be wet through the lower southeast. look for some rain in the pacific northwest with mountain snows. then the latter part of the week out west, a little chillier than usual. looking at showers alone the southeastern atlantic and mid-atlantic coast, above normal temperatures new england, gulf coast, great lakes into the mid-mississippi river valley. >> good morning.

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the fashion director for people's style watch is here. >> good morning. >> i think people underestimate how hard it is to find. we talk about jeans and swim wear. skirts are tough, too. >> but for spring, people at style watch have seen so many great skirts. and it's such a key piece for spring, because it's a little killy. you can put a sweater with your skirt. gets a little warmer and you can put a tank top or something like that. but there's so many great options. >> and you get versatility. >> absolutely. >> one thing, body types and trends, might start off with the a-line skirt. we've got elizabeth. who is going to wear the a-line skirt? >> you know what, this is the perfect skirt for a more curvy figure like elizabeth has. so what is making this skirt work so well on her is it's hitting her at the smallest part of her waist, slightly above the knee. if you're curvy you definitely want your skirt to be slightly above the knee, and the way that the yoking and the shirring is creating a long torso for her. you always have to remember what to wear your skirt with. the fact she's got a print top

on, it's balancing her figure. and leave your chunky shoes at home with this look. it's about a more streamlined look. and this skirt is $62. >> i love that. you talk about the length of the skirt. should it always hit right above your knee? because i was told at your knee makes you look old. which is it? >> you know what. you'll see. but i think it's very important for your body type, but it's different for different people. >> well it's working for you elizabeth. you look great. thank you so much. and the next look is the pencil skirt. always a classic. actually, this is nice. >> i mean, okay, this leather pencil skirt from forever 21, $22.80. >> all right. leave that behind. >> okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. that's a good one. in this case it's sort of hitting slightly at the knee or even a bit below for a more boyish figure. and you want the skirt, if you are in that -- have that more boyish shape, to really hug your curves, what you've got, hug

your hips and you can go for a slightly higher waist band. >> okay. >> with the more boyish figure. and again it's a streamlined look. you have a very simple pump. she's got this great color block top from ann taylor. giving you more trim. >> i have a boyish figure and i didn't realize you can wear the higher skirt. i always thought it would make me look too -- >> it creates more much an hourglass shape. >> you look very nice. love that and 22 bucks, you can't beat it. and finally we've got cara, and the slippy mini. >> so we have a flippy mini, which is so great for the more petite girl. >> oh. >> and this is even working for somebody over 40 in this case. now when we say mini, we mean sort of midthigh. i'm not talking about a micromini here. but the things to think about when you're petite, you are the one that can wear a shorter skirt but you still want it to be somewhat tailored. yo want a little bit of volume but not too much.

again on the top you want to make sure you have something that, while you want a loose, easy feeling, not something that's going to swallow you up. but this is a great skirt from xoxo for 40 bucks. >> talk to me about the tie, as well. what does that do for the silhouette? >> again, you really want to accent the waist. and when any skirt you buy, that's the most important thing. you want to make sure the skirt is hitting you at the smallest part of your waist and you really want to play that up. that's what's going to make the flattering look. >> i like that nice, nude color, as well. >> i know. and i've got to point out the necklace. it's marnie for h&m. so you know, good shopping. >> good luck finding that. >> it's sold out. >> come on ladies. you look amazing. good advice there. so now spring shopping. >> thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >> coming up next, why these babies have grown-ups doting all over them. we'll show you what all of the fuss is about.

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moments. imagine as you just suggested, a baby that doesn't cry, you don't have to change the diapers, you don't have to start collecting for that college fund. well there are some folks who have found a way to have all of that. sort of. becky lombard may look like any suburban mom. driving errands with her daughter in the back seat. but look a little closer at 42-year-old becky. actually, at her baby annie, and therein lies a secret. one she's delightfully sharing with strangers, but only when they ask. >> hi. >> guess what? she's a doll. >> i know. they're so fun. oh, she is a doll! oh, my goodness -- >> oh, you thought she meant it's a doll, she's cute. >> oh, my gosh. i thought it was a real baby. it's a doll! >> what do i think of this? you want my honest answer? creepy. >> it's just a little bit of a

spoof, and if it isn't, are you a little weird? >> i don't think it's a spoof, no. >> so are you odd? >> no. i don't think i'm odd. i just think this is a hobby. >> a hobby, as it turns out, that is just not becky's passion. >> they're not for sale. i'm really not a crazy lady i promise you. >> in new braunfels texas, recently -- >> oh, geez. >> several hundred hobbyists just like becky showed up to buy and trade dolls. and the hottest item these days is what they call reborns. dolls that look absolutely, positively real. this one looks sort of like me when i was a little kid. >> yep. >> it's where we met doris and gary. >> hard to let go of your babies. >> now before you assume they're a childless couple in search of something they never had, meet the happy family. three kids, four grand kids. you're holding that doll like

it's a real child. >> holding babies is just so soothing. it's a stress reliever. i guess guys don't get it. >> i don't know how much dealings that you have with women but i don't think any man understands them. so for me not understanding the dolls, that's just one of many things we don't understand about women. >> mars/venus. >> mars/venus. >> that's it. >> reborn dolls is not just an american obsession. >> each one is created by hand to look exactly like the real thing. >> reporter: the esteemed bbc produced an entire documentary on the fake baby phenomenon in england. >> it's really nice. we can come home and just give him a little hug, and pat his little bottom. >> reporter: following the painstaking process from creation -- >> i love doing it. the end result is something very special. >> reporter: to birth. >> this is about the beauty and the joy of a young child. >> okay. >> reporter: back in texas -- >> action. >> reporter: becky regularly produce reborn youtube videos. >> i know that this is a doll.

