good morning. racial revenge? new evidence this morning showing those deadly shootings in oklahoma may have been motivated by hate. as the key suspects get ready to face a judge in court. did one of them leave a racially charged message on facebook warning of the rampage? today, exclusive, the cheerleader and former teacher accused of sexually abused of one of her students comes to her defense. why she's coming forward now. and tough but fair. tributes pouring in for legendary journalist mike wallace. tom brokaw is here to share his thoughts on his friend "today," tom brokaw is here to share his thoughts on his friend "today," monday, april 9th, 2012.

captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this monday morning, i'm ann curry. >> i'm david gregory. matt has the morning off this morning. i guess this is a question of hate now in these crimes, a shooting spree in tulsa, oklahoma, the two men who have been arrested in connection with this spree, they shared a house, both are white, the victims, of course, african-american. >> this is something to be investigated. officials believe that one of the suspects may have been trying to avenge this father's murder by a black man. and they are taking a close look at some of alarming posts on what appears to have been that man's facebook page. details on that in a live report coming up straight ahead. >> and also, ann, coming up this morning a lot of churches packed them in on easter sunday, particularly. but at one outdoor service in texas, 15,000 people showed up.

the fact that quarterback tim tebow was the guest speaker may have had a little something to do with that. we're going to get you caught up on what he had to say. >> he does draw a crowd. and what does it take to get your family ready for the day? well savannah guthrie is spending the morning at the arkansas home of the duggars to find out just how jim bob and michelle make it work with 19 kids, and right now, as you can see, she's heading into one of the kids' bedrooms. there it looks like they're already dressed. well, one of them isn't. there she is. >> i have three kids and i mean, i feel totally inadequate when i complain about what goes on in my house in the morning. looking at that. >> i know. but they're pretty calm. >> look at that. >> yeah. >> anyway we're going to find out how it works for them and maybe it will inspire the rest of us. let's begin this morning with police now investigating that deadly shooting rampage in tulsa, oklahoma, as a hate crime. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in tulsa this morning with more on this story. gabe, good morning. >> good morning, ann. the two suspects are scheduled to be arraigned here in tulsa later this morning.

police are now investigating what are some recent facebook posts might help reveal a motive behind this deadly shooting spree. ♪ >> reporter: mixed emotions on easter sunday in tulsa. >> this is an entire community that is being attacked right now. >> reporter: grief for the shooting victims. but relief that two suspects have been arrested. after a shooting spree that left three people dead, and two others wounded on good friday. according to the police, none of them knew each other. all of them, black men. >> it sickens me, it angers me. this is not what tulsa, oklahoma is about. >> reporter: police say the suspects were roommates. 32-year-old alvin watts and 19-year-old jake englund. both are charged with multiple counts of first degree murder. >> we're going to let the evidence take us where we want to go. there are other motivations than race, sometimes, in these kinds of incidents and we're going to

look at all of it. >> reporter: including this, a facebook page appearing to belong to one of the suspects. a status update posted hours before the first shooting mentions the two-year anniversary of his father's murder. the post used a racial slur to describe the killer. another entry posted friday says, in part, if something does happen tonight, be ready for another funeral later. >> this is where we can't afford to make mistakes. it is very premature to talk about hate crimes. we have yet to analyze all the information. >> in my 23 years of law enforcement i don't think i've ever seen a crime as heinous as this. >> reporter: a crime that's still being investigated. police arrested the pair early sunday after receiving dozens of tips from the public. those led investigators to a burnt pickup that belonged to one of the suspects. that vehicle had reportedly been spotted at the crime scene. ann? >> such a troubling story. gabe gutierrez, thank you so

much this morning. >> more news ahead here. we want to check in on the day's other top stories. natalie morales is back at the news desk. >> welcome back. >> thank you, ann and david. good morning to you guys once again. good morning, everyone. we begin in north korea where this morning south korean intelligence officials say pyongyang may be preparing for a third nuclear test. this as the country gets ready for a rocket launch that has the u.s. concerned. nbc's richard engel is in pyongyang with the latest. richard, good morning. >> good morning, natalie. today, north korea began what will be two weeks of official celebrations here. it's all designed to reinforce the transition of power from the late kim jong-il to his son kim jong-un. in one of pyongyang's main squares today, a sea of people expressed joy for their great leader, and eternal president. and praise for his descendants. one stirred their excitement was

this, a giant mural unveiled today of the latest kim jong-il. and when the assembly was over, the thousands just walked away. orderly. no trash left behind. uniformed schoolchildren, families and workers, simply left. in a nearby park, accompanied by a government minder, kim wen-yong told us everyone supports the state. you think it's a good system for the people of north korea? >> they understand and they uphold the line of our path. >> this weekend journalists were taken by train to a military base to see this. north korea says it's an observation satellite it will soon launch into orbit. officials say it will circle the earth for two years. controversially, it will be blast off by a 100 foot rocket. north korea calls this the unha-3. it is a powerful three-stage

rocket, liquid fuel as far as we know, with enough lifting force to carry a 1,000 pound payload. u.s. officials worry it could easily be converted into an intercontinental ballistic missile. a rocket that could reach the continental united states. the site's director says the united states has nothing to fear. >> no. >> it cannot be used for military use. >> reporter: back on the train, nbc space analyst gave us his assessment. >> the design has weapons potential, serious weapons potential. probably already 98% of a weapon. >> reporter: if successful, north korea says the satellite will monitor the weather and track forest fires. but it could also advance this nation's long-range rocket capability. despite international condemnation, north korea says it will go ahead with its satellite launch sometime between the 12th and the 16th of this month. natalie? >> richard engel with some fascinating reporting there inside in pyongyang. thanks so much. the u.s. has handed over authority to carry out military

raids in afghan homes to afghanistan with the u.s. now only in a supporting role. theht raids to root out insurgents are widely resented by afghans. a new study finds women who are obese during pregnancy are 67% more likely to have an autistic child. and double their risk of having children with other developmental delays. experts say more research needs to be done but it could be one of several contributing factors to autism. and bubba watson is seeing a lot of green this morning after amazing shot out of a bed of needles at augusta national, winning the masters in a sudden death playoff. watson donned the champion green jacket, took home about $1.4 million. he says he doesn't know how he did it. doesn't even remember playing the last nine holes. and that he was nervous at every shot. it's always a perfect fit. that's just amazing. 7:08 right now. send it back over to ann and david. >> custom made. >> i know. >> right after that playoff, they turn it right around. >> can you imagine doing all that measuring ahead of time and

you don't know whether you're going to get to wear it. anyway, let's get a check of the weather. and al, by the way, is still celebrating easter at the white house this morning. hey, al. >> hey, ann, that's right. in just about a half hour they're going to start the 134th annual white house easter egg roll. the first family will be celebrating and hosting that. we'll give you a little more details on that. we've got some of our friends, the official easter bunnies and easter eggs behind us. we've got severe weather to worry about in the southern plains. we've got a lot of moisture flowing up into texas, oklahoma, mississippi, on into arkansas, a strong upper level jet coming across. and that means we've got a risk of strong storms from oklahoma city into abilene. and a strong risk in parts of central oklahoma, as well. look for isolated tornadoes possible later this afternoon, on into this evening. >> good morning. it will be a breezy and mild day today. temperatures will make it into

the mid to upper 60's. it will cool off on tu >> that's your latest weather. what's wrong with this picture? i'm in washington and david's -- you're in new york. what's up with that? >> i think we crossed, al. thanks very much. it is expected to be a big week in the investigation into the shooting death of trayvon martin, a special prosecutor could present her findings to the grand jury as early as tomorrow. nbc's kerry sanders is in sanford, florida, with the very latest this morning. good morning, kerry. >> well, good morning, david. there are few public records to review in this case, and now there are none on government websites. because the special prosecutor ordered the city of sanford to take all the public records associated with the trayvon martin case down.

