back now with more on "today" on this friday morning. it's the 13th of april, 2012. friday the 13th. but we're fearless this morning, aren't we? we're going to have a great, lucky day, along with these people, an adventure on the plaza. and -- on a beautiful, sunny day here in new york city. i'm ann curry alongside carl quintanilla who is in for matt and al roker and savannah guthrie over here. and we've got a lot going on. and you're going to go, as i understand, house hunting. >> that's right. barbara corcoran is going to take us on a tour anywhere from mississippi to minnesota to mizzou, barbara corcoran is going to show us what we can get

for $200,000 or less. you will be amazed at how much home $200,000 will buy. >> and what else is coming up? >> we're going to bust some diet myths. for instance, does eating spicy food help you burn calories? if you stop eating after 7:00 at night, will you lose weight? we're going to separate fact from fiction when it comes to shedding those pounds. >> if you eat those cupcakes. >> or maybe that macaroni and cheese. >> i hope you can eat that. also some fashion news. we all know that color blocking and neon brights -- >> why are you pointing at me? >> you're kind of color blocking. we try to be in fashion. >> don't be defensive about it. >> we're going to take those fashions and apply them to our homes and show you some neat accent colors. >> so it looks really good in the living room. >> good. okay. >> now where -- >> i know. >> a human shield in the meantime. >> meantime let's go inside and

get a check with natalie morales who also knows how to color block but also to tell us the news today. >> thank you, ann. good morning, everyone. in the news this morning, the u.n. security council meets this morning to discuss the north korean rocket launch. that rocket failed within minutes of liftoff. breaking into pieces, and falling harmlessly into the yellow sea. despite failing, the u.s. and its allies are calling the launch a provocation and are condemning it as a violation of international resolutions. the lawyer for george zimmerman is working to free him from jail. the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with fatally shooting unarmed teen trayvon martin may face a bail hearing next week. on thursday, zimmerman made his first appearance at a jailhouse courtroom but did not enter a plea. his lawyer has previously said that he will plead not guilty, saying he shot martin in self-defense. an aft from the prosecutor's office, mean tile, said zimmerman confronted martin sparking the struggle between them. a police raid turned deadly overnight in the small town of greenland, new hampshire.

police chief michael maloney was shot dead just days before his retirement from the force. four other officers were shot and wounded. the suspect and a woman were found dead inside the home. police believe it may have been a murder/suicide. the mayor of newark, new jersey, really cares about his city's residents. mayor cory booker returned to his home last night to find his neighbor's house on fire. while booker then rushed into the burning building and carried a woman down from the second floor before the fire department arrived. he was taken to the hospital and treated for smoke inhalation and second degree burns. he's since been released and is already tweeting to let everyone know he's okay. meanwhile his neighbor is recovering and in stable condition thanks to mayor booker. we're now hearing from douglas kennedy, the son of the late robert kennedy for the first time since that confrontation with two nurses who tried to stop him from taking his newborn son from a hospital maternity ward in new york. on thursday, he had his day in court. w nbc's chief investigative

reporter jonathan dienst is following the case. >> it is okay for a father to hold his son in his arms. and it is okay for his father to want to be with his newborn baby. py know that in my heart. >> reporter: douglas kennedy speaking out for the first time since being charged with attacking two nurses in a hospital maternity ward back in january, after the birth of his son. kennedy says he just wanted to leave the hospital for a short time. to be with his son in the fresh air outside. as he invoked the memory of his father robert kennedy, killed when he was so young. >> my father was taken away from me when i was a baby. and i think that is certainly what makes me appreciate me being with my son. >> reporter: in january, a supervising nurse in the maternity ward at northern westchester hospital said the staff became concerned when they saw a man carrying his newborn,

attempting to take him out of the hospital without proper authorization. security cameras show kennedy trying to get on an elevator. in an exclusive interview with nbc news, the nurses, anna margaret lane, and carrie luciano, said kennedy then attacked them. >> i wanted to make sure the baby was safe. and secure. and he brought his leg up and kicked me and i went flying through the air. >> reporter: according to the nurses, kennedy went down the stairs where he was stopped by security. kennedy says he was just trying to protect his son. he's been charged with endangering the welfare of a child, and physically harassing the nurses. supporters of the nurses want tougher charges. >> it should be a felony charge, you know, because a nurse is hurt. >> reporter: kennedy's wife molly appeared in court by his side. >> unfortunately, you know, our lives have been turned upside down simply because my husband