this is not a baby. you know. >> reporter: reborn dolls. >> oh. oh, my gosh. >> reporter: who could have guessed this baby boom? and i'm guessing cameron is making a little bit of noise here, he doesn't approve. you know the funny thing that i noticed is that if cameron were asleep side by side with one of those fake babies, the reborn dolls, you really couldn't tell the difference. which means there might be a whole other industry, taking those fake babies and putting them in your car as you run down the hov lane. >> kerry, you have an evil mind. why did you pinch that baby and make him cry? >> to make a point. looks like the real deal. >> kerry is just talking to the baby. well, kerry, thank you. cameron, thank you. good job. >> all right, coming up next, we're going to head into the kitchen for a gourmet caramel pie, and you can make it at home. but first this is "today" on nbc.

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♪ >> this morning on "today's kitchen," delicious desserts. and we're all about caramel or caramel, whatever you choose -- >> you're not feeling yummy head to toe, tamron. the pore of thigh it forward is going to show us how to make a caramel tart with truffles. >> either way. it's sticky and yummy either way. >> first we have the crust. >> the crust is a chocolate crust. that kind of gives you the crunch that you want on this. and you can also use more like a short dough crust in pie it forward. either way it's so fantasy. >> can you buy it if you wanted to? >> buy? i give you all the instructions. >> okay. >> call me up. i'll be your hotline.

like butter ball. >> we need a hotline. >> we start with sugar, little corn syrup, pinch of salt and some water. and you want to simmer it and stir it until the sugar melts entire lip. the other thing you want to do is take a pastry brush that's a little wet and paint along the sides because these little crystals will kind of form on the sides and if you don't melt them in there it will turn into rock candy. >> oh. >> how frequently are you stirring this? >> you stir it until the sugar is completely melted. you want to make sure the crystals aren't there. and then after you've done that you want to turn up the heat a little. you stop stirring. you don't want to agitate it anymore and shove in your little candy thermometer and you want to bring this particular caramel to 245 degrees. >> and you need a specific candy thermometer? >> candy thermometer. >> i have used a turkey thermometer and shoved it in there and licked off the turkey bits first. >> oh. we like you. >> i'm a professional.

don't try this at home. >> okay. so you've got it to temperature. it's this beautiful amber color and then you're going to want to add cream, butter and a little vanilla bean extract. i just warn you, watch when we put it in there, it's going to just -- >> not so much. >> if you've got a lot of caramel in there -- anti-climactic. usually it does bubble up a lot! so you've got all that in there. >> what's that sticky stuff? >> let's say we put that in there. that's vanilla bean extract. i'd use my paws usually. but i'm being fancy. you want to stir this until the butter melts and is all incorporated then we would pour it into our shell. >> okay. >> so just imagine i did that. and then what happens when you pour it in you want to let it set for two to three hours until it's completely cool. otherwise you'll have molten caramel dripping and a lawsuit. >> don't want that. >> got to let it chill out. >> we're going to have simmering. >> make it simmer. >> you're asking the wrong gal. >> we have no answers for you. >> alarms are going off. you want to bring this cream to a simmer.

>> okay. >> because we're making truffles. and truffles go around the edges. you can make the truffles just to eat while you're making the tart. >> we start with heavy cream. >> once its simmering, add the butter and you add a little bit of corn syrup, which makes it shiny. you could leave it out. >> okay. >> pretend i put that in there and we're going to add the chocolate. the most important part. use the best quality chocolate you can find. that makes all the difference and get some extra so you can nibble while you make it. salt. you let it set. and then you stir, stir, stir. >> for how long? >> you let this sit until the sugar has melted. >> the sugar --- >> the butter has melted. >> we've got about a minute left. >> this is what it looks like. this is the began aush that we're going to turn into the truffles that we're going to put on top of the tart. this is necessaryy but it doesn't matter. and then we scoopy, scoopy and then you roll it into the cocoa. >> cocoa. >> and you can see how these are things that you can just eat on their own. >> eating.

with ice cream, maybe. >> you'll have cocoa powder all over your face. and then you'll just lovingly arrange the truffles. >> okay. >> the ones you have not eaten. >> around the top. >> would you put a little sugar on top? >> that is the salt. so chewy, crunchy, salty, sweet. >> and tasty. >> and tasty. >> christina, thank you. thank you so much. coming up pat o'brien co-hosts with kathie lee. air wick and the national park foundation

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