those marching to keep attention on the trayvon martin shooting death ask, why did the initial investigation conclude so quickly? 45 days ago, it took just seven hours and 50 minutes for sanford police, and the state attorney, to let george zimmerman go home. and within the week, the state attorney had ruled gunman george zimmerman feared for his own life, and should not be charged in the shooting death of trayvon martin. >> we expect it to be a just and fair and equal investigation. the way that all victims should be treated. and all investigations should be treated. >> reporter: several veteran florida homicide detectives interviewed by nbc news say they believe that timetable appears unusually quick. among the standards analyzed in a fatal shooting investigation, a complete autopsy report with toxicology tests. but experts consulted by nbc news say scientifically, that full report could not have been completed in such a short period

of time. >> when a man with a gun kills someone who is unarmed, certainly should take a lot more than seven hours to reach the bottom line as to whether there's a crime. >> reporter: sanford police, and the state attorney, would not comment about the timing, and anything else associated with this case. sanford's major crimes division has five detectives. two years ago, in the next door town of lake mary, that city's five-member homicide unit investigated another shooting. no charges were filed against the gunman in that case. but lake mary police called in the county sheriff's department, with its fully staffed crime lab, to assist in the investigation that lasted 16 days. in trayvon martin's death, sanford homicide detectives asked for no help at all. a special prosecutor involved in this case could present her findings to a grand jury as early as tomorrow. david? >> kerry sanders, thank you.

craig sonner and hal are george zimmerman's attorneys. nice to have you both here. mr. yurig, let me start with you. when do you expect to meet with mr. zimmerman face to face, and are you getting closer to the point where you think it would be beneficial to have him tell his story publicly? >> well, two things. number one we expect to meet with him very soon, perhaps this week. in terms of the timing for when he's going to be able to tell his story, we're constrained. we've got a special prosecutor who's still in the process of completing an investigation. the last thing we want to do is get sideways with her or do anything that would compromise her decision-making process. so we've got a little problem with that. as soon as he is either dismissed, or they decide not to charge him, or if he's eventually vindicated he'll come out. if they charge him, then you're not going to hear from him until it's over. >> what do you think they're looking at, the special prosecutor? where is the real focus of the investigation? will it be on this stand your ground law and whether that's applicable here? >> i think that's going to be

one of the main things you're looking at. was it self-defense? was the use of force lawful? and they're going back through all of the investigation. i think they're getting forensic reports, they're, you know, different articles of evidence that they're going to review, as well as statements made by the different witnesses as well as george zimmerman. >> one of the issues here is whether there was a rush to judgment. a rush to not arrest. is that going to be a factor here? why in such a short period of time did they make a decision that none of these factors being what they were would warrant additional questioning, or even apprehension? could they make a decision that quickly? >> sure. >> that he was within the bounds of stand your ground? >> if you understand the law, you understand the rush to judgment was the rush to afterwards to complain that he wasn't arrested. the florida statute actually prohibits law enforcement from making an arrest under circumstances where self-defense is claimed, and it's not absolutely clear that the use of force was unlawful. so if you claim self-defense, and some of the forensics

support that it would be improper to make a defense. we heard one of the attorneys for the family say they could arrest him and let him prove in court he's innocent. it doesn't really work that way in this country. >> what do you think we're going to learn from the actual face-to-face encounter? >> that part is probably not answered at this point. that's going to be part of the investigation. and again we're not going to go into that part. people have jumped to conclusions, wrongful conclusions i believe. i believe once the investigation comes out the country will see why the sanford police department made the decision they did at that time. >> mr. yurig does mr. zimmerman regret, feel remorse for what happened? >> he's remorseful for the unintended consequences of what happened. i believe everything he did was justified. but he is distraught over the fact that a life was taken. he recognizes, and we recognize the martin family are going through excruciating pain, and grief. we feel for them. we pray for them. we pray also for the zimmerman family who've been destroyed by this incident, as well. >> more to come on this. thank you both very much.

and once again here's ann. >> all right, david, thanks. on a lighter note, is this a tim tebow world and we're just living in it? you might think so judging from the size of the crowd he drew when he spoke at an easter service in texas over the weekend. natalie's now joining us with this story. hey, natalie, good morning. >> 15,000 people, can you believe that, they showed up when the backup quarterback took to the stage at an outdoor church service in central texas and he talked about the two most important things in his life. football and faith. >> so do you guys love tim? come on, austin, let's hear it? >> tim tebow, known as much for his faith as his football, took center stage sunday in georgetown, texas. >> this is actually a first. but it's good. i'm excited to be here. >> reporter: the nfl quarterback was a guest speaker at celebration church's easter on the hill service. >> win or lose, hero or goat i think it's still most important that regardless of what happens that i still honor my lord and savior jesus christ. >> reporter: the outdoor event

attracted a stadium sized crowd with game-day enthusiasm. >> he's going to be part of our easter service. >> once in a lifetime. >> tim tebow is definitely someone who registers with the christian community. it makes perfect sense if he's going to give a talk, he's going to do it on easter. >> reporter: sunday's appearance is just the latest example of tebow's outspoken devotion. as a college star he literally wore his faith on his face and while the heisman winner can't do that in the nfl, he could still take the knee for a prayer. as did the rest of the country, his ever-present field position became an internet craze as tebowing became part of the public lexicon. >> i'm pretty sure i'm not the first athlete that has gotten on a knee and prayed. but somehow it's known as tebowi tebowing. ♪ >> reporter: jimmy fallon even got in on the craze on his late night talk show. ♪ come on everyone >> reporter: recently traded to the new york jets, tebow will take a back seat to jets

starting quarterback mark sanchez next season. new yorkers are mixed on the newest addition. >> right now the swrerd is still out as to whether tebow is a better football player or a better christian. >> reporter: he's already embraced the metrosexual side of manhattan, seen here getting a. ic your and pedicure last week. one thing is for sure, tebow's religious connection will remain forefront to who he is. >> and then whatever happens in life, good or bad, whether you're the hero or the goat, whether you like it or not, you know that someone has a plan for your life. >> and tebow told the crowd that it's okay to be outspoken about your faith. he also took a shot at his fellow professional athletes who insist they are not role models. yes, you are, he said, adding you're just not a good one. >> uh-oh. oh, there you go. ouch. >> he brought a good message there. >> well, all right. thanks so much. natalie. all right. >> well, friends and colleagues are paying tribute to longtime cbs correspondent mike wallace this morning. the award winning journalist died on saturday at the age of 93. and nbc's tom brokaw is here

with his thoughts. tom, good morning. >> david, we all know that mike was a very tough, smart, and relentless interviewer. but, as a friend and as a competitor, he was equally loyal, he was mischievous, and he was great company. he put the bar very high very early at "60 minutes" and kept it there during his distinguished career. for a long time, the most feared words in america were, mike wallace is on the phone and he wants to talk to you. >> why would brian mcnamee want to detray you? that's not very nice. >> reporter: he was fearless. even with friends. >> you really didn't need that question. >> reporter: and unrelenting. >> no, i have no intention of leaving until you tell me what's on your mind. >> reporter: mike wallace did not retreat. >> difficult question. and she loved it. i think that you will agree that a good many people hated your husband. they even hated you.