wanted to take a walk with his son. >> reporter: kennedy has pleaded not guilty. >> the only thing i wanted to do that night was to be with my son and to hold him in my arms. >> and again, that was jonathan dienst reporting. kennedy is due back in court on june 14th on the misdemeanor count and two violations, which could get him up to a year in prison if convicted. six newborn puppies in toledo, ohio, are recovering and looking for a home this morning after they were left to die zipped up in a suitcase. a local man said he was led to the suitcase by the mother dog. the humane society is filing abandonment charges against the puppies' owner. he appears in court next week. they're doing well. if you want to take one of these little guys home the toledo humane society says to wait about four weeks to give them a call when the puppies are old enough for adoption. glad to hear they're doing well now. six minutes past the hour. let's go over to al for a check of your weather. >> i don't think they'll have any trouble.

>> i'm sure the list will be long. >> thanks so much, natalie. let's see what we've got going on today. a risk of strong storms from wichita falls into kansas city, on into tonight, and then as we make our way in to tomorrow, we've got a -- a high risk from central oklahoma in to kansas. strong risk from nebraska into texas. and that's going to exist right on saturday night into sunday, as well. rainfall amounts are going to be pretty heavy as well from oklahoma city to st. louis, we could be looking at anywhere from two to four inches of rain. but the big threat here, tornadoes pretty much right through sunday. that's what's going on around >> good morning. we have a lot of sunshine in our forecast. a few clouds this morning. we'll be in the 60's for highs.

this morning on "today's real estate," what can you get for under $200,000? well, how about a stately victorian home or a cozy log cabin? "today's real estate" contributor barbara corcoran is here with the best bargains on the market. >> good morning, al. >> we're going to get started down south in alabama just south of birmingham. a nice three bedroom house for $182,900. >> this is a classic brick home. the kind that everybody seems to like in a fun, friendly community. great for kids with tennis, fishing, a pool and a clubhouse. you would pay $350,000 for this house only five years ago but it's now $182,900. the living room has a vaulted ceiling, hardwood floors, big windows and attention grabbing fireplace. the way they painted it there. the kitchen has bright white cabinets and crown molding and

is nicely set off by these creamy yellow walls. what a friendly color to put inside the kitchen. the dining room has high ceiling and extra wide doorway that makes this room feel bigger than it is. it's a nice big room to start off with. the master bedroom has a dramatic tray ceiling, a perfect place to spend the money, because you're laying on your back looking up all the time. and there are mature trees surrounded by a tall privacy fence and the property taxes on this are only $800 a year. a year! >> a year? and it's helena, alabama. >> oh, my goodness. >> my mistake. let's go to a nice, quiet street in kansas city, mo, find a nice early 1900s home priced at $189,000. >> this $189,000 home has five big bedrooms and it's perfect for anyone who loves a vintage country style. inside you're going to see that it has the original front door that opens into a big entry hall with golden oak woodwork stair case and floors. you might as well just play

basketball there. look at that entry hall. the living room has wide base boards, crown -- what's happening? i guess we're okay. the kitchen has been expanded and smartly updated with this faux brick and tile backsplash and a frosted glass cabinets. in the dining room, original wood floors again, with wide base boards and extra long windows. the master bedroom is so pretty with the old-fashioned fireplace on the corner. i love the little striped wallpaper. >> house is so big you have an echo when you walk into it. >> that's what it sounds like. >> let's go to arlington, vermont. $175,000 for a nice home nestled on a 35 acre pine forest. >> this is a totally different switch of mood. it's a rustic log cabin, tucked into a secret corner of vermont most people don't know about in a ski area great for families. out back it's got a rushing river in your own backyard. it is knotty pine all over with an open floor plan. i love the cozy fireplace in that living room.