>> a great many do still. >> reporter: his interview with the ayatollah was the classic mike wallace. >> and he called you imam, forgive me, his words, not mine, a lunatic. >> reporter: myron leon wallace was born may 9th in brookline, massachusetts. a grad of the university of michigan, he began as an entertainer. but he became the wallace we knew on a new kind of television show. >> i'm mike wallace, the show is night beat. >> reporter: where mike developed his prosecutorial style. >> what kind of people are your friends? >> reporter: a style that he then brought to cbs news. >> good evening. this is "60 minutes." >> reporter: the wallace interviews were wide-ranging. >> you haven't answered the question, mr. president. he would love to control this? >> absolutely. are you kidding? >> reporter: wallace was not afraid to open up about his own life, discussing his battle with depression, in part by a $120

million libel suit that eventually settled. >> what happened with me was that a marriage broke up, i had to move out of my house where i lived for 22 years, and i was on trial for libel simultaneously. >> reporter: wallace stepped down as a full-time correspondent for "60 minutes" in 2006. but he continued to ask the tough questions. >> may i ask my question, please, sir? >> reporter: in 2005, mike told nbc news that he'd like to be remembered by three simple words. >> tough but fair. and that really, i mean, for a reporter, tough, but fair. >> david for the past three years mike has been living in a facility in connecticut. he's been suffering from dementia. his family said he was very happy there. chris, his son who is at fox news obviously said his dad remembers him, and family members, not so much his work and members of his colleagues from "60 minutes" stopped going

up there because mike just didn't remember who they were. >> but you talked about the depression. and what an important impact he had on the country talking so openly about it. >> he was, you know, he was very close friends with art buchwald and the novelist bill simons who were all suffering from depression at the same time. they'd go for long walks on the beaches of martha's vineyard and they would talk about it. and then they went public. and i think that they brought it out into the open. of course it was funny because simon wrote a book about it and buchwald and wallace complained we all had depression, you made money on it. >> i loved the way morley safer put it that mike wallace took to heart that old adage that you comfort, be uplifted and you afflict the comfortable. >> wherever he was he'd walk into a dinner party or any setting and he'd be right on your case. what's going on, brokaw? >> thank you so much. we are back in just a moment. this is "today" on nbc.

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>> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. here is a look at one of our top stories. less than 17 hours until lawmakers in annapolis meet the session's deadline. it is scheduled to end at midnight. the house and senate still have not reached an agreement on the budget. budget negotiators worked behind closed doors on friday and held a session on saturday. both sides remain confident they can by midnight tonight.

here is sarah caldwell. problems this morning. >> overturned tanker on the inner loop at i-70. even heavier opposite that on the outer loop. 795 all the way down to i-70. southbound j.f.x. at coldspring lane, reports of an accident. good news to report. due to fire activity, everything is wrapping up there. watch for debris in the road. that's bring you up and update on the west side. cleanup continues, and delays are in place. outer loop delays going away from us. let's switch over to a live view of traffic at pimlico road. very heavy on the j.f.x..

we will keep you posted on how this impacts traffic. stan, over to you. or rather, tony. my fault. >> stan could do the weather. i trust him. 48 in westminster. 47 degrees in jarrettsville. winds are coming out of the west at 10 mi. per our. mixture of sunshine and

7:30 now on this monday morning. it's the 9th day of april, 2012, and it is breakfast time at the duggar house. the question this morning that savannah's looking at is what does it take to cook a meal for 19 children? hey, savannah, got a clue yet about that? >> hi, ann. well, you see all these kids? they are hungry. it takes a lot to get them all fed. and wait till i show you what a feat of organization it is. we have 19 hungry mouths to feed, in a couple minutes. we'll show you how it gets done here at the duggars every day. you'll be amazed. >> i don't know. i think i'd probably be throwing a bunch of bowls of cereal. >> my question is, is the dish washer ever off?

or does it run continuously throughout the day. >> all will be revealed. >> oh, good, good. >> meantime inside studio 1a i'm ann curry alongside david gregory. matt has the morning off. we have a lot to get to, including cuteness. >> cuteness is on the schedule. because we've got the world's tiniest dog. there she is. beyonce. you're going to meet beyonce this morning. she was born four weeks ago weighing just one ounce. roughly the size of an iphone and she's got a big following online. she's also got an important mission which we will tell you about coming up. she is a survivor. >> i know. just like her name sake beyonce there. throw some down and shake those hips for us. we're going to find out also what can happen when some celebrities go too far to look younger and who's really to blame for cosmetic surgery mishaps? should doctors say no? and give -- or should they be giving these patients what they want? we're going to find out more about that coming up. >> very interesting. we are going to begin, however, with new details on the nfl cheerleader and former high school teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a

teenage boy. nbc's jeff rossen spoke exclusively to one of her fellow cheerleaders. jeff, good morning. >> hey, david, good morning to you. look, we've heard a lot about sarah jones lately. most of it bad. all of it from prosecutors here in kentucky who say that she committed a sex crime. sexually abusing a teenage boy, and they say they have the evidence to prove it. now, sarah has remained silent. she hasn't talked. neither have her friends. until now. this morning, new details from one of sarah's closest friends. and a fellow bengals cheerleader, opening up for the first time in an emotional interview. >> first stop new jersey. >> reporter: it is sarah jones like we've never seen her before. behind the scenes. >> i want to thank you for our family here to support us. >> reporter: with the other bengals cheerleaders. >> take care of us, and take care of us as we perform, take care of our families. >> reporter: on a recent team trip, sarah is playful. and giving. flying to iraq last year to see

the troops. apparently they liked her. but prosecutors say this is the same woman, the same bengals cheerleader, who got into a sexual relationship with a teenage boy. one of her own students, when she was a high school english teacher. now charged with first degree sexual abuse -- >> i'm cheryl jones. >> reporter: her mother charged with covering it up, both pled not guilty. >> we're family. she's kind of like a baby sister to me. >> reporter: lindsay vaughn has been close to sarah for cheer years, both on the field cheerleading together, and off, where the bonds grew even stronger. people see the skimpy cheerleading outfit, they hear the sex crime allegations against her and people jump to conclusions. >> yeah. >> about who she is. >> yes. well, that's -- that's the world that we live in. >> what don't we know about sarah jones? >> smart. christian girl. she doesn't drink. doesn't party.

probably totally opposite of what you think of when you think of an nfl, glamorous, hot cheerleader. >> especially the one we've seen in the news. >> yes, very much so. very down-to-earth. very much so. loves her students. loves teaching. loves the bengals. just a good girl. >> when you see these headlines, first degree sexual abuse, seducing a child with e-mails, prosecutors say they have evidence, e-mails, phones, texts. what goes through your mind? >> our team was like a family. and we support each other. we don't know -- i don't know anything about that. i don't want to know. i don't need to know. i know her. and it's terribly shocking. being a bengal is not just about the cheerleading outfit. i know you may see that and that's something that you're going to hang onto in the news because it makes good headlines. but she's a real person. i mean, we're real people. we have families. we have careers.

we represent ourselves in this community. >> lindsay is nine months pregnant, no longer cheerleading, but wanted to come forward to support her. sarah's been battling rumors about her sex life for years. back in 2009, someone posted nasty communities on this website, thedirty.com. sarah sued the site and defended herself on local radio. >> posted that i had had two stds given to me by a cheating boyfriend. and that i had sex with him in the classroom at my school. clearly, obviously, knowing myself that it was false information, i was devastated. >> it spiraled out of control very, very quickly. and i think that's where her whole life has basically been turned around and changed. >> reporter: today, it's not just her reputation at stake, it's her freedom. if convicted sarah faces up to ten years in prison. >> i mean, she's 26 years old. and i can't imagine as a 26-year-old trying to recover

from a situation like this. >> reporter: all that depends on the next chapter of this story. and that all sits in that building, the courthouse here in coffinton, kentucky, behind me. the trial date for sarah jones set for late june, june 27th, to be exact. right now sarah and her mother both on home confinement. sarah's wearing an ankle bracelet, not allowed to tex anybody. the judge said that in court. and she also can't have any contact with her alleged victim or his family. david? >> jeff rossen, thank you very much. now we want to get a check of the weather from al. who is reporting from the people's house this morning in washington. the white house. with all of his friends. hey, al. >> hey, in fact, david, these are some of our friends here. the power rangers, the chipmunks, penguins. hey, but we're going to -- this is the biggest event in the white house social calendar. 30,000 folks will come through here between now and 6:30. 14,500 hard boiled eggs given out, and i -- the hardwood eggs the kids search even younger.

this is a special egg some of the kids will get. the bow egg. very special. even signed by beau on the back. ooh. let's take a look. we've got perfect weather in washington for the easter egg roll. no clouds, no rain clouds. it's been dry from buffalo to boston down to richmond, anywhere from one to four inches behind as far as rainfall deficits. and with strong winds today, we've got a recent dry month, we've got wind gusts of 35 to 40 miles per hour. we have red flag warnings and fire weather watches throughout much of the northeast. risk of strong storms in the central plains today. look for wet weather along the pacific northwest coast. >> good morning. a mixture of sun and clouds. there is 830% chance we could see some rain showers later this morning or this

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those lips. are they wax? >> excuse me? >> they call it trout pout. lips too full, sometimes the result of overdone plastic surgery, sparking speculation in hollywood. >> hollywood is obsessed with trout pout because it's the one way women think it helps them look younger. but, in fact, it actually ends up making them look older because nothing makes you look older than bad plastic surgery. >> reporter: just last month, one of the most well-known french actresses came out saying she regrets the plastic surgery that resulted in her pout. she told french newspaper lemond, i had my mouth done at 27. it was botched. today i would say i'm against plastic surgery. it's a grave act that touches our soul. it was frightening. style experts are now buzzing about lara flynn boyle. >> here. >> reporter: the brunette actress first caught our eye in the 1990s hit show "twin peaks."

but now at age 42, observers say she looks different, prompting speculation in hollywood. >> when people used to talk about lara flynn boyle before it was always about her from the next down. people used to talk about how thin she looked. now, people are talking about her from the neck up. >> reporter: flynn boyle has never discussed whether she had plastic surgery, and her rep declined to comment to nbc. in hollywood, big lips are in. >> these women are after this look at angelina jolie has, which is a pouty, lush, kissable mouth. but in their effort to get the angelina jolie lips, they end up with trout pout. >> reporter: santa monica plastic surgeon dr. steven titlebalm says that overflowing lips are becoming problematic. >> there's this notion of bigger lips are better. as you go bigger at some point you start losing shape. >> reporter: he claims that some of the issues lie with the patients, and some with the doctors. >> plastic surgeons never really talk es thetdics.

patients often don't understand the bigger they make their breasts, the bigger they make their lips, think start to distort their bodies and things look obviously done. and it's really unfortunate when the bad case doctor and the bad case patient find one another. >> reporter: even with some unflattering after photos, the industry still going strong. according to the american society of plastic surgeons, doctors perform nearly 14 million procedures in the u.s. in 2011. ann? >> all right. tamron hall, thank you. dr. michael jones has worked with a wide variety of celebrity patients at his new york practice lexington plastic surgeries. good morning. >> good morning. >> our lips thin as we age. what specifically do plastic surgeons do to make them larger? >> as we age we do lose a lot of volume within the substance of our lips. so there are countless injectable fillers, some which are transient and may only last for 3 to 12 months and some that are permanent, such as silicone or fat or even some implantable materials. >> is it -- is the problem here that some plastic surgeons lack

artistic ability? or is there a fundamental problem with not being able to control what these fillers actually will do to your lips? >> well, i don't think that it's -- i think fundamentally we want to look better as a whole. and there are doctors that perhaps are doing a little bit too much. they're doing a little excess in the amount of injections -- >> is that in confidence? is that just simply it's not knowing how to do it? >> it's not incompetent. it just may be that -- the reality is celebrities are under a lot of pressure to look good in front of the camera. we have paparazzi which are constantly taking photographs. fans are looking at them. the camera in high definition is looking at them. so they're under a lot of pressure to constantly have a very good, aesthetic look. and so when we are in doing these injections, we want to give them a natural appearance. not an unnatural one. and so many of these doctors or many of the patients are seeking out this look which is sort of unnatural in the appearance. >> if beautiful women who have

access to a lot of -- of the most expensive doctors, and plastic surgeries, can have these kinds of results, and problems result that they're not happy with, then what does it say about the opportunity for the rest of us? >> the reality is we're focusing on a very -- a small subset. for every one person that has a bad outcome with these cosmetic enhancements, there's 100 or 1,000 that have had a great outcome. and so i'm most proud of my patient, my celebrity patient who may be walking down the red carpet at an event and you as the media have no idea that anything has ever been done to them because that's a good, natural, aesthetic result. >> it's good to hear that that's possible. and we will not out them. thank you so much, dr. michael jones, you'llen pleased to know we're not going to name who your patients are. coming up next, the world's smallest puppy with legions of fans already. meet beyonce. we'll find out more about her right after this. ♪ [ female announcer ] walgreens introduces...nice!

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we are back now at 7:49 with more on our morning at the duggars house. they are the stars of tlc's "19 kids and counting." and this morning savannah guthrie -- are you officially the 20th? is that what this is savannah? >> breaking news. >> they say they always have room for one more here at the duggars. and i have a huge appetite, as you all know, so -- >> and i understand that you're going to be able to show off a little bit this morning? >> i am going to try, a challenge was given, can i remember all 19 duggar kids names. so without further ado, with some help from the kids who've been tricking me all morning. from oldest to youngest. we start with joshua, then we have jana, then we have john-david. then we have jill. then we have joseph -- no! back up. then we have jessa, jinger, joseph, josiah, jo-anna, hold

on. i can't believe i'm forgetting this. i've done it a million names. jedi yeah, jeremiah, jason, james, justin, jackson, johannah, jennifer, jordyn and lest we forget josie. >> savannah, we're off the air at 11:00. >> i know. >> and that's not savannah's fault. that's just the fact that there are so many names. we're going to find out what they have for breakfast. first let's welcome our guest this morning. because we've got a little angel here, and really -- >> really little. >> it's the world's most smallest puppy and she -- and she -- and beth dicaprio is her owner and she's joining us now. she's the executive director of the grace foundation which rescues abused and abandoned animals in california. beth, good morning. tell us about beyonce. how did she come upon finding her? >> well, she's actually a product of the shelter system. her mom would have been euthanized and we were asked to take her in as rescue, and she

we thought was stillborn and we were able to resuscitate her, and -- >> this is her brother and sisters here? >> you can see, this is jay-z. you can see -- >> i just want to add, here is the "today" show nug. you can put her right in there. >> oh, my gosh! >> oh, my goodness. >> oh. >> i don't know why she'd be scared. she does look scared. >> how is she doing healthwise? >> she's almost 5 weeks old. she's doing incredible. she's doing as well as her brothers and sisters. we are so great for beyonce to let people know about rescue dogs and the importance of spaying and neutering. and really how much better it is to get a rescue. >> actually i think she wants to drink some milk and she's not going to find any. >> okay! we do have a little cup for that. >> thank you so much. coming up, more with savannah and the duggars. [music track "alouette"]