the living room opens right up into the kuchen. you can see an open loft above there. the windowed kitchen has plenty of storage, and is also has great counter space. i think they ought to get rid of that tablecloth, kind of weird, lose the shot. but in agishen to the two bedrooms the loft is right there as we mentioned and it sleeps twoo. the big back deck overlooks the river, over the rushing brook. and my god, what a lovely place that would be to fish. >> that is nice. now let's head up to st. paul, minnesota. you've got a lovely three bedroom victorian on sale for $159,900. >> this is a stately home high on the bluff with views of the mississippi river and the minnesota capitol building. the living room has the original woodwork, still intact with wood floors, a bay window, the stained glass transom above. the blond wood kitchen has been nicely updated. i still feel they left the victorian feel but it's a pleasure. the formal dining has rich wood door frames and base boards. s swing chair on the wraparound

porch is a perfect place if you want to get lazy and the lush, green backyard has a simple patio surrounded by a happy flower bed. >> and now finally, in clinton, mississippi, you've got a nice brick home on a corner lot for $166,900. >> and clinton is just 15 minutes from the capital city of jackson. it's an all-brick home that sits on an emerald green lawn, and it's got a straight as an arrow walkway. imagine being drunk and having to walk that line. >> that's an odd analogy. >> but look at that. it looks like you'd be punished going home every day walking that straight line sort of. but the main living area has a trayed ceiling, wood floors and a tile fireplace. the clean, white kitchen has a little too much clutter for my taste but it has plenty of counter space. a big breakfast area is flooded with light from the picture window. and the grassy backyard has a small, covered patio, and a wooden privacy fence in case you don't like your neighbors. >> well you have a great weekend, get drunk, walk down your sidewalk, and then lay in

bed, okay? >> oh, my gosh. >> and there you go. barbara corcoran, thanks so much. >> thank you, al. >> still ahead, true or false, all exercise gives your metabolism a boost for hours. we're going to debunk or tell you what's right about some diet tips. and later this weekend, the "titanic," 100 years ago this weekend marking the time the famous ship went down. incredible look at the wreckage. ♪

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>> okay. i would like to tell you but that is actually a myth. eating spicy foods does not help you lose weight faster. you think i'm sweating, maybe your heart is pounding, it seems like it should be burning calories, and in laboratory studies it's just a drop of the metabolic pop but when you translate it to a whole body into calories there doesn't make a dent in weight loss. don't think you can slosh hot sauce on your food and burn off calories. it's absolutely a myth. >> if you have a nice flavor on something maybe that helps you feel more satisfied? >> right. and actually when you have hot food it can slow down your eating so maybe you'll eat less. >> eating dairy foods can promote weight loss. myth or fact? >> that actually is a fact. but there's a big if. the if is you have to be in a calorie controlled diet to begin with. you have to twim your calories. so it's not magically adding dairy to what you already eat. it's replacing some of the calories you eat with dairy foods. >> like ice cream? >> or low fat yogurt. there's room for that. but the idea is that if you --

if you include some dairy, all the studies continue to show there's some association but nobody really knowles what it's from. >> i wonder why because something like milk is more filling? >> it could be the protein. it could be the milk some ids. the stuff that makes milk white. there's a lot of stuff in milk other than calcium. >> okay. so add it in but don't make it extra calories. >> don't make it extra calories. >> next one, all exercise keeps your metabolism boosted for a few hours so you can eat more. >> that's what people would like to think. that's actually a myth. only if you are an extreme exerciser like you, you do a lot of running. >> oh, yeah. >> for most of us who are power walking a mile or two or running a mile or two you think you're going to get those calories from the activity. but you don't get that honeymoon effect for hours later. so people think oh, great i've got this metabolic boost i can just eat and those calories will cancel out. not true. >> sometimes if you do exercise you do get hungrier. >> right. when you do intense exercise you'll get hungrier and that's something you have to act on.

that's a good thing to do. but you don't need to if you're doing a mile or two think i better fuel and refuel. >> okay. next one, using smaller sized plates promotes weight loss. >> you know, that is actually true. it's a fact because, studies, and common sense says if food's in front of you you're going to eat all of it because it tastes good, it's there, whatever the reason. so if you just solve the puzzle by having a smaller plate to start with that's really good. and the plate sizes in america are crazy. our dinner plates are huge. they're like platters. so if you use a salad plate, which is like a dinner plate in europe, you're actually going to eat a lot less. and when you're in a restaurant you can just get some small plates or go halfsies. we look at food as way too big. >> this has like a psychological aspect to it. all of us probably grew up with our parents telling us, clean your plate. >> for starving people all over the world, and it never made sense then. this is a way if you belong to the clean plate club you can eat everything on the plate and be calorie controlled.