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>> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. here is sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11. >> still dealing with the west side problems due to an inner loop accident at i-70. left lane and squeezing by only. 15 miles per hour from 95 to i- 70. folks are slowing down to take a look. all lanes are open on the outer loop. 41 miles per hour leading up to this. luzerne avenue, another crash

coming in. and this slowdown is a volume- related from white marsh to the beltway. here is the accident scene on the inner loop at i-70. two left lanes. progress to report as they work to clear this overturned tanker. let's give you a look as we switch over to wilkens ave. inner loop delay from 95 towards the accident scene. it will be awhile before they clear it completely. >> nothing going on weather- wise. pretty nice morning. temperatures in the upper 40's and low 50s. 53 at the airport. a little bit of a breeze out of the west. it will feel cooler than 53 degrees. that knowledge take a light jacket. -- definitely take a light jacket.

warmest day for a while. high temperatures in the 50's all the way through thursday. it should warm up by the time we get into next

8:00 now on a monday morning. the 9th day of april, 2012. we've come outside because we have a great crowd and we want to say hi as they say hi to their families and friends back home. we hope everyone had a happy holiday weekend. that's good. meantime, pretty warm out. 53 degrees. i'm ann curry alongside david gregory filling in for matt this morning. speaking of crowds, david, we've got savannah right in the middle of one. >> absolutely. >> she's with the duggar family. jim bob and michelle and 19 children as they get ready to have breakfast. apparently they've been waiting for us to launch them off. we're going to find out what it takes to put all of those kids,

basically, through their breakfast paces. >> i for one am actually happy to see savannah doing something. she's been talking about getting busy this morning. this is the first time i've actually seen her work. so that's good. also ahead this morning we're going to get a first look at the cover story you're going to be looking at and grabbing off of newsstands across the country, with some big stories out there that are going to be quite interesting from rihanna's comments about chris brown to salma hayek's struggles with depression, targeted adoption drama and a lot more. >> also, another new feature, very successful the the last time we did it, we're going to be basically tell you what you can get for free. that's right. >> like that. >> she's done a great job basically researching all the places to get free coffee free, you know, different kinds of foods, and there are other things including a gym membership. temporarily, anyway. gym membership. so lots of great things that you can actually get for free. a lot of them are tied to tax day because people want to make them feel better about taxes coming up.

anyway let's go inside and get a check of the mornings top stories, you've got cincinnati at the news desk back from vacation. hey, natalie. >> thank you, ann, david. good morning, everyone. two men accused of going on a shooting rampage in a predominantly black neighborhood of tulsa, oklahoma, are making a court appearance today. meantime an investigation continues to determine if the shootings that killed three people and wounded two were racially motivated. the authorities say one of the suspects may have been trying to avenge his father's fatal shooting two years ago by a black man. well, turned out to be a lot harder than he thought it would be. that's how newt gingrich describes his campaign for the republican presidential nomination. he says his campaign isn't over but he describes mitt romney as far and away the most likely nominee. meantime, rick santorum took himself off the campaign trail over the weekend, after his 3-year-old daughter bella was hospitalized. she had a rare genetic disorder. peru's prime minister says it may take at least two more days to rescue nine miners trapped in a copper mine southeast of lima. the miners have been stuck since

thursday when a shaft collapsed following a blast apparently set by the men. food and water is now being sent to them through a hose. investigators are returning today to the scene of that fiery crash of an f-18 navy fighter jet in virginia beach. they're trying to determine what caused the plane to nosedive into an apartment complex friday, injuring six people, including the two pilots who were on a training mission. now for a look at what is friending today. our quick roundup of what has you talking yong line. amanda biens is on twitter after her dui arrest last week. she got into a minor fender bender. she was released on $5,000 bail. >> and this video is racking up hits on youtube and several news sites. a thrill seeking beach goer gets blown away by the jet wash from a plane about to take off at the adjacent airport in st. martin, slamming her into a wall. and a top search on yahoo and goggle is sofia vergara.

she made her mosting debut on nbc's "saturday night live." she had everyone laughing about how she was welcomed to america. >> i always heard that immigrants had a really hard life when they came to america. but when i showed up here, everyone was so nice. the men bought me drinks and offered me a place to sleep. this country welcomed me with open arms. >> the colombian actress delivered the funny, as she called it, in sketches that primarily focused on her heritage and her sex appeal. big hit for "snl." 8:04 right now. and let's go to al at the white house. >> hey, and thanks so much, natalie. we are here at the white house. and it is the easter egg roll, 134th annual. we're here with a couple of special guests. dominique dawes, olympic bronze medalist in mnastics, co-chair of the president's council on fitness, michelle kwan is also an olympic silver medalist in figure skating. and a council member. big factor in today's easter egg

roll is the first lady's let's go, let's play, let's move. >> it is. it's all about combatting childhood obesity. and the first lady is someone that not only talks the talk but she walks the walk, and michelle and i are going to be active, taking part in the activity zone. there's going to be a lot of activities. there won't be own figure skating or gymnastics but we'll be moving and getting the kids very active. >> what are some of the activities going on? >> we've got hula hoop and our own obstacle course. we've got all these things like the egg roll. we've got jumping jacks. we've got hula hoop. >> you don't have to do a lot of crazy stuff, just normal activities every day helps keep you active. >> it's all about getting the kids up and active and playing and realizing it's about having fun and i'm thrilled that my friends and my family members are going to be here and i'm going to be able to compete against them and more importantly just have fun and have smiles all day. >> all righty. dominique dawes, michelle kwan, thank you so much. >> good morning.

it will be a breezy and mild day today. temperatures will make it into the mid to upper 60's. it will cool off on tues >> and that's your latest weather. david? >> al, thanks very much. i get to say hi to my nieces and nephews down in kentucky. we're going to come right back. we'll spend a morning with the duggars. we're going to experience that right after this. [ glass clinks ] i just wanted to say a few words. first of all, thank you for the lovely meal jane. mom. and let's hear it for sara's paper mache eiffel tower. it's the washington monument. and dad, i'll never forget what you said to me this morning. you said "brian, it's 11:15. get up."

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>> when i was 19. >> and believe it or not i was 17 when we were first married. >> we built this house as a family project. >> we thought it would take one year. it took almost four. >> people always ask me what it's like. the boys have one room. >> the girls have the other. it's a little quieter. >> we have nine bathrooms. but sometimes we still have to wait. >> this is a duggar family secret. we have one big family closet. >> around here, everybody has a job. >> we do 35 loads of laundry a week. >> we even have a laundry chute. >> this is one of our favorite lunches. my dad's barbecued tuna fish sandwiches. >> we all play an instrument. but not usually together.

♪ >> people always ask us if we have a hard time falling asleep around here. well, around our place we've got to be a sound sleeper. >> we love to play hide and seek and scare brothers and sisters. >> ah! >> we save a lot of money doing our own haircuts. >> we get so much mail we had to set up our own mail room. >> to get around our family needs five suburbans, two cars, one van and sometimes 45. >> we love basketball. we have enough players for four teams. >> we do homeschooling six hours a day. but we like science the best. >> josie is our youngest. she was 3 1/2 months early, and she weighed 1 pound 6 ounces. and now, she is doing great. and for the last duggar fun fact, we have 19 children, and we wouldn't have it any other way. whoo!

>> okay. we're going to make breakfast we're going to need ingredients. i'm not standing in a grocery store aisle right now. actually this is the duggar pantry. when you think about what they have to buy. they go through five dozen eggs every month. 48 boxes of cereal. $3,000 a month, michelle, at the grocery store? >> yeah, easily. >> and ow hoffen do you end up going? >> once a week, usually, to pick up odds and ends, and then once a month for a big trip. >> you're going to do a big breakfast like we're about to do this morning. we've been working at it a couple hours. >> definitely. and sometimes we start the night before. so it just -- amazingly, we have to have a garage as a pantry so we can unload all the groceries at one time. >> and then here we are in your kitchen which looks like a big restaurant kitchen. and we have jim bob. >> good morning. >> good morning to you. now jill's been the helper here making a famous duggar family recipe this morning. what is that? >> she's a good cook. >> it's breakfast casserole. >> okay. and so you must be pretty

organized. i see labels on all the shelves. i mean, it's pretty impressive. were you organized like this always -- >> i used to work at a grocery store. and so when we built the house i wanted a, like a pantry that we could load stuff in directly from the vehicle. so it worked out great. >> yeah. a lot of people imagine that you're just in this process of doing laundry at all times. is that basically it? >> usually it is. that and dishes. between laundry and dishes it's a nonstop process. but i think everybody can identify with that. >> but everybody has a job. jill this morning has been definitely working hard. haven't you? >> yes, ma'am. >> so you said even the little ones have a job. >> they all work together on a team. and we've got buddy teams. so the little guys are getting to learn from the older ones, and we all work together. it takes everybody helping. >> okay we've got 19 hungry mouths to feed. let's go with the casserole out here and step on out. and here we go, they're all lined up, and hungry, and actually not throwing food at this point.

>> yes. >> even though i know they've been waiting a long time. should we just grab our plate around here. >> is this a special occasion because we decided to come here or do you have this kind of big old breakfast every day? >> wehe wave people coming over to visit -- >> we figured we better do it right today. >> you plan the meals? >> oh, definitely, yes. we always do. we have to have a menu and we have to shop accordingly. >> how many of the kids can actually help with the cooking? >> everyone, really except for the babies. so the boys, the little boys like to make bacon. >> you want a biscuit buddy? okay, i -- he's got that pretty good. okay. let's do that. all right. so, just tell me about a typical day at the duggar household. >> well, we start out usually in the morning with bible time, breakfast, and then we quick clean and then we start our school. >> you've got nine kids -- this is a big house but it's a four bedroom house, right? >> yes. >> you've got nine girls in one room. nine boys in the other room.

>> exactly. and we have it divided up so that everybody can get everything done that needs to be done so that's why we call it jurisdiction. and a lot of times they'll work together on teams so that they can get it all done. >> wait i missed some gravy. >> yes, yes. >> you do the gravy, too? >> yes. >> okay. >> the best. >> so what about the dishes? whose job is it to do the dishes? >> well, typically the boys do the dishes, and so like we have teams. >> yeah. >> and jedidiah is like the leader of a team and jeremiah is the leader of another team. >> okay. do you get any help? >> you know what, grandma duggar is awesome. she is amazing so yes, if it weren't for her she wouldn't be able to keep up. >> okay, well let's sit down. hey, guys. i bet you're hungry. all right. so, what's the worst job, guys, to have to do? because i know everybody's got one. >> laundry. >> bathrooms. >> oh, the bathrooms.

>> you have nine bathrooms. it must be pretty easy to get into the bathroom, i guess. >> well, nobody. >> i guess we shouldn't be talking about that over breakfast. we're going to get a new topic of conversation. all right who's the messiest? nobody's going to confess. >> josie? oh, she's the baby. all right well, guys, thank you so much. -- >> oh. >> okay. well thank you for having me, for taking one more. >> there's always room for one more. >> thank you so much. and next year i'm going to come back and know all of your middle names, okay? >> we may have to change your name to a "j" name. >> javannah. >> it's almost there. >> thanks, guys, so much. ann, we're going to eat. >> well, it looks really delicious. bring back some of that biscuits and gravery, savannah, because that looks fantastic. please thank the duggars and also, you, too, savannah, for showing us how it's done there

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weeks ago they put out singles where they're on each other's songs. people are intrigued. >> she talked about how fixated people are on this reunion with some of these tracks? >> she said this has basically freed her up. she said everything that's happened with chris, she's not hiding who she is anymore. she doesn't care. she's out there and she's going to live her life whether we understand it or not. >> also you're going to see salma hayek who is so lovely but in this case she talks about some of her depression, some insecurity that she had over the years. it's going to be a very interesting read. >> it's definitely an interesting read. here we have salma who is a mother, married to a fashion mogul. she's a mogul herself, and she's just like all of us women. she struggled. she had acute acne which led to depression, her being overweight, very famous director said salma, get it to the and she pulled herself up. >> and she's got some advice for the ladies? >> keep it spicy in your marriage. >> and how does she do that? >> dresses up for her husband. she says that she wants to look good for him. she said it's all about turning

him on. >> all right. let's talk about zoe deschanel, who is obviously tv's new darling. and the cover story about her in marie claire, she talked about her childhood and being bullied. >> she was bullied. and she had a horrific experience. when she was 12 years old she was 30 pounds overweight and someone spit in her face. and zooey said it's something that resonated with her. she may be rich and famous but she'll never forget that 12-year-old girl that she was. >> she's also given a little relationship advice. >> if you want to date zooey deschanel, you cannot want children. her sister emily is very famous. she's on bones, she has a son. she says i make a great aunt, i don't want my own kids. >> so talking about families, mariska hargitay who, of course, so well known for so many years on law and order here on nbc, she's talking about what she went through adopting children, and it's a great story. >> it's a beautiful story. mariska has her own biological son and two adoptive kids.

the first child that she was supposed to adopt, she went to the hospital, bonded with the child for two days only to have the mother say, you know what, i'm not going to give the baby up. she calls the experience devastating. but this speaks to her character. she's still in touch with the mother. and of course went on to adopt two other children. >> and talks about some of the difficult choices that you face, and just how difficult the process can be. >> the process she says is not for the faint of heart. she says that you have to really want this. she has her daughter amaya who is 14 months, a son and drew who is 10 months. she said you've got to get a fantastic lawyer and you have to really want this and stick it out. >> another couple, michelle williams is also in the newsstands in "us weekly" where they're talking about her attitude about overcoming tragedy, and kind of a new approach to her life. >> yeah, of course, she was engaged to heath ledger, who died of accidental drug overdose and now she's found love again with jason siegel, the funny guy from "how i met your mother." they're both so sweet, so wholesome.

michelle is raising her daughter matilda who is heath's daughter >> finally gretchen moll in town and country. >> 13 years ago glitchen was the it girl. she was on the cover of "vanity fair." she was supposed to be the next gwyneth paltrow. her career flat-lined. now she's back again. she's a girl you might see on the street and say i know her but i don't really know her. it's just about surviving hollywood. >> a lot to read. >> a lot to read. good stuff. >> thanks so much. great to have you here. >> my pleasure. >> just ahead. everything from clothes to fitness, videos and food. how you can get it for free. we're going to show you how. first, your local news.

>> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> let's get a final check on the morning commute with sarah caldwell. >> still dealing with problems on the west side. the good news is we have two left lanes getting by. right lane blocked on the inner loop at i-70. overturned tanker has been there all morning. everything gets by on the outer loop. watch for a slow-go approaching liberty down to i-70. so far so good on the j.f.x. earlier accident cleared at

coldspring. luzerne avenue, another crash to watch for. let's keep you a live view of traffic. here is what it looks like at the accident scene. this should start to filter through the area shortly. we will switch over to a live view of traffic at wilkens ave. inner loop backup begins at i-95 on the southwest corner. tony has a check on your forecast. >> so far so good. clouds will thicken up over the next couple of hours or so. 45 in parkton. a little bit of a breeze kicking up. west winds of 14, gusting to 23. mixture of sunshine and clouds. 30% chance for a rain shower this afternoon. then it gets chilly.

high temperatures will stay in the fifties before it rebounds next weekend. >> we will have another update at 8:56. [ woman ] before allegra, my allergy medicine took hours to work or made me drowsy. after allegra, i have the only one that's both fast and non-drowsy. after allegra, i have it all.