>> our last one is don't eat after 7:00 p.m. myth or fact? >> that is probably the biggest diet myth around. >> really? >> yeah, because you can't eat by the clock. it doesn't mean that you're going to have a giant steak and baked potato right before you go to sleep. but if you go to bed at 12:01 and you eat dinner at 6:00 you're biological going to be hungry later in the evening. so you can save a couple of hundred calories for that night eating if you like it. because it's relaxing, a lot of people do, and there's no reason not to do it. there's nothing magical about this because you're burning calories 24 hours a day. >> all right, madeline, thanks for clearing all that up. coming up a look inside the "titanic" on the 100th anniversary of its doomed maiden voyage. ♪ [ female announcer ] walgreens introduces...nice! [ woman ] i got it. where's your brother? [ dog barking ] ♪ [ telephone rings ] [ dad ] hello. [ female announcer ] quality everyday products at a way better price. [ boy ] mom?

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a little later on. oh, man. >> all right. looking good. first, amy row talk is here -- >> what a transition. all right. good morning, everyone. we're going to have the latest on the trayvon martin case. will george zimmerman be able to post bail? we'll have a live report from florida. and then a new look at leonardo da vinci from a restoration of his last great work to a first public look at his private diaries. we'll show you the resurgence of this renaissance master. and every celebrity cook seems to have their own line of pots, pans, gadgets. we're going to see who's the top chef when it comes to cook ware. no steaks there. sorry, al. that and more right here on "today." >> that egg looked pretty good. >> thank you, amy. >> now al has a check of the weekend weather. >> all right, let's show you what we got. we are concerned, midsection of the country. there's a high risk of strong storms and tornadoes from texas and oklahoma on into parts of minnesota. we're looking at sunshine in the pacific northwest. sunny and mild alone the eastern seaboard. warm through the gulf. then on sunday, sunday, we have

more showers in the northeast, and new england. risk of strong storms, from the great lakes down into the gulf coast. sunny and mild from texas on into the southwest. and showers and snow showers in the central rockies. the pacific looks -- pacific northwest looks fantastic with plenty of sunshine. >> this is what the picture looked like at the inner harbor this morning. just a few clouds. lots of sunshine. high temperatures in the >> and that's your latest weather. >> okay, al, thanks. coming up next, how fashion trends can find their way into your living room. for months, i had this deep pain all over my body.

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come out of your closet and into your home is "today" contributor and author of flip for decorating elizabeth mayhew. good morning. >> good morning. >> i love this trend. let's start first, we've got a lot to get to here, neon. it's a great pop of color. >> right. and you're seeing it everywhere. you cannot walk past a fashion store and not see it. the same is true of home. the truth is everything has been sped up. it used to be there was six to like a year of trends making it from runway to home. now it's just so much gymnaster. so pops of neon are great. >> pops is the key. >> you don't want to overdo. a shot of color is a great way to move your eye around a room. if you have a small space, for example, something like this folding screen from wayfair.com is fantastic. it lets the light through but gives you that shot of color you might want. >> and a unique texture. >> take these hot pink chairs. it's a great way. they're from abc carpet. it's a great way to update like a dark wood table just to give a little pop of color. everything --

>> great little side table. >> from home goods. a lamp from target. it is everywhere. >> and you've got this great little accent here. >> also from home goods. that's a way to take it outside if you want a pop of color next to your barbecue. if you're shy of this trend, take this tray, it's $18, if you put that on a coffee table or ottoman it will give you that one little shot of color and add some bright flowers. it just will accent your room in the same way you would wear a neon colored belt. >> instant little face-lift. >> exactly. >> over here the next big trend is lace. not your grandmother's anymore. this is sort of the modernized version of it. >> right. so artists have taken the lace pattern and blown it up so it looks much more modern. take this from brocade home. you see the front is like this modern -- it becomes almost like a more feminine geometric. a mirror which is kind of lace trimmed from pottery barn would

look great with anything. obviously i've shown a lot of lace in white. we're used to seeing lace in white but it becomes almost a neutral. the pattern gives some kind of texture to your room. the chair. this is kind of a lattice print. it's from ballard designs. that is a neutral that could absolutely work absolutely anywhere. >> we should point out these are all relatively inexpensive finds for us. >> absolutely. container store, zip up your desk with some accuse lace metal accessories or, i love this porcelain, they're tea lights start at $8. they are just a great way to dress up your table and give a little refinement. >> you also have some curtains here. >> a lot of people will hang lace curtains and that can have a very old-fashioned look. these are from country curtains, but if you put it isn't something like a bright turquoise this is fashion inspired. we saw a lot of this on the runway which is lace over a darker color. so this is a way to take that and update it in your home. >> i love that. now this is a pattern that i

love, these are bold patterns which you're seeing everywhere. i guess you can really just mix and match? >> so everything from place from z gallery. very inexpensive. you can mix the colors together. to pillows, and a poof. a $59 rug, which is from urban outfitters. >> that's cool. i love the rug. >> crazy because it's $129. >> really? >> with a pillow from target. so you're seeing -- >> that looks like a good one. >> obviously i've put it all together so it's a lot of different colors. would you put this all together in a room? >> i asked you that. >> i would say if you're going to mix patterns stick to a color palette so those grays and yellows look really good together. there's no reason you can't mix that. but overall it would take a gutsy person to pull this off in an entire room. >> and you probably have to consider wall coloring and all of that. really shape the room around it. >> and also just this is another

kind of a big, bald pot earn from anthropologie. this orange and this kind of beige tone are very neutral. so you can mix this in with a lot of different things. it's just how you use your pattern and how you put it together. so be careful. i always say stick to the accessories and keep big pieces of furniture neutral. >> speaking of how to put it all together. color blocking is the other huge trend i think. everybody knows what that is nowadays. so you can do it in the home. you're going to show us some easy ways. >> a lot of times you buy an entire bed set of all one color. the way to color block is to mix those things together. so again, i stayed within a single color palette. all of these sheets were from garnet hill. and all i did was mix the different colors to the. the way you fold them back to expose different colors, and then just use one shot of color as you're seeing in fashion, there's usually one hot pink, or one orange that's going to set it off. because this is within one color. >> the orange and teal to the. that's great. >> similarly, i took this book case from ikea and i just loaded it with boxes from the container

store and mixed the colors and the way you put them in gives kind of this color blocking feel. and it's a very organized, very decorative way of stacking your shelves. and obviously gives you that much more storage. and then just the rug from ikea, so inexpensive but again it takes that color blocking trend and brings it home. >> so much more modern and hip. >> and these are all inexpensive accessories that are just going to give that one pop. the same way you're going to update your wardrobe you're going to update your home. >> elizabeth mayhew. thanks for the do it yourself as you always do. thanks so much. coming up next, back to "titanic's" 100 years after the great ship went down. [ female announcer ] with swiffer dusters, a great clean doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm gonna read one of these. i'm gonna read one of these! [ female announcer ] unlike sprays and dust rags, swiffer 360 duster's extender gets into hard-to-reach places

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100 years ago tomorrow night the unthinkable happened. on its maiden voyage from southampton, england, to new york the "titanic," one of the most luxurious ocean liners ever built, hit an iceberg and sank. nbc's kevin tibbles is in halifax, nova scotia this morning where 121 of the titanic victims are buried. kevin, good morning to you. >> savannah. well, it is here in halifax where many of those who perished on the "titanic" are buried. many have their names on the headstones. there are many headstones here that have no name on them. this simple, austere head stain says j. dawson. that very likely stands for joseph dawson as opposed to the character played by leonardo dicaprio, jack dawson, in the film "titanic." when the "titanic" set sail on its maiden voyage in 1912, it was the biggest ship ever built.

the length of an 80 story building. believed to be unsinkable. >> iceberg dead ahead, sir. >> reporter: but what man had made nature's cold hand quickly undid. in just under three hours, the ship took on water and sank to the ocean floor. over 1500 lives were lost. as headlines spread the news to the world the, the details of what exactly happened to the "titanic" were sunk. 2 1/2 miles below the ocean's surface guessed at for decades. >> the boiler. >> reporter: in 1986, a team led by robert ballard delivered the first incredible pictures of the wreck, as underwater technology advanced, answers started to come. including, how the ship broke apart. >> broken in two. those two pieces are separated by about six football fields. the bow up here, the stern here. six football fields in between. but there's a much larger area

around that where objects spilled out of the ship as it sank. >> reporter: an expedition launched by rms "titanic" incorporated and their partners took on an unparalleled effort in 2010. to shoot the "titanic" in 3-d. and thoroughly map the wreck site. it is the subject of an upcoming history channel documentary. >> the object of this expedition was simply to find out what's there. because how do you begin to manage something if you don't even know what's out there. >> reporter: sonar robots lay a grid across a 15 square mile section of the ocean. every significant piece of the "titanic" wreckage noted and brought to life through 3-d and graphic imagery. >> it's like csi "titanic" that we're now able to come into this crime scene, we can start to inspect that scene and little by lit put that ship back together again and take it back up to the surface. so it's kind of neat. >> reporter: doorways lying in muck give hints to the grandeur of the ship's rooms.