♪ 8:30 now on a monday morning. it's the 9th day of april, 2012. these lucky people have manage ed to be here this weekend. we're so glad they decided to give up some of their time this morning. i'm outside ann curry alongside david gregory and natalie morales. matt has got the morning off. we're having some fun out here. >> yeah. >> hey, guys. >> so who doesn't like free

stuff? >> i like free stuff. >> we all like free. >> we have a whole list of free stuff. elizabeth mayhew is inside with free coffee, free yogurt, free cinnamon buns. we're going to tell you where you can pick them up for nada, no strings attached. >> i like those white shoes. >> those are amazing. >> i -- >> i just saw this kind of latticework. >> you are a man with fine taste. >> okay. >> also we've got steaks cooking up in the kitchen. cooking up right now. also a lot of stay at home moms, we're going to talk about some interesting ways to save extra money. >> okay. and then, are you finding yourself doing this a little bit more, trying to read a menu. maybe your eyes are a little itchy and scratchy all the time. we're going to get you some relief for some common eye

issues. >> oh. you're saying not because you're getting older but because of allergies? >> common eye issues across the board. >> across the board. anyway, first let's go to our al, who is keeping his eye on a bunch of easter bunnies in -- in -- at the white house. hey, al. >> hey, how you doing? this is part of the easter egg roll. we are actually on the basketball court where the president played basketball, although right now we've got some harlem globe trotters. the president's not here, pal. >> where did he go? >> i don't know. practice with the harlem globe trotters. there you go. they kind of hang out and give some pointers to kids during this whole afternoon. so it's very, very exciting. let's show you what's going on as far as your week ahead is concerned. here's what we've got. as far as temperatures are concerned, below normal temps around the great lakes. above normal out west and along the gulf coast. midweek period, cooler than normal temperatures in the eastern half of the country and

out west above normal in the central plains with wet weather. and then the latter part of the week, eastern half of the country a little warmer. but west of the mississippi river valley, mountain snows out in the pacific make that in the rockies and inner mountain regions, with below normal temperatures along the west coast. >> good morning. a mixture of sun and clouds. there is 830% chance we could see some rain showers later this morning or this >> all right let's see the spin, guys. show us the spin! yeah, there it is. wow.

david, back to you. >> al, that is just well done. all right, coming up here, we're going to tell you how to get free stuff and then we're going to check back with the duggars. savannah making sweet music with the duggar family. she'll be back after this.

back now at 8:36 this morning on "today's consumer"s, free stuff. lifestyle expert elizabeth mayhew is here with the scoop on how you can score some of your favorite things without spending a dime. elizabeth, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so why are companying offering free stuff? what are the strings. >> let's just put it out there. free is better than cheap. and stores want to get you. they want to do something nice, obviously they hope to reward -- to get a reward out of that eventually. but in the meantime, they're doing this and it's the trend right now across the board. >> okay.

specifically, tied to tax day which is about eight days away. there are a number of free things, including some things from office depot. >> okay so april 17th is tax day. retailers know this. they know you might be stressed out, might be running to the post office. >> might be? >> so office depot is offering two things. one is that they'll shred in a secure shredder up to five pounds worth of your receipts or whatever it is you want to get rid of. because we all know shredding that can be a huge pain. and they're also offering 25 free copies so if you want to take your taxes in and have them xeroxed or copies they will do that for you. 25 sheets. >> also free cinnamon buns. >> it's part of cinnabuns tax day bites programs. they're giving you two little cinnabuns in any store across america that's from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. once you get through with work you can run in there and they'll give you a sweet treat. >> another source of sugar free

frozen yogurt. >> maggie lous and also marble slab creamery are offering a scoop of their brand-new frozen yogurts. that's from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. >> also tax day? >> tax day related. >> free coffee? >> this is an any time thing. go into any sur la table, a kitchen store, fabulous for everything from a whisk to a coffeemaker and they will give you either a cappuccino or an espresso and they have some of the higher end brands. so the illies of the world. you get in there and get you little taste of jolt of coffee. >> free storing and printing of digital photographs. >> so walmart, if you go to walmart.com right now and sign up for their photo center, you get an account, they will print for free 254x6 prints, so this is great if you've got pictures from easter yesterday, you can send them in. you can pick them up within an hour at your store. >> a free -- a way to get free

dvds, movie tickets, even starbucks. >> so this is super cool. this is an app but really it's a rewards program. they go with a "v" and basically you sign up for it. all you do is tap on your smart phone as you're watching tv. it will check you in to a show and you will earn points. you then take those points and you can get gift cards from everything from starbucks to sephora. so you could be earning by just watching the "today" show right now. >> let's talk about free pretzels. >> hot pretzels from pretzelmaker. i bet you didn't know this but april 26th is national pretzel day. so you can go to any pretzelmaker and you can get a free pretzel. there's a twist, though. no pun intended. yes, you need to sing or dance to get the pretzel. >> for a few seconds? >> not a big deal. >> also free samples from nordstrom's. >> nordstrom has a great sampling program. if you join any of their social media sites, facebook or twitter you can get knowledge of what their sample is on saturdays.

they have sample saturdays. last saturday was a perfume. this coming saturday we got a sneak peek it's a great product from smashbox. very high end. >> they're small. >> yeah, but every saturday you can get that. >> free gym workouts. >> so we're head nothing summer, you want to get into shape, gold's gym is doing a promotion where you can get seven days, a full week of working out for free that includes meeting with a trainer and putting a program together. that's really great. >> and often that theme. >> on that theme. gaiamtv.com is a video streaming service. it's usually $9.95 a month. but they're doing a ten-day free trial. everything from meditation, video, fitness. you can watch it from the comfort of your home. >> are there additional apps as well? >> there are. there are three free apps. loseit is a great app that i actually use all the time. >> that's okay. >> that's all right. >> under pressure. >> it doesn't matter. but they're free, lose it will

keep track of your calorie intake and your exercise and tell you how much you need to lose, and keep going until the end of the day. then there's run keeper. if you're a runner it will keep track of your runs and show you through gps great paths to take. and good food near you. if you're traveling and you want to know a healthy place to eat, put that on your phone, tap in where you are. also uses gps and tells you the healthiest deals in your neighborhood. >> elizabeth mayhew, ways we can save money. keep it up. keep finding more free stuff. for more on how to get all of these great freebies go to our website at today.com. coming up next, a delicious seasonal meal. seasonal meal, guaranteed to please your entire family.

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>> this morning on "today's kitchen," at 8:43, what is for dinner? the perfect spring meal. april bloomfield is a chef and the author of the new book "a girl and her pig: recipes and stories." april, good morning. i'm the one hiding under the conspicuously short range here. i'd just like to check if we've dusted on the top. i see that we've done that so we're good. the girl and her pig, this is not just about pork recipes. it's important to get that up. >> it's basically a book about people that have inspired many places i've eaten, food i've tasted. a general kind of nod to them to say thank you pretty much. >> fantastic. let's talk about skirt steak. you said i get to do a little bit. >> yeah. >> you describe this as a good weak-day meal. >> it is. you know, it's not too expensive. do you want to pop it on the grill? >> yeah, absolutely. right on top there? >> it's not too expensive. it's really lovely and tasty. you know, it's affordable.

you just kind of cook it there alongside. >> this is kind of a thin cut so you want to be careful not to overcook. >> takes two, three minutes each side. >> so we're going to come back to that. what are you mixing here? >> a little lime dressing. >> what smells so good? >> that's the rabe. and a little bit like a wild leaf. very in season right now. so in my book i have this salad that's got tomatoes. but obviously tomatoes are not in season. so i thought sprouts, right? >> fantastic. >> a little lime dressing. a little bit of garlic. i'm just going to put this over my carrots like this. give it a little toss. so this is really light. skirt steak is nice and fatty. it's got a good ratio of fat to it. >> what is this? >> a little lime cress. a little watercress. it's a little spicy. >> turn these over here? >> yeah, yeah. >> right.

>> so now i've got on here some grilled rabe and we're going to let this season like this. >> it's rams? >> like a wild leech. you can get it from the market right now. >> okay. >> look at that salad. really nice and healthy. and then you just kind of give it a little slice of beef. >> i want to ask you because it is a lean beef. how do you know that it's done? what are you looking for? >> just kind of feel like a ba ran a little bit. like a medium rare. this is like a perfect medium rare. lay it across the top, on the side. you know, having whatever tickles your fancy, you know. that's it really. >> looks great. because we've got a couple of other salads. >> we've got the beef salad. go ahead and try that if you'd like. >> i'd love to. >> this is a carrot salad. been on the menu since about 2005. >> what's in that? tell me how you prepare this. >> basically roasted carrots, with a little cumin, garlic, a

little cilantro, avocado and some orange. >> again, very light. >> yes. >> terrific. >> yes. and this is a little pea ham soup. very classic english dish. we love our peas and we love our ham. >> this is a cold soup? >> you can have it k08d or you could have it hot in the summer, you know, get some frozen peas, nice and easy to cook. >> again, as we burn the skirt steak, -- >> wait for me. >> this is not an overly -- this is not an elaborate dish. so you can do this during the week without it being too much of a problem. >> going to come back over here for the cake. a lot of moving around. >> and this is the best thing ever. this is ginger cake. with vanilla whipped cream. >> tell me the keys -- the fire alarm is going to go off soon. tell me what's in the cake? the keys to the cake? >> molasses, ginger, a little bit of sugar and just some flour and eggs. >> fantastic.

april, great to meet you. >> very nice. >> thank you for running around the kitchen with me. up next, they've had breakfast, the music practice as well. what is next for the duggars? we're going to head back to their house with savannah.

today's american story with

bob dotson is a tale of love, ties to san francisco's golden gate bridge. we'll be talking about for a long time because bob is here to share it with us. bob, good morning. >> good morning, ann. people fall in love for lots of different reasons but few as romantic as this. it starts with a 25 cent bet. san francisco's golden gate bridge was so loved when it opened in 1937 a lot of people scribbled their names and addresses on its towers. a friend bet bill hues he couldn't pick one at random, write a letter and get a reply. bill almost lost that bet. >> well, i thought pen pal, boring. >> reporter: but patricia lucas wrote him back. >> because he wanted that quarter. >> reporter: a lot of people gambled on the golden gate. a bridge critics said could not be built. divers had to anchor it in a rage of whirlpools and riptides.

workers had to stack towers taller than four statues of liberty. fog made the iron slick as ice. no one had ever done anything like this before. but the golden gate bridge was completed in just four years. on time. and on budget. people who lived around san francisco bet big on the business the bridge would bring. at the start of the great depression they mortgaged their homes to get a private loan for one of the largest public works projects ever built. it linked the poverty around them to the world of hope. >> people risked their -- their homes, their properties, their ranches. >> reporter: for their families, futures. >> what do you see? >> reporter: lisa grew up four miles from the golden gate. graduating college on money she made moving lane markers on the bridge. today, she is the first woman in charge of its security.

>> attention all lanes, carpool is over. >> reporter: the golden gate bridge has only had nine captains. >> yes, i was number eight. and i'm married to number nine. >> reporter: mike fell in love with lisa. working in this picture frame. >> okay. >> there you go. >> reporter: when mike retired a few years ago his grandkids started calling the golden gate grandma's bridge. >> sometimes they remember. >> reporter: a place right out of their storybooks. where toll takers have been known to give more than change to grumpy children. >> we would always say mom and dad, guess what, we've got candy for the kids. and the kids would stop fighting immediately. and i'd say this moment of silence has been brought to you by the golden gate bridge transportation authority. don't leave home without it. >> look at that sunrise. we had great times. >> reporter: patricia lucas finally met her childhood pen pal. six years after she scrawled her name on the golden gate bridge. >> are you wearing his hat?

>> yeah. that's when he came to visit on a 24-hour pass. >> reporter: bill hughes was training to be a bomber pilot during world war ii. patricia was the only person he knew who lived near his space. was it love at first sight? >> i think i was a little disappointed that he wasn't a little beefier. you know. >> reporter: but bill started sending love notes. he did that for 48 years. all of their married lives. until the day he died. >> i miss him. a lot. >> reporter: their love story is forever linked with the golden gate bridge. >> it's just a bridge. but it's our bridge. >> reporter: the people's bridge. whenever bill hughes got backed up in traffic on the golden gate friends would kid him about hopping out and finding another name. and he said no, i got lucky the

first time. i could have picked her grandmother. >> you know, bob, i don't know where you find these stories but i'm glad you do. because you remind us when you tell them who we are and what we're made of. thank you so much, bob dotson. >> thank you. >> and now let's check in with david and natalie. >> ann, thank you very much. we want to check in one more time with savannah who is, of course, at the duggars house. what's going on there? >> a little play time on the job, right? >> i was going to say what is going on out here? i don't know how you do this every day, michelle and jim bob. i am exhausted. when is nap time? >> it will be awhile. >> one of the surprising things this morning guys is i learned about the duggars is they are night owls. they stay up past midnight all the time, right? >> well, sometimes. we try to get everybody to bed, bible time at 8:30 and try to get to bed by 9:30 to 10:00. but sometimes, especially the older ones. >> stay up. getting up this early with us this morning was a little --

>> ah, a lot different than what we're used to. yes. we're not on the early morning schedule. >> a lot of people wonder, because you homeschool all these kids, how -- how do you do that? how do you keep all these kids, when do you have time? >> anywhere from three to six hours a day depending on the children, and now, we do it on the computer which makes it wonderful. because the computer scores and grades it all which makes my job a lot easier. >> i see some of the big kids. you going to go bounce johannah? the big kids help with the little kids. >> they love it. the little guys absolutely love the bigger ones. they're just like mentors and they look up to them and the little guys think they're the greatest. >> well, i think people who wondered how do you entertain 19 kids we've got part of that answer. we have the trampoline. the music. there's a play room in there with a slide. >> all kinds of things. >> basketball. we do school. then we get to do the activities.

blocks. >> and blocks, too. >> well, thank you so much for inviting us into your home. it's been so fun. >> thanks. >> and we're in love with all of them. but thank you. >> thanks. >> david and natalie back to you guys. >> okay. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. less than 16 hours for lawmakers in annapolis to hit the session deadline. the session is scheduled to end at midnight tonight. the house and senate have not

agreed on at the budget. they held a session on saturday. both sides remain

>> overall it is going to be a nice day. clouds will thicken up as we go into the afternoon. chance for a rain shower did most of you will not see that. temperatures will go into the fift