dots on a sonar scan become giant boilers 15 feet in diameter. a telltale brass whistle gives away the resting place of the iconic smokestack. shoes and cuffs are ghostly reminders of the long-ago tragedy's human toll. >> we can't help but realize that there were 2200 plus stories that were played out that night. and there were so many stories left to be told. >> reporter: as "titanic" explorers james cameron, robert ballard and others endeavor to document and protect the site, they bump up against the indifferent hand of time. once one of man's awesome creations, rust and the shifting ocean floors will eventually wipe the "titanic" away. until all that's left are pictures, history, and the memory of what was. and savannah, while it has been 100 years, interest in the mystery of what happened during

the doomed ship's final moments has never really diminished. there are two "titanic" memorial cruises coming to visit halifax and visit this cemetery, as people still want to pay tribute to those who lost their lives on this ship that everyone said was unsinkable. savannah? >> hallowed ground. kevin tibbles in halifax for us this morning. thank you. you can see "titanic: 1 huvd years later" on the history channel on sunday night. coming up next, where is the beef? what's on the grill, of course. fine choices for barbecue season coming up.

it's what's for dinner, that's right on "today's kitchen," bring on the beef. >> grilling season fast approaching. hard to figure out what's the best cut of meat to put on the grill, and also fit in your

grocery budget. pat is butcher and host of food network show. we're going to start off pork chops which you're looking, sometimes you look in your grocer's meat section and the pork chops have a lot of different names. >> there are a lot of different names. and the pork chops we're going to use today are very overlooked and very inexpensive. these are also know as country style spare ribs. i like to cook these at home and it's kind of like the butcher's cut of pork but boneless. what i do is start by browning some shallots. i add red wine. >> okay. so far you're doing good. balsamic vinegar, equal parts. and i simmer that down until it's about reduced by half. >> okay. >> and then my last five minutes of simmering i'm going to add my blueberries, which is going to really bring sweet flavor to that tangy, acidity balsamic. >> what do you do next? >> i'm going to marinate my

country style spare ribs in -- in this, and i'm going to save about half so i can drizzle it all over the final product. >> do you marinate it on the counter or in the fridge? >> in the fridge. always in the fridge. >> okay. >> so here they are marinated. >> right. >> and i'm just going to take one of these beautiful chops and put it right on the grill, making sure my grill is nice and hot for us. that's the sizzle i'm looking for. >> how long on each side? >> a couple minutes on each side. and pork has become so safe of a meat to eat that the usda actually just lowered the standard from 155 degrees fahrenheit to 140. >> wow. >> so, okay. >> that's pretty good. my mom used to cook it until it was gray. >> no, no, no. no more. >> okay. then afterwards -- >> afterthat finishes, you take what's left of your marinade and just drizzle it over the top. >> that looks pretty good. >> absolutely outrageous. and delicious.

and very inexpensive. >> in the back we're going to do some korean style short ribs. >> yes. short ribs are -- are usually packed with collagen, and it's the muscle in between the rib bones. >> a lot of supermodels just put them right on their ribs. >> you usually see them about two or three inches and they usually cut for braising. >> so these are cut really thin. >> really thin. >> you have to have your butcher do that. >> you have to ask your butcher to do a lot of things. they'll be more than happy to cut them for you. cut this thin you have to braise them. cut this thin you can grill them. and they're as tender as butter. >> you've got a couple of cuts here. what are you talking about? >> a big buzz about hamburgers. america's favorite comfort food. but you should be able to control what's in your hamburger. to do that ask your butcher for specific cuts of beef. >> i like beef brisket. >> that's what we have right here. that's brisket and -- >> also another "b." birthday. it's your birthday.

>> yes, it is. >> happy birthday. >> how lucky. >> they asked me could you carry three glasses of champagne? i said that will be no problem. happy birthday to you. >> thank you. >> actually we were starting with four. >> thanks so much. always good to see you. >> thank you. good to see you. >> enjoy your day. >> still ahead, kathie lee and hoda will chat about the hot topics of the day. have a great weekend, everybody.